Latest in: Bangladesh
India is projected to grow by 6.5 per cent...Read More
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Eleven people were killed and dozens injured in violent protests that raged during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit...March 29, 2021
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The plight of Rohingya is back in spotlight thanks to UN Special Envoy Angelina Jolie’s visit to the refugees...February 5, 2019
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What is driving Bangladesh’s amazing economic success?
Dhaka, the capital Photo: ASaber91/Wikimedia Commons During much of the period before 1971, policymakers generally considered baby boom and natural disasters like cyclones and floods in the then East Pakistan and now Bangladesh as the major...May 30, 2018 1504 0 -
UN: Rohingya refugees now number half a million in the face of ‘unacceptable’ crisis
The United Nations is reporting “bone chilling” accounts of violence expreience by Rohingya refugees whose number has now swelled to half a million as they escape Myanmar’s state persecution and flee into neighboring Bangladesh. The humanitarian...September 29, 2017 1270 0 -
South Asian floods affect 45 million people
A temporary refuge along a road in a flooded area of southern Nepal. Photo: UNICEF Nepal/2017/NShrestha The catastrophic flooding in Bangladesh, India and Nepal has caused 1,288 deaths, damaged infrastructure over huge areas and and affected...September 2, 2017 1912 0
