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Mark Tully, BBC’s Voice in South Asia 1935-2026
Mark Tully Veteran BBC journalist dies in Delhi, aged 90
Wise counsel for makers of Bangladesh’s foreign policy
National interest should be pursued without needlessly antagonising any power as all powers are required for peace, stability and progress
U.S. seeks to be ‘friends’ with Bangladesh’s once-banned Islamist party
In obtained audio recordings, a U.S. diplomat in Dhaka described how Washington wants to engage with Jamaat-e-Islami, potentially straining U.S-India ties.
Bangladesh’s ‘miracle’ running out of time?
By Hossain Zillur Rahman/The Daily Star. Dhaka, January 18 – For nearly 50 years, Bangladesh has been one of the world’s favourite outliers. Born in the trauma of 1971 with a shattered economy and a population of 75 million, the country was summarily dismissed as...
Khaleda Zia – a valiant fighter for democracy
By P. K. Balachandran/Sunday Observer Colombo, January 4 – Bangladeshi leader, Begum Khaleda Zia, who died of multiple illnesses in Dhaka on Tuesday at the age of 80, had a packed 44-year political career marked by both achievements and controversies. But there is no gainsaying...
Jaishankar’s objective in initiating handshake with Ayaz Sadiq in Dhaka
Jaishankar’s friendly gesture towards Pakistan parliament’s Speaker Ayaz Sadiq was most probably meant to be noticed and deciphered in Bangladesh rather than in Pakistan
Khaleda Zia was Bangladesh’s Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Both were strong nationalists and initiators of radical changes in their countries’ domestic and foreign policies
Jaishankar hands over Modi’s letter to BNP Acting chair Tarique Rahman
Dhaka, December 31 – India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. S.Jaishankar left Dhaka following a whirlwind 4-hrour visit on Wednesday. Bangladesh and India would look forward to script a new chapter in bilateral ties, in shared interests driven by pragmatism and mutual interdependence, as indeed briefly...
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