Even as Modi govt steadfastly backs the ruling Awami League and Hasina, experts say New Delhi risks putting all its eggs in one basket in the long-run.
Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party has called a three-day hartal from Tuesday to protest against what it terms the Hasina govt's violent crackdown on protests for her resignation.
Bangladesh exploded with violence in July. The BNP has taken to the streets to win polls. It is reminiscent of the post-poll violence when it won in 2001.
Shammi Ahmed, International Affairs Secretary of Awami League, talks about US policy that restricts visas for Bangladesh nationals believed to have ‘undermined democratic election process’.
Opposition BNP in poll-bound Bangladesh is seen as anti-India and anti-Hindu. Its top Hindu faces, Nitai Roy Chowdhury and his daughter Nipun, are trying to counter this perception.
Bangladesh used electronic voting machines in six seats in the 11th parliamentary polls; the poll body wanted EVMs in at least 150 of the country’s 300 seats next year.
Few governments anywhere will celebrate Sheikh Hasina's re-election. An illiberal democracy is no less dangerous just because it happens to be run by a liberal.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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