The Killing Fields: 25 Years of BSF Violence on the Bangladesh-India Border
A data-driven analysis of 25 years of BSF killings of Bangladeshi civilians, India's violations of international law, and Bangladesh's legal options for accountability.
Analysis and commentary on Bangladesh's political economy, foreign policy, and strategic affairs.
A data-driven analysis of 25 years of BSF killings of Bangladeshi civilians, India's violations of international law, and Bangladesh's legal options for accountability.
As climate displacement accelerates, Bangladesh launches a diplomatic offensive to establish legal frameworks for climate refugees. The 2026 strategy seeks to transform vulnerability into leverage, securing international support and legal recognition for climate-displaced persons.
Analysis of international developments on the Rohingya crisis as Bangladesh faces pressure to repatriate refugees while Myanmar's civil war complicates any return scenario.
For 15 years, India managed Bangladesh through Sheikh Hasina. That era is over. New Delhi must now choose between treating Bangladesh as an equal partner or accelerating its loss of influence in the region.
Indian media created a caricature of Shaheed Osman Hadi as a 'radical Islamist extremist.' The truth reveals a principled advocate for Bangladesh's sovereignty who paid the ultimate price for his convictions.
Indian media's 'Islamist coup' narrative systematically distorts the nature of Bangladesh's July 2024 revolution, erasing student agency and democratic aspirations to serve political agendas in New Delhi.
Indian media portrays Bangladesh's economic challenges as proof of post-revolution failure. The data tells a different story: today's difficulties are rooted in policies and mismanagement under the Hasina regime.
When Bangladeshi citizens need EU visas, many must travel to New Delhi — a symbolic indignity that reflects broader EU-Bangladesh relationship failures. As LDC graduation approaches, Bangladesh must demand treatment as an independent nation, not an India appendage.
Moscow 'generally defers to Delhi on matters concerning its neighbors' — a pattern so pronounced that no Soviet/Russian foreign minister visited Bangladesh until 2023, 52 years after independence. The Rooppur nuclear plant exemplifies this triangulated relationship.
Japan has invested billions in Bangladesh infrastructure — but Tokyo's strategic framework explicitly conceptualizes these investments as serving India connectivity. The question for Dhaka: can Japanese investment be reframed as bilateral partnership rather than triangulated development?