B. Z. Khasru, is editor of The Capital Express in New York and author of “Myths and Facts Bangladesh Liberation War” and “The Bangladesh Military Coup and the CIA Link.” He is working on a new book, “The King’s Men, One Eleven, Minus Two, Secrets Behind Sheikh Hasina’s War on Yunus and America.”
August 10, 2019 B.Z. Khasru Was Jinnah Hindu? U.S. Favored United Indi. Muslim League Distrusted Congress. How Nehru Could Prevent Partition. The Partition of India in 1947 by Britain to create two independent countries wreaked havoc in human lives and miseries. It killed two million people, according to various estimates, and displaced 14 million. Its
READ MOREAugust 11, 2019 B.Z. Khasru Modi has taken a dangerous step. In Savarkar’s Hindudom, the Muslims and the Christians were less than welcome. Modi shows anti-Muslim bias. India is back to square one, thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move Monday to scrap special political rights for a Muslim-majority state in the Hindu-dominated country. The
READ MOREBy B.Z. Khasru 11 August 2019 With a string of suicide bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, which killed more than 250 people in the island nation in the Indian Ocean, an old question has resurfaced: What motivated the attackers? Analysis of similar events in Europe, Africa, and Asia reaches contradictory conclusions. A paper
READ MOREBy B.Z. Khasru | 11 August 2019 The recent decision to strip Kashmir of its special district status can be traced back to India’s ultra-Hindu nationalism, writes B.Z Khasru. INDIA IS BACK to square one, thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move Monday to scrap special political rights for a Muslim-majority State in the Hindu-dominated
READ MOREJustice Sinha may soon face extradition from Canada Foreign Policy News August 7, 2019 By B.Z. Khasru If the stars were aligned, former Chief Justice S.K. Sinha could have been Bangladesh’s first minority president. Instead, he might soon find himself mired in a tug of extradition fight between Bangladesh and Canada, where he has just sought
READ MOREBy B.Z. Khasru May 16, 2019 With a string of suicide bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, which killed more than 250 people in the island nation in the Indian Ocean, an old question has resurfaced: What motivated the attackers? Analysis of similar events in Europe, Africa, and Asia reaches contradictory conclusions. A paper
READ MOREApril 6, 2019 India fuelled Hasina’s decision to oust Yunus Yunus faced Hasina’s direct ire after she returned to power in early 2009. BZ Khasru | New Delhi | April 5, 2019 The Statesman Professor Muhammad Yunus attended the Girl’s Day Gala night on March 28, 2019 at the Stand Speak Rise Up Summit in Luxembourg,
READ MOREBy B.Z. Khasru Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman with U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the White House grounds in August 1980. On 26 November 1975, Zia told U.S envoy Irving G. Cheslaw that he feared an Indian military invasion in a few days and asked that America put pressure on India to stop this madness. India
READ MOREMarch 18, 2018 B. Z. Khasru On February 8, the day a court sent Bangladesh’s former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, to prison for stealing money from a trust fund, current prime minister and Zia’s archrival, Sheikh Hasina, rhetorically asked a public rally: “Where is she?” Hasina’s question refreshed memories of many who heard a similar nasty
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