On these pages we were firm in our critique of the previous regime’s tendencies towards fascism. While it is a relief to see more space for politics in Bangladesh, the specter of insidious Islamist tendencies cannot be ignored. We have seen this drama played out in Algeria and Egypt and Iran in the last 50 …
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Bangladesh’s public universities controlled by regime terror outfit
After the brutal murder of Abrar by the ruling party’s vigilante terror group BCL, the administration at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) showed an iota of spine and banned party-linked politics on campus. Given that BCL is a terror organization like Iran’s Basij whose main task is to use murder, rape, and mayhem …
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Three incontrovertible truths that Bangladesh’s media doesn’t want you to know
There are three incontrovertible facts in Bangladesh’s politics that the regime or its pet media like Dhaka Tribune and Daily Observer dare not broach: