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Protesting Has Become a Crime Punishable by Death!

Enamul Hossain of Jessore was killed because he dared to protest. He spoke out against a group of youths who had allegedly been harassing his granddaughter. The following night, they reportedly returned as a group and attacked him with sharp weapons. He died before...
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How Brahmanbaria Apparently Seceded from Bangladesh

A leader of the district’s Qawmi Student Unity Council wrote, “Brahmanbaria is a city of Islamic scholars.” In a single sentence, the entire identity of the district was reduced to one narrative. But Brahmanbaria is also the birthplace of Ustad Alauddin Khan, Al Mahmud, and...

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Bangladesh sees 854 killings in three months, with rising violence in the capital

At least 854 killings were recorded across Bangladesh between January and March, according to...
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A Brutal Portrait of the Country’s Collapsing Law and Order

Shanto, 15, Dies Under a Truck While Trying to Save His Auto-Rickshaw from Robbers At...
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Bangladesh Press Freedom Under Scrutiny as Adviser Denies Journalist Repression Claims

Rezwana has claimed that no journalists have faced repression under this government. Very well. Then...
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In a country where minorities are barred from entering parliament, who does the country belong to?

Jamaat rally remarks barring minorities from parliament expose Bangladesh’s post–July 2024 crisis, raising alarms over Yunus’s interim government, constitutional rights, and rising religious extremism.
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Fire in temples, shoes hung on idols. This is not just vandalism. It is a naked rehearsal of fundamentalist politics directed against minorities.

The shocking attack on the historic Sri Sri Ras Temple in the Shivbati area...
Attacks on Political Activists

No shortage of mobs and terror, record deficit in trade: this is Yunus’s model of “reform.”

In just the first five months of the current fiscal year, the trade deficit...
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Yunus’s Throne Built on Students’ Blood: An Autopsy of a Planned Massacre

The events of July–August 2024 have added a dark chapter to the nation’s history,...
Attacks on Political Activists

Has Bangladesh Really Turned into a Land Ruled by Mobs?

Given what has been happening in Bangladesh since August 5, it is only natural...
Communal Violence

Trying to burn a sleeping Hindu family to death by locking the door from outside is not just a crime — it is planned...

An illegal Jamaat-backed Yunus government is in power, while Jamaat–Shibir is setting fires on...
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Hindu Youth lynched, burnt and tied to a tree on false blasphemy charge : No right to safety for minorities under Yunus

Global democracies and international outlets kept mum on savagery targeting minorities As Pakistan backed Islamists...
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Media Freedom in Grave Crisis Amid Provocation by Press Secretary Shafiq

Media freedom in Bangladesh is now on the brink of death. Under the leadership...
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Islamists on rampage targeting cultural organisations that preaches tolerance with music

Yunus backed cops refused to prevent Islamist sponsored arson attacks, no right to safety...
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Attacks on Political Activists

Protesting Has Become a Crime Punishable by Death!

Enamul Hossain of Jessore was killed because he dared to protest. He spoke out...
Analysis

How Brahmanbaria Apparently Seceded from Bangladesh

A leader of the district’s Qawmi Student Unity Council wrote, “Brahmanbaria is a city...
Human Rights

When Human Life Becomes Cheaper Than Insects in the “New Bangladesh”

Sixty-nine incidents of mob violence in a single month. Thirty-two people were killed. Fifty-three...
Communal Violence

Every Day Three Dead Bodies — “I Have a Plan!”

1,142 murders from January to April alone — just four months. That means an...