As South Asian diplomacy evolves, Bangladesh faces a fundamental question: can it protect its strategic independence while deepening ties with neighbouring countries and global powers? The timing of Bhutan’s king’s Dhaka meetings
The recent dismantling of a recruitment and fundraising network linked to the Islamic State (IS) in Malaysia, predominantly involving Bangladeshi migrant workers, has shattered any lingering sense of complacency in both Southeast
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When Bangladesh’s streets erupted in protest in mid-2024, few could have predicted how swiftly Sheikh Hasina’s regime would crumble. The ousting of the prime minister last August, after years of mounting authoritarianism and growing
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On June 27, 2025, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar stated that all Islamic forces in the country will soon arrive at unity, ahead of the forthcoming national election. Parwar
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor In 2020, Pakistan’s Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Muhammad Khan, suggested that Donald Trump be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering the Israel–UAE deal. At the
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On June 13, 2025, the Arakan Army reportedly seized and looted three Bangladeshi fishing boats at gunpoint near Naikhongdia (Bay of Bengal) in Myanmar, as they were returning from deep-sea fishing—taking away
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When the democratic will of a sovereign people becomes the playground for foreign intelligence machinations, democracy ceases to be a national voice—it becomes an imported whisper. In Bangladesh today, that whisper resounds
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Bangladesh’s interim government has unveiled a cautious and reform-focused budget aimed at narrowing the fiscal deficit and boosting revenue, as the crisis-stricken nation strives to secure further support from the International Monetary
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Editorial The recent influx of Bangladeshi immigrants into the suburban zones of Colombo, particularly around Katunayake and its adjacent environs near Bandaranaike International Airport, demands urgent and dispassionate scrutiny. What has thus
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Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been formally charged with crimes against humanity over her alleged role in the violent suppression of mass protests that shook the country last year, prosecutors
More “The black will take no other hue.The devils will not heed scripture.Let justice not be a dream deferred.” On 27 May 2025, Bangladesh’s Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of the so-called
More Alas, Bangladesh! We won you through rivers of blood in 1971—a nation born of sacrifice and unyielding resolve. Yet today, brought low by the colossal misdeeds of Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus and
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Bangladesh has cancelled a $21 million defense contract with India’s state-owned shipbuilder Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), signaling a further deterioration in relations between the two South Asian neighbors. The
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On May 13, 2025, Bangladesh announced its conditional support for an UN-led humanitarian corridor into Myanmar’s embattled Rakhine State. The declaration came after intense backchannel negotiations between Dhaka, Naypyidaw, and key UN
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo An increasing number of Bangladeshi nationals are reportedly using Sri Lanka as a transit point in their attempt to migrate illegally to other countries, raising serious concerns
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Last July, a powerful student-led uprising in Bangladesh toppled the authoritarian, corrupt government led for 15 years by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh now shows modest signs of democratic recovery. Months into its tenure,
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