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Anwar A. Khan

Anwar A. Khan is an independent political analyst based in Dhaka, Bangladesh who writes on politics, political and human-centred figures, current and international affairs

    November 9, 2026
    Diplomacy/Editorials

    Maldives Abuse Scandal and a Former UN President

    Editorial The arrest of Abdulla Shahid, former Foreign Minister of the Maldives and President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, over allegations of sexually abusing a minor is

    Columns/Geopolitics

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    After being massively repudiated in Tuesday’s midterm election, Donald Trump has become a lame-duck president with significantly curtailed authority. What is likely to happen in the remaining two years until a new chief executive is sworn in on January 20,

    November 9, 2026

    Sri Lanka Navy Secures Top Ranking at National Productivity Awards

    News/Sri Lanka

    The Sri Lanka Navy has secured first place in the Public Sector Inter-Departmental Category at the National Productivity Awards 2025/26, emerging as one of

    Blue Moon Over Trump’s La La Land

    Columns/Geopolitics

    That was exquisite, but not surprising. The result was a manifestation of frustration and anger towards Trump, and it cannot be mistaken for a

    Bangladesh: Sovereignty on Trial Before Washington’s Power

    July 12, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    The forgotten glory of Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War still beckons the nation to reclaim its founding ideals, unity, courage, and destiny. But Bangladesh has, since 5 August 2024, been unlawfully brought under

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    The American Showdown at Bangladesh’s Parliament

    July 8, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    In bold strokes: Whose Parliament? Whose Memory? Bangladesh’s memory—not America’s. On 4 July 2026, Bangladesh’s Parliament was thrust onto a historic crossroads, where the price of forgetting its sacred past became immeasurably

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    Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh’s General MacArthur?

    July 5, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    Politics is often shaped not merely by institutions or elections, but by the indomitable will of individuals who refuse to surrender to the verdict of adversity. Throughout history, certain leaders have transformed

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    Bangladesh: 1971, 2024, and the Turkey–Jamaat Axis

    July 2, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    Politics often reveals its deepest truths not merely through elections but through the alliances forged behind closed doors. In Bangladesh, where the memories of the 1971 Liberation War remain deeply embedded in

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    Bangladesh Under Siege by Predatory Hyenas

    June 28, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    As predatory hyenas roam unchecked, Bangladesh must steadfastly defend its democracy against extremist symbolism, preserving liberty, constitutional order, national unity, and peace. Bangladesh stands at a profoundly delicate moment in its national

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    Architect of Bangladesh’s Developmental Renaissance

    June 23, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    Sheikh Hasina is no fascist, notwithstanding the deliberate attempts of some to portray her as such. Few political figures in contemporary South Asia have evoked such fierce passions, profound loyalties, and relentless

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    Bangladesh’s Sovereignty in the Shadow of Foreign Influence

    June 21, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    Among many citizens of Bangladesh, a growing unease has taken root—a profound apprehension that the country is gradually surrendering its sovereign will to external powers and becoming increasingly vulnerable to foreign influence

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    Bangladesh Owes Its Genesis to the Awami League

    June 19, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    There are moments in history when certain truths transcend the realm of partisan disputation and ascend into the sanctified domain of national memory. Such truths are not manufactured by eloquence, nor are

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    Jamaat-e-Islami: The Ageless Stain Before History

    June 18, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    Deceit, thy name is betrayal—Jamaat-e-Islami and the inexorable judgment of history! History possesses a memory far longer than political expediency and a conscience far sterner than the fleeting passions of the moment.

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    Bangladesh: The Bleeding Delta

    June 16, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    The convulsions that engulfed Bangladesh in August 2024 continue to cast a long and ominous shadow over the nation’s destiny. To many supporters of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and numerous critics of

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    History’s Reckoning: The Soul of Bangladesh

    June 14, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    When history summons its tribunal, many observers contend that Muhammad Yunus must answer for his colossus misdeeds throughout his over 17 months puppet government installed in Bangladesh by the Washington administration on

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    Justice in Chains: The Crisis of Confidence in Bangladesh’s Courts

    June 10, 2026
    Columns/Judiciary

    Nothing corrodes a nation more swiftly than the public perception that justice has become selective, arbitrary, and subservient to power. When citizens begin to believe that innocence invites persecution while confessed criminals

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    Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister in Law and in Fact

    June 8, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    Politics is not merely a contest for office; it is a contest for legitimacy, authority, and historical continuity. Throughout history, there have been moments when constitutional legitimacy and popular legitimacy converged in

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    Inside the Nerve Centre of Yunus’s Power in Bangladesh

    June 6, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    It was the handiwork of the Washington establishment and its circle of domestic confederates! Few political controversies have exposed the inner workings of Bangladesh’s recent past interim administration ran by Muhammad Yunus’s

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    Echoes of Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka

    June 1, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    Dhaka still bears the imprint of Sheikh Hasina. Joy Bangla! Joy Bangabandhu! These immortal slogans still thunder through the soul of Bangladesh with undying patriotic fire. The indomitable spirit of Sheikh Hasina

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