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Dr.Khalilur Rahman, a non-MP, is the surprise choice for Bangladesh Foreign Ministry
Khalilur Rahman was National Security Advisor to Interim Government, meant to manage relations with the US and India
Modi invites Tarique to India- pledges support and calls for developmental cooperation
Dhaka, February 17 (TOB)- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formally invited Bangladesh’s newly inaugurated Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to visit India at his earliest convenience. The invitation also extends to the prime minister’s wife Zubaida Rahman, and their daughter Zaima Rahman. In a congratulatory...
Post poll Bangladesh faces many challenges but rapprochement with India is a silver lining
By P. K. Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, February 17 – The new government of Bangladesh headed by Tarique Rahman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has a range of issues facing it as it assumes office on Tuesday. But there is a silver lining – the...
Hard road ahead for post-election India-Bangla relations
Outstanding issues and attitudinal obstacles stand in the way of a true rapprochement
Indian PM Narendra Modi congratulates Tarique Rahman
New Delhi, February 13 – Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its chairman Tarique Rahman on their electoral victory. In a message posted on X (formerly Twitter), Modi said he conveyed his warm congratulations to Tarique Rahman for...
BNP heads for a big win in the first post-revolution polls in Bangladesh
Jamaat-i-Islami, with the students’ National Citizens’ Party in tow, has emerged as a distant second in unofficial estimates of the results
Path breaking Bangladesh elections taking place today
While the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is believed to be the front runner, the obscurantist Jamaat-i-Islami could be a close second creating apprehensions among liberals and women
Nahid Islam and the uneasy alliance that could shape Bangladesh’s vote
The young leader of the protest-born National Citizen Party has teamed up with Jamaat-e-Islami to contest this week’s parliamentary elections, with mixed reactions
‘Women’s freedoms are at stake’: concern at rise of Islamist party before Bangladesh election
Jamaat e-Islami, oppressed under Sheikh Hasina’s rule, could take unprecedented share of the vote on Thursday
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