Yunus ally Hefazat protests appointing music teachers in primary schools

In another example of the rise of extremism under state patronisation, Qawmi madrasa-based radical Islamist platform…

Canada’s travel advisory for Bangladesh exposes volatile situation

Echoing the concerns of the people and human rights groups, the Government of Canada has issued…

What does Mamunul Haque’s Afghanistan visit mean for Bangladesh?

A delegation of Hefazat-e-Islam led by Mamunul Haque—who is the Secretary General of Bangladesh Khilafat Majlish…

The story of 52 fake martyrs and as many false murder cases

An investigation by the daily Prothom Alo, the country’s largest Bengali newspaper and a close aide…

How the US is instigating a civil war to take hold of Bangladesh

After the Arab Spring in the Middle East, civil wars began in Syria, Libya, and Yemen.…

4 shrines attacked in Cumilla as police fail to prevent Touhidi Janata

Jihadist mobs demolished four shrines or mazars and burned down several houses in Cumilla’s Homna Upazila…

How Yunus is holding onto power using his mob gangs

Gosaibari Collegepara in Dhunat Upazila of Bogura was once a symbol of education, culture and peace.…

Who is Enayet Karim, the ‘CIA agent’ plotting to ‘oust Yunus regime’?

Police on Sunday provided some sensational information to the media about Enayet Karim Chowdhury, a Bangladesh-born…

International scholars decry erosion of intellectual freedom in Bangladesh

Scholars for Bangladesh, an independent platform of academics, researchers, and authors convened by UK-based author Syed…

Minority persecution lacks UN attention, accountability

Activists have called for strengthening the UN’s human rights mechanisms, amplifying the voices of marginalised communities,…

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