Bangladesh, April 24 -- More than five decades after Bangladeshs independence, the country finds itself confronting a new and complex security narrative—one shaped not only by domestic developments but also by competing regional interests and covert influence operations. Following the August 2024 jihadist upheaval, Pakistan and its notorious intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), emerged as influential actors, allegedly operating through deep-state alignments within Bangladeshs political landscape.

Taking advantage of the situation, the ISI reportedly established multiple operational nodes in Dhaka, alongside covert presences in sensitive Bangladesh–India border areas, often using madrassa networks as cov...