Abdul Moyeen Khan says India-Bangladesh ties have collapsed because it became a friendship of 2 regimes, not people, and that Jamaat-e-Islami is not the force India thinks it is.
The 17-member advisory council, led by Nobel laureate Mohammed Yunus, consists of civil society members, ex-bureaucrats & key leaders of the student movement that led to Hasina’s ouster.
This was BNP's first rally after Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country. Former PM Khaleda Zia, convicted in 2018 on corruption charges, was released from house arrest Tuesday.
US Department of State cited ‘corruption’ and ‘undermining of democratic institutions as reasons for its travel ban on Gen Aziz Ahmed, drawing varied reactions in Bangladesh.
Ruling Awami League faces no serious challenge from Opposition, which boycotted polls after Sheikh Hasina refused their demand to conduct elections under caretaker govt.
Led by former prime minister Khalida Zia, Bangladesh Nationalist Party is boycotting general election and demanding an interim non-party neutral government to hold the election.
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has been sentenced in absentia to jail terms ranging from 3 years to lifetime. He has his supporters, but many journalists remember his ‘excesses’.
Tens of thousands of protestors, mostly supporters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, took to the streets Friday and Saturday to demand Sheikh Hasina’s resignation.
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.
By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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