Priyadarshini and the battle for Bangladesh in 1971
An ode to Indira Gandhi by a Bangladeshi citizen
Aditi Bhaduri
Bangladesh & India: A relationship going from strength to strength
This was Prime Minister Modi’s first overseas trip to a foreign country since the coronavirus outbreak, testifying to the importance he attached to Bangladesh, and the “Neighbourhood First” policy.
Covid-19 crisis has dramatically accelerated the pace of digital transformation
By 2025, millennials will account for three-quarters of the global workforce. As organisations increasingly work with a digital-native pool of candidates, they must modernise recruitment.
India donates 200,000 vaccines to protect UN blue helmets against COVID
India shipped out 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday to inoculate UN blue helmets serving in peacekeeping missions.
Iran and China sign 25-year cooperation agreement
The accord brings Iran into China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure scheme intended to stretch from East Asia to Europe
India, Bangladesh must remain vigilant and united to counter threats like terrorism: PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled the role played by the Indian Army in Bangladesh’s freedom war and said the blood of those who fought for their liberation and the blood of Indian soldiers are flowing together and this blood will form such a relationship that will not break down under any type of pressure.
UN Special Rapporteur calls for emergency summit on Myanmar as situation deteriorates
The independent UN Special Rapporteur investigating human rights in Myanmar has called on the international community to hold an “emergency” summit of all stakeholders, including the parliamentarians who were democratically elected prior to February’s military coup.
UN emergency fund allocates $14 million for Rohingya refugees left homeless by massive fire
The United Nations’ top relief official on Wednesday released $14 million in emergency funding to provide life-saving assistance to thousands of Rohingya refugee families, after a massive fire ripped through the Kutupalong camp in southern Bangladesh, earlier this week
Marking half century of an unacknowledged genocide
Several researchers have argued that at least 25,000 people were killed in a single night when marauding Pakistan military launched “Operation Searchlight” upon the sleeping residents in Dhaka was launched.
UN teams assisting tens of thousands of refugees, after massive fire rips through camp in Bangladesh
United Nations humanitarian personnel are on the ground evacuating tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees, after a devastating fire tore through the Kutupalong camp, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the world’s largest refugee camp.