Spotlight Vol. 1, Issue 10 explores the surge of youth-led protest movements across South Asia, with a focus on the recent Gen Z uprising in Nepal and its parallels with the manipulated protest wave in Bangladesh in 2024. This issue examines how sincere activism…
One year after the historic student-led uprising that brought down former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh remains mired in political uncertainty. The interim government, led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, came to power promising justice, transparency, and…
Rabiul Alam The history of the people and the land, which is Bangladesh today, is unique and perhaps strange too. The freedom enjoyed by this land and her people was very short compared to the much longer period of occupation…
Mabdur R. PhD On January 10, 1972, Bangabandhu returned to his beloved Bangladesh via London and Delhi after being released from a Pakistani jail. I saw him with millions of people at the Race Course Grounds in Dhaka that day…
Engr. Mirza Rakib Abstract This article explores Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s India policy, which was deeply rooted in mutual cooperation, friendship, and regional stability in the formative years of Bangladesh’s independence. It highlights two historic meetings between Bangabandhu and Indian…
Spotlight Vol-1, Issue-9 is a commemorative issue dedicated to August 15—the darkest day in Bangladesh’s history. On this day in 1975, the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and most members of his family were brutally assassinated by…
Anwar A. Khan The Carnage of 15 August 1975! In the silent, ominous hours before dawn on 15 August 1975, the heart of Bangladesh was ripped out. The man who had birthed a nation through blood, sweat, and boundless courage—Bangabandhu…
Dr Milton Hasnat Bangladesh is in crisis: brutal murders in broad daylight, imams attacked during Friday prayers, political activists slaughtered, extortion and rape are surging across the nation. And at the centre of it all is a Nobel Laureate, now…
Introduction The term "fascism" is often used as a political weapon rather than an analytical concept. In Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's critics, particularly opposition parties, have labelled her rule (2009-2024) as fascist. However, based on theoretical and practical analysis,…
Anwar A. Khan The stark and unfiltered truth is that it has unleashed far-reaching and deeply destabilizing consequences in Bangladesh. In the darkened recesses of geopolitics, the United States, cloaked in the illusion of democracy, wears a mask of hypocrisy,…