Articles By B.Z. Khasru
Who is India’s real ally?
By: B.Z. Khasru | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Jun , 2018
During a heated debate in parliament before the 1962 Sino-Indian war, Prime Minister Nehru declared that he favored peace over war with China, making it clear that he was willing to negotiate...
Why Bangladesh feared Indian invasion after 1975 coup
By: B.Z. Khasru | Date: 24 Dec , 2017
When Gen. Ziaur Rahman became Bangladesh’s virtual ruler following several bloody military coups in 1975, he told the United States that India intended to invade its small neighbor to install a...
India-China rivalry hurts South Asia's growth
By: B.Z. Khasru | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Nov , 2017
India and China, in their contest to establish dominance over South Asia, are creating a hostile environment in the region, and, as a fallout, crimping economic prospects of their smaller...
1975 Bangladesh coup: What India knew
By: B.Z. Khasru | Date: 01 May , 2016
U.S. officials believed that given New Delhi’s intelligence resources, the “general coup plotting over the last eight months was certainly known to” the Indian government. Samar Sen, Indian...
Possibility of Military Coup in Bangladesh?
By: B.Z. Khasru | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Feb , 2015
Despite ongoing rumblings in certain Western circles — and a faint echo inside Bangladesh — of possible military intervention to end the country’s current political unrest, the armed forces...
Bangladesh Military's Political Retreat: Sheikh Hasina's War on Yunus & the US
By: B.Z. Khasru | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Nov , 2014
When seemingly unending political street-battles gripped Bangladesh in late 2006, the United Nations pushed the country’s military in a circuitous way to take over the administration, brazenly...