Far from consolidating military authority, the coup of 1975 ushered in a brutal power struggle within its ranks.

Let us recall March 26, 1971. In the early minutes of the day, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman announced Bangladesh’s independence, a message which was passed on through wireless to MA Hannan, the senior Awami ...

Bimal Biswas—veteran politician and noted writer—played an active role in several battles against the Pakistani junta during the 1971 Liberation War, particularly in the Jessore, Narail, and Khulna ...

Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight, a violent military crackdown in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to crush demands for ...

NINETEEN seventy-one arrived, not as a year, but as a violation, a savage tear in the thin skin of what we dared call life. I ...

Balochistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) do share some commonalities, such as being part of larger political entities – ...

Sachetan Nagorik Committee (Committee of Concerned Citizens) and different political and social organizations have protested ...

The subcontinent's geopolitics is one of history completing a full circle—Muslim-majority Bangladesh, which parted ways from ...

Pakistan held its first democratic National Assembly elections, in which the Awami League, a political party rooted in East ...

The Baloch Liberation Army's hijacking of the Jaffar Express could heighten tensions between China and Pakistan, as Beijing worries about its investments in Balochistan. Despite Pakistan's security ...