Bangladesh, Feb. 25 -- A leading international watchdog has sounded the alarm over what it describes as a sweeping campaign of arbitrary arrests and violent repression in Iran, accusing authorities of... Read More
Bangladesh, Feb. 24 -- There is an old joke in political circles — one that is darkly funny precisely because it is so reliably true — that power is never really lost. It merely changes ad... Read More
Bangladesh, Feb. 23 -- The recent interview published in Dhaka-based Bangla newspaper Kaler Kantho has placed Bangladesh at the center of an extraordinary constitutional debate. Speaking on record, Pr... Read More
Bangladesh, Feb. 22 -- While it is said, power tests a man – it reveals not only what he believes, but whom he believes in – and today, the question before Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is... Read More
Bangladesh, Feb. 21 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman assumes office at a moment unlike any other in Bangladeshs post-independence history. The country has known turbulence before—coups, caretake... Read More
Bangladesh, Feb. 20 -- There are moments in a nations history when a signature becomes heavier than a speech, heavier even than an election. Bangladesh may have just experienced one. The so-called ... Read More
Bangladesh, Feb. 17 -- Politics in Bangladesh has rarely been a gentle craft. It has been a battlefield. Victory has meant annihilation. Defeat has meant persecution. For decades, the culture was simp... Read More
U.S, Feb. 16 -- Politics in South Asia has always been hostage to geography. Mountains, rivers, corridors, and coastlines dictate strategy more stubbornly than campaign slogans ever could. For the Ban... Read More
Bangladesh, Feb. 16 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often spoken of building “people-to-people” bridges with Bangladesh. It is a noble phrase. But diplomacy, like politics, eventually ... Read More
Bangladesh, Feb. 15 -- Politics, if it is to mean anything at all, must eventually confront reality. Campaign slogans dissolve quickly in the acid of governance. Electoral mandates are not trophies; t... Read More