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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicJamaat-e-Islami

Topic: Jamaat-e-Islami

Poll dates any day now, but Bangladesh’s politics so polarised it’s created a void at the centre

Ahead of 2026 polls, BNP struggles to fill leadership void amid Tarique Rahman’s continued exile & Jamaat aims to reshape narratives while Awami League has lost public credibility.

Bangladesh erupts again as Yunus govt backtracks on music & PT teacher hirings after ‘un-Islamic’ stir

Islami Andolon Bangladesh, Hefazat-e-Islam, & Jamaat-e-Islami had labelled music and PT as 'un-Islamic'. Yunus govt has offered no explanation for its move.

You will be safest if you vote for us—Jamaat courts the Hindu minority vote ahead of Bangladesh polls

Jamaat secretary general Mia Golam Parwar says Hindus will vote for his party in the absence of the Awami League. Polls are scheduled for February next year.

Indian politicians are reacting to Bangladesh politics like anxious uncles. Be diplomatic

If India wants a long-term, people-centric relationship with Bangladesh, it needs to shift gears — from paternalism to partnership, from anxiety to nuance.

In 1st major election since Hasina’s ouster, Jamaat student wing sweeps Dhaka student union polls

Islami Chhatra Shibir wins 23 of 28 posts in DUCSU polls. Bangladesh Nationalist Party backed Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal draws a blank for 3 big posts. Awami League’s BCL banned from polls.

China to ‘solidly advance’ trilateral cooperation with Bangladesh & Pakistan, says its envoy in Dhaka

New Delhi: China aims to "solidly advance" trilateral cooperation with Bangladesh and Pakistan, as the Communist Party of China seeks to deepen ties with...

On eve of Nilambur bypoll, ruling CPI(M) and Congress-led UDF lock horns over past ties with RSS

Row erupted after CPI(M) gen secy Govindan referred to post-Emergency alliance involving RSS, drawing sharp criticism from Oppn, which accused Left of hypocrisy.

Yunus govt cleared path, Bangladesh top court showed the way. Jamaat back in poll fray after 12 yrs

Last week, Bangladesh’s Supreme Court overturned death sentence of senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Azharul Islam, acquitting him of war crimes charges dating back to 1971 war.

Bangladesh student protesters’ party is up against dynasties. Now all it needs is clean money

Nahid Islam, the newly elected NCP convener, said there will be no room for pro-India or pro-Pakistan politics in Bangladesh. Will it work for the National Citizens Party, founded by student protesters?

‘I’m cautioning you,’ warns Bangladesh Army chief on infighting, calls for elections by year end

General Waker-Uz-Zaman was speaking at an army memorial event. This comes after student unions of BNP & Jamaat blamed each other for violence gripping the country.

On Camera

India’s most consequential decade & chronicling it as part of the dream team of journalism

You’d think the decade of 1985-95 is long over. Not really. The issues that erupted in that decade are still shaping Indian conversations.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.