Zia Haider Rahman

Zia Haider Rahman, a former international human rights lawyer and head of research at Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), is the author of the novel ‘In the Light of What We Know.’ His X handle is @ziahaiderrahman.

Our expectations of this government should match its competence

If we grasp that our expectations were unrealistic, a decline in our expectations of the interim government need not entail a sense of disappointment.

20 December 2024, 02:00 AM

Government must make itself available to questions from the press

Bangladesh needs a properly resourced and responsive IG press office, one that regards its audience as the nation and not the elite.

20 October 2024, 02:00 AM

We must focus first on constitutional process, not content

A new era with a new populace doesn’t just need a new constitutional dispensation but a new way of arriving at such a dispensation.

12 September 2024, 02:00 AM