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 …
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Sheikh Hasina Says She Will Return to Bangladesh Despite Threats to Her Life
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 7 minutes readIn 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 …
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US To Hold Naval Exercise With Bangladesh, Sell Advanced Military Hardware, To Edge Out China
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 3 minutes readThe 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 …
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From Dhaka to Washington: A Strategic Partnership That Could Reconfigure South Asia’s Geopolitical Landscape
by Shahidul Alam Swapan 7 minutes readThe 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 …