Law is not static; like people, society, and technology, it can evolve. Every advance in rights, every institutional reform, and every step toward justice has been shaped by individuals who believed that change was possible.
This piece talks about how bad loans, political patronage, and cosmetic accounting turned Bangladesh’s banks into a public crisis.
According to the Finance Minister's statement in parliament, the government has already paid more than 80,000 crore taka and will have to pay another 100,000 crore taka in the future to maintain the Sammilito Islami Bank under the Bank Resolution Ordinance.
It is tempting, to view such a crisis as an aberration, an unfortunate deviation from an otherwise sound system. What has occurred at Islami Bank Bangladesh was not accidental; it was the predictable outcome of unchecked authority and weakened institutions
New media and direct communication have created openings for ambitious challengers who can bypass old gatekeepers and speak straight to voters. The victories of Shah and Magyar may therefore represent more than isolated upsets. They may be early signs of a broader political era in which aspiring outsiders can more successfully challenge the entrenched elite establishments.
In this episode of The J&J Show, Jyoti Rahman and Rubaiyat Sarwar examine why long-term challenges—particularly fiscal pressures, the fuel crisis, and global economic volatility—require immediate attention. The discussion highlights how delayed policy responses can deepen risks, making forward-looking decisions more urgent than ever.
When power is built in ways that are not openly contested, when structures are created without clear political labelling yet function as extensions of a particular ideology, the line between organizational growth and concealed control begins to blur.
Whether a PhD student in Florida or a domestic worker returning from Saudi Arabia, the principle is the same: The state must recognize, protect, and advocate for all citizens equally. We do not merely demand justice; we demand presence, accountability, and moral integrity.
The systems that govern the world are powerful, but they are not immutable. They derive their strength, in part, from acceptance, from the belief that they cannot be altered.
The Cyber Security Acts vague language, a $190 million surveillance machine, and a political culture that hasn't reformed itself: This is the dystopian architecture of a pre-crime reality.
When a nation stands strong to protect its land from aggression, facing the threat of annihilation solely to preserve the dignity of its geography and people, its model of governance can’t align with any universal model for the sake of others.
Not only is the government expected to manage the current account deficit, but it is also expected to service the debt obligations it has inherited and pay for its electoral commitments, and yet somehow manage to bring inflation down.
Regional integration is not only about infrastructure. It is about people. It requires a feeling of belonging -- a common identity. The Bay of Bengal region does not yet have that. Its countries differ widely in political systems, economic capacity, governance standards, and historical experience.
Hunger rarely appears alone; it is accompanied by indebtedness, illness, labour precarity, and social exclusion.
When I think of favour that was bestowed, I think of Fāṭima of Nishapur, I think of Rābiʿa al-Basrī, I think of every woman across Bengal and beyond who carried the tradition in her voice and her hands and was never written down.
Who decided what the new Bangladesh would look like? And were the women who built it in the room when that decision was made?
