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  Financial Times : Bangladesh
17  february     01h30
India seeks a Delhi Declaration’ on AI
   Also in this newsletter: domestic banks given permission over deal financing
13  february     10h37
Bangladesh dynastic heir defeats Islamist challengers in post-uprising election
   Tarique Rahman set to take over as PM after landslide victory in first poll since 2024 youth-led revolution
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An important election for India in Bangladesh
   Also in this newsletter: more rules for AI content
12  february     05h00
A wacky US jobs report
   There seems to be an improvement in the US labour market following a string of bleak data
11  february     01h35
After 17 years in exile, dynastic heir looks to lead Bangladesh
   Tarique Rahman faces coalition of mainly Islamist parties in first nationwide elections since 2024 uprising
10  february     08h59
Bangladesh secures tariff-free rate on some clothes sales to US
   Deal offers world’s second-biggest garment exporter an advantage over competitors in India
25  january     12h44
Bangladesh electricity deals add billions to power costs, review finds
   Contracts with Adani Power and others were signed during Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule
30  december     05h09
Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia dies
   South Asian country’s first female leader had traded power for decades with arch-rival Sheikh Hasina
04  december     05h00
UK universities restrict recruitment of Bangladeshi and Pakistani students
   Tougher Home Office rules prompt several higher education institutions to suspend applications
01  december     07h27
Ex-UK minister Tulip Siddiq receives 2-year jail sentence in Bangladesh
   Labour MP found guilty in corruption case involving her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the country’s deposed prime minister
17  november     09h31
Bangladesh sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death
   Ex-leader was tried in absentia after fleeing to India in wake of popular uprising
07  november     05h00
Is Bangladesh’s Gen Z revolution falling apart?
   Over a year after the ousting of Sheikh Hasina, the student movement is losing faith in the possibility of real change
29  october     01h51
Bangladesh tycoon files arbitration claim over hundreds of millions’ lost
   S Alam industrial conglomerate takes fight to World Bank over accusations it raided country’s banking sector
06  october     10h14
Bangladesh’s exiled opposition leader plots return for election
   UK-based Tarique Rahman says his Bangladesh Nationalist party is ready to lead country after Sheikh Hasina’s ousting
13  september     04h02
Nepali former chief justice appointed PM in bid to end turmoil
   Sushila Karki sworn in as Himalayan nation’s first female premier, but move raises constitutional questions
10  september     23h31
Bangladesh’s missing billions, stolen in plain sight FT Film
   Over 200bn was allegedly plundered from Bangladesh during Sheikh Hasina’s time as prime minister
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Bangladesh’s missing billions, stolen in plain sight FT Film
   Over 200bn was allegedly plundered from Bangladesh during Sheikh Hasina’s time as prime minister
12  august     05h18
MP Tulip Siddiq holds Bangladeshi citizenship, say prosecutors
   British ex-minister denies having passport ahead of corruption trial in Dhaka
02  august     04h00
The mission to save Bangladesh’s modern masters
   For decades, thousands of important artworks have languished in humid storerooms because of government neglect now they are beginning to see the light
13  july     23h00
WHO’s south-east Asia head on leave’ after Bangladesh corruption allegations
   Daughter of toppled PM Sheikh Hasina accused of fraud by country’s Anti-Corruption Commission
12  june     12h26
UK freezes 185mn of properties linked to ex-Bangladesh minister
   National Crime Agency seizes 342 properties associated with Saifuzzaman Chowdhury
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Bangladesh considers settlements’ with tycoons accused of funnelling assets abroad
   Dhaka is also in touch with litigation funding firms to help it reclaim tens of billions of dollars, central bank chief says
11  june     16h10
Starmer declines to meet Bangladesh leader tracking down missing billions
   Muhammad Yunus says UK should feel morally’ obliged to support hunt for cash siphoned off during Sheikh Hasina era
05  june     03h29
Bangladesh’s Yunus resists calls for early poll as revolution fervour fades
   Interim leader sticks to timetable of vote by mid-2026 amid growing calls for him to step down sooner
22  may     15h50
UK crime agency freezes London properties linked to former Bangladesh regime
   Move follows the ousting of former leader Sheikh Hasina amid allegations of embezzlement
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