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The View from India newsletter bangladesh: the churn and the many challenges ahead

February 17, 2026 admin

Supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) show a victory sign in front of a banner with Tarique Rahman’s photo, as the results project BNP’s victory in the 13th general election, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 13, 2026. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY | Photo Credit: MOHAMMAD PONIR HOSSAIN (This article is part…

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Tarique Rahman: The ‘prince’ who came in from the cold

December 27, 2025 admin

Stepping out of the wood-panelled VVIP arrival lounge of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on December 25, Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), walked to a small grassy patch beside the car park, took off his shoes, and stepped onto the ground. It was a gesture signalling that he had…

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Dhaka braces for return of BNP leader ahead of polls

December 24, 2025 admin

Acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Tarique Rahman. File | Photo Credit: AFP NEW DELHI After nearly 18 years in exile in the United Kingdom, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman will return to Dhaka on Thursday (December 25, 2026), formally marking the official launch of the party’s campaign for the February 12 general election. …

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Sheikh Hasina trying to provoke armed rebellion, says BNP

October 29, 2024 admin

File photo of Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina | Photo Credit: AP NEW DELHI Several audio recordings of purported conversations between deposed Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and members of her party, the Awami League, have stirred controversy in Bangladesh, with her opponents accusing her of trying to incite violence as the interim government plans…

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Key Bangladesh Leader On Attacks On Hindus

August 10, 2024 admin

Mr Alamgir said that the India-Bangladesh relationship would continue to be sound. A week of fast-paced developments in Bangladesh, which saw Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, widespread violence and the formation of an interim government, has been capped off with the country’s chief justice agreeing to step down on Saturday. While it is unclear when elections will…

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India-Bangladesh ties not dependent on Awami League, says BNP

August 10, 2024 admin

Indo-Bangla bilateral ties are not dependent on the Awami League and it is “natural to evoke adverse reactions” in Bangladesh over India giving refuge to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Senior leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Friday, August 9, 2024. Ground Zero:The making of the Bangladesh revolt Asserting that India was “very…

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Bangladesh’s Yunus tackles ‘law and order’ as interim govt begins work

August 9, 2024 admin

Mr. Yunus has taken the title of “chief advisor” to the caretaker administration, comprised of fellow civilians bar one retired brigadier-general. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and his newly named interim government set out Friday to restore “law and order” after a student-led uprising and deadly mass protests forced predecessor Sheikh…

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Khaleda Zia: The Begum who came in from the cold

August 8, 2024 admin

The story so far: On August 6, a day after Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister and left Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, the ailing ex-Prime Minister of the South Asian country of 170 million was released on President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s orders. The 79-year-old chief of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has been under house arrest since…

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Party Leader Living In India

August 7, 2024 admin

Sheikh Hasina ousted, all eyes in Bangladesh are on the main opposition party – the Bangladesh National party or BNP, whose top leader — former Prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia – has been released from house arrest. Her son Tareue Rehman is returning to Bangladesh. Another top BNP leader who is expected to return is…

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