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TopicSheikh Hasina

Topic: Sheikh Hasina

Ex-prez Hamid returns to Bangladesh month after departure sparked uproar

Dhaka: Bangladesh's former president Abdul Hamid, who served two terms during deposed premier Sheikh Hasina’s regime, returned to the country on Monday after...

Bangladesh elections in April 2026, Yunus announces in televised address

We are in a state of war, will not give opportunity to the defeated powers who are waiting to attack us, he says in TV address.

Bangladesh replaces its founder Mujibur Rehman with temples, landmarks in new currency notes

No human portraits, says Bangladesh's central bank, notes will only show heritage.

Bangladesh tribunal indicts Hasina for mass murder, violent crackdown on student protests

Ten months after ouster of Hasina's govt which forced her to flee Bangladesh, the trial in absentia began Sunday. Tribunal has issued fresh arrest warrant against the Awami League chief.

‘Yunus Bahini’ is on a killing spree, selling off Bangladesh to the US—Hasina in teary-eyed address

In two back-to-back addresses over the weekend, ousted PM Sheikh Hasina levels charges at Muhammad Yunus, vows she will get Bangladesh back from his clutches.

‘On-screen Hasina’ Nusraat Faria gets bail in attempted murder case linked to 2024 anti-govt stir

The charges against high-profile figures such as Faria lack substantive evidence and reflect a broader campaign of political retribution, argue critics.

Awami League is out. Who will lead Bangladesh’s Centre-Left next?

What lies ahead for Sheikh Hasina’s party is difficult to tell. It might try to field independent candidates in the next general election, or boycott the polls altogether.

Awami League faces potential ban in Bangladesh, nine months after Hasina’s ouster

Yunus govt says it is 'considering demand to ban' the party on charges of 'dictatorship & terrorist activities', amid pressure from new student-run National Citizen Party & Islamist groups.

Amartya Sen read Bangladesh wrong. And his faith in Yunus to revive the country is misplaced

Amartya Sen, in a recent interview, said the current crisis in Bangladesh affects him deeply because he has ‘a strong Bengali sense of identity’.

UN human rights report is a lesson for Bangladesh Army—stay out of politics

Without a transparent and independent investigation, the Bangladesh Army’s attempt to dismiss the UN’s findings appears to be a shoddy way of hiding the truth.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.