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Islamist Hardliners Advance as Bangladesh Interim Government Delays Elections

Reform commission recommendations on constitutional reform alongside security sector overhaul remain unimplemented under a government allowing extremist factions to consolidate control.

(Photo:IANS)

Overview

  • The interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus has not scheduled national elections originally due in late 2025, extending its unelected rule.
  • Jamaat-e-Islami, Hefazat-i-Islam and the National Consolidation Party have reemerged with state backing to orchestrate violence and political intimidation.
  • Security forces and allied mobs have arrested over 92,000 people on murder charges and detained journalists, academics and civil society activists on unsubstantiated grounds.
  • Eleven reform commissions formed in 2024 have produced detailed recommendations on human rights, police reform and constitutional change that remain unadopted.
  • Communal violence against minorities continues unabated, with mobs damaging at least 14 Hindu homes in Rangpur on July 26–27 and similar attacks reported in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.