Many experts have argued that Iran’s greatest mistake was not to acquire nuclear weapons
People across South Asia are increasingly realising how far they are being left behind in a world that is rapidly moving forward.
India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar recently made some strong remarks about Bangladesh at the Delhi University Literature Festival.
The student movement’s ability to inspire people to stand up to a vicious oppressor was truly remarkable.
History and ordinary people in general will remember very well what happened over the last week or so.
Unfortunately, all the mechanisms meant to address corruption seem to have been weakened, if not completely destroyed, one after another in recent decades.
While a privileged minority, sitting in their high castles, continue to enjoy a larger and larger share of the fruits of “development,” it is becoming obvious that the vast majority are increasingly struggling.
A lot has been made of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India. After all, it was her first bilateral visit to the neighbouring country in seven years.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), based in Beijing, has agreed to provide Bangladesh loans worth USD 60 million to address its gas supply deficit.
There is no greater natural resource on this earth than water, as without it, life on this planet would cease to exist as we know it.
The United Nations proclaimed March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 1966, commemorating
On February 23, the government announced that gas prices will be increased by 22.7 percent on average, across the board, in two phases, starting from March 1. The government last increased the price back in September 2015 and, before that, in 2009 and 2005.
According to Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Bangladesh has the potential to become the world's 23rd largest economy by 2050.
Since the re-escalation of tensions between the government of Myanmar and the Rohingya people in October 2016 and the reinvigorated persecution of the minority group that followed, thousands of Rohingyas have again fled to Bangladesh - the United Nations humanitarian office's most recent estimate is 69,000.
On January 27, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily (at least 90 days) banning the
The Rohingyas are a people struck by tragedy. Persecuted in their home country, Myanmar, over 65,000 of them have fled to Bangladesh between October 9, 2016, and January 5, 2017, according to a report from the United Nations Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs.
Following an investigation launched in October 2015 by the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India, on January 5, 2017, India imposed substantial 'anti-dumping duty' on imports of jute and jute goods from Bangladesh.
