Begum Khaleda Zia, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, once said, "The ability to stand up against governmental oppression, to boycott elections, to refuse offices of profit,…

Only a few months ago, Sheikh Hasina steamrolled her political opponents at the voting booth and outside to comfortably entrench herself as Prime Minister of Bangladesh for yet another…

By all quantifiable measures, Bangladesh’s now deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was the most entrenched, dominant and brutal dictator the country had seen since its independence,…

The collapse of a friendly government in Bangladesh is bad news for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to an opinion piece of the Bloomberg. “Most of India’s diplomatic…

Bangladeshi citizens took to the streets throughout July in nationwide protests sparked by students demanding reforms to the government’s job quota system. Security forces have…

International pressure is mounting on Bangladesh to end its violent crackdown on protesting students after scores of video clips and photos surfaced on social media over the past week…

The brutal crackdown on student protesters revealed the ‘authoritarian’ aims of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the resilience of belief in democratic freedoms, according…

The streets of Dhaka are less heated and violent than they were two weeks ago following a severe crackdown on dissent, including the imposition of a curfew and a top court ruling that…

The response of the Indian government to protests in Bangladesh that have resulted in the deaths of at least 174 people over the past fortnight demonstrates that it has failed to grasp…

The word ‘dalal’ is a useful word in Bangla. I’ve not come across an exact equivalent in English. They combine the qualities and some of the functionalities of a…

The student-led protests that have swept Bangladesh, and met violent reprisal, are the strongest indication yet that India should reconsider its long-standing policy towards its eastern…

India has scored a strategic win by securing the operating rights to a terminal at Bangladesh’s Mongla port amid China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean, according…

Bangladesh saw a mass student protest against job quotas which morphed into a nationwide uprising against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year regime. As protesters clash with…

For those watching from outside, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh presents a compelling story who divided the nation of 170 million people through ‘deeply’ entrenched…

At least seven students were killed and scores injured across Bangladesh in the last three days, as protests over a quota system for government jobs continued on several campuses around…