1 August 2026
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Bangladesh

Exiled Author Taslima Nasreen Returns to Kolkata After Nearly 19 Years

Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen returned to Kolkata on Friday for the first time since November 2007. Nasreen arrived at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to attend a literary event scheduled for Saturday at Rabindra Sadan. The author expressed…

3 sources · India

Who reported this

  • Scroll.in India · Left · Scroll Media Inc, reader-funded
  • The Hindu India · Centre-left · Kasturi & Sons (family-owned)
  • Hindustan Times India · Centre-right · HT Media (KK Birla group)

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • Hatched: the outlet is state-affiliated or state-controlled

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Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

Ownership is disclosed, never rated.

Every source for this story reports from India.

· evening

Government Personnel Changes Announced in Bangladesh and Singapore

The governments of Bangladesh and Singapore have announced updates to their senior bureaucracy involving promotions, appointments, and retirements. In Bangladesh, the government promoted two additional secretaries to the rank of secretary through a reshuffle. Md Fazlur Rahman,…

single-lean coverage
2 sources across 2 countries · Bangladesh · Singapore · 1 state-linked

Who reported this

  • The Daily Star Bangladesh · Centre · Mediaworld Ltd
  • CNA Singapore · Centre · State-affiliated · Mediacorp, wholly owned by Temasek Holdings

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • Hatched: the outlet is state-affiliated or state-controlled

Lean is where the outlet sits in its OWN country's politics, never on one global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

Ownership is disclosed, never rated.

· evening