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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicBangladesh crisis

Topic: Bangladesh crisis

Bangladesh arrests prominent economist Abul Barkat

A case was filed against 30 people, including ex-Janata Bank chief and freedom fighter Barkat, for embezzling crores via loan fraud by the company Anontex during the Awami League era.

Ex-prez Hamid returns to Bangladesh month after departure sparked uproar

Dhaka: Bangladesh's former president Abdul Hamid, who served two terms during deposed premier Sheikh Hasina’s regime, returned to the country on Monday after...

Rahman’s ‘Bangladesh First’ is meant to outshine Hasina’s India love. Yunus wants to kill it

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.

Amid renewed turmoil in Bangladesh, Yunus govt issues emphatic denial of rift with Bangladesh army

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.

Hasina-era minister dismisses army coup rumours, says free & fair polls under Yunus impossible

In an exclusive interview with ThePrint, Bangladesh ex-minister Mohammad Ali Arafat says interim Yunus govt unconstitutional & 'neutral' army committed to smooth democratic transition.

Bangladesh & ‘reliable friend’ China agree to negotiate FTA as Yunus meets Xi in Beijing

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.

1971 or 2024? A political battle in Bangladesh over when the nation found true liberation

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.

RSS urges Indian govt, global community to protect Bangladesh Hindus facing ‘existential crisis’

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'.

Bangladeshi students who ousted Hasina set up ‘National Citizens Party’. Where it stands on key issues

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.

Protesters demolish Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s house in Bangladesh, Hasina asks, ‘Why are you so scared?’

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'.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.