Bangladesh July uprising 2024
Is accuracy too much to ask of a July martyrs’ list?
The listing of July martyrs was never meant to be just another bureaucratic formality.
5 October 2025
How did so many fake names enter the July martyrs’ list?
Govt should suspend all benefits for disputed names until proper re-vetting
15 September 2025
July uprising and the rise of collective power
Through this movement, the people of Bangladesh expressed their protest using a language shaped by long-standing discontent.
20 July 2025
Red is the colour of July
When July turns crimson repeatedly, you don’t need a commission of inquiry to recognise a pattern.
14 July 2025
Our dreams are NOT for sale!
Supreme Court Advocate Manzur-al-Matin writes
11 July 2025
Hasina regime was uglier than fascism
The gist of the matter is that while all fascist regimes are authoritarian, not all authoritarian regimes are fascist.
9 March 2025
A reminder of the nearly unwinnable hand Yunus was dealt
A sentiment has taken root in Bangladesh: Yunus is an honest man with good intentions.
26 January 2025
On reforming our imported institutions and governance
South Asia was fragmented in 1947 at the macro (regional) level, but even more egregiously so at the micro (nation-state) level.
8 January 2025
Should Bangladesh opt for a national government?
Elections can be held after the national government tackles the critical problems that confront the country.
3 January 2025
A journey from repression to recognition
Bangladesh named ‘Country of the Year’ for triumphing over tyranny
21 December 2024
Our Victory Day and the questions of equality, justice, and human dignity
Bangladesh's hard-won independence, achieved through the Liberation War in 1971, remains the most defining political event in our history.
16 December 2024