NEIR: Phone registration, or a new weapon for controlling public surveillance?

National Equipment Identity Register. Sounds good, right? Very high-tech, very modern. But what’s actually happening is that a person logs

Is Bangladesh About to Witness Another Pilkhana Massacre?

On January 6, 2009, Sheikh Hasina took oath as Prime Minister for the second time. Just one and a half

Bangladesh’s Lost Politics: The Breeding Ground of Corruption, Terror and Authoritarianism

March 2026. Once again, the country’s political stage presents the same old picture: corruption, violence, authoritarianism. It feels as though