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Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Khaleda Zia passes away
Dhaka, December 30 (TOB)- The Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and three-times former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia passed away on December 30. She was 80. She breathed her last at 6am on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at the Evercare Hospital in the...
India and Bangladesh heading for a rapprochement
By P.K. Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, December 30 – India, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Interim Government led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, appear to have entered an informal understanding to bring back inclusive democracy to Bangladesh, put Indo-Bangla relations back on the rails and...
Bangladesh’s students’ party NCP squandered its legitimacy
NCP teams up with the Jamaat-e-Islami
Returning to Bangladesh from exile, stiff challenges await BNP leader Tarique Rahman
Bangladeshis are yearning for law and order, checks on corruption and a sense of direction from Rahman who returned from a 17 year exile on December 25 to take charge of his disabled Bangladesh National Party
Bangladeshis’ expectations belied – Tarique Rahman’s oration missed the point
By Shiamak Ali Following the victory of Awami League in the 2008 general elections, Tarique Rahman, a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, went into forced exile in London citing security concerns and politically-motivated persecution by...
How are students reshaping politics in Bangladesh?
By Smruti S. Pattanaik/The Hindu New Delhi, December 21 – A demonstrator gestures as protesters clash with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the police outside the state-owned Bangladesh Television as violence erupts across the country after anti-quota protests by students, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 19,...
Killing of young Islamist icon sends Bangladesh into a convulsion
Following the assassination of Sharif Osman bin Hadi mobs torched liberal media institutions and cultural organisations
UNSC was a major battle ground for Bangladesh’s liberation
Bangladesh’s war of independence was fought on the ground, in the diplomatic arena across world capitals, and in the UN Security Council, with all three venues seeing intense action.
Bangladesh needs a democratic reset- will the 2026 elections elections help?
By James Orr/Chatham House London, December 16 – Bangladesh will go to the polls on 12 February as the country seeks to reconcile a decades-long era of ‘revenge politics’ and return to a more democratic footing. Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel peace laureate who has led...
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