Workers Party of Bangladesh withdraws from upcoming national elections citing political persecution
The party’s president, Rashed Khan Menon, has been imprisoned for over a year and party offices, including its central office, have been occupied by pro-government mobs for months now.
Bangladesh’s liberation under siege
As Bangladesh marks the victory of its 1971 liberation, the secular, socialist foundations of the nation’s birth are under assault by the convergence of US geopolitical interests with religious fundamentalism.
Sheikh Hasina accuses Bangladeshi court of bias, says death sentence is politically motivated
Hasina had resigned and left the country following months-long violent protests against her government’s policies in which hundreds of people, mostly students, were killed in July-August 2024.
Political parties in Bangladesh oppose interim government’s changes to the country’s political system
The Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has failed to win the support of the majority of political parties in the country for its ambitious political “reforms”.
On the anniversary of Rashed Khan Menon’s imprisonment, Workers’ Party calls for the release of all political prisoners
Menon, 81, president of Workers’ Party of Bangladesh (WPB), has been charged with the murder of over 58 anti-quota protestors last year, despite not occupying any administrative position at the time.
Interim government in Bangladesh faces growing popular anger and accusations of authoritarianism
After a public spat with the army chief last week over the country’s political situation and the delay in elections, Yunus threatened to resign from his post as the chief advisor of the interim government.
Workers in South Asia celebrated May Day with a resolve to change the world
Labor unions organized rallies in all major cities in the region raising major issues facing the working classes and extending solidarity to the anti-imperialist movements across the globe.
South Asian women celebrate March 8 by waging battles against gender violence and for economic survival
Women’s movements in the region have firmly united with other progressive and left movements in the struggle for a better world.
Both Harris and Trump “want the US hegemony over the world to continue,” says Prabir Purkayastha
Both the leading candidates Trump and Harris have almost identical agendas of promoting US imperialist interests but equally fail to take note of significant shifts in global politics.
Left parties in Bangladesh demand fair trial for persecuted leaders
The presidents of the Workers Party of Bangladesh and the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal party have remained in police custody for over three weeks now
Los enigmas de la política en Bangladesh
Vijay Prashad reflexiona sobre las últimas semanas de protestas y convulsiones en Bangladesh, que culminaron con la dimisión de la Primera Ministra Sheikh Hasina.
Sheikh Hasina resigns as prime minister and leaves Bangladesh following mass protests
The protests, initially led by students demanding reforms in the quota system in government jobs, took a violent turn in the last weeks of July
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