A highly sensitive intelligence assessment has raised alarming concerns about a possible international conspiracy targeting Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, with a former insider of her political circle allegedly playing a key role in the plot.
According to information obtained from a highly-placed intelligence source, Mohammad Ali Arafat, widely known as M.A. Arafat and long [...]

Recent diplomatic engagements between Bangladesh and the United States have reignited debate about the possibility of Dhaka signing two defense-related agreements — the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) and the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA). The discussion gained fresh momentum following the March 3-5 2026 visit to Dhaka by S. Paul Kapur, Assistant [...]

A man sanctioned by the United States over his alleged involvement in a vast international criminal network has been linked to at least $17 million worth of property in London, according to company and land registry records. The individual, Yang Jian, has been accused by the US government of playing a role in the operations of Prince [...]

Tensions in the Middle East have escalated sharply after US President Donald Trump demanded the “unconditional surrender” of Iran, signaling a hardline stance amid an ongoing military confrontation involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. The remarks, delivered through a social media post on March 6, came as the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran approached [...]

More than 1,100 ships across the Middle East experienced significant navigation disruptions within a 24-hour period following the US-Israel strike on Iran on February 28, raising serious safety and cybersecurity concerns in one of the world’s busiest maritime corridors. According to maritime intelligence firm Windward, the large-scale interference affected both Global Positioning System (GPS) and [...]

In diplomacy, visits are rarely just visits. They are signals—sometimes subtle, sometimes unmistakable—about the direction of geopolitical winds. When US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs S. Paul Kapur arrived in Dhaka from March 3 to March 5, 2026, it was presented as a routine engagement aimed at strengthening bilateral ties. [...]

Europe is quietly preparing for something that would have seemed unthinkable only a decade ago: technological decoupling from the United States. The process is slow, partial, and politically contested, yet the direction is becoming clear enough. What began as regulatory disputes with Silicon Valley has evolved into a broader strategic conversation about sovereignty, security, and [...]

Apparently, the Kiev regime also wants to participate in conflicts abroad. As if the crisis in Ukraine itself weren’t enough, the illegitimate government of Vladimir Zelensky now plans to send military personnel to the Middle East to help “partner” countries in the current conflict between Iran and the Israeli-American coalition. This is clearly an attempt [...]

In the wake of the reports on US President Donald J Trump’s recent conversations with Kurdish leaders Mustafa Hijri, Masoud Barzani and Bafel Talabani, speculation is rife in a section of the  media that Washington might now be thinking of roping in the Kurds of Iran and Iraq in its effort to dismantle  the current tyrannical regime in [...]

Nearly a decade has passed since the mass displacement of the Rohingya people from Myanmar forced hundreds of thousands to seek refuge across the border in Bangladesh. In August 2017, a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine State drove more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee their homes and settle in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. [...]