Tag: secularism
In a deeply flawed election that has reshaped Bangladesh’s political landscape, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies have swept to power, but the alarming ascent of Jamaat-e-Islami’s coalition to 77 seats signals a…
Radical Islamist outfit Jamaat-e-Islami has attempted to whitewash their toxic and regressive ideology by resorting to their favourite scam: crying “hack” to dodge accountability for their vile attacks on women’s rights. This time, Secretary General…
Even as the Yunus-led puppet regime unleashes a flood of politicised “investigations” to whitewash its own failures and shield Islamist agitators like Hefazat-e-Islam—the very mob that torched buildings, vandalised vehicles, and terrorised Dhaka in 2013—the…
The most notable distinction lies in their external support: Yunus is propped up by Islamists, Pakistan, the West, and the United Nations, while Hasina drew strength from secularists, India, and Russia
Islamization of Bangladesh took place several times—from 1975-96, 2001-06, 2007-08, and 2024-25—every time at the hands of the military or army-backed governments—extensively—with the media and civil society leaders going with the tide. The previous Awami…
Armed militant attacks and calls for jihad have been seen regularly in Bangladesh since 1999, but there was a sudden slowdown in 2005—only after numerous fatalities—with the arrest of a top leader of the Bangladesh…
From 2001 to 2006, at least 54 extremist organizations and foreign militant-fundamentalist organizations under the cover of Islamic NGOs and with the support of the BNP-Jamaat government created a nationwide terrorist network. At that time,…
As days are passing by, radical Islamists and extremist elements have gained more strength in Bangladesh since the August 5 changeover through mob violence, rumours–thanks to the US-sponsored and army-backed interim government’s patronization and silence…
“Joy Bangla” meant hail Bangla or long live Bangla, referring to the land where the Bengali-speaking people lived in undivided India. The slogan, first used by our great national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam with the…
He is the third secular writer to have been killed in less than three months! It was evident; even more to follow — thanks to the reluctance of the so-called progressive government! The head of…
A war crimes trial campaigner, he was critical of radical Islamists in jamaat and militant organisations, he protested delay in Avijit Roy murder case, corruption of the government, violation of human rights of the indigenous…
ঘটনাক্রমঃ * হেফাজতের হাটহাজারী মাদ্রাসার ছাত্র জিকরুল্লাহ ঢাকায় আসে শনিবার এবং যাত্রাবাড়ীর একটি মাদ্রাসায় রাত কাটায়। * রবিবার বিকেলে চার খুনি হাতিরঝিলে পরিকল্পনা করে। তারা হলো জিকরুল্লাহ, এবং মিরপুরের দারুল উলুম মাদ্রাসার আরিফুল ইসলাম, আবু…
Secular scholars are killed, others threatened by radical Muslims of constitutionally-secular Bangladesh in 2015, a state which recognised Islam as the state religion, based on population, and declared by an army ruler in 1986!!! The…
অবস্থাদৃষ্টে মনে হচ্ছে, প্রথমত যারা এসব ঘটনা ঘটাচ্ছে তাদের দল, যারা এদের উস্কানী দিচ্ছে সেইসব রাজনৈতিক ও ধর্মীয় গুরুরা, এবং সর্বোপরি ক্ষমতাবানেরা সাম্প্রতিক ধর্মীয় উগ্রপন্থীদের শিকারে পরিণত হবেনা। হবে বৌদ্ধ ও হিন্দুরা, আদিবাসীরা, দলিত সমাজের…
This cable was sent by the US envoy in Dhaka Boster on May 3, 1976 describing what Gen Ziaur Rahman told a May Day rally at Suhrawardy Udyan. In a hastily scheduled rally on May…
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