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
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
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“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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