Bangladesh must rethink its long-standing Westward economic orientation and align itself with Asia’s rising economic centers, economist Rehman Sobhan said, arguing that the global balance of power has shifted decisively east. Sobhan said Bangladesh’s historic focus on the United States and Europe no longer reflects the realities of global trade, technology or capital flows. “We […]
Bangladesh’s two dominant political parties, the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, are mired in internal crises as Jamaat-e-Islami expands its reach ahead of an uncertain national election.
Jamaat-e-Islami has reemerged as one of Bangladesh’s most consequential political forces, gaining visibility on campuses, in civic institutions and in national polling as the country moves toward an uncertain election. Analysts say the Islamist party’s expanding footprint is the result of long organizational discipline combined with failures by mainstream parties to sustain public trust or […]
Zillur Rahman’s analysis outlines the contradictions within Tarique Rahman’s political image, but it avoids the most obvious conclusion. Tarique Rahman is 60 years old, and his political habits are fixed. He is too old, too deeply shaped by the practices that defined his rise, and too entrenched in his past behavior to change now. Bangladesh […]
Bangladesh has once again revived the caretaker government system — a model that was once celebrated as the guardian of neutral elections but later collapsed under the weight of military interference. The Supreme Court’s decision may feel like a return to stability, but it is actually a return to a deeply unresolved problem.
India now faces a choice that will define its credibility as a regional power committed to justice and the rule of law. With Sheikh Hasina convicted of crimes against humanity by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, New Delhi should honor its obligations under the 2013 extradition treaty and return her to Dhaka without hesitation.
Bangladesh is moving to extradite deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, both sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.
The death sentence handed to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina marks a major, if fraught, victory for Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus, whose government vowed to deliver justice for last year’s deadly crackdown on student protesters. The International Crimes Tribunal’s 453-page judgment fulfilled one of Yunus’s earliest promises, and the verdict drew cheering crowds outside […]
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said Monday that the death sentence handed to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina marks an important step toward accountability after last year’s deadly July uprising.
Bangladesh prosecutors say they were bombarded with threatening phone calls from Indian numbers on the night before the International Crimes Tribunal delivered its landmark verdict against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, describing the intimidation as an attempt to disrupt the judicial process and unsettle the prosecution team.
