In 1969, amid the fervent throngs of a mass uprising in East Pakistan, a young student leader stood before a swelling crowd and formally bestowed a title upon his political mentor, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He proclaimed him “Bangabandhu,” the Friend of Bengal. It was a moment of rhetorical flourish that would define the trajectory of […]
Bangladesh dropped three places to 152nd out of 180 countries in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index, according to Reporters Sans Frontières, also known as Reporters Without Borders.
Bangladesh’s interim government led by professor Muhammad Yunus was dissolved through a gazette notification from Cabinet Division, ending Advisory Council that governed during the transition following the ouster of disgraced prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Unofficial results for 296 of 299 seats in Bangladesh’s 13th National Parliamentary Election show the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its alliance winning 212 seats, positioning the party to form the next government. Results were released by returning officers after Thursday night’s vote count. The 11-party alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami won 70 seats, while other […]
Bangladesh began counting votes Thursday night after what officials and witnesses described as the country’s first genuinely competitive national election in years and the first since the 2024 youth-led uprising that ended the long rule of Sheikh Hasina.
Indian lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to return former Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh during a campaign speech this week, sharply criticizing the government for what he described as political inconsistency in its messaging on migration.
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.
Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina must decide whether she will continue staying in India after fleeing a mass uprising last August. He told NDTV at the HT Leadership Summit that Hasina “came here in a certain circumstance,” adding that those circumstances remain central to her situation.
A special court in Bangladesh on Monday sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and her niece, British member of Parliament Tulip Siddiq, to prison for irregularities in the Purbachal New Town project.
Bangladesh’s National Independent Investigation Commission on Sunday alleged political and external involvement in the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles mutiny killings as it submitted its report to chief adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus. Major General (retd) ALM Fazlur Rahman and other commission members said the then-ruling Awami League had direct links to the events and identified Sheikh Fazle […]
