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Topic: Bangladesh

VHP stir over Bangladeshi Hindu’s lynching creates ripples in Dhaka. Indian High Commissioner summoned

Protests by VHP & Bajrang Dal near Bangladesh High Commission. Bangladesh summons Indian high commissioner, expresses concerns over security of diplomats in India.

Bangladesh & Myanmar elections in 2026 pose a danger to India’s Northeast

Beyond the United States and China, Russian interests are deeply embedded in Myanmar, while a growing Pakistan and Turkey axis is taking shape in Bangladesh.

Bondi Beach, Bangladesh lynching — once again, the elephant in the room will be side-stepped

Perhaps there is need for a moral ‘jihad’ against those indulging in the promulgation of terror in the name of religion.

After Osman Hadi, another Bangladesh student leader shot in Khulna amid surge in violence ahead of polls

Mohammad Motaleb Sikder, NCP central organiser in Khulna, was shot in the head. He is currently out of danger, according to local media reports.

Sheikh Hasina responds to ICT verdict after recent unrest in Bangladesh. ‘Can’t demand return’

Hasina asserts she was denied the right to defend herself & to appoint lawyers of her choice, alleging that tribunal was used to conduct a 'witch hunt of the Awami League.'

Indian visa centre in Bangladesh’s Chittagong suspends ops, MEA denies security breach at Delhi embassy

Operations were suspended following protests near Assistant High Commission of India in Chittagong. Police forcibly dispersed the crowd, leaving at least four injured.

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

Violence continues to grip Bangladesh. BNP leader’s house torched, 7-yr-old daughter burnt to death

Violence that erupted in several parts of Bangladesh, including capital Dhaka, Thursday night after news of death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, refuses to subside.

Osman Hadi: The Hasina-hating ‘inquilabi’ whose death has sparked anti-India protests in Bangladesh

32-yr-old student leader succumbed to bullet injuries Thursday, with his death unleashing violence in Bangladesh & becoming a diplomatic flashpoint in ties with India.

Yunus fanning ‘anti-Indian sentiment’, he & Islamist allies behind attack on press—Hasina-era minister

In interview with ThePrint, info minister in Hasina’s govt accuses Yunus of ‘dog-whistle politics’. ‘When Hindus were attacked, he tried to justify it by claiming them Awami League supporters.’

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.