Column CNN: Channel for hire? Should CNN broadcast commercials promoting Bangladesh, considering the free fall in the government’s human rights and democratic record? David Bergman July 15th 2021
Column Bangladesh’s predator prime minister As international media watchdog brands Sheikh Hasina a “predator of press freedom” — Bangladeshi media remains silent. David Bergman July 8th 2021
Column Conglomerate media What happens when Bangladesh’s energy, real estate and financial interests take over the media in the country. David Bergman June 24th 2021
Column Channel Awami League Most people in Bangladesh get their news from television, not print media. So who owns the country’s private television stations? David Bergman June 18th 2021
Column When journalism is criminalised Rozina Islam has been arrested for a standard journalistic practice in Bangladesh — she should be applauded, not prosecuted. David Bergman May 20th 2021
Column Covid-19: Will Bangladesh follow India into breakdown? The pandemic is now hitting India hard. Bangladesh could be next. David Bergman April 29th 2021
Column Why Hasina did not remove General Aziz How Bangladesh’s prime minister dealt with the fallout of “All the prime minister’s men” — by not changing anything. David Bergman April 15th 2021
Column Bangladesh at 50: The battle of competing narratives Two narratives compete to dominate descriptions of the country — one positive, one negative. Both are right. David Bergman March 25th 2021
Column Copyrighted - by the Bangladesh state? How Bangladesh government agencies are suspected of taking down websites and Youtube channels of dissident Bangladeshis abroad. David Bergman February 26th 2021
Column Why are Haris and Anis not behind bars? Has the Bangladesh government secretly remitted the sentences of two fugitive convicted murderers, the brothers of the country’s Chief of Army Staff? David Bergman February 15th 2021
Column The home minister and the murder convict Another picture emerges showing the unholy alliances in Bangladesh between criminals, police and politicians. David Bergman February 4th 2021
Column LSE, Sheikh Mujib and the Bangladesh government A British university’s collaboration with the Bangladesh government on a meeting about Sheikh Mujib raises important issues. David Bergman January 19th 2021
Column UK Labour Party’s Awami League problem How the Awami League helped Tulip Siddiq MP win the last UK election. David Bergman January 11th 2021
Column How a pro-India "disinformation" group helped the Awami League government The Brussels-based South Asia Democratic Forum praised the controversial 2018 Bangladesh election as being “free and fair”. David Bergman December 24th 2020
Column Re-writing the history of Bangladesh's Padma Bridge criminal conspiracy The Daily Star stands against corruption, so why criticise the World Bank for its investigation into the alleged criminal conspiracy? David Bergman December 20th 2020