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'Hindu extremism and ... ': Big remark on India ties by adviser of BNP chairman Tarique Rahman after Bangladesh win

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman’s adviser Humayun Kabir on Saturday said that "Hindu extremism and far-right intolerance" are growing in India, describing radicalisation as a wider South Asian concern.

The Times of India

Bangladesh polls: After Hasina, Delhi gears up for new regime in Dhaka; PM Modi dials Tarique Rahman

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated BNP chief Tarique Rahman on his party's election victory, signaling a shift in New Delhi's approach. While endorsing the poll process, India faces new security concerns with the rise of Jamaat-e-Islami. New Delhi aims to strengthen bilateral ties, focusing on peace, progress, and shared development…

The Times of India

Bangladesh Nationalist party secures victory in first election since Sheikh Hasina’s ousting

The Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) has won a landslide majority in the country’s first election since an uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina in 2024. Results from the election commission confirmed that the BNP alliance had secured 212 of the 297 parliamentary seats announced so far. The Islamist…

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Bangladesh election: BNP wins historic first vote since overthrow of Hasina

Voting was largely peaceful in an election seen as a test of Bangladesh’s democracy after years of political turmoil

The Guardian - UK

Bangladeshi migrant avoids deportation from UK over 20-year jail sentence imposed under Sheikh Hasina’s regime in Dhaka

A Bangladeshi migrant has won the right to remain in Britain after a court ruled that he cannot be deported because he would face a 20-year prison sentence on explosives charges if he returned home.

The Times of India

Sheikh Hasina’s son says government ‘completely mishandled’ Gen Z protests as Bangladesh heads to polls

INTERVIEW: Sajeeb Wazed tells The Independent’s Alisha Rahaman Sarkar that the ousted government failed to ‘sit down’ with student protesters before it was forced from power – but stops short of blaming his mother

The Independent UK

Bangladesh to vote tomorrow: What's at stake for India, Pakistan and China

After months of violence, street protests and political upheaval, Bangladesh now faces its moment of reckoning. What began in July 2024 as a student agitation over public sector job quotas quickly spiralled into a nationwide revolt against Sheikh Hasina’s government, culminating in her resignation and flight to India. The unrest…

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‘Women’s freedoms are at stake’: concern at rise of Islamist party before Bangladesh election

Jamaat e-Islami, oppressed under Sheikh Hasina’s rule, could take unprecedented share of the vote on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Bangladesh bans IPL broadcasts after one of its star cricketers is dropped by team

India and Bangladesh have been locked in an escalating spiral of geopolitical and diplomatic tensions since the summer of 2024 when a mass uprising toppled the government of Sheikh Hasina and sent her fleeing to Delhi

The Independent UK

Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister Khaleda Zia dies after prolonged illness

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The Independent UK

Bangladesh's First Female PM Khaleda Zia Dies at 80, Ending a Political Era

Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's first female prime minister and Sheikh Hasina's archrival who dominated politics for decades, has died aged 80.

International Business Times UK

Khaleda Zia, first female Bangladesh prime minister, dies aged 80

Zia’s archrivalry with Sheikh Hasina defined the country’s politics for a generation

The Guardian - AU

Former PM’s son returns from exile as frontrunner to lead Bangladesh in new year

Tarique Rahman returns after 17 years in self-imposed exile to lead his party in February’s elections

The Independent UK

Please Don't Kill Me': Deepu Chandra Das' Chilling Final Moments in Viral Bangladesh Attack Caught On Video

Dipu Chandra Das lynching in Bangladesh over blasphemy sparks outrage as viral video shows Hindu worker's pleas to police before mob beats and burns him

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The Independent UK

Takeaways from the AP's report on the impact of aid cuts on Rohingya children in Bangladesh

Severe foreign aid cuts imposed this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered thousands of schools and youth training centers in camps for Rohingya in Bangladesh and crippled child protection programs

The Independent UK

Kidnapped, married off, robbed of hope: US aid cuts contribute to exploitation of Rohingya children

The Independent UK

A look at some world leaders who have fled uprisings

Many international leaders have been forced to flee their countries or have gone into hiding during uprisings to avoid incarceration or retaliation

The Guardian - UK

From Colombo to Kathmandu, the furious youth movements toppling entrenched elites

Talk of revolution in the coffee shops of Nepal increased after protest movements across south Asia

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Pakistan FM holds talks with Bangladeshi officials during ‘historic’ visit

Pakistan and Bangladesh are expected to sign several agreements, including on trade as the two nations move closer.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m collateral damage’: ex-minister Tulip Siddiq on her Bangladesh corruption trial

Exclusive: MP and niece of ousted Bangladesh prime minister says allegations against her are ‘completely absurd’

International Business Times

Bangladeshis Cling To Protest Dreams A Year After Revolution

The memory of Bangladeshi police with shotguns twice blasting the young protester beside him still haunts Hibzur Rahman Prince, one year after a revolution that has left the country mired in turmoil.

The Guardian - UK

‘People see government as the enemy’: Bangladesh’s interim leader on the legacy of a toxic system

A year after a student-led revolt unseated Sheikh Hasina, Muhammad Yunus is fighting to convince both sides of politics to agree to reform

The Independent UK

Feminist professor loses job after Islamist group demands her removal

Nadira Yeasmin says she was transferred to an administrative post 300km from the capital after writing articles calling for women to have equal property rights

International Business Times

Bangladesh Top Court Acquits Islamist Leader On Death Row: Lawyer

Bangladesh's top court on Tuesday overturned a conviction against a key leader of the country's main Islamist party, who had been on death row since being sentenced under the regime ousted last year.

The Independent UK

Bangladesh stares at crisis as interim leader ‘threatens to quit’ over lack of reform progress

Muhammad Yunus ‘feels trapped between demands from political camps and growing public impatience’

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