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The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed every year on 9 August following the adoption of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 49/214 on 23 December 1994. The…
In an emotional speech, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on August 5 that she is prepared to return to her country despite the possibility of being detained or…
Even as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration moves to tighten immigration through stricter visa screening, expanded travel restrictions and tougher scrutiny of foreign students and skilled workers, South Asians continued…
The United States on August 4 announced that it would hold its next naval exercise CARAT in Bangladesh later this year in November. The crucial naval exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness…
The evolution of Bangladesh–United States relations should no longer be viewed through the narrow prism of bilateral diplomacy. It is increasingly becoming part of a broader geopolitical realignment unfolding across…
Bangladesh has been offered a place in the Pax Silica economic security architecture designed to reshape the global supply chains underpinning artificial intelligence, semiconductors and critical minerals, away from China.…
India is fast running out of time to renew the landmark 1996 Ganga Water Treaty with Bangladesh, with less than a year left before the agreement expires and no formal…
Six Bangladeshi nationals were killed and another was injured in a devastating fire that broke out at a superstore near Queenstown in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province early Tuesday. The…
S&P Global Ratings has revised Bangladesh's sovereign credit outlook to ‘negative’ from ‘stable,’ citing persistent banking sector weakness, fiscal constraints and mounting external risks that could delay the country's economic…
Bangladesh prosecutors have formally charged Sheikh Hasina, two journalists and 38 others, in connection with a 2013 crackdown on a rally organized by the Islamist group Hefajat-e-Islam at Dhaka’s Shapla…
As Bangladesh's measles outbreak worsened, six more children died from measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours leading up to July 25, bringing the country's total tally of confirmed and…
Bangladesh’s President Mohammad Shahabuddin, widely known by his nickname ‘Chuppu’ resigned on Friday, bringing to an end a tenure that had become increasingly uncomfortable for almost every major political force…
Bangladesh has formally requested India to extradite former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam said on Monday, adding that the request had been…
There is a particular kind of power that does not announce itself with fanfare. It arrives quietly through loan agreements, construction contracts, and factory floors and by the time the…
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a growing health concern in South Asian communities like Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepali, and Sri Lankan. Research shows that South Asians are more likely…
More than 100 people died in custody in Bangladesh over the past 22 months, according to a new report by the Global Center for Democratic Governance (GCDG), which alleges a…
