Netra News

Bangladesh’s climate change policy is anodyne, feel-good catchphrases that can help raise funds, but do nothing to save lives or the environment. The country’s survival depends on this changing faster than the climate is.

Cloaked under performative pronouncements appealing to the world’s conscience, Bangladesh’s leaders have refused to fulfil the state’s obligations towards refugees it harbours.

Undemocratic, arrogant, opposed to human rights: a year in power has chipped away at the carefully constructed image and revealed the truth about Muhammad Yunus.

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.

A look back at the year through people who influenced it, on Netra News’ fifth birthday.

In pursuing a public relations drive in lieu of policy and action, the interim government is failing the Hindu minority in Bangladesh.

By ensuring religious freedom and preventing communalism, Bangladesh can give leadership on secularism in the region where India has failed.

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.