In an explosive interview to one of Bangladesh’s leading daily newspapers President Md. Sahabuddin said he was kept captive in presidential palace for one and half year more by Chief Executive of Interim Government Md. Yunus. Answering to question President said “there are many conspiracies going on with me.There have been many attempts to […]
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In a surprise move newly elected Prime Minister Tareq Rahaman appointed technocrat Dr. Khalilur Rahaman as Foreign Minister of Bangladesh. He was National Security Advisor of out going Interim Government led by Prof. Muhummad Yunus. Another surprise is that inducting highly controversial Dr. Nasimul Gani as cabinet secretary just before the swearing in. He […]
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New Delhi: Republic Day marks a defining milestone in India’s national journey. It marks the day the Constitution of India came into force on 26th January 1950, formally establishing the country as a ‘Sovereign Democratic Republic’. While independence on 15th August 1947 ended colonial rule, it was the adoption of the Constitution that completed […]
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The sudden Enforcement Directorate onslaught on Trinamool Congress’s political and election strategist, I-PAC, and its helmsman Prateek Jain—allegedly in connection with a seven-year-old case—has opened a Pandora’s box of sorts. It has raised far more questions than it has answered, questions that have only multiplied after West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata […]
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Bangladesh is facing one of the most serious challenges to press freedom in its modern history. Over the past year, journalists and media organisations across the country have been subjected to escalating violence, legal intimidation, and targeted attacks on news infrastructure. What began as assaults on individual reporters has evolved into coordinated attacks […]
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It is now more than 15 months former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina has taken shelter in India. India is not new for her staying. After assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahaman, her father, Sheikh Hasina was given shelter by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. From 1975 […]
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In several states across India, twelve in total, including West Bengal the Election Commission has introduced the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Although projected as a special revision of electoral rolls, the process has triggered serious concerns regarding its legal foundation, ground-level execution and wider political consequences.To understand the origins of SIR, one must turn […]
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The biggest temple of Indian democracy is our parliament. The Parliament has announced Bengali is a “Dhrupadi language.” But the BJP leader has recently said Bengali is not at all an Indian Language. There is no language in India named Bengali. BJP said it is a language of Bangladesh. If this is the knowledge level […]
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After the defeat of 1977 Lok Sabha election the most powerful leader of South Asia, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi humbly accepted the defeat. And said, “I have led the party for 11 years. Now the responsibility for the faliure is on me.” Can anyone finds any comment like his grandmother from Rahul Gandhi after a […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India is best read not as a deviation in New Delhi’s foreign policy, but as a reminder of its deepest continuities. From the Nehruvian era to the present, India has sought something rare in international politics: the ability to engage major powers on its own terms. While the idiom […]
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