Ousted former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has declared that she will return to Bangladesh before the end of the year, dismissing a death sentence handed down against her in absentia and
Iran will strike U.S. military bases across the Middle East if it comes under attack by American forces, its foreign minister has warned, as tensions escalate amid a growing U.S. military presence
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Bangladesh’s leading prime ministerial contender, Tarique Rahman, has rejected an offer to form a post-election unity government with his main rival, saying his party expects to secure a clear mandate when the
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President Donald Trump has demanded that two of the United States’ most prominent transport hubs be renamed in his honor before he agrees to release $16 billion in frozen federal funding for
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On February 5, 2026, the Government of India (GoI), Government of Nagaland (GoN), and the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) in New Delhi to establish the
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In 2014, the United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration (IOM) launched the Missing Migrants Project. The project, which ‘hosts the only open-access database of records of deaths during migration on the global
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After unexpected political catastrophes Myanmar, Bangladesh and Nepal are amidst a polls rush, will these bring about transformation for the people of these countries or will light at the end of the
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The United National Party has begun a major structural transformation to adapt to a rapidly changing digital society, with party leader and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressing the need to protect Sri
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Ceylon is a beautiful, but unhappy land ~ D.N. Pritt Independence is never a moment; it is a continuum. It is not a flag raised at dawn, nor a constitution promulgated in
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Military coups, noted Edward Luttwak, can be stunningly successful: instant transfer of power or abysmal failures: eating out of a mess tin in jail and waiting for a firing squad. In an
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Bangladesh today finds itself at a moment of grave constitutional reckoning. The so-called July Charter, theatrically unveiled on 17 October 2025 at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, was presented
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