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
After almost losing decades of strategic depth in Afghanistan, Pakistan has now shifted its attention to cultivating a second phase of strategic depth—Bangladesh. Perhaps following the 2024 revolution in Bangladesh that ousted
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Bangladesh has been shaken by violent demonstrations since December 2025 when Sharif Osman Hadi, a well-known youth leader and a fierce opponent of India, died. Although the catalyst that triggered the situation
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In Bangladesh today, violence no longer arrives as an unexpected shock. Under the current interim government led by Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus, alongside several renowned human rights activists, violence now arrives
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On December 18, 2025, the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of the Inqilab Mancha and a prospective candidate for the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election, triggered a rapid escalation of protests
More Police and paramilitary forces were deployed across Dhaka and several other cities on Friday following violent overnight protests triggered by the death of a prominent youth leader, raising concerns of further unrest
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In an exclusive interview with Sri Lanka Guardian, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has delivered some of her strongest criticisms yet of the country’s current interim administration. Speaking to our
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Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused the country’s Chief Adviser, Muhammad Yunus, of sponsoring extremist elements and has called for his departure ahead of the forthcoming national elections. Speaking in
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On December 7, 2025, Police recovered the bodies of Hindu freedom fighter Yogesh Chandra Roy (75) and his wife Subarna Roy (60) from their home in North Rahimapur in Taraganj Upazila (Sub-District) of Rangpur
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Bangladesh has descended from the blood-soaked birth of 1971 into the bottomless gulf of 2024 and 2025. Bangladesh today stands on the edge of a perilous abyss. The nation that was born
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Every year on December 14, Bangladesh observes Martyred Intellectuals Day, a solemn commemoration of one of the most heinous atrocities of the 1971 Liberation War. It marks the cold-blooded massacre of some
More India and Russia held their 23rd Annual Summit in New Delhi on 4–5 December 2025, marking a quarter century of their Strategic Partnership (2000–2025). The visit reaffirmed the depth and durability of
More Bangladesh’s political landscape—already destabilised by the events following the political upheaval of August 2024 and the departure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina—has now been thrust into further controversy after an investigative
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When democracy is ambushed, hidden actors exploit instability. In the backdrop of the 5 August political unrest, a new dimension emerged involving segments of the long-stranded Bihari community—residents of Bangladesh since 1971
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Reweaving the Steel-Bound Mythos! Hizb ut-Tahrir’s (HT) re-emergence in the public arena of Bangladesh—most visibly on 7 March 2025 near Baitul Mukarram Mosque—was a reminder that extremist ideologies rarely disappear; they adapt,
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On 10 November, Indian media outlets began circulating a claim that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based militant outfit, is contemplating the use of Bangladeshi territory to conduct attacks in India. This unsubstantiated
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