Bangladesh’s risky gamble on the Rakhine Corridor

Humanitarian Corridors: A Trojan Horse Threatening Bangladesh’s Sovereignty

By Tajul Islam* DHAKA, Bangladesh | 6 May 2025 (IDN) — In the ever-shifting terrain of global politics, ‘humanitarian corridors’ are increasingly wielded not as genuine lifelines for suffering populations but as instruments of foreign influence and domination. The recent decision to establish a United Nations-backed humanitarian corridor along the Chittagong–Rakhine route in Bangladesh is a sobering reminder that under the veneer of compassion o…

Bangladesh’s risky gamble on the Rakhine Corridor

The announcement that Bangladesh has agreed in principle to allow a ‘Humanitarian Corridor’ into Myanmar’s Rakhine State under UN supervision should evoke more than polite nods from international observers. It ought to trigger a serious debate about the unintended consequences of well-meaning interventions, especially when geography, geopolitics, and internal instability intersect so precariously. Bangladesh, long a reluctant host to over a mill…

Bangladesh: ‘humanitarian corridor’ for Myanmar​

Political parties from different shades of right, left, centrists, and Islamists are disturbed to hear from the media that Bangladesh has agreed to establish a ‘humanitarian corridor’ for the hungry people of war-torn Rakhine State in Myanmar. The media in the country, quoting Foreign Affairs Ministry officials, have published sketchy information on the so-called humanitarian corridor. The Interim Government has yet to spell out details of the p…