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A new chapter for Bangladesh and India must begin with mutual respect, not old assumptions

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Once Again, India’s Chicanery Stands Exposed

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Ambassador Ashraf ud Doula

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“I grew up under Sheikh Hasina. By 2024, I believed there was no choice but to protest for change”

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Calling Bangladesh's post-July youth greedy for power misses what happened after the revolution

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Muhammad Abdur Raqib

Thu Aug 06 2026

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India's defence of the rupee leaves Bangladesh Bank walking a monetary tightrope of its own today

As India backs the rupee, Bangladesh must balance lower rates with export competitiveness and currency stability

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Thu Aug 06 2026

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Beyond the leaders: five ordinary students on Bangladesh's July uprising

Their names never became symbols, but their memories reveal the unseen work that kept the protests alive

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Beyond the leaders: five ordinary students on Bangladesh's July uprising

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Fisherman’s alleged disappearance in Coast Guard custody tests Bangladesh’s post-Hasina promises.

Miraj Sheikh's family say he was seized by the Coast Guard in April and has not been seen since, marking the first suspected enforced disappearance since the 2024 uprising

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From Zia to Tarique Rahman: how BNP's nationalist instinct finally acquired a record in office
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Diplomatic success is only the beginning for Bangladesh

Politics

Shot while fasting. The Four ‘Paras’ of the Quran Liza Never Finished Learning
The professor who stood between police and his students
How memes became weapons in Bangladesh's July uprising

Economy

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Dollars for diesel: the hidden debt machine keeping Bangladesh’s lights on
India's defence of the rupee leaves Bangladesh Bank walking a monetary tightrope of its own today

Ideas

State of emergency is always there for the oppressed, Benjamin's last essay argues
Water withheld, water given: what Karbala and the Monsoon Revolution share
Professionalism or performance? How colonial relics and gender bias still define the workplace today

Conversations

Hasnat Quaiyum: July Uprising created a new political imagination the old parties can't contain
A surgeon's account of Dhaka Medical College during the July uprising
"Those who claim the uprising failed are lowlifes and losers": Debashish Chakrabarty

Opinion

The Awami League is disintegrating. Hasina’s deadline politics won’t save it
The ball is in India's court, but it has passed it to its own courts
A new chapter for Bangladesh and India must begin with mutual respect, not old assumptions

The Big Story

Bangladesh human rights watchdog reform: more powers on paper, less independence in practice
‘Waiting for chaos’: the theory behind Awami League’s return to Bangladesh’s streets
“I grew up under Sheikh Hasina. By 2024, I believed there was no choice but to protest for change”

National Security

A soldier's last watch: remembering Shaheed Sainik Md Abu Hanifa
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Every great power wants access to Bangladesh's geography. That's not a threat. It's leverage

History

'They erased us from history': the frontline women of Bangladesh's quota movement
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The Listening Post

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Literature

Hasan Robayet’s poem: Twelve lines that carry a mountain
Rethinking Shah Muhammad Sagir and the origins of Bengali Muslim poetry
Keeping the Past Alive in García Márquez’s Masterpiece

Culture

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Life

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