‘If not Hasina, who’ has been a standard response from the PM’s supporters. But now that students say they’d much prefer ‘Razakars’ over a dictator like her, it’s time for the PM to take stock of the narrative.
Hounded out of book fair, mocked on streets and social media, 60-yr-old man and 18-yr-old woman’s love story has divided Dhaka, become a best-selling book, and reopened debate on grooming and choice.
Dhaka’s America watchers are happy about Democrat senator Robert Menendez’s troubles because he had led the ban on its elite paramilitary force, the Rapid Action Battalion.
Dhaka streets have easy markers of religious identity that seem to snub out any attempt at cosmopolitanism. But the 'swinging set' is unaffected whether Sheikh Hasina returns to power.
University authorities admit to having removed the statue, calling it 'distorted culture'. This comes amid allegations of govt censorship in Bangladesh.
Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
It would be unfair, disrespectful to repeat the aphorism that all political careers end in failure. PM Sheikh Hasina has been in office for a long time, a lot of moss has accumulated on the stones. Her electoral victories reflect steadily declining political legitimacy.
It would be unfair, disrespectful to repeat the aphorism that all political careers end in failure. PM Sheikh Hasina has been in office for a long time, a lot of moss has accumulated on the stones. Her electoral victories reflect steadily declining political legitimacy.