There were also clashes between anti-Hasina protesters and members of her Awami League party. Members of the Students Against Discrimination protest group were attacked in the Dhaka district of Gazipur on Friday. The group, whose members are now in the government cabinet, is credited with sparking the uprising against Hasina.Continue Reading
On January 28, the Awami League (AL) declared a series of political programs, including strikes and blockades, in an attempt to rebuild its support in Bangladesh. In the aftermath of the July 2024 mass killing and Sheikh Hasina’s departure from the country on August 5, the AL is facing anContinue Reading
Six months have passed since the Sheikh Hasina government was ousted from power in a student-led mass uprising. Since then, the Awami League (AL), the party she leads, has remained absent from major political events. Many of its leaders, including Hasina, have fled the country. Over the past six months,Continue Reading
The Chinese government has responded positively to several requests made by Bangladesh during the visit of the interim government’s adviser on foreign affairs, Touhid Hossain, to China from January 20 to 24. Bangladesh requested China to lower the interest rate on both Preferential Buyer’s Credit (PBC) and Government Concessional LoansContinue Reading
In more than 50 years of independence, Bangladesh’s political dynamics have not followed a consistent trajectory. The nation has seen the assassination of presidents and military rule; it has experienced presidential governmental systems and shifted to parliamentary frameworks. One of the key inspirations for Bangladesh’s independence was to establish aContinue Reading
On January 15, the Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC) — one of the six reform commissions set up by Bangladesh’s interim government following the ouster of the autocratic Sheikh Hasina regime — submitted its report to the Mohammad Yunus-led government. The CRC has made recommendations to prevent the concentration of powersContinue Reading
Islamist radicals, long considered a fringe group in Bangladesh, managed to stop two women’s football friendly matches in the north of the country in late January, raising fears of increasing Talibanization in what was until recently seen as a moderate Muslim nation anchored on liberal Bengali language-driven syncretic culture. ThisContinue Reading
Since the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina’s authoritarian rule in August of 2024, two shifts in the region are reshaping its geopolitical environment. The first shift has been the steady deterioration in India’s relations with Bangladesh. Troubled by the sudden erosion of its influence, New Delhi has been unable to reduce the speedContinue Reading
At least 76 Rohingya asylum seekers have come ashore in Indonesia’s Aceh province, local officials said yesterday, a reminder of the humanitarian emergency that continues to unfold on the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar. According to report by the Associated Press, which quoted local police chief Nova Suryandaru, a smallContinue Reading
Tulip Siddiq, a British-Bangladeshi member of the British Parliament for the Labor Party and formerly a senior anti-corruption minister in Keir Starmer’s government, recently resigned from her ministerial position amid intense scrutiny and public pressure. The niece of Bangladesh’s former authoritarian Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Siddiq faced widespread media scrutinyContinue Reading
