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Tarique Rahman, prime minister of Bangladesh, addressing the nation on 18 February 2026

Tarique Rahman: From a Life Sentence to Prime Minister

Tarique Rahman was sentenced to life in absentia in 2018, acquitted in December 2024 when the High Court declared the trial illegal, and sworn in as prime minister of Bangladesh fourteen months

August 23, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Taslima Nasrin speaking at a podium at the Reason Rally in Washington DC in 2012

Taslima Nasrin: 32 Years of Exile and No Way Home

In 1993 clerics put a price on Taslima Nasrin's head; in 1994 the Bangladeshi state issued an arrest warrant, and it was for her. Thirty-two years later no government has let her

August 23, 2026

Books·Government and Politics·News

Tarique Rahman shakes hands with President Shahabuddin at Bangladesh parliament oath ceremony February 2026

UN Flags Al-Qaeda Threat in Bangladesh as Tarique Rahman Faces Islamist Pressure at Home

The United Nations Security Council has warned that Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent is aggressively building terrorist networks in Bangladesh, as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's government insists militancy no longer exists and

August 23, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Leader of the Opposition, photographed in Dhaka

Shafiqur Rahman: Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition

Shafiqur Rahman is a Sylhet physician who took over a banned party in 2019, was jailed for 15 months, and in February 2026 led Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to 68 seats and the office

August 23, 2026

Government and Politics·Reports

Saima Wazed seated behind an RD Elect nameplate at the WHO South-East Asia Regional Committee session in New Delhi

Saima Wazed Demands WHO Inquiry Into the Leave That Removed Her, Warns of Legal Action

Saima Wazed has spent eight months asking the World Health Organization to explain the indefinite leave that removed her from duty in July 2025, and her lawyers have now warned she may

August 21, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Muhammad Yunus Nobel laureate and former Bangladesh interim chief adviser at Grameen HealthTech office in 2026

Bangladesh Criminal Charges: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus Faces Sedition Allegations Carrying Death Penalty

Bangladesh criminal complaints filed against former interim PM Muhammad Yunus include sedition under Article 7A — the constitution's most extreme charge carrying the death penalty — alongside corruption allegations tied to his

August 17, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Pakistan celebrates 79 years of independence

Pakistan Embassy Reportedly Funds Qawwali at Dhaka Press Club on Independence Day Eve

The Pakistan Embassy in Dhaka has reportedly funded a qawwali evening at Bangladesh's National Press Club to mark August 14, Pakistan's Independence Day, organized without notice to the membership and scheduled the

August 14, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, photographed in New Delhi during her exile

Will Sheikh Hasina Actually Go to Bangladesh?

Sheikh Hasina announced on the second anniversary of her ouster that she plans to return to Bangladesh in December 2026, despite a death sentence and more than 600 criminal cases. The gap

August 11, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Sheikh Hasina Returns: Unafraid, Unbowed, Unbroken

When Sheikh Hasina picked up the phone from her exile home in Delhi and told Reuters that she and her senior Awami League colleagues plan to return to Bangladesh this December, her

July 27, 2026

Government and Politics·Opinion

Bangladesh's political transition following the Anti-Discriminatory Students Movement brought sweeping pressure on government institutions including the health ministry

Pro-BNP Doctors Storm Dhaka Meeting, Demand Ouster of Health Officials

Pro-BNP doctors forced their way into a Health Advisor Nurjahan Begum's hospital meeting in Dhaka on Monday, demanding the resignation of the director general of health services and other officials accused of

July 25, 2026

Government and Politics·Health·News

Organisation: Awami League

Tarique Rahman: From a Life Sentence to Prime Minister

Taslima Nasrin: 32 Years of Exile and No Way Home

UN Flags Al-Qaeda Threat in Bangladesh as Tarique Rahman Faces Islamist Pressure at Home

Shafiqur Rahman: Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition

Saima Wazed Demands WHO Inquiry Into the Leave That Removed Her, Warns of Legal Action

Bangladesh Criminal Charges: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus Faces Sedition Allegations Carrying Death Penalty

Pakistan Embassy Reportedly Funds Qawwali at Dhaka Press Club on Independence Day Eve

Will Sheikh Hasina Actually Go to Bangladesh?

Sheikh Hasina Returns: Unafraid, Unbowed, Unbroken

Pro-BNP Doctors Storm Dhaka Meeting, Demand Ouster of Health Officials

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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