Bangladesh

Dhaka University turns extreme right in Bangladesh’s uncertain politics

The Jamaat-e-Islami youth wing’s victory in elections to the university’s student wing is a disturbing trend in national politics

Gen-Z’s challenge to elite dominance in South Asia

Deadly protests by youths in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal show how lack of attention to inclusive development can fuel public anger

Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal’s legitimacy under a cloud

Due legal process and international involvement will ensure credibility of Bangladesh’s contested judicial platform

‘Illegal migration’ and the weaponisation of indigeneity

Assam’s decision to arm select communities echoes past vigilante experiments outlawed by India’s Supreme Court and risks deepening divisions in an already fractured society

Bangladesh’s July Declaration risks reaffirming social and political binaries

As Bangladesh charts a new course, the challenge will be to craft an inclusive vision that will accommodate all historical truths

BNP’s indecisive politics could hurt democracy revival in Bangladesh

The country’s geopolitical vulnerabilities could deepen as political fissures widen.

Bengali-speaking Indian migrants face hurdles to avoid deportation to Bangladesh

The harassment, detention and deportation of Bengali-speaking migrant workers is merely the first step in identifying and creating a new stateless population in South Asia

Negotiating realities in frosty India-Bangladesh relations

New Delhi must deal cautiously but firmly with the Muhammad Yunus-led regime’s creeping authoritarianism

Resurrecting democracy in Bangladesh remains a challenge

Proscribing the Awami League could further erode democratic values and practices in Bangladesh

Yunus’ Chinese checkers game has India on the edge

India’s worries in its neighbourhood have deepened after Muhammad Yunus’ Beijing visit last month