The Rights Long Denied
Bangladesh's democratic test begins with the national election Bangladesh is approaching an election that is not merely electoral in character but exi...
Politics
When Water Wages War: The Politics of Rivers, the Battlefields of Nations
In a world grappling with climate change, economic instability, and intensifying geopolitical rivalries, a silent yet potent force runs beneath the radar of mainstream diplomatic discourse—water. On March 22, diplomats, environmentalists, academics, and global leaders converged in New York for the first United Nations conference focused solely on w...
Shibir’s campus wins and beyond: Geopolitics, misread narratives, and the irony of tactical votes
The recently concluded Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union (JUCSU) elections have op...
The Political Future of Reformists and Defectors in the Context of Bangladesh Meftahul Maruf
The next National Election in Bangladesh is knocking at the door. Each time there is a national election, the emergence of reformists or defectors in...
Pak-Afghan Conflict: The Return of Proxy Shadows
Afghanistan once stood as the crossroads of empires — a land where ambition met ruin and where every invader left behind more graves than glory. Today...
Political Interference and Economic Turmoil in Bangladesh: The Cost of Accountability Absence
The degree to which the government should interfere in the economy or let it run freely is one of the contentious topics in economics. While economist...
India’s Colonial Legacies and Modern Political Manipulation in Bangladesh
In every era of human existence—whether in the shadowy expanses of prehistory or amid the complex geopolitics of the twenty-first century—one lesson h...
Rakhine’s New Frontiers of Power
Rakhine State, long a battleground of Myanmar’s contested sovereignties, is undergoing a profound geopolitical shift whose implications extend far bey...
Islamist Politics and the Future of Bangladesh
The July 2024 uprising in Bangladesh represents a defining moment in the nation’s political history—an event that did not merely topple an entrenched...
Myanmar’s Civilian Transition -A Political Sleight of Hand
By any measure, Myanmar’s sudden announcement of a “civilian interim government” and upcoming December elections has sent ripples across the analytica...
Feni Corridor: A Crucial Frontier for Bangladesh's Sovereignty and Security
In the quiet, often-overlooked stretch of Parshuram Upazila in Bangladesh’s Feni district lies a geographical sliver that carries extraordinary strate...
Bangladesh at the Crossroads of Geopolitics: Between Potential and Peril
In the contemporary strategic landscape, few countries embody the paradox of opportunity and vulnerability as vividly as Bangladesh. Situated at the n...
The Edge of the Precipice
Nations rarely collapse in a single moment; they erode through a series of ignored warnings, silenced anxieties, and political arrogance masquerading...
Bangladesh’s Left: From Street Power to Political Pawn
The leftist movement in Bangladesh is a story of grand ideals, bitter divisions, and a slow descent from revolutionary fervour into political irreleva...
The Geopolitical Volcano in Bangladesh’s Southeast
In the lush but volatile southeastern frontier of Bangladesh—a region where the borders of Myanmar, India, and Bangladesh converge—an ominous cocktail...
Impact of Shahbag Assemblage in Framing the Current Lawless Bangladesh
Our secular liberal friends tell us that Shahbag was wrong because of its gory calls for death. Some of them would go as far as saying Shahbag did not...
BIMSTEC Summit, Rohingya Repatriation, Diplomacy, and the Prospects for Regional Coordination
The sixth summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), held in Bangkok on April 4, 2025, ma...
The Rise of the Shadow Cabinet in Bangladesh
Bangladesh may be standing at the threshold of a political transformation that could redefine the grammar of its democracy. For decades, electoral def...
The Long Road to Rohingya Repatriation
When exhausted families began crossing into Bangladesh in 2017, they sought only sanctuary — a sliver of safety after the carnage in Rakhine State. Wh...