By Nitya Chakraborty On November 5 late night, even before the presidential election results gave Donald Trump a majority of 270, former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro wrote an ecstatic message in X the former Twitter congratulating his mentor on his magnificent win saying this will have a big impact on Latin American politics. Bolsonaro […]
By Nitya Chakraborty Finally, the U.S. election results are out. The Republican candidate Donald Trump has swept the polls by winning convincingly in the presidential contest as also leading the Republican Party to majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. There is no grey area. It is apparent that the majority of […]
By Nitya Chakraborty Republican candidate Donald Trump’s Diwali message, just four days before the crucial November 5 presidential elections in USA, has enormous significance, which goes beyond the possible impact on Hindu-Americans voters on the polling day. The content of the message will have big impact on Bangladesh politics in the event of a Trump […]
By Nitya Chakraborty The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the security alliance of the western nations led by the USA is having an uneasy period after celebrating its 75th year of founding in July this year with big fanfare. The recent summit of the BRICS in Kazan of Russia held on October 22 to 24 […]
By Nitya Chakraborty The one-hour meeting between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 23 on the side lines of the BRICS summit at Kazan, has signalled a breakthrough in the bilateral relations between the two largest nations of Asia and the world. What was of significance of […]
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending the summit of the expanded BRICS block at Tatarstan city of Kazan in Russia on October 22 to 24 to be hosted by President Putin. This summit is of crucial importance for both the Indian PM as also the President Putin. Narendra Modi is attending it […]
By Nitya Chakraborty The allegation by the Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau involving Indian diplomats of the high commission in the killing of the Sikh extremist Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, last year and also in the assassination attempt on another Sikh lawyer G S Pannun in USA, has created a storm in the global […]
By Nitya Chakraborty Bangladesh is the diplomatic battleground of two super powers USA and China since the interim Government took over power on August 9 this year following the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League regime on August 5 last. In the last five weeks of the new government led by Chief Adviser […]
By Nitya Chakraborty The U.S. Presidential elections on November 5 have assumed unusual significance in the shaping up of the future of Bangladesh which is presently ruled by an interim government headed by the Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus. In the last two weeks, hectic activities were on in both Dhaka as well as in […]
By Nitya Chakraborty Monday October 7 2024 marks the completion of one year of the Israel-Palestine war which started with the brutal attack on the citizens of Israel by the militant Palestine group Hamas and the more severe retaliation by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and the complete annexation of the Gaza area along with […]
By Nitya Chakraborty Bangladesh has just completed two months after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina Wazed from power on August 5 following the mass upsurge led by the students of Anti-Discrimination Front, popularly known as anti Quota movement. The interim Government led by the Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus took oath on August 8 with […]
By Nitya Chakraborty In the first battle between the interim Government of Bangladesh and India in the international forum — that is the United Nations, Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus had a clear victory over Prime Minister Narendra Modi without having any one on one meeting between the two. Dr. Yunus was […]
By Nitya Chakraborty India’s neighbour Sri Lanka has elected the Marxist-Leninist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the next president in the intensely contested presidential elections held on Saturday, September 21. About 75 per cent of the total of 170 million population who voted, broke away decisively from the binary of two political formations through years […]
By Nitya Chakraborty The interim Government of Bangladesh headed by Dr. Muhammad Yunus is doing all the preparatory work for officially demanding the extradition from India of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as early as possible. Indications suggest that Dr. Yunus may mention of this demand at his address to the United Nations General […]
By Nitya Chakraborty What is happening to Indian foreign policy during the third term of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi? Is India a vassal state to the United States in 2024 disconnecting all its political links with the country’s BRICS partners? On September 18, a day after our PM’s 74th birthday and completion of 100 […]
By Nitya Chakraborty The Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, who passed away on Thursday, September 12 after a fatal bout of respiratory illness at the age of 72, has left a deep void just not in the leadership of the CPI(M), but also in the functioning of the INDIA bloc, that […]
By Nitya Chakraborty Bangladesh Interim Head Dr. Muhammad Yunus has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for talks in New York in the last week of September when both of them will be attending the session of United Nations general assembly .So far, there has been no response from the Indian Government sources. In fact, […]
By Nitya Chakraborty Pakistan ,as the host country for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) ‘s Heads of the State Council (HSC) meeting scheduled at Islamabad on October 15 and 16 October this year, has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the two day summit. India is a member of the ten nation body […]
By Nitya Chakraborty The interim Government in Bangladesh led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus has achieved big success in the last few days in persuading the Biden administration to help in bailing out the country’s ailing economy to meet the immediate challenges of the post-Hasina administration. Interim Government head Dr. Md. Yunus who has good friends […]
By Nitya Chakraborty Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said that a week is too long a time in politics. This was in the context of post-war turmoil in British politics. As regards India, it seems that the post 2024 Lok Sabha elections scenario is changing fast and the most affected has been the […]
By Nitya Chakraborty More than seventeen days after the abdication of former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina from power in Bangladesh on August 5 and taking political shelter in India, conflicting trends are visible in the functioning of the interim government headed by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, as also in the activities of […]
By Nitya Chakraborty Eight days have passed since the ouster of from power in Bangladesh on August 5 following the mass upsurge led by the students and other opposition parties against the 15 year rule of the Awami League Government led by her. Much has been written about the developments that led to her fall […]
By Nitya Chakraborty India is faced with an unprecedented political turmoil in Bangladesh after the formidable prime minister for the last fifteen years – Sheikh Hasina Wazed– was forced by the army generals and members of her own security team to leave the country within just 45 minutes. She is now in Delhi, waiting for […]
By Nitya Chakraborty The New Popular Front (NFP) has taken a major step towards forming a coalition government in France after the partners agreed to name independent socialist Lucie Castets as the Prime Minister candidate for forming the new government after the July 7 general elections led to a hung national assembly. The NFP leadership […]
