Adani Cuts Power Supply, Allegedly Breaching Contract

A day after Foreign Affairs State Minister Humayun Kabir’s announcement, India’s Adani Power suspended electricity supply to Bangladesh, citing technical problems. The move further intensified the country’s power crisis. The timing of the two events has raised questions about whether the incident was merely coincidental or part of a planned strategy to exert diplomatic Continue Reading

Delhi-Trained Bureaucrats Under Surveillance

Panchayat Habib The administration has become more active following death-row convict former PM Sheikh Hasina’s threat to return to Bangladesh in December while staying in India. Surveillance has been increased amid concerns that some officials could misuse their positions to create disorder. In particular, suspicion is focused on bureaucrats who received training in Delhi Continue Reading

Let Us Now Rebuild the State: PM

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called on patriotic citizens, businesspeople, young entrepreneurs, researchers and people from all sections of society to come forward to build a prosperous and desired Bangladesh. He sought everyone’s cooperation in the country’s development and the rebuilding of the state. Calling especially on the country’s youth, the Prime Minister Continue Reading

Sheikh Hasina Was the World’s Best Actress and Ordered Enforced Disappearances: Speaker

Bhola District and Lalmohan Upazila Correspondent Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament and Bhola-3 constituency lawmaker Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram has said Sheikh Hasina was “the world’s best actress” and the person who ordered enforced disappearances and killings. He said Sheikh Hasina would invite the relatives of disappeared people to Ganabhaban and Continue Reading

When the Protector Becomes the Predator

On paper, Shawkat Ali Chowdhury is a former chairman and current director of Eastern Bank PLC (EBL). However, a special inspection report by the Bangladesh Bank’s Banking Supervision Department has raised allegations that he has maintained control over the bank for years by holding proxy shares in the names of undisclosed entities, employees and relatives. […]Continue Reading