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.
Contrast in administrative actions regarding political rallies could not be starker when it comes to BNP and other parties.
Violence against journalists have been on the rise in Bangladesh and elsewhere.
Despite the hype created by Boris Johnson's loyalists and the campaign team, others have raised a number of critical questions.
British tabloids are having a field day due to the UK's tumultuous politics.
The rude disobedience shown by the field-level administrators – deputy commissioners (DCs) and superintendents of police (SPs) – to the current Election Commission (EC) has once again shown us what’s wrong at the core of our election management mechanism.
Did you know that mind-reading was an essential trait for the job of an election commissioner? I did not.
In the current environment, it is the ruling party that has been seen in the offensive.
It is particularly disheartening and a cause for grave concern as the standard of our diplomacy has been questioned by domestic as well as foreign media.
Given the enormity of the UK’s economic woes, the challenges she faces are multilayered and daunting.
Our police are supposed to be neutral and sincere in maintaining peace and order, but their actions and inactions these days could not be more partisan.
