It had initially been planned under the ousted Hasina govt for early last year, but technical complexity of integrating atomic power into grid caused delays.
Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh & Pakistan have all imposed some form of energy rationing as war continues to roil global energy markets for the third week in row.
What Awami League needs now is not an answer to who will succeed Hasina or even a debate on whether Hasina should return to Bangladesh, but a new leadership on the ground.
Recent research posits that ‘Columbo’ arose from a corruption of ‘Clerembault’—a name on one of the headstones in the mausoleum noted by historian Walter Firminger in 1917.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
Within weeks of Tarique Rahman assuming power, a top military official from Dhaka held talks in Delhi with R&AW chief & India’s Director General of Military Intelligence.
Purported CCTV clip of incident, which occurred Saturday evening, shows masked individual leaving a bag in temple premises & fleeing, seconds before explosion. Probe underway, reports say.
The safety of Bangladeshi Hindus, India’s CAA endeavour, and the rising political crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Jabarani Sarkar finds herself entangled in all three narratives.
In February, as Bangladesh went to polls 18 months after a 36-day student-led protest over quota reforms ended Awami League's 16-year-long rule. I got front-row tickets to the spectacle.
While the JeI’s expanding base reflects growing acceptance in certain constituencies, its position on women’s roles may continue to shape the limits of its broader electoral appeal.
Production houses and big studios are already fast-tracking projects pitched by pro-Hindutva players. Choking those who choose to remain outside these charmed circles is not a big deal.
The countries signed a memorandum for co-development of UNICORN masts in November 2024. India has been second Asian nation to have such an agreement with Tokyo, after Philippines.
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