WinTK Editorial Desk
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The EU-India FTA signed January 27, 2026 will slash Indian garment tariffs from 12% to zero — directly threatening Bangladesh's $19.71 billion EU garment market just as LDC graduation looms.
IMF projects Bangladesh GDP to rebound to 4.7% in FY26 after its worst growth year since Covid. Here's what it means for jobs, investment, and the new BNP government.
On February 12, 2026, Bangladeshis voted on two ballots. The pink one asked them to reshape how their country is governed. 62.74 percent said yes — here's what that actually means.
Bangladesh's Cyber Safety Ordinance 2025 removed nine sections of the old law and dismissed thousands of DSA cases. Here's what actually changed for 82 million netizens.
Tarique Rahman was sworn in on February 17, 2026 after BNP's historic landslide. Ten days in, the promises are big — and so are the pressures.
Tarique Rahman was sworn in as Bangladesh's prime minister on February 17, 2026, after BNP's historic landslide. Ten days in, the promises are big — and so are the pressures.
Pakistan recorded 344 new blasphemy cases in 2024 — a record. Bangladesh's digital security laws criminalise "hurting religious sentiment" online, disproportionately targeting minorities. A comparative analysis of South Asia's blasphemy architecture and Bangladesh's reform challenge.
The 2021 AUKUS announcement reshaped Indo-Pacific security architecture — and its consequences now reach Bangladesh, which has pivoted sharply toward China after the 2024 political transition. A geopolitical analysis of Biden's strategy and what it means for South Asian security.
Bangladesh holds Asia's highest NPL ratio at 35.73 percent — driven by politically enabled corporate fraud involving S Alam Group and Beximco. What Wirecard and Enron teach Bangladesh about accountability and banking capture.
South Asia faces 11.8 million AMR deaths by 2050 — the world's highest regional burden. Bangladesh's hospitals show rising resistance to first-line antibiotics, pharmacies sell them without prescriptions, and Dhaka's water sources carry resistance genes. A data-driven analysis of the crisis.
Pakistan recorded 32,617 gender-based violence cases in 2024 with conviction rates below 2 percent. In Bangladesh, 76 percent of women have experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetime. A regional analysis of South Asia's persistent gender violence crisis — the data, the structural failur
Bangladesh seized 130 kg of cocaine and 22.8 million yaba tablets in 2024 alone — yet 59% of drug cases end in acquittal. A deep investigation into how global trafficking networks exploit Bangladesh's geography, and why enforcement keeps falling short.