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The New Dhaka Hangover: Why Today’s Swearing-In is Just Old Wine in a Cracked Bottle

by SAC | Feb 17, 2026 | Editorial, News

DHAKA—If you look closely at the bunting draped over the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban today, you’ll notice it’s surprisingly similar to the decorations used twenty years ago. As Tarique Rahman took the oath of office as Prime Minister this afternoon, the...

A Political Risk Assessment of a Potential BNP-Led Government in Bangladesh

by SAC | Feb 15, 2026 | Editorial

Abstract This paper evaluates institutional, economic, and diplomatic risk factors associated with the potential return to executive authority of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). It examines legal history, governance preparedness, civil-military relations,...

Bangladesh at the Brink: An Election, a Nation, and the Danger of Losing Its Democratic Soul

by SAC | Feb 10, 2026 | Editorial

As Bangladesh approaches its forthcoming General Election on 12 February, the atmosphere is not one of democratic celebration, civic optimism, or policy-driven debate. Instead, it feels disturbingly like a moment of national surrender—a quiet, dangerous acquiescence...

Will Bangladesh Witness a Free and Fair Election in 2026—or a Managed Transition?

by SAC | Jan 18, 2026 | Editorial

Bangladesh stands on the threshold of a pivotal electoral moment. The general election scheduled for 12 February 2026 is being framed as the country’s first genuine democratic reset following the 2024 uprising that ended the long tenure of Sheikh Hasina. Yet beneath...

Bangladesh Is Betraying Its Birthright — and the World Should Pay Attention

by SAC | Jan 14, 2026 | Editorial, Geo Political Assessment

There are moments when a nation does not simply make bad policy choices—it repudiates its own origin story. Bangladesh is living through such a moment. The present regime’s sudden embrace of Pakistan—the very state that carried out genocide on Bangladeshi soil in...

Bangladesh at the Crossroads

by SAC | Sep 17, 2025 | Editorial

A year after the “monsoon revolution,” which path? A year on from the July–August 2024 student uprising that toppled a 15-year regime and ushered in an interim administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh stands at a forked road. The choice is...