Ignoring media reform now would be a serious strategic misstep.
The foreign ministry should not be credited for Yunus's engagements in London with politicians, business leaders, academics, and leading diaspora figures.
After the discussion at Chatham House, will the meeting between Prof Yunus and Tarique Rahman offer more insights?
The party has been fundamentally reshaped—ideologically and structurally—into a vehicle for autocratic rule.
Hopefully, the interim government would take sincere initiatives to implement the much-needed reforms in the media sector soon.
The past 15 years have seen the most severe narrowing of civic space, heightened surveillance, intimidation, and reprisals that often led to self-censorship. Rather than accountability for these violations, officials responsible were often rewarded for their misconduct. As we move forward with several reform agendas that can be implemented within a short timeframe, it is essential to have a national conversation on what "governance anchored in human rights" should truly look like.
The media industry of Bangladesh will have to embark on a long struggle to regain the trust of the people.
Ensuring justice for these crimes will require bringing all responsible parties to account, from top political leaders to the enforcers on the ground.
It is hard to discard the notion that politics played no part in this decision from the government.
The government’s pledge for a free and fair election is no longer satisfying our international partners.
Odhikar has been diligently documenting all kinds of violations of human rights by both state agencies and non-state actors since 1994.
Most of Bangladesh's young people did not have a chance to vote in the last two elections.
It is quite natural that other Nobel laureates and those who admire Prof Yunus’ two unique and successful development experimentations – microcredit and social business – would be feeling extremely concerned.
No credible and independent investigation has so far been carried out into any of the alleged incidents of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh.
DSA's replacement, named the Cyber Security Act (CSA), is already another disappointment.
Our Election Commission has selected some organisations for the purpose of election observation which exist only on paper.
It is quite intriguing as to why the EC felt it necessary to hold a meeting with an organisation that does not have a clean history of poll monitoring.
Naming Prof Delwar Hossain, a member of BPSC, as a member of an AL sub-committee has stoked quite a controversy.
