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How Sheikh Hasina's life and politics has shaped Bangladesh

Ahead of the vote, Hasina has flaunted some of her signature achievements, such as Dhaka’s metro and the country’s longest bridge, which she inaugurated in 2021. She has cast herself as the leader of an impoverished nation aspiring to become an upper-middle-income country by 2031

India’s tough vote in Bangladesh: Hasina over China, Joy Bangla over Jamaat

That Sheikh Hasina remains India’s best bet in Bangladesh shows, at one level, the failure of diplomatic imagination or intent on its part

Vantage | Why Bangladesh is stuck in a cycle of poll-related violence

The current political crisis has attracted international condemnation with Western agencies criticising the government's handling of the situation

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina launches bid for fifth term as opposition calls for poll boycott

Sheikh Hasina has overseen impressive economic growth since she took over the country of 170 million people in 2009, but activists say her iron-fisted rule has been marked by widespread human rights abuses, including thousands of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances

Pawn in a bigger game: Why Washington is interested in Bangladesh

Washington has twice left Bangladesh out of the Summit for Democracy while it has invited Pakistan(!) to the same conference; it has imposed visa restrictions on different Bangladeshi officials. As the January 7th election approaches, the list of US expressions gets more and more impressive

Regime change in Bangladesh? Biden’s Arab Spring desire in Dhaka no better than Obama’s Middle Eastern nightmare

The United States should realise that its ‘democratic experiment’ in Bangladesh would only see the replication of its Middle Eastern disaster

Global Watch | How US is meddling in Bangladesh elections

Pushing its strategic interests under the garb of democracy promotion has been an age-old tactic of America. Therefore, the US meddling in Bangladesh’s election should be viewed with concern

Bangladesh 2024 elections: Why West's veiled move for the return of BNP has worried India

New Delhi must engineer what India’s National Security Adviser, Ajit Doval, said: “Security is not a privilege; it is a necessity”

Vantage | With US playing election commissioner in Bangladesh, can India help?

The foreign minister dismissed the US mediation bid stating that embassy statements are irrelevant, and no one will be allowed to create barriers to the national election

Bangladesh: Poll body sets election date for January 7 amid violent protests

Since taking office in 2009, Hasina has exercised strict control over her government and has been charged with authoritarianism, violating human rights, stifling free speech, repressing dissent, and imprisoning those who disagree with her