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TopicBangladesh elections

Topic: Bangladesh elections

India shouldn’t romanticise 1971, Bangladesh wants transactional ties now

Bangladesh’s recent post-election shift has reduced its India-centric narrative, urging realistic diplomacy.

PM has Macron meeting, Om Birla & foreign secy to attend Bangladesh PM-elect Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in

Dhaka: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Vikram Misri, India’s Foreign Secretary, are scheduled to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister-elect Tarique...

Ban to breakthrough—Jamaat ends political exile, redraws Bangladesh’s opposition landscape

Party’s registration was cancelled in 2013. Its reinstatement before 2026 polls reopened doors for a party many considered was sidelined indefinitely.

Bangladesh polls: Around 70% ‘yes’ votes for July Charter referendum. What comes next

The referendum ran alongside the general election, won by the BNP. Voters were asked to back an ‘Implementation Order’; 47 of 84 July Charter proposals require constitutional amendment.

BNP win in Bangladesh is a chance to reset Delhi-Dhaka ties—India is willing to forget the past

Things may not change overnight. The 2001-06 period, when the Jamaat was a coalition partner in a BNP-led government, was one of the worst for the India-Bangladesh relationship.

Tarique Rahman’s BNP looks set for landslide win in first Bangladesh polls after Hasina’s ouster

Late Khaleda Zia's son is expected to become Bangladesh's first male PM in 36 years; party told supporters to refrain from celebrations and maintain calm instead.

Hasina calls Bangladesh polls a ‘farce’, demands cancellation & Yunus’s resignation

New Delhi: Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister called for the cancellation of the elections held Thursday, labelling the whole exercise as a “farce”...

‘July uprising opened window, didn’t last’—ex-NCP Jara on fighting key Dhaka seat as Independent, woman

In December 2025, Tasnim Jara left the National Citizen Party after the party entered an alliance with Jamaat ahead of the 2026 Bangladesh national polls.

Oppn tried to take control of polling centres but we’re on ‘track to win’, says BNP’s Mahdi Amin

BNP spokesperson urges enforcement agencies and election commission to play a 'neutral' and 'professional' role by ensuring that there are no irregularities in polling exercise.

Nationalism the centrepiece, rivals Jamaat & BNP make final push on eve of Bangladesh polls

Topics like India, Bangladesh’s foreign policy, women’s rights, and even the sticky issue of minorities were touched upon. One press conference was smoothly organised, other was chaos.

On Camera

West Asia conflict bolsters Asim Munir’s grip on Pakistan’s power structure

The few anti-Army civilians in Pakistan, who once saw red with the institution over its treatment of Imran Khan, have now reached a consensus — Asim Munir has made Pakistan a global player.

Indian govt says will borrow Rs 8.2 trillion in first-half of next fiscal year

The administration trimmed its gross borrowing program to 16.09 trillion rupees from 17.2 trillion rupees announced in the budget on Feb. 1.

India greenlights procurement of 5 more S-400 air defence systems from Russia

In FY 2025-26, AoN for 55 proposals amounting to Rs 6.73 lakh cr has been accorded by DAC. Both the quantum of AoN given and capital contracts signed, so far, have been the highest in any FY.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.