Category: Diplomacy
Nepal’s youngest mayor-turned-prime minister, Balendra Shah, has brought anti-corruption drives and wholesale reforms in governance to the fore since taking oath around 60 days ago. His first surprise was the inclusion of 10 young MPs,…
Former Kathmandu mayor Balen Shah threatened to set ablaze the Singha Durbar—the Nepali prime minister’s office—after the police stopped a car of the municipality for questioning for operating on a holiday on September 2, 2023.…
A couple of months into the inception of his “second revolution,” prior to his assassination on August 15, 1975, President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was working tirelessly to implement his philosophy for combating corruption, bureaucratic ineptitude,…
In the first couple of years of a newly independent Bangladesh, the Father of the Nation was very optimistic about rebuilding the country with the help of the pro-independence people in his party and others,…
The United Nations (UN) has failed to act to ensure justice for violence since the regime change in Bangladesh on August 5, 2024, and instead it sided with the interim regime to allow impunity for…
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that she did not allow the US to set up a base in Bangladesh to uphold the country’s sovereignty amid geopolitical tensions, like the Iran war. “Today, just…
In a move that has sparked widespread alarm among economists, business leaders, and activists, Bangladesh’s recently signed reciprocal trade agreement with the United States is emerging as a discriminatory pact that disproportionately favors American interests…
In his latest video, senior journalist Masood Kamal offered a sharp analysis of Nepal’s freshly concluded parliamentary elections, contrasting them with Bangladesh’s recent political transitions. Highlighting the success of Nepal’s youth-led movement in steering a…
President Mohammed Shahabuddin sparked widespread discussion and went viral on social media after concluding his speech at a government event with the slogan “Bangladesh Zindabad,” a trademark of the BNP. The remark, delivered on the…
The future government of Nepal will be an extraordinary success only if RSP chief Rabi Lamichhane and would-be prime minister Balen Shah get rid of their habitual arrogance, treachery, abuse of power, corruption, and nepotism—allegations…
The BNP-Jamaat-Yunus clique has brazenly betrayed Bangladesh’s sovereignty and national interests through their reckless involvement in the discriminatory US reciprocal trade agreement signed on February 9, 2026, and their ongoing attempts to finalize a defense…
In the pursuit of political interests: a Tk304 crore loan, thousands of workers laid off, and the looting of state assets—Biman Bangladesh Airlines during the era of Dr. MA Momen and the illegal Muhammad Yunus.…
Over the last six months, since the student uprising that unseated the CPN-Congress coalition government on September 9, 2025, Gen Z has become hopeless after seeing their patrons indulge in the same old political traditions…
Bangladesh’s recently signed reciprocal trade agreement with the United States faces fresh uncertainty following the US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling, which struck down President Donald Trump’s broad emergency tariffs as unlawful. The decision has prompted…
Awami League President and five-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has signalled renewed optimism and momentum for the Awami League by instructing party leaders to mentally and practically prepare to return to the country and actively…
The dubious visit by Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan—son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan—and former German footballer Mesut Özil to Dhaka University at an event of the Islami Chhatra Shibir-run DUCSU has sparked serious concerns. The…
The recent congratulatory letter from US President Donald Trump to Bangladesh’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Tarique Rahman raises serious concerns about growing American influence over the country’s sovereignty. While the letter congratulates Rahman on his historic election…
The so-called “interim” government under Nobel laureate-turned-despot Dr. Muhammad Yunus, which seized power on August 8, 2024, amid a violent political upheaval, will go down in history as a catastrophic failure that nearly destroyed Bangladesh.…
A controversial adviser of the Yunus-led interim government, Khalilur Rahman, alias Roger Rahman, has been picked up by BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman as the new foreign minister, triggering concerns about Bangladesh’s sovereignty. The National Citizen…
In a dramatic turn of events signalling deepening instability within Bangladesh’s interim government, Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, the Special Assistant to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology, has resigned and left the…
Author, lyricist, and filmmaker Sezan Mahmud has drawn connections between sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s unsealed files and Bangladesh’s current political and economic landscape under the Yunus-led interim government. He has highlighted Emirati businessman Sultan Ahmed…
Nobel Peace laureate and US puppet Prof. Muhammad Yunus has been thrust into the spotlight amid unverified claims linking him indirectly to the late Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious “Black Book“—a contact list seized during investigations into…
In a bombshell revelation that has sent shockwaves through Bangladesh’s political and economic circles, Dr. Mamunur Rashid, a renowned economist based in the UK, has accused the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government and its associates of embezzling…
The so-called interim government under Muhammad Yunus is racing against the clock to shove through shady, binding deals that reek of corruption and self-preservation, all while dodging any real accountability. With elections just days away…
Ahead of the unconstitutional referendum and parliamentary elections on February 12, excluding the Awami League, under the murderous-fascist Yunus regime, many Bangladeshis are reflecting on the era of five-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, whose administration…
In a rare and wide-ranging exclusive interview with CNN-News18 from her exile in India, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina delivered a fierce condemnation of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, warning of a deepening constitutional crisis and…
In a rare public expression of distress, Bangladesh’s President Mohammed Shahabuddin has articulated profound feelings of humiliation and marginalisation under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. Elected unopposed in 2023 under the now-ousted Awami…
Former military officer Col. Abdul Hoque, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader and chairman of RAOWA Club, has publicly called for the separation of India’s northeastern states, known as the Seven Sisters, and the establishment of seven independent states.…
The rise of Islamist extremism in Bangladesh poses a growing threat to regional stability, particularly for its neighbours India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Over the past three decades, from 1992 to 2024, Bangladesh has witnessed the…
The freestyle visits of Pakistani generals and members of the terrorist group, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), to Dhaka amid its ongoing military tension with India and boiling hatred against Hindus in Bangladesh have exposed a deep-rooted conspiracy.…