South Asia
Has democracy returned to Bangladesh?
With February’s election giving the Bangladesh Nationalist Party a two-thirds majority in parliament and bringing to an end 18 months of a non-elected interim government, Professor Dr Mohammad Tarikul Islam questions whether democracy has been restored.
A border on fire: Pakistan, Afghanistan and an unending war
An air strike on a hospital in Kabul on 17 March, which Taliban officials blame on Pakistan, killed more than 400 people and took the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan to a more serious level. Mediation by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey led both countries to declare a ceasefire for the Eid holiday, but there are no signs that the distrust between the neighbours is close to being resolved, as Iftikhar Firdous reports.
The state of democracy in Pakistan
It is said that the army in Pakistan wields more power than its democratically elected government, a situation that has prevailed for much of its years as an independent state. Umber Khairi reports.
Parliamentary democracy in decline
Why has India dipped in recent years in international indices measuring the state of a country’s democracy? Kavita Chowdhury set out to investigate.
A new leader takes over
Voters in Bangladesh have delivered a landslide victory to BNP leader Tarique Rahman, who has been sworn in as the new prime minister. The vote came 18 months after a Gen Z-led revolution sent the autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina into exile.
Nepal votes in Gen Z-inspired election
The people of Nepal go to the polls this month (5 March) after last year’s violent street protests and army intervention followed by a peaceful period of interim government. Kunda Dixit reports from Kathmandu.
A new era in Bangladesh?
Following the drama of the ‘Monsoon Revolution’ in 2024 and an eighteen month period of army-backed civilian-led interim rule, Bangladesh goes to the polls this month to choose a new government. Syed Zain Al-Mahmood asks whether the elections can deliver the change the people are demanding.
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Has democracy returned to Bangladesh?
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