The absence of Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League, banned from participating in the elections, presented a rightward shift in the country’s polity benefiting the BNP, which was out of power for almost two decades.

La mayoría absoluta del BNP no es tanto un veredicto democrático como el resultado previsto de un proceso de ingeniería política de dos años.

BNP’s super-majority in Thursday’s elections is less a democratic verdict than the intended outcome of a two-year political engineering process.

Apart from the election for the National Assembly, around the Bangladeshi electorate will also vote in a referendum on proposed changes to the country’s constitution and political system

The party claims religious extremist mobs have been allowed to target their offices, leading newspapers, secular cultural organizations and persons from minority community with impunity

In the upcoming elections, one left leader will contest who has been repeatedly targeted by the Indian state for his persistent struggle in defense of the Kashmiri people and their autonomy

Rashed Khan Menon was arrested on Thursday in what is widely seen as part of a broader crackdown against allies of the ousted government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

While displaying unwavering support, tens of thousands of Pakistanis across the political spectrum thronged to streets denouncing Israel’s ongoing seige of Gaza

Protesters have demanded strict action against the personnel involved in the assault on two youth, 20-year-old Shahid Ahad and 21-year-old Auqib Dar