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While Indian attention has been focused on our western borders since the Pahalgam tragedy of April 22, some major geopolitical shifts have been taking place on India’s eastern front. First is the banning of the Awami League party by Bangladesh’s interim government. The party, founded by Bangladesh’s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been ruling the…
Kolkata: Though the Centre’s move to restrict imports of certain goods from Bangladesh via land ports will have an impact on employment and transport revenue in West Bengal, the national interest is more important than the potential economic fallout, officials said on Sunday. The central government on Saturday imposed port restrictions on the import of…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma said on Tuesday had former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi been alive, he would have questioned her about the strategic decisions she made during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, particularly regarding the “chicken neck” corridor and the handling of post-war negotiations. “What was the benefit of creating Bangladesh?” Mr Sarma asked…
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Monday officially disbanded deposed premier Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League under an overnight revised anti-terrorism law, two days after Muhammad Yunus’s interim government slapped a ban on its “activities” under the previous version of the law. “A gazette notification has been issued in this regard today,” home adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam…
The move comes after a call for a commission to investigate the killing of protesters and establish national unity. The interim government of Bangladesh has banned all activities of the party of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted last year after a student-led uprising. The interim cabinet, headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus,…
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government on Saturday banned the Awami League, the political party of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, pending the outcome of a trial over its crackdown on mass protests that prompted her ouster last year. According to the United Nations, up to 1,400 protesters died in July 2024 when Hasina’s government launched a…
Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain, who was playing for Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2025, has shared frightening ordeal amid the escalated tension between the nation and India. He revealed that the overseas players were terrified as they tried to move out of Pakistan. The spinner opened up after making it…
Dhaka: A former Bangladesh army officer and close aide of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has suggested that Dhaka should collaborate with China to occupy India’s northeastern states if it attacks Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. Yunus’ interim government on Friday distanced itself from the remarks made by Major General (Retd) ALM Fazlur…
101 East investigates the downfall of Bangladesh’s ruthless regime and goes inside the fight to reclaim democracy. Enforced disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings: The human rights abuses allegedly committed by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s regime have left scores of Bangladeshis scarred and traumatised. After a student-led movement overthrew the government in 2024, the full extent…
Almost 30% of India’s yarn, mainly dyed and special yarn, exported to Bangladesh was transported via land ports. | Photo Credit: Siva SaravananS With Bangladesh closing its land ports for yarn exported by India, textile mills in India are looking at alternative modes of transport and have also urged the government to take up the…
