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From bluff to bullets: The Islamist plot to silence critics in Bangladesh
The shadow of Islamist militancy is once again looming large over Bangladesh, as the Yunus regime, backed by questionable foreign alliances, tightens its grip on power. While Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus publicly talks about holding general elections in February next year, his actions – and the brazen activities of Islamist, jihadist, and terrorist elements operating with impunity -tell a different story. The threats have now reached my own doorstep, in a chilling reminder that those who refuse to submit to this regime’s wrongdoings face intimidation, silencing, and possibly lethal consequences.
While Muhammad Yunus has recently declared that Bangladesh’s next general election will be held in February next year, local Islamists, jihadists, and terrorists have suddenly intensified their activities, targeting journalists and political opponents. This is an extremely alarming sign of the dangerous situation unfolding in the country – where powerful elements oppose the transfer of power to an elected government, preferring instead that Yunus remain in office indefinitely, potentially turning Bangladesh into the next epicenter of the US Deep State’s proxy war.
Even Yunus’s announcement of the election carries the stench of political theatre. Many view it as a bluff. For example, instead of preparing for a democratic transition, Yunus has begun transforming the official residence of the Prime Minister into a so-called “Museum of Tyranny”, without making provisions for alternative accommodations for the next head of government – an act that clearly signals he has no intention of restoring democracy in the foreseeable future.
A particularly startling development emerged on August 7, 2025, when Humayun Kabir, the Foreign Affairs Adviser to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman, revealed that Rahman had held a one-on-one meeting with US Chargé d’Affaires Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson in London in July. According to Kabir, the discussions covered “fundamental issues – what kind of country the BNP wants to........
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