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Yunus accused of constitutional subversion and executive overreach in Bangladesh

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


Mr. Prime Minister, will you send army officers to the gallows?

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


At the edge of inheritance: Tarique Rahman and the burden of a fractured republic

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


Washington-Dhaka trade pact risks Bangladeshs sovereignty

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 &#8... Read More


Tarique Rahman at a Mandela moment

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


Why BNP must reset relations with India

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


For India, engaging with BNP is necessary

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


Top five challenges for the BNP government

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


India and Bangladesh Cannot Wish Away Each Other: Why BNP Must Reset Relations with India

New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- 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 t... Read More


Why Tarique Rahman has become Bangladeshs political pivot

Bangladesh, Feb. 14 -- Nations rarely turn on a single speech, a single election, or a single personality. But there are moments when history seems to compress itself into a figure — when public... Read More