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Mosaic of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman founding father of Bangladesh in Gopalganj with election banners 2026

The Party That Made Bangladesh Is Now Illegal in Bangladesh

The Awami League organized the liberation war that made Bangladesh possible. Fifty-three years later, Bangladesh has banned it, tried its leader to death in absentia, and held an election without it. This

July 17, 2026

by Muzaffar Ahmad Bajwaa

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at joint press conference at F-16 air flotilla base in Uppsala Sweden

The Patriot Letter Nobody in Washington Is Answering

Zelenskyy sent Trump a five-page letter begging for Patriot missiles after Russia's worst attack on Kyiv in four years. Washington has not responded. That silence may be the most honest thing America has said about this war in months.

May 30, 2026

by Muzaffar Ahmad Bajwaa