Bangladesh Probes Hasina’s Niece for Corruption in Russian Nuclear Power Deal

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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

Why India’s Fence Along its Bangladesh Border Riles Dhaka

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India’s fencing of its border with Bangladesh has emerged as the latest sore spot between the two neighbors. On January 12, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Indian high commissioner in Dhaka to convey to him Bangladesh’s “deep concern” over the “unauthorized attempts to construct barbed wire fencing andContinue Reading