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Bangladesh has been running a never-ending revenge drama. Hasina is the latest

If elections happen in Bangladesh next year with the Awami League’s participation, there is every possibility of a sudden surprise around the bend....

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Deep Halder

Bangladesh should look to India, not Pakistan. Learn how to keep the army at arms length

With every passing day the army is being dragged deeper into a quagmire of internal politics. 'This may soon lead to a crisis stalling the elections,'...

27.10.2025 20

Deep Halder

Tarique Rahman was once the face of corruption. Now he could help save Bangladesh

After 17 years in exile, BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman says he wants to return to Bangladesh. His comeback will energise voters desperate for...

22.10.2025 20

Deep Halder

Hasina eyes Rahul-Priyanka model for Awami League. It is yet another blunder from her

The Hasina family’s generational ties with the Gandhi family have influenced the ex-Bangladesh PM to pass on the baton to her children, like Gandhis...

22.09.2025 9

Deep Halder

Jamaat sweeps Bangladesh students’ polls, wants Pakistan as an ally. India must worry

Banned only a year before when Hasina was still the PM, the student wing secured 14 top ranks at the educational institution.

19.09.2025 20

Deep Halder

Bangladeshi Hindus are celebrating CAA extension. It’s their lifeline

Bangladeshi Hindu leaders are either in jail or in hiding. And some journalists who tried to report their continued persecution have either lost their...

08.09.2025 20

Deep Halder

The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the...

06.09.2025 9

Deep Halder

Good politician, bad statesman — what Muhammad Yunus’ one year in power reveals

That Muhammad Yunus has aced Bangladeshi politics can be understood by his moves to bring Islamists back into public life.

08.08.2025 30

Deep Halder

Bangladesh army chief seems to be cosying upto to Yunus. Did 5 people have to die for it?

Waker is scheduled to retire from service in September this year, and that would mean the immunity he gets as Army chief would be gone.

30.07.2025 10

Deep Halder

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali...

26.07.2025 9

Deep Halder

Amit Shah’s attack on English will club him with Jyoti Basu in West Bengal

In 1983, the Left Front government in West Bengal under Jyoti Basu banned the teaching of English till Class 6, and justified it by citing a...

03.07.2025 20

Deep Halder

Brand Mamata Banerjee is losing its biggest support—Bengal’s women voters

The Kasba rape case has brought back memories of the horror of the RG Kar rape and murder case and forced people back on streets in West Bengal.

02.07.2025 10

Deep Halder

Don’t just blame Yunus for Tagore house destruction. Bangladesh radicalism goes way back

Yunus has been complicit in giving a free rein to the radical elements within Bangladesh since Sheikh Hasina’s exit. But it was Hasina’s nod to...

20.06.2025 10

Deep Halder

Yunus is struggling to remain relevant in Bangladesh

For the common Bangladeshi, it is neither the election date nor the new currency notes that has been the biggest cause for concern after the fall of...

12.06.2025 8

Deep Halder

India forgot revolutionary Rash Behari Bose. Abhishek Banerjee brought him back into focus

Rash Behari Bose planned the attack on Viceroy Charles Hardinge in 1912, was among the key organisers of the Ghadar Revolution, and founded the Indian...

10.06.2025 10

Deep Halder

Bangladesh Army Chief wants elections. Muhammad Yunus wants to get rid of him

When the Army chief starts sounding more democratic than a Nobel Peace Prize winner, you know Bangladesh’s political theatre has become a stage for...

27.05.2025 4

Deep Halder

Muhammad Yunus wants women’s rights in Bangladesh. First rein in Islamic radicals

If Yunus wants Bangladeshi women to enjoy equal rights as men, running with the hare and hunting with the hounds won’t help.

19.05.2025 7

Deep Halder

After Operation Sindoor, why India must keep an eye on Bangladesh too

Amid escalating military tensions between India and Pakistan, Bangladesh has undertaken a series of rather unusual strategic measures, including a...

08.05.2025 10

Deep Halder

BJP isn’t getting Bengal. Mamata keeps beating Modi-Shah in her Ludo game

Both the BJP workers and supporters in Bengal feel let down. As hundreds of families from Murshidabad fled across the Bhagirathi River, non-Bhadralok...

30.04.2025 6

Deep Halder

Jogendranath Mandal could’ve been Bengal’s Ambedkar. Backing Jinnah made him history’s footnote

One lapse in judgement cost Mandal not just his political career, but his place in history.

23.04.2025 10

Deep Halder

BJP’s ‘Hindu first’ poll plank went from Bengal to UK. Will it help the party in 2026?

When a protester asked, ‘Mamata ji, anyone for Hindus?’ at Kellogg College, Bengal watchers were reminded of the BJP’s core campaign strategy...

01.04.2025 10

Deep Halder

Amartya Sen read Bangladesh wrong. And his faith in Yunus to revive the country is misplaced

Amartya Sen, in a recent interview, said the current crisis in Bangladesh affects him deeply because he has ‘a strong Bengali sense of identity’.

24.03.2025 10

Deep Halder

Hasina’s Houses of Horror to Yunus’ Devil Hunt – is Bangladesh truly changing for better?

Bangladesh saw what Hasina’s ‘Aynaghars’ – torture and detention dens – looked like after Yunus visited them with media personnel and...

19.02.2025 10

Deep Halder

Yunus has done the impossible in Bangladesh—brought arch-rivals Awami League and BNP closer

Closely mirroring the Awami League’s protest programmes, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has announced a series of rallies across all 64 districts...

10.02.2025 10

Deep Halder

Mujib’s house demolished. Not Yunus, Bangladesh’s shaky secular foundations are at fault

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s flirtations with religiosity continued to afflict Bangladesh’s body politic much after his death.

06.02.2025 3

Deep Halder

How is Yunus distracting Bangladesh from holding elections? By trying to rewrite constitution

Almost every political party in Bangladesh is getting impatient for the next national elections, as also the people of the country. But Yunus keeps...

08.01.2025 20

Deep Halder

Mamata Banerjee is getting her mojo back. Don’t write her political obit just yet

Mamata Banerjee’s strong stance on the plight of Bangladeshi Hindus did not just come as surprise to her political detractors in West Bengal, but...

23.12.2024 5

Deep Halder

Divide and rule, siding with radicals—Yunus has learned what will keep him in power

More than rewriting history, what has bothered Dhaka watchers is Yunus’ seeming acceptance of the rise of radicalism in Bangladesh since Hasina’s...

18.12.2024 10

Deep Halder

Hinterland over South Kolkata drawing room—‘Bohurupi’ gives a hit formula to Bengali cinema

Before ‘Bohurupi’, Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy’s 2023 film ‘Raktabeej’ had impressed audiences by capturing the beauty of the Bengali...

15.12.2024 8

Deep Halder

Trump and Yunus have a bitter past, tense future. Unless doormat diplomacy becomes a thing

Yunus allegedly made a big donation to the Clinton Foundation ahead of Hillary Clinton’s bid for US presidency. On his part, Trump had reportedly...

20.11.2024 7

Deep Halder

Royal Enfield bikes are the new rage in Bangladesh. What happens to ‘boycott India’ now

Royal Enfield has launched four 350cc models—Hunter, Classic, Bullet, and Meteor—priced between Bangladeshi Taka 3.4 lakh and 4.35 lakh in...

04.11.2024 10

Deep Halder

Idol worship an eyesore to Bangladeshi islamists. Durga Puja to be toned down this year

Manindra Kumar Nath, vice president of the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, said Hindus are afraid of celebrating Durga Puja as they did before.

05.10.2024 6

Deep Halder

Is Jinnah edging Mujib out in new Bangladesh? Hasina’s ouster reopens old histories

Till Hasina’s ouster in August this year, an event observing Jinnah’s death anniversary and public proclamations praising him would have been...

18.09.2024 4

Deep Halder

Jamaat wants Islamist Bangladesh. Is former ally BNP standing in the way?

BNP and Jamaat were coalition partners in government and allied in opposition to Sheikh Hasina. With her gone, does Jamaat see the BNP as an...

11.09.2024 3

Deep Halder

West Bengal wants justice for rape victim. It won’t pause even for Durga Puja festivities

West Bengal is left wondering whether to prepare for Durga’s homecoming or keep everything aside until the Kolkata victim gets justice. Durga Puja...

09.09.2024 1

Deep Halder

Bangladesh has an old problem with statues. Islamists find it to be an eyesore

In 2017, there was a controversy over the statue of the Lady Justice placed in Bangladesh's Supreme Court. It was removed after religious...

13.08.2024 4

Deep Halder

Sheikh Hasina has fled Bangladesh. India needs new allies in Great Game East

Hasina kept a lid on homegrown Islamic terror in Bangladesh. Her government also made significant efforts to prevent the smuggling of arms to...

06.08.2024 5

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Bangladesh has been running a never-ending revenge drama. Hasina is the latest

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Bangladesh should look to India, not Pakistan. Learn how to keep the army at arms length

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Tarique Rahman was once the face of corruption. Now he could help save Bangladesh

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Hasina eyes Rahul-Priyanka model for Awami League. It is yet another blunder from her

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Jamaat sweeps Bangladesh students’ polls, wants Pakistan as an ally. India must worry

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Bangladeshi Hindus are celebrating CAA extension. It’s their lifeline

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The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

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Good politician, bad statesman — what Muhammad Yunus’ one year in power reveals

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Bangladesh army chief seems to be cosying upto to Yunus. Did 5 people have to die for it?

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Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

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Amit Shah’s attack on English will club him with Jyoti Basu in West Bengal

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Brand Mamata Banerjee is losing its biggest support—Bengal’s women voters

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Don’t just blame Yunus for Tagore house destruction. Bangladesh radicalism goes way back

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Yunus is struggling to remain relevant in Bangladesh

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India forgot revolutionary Rash Behari Bose. Abhishek Banerjee brought him back into focus

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Bangladesh Army Chief wants elections. Muhammad Yunus wants to get rid of him

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Muhammad Yunus wants women’s rights in Bangladesh. First rein in Islamic radicals

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After Operation Sindoor, why India must keep an eye on Bangladesh too

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BJP isn’t getting Bengal. Mamata keeps beating Modi-Shah in her Ludo game

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Jogendranath Mandal could’ve been Bengal’s Ambedkar. Backing Jinnah made him history’s footnote

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BJP’s ‘Hindu first’ poll plank went from Bengal to UK. Will it help the party in 2026?

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Amartya Sen read Bangladesh wrong. And his faith in Yunus to revive the country is misplaced

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Hasina’s Houses of Horror to Yunus’ Devil Hunt – is Bangladesh truly changing for better?

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Yunus has done the impossible in Bangladesh—brought arch-rivals Awami League and BNP closer

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Mujib’s house demolished. Not Yunus, Bangladesh’s shaky secular foundations are at fault

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How is Yunus distracting Bangladesh from holding elections? By trying to rewrite constitution

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Mamata Banerjee is getting her mojo back. Don’t write her political obit just yet

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Divide and rule, siding with radicals—Yunus has learned what will keep him in power

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Hinterland over South Kolkata drawing room—‘Bohurupi’ gives a hit formula to Bengali cinema

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Trump and Yunus have a bitter past, tense future. Unless doormat diplomacy becomes a thing

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Royal Enfield bikes are the new rage in Bangladesh. What happens to ‘boycott India’ now

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Idol worship an eyesore to Bangladeshi islamists. Durga Puja to be toned down this year

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Is Jinnah edging Mujib out in new Bangladesh? Hasina’s ouster reopens old histories

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Jamaat wants Islamist Bangladesh. Is former ally BNP standing in the way?

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West Bengal wants justice for rape victim. It won’t pause even for Durga Puja festivities

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Bangladesh has an old problem with statues. Islamists find it to be an eyesore

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Sheikh Hasina has fled Bangladesh. India needs new allies in Great Game East

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