Tag: Bangladesh Update

BNP Government Approves $1.6 Billion Loan Burden on Citizens

Bangladesh Bangladesh Politics -
On April 28, at the Planning Ministry, the BNP government made a decision that, in simple terms, places yet...

Government Borrowing by Printing Money Raises Inflation Fears

Bangladesh Bangladesh Politics -
Bangladesh’s fragile macroeconomic situation is facing renewed concern, as economists warn that the government’s growing reliance on borrowing through...

Unprecedented Collapse in Vaccination Under the Outgoing Yunus Government

Bangladesh Bangladesh Politics -
Lowest performance in 9 years; rate drops below 60% in 2025Key highlights at a glance: In 2025, the vaccination rate...

Legal Questions Raised Over Political Party Ban in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Bangladesh Politics -
Legal concerns are growing in Bangladesh following a decision to ban the Bangladesh Awami League, based on a proposed...

A Resolution in the U.S. Congress on Jamaat’s Trial: History, Politics, and Possible Consequences

International Bangladesh Politics -
At a time when Bangladesh’s domestic politics has been relatively calm in the post-Eid atmosphere, a proposal raised in...

Appeal for European Parliament Intervention to Restore Democracy in Bangladesh and Lift the Illegal Ban on the Awami League

Bangladesh Bangladesh Politics -
An appeal was made for the intervention of the European Parliament to help restore democracy in Bangladesh and to...

The President’s July Charter Order: Illegal and a Betrayal of the Constitution

Bangladesh Bangladesh Politics -
Muhammad Yunus’s desperate power grab disguised as reform; illegal, exclusionary, and a direct assault on the 1972 Constitution. In a...

A USD 4.1 Billion Hole: Who Will Fill the Gap Left by Yunus?

Bangladesh Bangladesh Politics -
What the Yunus administration has left behind in Bangladesh’s power sector can scarcely be described as anything less than...

Yunus’s Eighteen Months: How Bangladesh Became a Breeding Ground for Islamic Extremism

Bangladesh Bangladesh Politics -
When the BBC Bengali went to interview Mufti Jasimuddin Rahmani after his release, he said, “ABT never existed.” Rajib...

Ordinance on Party Ban Puts Bangladesh’s Democratic Credentials Under Scrutiny

Bangladesh Bangladesh Politics -
As Bangladesh’s newly elected government led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) assumes office, it confronts a significant constitutional...

226 Thousand Crore in Loans, Zero Development: Yunus’s Legacy of Crippling Bangladesh

Bangladesh Bangladesh Politics -
When Sheikh Hasina left the country, Bangladesh’s total public debt stood at 19.23 lakh crore taka. In just eighteen...

Dhaka University Hosts Turkish-Funded Medical Centre Opening Amid Political Attention

Bangladesh Bangladesh Politics -
Turkish origin footballer Mesut Özil has arrived in Dhaka to inaugurate a medical centre at University of Dhaka. The...