Empty villages, crowded jungles
One of Bangladesh’s smallest indigenous minorities is bearing the brunt of military operations against an armed insurgent group.
Friday, January 17, 2025
Struggling to weather through
In disaster-prone South Asia, a mental-health crisis is building up as people try to cope with the worsening impacts of...
Flawed recognition
Bangladesh’s hijras have long realized that their being recognized legally as the ‘third gender’ does not automatically come with societal...
Boots behind the scenes
Bangladeshis are hoping for a fresh start after their autocratic leader was forced out of power, but some analysts are...
‘Politicians, journalists implicated the most in Digital Security Act’
Bangladesh l Prothom Alo
Foreign investment inflows fell 16% in 2023
Bangladesh l The Business Standard
Record 16,477MW power generated in Bangladesh
Bangladesh l Dhaka Tribune
Workplace safety still a far cry
Bangladesh l The Daily Star
IMF for 15% VAT on all goods, services for businesses with over Tk3cr turnover
Bangladesh l The Business Standard
High Court orders measures to stop medicine price hike
Bangladesh l Dhaka Tribune
Schools, Colleges: A reopening that defies heatwave and logic too
Bangladesh l The Daily Star
Load-shedding hits 1,868 MW as heatwave shows no sign of relenting
Bangladesh l The Business Standard
TIB, ARTICLE 19 urge comprehensive personal data protection law
Bangladesh l Dhaka Tribune
Country turned into gas chamber due to unplanned urbanisation: Rizvi
Bangladesh l The Daily Star
Withdraw restrictions on journalists immediately
Bangladesh l The Daily Star
Bangladesh faces longest, hottest spell on record
Bangladesh l The Business Standard
Bangladesh children keep to their homes as heatwave shuts schools
Bangladesh l South China Morning Post
IMF suggests raising power, gas and fertiliser prices
Bangladesh l The Daily Star
Bangladesh Bank restricts entry for journalists
Bangladesh l The Business Standard
Severe heatwave to persist across Bangladesh
Bangladesh l Dhaka Tribune
Children at high risk in Bangladesh: UNICEF
Bangladesh l Prothom Alo
Int’l air transport body calls on Bangladesh to unblock US$323M in airline funds
Bangladesh l The Business Standard
State Minister: Next budget will focus on controlling inflation
Bangladesh l Dhaka Tribune
Minister: Bangladesh needs US$534b to address climate change impact by 2050
Bangladesh l Dhaka Tribune
Anti-junta forces gain more ground
This year may end up a pivotal one in the quest of Myanmar’s resistance forces to free the country from...
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Beijing bets on Myanmar’s junta
China is now openly backing Myanmar’s military junta and pressuring ethnic armed groups fighting it to go back to the...
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Canadian conundrum for Indian would-be immigrants
The dream of many Indians to migrate to Canada may remain just that as the diplomatic tiff between Canada and...
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Taiwan’s endless ‘interesting times’
Taiwan looks like it will still have a bumpy ride throughout 2025, but there are more than enough Taiwanese who...
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