A government move to scrap thousands of music and physical education posts in Bangladeshā€™s primary schools has ignited a fierce...
Rafi Uddin Kabir
When the music stopped in Bangladesh
IPU flags human rights abuses in Bangladesh as Rights group urges global action
The Inter-Parliamentary Union has condemned Bangladeshā€™s interim government led by Dr Muhammad Yunus for the detention and mistreatment of former...
The Borderlens Desk
A new force or an old fear? Bangladeshā€™s youth security training sparks unease
Bangladesh youth security training revives Rakkhi Bahini fears amid transparency and oversight concerns.
Rafi Uddin Kabir
Fractured consensus: Political trust crumbles over Bangladeshā€™s reform charter
Bangladeshā€™s democratic transition faces a critical test as divisions over the National Charter for Consensus deepen. What once symbolised unity...
Rafi Uddin Kabir
Dhakaā€™s denial and Delhiā€™s doubt ā€” What lies beneath the map controversy?
A diplomatic storm erupted after Bangladeshā€™s Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus gifted a book to a Pakistani general featuring a...
Rafi Uddin Kabir
Faith, fear, and State power ā€” The new assault on minorities in Bangladesh
Waves of protests in Dhaka demanding a ban on ISKCON have exposed Bangladeshā€™s deepening religious divide, with extremist groups re-emerging...
The Borderlens Desk
Bangladesh ablaze: nine major fires under interim rule expose governance failures and threaten state fragility
A wave of deadly fires across Bangladesh ā€” from factories to schools and airports ā€” has exposed grave failures in...
Sanjoy Kumar Barua
Sixteen lives lost as fire ravages Bangladesh garment factory and warehouse
A devastating fire at a Dhaka garment factory and chemical warehouse has killed at least 16 people, with more feared...
Sanjoy Kumar Barua
Vanishing reserve forests, vanishing indigenous lives: CHTā€™s last wildlands in peril
Experts warn that the Chittagong Hill Tracts face rising threats from deforestation, flash floods, and landslides as climate change intensifies....
Sanjoy Kumar Barua
State-backed carnage: PCJSS condemns deadly attacks on indigenous Jummas in Bangladesh
PCJSS condemned deadly attacks on indigenous Jummas in Bangladeshā€™s Chittagong Hill Tracts, linking the violence to systemic persecution and calling...
Sanjoy Kumar Barua
Indigenous Garo girl allegedly raped amid Durga Puja in Bangladesh
A 16-year-old Garo girl was allegedly raped during Durga Puja in Haluaghat, exposing deep-rooted vulnerabilities of Indigenous women. The incident...
CHT Desk
UN: Bangladesh journalists face escalating threats amid free expression crisis
Bangladesh remains in crisis for freedom of expression, ARTICLE 19 told the U.N., warning of escalating threats to journalists and...
CHT Desk