Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has formed the government in Bangladesh for the fifth term after a highly controversial general election held on January 7. The election was boycotted by the opposition and voter turnout was low. Firmly in the saddle, Hasina and her party, the Awami League (AL), are set to rule the country for … Read more
Bangladesh’s Awami League (AL) government is pressing ahead with holding general elections in January 2024 amid what Human Rights Watch says is a “violent autocratic crackdown” on the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). At least 10,000 opposition activists have been arrested since October 28 and many grassroots activists have fled their homes to avoid arrest … Read more
Advertisement Japan’s Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori announced in August that Bangladesh was among four countries selected by the Japanese government to receive defense aid under the Official Security Assistance (OSA), which is aimed at providing equipment, supplies and infrastructure development assistance to partner countries in the form of grants, rather than loans, to “reinforce” … Read more
Advertisement Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent 15-day trip to Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom appears to have been made with an eye on general elections that are due in January 2024. International criticism of her government’s poor record in protecting human rights, democratic backsliding, and a weakening economy have been growing … Read more