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Post-Liberation State and Democracy

State power and democratic transition

2007-2008

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Emergency-era Caretaker Rule

Post-Liberation State and Democracy

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After the 11 January 2007 emergency, Bangladesh entered a prolonged caretaker-governed period backed by security institutions. Anti-corruption drives, political detentions, and administrative restructuring took place under a non-elected framework before the December 2008 election restored elected government. The period remains one of the most contested transitions in contemporary Bangladeshi politics.

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BDR Mutiny / Pilkhana Massacre

Post-Liberation State and Democracy

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On 25-26 February 2009, a mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles personnel at Pilkhana in Dhaka turned into one of the deadliest internal security crises in Bangladesh's history. Senior army officers seconded to the force were killed, families were trapped inside the headquarters, and the newly elected government faced an immediate test of authority only weeks after the end of emergency-era rule.

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Contemporary Memory and Civic Protest

Memory, justice, and civic dissent

2010

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International Crimes Tribunal Begins

Contemporary Memory and Civic Protest

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In 2010, Bangladesh operationalized the International Crimes Tribunal process to prosecute 1971-related crimes under the 1973 law. What had long remained an unresolved justice demand now moved into courts, reopening questions of accountability, public memory, due process, and political legitimacy that soon spilled into mass mobilization and counter-mobilization.

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Post-Liberation State and Democracy

State power and democratic transition

2011

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Fifteenth Amendment and Caretaker Abolition

Post-Liberation State and Democracy

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Bangladesh’s Fifteenth Amendment in 2011 removed the constitutional caretaker-government arrangement that had structured several national elections after the 1990 transition. The change followed a Supreme Court judgment but became politically contentious as opposition parties argued that elections under party governments lacked neutrality.

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Contemporary Memory and Civic Protest

Memory, justice, and civic dissent

2012

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Tazreen Fashions Fire

Contemporary Memory and Civic Protest

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On 24 November 2012, a fire at Tazreen Fashions in Ashulia killed more than one hundred garment workers. Labor-rights groups and international institutions linked the disaster to locked exits, weak inspection, and buyer accountability failures in Bangladesh’s export garment sector.

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Historical Transitions

State, society, and political change

2012

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Ramu Communal Violence

Historical Transitions

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Ramu Communal Violence was a significant turning point in the political and social trajectory of Bengal/Bangladesh.

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