Yet Rahman comes with baggage. His chief credentials are dynastic—as the son of Zia and independence hero Ziaur Rahman, the ...

A central feature of this coercive system is the selective application of laws. Opposition politicians, activists, ...

Reforming political parties is more important than reforming the state itself if transparency, accountability and good ...

By Mark Buckton - Taipei As Bangladesh heads towards a tense general election on February 12 – its first since the sudden ...

The key question of the referendum is whether Bangladeshis want to change the current system or allow fascism to resurface, ...

Campaigning has begun in Bangladesh as the country prepares to hold the first national elections since the 2024 uprising that ...

Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur on Tuesday called for urgent legal reforms to shield the country's banking system from political interference, stressing that institutional ...

Bank vaults are currently holding nearly Tk3 lakh crore in idle cash while Treasury yields hover at 13%. This creates a paradox for the Dhaka Stock Exchange: record remittance inflows and ...

While political uncertainty persists, construction activity across Bangladesh has continued, reshaped by remittances, savings, and household aspiration. This quiet momentum reveals how confidence turn ...

The report emerges from a critical moment in Bangladesh’s history. The country faced mounting economic pressures: depleted ...

We are being told that the key to the country is in our hands. But do you really know which key you are about to use to open ...

Why Nigeria must stop mistaking projections for outcomes, and start governing poverty as a systemNigeria's poverty debate has drifted into a dangerous simplification. A single figure appears, detached ...