The Spotlight is the official newsletter of GCDG, offering in-depth insights, analysis, and updates on democratic governance, human rights, and global affairs affecting Bangladesh and beyond. While each issue is available in downloadable PDF format, featured articles are also published individually as posts for easier access and engagement.
Spotlight Issue 13 arrives at a critical moment in Bangladesh’s political history, documenting an escalating democratic, humanitarian, and constitutional crisis. This issue highlights how the unelected interim government’s ban on the Awami League—Bangladesh’s largest political party—has destabilized the political order,…
In this pivotal issue of Spotlight, we dissect the escalating repression of press freedom in Bangladesh following the July–August 2024 uprising and analyze the international geopolitical forces shaping the country's political trajectory. This edition also continues our focus on Gen…
The October 2025 issue of The Spotlight examines Bangladesh’s political and economic landscape following the August 5, 2024, transition, exploring the aftermath of mass protests, institutional instability, and the emergence of an interim government. This edition opens with a reflective…
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…
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…
The eighth issue of The Spotlight offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of the July–August 2024 uprising in Bangladesh, challenging mainstream narratives and dissecting the political manipulation, foreign interference, and post-regime violence that followed. The issue explores how a seemingly youth-led…
The seventh issue of The Spotlight addresses the ongoing crisis in Bangladesh under the interim government led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus. This issue includes a detailed examination of mass arrests of elected Members of Parliament, widespread human rights violations, and the weaponization of…
The sixth issue of The Spotlight critically examines the sudden and dramatic revision of Bangladesh’s alleged annual money laundering figure, from $16 billion to just $1.13 billion per year. The issue questions the credibility of the new administration's economic narrative…
Focusing on Bangladesh's electoral exclusion, the fifth issue of The Spotlight delves into the Yunus-led interim government's electoral ban on the Awami League, raising urgent concerns about democratic backsliding in Bangladesh. It highlights the arrest and abuse of 108 elected…
The fourth issue of The Spotlight offers an in-depth examination of the severe crisis facing Bangladesh’s education system under the interim government formed after August 5, 2024. The cover story reveals how mob violence, political purges, and unethical interference have…