Kamal Ahmed

Kamal Ahmed is an independent journalist who has worked as a reporter and in editorial roles at the BBC World Service and Prothom Alo.

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Protesters outside the headquarters of Bangladesh’s state broadcaster, which was set alight after police fired rubber bullets at them. Photo: IMAGO/ABACAPress

As Bangladesh boils over, Sheikh Hasina’s peril is of her own making

21 Jul 2024

Sheikh Hasina with Narendra Modi during a visit to India in 2017. Since 2014, bilateral relations between Modi’s India and Hasina’s Bangladesh have deepened, transcending ideological barriers between the BJP, which is rooted in Hindutva principles, and the ostensibly secular Awami League. Photo: IMAGO/Zuma Wire

Bangladesh is vexed by and wary of Modi’s unstinting support to Sheikh Hasina

15 May 2024

Sheikh Hasina meets Narendra Modi at the G20 meeting in New Delhi in September 2023. Amid US pressure on Bangladesh to hold a free and fair election, the Indian government has taken the lead in defending Hasina and her increasingly undemocratic administration. Photo: IMAGO / ZUMA Wire

In Bangladesh’s sham election, the only real contest is geopolitical

28 Dec 2023

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