No Indian invitees for the Kolkata event indicates the shifting climate in Bangladesh, with anti-New Delhi sentiment gaining ground since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader beaten to death in front of wife in Dhaka
A leader of the principal Opposition, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was beaten to death in front of his wife by his rivals in Dhaka, police said.
Bangladesh’s garment sector reforms driven by global supply chain pressure: Debapriya
Debapriya emphasised that Bangladesh’s response to global market incentives has also shaped reforms in remittances …
Driving Bangladesh Bank’s low-cost green refinance schemes
With the utilisation rates of green funds remaining stubbornly low, Bangladesh Bank can evaluate the scope of prefinancing green projects.
Don’t Normalise Terrorism: India Rejects Yunus-Led Bangladesh’s Push For SAARC Revival
However, a statement from Bangladesh following the meeting revealed that Hossain had requested a session of the SAARC Standing Committee, which has remained inactive since 2016 after India suspended the summit process over Pakistan’s backing of cross-border terrorism, Times of India reported.
Freedom for secular thought still eludes Bangladesh, a decade after blogger’s murder
The climate for freedom of secular thought in Bangladesh remains bleak a decade after religious zealots murdered blogger Avijit Roy as he left a literary festival in Dhaka, family members, researchers and human rights advocates said.
Bangladesh, India agree to bring down border killings to zero
Bangladesh and India have agreed to take effective measures to bring down border killings of Bangladeshi nationals to zero and conduct joint inspection in case of carrying out any construction within …
Political slugfest over USAID row escalates after report claims fund was meant for Bangladesh, not India
BJP calls Rahul Gandhi ‘traitor’, accuses him of colluding with foreign forces, while Congress blamed BJP for trying to divert attention for its own use of foreign funds to ‘destabilise’ past governme
Bangladesh pursues ex-governor for alleged embezzlement
According to media reports, the anti-corruption commission (ACC) has accused Rahman, who was Bangladesh Bank’s governor between 2009 and 2016, of approving 2.97 billion taka ($24 million) in loans from Janata Bank in collusion with the company’s chairman, Abul Barkat. The ACC is also reportedly suing Barkat in the
How Hindu dowry system denying Muslim girls’ inherited property?
Most of the countries of the South Asia including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India and others, there prevails similar customs, traditions and culture although the same languages are written, …