Whoever sits in power today must imagine themselves out of power tomorrow. If they cannot accept that thought, then their governance is not democracy but monarchy in disguise.
The roots of this violence lie in the lame-duck interim government’s refusal to do the hard thing first: clean the stables. More than a year into its tenure, we have endured announcements in place of reform and committees in place of consequences.
What happens when the interests of the elite class collide with those of an ever more assertive aspiring elite? We're about to find out.
History does not present Ziaur Rahman as a schemer, clawing for power. It confronted him with moments when silence or paralysis threatened to suffocate the Bangladeshi people. Each time, he stepped forward because no one else would.
The time has come to reimagine student politics and free the nation's campuses from violence and criminality. Is the BNP up to the challenge?
Are there signs that the old elite consensus that governed Bangladesh for five decades is breaking down, and, if so, what will replace it?
The AL may be gone (for now) but that doesn't mean that fascism has been eradicated from the body politic
An evidence-led appraisal of one year of Bangladesh’s interim government
How the AL Built Bangladesh’s Surveillance-to-Detention Pipeline -- and the Question We Still Need Answered
20% is better than 35, but there is still a lot of work that needs to be done if Bangladesh wishes to remain competitive in the global marketplace
The question is not whether politicians will lie. They will. The question is whether and why we, the people, will continue to believe them.
Once celebrated as trailblazers, the two Labour MPs now stand accused of hypocrisy, moral cowardice, and silence in the face of dictatorship, leaving the British-Bangladeshi community wounded and ashamed
This August 15 , the country must seek closure by coming to terms with the five chapters of its founding President’s legacy –- reckoning with them collectively, not selectively
Jinns were once blamed for missing utensils and mysterious fevers. In today’s statecraft, they seem to be responsible for everything from election fraud to economic collapse. No one ever is to blame.
When the trial process itself becomes a form of punishment it undermines the very foundation of a just legal system
