Bangladesh is on the edge of political chaos, and the intransigence of both the ruling Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh National Party is to blame. Unless both parties take immediate steps to pull back from entrenched positions, restrain the violent elements of their activist bases and embark on a genuine dialogue to restore legitimacy to Bangladesh’s troubled democracy, the wave of violence engulfing the country risks spinning out of control.
The latest crisis began just before the Jan. 5 anniversary of last year’s elections — th...
The Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia has been stuck in her office for 40 days and slapped with a series of charges over the deadly violence outside, but she says she and her arch enemy Sheikh Hasina can still reach a deal to end the turmoil.
In an exclusive interview with AFP, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Zia accused Prime Minister Hasina of killing democracy and the ruling Awami League of being behind the violence that has killed scores since the turn of the year.
But she also stressed her desire to reach a consensus to pull the country back from the brink, even if it meant talking to her nemesis.
Zia, who has twice served as prime minister, has not set foot outside her offices in downtown Dhaka ever since the security forces barricaded her compound on Jan...
Bangladesh-Nepal Expo 2015 kicked off on Wednesday with the aim of providing a platform for the business communities of the two countries to foster business linkages. Minister for Commerce and Supply Sunil Bahadur Thapa inaugurating the expo said that it would strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.
This expo is an opportunities to enhance trade between the countries as they share many common cultures. Th...
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As the Bangladesh Navy inches towards its goal of becoming a three-dimensional force capable of operating above, on, and under water, based on its envisaged “Force Goal 2030,” the possible rise of a regional naval power in the Bay of Bengal is sure to ruffle a few feathers in New Delhi. India is s...
Australia must focus on transitioning out of the mining economy or face falling out of the G20, PwC Australia Economics Partner, Jeremy Thorpe said while releasing the ‘World in 2050’ report.
The report, which analyses how the world could look in 2050 by presenting economic growth projections for 32 of the largest economies in the world, shows Australia will slip from 19
th place in 2014 to 29
th in 2050.
Other findings include:
China will clearly...
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Bangladesh visit from Feb 19 to 21 has caught the ire of controversial Bengali writer Taslima Nasreen, who has alleged that the CM was shielding Muslim fundamentalists in the state.
Mamata Banerjee will lay floral wreaths at the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka to commemorate those university students who fell to police bullets on February 21, 1952 while demanding recognition of Bengali as one of the two national languages of then undivided Pakistan.
February 21 is observed as International Mother La...
The latest crisis began just before the Jan. 5 anniversary of last year’s elections — th...
