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Iran is shipping oil to Bangladesh in new push

Iran has sent small shipments of crude oil to new destinations such as Bangladesh and Oman, according to shipping sources and data, the latest sign of Tehran pushing to sustain output at close to its highest in five years. Oil sales are Iran's major revenue source and the country has been looking for ways to sidestep US sanctions on its crude exports that former president Donald Trump re-imposed in 2018 over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran, which is exempt from output quotas set by the Organization of the Petroleum Export...

Hasina did not resign before fleeing, son says

Long-time Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina had not resigned as prime minister before fleeing this week to India as anti-government protesters marched on her official residence, her son and adviser told Reuters early on Saturday.
Hasina has been sheltering in New Delhi since Monday following an uprising that killed about 300 people, many of them students, ending her uninterrupted rule of 15...

BB Governor too resigns

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder has resigned from his post.Talukder submitted his resignation letter to the Financial Institutions Division secretary on Friday citing personal reasons, sources in the Division said.
Secretary Md. Abdur Rahman Khan, however, declined to say anything in this regard. The mobile phone of Abdu...

Bangladesh’s Failure Must Worry India

The collapse of a friendly government in Bangladesh is bad news for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Most of India’s diplomatic relationships in South Asia are increasingly swaying to Beijing’s tune. But the significance of this week’s turmoil goes beyond geopolitics. Chaos at India’s eastern doorstep is also a warning to the bigger economy: The youth want employment, from politicians they can hold accountable. What they don’t want is jobless growth with democratic backsliding.

Moment of hope and a new beginning for Bangladesh

The people of Bangladesh have created an opportunity for themselves by way of a mass intervention in order to oust the rule of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and as a result, she has fled the country after resigning from her position. The people were mostly led by students and independent movements of people rather than any traditional political parties. This uprising is a product of long years of suffering of the people under the regime of Hasina. Local and international human rights organisations have repeatedly commented on and protested against the large-scale violence unleashed by her regime on all persons who expressed any form of criticism or any independent views on affairs relating to Bangladesh. Heavy levels of censorship prevailed on all for...

Bangladesh protests are not the first time student uprisings have helped bring about radical change

In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced the prime minister to flee the country and resign. The demonstrations began peacefully last month and were primarily led by students frustrated with the system that they said favored those with connections to the ruling party. But it...
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