Tag: Bangladesh

Rights groups want UN to ban Bangladesh’s RAB from peacekeeping (Al Jazeera)

Human rights organisations documenting abuses committed by the Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have requested the United Nations to ban the unit’s members from its peace...

Development needs to change. Bangladesh can show us how (Asif Saleh, World Economic Forum)

The world is changing – and the way we approach development must change, too. Bangladesh's success story is a lesson in development for...

Success despite the odds: South Sudan and Bangladesh (Shanta Devarajan, Brookings)

We enter 2022 with trepidation. The COVID-19 pandemic is having another surge, thanks to the omicron variant, setting record-high infection rates. Civil wars and...

Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camp fire leaves thousands homeless (Al Jazeera)

Thousands of Rohingya have been left homeless after a fire gutted parts of their refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, police said. About 850,000 of the persecuted mostly...

Reading between the lines of President Kovind’s visit to Bangladesh (Sohini Bose, ORF)

The recent presidential visit to Bangladesh showcases the robust India-Bangladesh relations despite minor hiccups over the last couple of months. Reading between the lines of...

High taxes curb investments, says Bangladesh’s Grameenphone (Arun Devnath, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh’s high tax rate is discouraging telecoms operators from investing further in the South Asian nation as it prepares to adopt 5G technology, according...

Celebrating a unique 50-year relationship: India and Bangladesh are development partners with worrying challenges (Pinak Chakravarty, ORF)

December 16 is celebrated as “Victory Day” or “Bijoy Dibosh” in Bangladesh and India. The date has gone down in history as the day...

Are sanctions on RAB a shift in US policy towards Bangladesh? (Faisal Mahmud, Al Jazeera)

Even though bilateral ties between the United States and Bangladesh are wide ranging and have historical roots, recent steps taken by President Joe Biden’s...

How Bangladesh’s poor are paying the costs of climate damage (Al Jazeera)

When Cyclone Yaas slammed into her home in southwest Bangladesh in May, destroying it and sweeping away in the floodwaters the small amount of cash she...

Bangladesh protests US sanctions against RAB, security chiefs (Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh on Saturday called in the US ambassador to protest sanctions by Washington against its top security officers after seven people, including the country’s...

Minority rights at stake in Bangladesh (Shafi Md Mostofa, East Asia Forum)

Bangladesh is once again under the spotlight in the international media for violating minority rights. In October 2021, there were attacks on at least 80 of...

Bangladesh mayor arrested for refusing mural of PM’s father (Al Jazeera)

A Bangladesh mayor who has refused to permit a mural depicting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s father on religious grounds has been arrested, police say. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was...

Bangladesh votes in rural council elections amid fear of violence (Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh is holding village council elections that are certain to further consolidate the ruling party’s power but have raised concerns about the state of...

‘Great distress’: Bangladesh bears brutal cost of climate crisis (Al Jazeera)

Experts say the effects of global warming are devastating Bangladesh and destroying the livelihoods of millions, particularly increased cyclones and flooding that brings saltwater...

Climate crisis: How Bangladeshis are fighting rising sea levels (Al Jazeera)

Rising sea levels and deadly floods are already putting tens of millions of lives at risk in Bangladesh, but they bring another problem that...

Decoding the rising Islamist threat in Bangladesh (Pinak Chakravarty, ORF)

The explosion of communal violence during the auspicious Durga Puja season in Bangladesh surprised the government. It is now clear that the violence was...