Bangladesh

What does Yunus’s “helplessness” over freeing imprisoned journalists actually signify?

Four journalists have been imprisoned for more than fifteen months. They are accused of murder, yet the investigation has not been completed. They are...

Attempt to transfer Grameen Telecom’s assets worth 2.45 billion $ abroad — Dr. Yunus’s secret meeting

Recent diplomatic developments surrounding Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, have raised new concerns about the country’s strategic economic interests. In...

A new authoritarian sword of the interim government is once again falling on the people

The Election Commission is set to approve a proposal next Sunday to increase the fees for NID corrections by...

Pushing India Away and Leaning Toward Pakistan: The Yunus Government’s Controversial Foreign Policy

Controversy around Bangladesh’s current interim administration has intensified, particularly regarding foreign policy. According to several diplomatic observers, industrial owners,...

Bangladesh is becoming the battleground of a great-power proxy war: Are Yunus and Walker hammering the last nail into Bangladesh’s coffin?

The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus and Army Chief Waker-uz-Zaman is making decisions that would make anyone stunned....

“If you don’t vote for Jamaat, your back will be skinned”—Candidates threatening voters

Violence, intimidation, and repression in Bangladeshi politics are nothing new; but the recent incidents occurring across different regions of...

Export sector collapsing under interim leader Yunus: Export earnings declining for four consecutive months; exports fell by five and a half percent in November

The alarming statistic of Bangladesh’s export earnings declining for the fourth consecutive month indicates a deep crisis for the...

Under the rule of Yunus: An age of heaven for extortionists and terrorists

If you don’t pay five crore taka in extortion, you are shot in the leg. If you don’t pay...