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Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is keen to visit India at the earliest but is concerned about take away points and achievements that he will have to produce before his audience back home after a visit of this nature, said a diplomatic source of Bangladesh to…
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In 1961, General Ayub Khan’s military government of Pakistan wanted to further entrench its control over East Pakistan and made the celebration of Rabindranath Tagore’s birth centenary illegal. The crackdown had the opposite outcome, as colleges and universities in East Pakistan erupted. The protests shaped a generation of leaders who would take important positions subsequently…
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In this image posted on August 10, 2026, High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi, right, during a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. | Photo Credit: X/@ihcdhaka via PTI India and Bangladesh are in talks for an early bilateral visit by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to New Delhi, preferably…
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Amid tightened nationwide security, Bangladesh on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) inaugurated a memorial museum at the official residence of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the victims of violence during the anti-government protests in 2024 that toppled her government. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman inaugurated the ‘July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum’ at Ganabhaban, prime minister’s official…
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Government has no “involvement” in the press conference to be addressed by Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC) on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday (August 4, 2026). Speaking at the Ministry’s biweekly…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has authorised Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to select the party’s candidate for the country’s presidential elections, local media reported. The decision was taken on Saturday (August 1, 2026) at BNP’s National Standing Committee’s meeting, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported. The meeting…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has received assurance from China on building the Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoration Project. The discussion in this regard took place when Mr. Rahman visited Beijing during June 24-26 and met top Chinese officials, including Premier Li Qiang, President Xi Jinping and Chinese water resources minister Li Guoying. China…
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Tarique Rahman. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s Parliament convened on Thursday (March 12, 2026) for the first time since a deadly 2024 uprising plunged the country into political turmoil and following elections last month. The government of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), took over after February 12 elections…
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A file image of writer Taslima Nasrin. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s huge mandate in the recent elections is more a reflection of the people’s determination to keep Islamist radicals out of power than of the party’s popularity, said Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin. She said that having “Pakistan-backed radicals” like Jamaat-e-Islami…
Bangladesh’s President Mohammed Shahabuddin signs as he administers the oath‑taking ceremony for Tarique Rahman as Prime Minister at the South Plaza of the parliament building, following the BNP’s landslide victory in the national polls, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Asserting its control over the state machinery, the new government of…