Tag: Bangladesh

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...

China’s charm offensive in Bangladesh (Asif Muztaba Hassan, East Asia Forum)

China’s combative foreign conduct has many believing that the country has departed from former leader Deng Xiaoping’s philosophy ‘to leave brightness, embrace obscurity, and keep a...

Bangladesh ruling party rallies for Hindus after deadly violence (Al Jazeera)

Thousands of members of Bangladesh’s ruling party have rallied in support of the nation’s besieged minority Hindus after one of the worst bouts of...

Hundreds protest in Bangladesh over deadly religious violence (Al Jazeera)

Hundreds of people have protested in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, calling for an end to religious violence that has gripped the country for four days,...

Two Hindu men killed, temples vandalised in Bangladesh violence (Al Jazeera)

Police in Bangladesh have detained at least 300 suspects after two Hindu men were killed and temples vandalised following unrest triggered by the alleged...

UN, Bangladesh sign deal to aid Rohingya relocated to island (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations and Bangladesh’s government have signed an agreement to work together to help Rohingya refugees on an island in the Bay of...

Firm’s Compliance Behaviour Towards Food Fortification Regulations: Evidence from Oil and Salt Producers in Bangladesh (Saha, Amrita-Guariso, Daniele-N.N. Mbuya, Mduduzi-Ebata, Ayako, IDS)

Citation Saha, A.; Guariso, D.; Mbuya, M.N.N and Ebata, A. (2021) 'Firm’s Compliance Behaviour Towards Food Fortification Regulations: Evidence from Oil and Salt Producers in...

Bangladesh’s COVID-19 response leaves people with disabilities behind (Debashis Sarker, East Asia Forum)

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres explained that ‘the COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying inequalities experienced by the world’s one billion people with disabilities’. This statement is a timely...

Deepening Japan–Bangladesh relations (Shaikh Abdur Rahman, East Asia Forum)

As the world continues to struggle with the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh has been able to maintain economic growth with the help...

India/Bangladesh. Finding Solutions to Fishermen Transgressions in the India-Bangladesh Maritime Space (Sohini Bose, ORF)

Aiming to secure their marine resources in the Bay of Bengal, India and Bangladesh settled their maritime boundary in 2014. Despite the delimitation, however,...

Afghanistan/Bangladesh. Brewing apprehensions: Bangladesh watchful of Taliban (Sohini Bose, ORF)

Three decades ago, a haunting slogan,“We will all join Taliban, Bangladesh will turn into Afghanistan”, chanted by Islamist extremists in their street demonstrations, echoed...

Bangladesh. Despite Overwhelming Evidence, Bangladesh Authorities Deny Enforced Disappearances (Meenakshi Ganguly, HRW)

Children hold the picture of their fathers as they join in an event to mark the International Day of the Disappeared in Dhaka, Bangladesh...

Bangladesh. Officials Linked to Hundreds of ‘Disappearances’ (HRW)

© Private The Bangladesh government has repeatedly denied involvement in hundreds of enforced disappearances of activists, critics, and opposition members, and has taken no steps to investigate...