Foreign operatives slipping through India’s northeast into Myanmar expose a growing covert network tied to the post-coup conflict.
Bidhayak Das
A quiet war crossing borders
Parliament returns six years after coup as Min Aung Hlaing prepares Presidential shift
Myanmar’s parliament has reconvened in Naypyitaw for the first time since the 2021 military coup, signalling the start of a...
Bidhayak Das
The crumbling empire of KP Oli—Patriarch under siege in Jhapa 5
Until recently, Khagda Prasad Sharma Oli, the grand patriarch of Nepali politics, seemed unassailable in Jhapa 5, his stronghold since...
Bidhayak Das
A wave called change sweeps Nepal as Gen Z anger shapes the ballot
As Nepal heads into the March 5 elections, a powerful “lahar” born from the September 8, 2025 Gen Z uprising...
Bidhayak Das
Yunus’s Seven Sisters rhetoric rings hollow as Dhaka resets India ties
In his farewell speech, Muhammad Yunus suggested linking India’s “Seven Sisters” to Bangladesh’s sea access, drawing sharp reactions. Critics in...
Bidhayak Das
Bangladesh’s big vote and the bigger doubts
Bangladesh held its most consequential election in years, but the day unfolded amid confusion, allegations of rigging and visible confrontation...
Bidhayak Das
A government formed, a State still fractured: Why Manipur’s crisis is far from over
Fresh violence in Manipur has exposed deep fault lines between the hills and the valley, triggered by political decisions but...
Bidhayak Das
The quiet return of Jamaat and the unsettling election
Jamaat-e-Islami’s re-emergence ahead of Bangladesh’s national election has sparked deep unease at home and abroad. As the party sheds its...
Bidhayak Das
Democracy in exile Bangladesh’s election without choice
Bangladesh election faces global scrutiny as democracy stands in exile, with major parties excluded, violence rising, and legitimacy questioned under...
Bidhayak Das
America sides with Jamaat and walks away from its own democratic creed
The United States is signalling a clear departure from its professed commitment to secular democracy by engaging Jamaat-e-Islami, a party...
Bidhayak Das
Killing in silence Bangladesh’s minorities and the cost of denial
A hard-hitting analysis of violence against Bangladesh minorities, exposing state denial, rising communal killings, and the threat this poses to...
Bidhayak Das
Myanmar’s military-Managed elections and the illusion of a democratic return
Myanmar’s first election since the 2021 military coup is unfolding under strict military control, with major political parties dissolved, dissent...
Bidhayak Das