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Bangladesh coup

The more than one month long agitation in Bangladesh against the quota policy has finally ended in a military coup. Army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman led the army action, giving Prime Minister…

Revolution in Bangladesh

The protests in Bangladesh had been going on for some weeks, during which time the Sheikh Hasina government blocked the internet and tried to deal with the protests with an…

Workers’ protests in Bangladesh

Strikes and protests by thousands of garment factory workers in Bangladesh have closed down more than 500 factories and crippled production. The protests started from the Ghazipur industrial area but…

Bangladesh: The People’s Republic?

Bangladesh: the people’s republic?

Mockery, death of democracy, dictatorship, authoritarianism – these are amongst a plenitude of other terms that have been used to describe the 11th. parliamentary election in Bangladesh which took place…

Bangladesh’s War Of Attrition

Bangladesh’s war of attrition

The conviction and sentence awarded to Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s former prime minister and the opposition leader, for graft has not sprung up anyone by surprise. Since she started her third…

Crisis In Bangladesh

Crisis in Bangladesh

The worthy Sheikh Hasina Wajid is back as prime minister of crisis-hit Bangladesh for the third spell in the wake of the recent violence-plagued parliamentary elections that lost credibility in…

Bangladesh`s Identity Crisis

Bangladesh`s identity crisis

Various Islamist groups in Bangladesh are demanding that a new anti-blasphemy law be formulated under which the death penalty can be awarded to those who defame Islam and the Prophet…

Bangladesh & 1971 Syndrome

Bangladesh & 1971 syndrome

Bangladesh is again plunging itself into another phase of political turmoil and violence. The decision by the Dhaka-based International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) to award capital punishment to two key leaders…