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Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman gestures to his supporters during the final day of an election campaign rally ahead of the national election, at Jatrabari in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hours before the conclusion of campaign for the 13th national election, leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)…
Illustration by Antony Premkumar J The Interim Government of Bangladesh led by Prof. Mohammad Yunus on Wednesday (August 28, 2024) ended the ban on Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh, its students wing Islami Chhattra Shibir and “all other associated organisations” of JeI Bangladesh. On August 1, the then Prime Minister Sheik Hasina banned the JEI and all its…
Chaitey gelaam odhikaar, hoye gelaam razakar! In the tsunami of slogans that swept away the Sheikh Hasina government earlier this month, this particular one (“We asked for our rights but became razakars”), dripping with sarcasm, stood out as the summary of the political history of Bangladesh’s independent existence. As her law and order machinery overplayed…
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