To combat potential insurgencies before the next general election in Bangladesh in 2024, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) has been training special forces in Bangladesh and India. For the last two
Bangladesh’s worsening energy crisis has given India an unexpected opportunity to repair strained relations with its neighbour, after Dhaka requested additional diesel supplies as power shortages forced shops, malls and markets to
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On August 2, 2026, Hizb-ut-Tawhid (HT) Dhaka city unit staged a human chain and protest rally in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka, denouncing open threats, false propaganda, and inflammatory
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History occasionally produces leaders whose influence transcends the confines of political office and becomes inseparable from the national consciousness itself. Such figures are remembered not merely for the authority they wielded, but
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today, Wednesday, delivered a virtual address to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC), South Asia, ahead of her announced return to
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In an era where geopolitics increasingly shapes domestic politics, Bangladesh now finds itself navigating one of the most consequential periods in its modern history. Bangladesh did not give birth to the Awami
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On July 24, 2026, Bangladesh President Mohammad Shahabuddin resigned from office after weeks of political uncertainty. Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram accepted the resignation at 5:01 pm, making it effective immediately
More History has a way of circling back to truth. However long injustice may reign, however loudly the liars may shout, the story of Bangladesh today stands poised on that eternal hinge where
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The growing influence of so-called political Islam over Bangladesh’s public institutions has become one of the defining developments of recent years. Once largely confined to partisan politics and sections of civil society,
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On July 12, 2026, a Dhaka court granted a three-day remand to seven people – Shah Amanat Sabir, Mohammad Hossain Tanim, Mohammad Junayed, Ataullah Shah, Mohammad Abidur Rahman, Mohammad Biojit, and Mohammad
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On June 26, 2026, Bangladesh’s Home Minister, Salahuddin Ahmed said the government was set to amend the law to equip officials of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) with modern firearms, to
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