Op-Eds Opinion
The current confrontation between the Union Government and the West Bengal government over land handover for India Bangladesh border fencing is not a technical disagreement. It is a political standoff with real security consequences. The Centre expanded the BSF’s operational jurisdiction from 15 km to 50 km inside border states. West Bengal challenged the decision […]
Op-Eds Opinion
Cricket boards were created to run a sport, not to act as unofficial foreign ministries. Yet today, cricket is being dragged into political signalling so routinely that the line between governance and geopolitics is collapsing in plain sight. Two recent episodes make this impossible to ignore. Bangladesh’s refusal to tour India, without any ICC sanction […]
Op-Eds Opinion
Bangladesh’s textile shutdown threat is not just an industrial dispute or a trade policy misfire. It is the first visible crack in a deeper state failure. When an economy built around one sector begins to choke, politics does not stay neutral. Power shifts. Narratives harden. Street mobilisation replaces institutional debate. This is how countries slide, […]
International
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has strongly criticised the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, describing the current situation in Bangladesh as chaotic and dangerous. Speaking from India, where she has been in exile since August 2024, Hasina claimed that democratic rights are suppressed and the country is facing widespread violence. Calls For