Bangladesh, and not just its government, is under siege from overseas forces. Its forthcoming general election has clearly begun to…
Politics in Bangladesh is going through an interesting phase, though not exactly a defining one. One can expect, though, quite…
Let us begin with some of the contents of the open letter which 177 high-profile global personalities recently sent to…
‘What have I done?’ The words escaped Mohammad Ali Jinnah only days into the partition of India in August 1947.…
On 15 August 1975, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founding father of Bangladesh, was assassinated along with most members of his family…
Had he lived long Tajuddin Ahmad would have turned ninety-eight on Sunday. Bangladesh’s first Prime Minister, its wartime leader, was…
Politics is heating up in Bangladesh. With a general election expected to take place in December this year or January…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has let it be known that one does not have to travel across the Atlantic…
Naheed Ezaher Khan was a child in November 1975. So was Mehjabeen Khaled. Today Khan is a member of parliament…
Towards the end of this month, Henry Kissinger will become a centenarian. That he will be a hundred years old…
On May Day, the essence is one of a recapitulation of the sacrifices made by some brave men in Chicago…
A week before Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year, a lawyer in Dhaka served notice before…
On 17 April 1971, the very first Bengali government in the very first armed struggle of the Bengali nation for…
The people and government of Bangladesh observed Genocide Remembrance Day on 25 March. The adoption of a resolution on March…
The inauguration of the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday was…
The Ahmadiyya Muslim community came under attack last week yet once again from religious bigots in Panchagarh, a town in…
On March 7, 1971 the people of Bangladesh crossed the Rubicon. When Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman rose to address a…
The Ukraine crisis is finally pushing Bangladesh into distinctly uncomfortable territory. In recent days, the Russian authorities have summoned Dhaka’s…
Bangladesh Foreign Minister A.K. Momen, on the sidelines of the recent celebrations of Sri Lanka’s 75th anniversary of independence, met…
In the ten months or so , Bangladesh will choose its next government at elections that could be held in…
I recall that on my very first visit to Pakistan in December 1995 (nearly twenty-five years after I had left…