Blog Bangladesh’s public relations problem The Awami League government should be concerned about The Economist’s description of Sheikh Hasina as a prime minister seeking to make the country a “one-party state”. Netra News March 13th 2023
Blog Bangladesh’s expensive power deal An analysis by the Washington Post shows how the government signed a far from favourable energy deal with an Indian businessman Netra News December 12th 2022
Blog Twitter correspondence with users reveals Bangladesh government attempts to remove tweets Social media continues to be key terrain of Bangladesh government's attempts to silence alternative views. Netra News December 3rd 2022
Blog Bangladesh targeting pro-opposition UK-based media, again A pro-opposition newspaper in the UK is targeted in cyber attack, causing the paper to go offline, while Bangladesh police detain the British-Bangladeshi editor's brother. David Bergman September 23rd 2022
Blog Assessing Bachelet’s visit What can we conclude from the visit to Bangladesh of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights? David Bergman August 19th 2022
Blog OC Pradeep: Sacrificial lamb? The conviction of the infamous Cox’s Bazar cop reflects how the systems of accountability in Bangladesh are politically corrupt. David Bergman July 30th 2022
Blog Deepto TV owners’ imprisonment shows how defamation laws are abused in Bangladesh The criminal law should not be used to deal with claims of defamation David Bergman July 20th 2022
Blog Stopping the opposition opposing Bangladesh government continues to prevent opposition parties from holding meetings and rallies. David Bergman June 17th 2022
Blog Dunking Yunus Sheikh Hasina hopes people will forget the real reason behind the cancellation of the World Bank Padma Bridge loan. David Bergman May 19th 2022