The Timeline of Hadi’s Killing — And the Silence That Followed Published: 15 February 2026 Democracy did not begin on election day. It began with a killing. Before the 2026 general election. Before the turnout percentages. Before the praise. Hadi was killed. And for a moment, the nation paid attention.Then it didn’t. The Timeline Phase […]
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Can Transparency Survive a Credibility Crisis? Published: 14 February 2026 Bangladesh has long claimed democracy. But claiming democracy and practicing it are not the same. For decades, politics in Bangladesh has followed a pattern:Elections are held. Results are declared. Victory is celebrated.And soon after, accusations follow. Allegations of corruption.Allegations of abuse of power.Allegations of manipulation.
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The Standard Bangladesh Must Choose in 2026 Part 10 of 10 — 293 Lives, One YearPublished: 29 December 2025 This series began with a promise. A promise that the streets would calm.That order would return.That law would protect before crowds gathered. But 2025 recorded 293 deaths linked to mob violence. And numbers demand reflection. Now
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Prosecution, Transparency, and the Measure of Justice in 2025 Part 9 of 10 — 293 Lives, One YearPublished: 28 December 2025 If a life is taken and no conviction follows, what message does that send? In 2025, approximately 293 people were reported killed in mob-related violence across Bangladesh during the broader period of unrest. The
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Minority Vulnerability and Unequal Exposure in 2025 Part 8 of 10 — 293 Lives, One YearPublished: 27 December 2025 Justice is measured most clearly at the margins. In 2025, as mob violence spread across districts, a difficult pattern emerged: certain communities appeared more exposed than others. This article does not claim that every mob attack
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The Cases That Slipped Quietly Out of 2025 Part 7 of 10 — 293 Lives, One YearPublished: 26 December 2025 Some injustices are loud. Others fade. In 2025, while many mob killings happened in public view, there were also cases that slipped quietly out of headlines — deaths that stopped trending, investigations that stalled, families
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Informal Authority, Political Protection, and Mob Confidence in 2025 Part 6 of 10 — 293 Lives, One YearPublished: 25 December 2025 In the previous chapter, we asked where the law was. Now we must ask something harder: Why were some crowds so confident? Mob violence is not sustained by anger alone.It is sustained by belief.
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Institutional Failures Behind 293 Deaths Part 5 of 10 — 293 Lives, One YearPublished: 24 December 2025 In the previous parts of this series, we examined how violence unfolded in 2025 — broken promises, religious accusations, rumours, and the human faces behind the numbers. Now we ask a harder question: Where was the law? Not
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Published: 23 December 2025 Because 293 is not a statistic. It is 293 families. In the previous chapters, we examined how violence unfolded — promises broken, faith misused, rumours weaponised. But now we must ask a harder question: Who were the people behind those headlines? Dipu Chandra Das — Worker, Son, Citizen Killed: 18 December
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Three Moments in 2025 That Should Shape How We Vote Published: 22 December 2025 If 2025 taught Bangladesh anything, it is this: A rumour can move faster than the law. This is not a philosophical claim. It is a timeline. As the country approaches a national election, voters should not rely on slogans or speeches.
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