Recently, an article titled “Sheikh Hasina did not meet Indian envoy despite requests: Dhaka Daily”, published by a prominent Indian newspaper, The Hindu, has created too much hype within the political and intellectual arenas of Bangladesh as it quoted several incidents to reflect signs of strained relations between Dhaka and New Delhi.

Just when the economy has been devastated and millions of worker have become unemployed due to blindly following the erroneous policies of the West by implementing prolonged nationwide lockdown in dealing with Covid-19, Sheikh Hasina’s treacherous regime has hammered the final nail in the coffin of the highly promising jute industry of Bangladesh with the decision to shut down all the State-owned jute mills and laying off 25,000 workers.

The news of the death of the legendary fighter pilot of Bangladesh, Group Captain (retd.) Saiful Azam, who passed away in silence at Dhaka on Sunday afternoon, has stirred the deepest emotions of the Ummah in Bangladesh and across the Muslim world. And the emotional toll on people for this loss was in fact very high when they came to know the bravery and unmatchable achievement of this ‘unsung hero’…

Hasina regime, in the name of controlling COVID-19 infections and deaths, is imposing a new phase of area based strict “lockdown” by dividing various districts of the country into red, yellow and green zones, although there is a lot of debate globally regarding the effectiveness of “lockdown” to control infections and deaths.