Brigadier General Muhammad Masud Razzaq (R) talks during a media briefing in Dhaka January 19, 2012. The Bangladesh army said on Thursday it foiled a coup attempt by retired and serving officers late ...

Fifty years ago, Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan amid devastating climate disaster. The year before, in 1970, the Bhola cyclone had killed up to half a million people. The human toll of the ...

Bangladesh’s overthrowing of its longest-standing dictator, Sheikh Hasina, brings an end to her rule marked by human rights abuses and election rigging. In its efforts to rebuild the nation, ...

After a long period of military rule, the military’s overt role in politics has diminished since the 1990s – as evidenced by its restrained role during the revolution of July-August 2024. Peacekeepers ...

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Since July, I have been glued to social media and international news reports on the student protests, massacre of students and subsequently, the student-led mass uprising that overthrew Bangladeshi ...