Former prime minister Khaleda Zia is in “very critical” condition as she undergoes treatment for multiple infections and longstanding health problems, senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) officials said Friday.
Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday urged journalists to break free from political influence, warning that partisanship has damaged Bangladesh’s media.
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years in prison in three cases tied to the Purbachal plot scam.
Officials from the Central Intelligence Cell of the National Board of Revenue opened two vaults at Agrani Bank’s Motijheel branch registered to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and recovered 832.51 bhori of gold, equal to about 9.72 kilograms.
Dhaka has formally asked New Delhi for the second time to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was sentenced to death by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on November 17 for crimes against humanity during last year’s July uprising.
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.
