BJP dubs Indian Categorical report on USAID as ‘pretend’ with out studying
* On 11 September 2024, a month after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster on 5 August, the Micro Governance Analysis (MGR) program of the College of Dhaka and MGR’s director, affiliate professor Aynul Islam posted, ‘It’s Not Abruptly “Spring”‘ and added, “Hiya Bangladesh 2.0… 544 youth occasions and applications within the college campuses throughout Bangladesh” had been organised in two years since September 2022 “to advertise youth democratic management and civic engagement that straight reached 10,264 college youth by 221 motion initiatives and 170 democracy classes, amongst others…”
* Islam acknowledged that “all these had been attainable with the beneficiant help and partnership from the IFES and USAID Bangladesh beneath the #Nagorik program.” Islam is a senior marketing consultant (civic and youth engagement) with IFES. In December 2024, he turned the founding director of Utilized Democracy Lab (ADL), established on the College of Dhaka “with help from USAID and IFES”, in accordance with him.
* On 8 January, days earlier than it was wound up, USAID Bangladesh posted on Fb: “Excited to accomplice with the College of Dhaka to unveil the brand new Utilized Democracy Lab (ADL).” Contacted by the Indian Categorical and talking over the cellphone from Dhaka, Islam confirmed that USAID funded the Nagorik programme by CEPPS.
* The ultimate NDI-IRI TAM report revealed in March 2024 famous: “Many stakeholders made credible accusations that state safety companies and different authorities establishments at occasions inconsistently enforced election guidelines to favour the ruling Awami League. The size of the federal government’s efforts to arrest opposition members and limit or disrupt opposition political actions was not satisfactorily justified and generated a widespread notion of politicized regulation enforcement through the election interval.”
* IRI additionally held a nationwide opinion ballot in Bangladesh in August 2023 that confirmed a majority of Bangladeshis believed the nation was “headed within the incorrect course”.
* The US newly shaped Division of Authorities Effectivity’s (DOGE) listing of cancelled grants additionally included a $29.9-million USAID funding to Democracy Worldwide (DI) for “strengthening the political panorama in Bangladesh”. Awarded in 2017, this grant was to be concluded in October 2025. DI’s Dhaka workplace declined to remark.
* Whereas USAID and CEPPS have closed their web sites, DOGE has not responded to a question posed on X.
