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TopicSheikh Hasina

Topic: Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh’s Hasina gains early vote lead in bid for fourth term

The results put Sheikh Hasina, 71, in position to extend her rule as longest-serving premier since independence in 1971.

Bangladesh’s stability and growth come with a cost as elections loom

Companies are hoping Bangladesh's good economic times can endure the heightened volatility given its long history of political violence.

Khaleda Zia’s party staring at leadership crisis after verdict against son Tarique

BNP is likely to fight parliamentary election in Bangladesh without the kin of Ziaur Rahman leading the campaign. The conviction of Tarique Rahman, the acting chairperson of...

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia’s son sentenced to life in 2004 grenade attack case

A court in Bangladesh sentenced 19 people to death and 19 others to life imprisonment in the 2004 attack on Awami League rally targeting then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina.

Donald Trump says Beijing meddling in polls, and Google grilled on China product

Bangladesh PM lashes out at Myanmar on Rohingya issue, and French President ready to take over role of global leader. 

Sheikh Hasina must not repeat her father’s mistakes & allow armed party goons in Bangladesh

The self-confidence of the Bangladesh govt has obviously fallen, which is why they are now fearing students and a photographer’s camera.

#FreeShahidulAlam: Hijacking hashtags is changing the way Twitter wars are fought

People who support famous Bangladesh photographer's arrest are using the same hashtag as critics to justify the move.

Shahidul Alam: The photographer whose arrest in Bangladesh has sparked global outrage

Alam is the man behind the award-winning photo agency Drik that put Bangladesh on the global map. Who is this man whose arrest has sparked outrage...

Fighting her own students, Bangladesh PM Hasina shouldn’t take Modi’s support for granted

Bangladesh’s students have written the course of history, from 1952 to the present, in their own blood. School and college students have been out on...

On Camera

Tejaswi Yadav’s govt job promise in Bihar tells us about the real problem in India—unemployment

India's playing catch up in AI & green tech. It would gain more by focusing on manufacturing to fix the job crisis.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.