Lens · Stories
Long-form on the BPO record.
The five Researcher-tier lenses are powerful but lonely — they show you the shape of the data, not what it means. Stories are the BPO desk's reading of specific moments in the timeline, with the underlying queries linked so you can verify or argue back.
Draft · 9-min read
Election cycles and political violence
Every Bangladeshi general election since 1991 left a measurable spike in the incident record. The shape of that spike tells you a lot about the politics of the moment.
Draft · 11-min read
Cox's Bazar after the Rohingya influx
In late 2017, ~750,000 Rohingya crossed into Cox's Bazar. The district's incident profile has not been the same since — and not for the reasons the headlines suggest.
Draft · 7-min read
Police arrests under the DSA, 2018–2024
The Digital Security Act, passed in October 2018, fundamentally reshaped how police interactions appear in the BPO record. This is what the data shows.
Draft · 10-min read
The Chittagong Hill Tracts: a peace agreement at 30
The CHT Accord was signed in December 1997. The incident record since tells a longer story than the headline "peace returned".
Draft · 8-min read
Hartal economics
The hartal — the called general strike — is a recurring fact of Bangladeshi politics. The incident record reveals what it costs, and what it doesn't.
Draft · 9-min read
Police violence and civilian violence
The BPO record shows police involved in roughly a third of all incidents. That number means less than it seems — and more than you'd guess.
Draft · 9-min read
SGBV across districts — where reporting concentrates
Sexual and gender-based violence appears in the BPO record at vastly different rates across districts. The map is mostly a map of where it's reported — not where it happens.
Draft · 10-min read
When AL and BNP fight directly
The two major Bangladeshi parties spend most of the year in normal political competition. The exceptions are visible in the BPO record.
Draft · 11-min read
Violence against religious minorities
Bangladesh is overwhelmingly Muslim — about 91% of the population. The remaining 9% appear in the BPO record at a rate that is neither steady nor random.
Draft · 8-min read
Drug enforcement crackdowns: 2018, 2023, and what changed
Two declared anti-drug campaigns in five years. The BPO record captures the operational footprint of both — and the difference.
For editorial review
These three pieces ship in draft form. Numbers and structure are data-driven; the framing and voice are placeholder and need an editorial pass from the BPO research desk before any external release. Each page carries a DRAFT banner.