Baul songs banned, Wahhabi terrorism legal

A Baul artist, Abul Sarkar, sang at a fair in Ghior, Manikganj. Three weeks later, a…

July Martyrs Scandal: Forged lists, and a flood of fabricated murder cases

As Bangladesh hurtles toward interim elections in 2026, a burgeoning scandal over the official “July martyrs”…

Bangladesh Judiciary Under Yunus: A tale of two justices—vengeance vs impunity

Since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s government on August 5, 2025, Bangladesh’s judiciary has become the…

UN Working Group declares detention of journalist Shahriar Kabir arbitrary

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has ruled that the imprisonment of veteran…

Arafat doubts Tarique’s expertise in governance, questions income source

Mohammad Ali Arafat, the former State Minister for Information and Broadcasting in the ousted Awami League…

Barrister Monirul Islam: Bangladesh’s ICT-BT maintains no global standard

A leading British-Bangladeshi barrister specialising in international criminal law has described Bangladesh’s recently revived International Crimes…

Sheikh Hasina: Despite propaganda, Awami League still the most popular party

Awami League President and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed party leaders through a virtual meeting…

5 European rights bodies condemn Sheikh Hasina’s verdict as politically motivated

A coalition of five prominent European human rights and advocacy organisations has issued a scathing rebuke…

Jamaat-Led Yunus Regime: Victory Day parade cancelled for second year

As Bangladesh teeters toward December elections under a reinstated—but selectively applied—caretaker system, a chorus of outrage…

Caretaker Govt: Sajeeb Wazed brands verdict a ‘rubber stamp’ for Yunus regime

The Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated the long-scrapped non-party caretaker government system for overseeing national elections,…

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