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Kathmandu, March 4. Two subsequent youth-led protests in South Asia led to regime changes in two nations bordering India – in Bangladesh in the east, where former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is in exile with a death sentence hanging over her, and her party banned, and in Nepal to the north...

Dhaka, February 28 – The Awami League of Bangladesh has begun to reassert its political presence in the country following the recent parliamentary elections, with over a dozen party offices reopened in the past two weeks, according to local media reports.In several locations, however, party...

Dhaka, February 27 Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, is among the 25 people named in the chargesheet filed by the police in a murder case in the capital during the July Uprising, a media report said on Friday.The Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of the police filed the chargesheet...

Hyderabad, February 27 – AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday that his “love” for Israel is based on ideology.The Hyderabad MP claimed that the ideologies of both Zionists and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) are based on hatred.Owaisi...

Hyderabad, February 27 Criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent visit to Israel, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday asked whether the Israeli strikes in Gaza that killed over 73,000 people constitute terrorism.Addressing a gathering at Masjid-e-Chowk here, he said that...

Dhaka, February 26 – A Bangladeshi court ordered authorities on Thursday to seek an Interpol "Red Notice" for the arrest of British MP Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, the niece of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, over allegations of corruption, according to local media reports.Dhaka Metropolitan...

Dhaka, February 25 According to reports in newspapers on Wednesday, the chief of the northwestern Rajshahi range of the Bangladesh police has ordered that leaders and activists of the banned Awami League, who were released on bail after court orders, be arrested again by "involving them in other...

Dhaka, February 25 – The Awami League of Bangladesh paid tribute to those who lost their lives in the 2009 Pilkhana massacre and called for an end to the "political exploitation" of the incident.The party criticized the previous interim government, highlighting that the administration led by...

Washington, February 24 – The National Endowment for Democracy supported political and civic actors in Bangladesh in the lead-up to the 2024 collapse of Sheikh Hasina’s government, supporting electoral reforms, voter education, and independent reporting, its president told US lawmakers on...

Dhaka, February 24 An investigation will be conducted into the alleged irregularities in the prosecution process of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal, which last year sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death, its new chief prosecutor Amirul Islam said on Tuesday.Amirul...

Dhaka, February 24 – The Awami League (AL) in Bangladesh is showing signs of revival, with grassroots leaders and activists recently reopening offices in several districts across the country, raising national and party flags, putting up party posters and banners, while facing no restrictions on...

Following the collapse of the Awami League government led by Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has ordered a fresh review of all cases filed after August 5, 2024. He stated that the move aims to protect innocent citizens from harassment. Speaking to reporters after a...

Dhaka, February 23 Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has alleged that former interim government head Muhammad Yunus attempted to remove him from office several times, days after the new Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) administration took charge.In an interview with leading Bangla...

Kolkata, February 23 – The Greater Siliguri Hoteliers’ Association (GSHA), a leading hotel association based in Siliguri in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district, lifted its ban on renting hotel rooms to citizens of neighboring Bangladesh on Monday, nearly 13 months after the restriction was...

Washington, February 19 – Sajeeb Wazed, the son of Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has questioned the legality of an ordinance used by the interim government to ban the Awami League, stating that the country’s new BNP-led administration faces a 30-day constitutional deadline to...

New Delhi, February 18 – When Nepal holds its general elections on March 5, former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will be among the candidates vying to govern the small Himalayan country, unlike its South Asian neighbor, Bangladesh, where former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had to flee and seek...

Dhaka, February 18 Bangladesh's newly formed BNP-led government warned on Wednesday that "mob culture" would not be tolerated, amid a rise in mob violence, extrajudicial killings, and attacks on minority communities.Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the senior-most minister in the new Bangladesh...

New Delhi, February 18 – The resurgent Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is asserting itself politically, as evidenced by its firm stance on immediate constitutional reforms, directing its criticism at the newly formed government led by BNP's Tarique Rahman.In June last year, the registration of...

Dhaka, February 17. India must use its economic and political strength to pursue a strategy of soft deterrence, blending preventive and re-engagement diplomacy, allowing it to negotiate with Bangladesh from a position of strength on both fronts. From safeguarding its interests to advancing them...

Dhaka, February 17 Tarique Rahman, who lived in London in self-exile for 17 years, has made a remarkable comeback. The son of one of the most powerful political dynasties has led the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, founded by his father, to a resounding victory after 20 years.The 60-year-old BNP...