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
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
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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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On May 24, three Bangladeshis died in landmine explosions near Naikhongchhari in Bandarban , farmers and residents killed by a war that is not theirs. Fishermen have been abducted on the Naf
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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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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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As Bangladesh began to show its first signals of hard geopolitical steering, drifting away from India and embracing China, that too strategically, India must ensure that its tactical footprint and core interests
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On June 29, 2026, eight people were injured in a clash between leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student’s body Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS),
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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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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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On June 27, 2026, Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) announced its new central committee, appointing Maulana Gazi Ataur Rahman as Secretary General. The party also named four joint secretaries general, four assistant secretaries
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