25 Former, Serving Military Officers Charged at ICT in Landmark Cases

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn a historic and unprecedented development, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) has formally charged 25 serving and former military officers, along with ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, several ex-ministers, and senior intelligence and police officials, in three separate cases involving enforced disappearances, secret detention, torture, and killings during her 15-year Continue Reading

Bangladesh’s Expanding Surveillance Architecture: A Decade of Networked Intelligence and Defence-Industrial Growth

Reading Time: 24 minutesBangladesh’s transformation from a traditional security model to a data-driven surveillance power is a story of systematic modernisation rather than rapid revolution. Over roughly ten years, the nation has methodically assembled an architecture of intelligence and surveillance technologies that rivals far larger regional actors in sophistication and integration. This shift Continue Reading

Rebuttal: Why Disbanding the DGFI Would Endanger Bangladesh’s Security

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis rebuttal is made in response to a recent statement circulated on social media on 8 October 2025, which claimed that “In Bangladesh, the DGFI clearly operates as an arm of the Indian deep state — a proven fact. It is time to dissolve this agency and establish a new Continue Reading

BGB to Raise Two New Battalions in Khagrachori to Strengthen Border Security

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a major move to bolster security along the India-adjacent borders, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has announced plans to raise two new battalions in Khagrachori district, part of the strategically vital Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). The proposal, designed to strengthen surveillance, operational reach, and overall border management, is currently Continue Reading

Bangladesh and Its Strategic Partners Move to Safeguard the Rohingya Frontier

Reading Time: 4 minutesEmerging Strategic Consensus Bangladesh is quietly coordinating with a network of strategic partners — including the United States, Türkiye, and Pakistan — to ensure the protection of the Rohingya population amid intensifying conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Recent months have seen an uptick in joint exercises, logistics coordination, and intelligence-sharing Continue Reading

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