Interactive Counted In and Kept Out: Bangladesh Leads South Asia on Minority Inclusion — Except in the Military Bangladesh’s religious minorities can — and do — ascend through courts, classrooms, and government offices, but the country’s armed forces remain off-limits. Netra News June 11th 2025
Netra Leader A ban on accountability By banning the Awami League, the interim government has confirmed it is not interested in reform, justice or accountability, and reaffirmed its commitment to keeping the Bangladeshi state broken. Netra News May 11th 2025
Netra Report Bangladesh spy agencies cleared ex-president’s Bangkok flight, memo shows Immigration police officials punished after Abdul Hamid was cleared to travel abroad Netra News May 9th 2025
Netra Report Yunus envoy met Elon Musk at White House in undisclosed meeting: column Musk discussed Starlink with Khalilur Rahman, Yunus’s top aide, in a White House meeting after US officials pushed for more cotton imports. Netra News May 3rd 2025
Netra Analysis What NYT got right — and missed — in Bangladesh Islamist story The New York Times' recent report on Bangladesh’s Islamist resurgence was fair and timely — but not without blind spots. Netra News April 3rd 2025
Netra Report Army dismisses Hasnat’s post as “laughable and immature” The army headquarters responds to a viral Facebook post by National Citizen Party organiser Hasnat Abdullah, who alleged attempts to rehabilitate the Awami League from within the “cantonment.” Netra News March 23rd 2025
Bangladesh in 2024: The most influential ten A look back at the year through people who influenced it, on Netra News’ fifth birthday. Netra News December 26th 2024
Netra Leader Bangladeshi politics is failing Bangladesh’s Hindus In pursuing a public relations drive in lieu of policy and action, the interim government is failing the Hindu minority in Bangladesh. Netra News December 18th 2024
Netra Leader Faith and friendship By ensuring religious freedom and preventing communalism, Bangladesh can give leadership on secularism in the region where India has failed. Netra News December 4th 2024
Netra Report In a classic bank scandal, Sheikh Hasina’s hidden hand Soon after Mohammad Atiqullah Khan Masud, a pro-Awami League media tycoon, died, his company became a loan defaulter. But he left paper trails showing how Sheikh Hasina personally intervened to rescue her troubled ally via a powerful intermediary. Netra News October 19th 2024
Netra Leader Session musicians playing with the banned Banning political parties ignores true accountability, justice and democracy in favour of scoring cheap populist points. Bangladesh has had enough shallow populism in its politics. Netra News October 11th 2024
