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 …
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Bangladesh Offered a Place in US-India’s Pax Silica; Will Rahman Take the Bait?
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 3 minutes readBangladesh 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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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S&P Revises Bangladesh Sovereign Credit Outlook to Negative
by Siddique Islam 3 minutes readS&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 …
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Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi Journalists, Charged for a 2013 Crackdown on Islamist Rally Before ‘International Crimes Tribunal’
by UNIby UNI 2 minutes readBangladesh 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 …
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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 …
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Bangladesh President Mohammad Shahabuddin Resigns Under Pressure
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury & Anand Venkitachalam 4 minutes readBangladesh’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 …
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Bangladesh Writes to India Formally Seeking Extradition of Former Home Minister
by UNIby UNI 3 minutes readBangladesh 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 …
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The Quiet Conquest: How Beijing Rewrote Bangladesh’s Economic Destiny Without Firing a Single Shot
by Shahidul Alam Swapan 8 minutes readThere 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 …