There is much to learn from both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, two South Asian countries, as they navigate their shifting landscapes.
Review of ‘Forgotten Foods: Memories and Recipes from Muslim South Asia’ (Picador India, 2023) edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Tarana Husain Khan, and Claire Chambers
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was an autodidact who became a formidable champion of women’s rights and education when women in South Asia, especially Muslim women, were forced to live in subhuman conditions, almost like animals, or even worse than animals
In a Beirut car park, migrant workers cheer as their teams face off in a cricket tournament, a moment of respite in crisis-hit Lebanon, where working conditions are often tough.
The profitability of the banking sector in Bangladesh is the lowest in South Asia due to the prevalence of higher non-performing loans, lower efficiency, and an elevated level of costs of funds.
In an over-crowded planet, the system is inherently unstable when we attempt to resolve differences via conflict and war
Leaders must work together to ensure greater cohesion
Although agricultural productivity is growing in Bangladesh, its rate of progress in this regard remains the lowest among nearby countries in South Asia and beyond, according to an analyst..As per the World Development Indicators (WDI), an index comprising international statistics on globa
Nilopar Uddin's debut novel, 'The Halfways' (HQ, 2022) takes place across London, Wales, New York, and Sylhet, and focuses on the Bangladeshi immigrant experience
South Asians, especially people from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, are six times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared to Europeans.
South Asia Speaks, a literary mentorship programme for early career writers in South Asia, will open applications starting September 1 and closing on September 30, 2021.
Sudeep Chakravarti is an eminent commentator and author whose narrative non-fiction and fiction have been translated into Bangla, Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese, German and more. In January 2020, his book—Plassey:
Experts have stressed the need for strengthening regional cooperation to protect vultures from extinction in South Asia.
The social fabric across South Asia is made up of class, caste and gender, resulting in an unequal system. So, how much healthcare, livelihood, shelter and justice are accessible depends on a person’s identity defined by society.
Bangladesh has topped the South Asian countries in gender equality for the third consecutive year, ranking 47th among 144 nations.
Bangladesh yesterday said presence of nearly one million Rohingya refugees in its territory has the potential to destabilise South Asia
The Middle East is often viewed as a region waylaid by feelings of collective humiliation and violent rivalries, both between and within countries.
Two out of every three Taka of health care costs in Bangladesh is borne by the people while the rest by the government, NGOs and others.
Over 16 million people in Bangladesh, Nepal and India are affected by the monsoon floods ravaging parts of South Asia and unfolding
