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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 […]

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

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.

Blasphemy Accusations and the Days Religion Turned Deadly in 2025Written and published on 21 December 2025 As this year comes to an end, Bangladesh is still counting losses that never should have happened. In 2025, people were killed not because guilt was proven, but because an accusation was believed. In several cases, that accusation carried

20/12/2025 In July 2025, Bangladesh was told to expect calm. After months of political tension and street unrest, a clear promise was made by those in authority: the streets would be stabilised, law and order would be restored, and citizens would be protected from violence—regardless of political belief, religious identity, or social position. For a

Written and published on 19 July 2025 On 16–17 July 2025, the town of Gopalganj in southern Bangladesh became the stage for one of the most troubling episodes in the country’s post-revolution period. What began as a political march ended in deadly violence, leaving several people killed, many injured, and an entire district placed under curfew. For international observers,

In Bangladesh, a curious paradox exists. Religious piety is loudly professed, yet moral decay lurks beneath the surface. It’s not uncommon to see people flaunting their Islamic identity on social media—quoting the Quran, praising scholars, or sharing Hadiths. Yet many of these same individuals engage in activities starkly opposed to those very teachings—harassment, misogyny, abuse

In Bangladesh, a curious paradox exists. Religious piety is loudly professed, yet moral decay lurks beneath the surface. It’s not uncommon to see people flaunting their Islamic identity on social media—quoting the Quran, praising scholars, or sharing Hadiths. Yet many of these same individuals engage in activities starkly opposed to those very teachings—harassment, misogyny, abuse

Bangladesh stands at a crossroads. A nation born from a liberation war that championed secular ideals now witnesses an alarming erosion of those very principles. While the constitution still pays lip service to secularism, the reality on the ground tells a different story—one where rationalists, freethinkers, and progressive voices navigate a landscape of fear, where

In recent decades, Bangladesh has witnessed a troubling rise in Islamic extremism, often fueled—directly or indirectly—by the ideological rhetoric and mobilization strategies of Islamist political parties. While the nation was founded on secular and democratic principles in 1971, the re-emergence of religious extremism has become a significant threat to national security and social harmony. Islamist