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Global Affairs The Mecca pact: what’s going on between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
On August 7, 2026, at Al-Safa Palace in Mecca, Mohammed bin Salman, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Shehbaz Sharif signed a trilateral defence pact, confirmed…
Bangladesh BNP Govt’s Law on Enforced Disappearances
The government has produced a draft law on enforced disappearance. Below is my breakdown of what it contains, along with both versions of the…
Bangladesh Milon’s Education Ministry
The exam-postponement controversy Severe monsoon flooding struck Bangladesh in mid-2026; one contemporaneous report cited 54 deaths and around six lakh people affected across seven…
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