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Dhaka's Beijing Pivot Tests New Delhi's Strategic Comfort

Listen to this article: For decades under ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh had been balancing the heavy embrace of its giant neighbour,...

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The Wire

Faisal Mahmud

Is West Bengal’s Politics Poisoning India’s Bangladesh Policy?

Listen to this article: The most significant statement on the recent India-Bangladesh border controversy did not come from New Delhi but from Dhaka....

11.06.2026 10

The Wire

Faisal Mahmud

India's border policy testing fragile reset with Bangladesh

For much of the past year, India and Bangladesh have been attempting to repair a relationship shaken by one of the most consequential political...

08.06.2026 30

National Herald

Faisal Mahmud

To mitigate climate change, global policy must intersect with granular human incentives

The future of the habitable world will not be written exclusively in the halls of parliaments but in the micro-decisions of the millions who inhabit...

05.06.2026 20

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Faisal Mahmud

Why Eid ul-Azha Has Much to Offer Cinema Yet Rarely Appears in Film

Listen to this article: Eid ul-Azha arrives each year with imagery that should, by any cinematic logic, lend itself naturally to film. Across Muslim...

28.05.2026 20

The Wire

Faisal Mahmud

Bangladesh's Fuel Queues Vanished Overnight After Price Hike Exposing a Deeper Energy Policy Failure

Listen to this article: For more than a month and half, the image of Bangladesh during the Iran war was defined by endless fuel queues.  Motorcycles...

14.05.2026 20

The Wire

Faisal Mahmud

Bangladesh Was the BJP's Most Potent Electoral Weapon in West Bengal

Listen to this article: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) seismic breakthrough in West Bengal represented the cold, calculated engineering of a new...

06.05.2026 20

The Wire

Faisal Mahmud

Like Other Governments, Bangladesh Will Also Need to Consider a Wealth Tax

Listen to this article: As Bangladesh approaches its next budget in early June, a once-taboo question is edging into the mainstream: should the taxman...

02.05.2026 30

The Wire

Faisal Mahmud

A Charter Without a Clear Path: Bangladesh's Reform Plan Hits Constitutional Hurdle

Listen to this article: The crisis over the implementation of the July Charter came to a head in Bangladesh’s parliament on Sunday (March 29), when...

30.03.2026 20

The Wire

Faisal Mahmud

Bangladesh’s Post-Hasina Political Order Faces its First Test With Two Oaths in One Parliament

Listen to this article: Bangladesh’s new government is set to convene its first parliamentary session today (Thursday, March 12), and the atmosphere...

12.03.2026 30

The Wire

Faisal Mahmud

A Silent March 7 as Bangladesh Rethinks Mujib's Legacy After the Uprising

Listen to this article: Just about two years ago, March 7 would arrive in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi, the area where I live, with a kind of orchestrated...

07.03.2026 30

The Wire

Faisal Mahmud

The Problematic Signal Behind Bangladesh’s Central Bank Shake-up

Listen to this article: The abrupt removal of Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H. Mansur and his replacement with Mostaqur Rahman has unsettled markets...

02.03.2026 20

The Wire

Faisal Mahmud

Bangladesh Elections: BNP's Brand Outruns Jamaat's Singular Ad Strategy

Listen to this article: The pre-election campaign and the poll outcome of Bangladesh’s 13th parliamentary election deserve to be examined as a case...

15.02.2026 10

The Wire

Faisal Mahmud

Jatiya Party Bangladesh is paying the price for enabling Hasina’s authoritarianism

Critics argue that the Jatiya Party helped legitimise Bangladesh's electoral processes and government authority that lacked credibility.

05.01.2026 40

ThePrint

Faisal Mahmud

Bangladesh’s political reality has shifted. New survey shows 70% approve of interim govt

The US-based think tank, IRI, released its a pre-election assessment of Bangladesh. It dismantles Awami League’s narrative that the student movement...

05.12.2025 20

ThePrint

Faisal Mahmud

Is Bangladesh ready for ‘developed country’ status? It’s all optics for Sheikh Hasina

The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the...

27.11.2025 30

ThePrint

Faisal Mahmud

Opinion | Why Calling Hasina's Trial 'Unfair' Is Missing The Point Entirely

22.11.2025 30

NDTV

Faisal Mahmud

Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

20.11.2025 20

ThePrint

Faisal Mahmud