Zillur Rahman
Zillur Rahman is the executive director of the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) and a television talk show host. His Twitter handle is @zillur
Zillur Rahman is the executive director of the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) and a television talk show host. His Twitter handle is @zillur
However, regardless of the nature of international involvement, the ultimate responsibility for a stable Bangladesh lies with its own people.
Many verified accounts on X are reporting rumours as actual news and sometimes just outright propagating fake news.
Whatever progressive image the ruling party had tried to build for itself has been severely fractured
The declining freedoms identified in the report once again give a clear indication that the consecutive governments of Bangladesh, from multiple political parties, have repeatedly failed to empower the country's people.
Over the last year, human rights defenders, demonstrators, and dissenters have been met with harassment, physical aggression, detainment, and maltreatment by the authorities.
Bangladesh has kicked off the year with the first of many important national elections to be held around the world.
In today’s digital age, the spread of misinformation and disinformation has arisen as a major challenge to global democracy.
Both Bangladeshis and Indians need to understand that they need each other in order to thrive.
Unfortunately, our history so far shows that major political shifts have only occurred as a result of violent uprisings on the streets.
The message between the lines is that the US is keeping a very close eye on Bangladesh at the moment.
A primary analysis of the outlook confirms the various speculations that Bangladesh would not be tilting West and would remain adamant about its foreign policy ideal of non-alignment.
Whether or not Bangladesh can salvage its image as a democracy will entirely depend on how the next election is conducted.
In the landscape of world power rivalries, Bangladesh has somehow found itself in a dangerous and opportune position.
For a developing country, geopolitics is almost always a losing game.
As it stands now, any person whom law enforcement authorities deem to have breached the DSA will be arrested without a warrant.
Why would the US, which has spent so much time and effort creating this intricate strategic ambiguity, suddenly become so unambiguous in its support for Taiwan?
Bangladesh is a nation that is being carried almost entirely by the labour of its underprivileged and uneducated people, who slave away at garment factories and toil abroad to send back remittances.
Born during the height of the Cold War, Bangladesh is a nation state that is uniquely embroiled in the machinations of geopolitics.