Will Tarique Rahman's 'anti-Delhi, anti-Pindi' mantra win BNP the Bangladesh election? Political slogans come with expiry dates, and there is no knowing when elections will be held.
This comes at a time when country's chief oppn party is taking to the streets against interim govt & calling for elections, and rumblings that Yunus was considering stepping down.
In an exclusive interview with ThePrint, Bangladesh ex-minister Mohammad Ali Arafat says interim Yunus govt unconstitutional & 'neutral' army committed to smooth democratic transition.
Yunus on his 1st bilateral visit to China, breaking with tradition of visiting India first. New Delhi-Dhaka ties have been tense since the ousting of Hasina's govt last year.
Jamaat & BNP are trading barbs over 1971 Liberation War, with Jamaat leader Mia Golam Parwar calling 1971 independence an agreement that compromised Bangladesh’s sovereignty.
The Sangh passed a resolution Saturday at the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha in Bengaluru, raising concerns over the anti-India rhetoric in Bangladesh & by other 'international forces'.
This is the 1st time a major political party is being set up outside the control of the Mujib-Zia family. It is also strictly against the involvement of the Jamaat in leadership roles.
In an emotional address, the ousted PM calls Bangabandhu Museum, once the residence of her father Sheikh Mujibur, as 'last remaining history', labels Muhammad Yunus 'dishonest hypocrite'.
According to Chakma, it's not just physical violence, but removal of the term 'ethnic minority' from class 9 & 10 textbooks that has stirred the most anger among the tribal population.
Nasir Uddin Nasir, general secretary of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal, says fall of Hasina regime was about bringing back democracy, attacks on which began under her father's reign.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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