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Thursday, January 15, 2026
TopicBangladesh crisis

Topic: Bangladesh crisis

Renowned Bangladeshi musician Rahul Ananda’s home in Dhaka attacked, 3,000 instruments destroyed

Adjacent to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s house, Ananda’s home was visited by French President Emmanual Macron in 2023. The musician and his family have fled to an undisclosed location.

From being called ‘bloodsucker’ by Hasina to now heading govt — who is Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus

Yunus, founder of Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank, is set to head the interim govt after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster. The Hasina-led administration had slapped over 190 cases on him over the years.

China is keeping a close watch on Bangladesh. It’s an opportunity to counterbalance India

Sheikh Hasina’s administration had generally favoured closer ties with New Delhi, while its relationship with Beijing was somewhat ambivalent.

Dhaka University ex-student says Hindus part of stir feel unsafe now. ‘Is this not our country also?’

Former Dhaka University student says Bangladeshi Hindu students have no one to turn to but their Muslim peers as attacks on minorities continue unabated in wake of Hasina’s ouster.

Sheikh Hasina’s fall will lead to rise of the only organised force in Bangladesh—religion

Bangladesh’s political life isn’t an irreducible confrontation between secularism and Islamism. Like in Pakistan, Islam has been the language of both power and resistance.

New Delhi needs to distance itself from Sheikh Hasina to show willingness to move on

Unlike other leaders, Sheikh Hasina resisted the electoral temptation to mobilise voters around ‘India out’ campaigns. Hence, Delhi found it difficult to ditch her when she was losing domestic support in recent years.

What Bangladesh, Lanka, Jan 6 riots say—Democracy & Dior suitcases are both public property

This isn’t just a story about street power and regime change. It is about a new semiotics of takeover. Dhaka protests have a dotted line all the way to Colombo, Lahore, and Washington.

Sheikh Hasina has fled Bangladesh. India needs new allies in Great Game East

Hasina kept a lid on homegrown Islamic terror in Bangladesh. Her government also made significant efforts to prevent the smuggling of arms to Indian separatist groups.

Sheikh Hasina made us a very proud generation. We thought Bangladesh would be next Malaysia

Sheikh Hasina saw the signs of her fall but did nothing. Now Bangladesh will carry intergenerational trauma.

Sheikh Hasina was no progressive. She knelt down to Islamic fundamentalists, created a demon

Just like Frankenstein, Sheikh Hasina has been devoured by her own demon. She has fled Bangladesh and saved herself. Now this demon will seek to crush all progressive thinkers in the country.

On Camera

Trump tariffs, import dependence are holding back America’s manufacturing renaissance

Better tax, regulatory, and monetary policy should indeed provide a tailwind for manufacturing, but the sector will probably continue to struggle.

Designed to oversee corn & crude futures, Wall Street regulator grapples with crypto, sports gambling

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the precipice of gaining new crypto oversight as lawmakers continue to negotiate major legislation.

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.