Myanmar election 2025–26 ends amid conflict and legitimacy concerns, as the military-backed USDP claims victory and moves toward forming a...
The Borderlens Desk
Myanmar election 2025–26 ends amid conflict and legitimacy concerns, as the military-backed USDP claims victory and moves toward forming a...
The Borderlens Desk
Bangladesh election faces global scrutiny as democracy stands in exile, with major parties excluded, violence rising, and legitimacy questioned under...
Bidhayak Das
The United States is signalling a clear departure from its professed commitment to secular democracy by engaging Jamaat-e-Islami, a party...
Bidhayak Das
Amid sweeping leadership reshuffles and intensifying great-power engagement, Bangladesh’s Army is under rare scrutiny as its neutrality, electoral role, and...
The Borderlens Desk
India's decision to make Bangladesh a non-family posting is a precaution driven by security concerns ahead of the 2026 elections....
International Affairs Correspondent
Discover how winter transforms Shillong into a quieter, clearer, and deeply lived-in season where memory, music, travel, and calm reveal...
Rilinda Manih
For many Bangladeshis, a visa is no longer permission to travel, but a measure of wealth, trust, and global exclusion.
Rafi Uddin Kabir
What Myanmar’s military election means for India—examining border security, insurgency risks, refugee flows, and New Delhi’s strategic stakes amid junta-led...
Nava Thakuria
A hard-hitting analysis of violence against Bangladesh minorities, exposing state denial, rising communal killings, and the threat this poses to...
Bidhayak Das
The unity forged during Bangladesh’s August 2024 uprising is showing visible strain as ideological divisions deepen within the opposition. The...
The Borderlens Desk
As Bangladesh heads toward its February 12 elections, a surge in illegal firearms, mob violence and digital disinformation is raising...
A senior Bangladesh based journalist
Myanmar’s military-run elections consolidate junta power amid violence, low turnout, and widespread credibility concerns, raising doubts over democratic legitimacy.
The Borderlens Desk