Pratim Ranjan Bose

3 weeks ago | news18.com | Pratim Ranjan Bose

Last Updated:May 16, 2025, 15:01 ISTHasina was ousted from power in August 2024. Over the last nine months, the interim administration led by Dr Muhammad Yunus followed the same blueprint - and more. Bangladesh Former PM Sheikh Hasina (L) and interim leader Muhammad Yunus (R). (Image: AFP)In December 2023, just ahead of the January 2024 election, Prof. Ali Riaz wrote a piece titled “Bangladesh’s Blueprint for Engineering an Election" in The Diplomat.

1 month ago | moneycontrol.com | Pratim Ranjan Bose

The Dr. Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has introduced an interesting technique to dominate popular discourse. Controlling traditional media is part of the job, but their real expertise lies in crowding out social media. Almost everyone in the government shares elaborate opinions on Facebook about things way beyond their official brief. There is reason to believe this is yet another "meticulously designed" plan to achieve political goals without accountability.

1 month ago | moneycontrol.com | Pratim Ranjan Bose

The tariff is paused for three months, but the message remains. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was created by the US-led West in 1995, following the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, to facilitate rule-based liberalised trade. India, then struggling, joined the bandwagon with trepidation.

1 month ago | thehindubusinessline.com | Pratim Ranjan Bose

After eight months of sustained provocation — rising to the level of threatening India’s security and integrity — Delhi decided to give Bangladesh a mild shock. Four days after the April 4 meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladeshi Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus in Bangkok, India withdrew the facility for transshipment of Bangladeshi exports.

Mar 9, 2025 | firstpost.com | Pratim Ranjan Bose

In July 2024, when the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh called in the army to ensure law and order in the face of violent protests, the UN body told the men in uniform to stay away or forgo the opportunity to join the peacekeeping force and earn in dollars. The UN peacekeeping force has been embroiled in many controversies in the past, but such a naked admission of ‘regime change’ is rare. The Bangladeshi army allowed body bags to pile up, and Hasina was eased out.