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Can Jamaat’s Welfare Politics Challenge BNP’s Power Politics?
Jamaat’s welfare politics could challenge BNP’s power-centred approach by building public trust through social service, organisational discipline and community engagement. Its success, however, depends on inclusive support, transparent leadership and credible policies. Ultimately, both parties will be judged by how effectively they serve citizens and hold their own members accountable.
Bengal and the Promise of Pakistan: The History We Cannot Skip
Bengali Muslim support for Pakistan reflected aspirations for political representation, economic opportunity, education and dignity alongside religious identity. Bengal’s leaders played important roles in establishing the Muslim League, presenting the Lahore Resolution and pursuing an undivided Bengal. Pakistan’s subsequent failure to fulfil those expectations helps explain why support for its creation and the later struggle for Bangladesh’s independence can be understood as a continuing pursuit of rights, autonomy and dignity rather than a contradiction.
The Six Points, the Failure of Political Compromise and Pakistan’s Breakup: Some Overlooked Questions
Pakistan’s breakup in 1971 reflected longstanding inequality, unresolved constitutional disputes and the failure to respect the 1970 electoral mandate. The conflict between Sheikh Mujib’s Six Points and Yahya Khan’s Legal Framework Order required political negotiation, but the leadership failed to reach a settlement. Obstructing the transfer of power and launching a military crackdown deepened the crisis. The history highlights why protecting political rights, maintaining public trust and pursuing constitutional compromise are essential to a state’s unity.
From the Six Points to Ayub’s Fall: Autonomy, Mass Protest and the Limits of Political Unity
Between 1966 and 1969, East Pakistan’s demand for autonomy grew into a mass movement against Ayub Khan. The Six Points defined demands for provincial power, while the students’ Eleven Points connected autonomy with broader democratic, educational and economic concerns. Although the Democratic Action Committee united opposition parties, disagreements over autonomy and the scope of reform remained unresolved. The Round Table Conference failed to bridge these differences. Ayub’s departure ultimately brought another military ruler, Yahya Khan, to power rather than restoring civilian democracy.
After the July Uprising: Where does the Bangladesh–India relationship stand?
The July 2024 uprising reshaped Bangladesh–India relations, exposing deep mistrust alongside continuing mutual dependence. Border tensions, water sharing, Sheikh Hasina’s presence in India, the Rohingya crisis and Bangladesh’s ties with China remain key challenges. A stronger relationship requires sovereign equality, transparency and practical cooperation, with both countries prioritising national interests and mutual respect over party loyalties and political resentment.
Daily Naya Diganta (দৈনিক নয়া দিগন্ত)
Football World Cup and Bangladesh
When the Football World Cup arrives, Bangladesh gets swept away by a wave of intense passion. From cities to the remotest villages, streets fill with the flags of Brazil and Argentina. However, while we lose ourselves in the excitement of global football, the state of football within our own country remains deeply disappointing and neglected.
Daily Waadaa
The high price of democratic survival
The State Language Movement: What Is Lost When History Is Read as a Linear Narrative
The State Language Movement was not merely an expression of emotional attachment to one’s mother tongue; it was a struggle for equal citizenship, economic opportunity, political participation and identity. To understand this history, we must look beyond 1952—and resist erasing anyone’s historical role because of political divisions that emerged later.
The Six-Point Demand of 1966: Federal Autonomy, Political Strategy and the Road to Bangladesh
The Six-Point Programme demanded autonomy, democratic rights and economic justice for East Pakistan within a united Pakistan. Its proposals raised constitutional challenges, particularly over currency, taxation and central authority, but these were open to negotiation. The denial of democratic rights, failed political compromise and military repression transformed the autonomy movement into a struggle for independence. The Six Points therefore cannot be understood simply as either a perfect constitutional solution or a preplanned conspiracy to divide Pakistan.
The Unfinished Suffering of the Biharis: Bangladesh’s Responsibilities and Pakistan’s Reluctance
The Biharis’ suffering reflects the lasting consequences of 1971, discrimination in Bangladesh and Pakistan’s reluctance to accept those wishing to settle there. Although their Bangladeshi citizenship has been recognised, many still face poverty and insecure camp life. Individual crimes must never justify collective punishment. Those who remain deserve equal rights, while those wishing to move to Pakistan deserve a safe, voluntary pathway.