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Monday, October 13, 2025
TopicSheikh Hasina

Topic: Sheikh Hasina

Student protests bring Dhaka to a standstill, leave Bangladesh in chaos in election year

A bus accident left two dead, and students took to the streets to protest. Nearly a week later, PM Sheikh Hasina has urged them to ‘go home’.

India to help Bangladesh produce films on PM Hasina, her father Mujibur before polls there

The proposal is seen as an indication of New Delhi’s interest in supporting Bangladeshi PM’s bid for the third term in power.

Here’s what happened between Trump and Kim, and a ‘meaningful’ Brexit vote

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un's meeting, for all its hype, has not achieved much, and Bangladesh is introducing a new visa category. 

Delhi supports ‘dictator’ Sheikh Hasina despite Khaleda Zia’s entreaties

Sheikh Hasina may win the election scheduled for January 2019, but ordinary Bangladeshis are fed up with her iron-fist rule.

India sends second relief consignment for Rohingyas in Bangladesh

More than 6 lakh Rohingyas have been taking shelter in Bangladesh since last year; India sends materials like milk powder, dried fish, baby food among others.

In ending reservation in govt jobs, is Bangladesh being held hostage by its masses?

The decision came in the aftermath of a major, countrywide student agitation demanding reform in the system, with capital Dhaka coming to a near-standstill.

Global Pulse: Bangladesh PM’s plea for Rohingyas & ‘decaptitation squad’ for Kim Jong Un

Also is it time to take away the nuclear trigger from Donald Trump and Philippines slashes budget for human rights body to unreasonable low.

Dear Narendrabhai

Narendra Modi's intervention is needed in land boundary agreement India and Bangladesh signed since the matter rests with BJP and is caught within its messy but utterly transparent, internal power tussle.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

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.