On September 10, 2026, the formation of 50 parliamentary standing committees of the 13th National Parliament was completed. Of these, only one person from the opposition party, Deputy leader of the Opposition
Bangladesh, a nation shaped by the vision of its founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is facing a perilous political and social crisis, according to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In a detailed
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In the hierarchy of global honours, few distinctions have commanded as much reverence as the Nobel Peace Prize. Established in 1901 in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel, the Prize was
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On October 29, 2025, Hefazat-e-Islam (HeI) Khagrachari District branch formed a human chain to protest and demand a ban on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), claiming that it was an
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The recent eviction drive in Assam targeting Bengali-speaking Muslims has exacerbated the ethnic divide in India. Nationalist groups and government authorities have initiated the selective campaign. According to reports, the eviction drive
More The promise of justice that once defined Bangladesh’s post-independence identity has turned into its most bitter irony. In 1971, the country’s founders imagined a republic built upon freedom, equality, and human rights.
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Pakistan’s decision to grant Bangladesh access to the Karachi Port marks a significant recalibration in South Asia’s geopolitical and economic landscape. Finalized on October 27, 2025, during the ninth session of the
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Since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster on August 5, 2024, Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) has not only unleashed itself as a formidable domestic force in Bangladesh, but also very much on the international level. As the
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The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), nestled in the southeast of Bangladesh, have long been the homeland of the Chakmas, Marmas, Tanchangya, Tripura, and other indigenous communities. These peoples have cultivated their ancestral
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana History is not a distant tale embalmed in the sepia of old photographs; it is a living, breathing
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Mohammed Ahmad Ansari, a 55-year-old Banarasi sari weaver, has spent his entire life in the congested lanes of Varanasi, the spiritual capital of India and the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra
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A former Bangladeshi beauty queen and activist says her life has been turned upside down after an alleged whirlwind romance with a Saudi diplomat ended in scandal, arrest, and public vilification. Meghna
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In recent months, a wave of commentary from across the border has painted Chittagong Port—Bangladesh’s most significant maritime hub—as a looming threat to India’s eastern frontier. This rhetoric from India surrounding Chittagong
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“Youth is the seed of tomorrow—but a poisoned seed bears only thorns.” – Adapted from Khalil Gibran Bangladesh today faces a crisis far more insidious than politics or economics: the moral collapse
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The recent surge of United States military activity in Bangladesh marks a notable shift in the security landscape of South Asia’s eastern littoral. In September 2025, Bangladesh’s Chittagong region became the focal
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Could the changes of power in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal in 2022, 2024, and 2025 resemble the violent shift at Plassey in 1757? The relevance of this question lies in historian
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