The real cost of an absent information commission
15 July 2026
It may sound like a broken gramophone record for us to continue lamenting the absence of the chief information commissioner and two information commissioners in Bangladesh since September 2024, following the political transition after the July uprising.
15 July 2026
Persistent delay in restoring the Information Commission is unacceptable
15 June 2026
It is true that observers have so far viewed the performance of the BNP government, which took office in February 2026 following a year-and-a-half-long interim administration, with cautious optimism.
15 June 2026
A paralysed Information Commission is undermining citizens’ right to know
15 May 2026
Recently, Dr. Zahed Ur Rahman, adviser to the prime minister on information and broadcasting, has welcomed constructive criticism from citizens regarding the government’s performance.
15 May 2026
Even if dormant, the RTI Act’s promise remains powerful
17 April 2026
As the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2009 remains effectively dormant in Bangladesh, RTI advocates must now rely on the new government’s resolve to operationalise it.
17 April 2026
Reviving RTI: A test for the new government
15 February 2026
The long-anticipated and widely speculated national election has concluded. Contrary to many predictions, voters delivered a decisive mandate to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
15 February 2026
When institutions falter, the defence of RTI falls to citizens
15 January 2026
While 2025 was a year marked by despair over the paralysis of Bangladesh’s right to information (RTI) regime, the beginning of 2026 has brought a welcome note of resistance and resolve.
15 January 2026
How RTI activists keep the law alive
15 December 2025
Rather than retreating in the face of bureaucratic inertia, these RTI warriors have adopted a strategy of persistence.
15 December 2025
Reviving the RTI regime is essential for our democratic journey
15 November 2025
Will our political parties commit to safeguarding and revitalising RTI as a democratic instrument?
15 November 2025
A PERSONAL FOOTNOTE
A year ago today, the world celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. A small part of that history is my personal history...
8 November 2015
Are political parties “Public Authority”?
Afrequently asked question about RTI law relates to the meaning of the term “authority”. As the Act empowers citizens to query public authorities on matters that concern or aggrieve them, there is an obvious need to understand the concept of authority under the Act.
15 August 2015