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Why and how Khaleda Zia was the epitome of Bangladesh’s politics of dignity and restraint

Independent Bangladesh has produced no shortage of political figures. Few, however, have combined prolonged persecution with a disciplined restraint in ...

29 Jan 2026 20:06 PM

Jamaat’s politics and the fragile line between faith and freedom in Bangladesh

Political movements do not become dangerous when they speak the language of faith; they become dangerous when they claim a ...

28 Jan 2026 22:47 PM

Making a sense of Bangladesh’s ‘Hadi effect’

After the killing of Sharif Osman bin Hadi and the funeral that drew hundreds of thousands into the heart of ...

23 Jan 2026 20:31 PM

Bangladesh’s politics is still fighting the past

World politics, political economy, and electoral democracy tend to advance along two distinct tracks. ...

16 Jan 2026 19:31 PM

Questions over expatriate postal ballots add new strain to Bangladesh’s upcoming election

As Bangladesh approaches its 13th national parliamentary election, allegations of irregularities in the expatriate postal voting system have triggered concern, ...

16 Jan 2026 08:54 AM

A conversation with Tarique Rahman in a time of reckoning…

I met Tarique Rahman face-to-face for the first time in nearly 22 years. ...

07 Jan 2026 20:57 PM

Khaleda Zia: At rest with power in a restless democracy

The life of a politically exposed person is rarely ordinary. In South Asia and Southeast Asia, it is often operatic—upheaval ...

06 Jan 2026 21:18 PM

Tarique Rahman’s public meeting with the NSI chief was routine. Why recast it as a ‘secret’ one then?

Since Tuesday, a swirl of conspiracy theories has taken hold in political circles and on social media over a meeting ...

05 Jan 2026 17:03 PM

‘She Was History Itself’: Alal Hails Khaleda Zia as a Living Legend of Courage and Nationhood

Advocate Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, an adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, on Thursday described the late former prime minister ...

03 Jan 2026 20:35 PM

Understanding the BNP’s quiet repositioning in Bangladesh’s political center..

By midday on the last day of 2025, the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, had reached a standstill of thousands converging ...

03 Jan 2026 20:28 PM