The Global Center for Democratic Governance (GCDG) presents a chilling account of 47 documented extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh between September 8, 2024, and June 19, 2025. This report reveals how the unelected interim government led by Professor Muhammad Yunus, which…
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…
Dr. Mamunur Rashid For over sixteen years, a systematic narrative has been woven to accuse the Awami League—Bangladesh's longest-serving ruling party—of large-scale money laundering. This campaign intensified following the party’s fall from power on August 5, 2025. In the aftermath,…
The Global Center for Democratic Governance (GCDG) has released a preliminary report documenting the brutal killings of Awami League (AL) activists in Bangladesh following the political transition of August 2024. The report outlines a disturbing pattern of state-sanctioned violence, extrajudicial…
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 interim government in Bangladesh, led by Nobel Laureate Professor Yunus, arrested 108 elected Members of Parliament (MPs), including 12 female MPs, from August 9, 2024, to May 27, 2025, without specifying any charges, and often without issuing warrants. Later,…
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…
The third issue of The Spotlight sheds light on the escalating crisis in Bangladesh under the rule of the interim government established on August 5, 2024. The cover story, "From Silence to Suppression: Journalism under the Yunus Administration", critically examines the…
GCDG Statement on Corridor_ENDownload GCDG strongly urges resistance to the interim government's unauthorized corridor proposal, warning of grave risks to Bangladesh’s sovereignty, democracy, and regional peace. GCDG Statement on Corridor_BNDownload
This case study examines the deadly extremist attack in August 2024, in which 30 people, including 15 police officers, were killed in a brutal and coordinated assault. The incident highlights serious human rights violations, state failure to protect its own…