Yet Rahman comes with baggage. His chief credentials are dynastic—as the son of Zia and independence hero Ziaur Rahman, the 60-year-old represents the opposite branch of a feuding duopoly that has ...

The July National Charter is a pact between people and political parties, with the parties themselves primarily responsible ...

The party must make a clear choice: whether it seeks to become an inclusive political force – a “moderate Islamist” party operating within the framework of popular democracy – or remain a religious en ...

NCP’s spokesperson Asif Mahmud, 27, who rose to prominence during the protests and served in Yunus’ government, said the ...

Whoever takes office in Bangladesh after the elections next month must prioritise lifting longstanding and deeply embedded restrictions on refugees.

By Mark Buckton - Taipei As Bangladesh heads towards a tense general election on February 12 – its first since the sudden ...

Concerns over the safety of religious minorities in Bangladesh have resurfaced following the mysterious death of 27-year-old ...

There is something faintly theatrical about the Washington Post’s recent report claiming that a US diplomat in Dhaka openly ...

Prime Minister Takaichi announced the dissolution of The House of Representatives and the general election at a press ...

Europe’s latest dilemma—physical attack by Russia on the east and the threat by the US to take “full control” of the island of Greenland on the west—has changed the world as we knew it after the Cold ...

Campaigning has begun in Bangladesh as the country prepares to hold the first national elections since the 2024 uprising that ...