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People fleeing the civil war in Myanmar on a bridge connecting the country with India at the border village of Zokhawthar in Mizoram’s Champhai district, in November 2023.

India re-evaluates Myanmar strategy following Bangladesh’s leadership change

The junta is losing control to armed ethnic groups. India must even-handedly support key players to avoid a Bangladesh-like fiasco.

Mathematician Efim Zelmanov

Science and Society

Why is a Fields medalist teaching math in war-torn Ukraine?

Efim Zelmanov’s foray into wartime education challenges the notion that scientists should stick to their formulas. Are Indian scientists listening?

Nandita Jayaraj

Bangladesh: A nation in turmoil and transformation

What’s going on in Bangladesh? What’s next for the country? Should India be worried? Here are your answers.

Bangladesh: Modi government’s diplomacy debacle

It is time India realised the limits to its coercive diplomacy and batted for South Asian regionalism instead of Indian exceptionalism.

Kanak Mani Dixit

Student protesters demanding the trial of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on August 12.

Time for a turnaround in Bangladesh

Can Yunus’ team deliver what successive governments, including caretaker administrations, have failed to achieve since Bangladesh’s independence?

Sushmita S. Preetha

Clinging to hope: Sri Lanka’s Tamils seek relevance in pivotal presidential election

Divided by internal disagreements and lacking a unified strategy for presidential election, the Tamils are now politically weaker than ever before.

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Can Bangladesh’s ‘second liberation’ heal old wounds?

The interim government faces a collapsing economy, institutional decay, and a flood crisis—all while navigating a tense relationship with India.

Rubayat Khan,Anupam Debashis Roy

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A.G. Noorani is remembered as an intellectual who upheld the principles of democracy and constitutionalism throughout his long and distinguished career.

A.G. Noorani (1930-2024): Remembering the eminent constitutional expert and prolific writer

A long-term contributor to Frontline, Noorani was widely respected for his insightful analysis on constitutional and human rights issues.

In this aerial photograph, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists gather near a poster of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, during a rally in Dhaka on August 7. Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus, who is set to lead a caretaker government after mass protests ousted the premier, called on compatriots to be “ready to build the country”, ahead of his hugely anticipated return.

Power has shifted in Bangladesh, but old habits die hard

Khaleda Zia’s party promises reform, but reports of infighting and corruption suggest a rocky road ahead.

A college student paints graffiti on a wall at Dhaka University in the capital on August 12. Students who led the weeks of protests that toppled autocratic premier Sheikh Hasina are back on the streets to give the capital Dhaka a makeover.

Sheikh Hasina: How the daughter of a slain leader went from democratic hope to authoritarian casualty

Mujib-centric politicking and an over-reliance on Bangladesh’s founding impulse seem to have led to the longest-serving Prime Minister’s downfall.

Bantirani Patro,Bashir Ali Abbas

At the Srebrenica Memorial Centre in Potocari on July 11, the 29th anniversary of the genocide. The monument displays the names of those killed in the 1995 massacre.

Bosnia’s troubled past: A cautionary tale for India and Pakistan

How a visit to Bosnia before the 29th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre underlined the dangers of equating nationhood with ethnicity.

Mani Shankar Aiyar

The Karl Marx monument in Chemnitz, Germany.

Karl Marx’s Jewish blind spot

How the thinker missed the dangers of nationalism.

Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee

A scene in Southport on July 30, the day after a teenager with mental health issues killed three girls attending a dance and yoga workshop in a community studio in the town.

Can a fledgling anti-racist movement salvage UK’s multicultural fabric while far-right tightens its grip on ‘left-behind Britain’?

Grassroots defenders of diversity face an uphill battle against rising Islamophobia.

A student wearing a Spiderman costume walks past graffiti that reads “Our new secular Bangladesh” in Dhaka on August 9. The leader of the interim government in Bangladesh and all Ministers and student leaders are speaking strongly against sectarian violence.

Bangladesh’s revolution: A surprising lesson in secularism

As Hindus take to the streets seeking safety, many Muslims join them in support. This show of unity offers hope for religious harmony in South Asia.

Swati Narayan, author of Unequal: Why India Lags Behind Its Neighbours

Bangladesh is considered to be one of the great mysteries in social development: Swati Narayan

The author and academic discusses Bangladesh’s state of turmoil, former PM Sheikh Hasina’s contentious tenure, social and economic progress, and more.

What is happening in Bangladesh?

The academic and author speaks about the country’s political atmosphere and what the latest spate of violence means for its future.

A window displaying a poster of newly appointed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Palestinian camp of Bourj al-Barajneh on August 08, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon.

Yahya Sinwar’s rise as Hamas’ new leader suggests resistance in Gaza could intensify

Sinwar can toughen Hamas’ stance, stall peace talks, and keep Israel on edge with his tunnel-based guerrilla tactics and strategic planning.

Iftikhar Gilani

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who was recommended by Bangladeshi student leaders as the head of the interim government in Bangladesh, waves at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on August 7.

Muhammad Yunus: Bangladesh’s ‘banker to the poor’ to become interim premier

Yunus, a microfinance pioneer who won the Nobel Prize in 2006, brings star power to the role and is a popular choice with many Western governments.

Frontline News Desk

A vandalised mural of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a day after her resignation, on August 6, 2024. Her ouster as Prime Minister was driven by widespread students’ protest demanding the scrapping of the quotas for jobs.

Hasina’s exit poses a challenge to India, which shares a long, porous border with Bangladesh

India must now carefully manage its ties with Bangladesh while dealing with possible power changes in the region.

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