Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

What began as a small protest against quotas in government jobs in Dhaka University on 17 February 2018 soon spread to Chittagong, Khulna, Barisal, Mymensingh, Sylhet and some other parts of the country. It reached its peak on 8 April when students b....

May 18, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , Bangladesh elections , Bangladesh student agitation , Reservation in jobs

Commentary: Bangladesh - The Khaleda Zia Verdict and its Political Implications

Dr Madhumita Srivastava Balaji Commentary

In a judicial verdict of unprecedented political import, on February 8, 2018, a Special Court in Bangladesh sentenced the former Prime Minister and leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Begum Khaleda Zia, to a five-year jail term, in a case o....

March 01, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , Khaleda Zia’s jail term , Bangladesh elections , Zia Verdict