Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus stirred controversy during his recent visit to China by stating the obvious: India’s northeastern states, often referred to as the “Seven Sisters,” are landlocked, with no direct access to the ocean. Yunus described Bangladesh as “the only guardian of the ocean” for the region. Though India responded with alarm, painting […]
Bangladesh is standing at the edge of a dangerous cliff. Reports that at least three divisions of the Bangladesh Army, the 10th, 17th, and 24th, are being positioned to support a clandestine, U.S.-backed coalition inside Myanmar’s Rakhine State should raise serious alarm. Though these units are reportedly not engaging in combat, their involvement in logistics […]
Chief Advisor Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus on Sunday emphasized unity among all communities in Bangladesh, stating that despite differences in beliefs, religions and customs, everyone is part of one family. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, 84, of Chittagong, made the remarks while speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the ‘Sampriti Bhaban’ at the Dhaka International […]
A Bangladeshi court issued an arrest warrant Sunday for a former United Kingdom minister over allegations of unlawful land acquisition in a residential area outside Dhaka, authorities said. Tulip Siddiq, 41, of London, was named alongside her mother, Sheikh Rehana, and her aunt, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case brought by Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption […]
The once-rare storm tides that battered Bangladesh every century could become a deadly norm every decade — or even more often — by century’s end. With sea levels rising and tropical cyclones intensifying under a warming climate, the country faces a sharply escalating threat to lives, livelihoods and infrastructure. Recent scientific projections show a tenfold […]
As the threat of climate change intensifies, Bangladesh faces a stark warning from scientists: catastrophic storm tides once expected once in a century may strike every decade or more frequently by the end of the century. A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, published in One Earth, projects a tenfold increase in the […]
Professor Muhammad Yunus, Principal Advisor and Chairman of the National Consensus Commission, on Saturday called for faster progress on reforms to enable national elections in December. He made the call during a meeting with Vice-Chairman Professor Ali Riaz and member Dr. Badiul Alam Majumder at his official residence, Jamuna. Special Assistant Monir Haider was also […]
As images of devastation and loss from Gaza stream unfiltered across the world, more than 100,000 people filled Suhrawardy Udyan on Friday in what became not just a protest, but a moral reckoning. The “March for Gaza,” organized by the Palestine Solidarity Movement, was a sweeping cry for justice, echoing the conscience of a world […]
A recent U.S. tariff hike of 104 percent on Chinese textile and clothing imports has opened a significant opportunity for emerging manufacturing nations—especially Bangladesh—to capture a larger share of the American market. As trade policy increasingly reshapes global supply chains, Bangladesh’s competitive labor costs, advanced textile infrastructure, and high-quality output place it in a strong […]
India’s top diplomat made headlines this week by declaring that no other nation “wishes Bangladesh well” more than India does. Yet, within days of that heartfelt sentiment, New Delhi pulled the plug on a critical transshipment facility — one that supported Bangladesh’s struggling export economy. At the Rising Bharat Summit, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar […]
