China done, India back as Bangladesh’s development partner
Sheikh Hasina said that she would give greater priority to the project being done by India because the neighbouring country has held up Teesta’s waters.
Bangladesh
China’s new dam on the Brahmaputra a threat to Bangladesh, India
By Saleem Samad China is secretly building the world’s biggest dam over the mighty Brahmaputra
Ahmadiyya Muslims, Religious Freedom and Bangladesh Constitution
Ahmadiyya, a Muslim sect is members of a minority community and are spread all over Bangladesh since the beginning of the twentieth century. They regularly hold inter-faith dialogues in their mosques, which prompted the radicalised Muslims to reject their place of worship as a mosque.
Sheikh Hasina’s “Jamdani” diplomacy
In between parleys and visits outside her hotel, Hasina has been able to draw the attention of the Indian media, Indian top officials and the business community to her century-old traditional handloom ‘Jamdani’ saree she wore during her four-day visit.
At 51, Bangladesh fails to honour pledges made to its citizens
Presently, Bangladesh has gradually slid from secularism, pluralism, elective democracy, gender equality, and reducing the disparity between the rich and poor, something that was imbued in the “Declaration of Independence”.
Why Bangladesh should have nothing to do with Gwadar Port
Balochistan, once an independent nation has remained occupied by Pakistan
An elegy for Pranab Mukherjee from Bangladesh
He was an unfeigned admirer of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: Deadly flooding, landslides devastate Rohingya refugees
Three days of strong winds and heavy monsoon rain on sprawling refugee sites in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar have taken Rohingya refugee lives and wreaked havoc and destruction, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday.
What is driving Chinese interest in Bangladesh?
It seems obvious that China wants to establish Bangladesh (besides Pakistan) as another bridgehead for Chinese interests in South Asia.
Frenzied dance of Hefajat-e-Islam in Bangladesh
Hefajat-e-Islam was established in 2010 ostensibly to defend Islam from ruling Awami League’s allegedly anti-Islamic policies, especially a proposed policy to confer equal inheritance rights to women.