Tarique Rahman’s India visit and the end of automatic deference
5 HOUR(s)
When a decision over whether to accept an invitation from New Delhi becomes a statement in itself, it signals that Bangladesh-India relations have indeed entered a new phase.
5 HOUR(s)
Nigel Farage is facing his biggest test of credibility
13 July 2026
A political outsider only a decade ago, Farage transformed British politics through his relentless focus on immigration
13 July 2026
Is the UK heading for a leadership change at the top?
22 June 2026
I cannot recall another British parliamentary by-election in recent years that generated such intense media attention.
22 June 2026
West Bengal poll politics tests the limits of Dhaka-Delhi reset process
21 April 2026
That three-word formulation has become the defining doctrine of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the run-up to West Bengal’s two-phase assembly elections scheduled for April 23 and 29.
21 April 2026
In haors, vote and hope tied to embankment safety
9 February 2026
Driving through the haors -- vast, bowl-shaped freshwater wetlands -- in Sunamganj, one grasps what immensity and remoteness truly mean.
9 February 2026
At a tea stall, the meaning of an election in hills
7 February 2026
In Bandarban, one of the country’s three hill districts, politics intertwines deeply with memory, land, and security.
7 February 2026
Shadow of refugee camps falls on ballot in Ukhia
5 February 2026
In Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia, one issue overshadows all others: the Rohingya refugee crisis.
5 February 2026
Nalchity, where Hadi’s memory meets ballot box
1 February 2026
In the run-up to February 12 polls, Shakeel Anwar visits outlying constituencies to hear directly from voters about their hopes, demands and expectations.
1 February 2026
Unfamiliar ballots for voters in Dakop-Batiaghata
I reached Dakop-Batiaghata in Khulna on Monday, travelling through flat land crisscrossed by embankments and rivers. Compared to other constituencies,
29 January 2026
Sharsha: waiting for the border to breathe again
As part of my series on voices from the ground ahead of the February 12 elections, I travelled to Sharsha, a remote frontier constituency in Jashore district, where politics is measured less in slogans than in prices, volumes and the daily pulse of the border, on Sunday.
28 January 2026
The ‘youth vote’, from the ground
In the run-up to February 12 polls, Shakeel Anwar visits outlying constituencies to hear directly from voters about their hopes, demands and expectations.
27 January 2026