Bangladesh Politics
Tarique Rahman is set to launch the BNP’s election campaign from Sylhet on 22 January 2026, beginning with visits to the shrines of Hazrat Shah Jalal and Shahporan, as Bangladesh heads toward national polls on 12 February 2026. The choice of Sylhet and the shrine visits are deeply symbolic, signalling unity, tradition, and a respectful … Read more
Tarique Rahman is one of the most polarising figures in modern Bangladeshi political history. To his supporters, he represents resilience, continuity and the future leadership of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). To his critics, he symbolises corruption, dynastic politics and an era they believe should remain firmly in the past. Few political figures in South … Read more
Sajeeb Wazed Joy is one of the most influential yet controversial political figures in modern Bangladesh. Known internationally as the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the grandson of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, Joy occupies a unique position where lineage, technology, governance, and power intersect. Unlike traditional politicians shaped by … Read more
Muhammad Yunus is one of the most influential economic thinkers of the modern era, not because he built a financial empire or mastered complex market instruments, but because he dared to ask a simple yet revolutionary question: what if finance existed to serve the poorest people instead of excluding them? From a small village in … Read more
Sheikh Hasina is one of the most influential and controversial political figures in South Asia. As the longest-serving Prime Minister in the history of Bangladesh, her leadership has shaped the country’s political trajectory, economic development, foreign relations and democratic discourse for more than two decades. To her supporters, she is a stabilising force, a nation-builder … Read more
Khaleda Zia stands as one of the most influential and polarising figures in the political history of Bangladesh. As the country’s first female Prime Minister and a central figure in its post-military democratic transition, her life story is deeply interwoven with the nation’s struggles, triumphs, and unresolved political tensions. Admired by supporters as a symbol … Read more
Bangladesh has lost one of its most consequential political figures. Begum Khaleda Zia, former prime minister and long-time chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has died aged 80 after a prolonged illness. For decades, her name was inseparable from the story of modern Bangladesh. To supporters, she was a symbol of political resilience and … Read more
A Soldier President Who Reshaped Modern Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad remains one of the most complex and controversial figures in the political history of Bangladesh. Soldier, ruler, politician, poet and power broker, his life spanned colonial India, the upheaval of Partition, the birth of Pakistan, the Liberation War of 1971, and the turbulent decades that … Read more
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad remains one of the most divisive and controversial figures in the history of Bangladesh. To some, he was a seasoned politician shaped by decades of anti-colonial struggle. To most, however, he is remembered as the man who briefly assumed the presidency of Bangladesh in the aftermath of its greatest national tragedy: the … Read more
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy remains one of the most complex, influential, and often misunderstood political figures in the history of South Asia. A man of formidable intellect, eloquence, and conviction, he stood at the crossroads of colonial India, the birth of Pakistan, and the long struggle for democratic governance in the Muslim world. Revered by some … Read more