Opinion

The lynching and burning of Dipu Chandra Das highlights how blasphemy allegations are repeatedly weaponized in Bangladesh, enabling mob violence and near-total impunity.

India’s Victory Day tributes increasingly omit Bangladesh, signaling concern over Dhaka’s retreat from the values of 1971 and a fraying consensus that once anchored regional stability.

A surge of politically driven renaming in Bangladesh has ignited fears of historical revisionism, as Liberation War symbols and martyrs’ legacies are removed from public spaces.

A credible election in Bangladesh is impossible under current political restrictions. Forcing a vote now risks instability, violence, and democratic collapse.

Bangladeshi youths are increasingly being recruited by Pakistan-based militant groups like the TTP, leaving families in despair and exposing a dangerous new cross-border radicalization trend.