Stable Republic: Full Potential of Democratic Bangladesh
Research Report · Futura Genesis Center · August 2026 This report documents the bilateral relationship as it actually stands — geography, trade, security cooperation, culture, and shared infrastructure — as a companion to our "Sonar Bangla" framework's regional-cooperation pillar. It draws on the same primary research as our in-
Stable Republic: Full Potential of Democratic Bangladesh
Strategic Brief · Futura Genesis Center · August 2026 This is an introductory brief to a proposed framework, not a report on existing policy or a documented empirical finding. It sets out the shape of the idea; each component is a candidate for its own dedicated development as the framework matures. Sonar
A Republic Unmade: Bangladesh at the Brink
Strategic Brief · Futura Genesis Center · August 2026 This is a preliminary brief, not a comprehensive study. It draws on early-stage research and is published to establish a documented starting point — the specific claims below are sourced individually, and the open questions are listed as plainly as the findings. Three
A Republic Unmade: Bangladesh at the Brink
Research Report · Futura Genesis Center · August 2026 What happened in Bangladesh after August 5, 2024 was not political turbulence. It was a coordinated, accelerated reversal of the founding principles of the 1971 republic — executed with remarkable speed and enabled by international actors who either did not understand what they were
The Meridian Initiative
Every youth development program picks a side: either it helps young people leave, or it tries to keep them. Both postures are wrong — and they're wrong for the same reason.
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Strategic Brief · Futura Genesis Center · July 2026 Two Messages, Two Audiences In October 2025, Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr. Shafiqur Rahman stood before an audience in New York and delivered a message calibrated for international ears: a softened line on women's rights, and language signaling openness to fielding
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Strategic Brief · Futura Genesis Center · July 2026 What Changed On February 10, 2025, Bangladesh's interim government amended the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973 — the law that created the tribunal originally built to prosecute individuals for crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War — by issuing the International Crimes (Tribunals)
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Research Report · Futura Genesis Center · July 2026 The Disclosure That Named the Problem In 1968, Dr. Mahboob ul Haq, then Chief Economist of Pakistan's Planning Commission, made a disclosure that briefly made him famous and permanently made him dangerous to the state he served. Twenty-two families, he
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Research Report · Futura Genesis Center · July 2026 Two Dates, One Party In 1971, an East Pakistan political party organised paramilitary units that used the mass rape of Bengali women as an instrument of war. In 2026, the same party is contesting a national election on a platform that would limit
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Research Report · Futura Genesis Center · July 2026 The Statement In November 2023, Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman was reported by The Diplomat to have said that women's education and public-facing work amounted to "another form of prostitution." The remark was not an aside from
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Research Report · Futura Genesis Center · July 2026 The Strike On October 23, 2023, garment workers across the industrial belts of Dhaka, Gazipur, and Ashulia walked out of their factories. It was the most sustained industrial action in the history of Bangladesh's ready-made garment sector — an industry that
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Research Report · Futura Genesis Center · July 2026 An Army That Chose Its Country The mutiny began in March 1971 and did not end. When the Pakistani military launched Operation Searchlight against East Pakistan's own population, it expected obedience from the Bengali soldiers, police, and paramilitaries in its ranks.