Khaleda Zia, chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a three-time former prime minister, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, while being treated at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka.
Nahid Islam’s decision to bring Bangladesh’s National Citizen Party into an alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami reflects a shift driven by political necessity more than ideology. The move has prompted resignations and a widening backlash, but it underscores a deeper challenge: the youth-led force behind last year’s uprising has been losing political ground.
A youth-driven political party born from Bangladesh’s 2024 Monsoon Revolution is facing a widening internal revolt after agreeing to an election alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami, a move that critics inside the party say threatens its identity ahead of the February 12 national polls.
Bangladesh and Pakistan trade increased by nearly 20% in last fiscal year to about $865 million, Pakistan’s high commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider said Sunday after meeting chief adviser Muhammad Yunus at State Guest House Jamuna.
The country’s total fertility rate has increased for the first time in 50 years, a shift officials and public health experts say is linked to a nationwide shortage of contraceptives.
Bangladesh’s family planning program faces a crisis as contraceptive shortages threaten to exacerbate rising birth rates.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman used his return address to blend faith, history, and politics, presenting his comeback as a moment of divine mercy and popular will while outlining a vision centered on democracy, unity, justice, and restraint amid warnings of conspiracies and unrest.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman urged patience and restraint Wednesday, warning that “agents of various dominant powers are still engaged in conspiracies,” as he addressed a reception in Dhaka after arriving in his homeland from the United Kingdom following nearly two decades in exile.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman is set to return to Bangladesh on Wednesday with his wife and daughter after 17 years in exile.
Home adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury should resign to protect public confidence in Bangladesh’s security institutions and the country’s election path after the killing of Inqilab Moncho convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi and the violence that followed. If he will not step aside, interim chief adviser Muhammad Yunus should remove him.
