Bangladesh Army Engineers Deliver Landmark Energy Infrastructure: The Chattogram–Dhaka Oil Pipeline
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a remarkable demonstration of technical expertise and strategic foresight, the Bangladesh Army, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), has completed the nation’s first underground fuel oil pipeline, linking Chattogram port to the capital, Dhaka. Spanning 250 kilometres, this state-of-the-art conduit was inaugurated on 16 August 2025 at Continue Reading
The Strategic Imperative of Bangladesh–Türkiye Defence Cooperation
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn recent years, Bangladesh’s defence diplomacy has matured significantly — shifting from passive procurement to strategic partnerships. Nowhere is this shift more visible than in its growing cooperation with Türkiye. As two Muslim-majority countries with shared geopolitical interests, Bangladesh and Türkiye have found common ground in a complex world increasingly Continue Reading
IAEA’s Credibility in Tatters, NPT All But Dead
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), once regarded as the impartial guardian of peaceful nuclear cooperation, is now facing a legitimacy crisis of historic proportions. Growing evidence suggests that the agency has not only failed in its mandate to ensure equal treatment of member states but may have actively contributed Continue Reading
UN Clarifies Non-Involvement in Rakhine Corridor Proposal
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe United Nations has recently put to bed rumours of its involvement in any so-called “humanitarian corridor” running from Bangladesh into Myanmar’s war-torn Rakhine State. Speaking candidly at a DCAB Talk in Dhaka, Gwyn Lewis, the UN’s top representative in Bangladesh, made it crystal clear that the UN isn’t part Continue Reading
Isa Khan: Bengal’s Indigenous Strategist and the Baro-Bhuiyan Resistance
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the tangled military history of South Asia’s early modern era, few figures emerge with the same clarity of purpose, defiant resilience, and indigenous strategic acumen as Isa Khan, the formidable chieftain of Bengal during the late 16th century. As the most prominent leader of the Baro-Bhuiyan confederacy, Isa Khan Continue Reading