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Bangladesh between Sino-Indian Friction in South Asia
0 comments | by Ahmed Rajeev
Bangladesh's trade and commerce ministry should focus on the trade deficit. Specifically, it must change its submissive attitudes towards India and China. Right
Read Full ArticleWake Up Bangladesh, It’s Time For A Foreign Policy! by Taj Hashmi
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To some, the title of my column today might be utterly ridiculous, as it suggests it’s time for Bangladesh to have a foreign policy. They might raise eyebrows at my suggestion that, Bangladesh is going without any foreign policy, since 2009. To them, Bangladesh has a sound foreign policy under a seasoned career diplomat as Foreign Minister, and an internationally renowned scholar as the P
Read Full ArticleChina proposes peace process for Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh
0 comments | by Adam Garrie
China’s proposals are pragmatic, humane, respectful and hold the potential for long term multilateral benefits. The first element of the peace plan called for an intensification of the existing ceasefire, while phase two called for the orderly return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar. These refugees had fled to neighbouring Bangladesh in the midst of a local conflict between Buddhists
Read Full ArticleChina’s FM to visit Bangladesh, Myanmar to mediate in Rohingya crisis
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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will head to Myanmar and Bangladesh this weekend in a bid to shore up Beijing’s influence in the region and mediate in the deepening Rohingya refugee crisis. The visit comes amid mounting international criticism of Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi who has failed to resolve the humanitarian crisis, which has seen more than 600,000 Rohin
Read Full ArticlePakistan concerned as Bangladesh hands six JI leaders death penalty
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The Foreign Office (FO) expressed Pakistan’s reservations over the death sentences handed to six Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) leaders by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 war. According to media, the six men were identified as Abu Saleh Muhammad Abdul Aziz Mia, Ruhul Amin, Abu Muslim Muhammad Ali, Abdul Latif, Na
Read Full ArticleBangladesh 2016/2017 - Amnesty International Report
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Amnesty International Report: Armed groups claiming to act in the name of Islam killed dozens of people in targeted attacks, including foreign nationals, secular activists and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. The government’s response was marked by human rights violations, including arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, unlawful killi
Read Full ArticleHow the Rohingya Crisis Is Changing Bangladesh
0 comments | by B TOM FELIX JOEHNK
BANGKOK — Close to one million Rohingya from Myanmar are said to be living in Bangladesh at the moment, nearly half of them having fled since late August. The exodus is one of the world’s worst refugee crises in decades, and so far Bangladesh, already a very poor country, has borne much of the burden. The sudden influx of so many refugees has created a major humanitarian emergency a
Read Full ArticleSpineless Giant-About 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims live in Burma
0 comments | by Mowahid Hussain Shah
Buddhist-led butchery of Burmese Muslims continues despite the presence of the 57-member OIC. A notable exception has been its stirring on the initiative of Turkey’s President Erdogan, chair of the September 2017 OICSummit in Kazakhstan. In separate letters, the OIC has urged the EU and UN
Read Full ArticleBangladesh issues arrest warrants for opposition leader Khaleda Zia
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Bangladesh issues arrest warrants for opposition leader Khaleda Zia DHAKA: Two courts in Bangladesh issued warrants Thursday for the arrest of the opposition leader and former premier Khaleda Zia, a move her party said was politically motivated ahead of elections expected next year. The move came after the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched a
Read Full ArticleGenocide Of Rohingyas In Myanmar: The Hindutva Imprints
0 comments | by Shamsul Islam
Currently, one of the worst post-World War II genocides is underway in India’s neighbourhood. In Rakhine Province of Myanmar (Burma) cleansing of people belonging to the Rohingya Tribe (mostly Muslims and few Hindus and Buddhists), has been going on for last two decades. But this cleansing project of Rohingyas is in full steam now by the Myanmar army and foot-soldiers of the Fascist
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