Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

In 2016, when Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, Muhammad Yunus strongly condemned the election result. He called Trump’s victory in the US presidential election “a solar eclipse … black days”.

A careful scrutiny of the 15-point directives issued by the 'student protesters' reveals their ultimate agenda: to destroy Bangladesh’s economy and turn it into a bankrupt nation like Pakistan.

From July 17, Jamaat-e-Islami, along with Al Qaeda-connected BNP perpetrated countrywide mayhem by hijacking student’s protests demanding reform in quota system in government jobs.

Following the countrywide mayhem in Bangladesh, media commentaries are already questioning the organisational capabilities of the ruling Awami League.

Although the Awami League government has succeeded in foiling the attempt of the BNP-Jamaat nexus to capture power by unseating Sheikh Hasina, the coming days may bear much harder challenges as BNP-Jamaat is adamantly looking to return to power.

Sheikh Hasina is visiting India at a time when Bangladesh is facing multiple challenges including a growing economic crisis.

The historical ties between Bangladesh and India are deeply rooted, with India playing a pivotal role in Bangladesh's liberation war in 1971. However, it is under the leadership of Modi and Hasina that these ties have been significantly strengthened.

Such cases of forced religious conversion of Hindus remind us of the 1971 war of independence of Bangladesh when several Hindu families had to convert to Islam to save their lives from the extreme notoriety of Pakistani occupation forces.

Several Bangladeshi businessmen, including film producers are operating offices in Kolkata as cover for running money-laundering activities.

Commenting on Anwarul Azim Anar’s connections in West Bengal, a highly-placed source seeking anonymity said, for years Anar has been maintaining healthy relations with several female leaders of Trinamool Congress, some of whom are actresses from Kolkata film industry.