Awami League
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Bangladesh
X.T.M posts a BBC report on Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in as Bangladesh’s prime minister, with an opinion piece by Irfan Chowdhury for Sapan News on the BNP’s two-thirds win in the…
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Bangladesh Election Open Thread
Bangladesh election open thread. The opening comment asks how the vote can be fair with the Awami League banned, compares it to Pakistan’s democracy with Imran Khan jailed, and calls…
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After the Begums: Bangladesh searches for a new order
X.T.M reposts Irfan Chowdhury’s Sapan News preview of Bangladesh’s 12 February election and referendum on the July Charter, with the Awami League banned and the BNP expected to win. The…
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Browncast on Bangladesh, 2023
A BrownCast on Bangladesh in 2023: the hosts discuss the 2025 election and an emerging Awami League one-party state, the lack of contact between West Bengal and Bangladesh, a Southeast…
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Browncast: Anti Hindu violence in Bangladesh with Alex
Mukunda and Nachiketa host Alex Zuvran to discuss recent anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh, Islamism, the Awami League, Sheikh Hasina and cricket; the host says some of what the guest said…
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MP Tulip Siddiq & her aunt Sheikh Hasina
Reacting to a Channel 4 report on MP Tulip Siddiq’s links to the Bangladeshi ruling party, the author calls it a hit-piece alongside his dislike of Labour’s candidate bargains. He…
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Bangladesh elections
A post quoting reports on Sheikh Hasina’s third-term win and Bangladesh’s economic gains, with the poster’s comments that the margin seems too big to be credible and that voters may…
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East Pakistan 1971
Prompted by Dawn’s summary and an Ahsan Butt article, the author gives his own view of 1971 in East Pakistan, covering the disputed death toll, Pakistani denial and Bengali reprisals…
