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Sheikh Hasina, right,  flashes the victory symbol after casting her vote at a polling station in Dhaka. Photo: AFP
Posted inBangladesh, Northeast Asia, South Asia

Hasina wins third term as vote-rigging claims go unanswered

by Faisal Mahmud December 31, 2018February 18, 2020
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (R) flashes the victory symbol after casting her vote at a polling station in Dhaka on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Posted inBangladesh, France, South Asia, World

Bangladesh’s Hasina set for landslide election victory

by Asia Times staff December 31, 2018February 18, 2020
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to extend her reign as Bangladesh's longest-serving leader. Photo: Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Bangladesh elections marred by deaths

by Shafiqul Alam, Sam Jahan and Redwan Ahmed December 27, 2018February 18, 2020
BNP candidate Habibur Rahman Habib (C) is rescued by his supporters after an attack during a campaign rally in Ishawardi Upazila, Pabna district, on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Posted inBangladesh, France, South Asia, World

Campaign attacks intensify fears for Bangladesh election

by Asia Times staff December 27, 2018February 18, 2020
Rohingya refugees wait roadside for aid at Thaingkhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 14, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Asia’s version of Palestine emerging in Bangladesh

by Bertil Lintner December 24, 2018February 18, 2020
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, left, has been accused of being autocratic, while Zhaleda Zia, right, remains in jail for corruption. Photos: AFP & Reuters
Posted inBangladesh, South Asia

Thousands of guards deployed for Bangladeshi poll on Dec 30

by Bertil Lintner December 19, 2018February 18, 2020
Workers mount a portrait of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ahead of Awami League's National Council in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP/Rehman Asad
Posted inBangladesh, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Bangladesh’s ruling ‘secular’ Awami League strengthens ties with Islamist parties

by Faisal Mahmud December 7, 2018February 18, 2020
Bangladeshis now have to sort through fake news websites. Photo: AFP/Munir uz Zaman
Posted inBangladesh, India, South Asia

Fake news websites spring up in Bangladesh before election

by Bertil Lintner November 21, 2018February 18, 2020
Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: AFP,Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto
Posted inBangladesh, India, South Asia, World

Bangladesh politics divided over election use of EVMs

by Faisal Mahmud November 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Workers mount a portrait of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ahead of Awami League's National Council in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP/Rehman Asad
Posted inBangladesh, South Asia

Bangladesh steps up pre-election Internet surveillance

by Faisal Mahmud November 6, 2018February 18, 2020
Kamal Hassain, center, is seen with Bangladeshi PM and Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina, right,and Rashed Khan Menon, left, leader of the Workers Party, during a political rally in Dhaka in 2006. Dr Kamal recently fell out with Hasina and joined an opposition alliance. Photo: AFP / Farjana K Godhuly
Posted inBangladesh, India, South Asia

Curious political tie-up emerges before Bangladeshi election

by Faisal Mahmud October 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Activists in Bangladesh hold placards and a banner during a protest against the Digital Security Act in Dhaka on February. Photo: AFP / Rehman Asad
Posted inBangladesh, South Asia, World

New digital law ‘will hit press freedom and silence dissenters’

by Faisal Mahmud October 10, 2018February 18, 2020
A protest against the incarceration of Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam is held in front of the United Nations building in New York. Photo: Shamima Khan
Posted inBangladesh, South Asia, World

Protests to free photographer Shahidul Alam grow before Bangladesh elections

by Faisal Mahmud October 4, 2018February 18, 2020
The autobiography written by former Bangladesh Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. Photo: Twitter/@MohedulIslamDa1
Posted inAustralia, Bangladesh, Oceania, South Asia

Book by ex-Bangladesh Chief Justice stirs controversy

by Faisal Mahmud September 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Bangladeshi students mass on the streets of Dhaka after two pupils were killed by a bus in front of their college. Photo: AFP/Khandaker Azizur Rahman Sumon/ NurPhoto
Posted inBangladesh, South Asia

Hundreds killed during Eid as Bangladesh’s road safety lags

by Faisal Mahmud September 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Bangladeshi students stand on a road amid teargas during clashes with police in the protest in Dhaka on August 5, 2018, after the death of two students in a road accident. Photo: AFP / Munir Uz Zaman
Posted inBangladesh, China, India, Iran, Middle East, South Asia

Police detain 97 for social media posts during Dhaka protest

by Suryatapa Mukherjee August 23, 2018February 18, 2020
The Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial is covered with floral wreaths in Dhaka on August 15, 2010. Bangladesh's founding father was killed along with many family members in a military coup on August 15, 1975 by a group of disgruntled army officers. Photo: AFP / Munir uz Zaman
Posted inBangladesh, Germany, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Bangladesh ups efforts to bring back killers of founding father

by Faisal Mahmud August 20, 2018February 18, 2020
Police evacuate the Dhaka University area on August 1 2018 in Dhaka during the huge nine-day protest by students demand safer roads. Photo: AFP/ Khandaker Azizur Rahman Sumon / NurPhoto
Posted inBangladesh, European Union, South Asia, World

Hundreds injured in clashes as Dhaka student protest shut down

by Faisal Mahmud August 7, 2018February 18, 2020
High school and college students protest over the death of two students hit by a speeding bus. They massed for five days to demand greater safety. Photo: Focus Bangla News
Posted inBangladesh, India, South Asia

School students shut down Dhaka to demand greater road safety

by Faisal Mahmud August 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Bangladeshi activists who fought in the 1971 war shout slogans as they celebrate outside The Supreme Court in Dhaka on August 30, 2016, after Mir Quasem Ali lost his final appeal against his death sentence. Photo: AFP
Posted inBangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Bangladesh courts handing out death sentences

by Bertil Lintner June 6, 2018February 18, 2020

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