Bangladesh

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…

2 years ago

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…

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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…

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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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Why Sheikh Hasina must win Bangladesh’s next elections

In the ten months or so , Bangladesh will choose its next government at elections that could be held in…

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Students lead Saraswati Puja celebrations in Bangladesh

Saraswati Puja, a religious festival observed primarily in West Bengal and other eastern states, is being celebrated in Bangladesh with…

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Bangladesh to get new President as first phase of political transition begins

Bangladesh is set to get a new head of state as the tenure of current President Abdul Hamid will end…

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South Asia has to find out ways to work together and sink differences: Jamia Vice Chancellor Professor Najma Akhtar

Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Vice Chancellor Professor Najma Akhtar said that all South Asian countries need to work together to…

2 years ago

PM Modi and Prime Minister Hasina have rebooted India-Bangladesh ties: Syed Badrul Ahsan

Syed Badrul Ahsan is one of Bangladesh’s foremost public intellectuals and the author of several books. He is no stranger to…

2 years ago

Indo-Bangladesh relations under Modi and Hasina are spurring the rise of South Asia: Syed Badrul Ahsan

Eminent Bangladeshi journalist and author Syed Badrul Ahsan, currently on a trip to India, said that Sheikh Hasina has provided…

2 years ago

Hasina launches model mosques, asks citizens to stay away from militancy

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who virtually inaugurated 50 model mosques across the country, has stressed the need to spread…

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Bangladeshi journalist and author Syed Badrul Ahsan’s India tour begins in Kolkata today

Eminent Bangladeshi journalist, columnist and author Syed Badrul Ahsan, who is on a week-long trip to India, will be holding…

2 years ago

Banned Bangladeshi terror outfit member circulated Jihadi literature: NIA

In a shocking revelation in a fresh chargesheet in the Jamaat-Ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) case registered in April last year in…

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