We don’t need more violence, not even in the name of punishment.

Both the Awami League and BNP have treated parliament like a stage that can be deserted whenever negotiations stall, criminal cases are filed, or street pressure seems more useful than parliamentary debate.

It is tempting to draw dramatic parallels between the Arab Spring and contemporary South Asia, especially as Bangladesh is, at the time of writing, holding the much-anticipated parliamentary elections.

Since independence, Bangladeshi politics has been shaped by a narrow set of familiar narratives.

Even in Bangladesh’s fluid political scene, Shah Mohammad Abu Zafar stands out for his frequent shifts in loyalty.

Bangladesh is not unfamiliar with the image of women in power. In fact, two women have governed this country for nearly the entirety of its democratic era.

When we speak about Bangladesh today, we often pretend as if there is one clear national story.

Her last speeches call for a politics of ‘no vengeance’.

Recently, a deeply upsetting narrative has been circulating on social media.

Many people think that the old authoritarian chapter is over and a new era has begun.

We urge all parties to rise above narrow partisan interests

The July Charter reproduces the same patriarchal structures that continue to hinder women’s political empowerment.

Dr Yunus’s initiative in UNGA achieved much more than diplomatic optics.

A pervasive sense of mistrust, fuelled more by political calculation than by reality, has paralysed the charter’s progress.

Let all voices—whether popular or poisonous—be heard.

One of the biggest failures, several observers agreed, was the IG’s inability to deliver a clear, timely, and actionable agenda.

The way the interim government is handling law and order raises serious concerns.

The younger generation is disengaged from the political process.

The challenges are not exclusively of the interim government's but of the entire political class.

True reform must aim for devolution rather than centralisation, redistributing power downward before horizontally.