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After Yunus regime freed Rahmani, India watches Bangladesh's radical Islam surgeConcerns rise over Islamist radical movements in South Asia. Jashimuddin Rahmani, an influential ideologue, has been released on bail in Ba...
PM Modi's poll gains point to push on India's civil law reform, infrastructurePrime Minister Narendra Modi's party is poised for significant wins in state elections. These victories could speed up the implementation o...
Creation of Bangladesh wasn't good for Assam, Indira Gandhi missed chance to solve key issues: Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam's Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, criticized Indira Gandhi's role in Bangladesh's creation, citing unresolved issues for Assam. ...
After 54 years, discussions underway to revise the definition of 'bir muktijoddha'The debate over the definition of 'bir muktijoddha' resurfaces, potentially limiting recognition to battlefield fighters and reclassifying ...
Bangladesh commission suggests dropping 'secularism', 'socialism' from Constitution; proposes bicameral HouseBangladesh's Constitution Reform Commission recommended replacing state principles of secularism, socialism, and nationalism with equality,...
Historic electricity transmission from Nepal to Bangladesh inaugurated: A step towards regional connectivityIndia has facilitated the first trilateral power transaction, enabling Nepal to export up to 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh through the...
Bangladesh top legal official seeks removal of words 'secularism' & 'socialism' from ConstitutionBangladesh's Attorney General proposed removing "secularism" and "socialism" from the Constitution, alongside the recognition of Sheikh Muj...
Come Down Hard On ReligiophobiaThe irony of the latest attack coming two days after India made a statement on the UN resolution for an International Day to combat Islamop...
Bangladesh PM's son slams Pak-backed BNP-Jamaat's role in communal tensionsOn the involvement of the activists and leaders of Nurul Haq Nur's party in the attack on the temple in Chittagong, the video mentioned: “P...
Bangladesh elite forces launch crackdown against mastermind of communal incidentsBangladesh police have identified three perpetrators and launched a manhunt to nab the trio besides arresting perpetrators from other parts...
'Bangladesh’s constitution source of country's strength'Prof Rehman Soban, a leading academic from Bangladesh, referred to his country’s rediscovery of its capacity for entrepreneurship and liber...
Hefazat-e-Islam, the radical outfit behind recent violence in BangladeshOver eight years back Hefazat has laid siege ahead of Bangladesh general elections ostensibly at the behest of Pakistan’s infamous spy agen...
Desecration of Bangabandhu Mujib’s statue an attempt to derail secularism and toleranceThe year 2020 marks the birth-centenary of Bangabandhu and the despicable act reflects a mindset that is against the spirit of Bangladesh a...
Citizenship Bill unconstitutional, will totally destroy minorities: Deve GowdaThe Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanista...
View: Tough questions galore as third pillar of ‘secular’ India fallsThe fading away of that third important pillar of non-majoritarianism leaves us with just the first two.
Awami league’s secular play may help Sheikh HasinaThe Awami League, which spearheaded the Liberation War under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, infused secularism as a guiding principle of the state ...
Bangladesh safer than Syria for jihadis: Taslima NasreenJihadists have been silencing or threatening voices of sanity because democracy and pluralism are anathema to them. All they want is to est...
Bangladesh High Court rejects petition challenging Islam as state religionThe Court rejected a writ petition by a Hindu lawyer questioning acknowledgement of Islam as the state religion in the "secular" country.
Pak court debates possibility of secular state"Can a political party with unequivocal support in its manifesto to secularism, if given vast majority by the people, still be entitled to ...
Bangladesh elections and rise of radical forcesThe Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League has paved way for the creation of an all-party national government to oversee the parliamentary election...