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
Bangladesh Navy Quietly Begins RQ-21 Blackjack Drone Operations in Bay of Bengal
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Bangladesh Navy has quietly commenced operations of the Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack unmanned aerial system (UAS) in the Bay of Bengal, marking a significant boost to its maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. The first flights reportedly took place on 24 September, shortly after the delivery of multiple Continue Reading
Bangladesh Army Conducts Military Orientation Training for BCS and BJS Officers
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Bangladesh Army successfully conducted the 84th Military Orientation Training programme for officers of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) and the Bangladesh Judicial Service (BJS). The six-week-long training was held from 3 August to 11 September 2025 with the objective of fostering stronger cooperation between the civil administration, judicial authorities, Continue Reading
Felani’s Legacy Lives On: Brother Enlists in Border Guard Bangladesh
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe killing of fifteen-year-old Felani Khatun in 2011 remains one of the most harrowing episodes in the history of the Indo-Bangladesh border. Shot dead by India’s Border Security Force while attempting to cross barbed wire with her father, her body left hanging on the fence for hours, Felani became an Continue Reading
Bangladesh Cannot Afford to Disarm Its Police
Reading Time: 3 minutesBangladesh stands at a dangerous crossroads. The call to disarm or downgrade the police removing lethal weapons from their hands is not reform. It is surrender. At a moment when armed criminals roam free, hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition are unaccounted for, and law enforcement morale is collapsing, Continue Reading