US Wants To Cosy Up To Bangladesh Hardliners, Earlier Banned By Hasina: Report
Over a year-and-a-half after anti-government protests forced Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister of Bangladesh, to resign and flee the country, it’s finally election time there. Hasina’s party, the Awami League, is banned from contesting the February polls. With the Jamaat-e-Islami expected to get its biggest-ever win, the US is stepping up engagement with Bangladesh’s…