Prime Minister-elect Tarique Rahman, along with his council of ministers, took the oath on 17 February 2026 to form a new government. Elected by a landslide under the leadership of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its Grand Alliance partners, this newly formed government marks the end of Bangladesh’s long transition to a new cycle of government after years of political uncertainty and intense polarization.
Bangladesh’s Inauguration Offers Opportunity to Reset Relations With Neighbors
Bangladesh’s 13th National Parliamentary Election has concluded with one of the most remarkable outcomes in...
Bangladesh Thirteenth Parliamentary Election Results: Mandate, Realignments and Prospectus for Governance
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won the largest share of the vote with 49.97 percent,...
For Trump, it’s crunch time in Gaza
It’s crunch time when Donald Trump’s Board of Peace meets in Washington this week to...
European Security Paradox and A World Without Order
America was not the superpower and European empires were more nationalists and aggressive when the...
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Fall 2025: Issue 43
Nepal’s Digital Uprising: Discord, Corruption, and the Future of South Asia
When Kathmandu’s skyline turned red with fire on the evening of September 10, 2025, few...
Exposing the Failure of India’s Kashmir Policy
In September 2024, addressing a jubilant rally of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters, Indian Prime...
Pahalgam Massacre – A Case of Diversionary Strategy to Bust India’s Normalcy Narrative in Kashmir
Retaliating to India’s coercive measures following the massacre of 26 tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir, responsibility...
Speaking Eye-to-Eye with India
Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus has repeatedly emphasized the importance of regional cooperation for the...
For Trump, it’s crunch time in Gaza
It’s crunch time when Donald Trump’s Board of Peace meets in Washington this week to...
Israel’s Creeping Mission in West Bank Is Turning Stubborn
While Israel embarked on a massive military campaign in Gaza in response to October 7,...
Foreign Hands Fetish and Domestic Fire: On Intelligence Power, Uprisings, and the Decline of Iranian Sovereignty
Iran does not exist in the contemporary world order as a client state or as...
US military intervention in Iran could spark hostilities not just in the Gulf and Israel, but also Turkey and Azerbaijan
A US military intervention in Iran doesn’t just risk exposing Gulf states and Israel to...
WE, The Peoples, Time and Earth are Victims of Wars
In an age of ignorance, time had no meaning and power knew not the logic...
The Rohingya case could redefine genocide and that matters for ASEAN
As hearings concluded on 30 January at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Rohingya...
US policy in post- election Myanmar
Myanmar has yet to attract serious attention from President Trump. The silence might seem surprising,...
Myanmar junta wraps election with ally set to seal victory
: Voting concluded in Myanmar's month-long election on Sunday (Jan 25), with the dominant pro-military...
Myanmar stages first phase of polling with thin turnout
The military-ruled Myanmar (earlier known as Burma and Brahmadesh) staged the first phase of general...
Myanmar’s “general’s election” has failed before it has even started
On 15 December, at a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar’s deputy minister for information, Major...
For Trump, it’s crunch time in Gaza
It’s crunch time when Donald Trump’s Board of Peace meets in Washington this week to...
What Next for Dr Yunus?
Whilst it seems polls have suggested that Muhammad Yunus and the interim government remained popular...
Bangladesh’s Democratic Mandate And Its Message To India And The World
The national election of 12 February 2026 marks a significant moment in Bangladesh’s democratic journey....
Are Bangladesh's youth turning against India?
Graffiti - angry, witty, sometimes poetic - sprawls across walls and corridors, echoing the Gen...
How Pakistan Got Divided: Memoirs of Rao Farman Ali Khan Review
Imagine living through a national tragedy only to watch the most powerful architects of that...
