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Purna Lal Chakma

Purna Lal Chakma

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Was 2024 India’s Third Strategic Loss in Bangladesh?

Was 2024 India’s Third Strategic Loss in Bangladesh?

India may have suffered three major strategic setbacks in Bangladesh since helping the country win independence in 1971. The first came in 1975, when...

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Did Pakistan Defeat India in the Chittagong Hill Tracts?

Did Pakistan Defeat India in the Chittagong Hill Tracts?
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Could One Makkah Pact Clause Put All of India at Risk?

Could One Makkah Pact Clause Put All of India at Risk?

Bangladesh does not need India’s permission to join. But one unknown wartime-access rule could force New Delhi to rethink its entire eastern...

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Could Bangladesh Become South Asia’s Next Ukraine?

Could Bangladesh Become South Asia’s Next Ukraine?
29.08.2026 80

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Why Bangladesh’s BNP May Have to Join the Makkah Pact to Survive

26.08.2026 70

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Israel-Turkey Tensions: Would Russia or America Back Erdoğan Against Israel?

24.08.2026 80

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Could Bangladesh Joining the Makkah Pact Deepen Its Crisis With India?

The Bangladesh Makkah Pact debate is becoming much more than a story about a new defence agreement. Bangladesh has not joined the Makkah Joint Defence...

23.08.2026 60

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Inside the World’s Largest Undeclared Military Zone: 79 Years Without Freedom

There was a time when the hills belonged to their people. Indigenous families cultivated jhum without wondering whether their fields would still be...

18.08.2026 80

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Yunus’s Absence From Presidential Race May Signal Better India-Bangladesh Ties

Something unusual has happened in Bangladesh’s presidential race. Muhammad Yunus, who stood at the center of the country’s political transition...

11.08.2026 70

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In Bangladesh, Islamists Can Lose the Election—and Still Capture the State

Jamaat did not form the government, but the wider Islamist ecosystem may be reshaping the state from inside. Bangladesh’s February election did not...

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Why Israel Is Right to Watch Hamas-Linked Activity in Bangladesh

When Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar reportedly alleged that Hamas-linked activity is taking place in Pakistan and Bangladesh, many people in...

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What the Chittagong Hill Tracts Reveal About Bangladesh’s Future

Both societies have wrestled with questions of identity, security, demographics, and the challenge of protecting vulnerable communities in the face of...

05.06.2026 80

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What Happens If Iran’s Regime Survives This War?

Observing the Middle East conflict from Tokyo often feels like witnessing a distant storm that steadily intensifies. What began with the October 7...

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