Bangladesh

Power surplus Nepal seeks Indian market as energy exports become next growth frontier

Kathmandu: Nepal, which lived in the dark for over a decade between 2006 and mid-2017 with power outages lasting up…

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Is USD hegemony in South Asia likely to dent as India-Bangladesh consider INR trade?

DHAKA: Amid a dollar crunch following the Coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, New Delhi and Dhaka are considering trading…

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Bangladesh’s stern message to China: Ease loan riders

The Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh has a strong message for China-- loans from Beijing cannot be used to arm…

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Why Conservative Muslims in Bangladesh believe Ahmadiyya are heretic

DHAKA: The recent spate of racial attacks on Ahmadiyya Muslims during their annual congregation at a sprawling complex in northern…

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Bangladesh widens energy basket–hydro-power from the Himalayas, gas from Qatar on Sheikh Hasina’s radar

Bangladesh was in the middle of an energy crisis last year, with rampant electricity shortages owing to the protracted Russia-Ukraine…

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China has to go beyond tokenism to ensure return of Rohingya to Myanmar

DHAKA: The lights are dim at the end of the tunnel in case of repatriation of Rohingya refugees living in…

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Friendship pipeline reaffirms golden run of India-Bangladesh ties since 1971

The inauguration of the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday was…

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Why India and Bangladesh need to resolve the Teesta water-sharing issue ahead of elections

The beautiful Teesta River that links India and Bangladesh DHAKA: Both Bangladesh and India are embarrassed over the immense delay…

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Kishida’s new Indo-Pacific vision includes integrated development of Northeast India, Bangladesh and Bay of Bengal

Atul Aneja and Ateet Sharma Japan on Monday unveiled its new vision for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) which…

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Why Bangladesh will remain a secular nation despite threat from West-backed Islamic radicals

On the streets of Dhaka, while organising anti-Pakistan demonstrations to protest against Islamabad's pitch against the Bangladesh war crimes trials,…

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India-Bangladesh Pipeline for industrialisation of northern districts

DHAKA: At a crucial juncture of an energy crisis, the much-awaited oil pipeline has been formally inaugurated jointly through video…

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ADB lauds Bangladesh’s inclusive growth model, promises to help Dhaka’s transition to upper-middle income economy

The Asian Development Bank will support Bangladesh in its endeavour to become an upper middle-income country by 2031. It committed…

2 years ago

From Islamic State to Hifazat, why  Sheikh Hasina needs to fight a long war against radicalism in Bangladesh

The recent instance of violence between the police and a group of people protesting against an Ahmadiyya community event that…

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PM Modi-Hasina to inaugurate first cross border oil pipeline, icon of India-Bangladesh “wonderful friendship” says envoy

India and Bangladesh's first cross-border oil pipeline is the real manifestation of the wonderful friendship that these two countries share,…

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Bigoted Jamaat in Bangladesh must feel the pain after systematic persecution of Ahmadiyya sect

The Ahmadiyya Muslim community came under attack last week yet once again from religious bigots in Panchagarh, a town in…

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Why it is imperative to restore secularism in Bangladesh

On March 7, 1971 the people of Bangladesh crossed the Rubicon. When Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman rose to address a…

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Islamists attack Ahmadiyyas in Bangladesh – two killed, over 100 injured

At least two persons died and 100 others were left injured in an attack led by an angry mob of…

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BSF rescues 135 parrots of rare species being smuggled to Bangladesh from Bengal’s Nadia

The Border Security Force (BSF) has rescued 135 birds of rare species from smugglers near the India-Bangladesh international border in…

2 years ago

The Bengali language movement and fall of Pakistan

The Urdu language issue in Bangladesh is perhaps the best example that shows, nothing can be forcibly imposed on anyone…

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Has Sheikh Hasina Realised ‘Rokeya’s Dream’?

Sultana’s dream, a story first published in 1905, in an English language publication called The Indian Ladies’ Magazine was a…

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Ahead of elections, Sheikh Hasina faces stiff challenge in Bangladesh

In a shocking but not altogether surprising move, fourteen Hindu temples in Thakurgaon in Bangladesh were vandalized on February 5…

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