Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Epsteins shadow in Congress: Stacey Plaskett, Political accountability, and the limits of transparency

Bangladesh, Feb. 5 -- The legacy of Jeffrey Epstein continues to reverberate through American politics, long after his death in a New York jail cell in 2019. Each new disclosure involving public offic... Read More


Muizzus ‘Chagos gambit: A risky play in the Indian Ocean

Bangladesh, Feb. 3 -- By any reasonable measure, the Indian Ocean has become one of the worlds most crowded strategic theatres. Sea lanes that carry the bulk of global energy supplies intersect with t... Read More


Sitting in the US, Sheikh Hasinas son attempts to spoil Dhaka-Washington relations

Bangladesh, Feb. 3 -- There is something uniquely reckless about waging political war on your own countrys foreign relations while enjoying the protections of anothers. Sajeeb Wazed Joy has been doing... Read More


Confronting the obesity crisis in the Middle East: A structural public health challenge

Bangladesh, Feb. 2 -- Obesity has emerged as one of the defining global public health challenges of the 21st century. Over recent decades, the prevalence of obesity has risen sharply across nearly eve... Read More


How the US Misreads Bangladesh: Backing Dubious Figures Can Have Dangerous Implications

Bangladesh, Feb. 2 -- For decades, many leading analysts and policymakers have described America's global strategic doctrine as sophisticated, resilient, even foolproof. From Washington's vantage poin... Read More


The greatest American blunder in Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Jan. 31 -- For decades, many leading analysts and policymakers have described Americas global strategic doctrine as sophisticated, resilient, even foolproof. From Washingtons vantage point... Read More


Devastated Bangladesh trapped between two prodigal sons

Bangladesh, Jan. 30 -- Bangladesh today resembles a house divided not by ideology but by inheritance. Its politics is no longer driven by arguments over policy or competing visions of the future; it i... Read More


Repressive states accused of misusing Interpol Red Notices to target political opponents

Bangladesh, Jan. 29 -- Interpol, the worlds largest international police organization, is facing renewed scrutiny after an investigative report revealed that repressive governments have systematically... Read More


When power flatters itself: From graveyards to five-star ministries

Bangladesh, Jan. 27 -- There is something uniquely revealing about how a state allocates its dead—and its ministers. Graveyards, after all, are meant to be the great equalizer. Ministers residen... Read More


Islamic State-linked militants kill dozens in eastern DR Congo as security vacuum deepens

Bangladesh, Jan. 26 -- At least 25 civilians were killed in a brutal attack carried out by militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), a... Read More