March 28, 2025 10:44 pm

Author: Opinion

Dr. Muhammad Yunus: Spinning Lies on Global Media While Bangladesh Burns

Aminul Hoque Over the past week, Dr. Muhammad Yunus has been on a media spree, giving interviews toBBC Bangla, BBC India, and Sky News UK. His sudden engagement with the internationalpress comes at a time when Bangladesh is teetering on the edge of chaos—law and orderhave collapsed, mob rule has become institutionalized, the economy is […]

Historical March 7th Speech: The Formation of Bangladesh

Engineer M. Hossain  On March 2, 1971, the flag of Bangladesh was raised by students at Dhaka University, a moment that echoed the courage and determination of the Bengali people in their demand for independence and their assertion of Bengali identity against an oppressive regime. Despite the imposition of a curfew later that evening, the […]

Operation Devil Hunt of the Yunus government violates all Human and Legal Rights in Bangladesh

Shamima Choudhury The Interim government of Dr. Muhammad Yunus in order to wipe out the supporters of the past government, the Awami League party leadership launched the “Operation Devil Hunt” 8 days ago and so far 15,601 citizens have been arrested, mostly the Awami League (AL) party activists. This nationwide joint operation of the army, […]

A peace merchant turns into an anarchist

Syed Iftekhar Hossain In 2006 Dr. Muhammad Yunus from Bangladesh received half of the Nobel Prize for Peace, and the other half was awarded to the Bangladeshi Micro-Credit Financing Bank- Grameen Bank (established by a Government Ordinance-Grameen Bank Ordinance-1983). Yunus was the government appointed CEO of the Bank. The man who received the coveted international […]

Operation Devil Hunt of the Yunus government violates all Human and Legal Rights in Bangladesh

Shamima Choudhury The Interim government of Dr. Muhammad Yunus in order to wipe out the supporters of the past government, the Awami League party leadership launched the “Operation Devil Hunt” 8 days ago and so far 15,601 citizens have been arrested, mostly the Awami League (AL) party activists. This nationwide joint operation of the army, […]

Judiciary is a joke in Bangladesh?

Shamima Choudhury This week the Law Adviser Asif Nazrul of the current Interim government of Dr. Muhammad Yunus summarily dismissed and dropped 1,214 court cases and he also proposed to drop another 16, 429 cases soon. He termed these cases as “ghost cases”. Not only that the High Court also dismissed the Niko Corruption Case […]

Women’s Safety and Freedom under Siege in Bangladesh: A Looming Crisis

Musfika Laiju In present-day Bangladesh, women’s safety, freedom, and rights are under increasing threat. Once a country that took pride in its strides toward gender equity, Bangladesh is now witnessing an alarming regression in women’s autonomy and security. This article examines the growing challenges faced by Bangladeshi women, highlighting the urgent need for national and […]

The Political Unrest in Bangladesh:Unveiling the Orchestrated Chaos

February 11, 2025IntroductionThe political trajectory of Bangladesh has reached an unprecedented threshold of turmoil following the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government. Six months into this upheaval, the nation remains gripped by escalating unrest. The demolition of House No. 32 in Dhanmondi—a site of profound historical and political significance—has exacerbated tensions, symbolizing deepening divisions and calculated […]

The Dark Side of Microcredit: How Dr. Muhammad Yunus’s Model Traps the Poor in Debt

Kabir Ahmed I am (pseudonym) Kabir Ahmed In the late 1990s, I worked for several years in a loan program in three upazilas of a large micro-credit institution in Bangladesh and admitted about 5,000 women from one upazila as a member for loan, out of which I gave microcredit to about 4,200 women in a […]

The attack on Bangabandhu’s historical residence and its future implications

Anwar Shadat Jihan Bangladesh was born following years of struggle against oppression, injustice and discrimination on the innocent Bengalis by the then West Pakistan government. The life-long sacrifice that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had done for the abject, tortured souls of the Bengali people makes him the undisputed architect of an independent Bangladesh. From six-point […]