Netra News

6 days ago | netra.news | Sushmita S. Preetha

In a country where men have long monopolised both the microphone and the moral compass, it is almost laughable, if it was not so dangerous, to watch the righteous indignation of Hefazat-e-Islam – a hard-line collective that has one senior leader and at least a few sympathisers in the interim government – and their ideological kin, triggered by the recent recommendations of the Women's Affairs Reform Commission.

1 month ago | netra.news | David Bergman

Bangladesh Bank’s governor, Ahsan Mansur, has been in London as part of the government’s efforts to recover funds allegedly stolen by “kleptocrats” from the country’s banks. The central bank estimates that during the Awami League’s 15-year regime, at least $25 billion has been stolen by pro-government businessmen through fake loans that have never been paid back. Some of those funds have made their way to the UK, where they were used to purchase property.

2 months ago | netra.news | Mehedi Hasan Marof

Only six days had passed since the family of Touhidul Islam, an activist with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, had buried his elderly father at the family graveyard in Cumilla. Friday was meant to be a day of remembrance — a solemn gathering to honour the late patriarch’s memory. Instead, by midday on January 31st, the family was holding a second funeral — this time for Touhidul himself.

Jan 18, 2025 | netra.news | Mehedi Hasan Marof

For Rezwan Rahman Sadid, a final-year medical student at Rajshahi Medical College, anti-India sentiment in Bangladesh is not new, but it has taken on a sharper, more pervasive edge in recent years. “The current hatred or inability to see India positively stems from Indian hegemony, their dismissive attitude towards Bangladesh, and the propaganda they perpetuate about us,” he said.

Jan 9, 2025 | netra.news | Nafis Hasan

The Monsoon Revolution triggered two monumental shifts in Bangladesh politics. First, on August 5th, Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power, shattering the Awami League’s (AL) long-standing political dynasty and legitimacy. Second, on August 30th, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) formally ended its enduring alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (JeI), as BNP General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced that his party was no longer allied with the political Islamist group.