News Bangladesh Politics: Two protests, two elections: How Nepal's Gen Z succeeded where Bangladesh's stumbled
Fatema was among the thousands of Gen Z protesters in Bangladesh who took to the streets in 2024. Like their Nepalese counterparts, they brought down their government in explosive demonstrations.
News Bangladesh Politics: ‘Bangladesh still bears stigma of Bangabandhu’s killing’
Law Minister Anisul Huq today said Bangladesh has yet to become free from the stigma of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s killing although the trial of the incident of his murder has been finished. ...
News Bangladesh Politics: Hussain Muhammad Ershad: Bangladesh president and army chief who led a bloodless coup
Bangladesh army chief Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who has died aged 89, seized power in a bloodless coup and then served as the beleaguered south Asian nation’s president from 1983 until 1990, when he was toppled over allegations of corruption and imprisoned.
News Bangladesh Politics: ‘Over 1.50 lakh Bangladeshis sought political asylum in last 5yrs’
The rate of seeking political asylum by Bangladeshis in overseas doubled in last five years due to repressive political environment and violation of basic rights in the country, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) said today.
News Bangladesh Politics: Bangladesh’s former chief justice seeks asylum in Canada
“I was being targeted because I was an activist judge.” Surendra Kumar Sinha, Bangladesh’s former chief justice, is seeking asylum in Canada, claiming he was threatened for refusing to support political interference in the country’s judiciary.
News Bangladesh Politics: Phnom Penh Post - Open Letter: Spare Cambodia from Great Power politics in 21st century
The unfortunate speculation that China is building a military base in Cambodian territory is guided by only by ill-intended and misinformed plethora without any evidence. It is utterly a smear campaign against the national interests of Cambodians and the hard-earned peace and development the national government has been fighting for its people.
News Bangladesh Politics: Completion of Bangladesh border fence by 2020
The India-Bangladesh border and its fencing are important issues ... of encouraging infiltration from the neighbouring country for the sake of “vote-bank politics”. “Infiltration is a relevant issue ...
News Bangladesh Politics: Four Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmakers take oath at last moment
Bangladesh politics on Monday took a dramatic turn with four lawmakers-elect of the Opposition BNP taking oath on the last day of the 90-day constitutional deadline after jailed ex-premier Khaleda Zia's party overnight changed its decision to stay away from parliament over alleged irregularities in the December 30 elections. The four lawmakers-elect of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party went to parliament late afternoon on the last day of the constitutional deadline and said they were taking oath as directed by the party's fugitive acting chief and Zia's elder son Tarique Rahman.
News Bangladesh Politics: In Bangladesh, Reimagining What a Mosque Might Be
These incidents have disrupted Bangladesh’s image of itself as a moderate, progressive nation. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, currently in her fourth term, has been accused of using those attacks as an ...
News Bangladesh Politics: ‘It Is a Culture of Fear’: Formerly Imprisoned Photographer Shahidul Alam on Art, Protest, and the Political Climate in Bangladesh
His relative obscurity in the art world is a scandal, because Alam is someone to be reckoned with. As a photographer and artist, he has been behind important images documenting his country’s ...
News Bangladesh Politics: Religious Minorities Across Asia Suffer Amid Surge in Sectarian Politics
And in Indonesia and Bangladesh, traditionally moderate Muslim politicians ... where religious minorities of many faiths have been battered by this surge of nationalism and sectarian politics. The ...
