Alleged Subversive Operations and the Emerging Intelligence Contest in Bangladesh
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs Bangladesh approaches its scheduled general elections in early 2025, the country’s internal security environment appears to be entering a period of heightened volatility. Intelligence assessments circulating among security analysts suggest the possibility of orchestrated attempts by remnants of the previous ruling network to destabilise the state through asymmetric and Continue Reading
Bangladesh July Uprising: Military Firearms, Armour-Piercing Bullets Used
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh continues its high-profile trial against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, who are being tried in absentia following the July uprising of 2024. State-appointed defence lawyer Amir Hossain is set to Continue Reading
Bangladesh’s Monsoon Revolution: Political Collapse, Mass Atrocities, and Strategic Shifts
Reading Time: 5 minutesBetween 16 July and 5 August 2024, Bangladesh experienced one of the most profound political upheavals in its modern history, now widely referred to as the Monsoon Revolution. What began as student-led protests demanding reforms in government job quotas quickly escalated into a nationwide uprising against entrenched corruption, authoritarian governance, Continue Reading
Bangladesh Army Takes 15 Officers into Custody Following Arrest Warrants Over Alleged Crimes Against Humanity
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Bangladesh Army has confirmed that 15 of its officers have been taken into custody after arrest warrants were issued against 30 individuals accused of involvement in enforced disappearances and crimes against humanity. The announcement was made during a media briefing held at the Officers’ Mess in Dhaka Cantonment on Continue Reading
Army to Comply with ICT Warrants Against Officers
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Bangladesh Army has confirmed that it will not obstruct the International Crimes Tribunal’s (ICT) directive to arrest 23 serving and retired officers accused of involvement in enforced disappearances, secret detentions and torture during Sheikh Hasina’s long rule. The decision follows an intense internal discussion among senior commanders on April Continue Reading