Opinion

Youth protests in Bangladesh and Nepal look like democratic awakenings—but repeated military takeovers raise questions about deep state choreography across South Asia.

Bangladesh faces a convergence of foreign interference, Islamist resurgence, and domestic opportunism that threatens its democratic and secular foundations, warns Swiss historian Michael Kut.

Former Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen calls on the U.S. and EU to build long-term partnerships with Bangladesh’s Awami League, citing its democratic, secular values.

A “meticulously designed” coup, mass arrests, media arson, minority terror, and a banned ruling party: the ledger of Bangladesh’s interim regime since August 2024.

Bangladesh’s judiciary faces its gravest test since independence—caught between reform and collapse under a year of interim rule and mob violence.