IS Seeks to Expand Its Reach in Bangladesh
As has been the case elsewhere, however, established jihadist groups in Bangladesh pose a challenge to the Islamic State’s ambitions
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Pak Syndrome bedevils Indo-Bangla ties
By Surinder K. Sharma Delhi based columnist on South Asian Affairs There is an imperative for India and Bangladesh to work together for mutual benefit and for the good of the region. Scholars from the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and the Bangladesh Institute for International and Strategic Read more ………
B’desh: Mir Quasem And His Failed Mission
By Malladi Rama Rao Finally, as the long arm of law is catching up with the largest fundamentalist party of Bangladesh, it is tempting to say, Well, Hubris falls. For forty years, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) managed to survive with impunity, acted as the power centre behind the thrown and even Read more ………
B’desh reads riot act to Pakistan, Demands apology for 1971 genocide
By Malladi Rama Rao Bangladesh’s renewed demand that Pakistan must tender a formal apology for the 1971 Genocide does indeed come as a surprise. Not its timing though. The demand articulated on Sunday Nov 20 by Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has coincided with the commencement of trials in the three-judge Read more ………
Bangladesh: Russia edges out China in Hasina’s quest for N-power plant
By Malladi Rama Rao (This article was a publication of the Policy Research Group, Poreg) South Asia is going to see generation of nuclear power in yet another country soon. Bangladesh has just signed an agreement with Russia for its first nuclear plant that would be designed to generate 2000 Read more ………
Khaleda’s chargesheet against Hasina
By M RAMA RAO New Delhi (Syndicate Features): Bangladesh is again warming up for a bitter war of words between the two begums who have been dominating the political scene for over a decade. Significantly their political fortunes also keep alternating every four-five years. Now it is the turn of Read more ………
Politics behind garment workers agitation in Bangladesh
Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia sees the unrest in ready garment sector as a sabotage of Bangladesh economy by a foreign country, a euphemism for India.But government views the trouble as the handiwork of ‘foreigners’ who are on a tourist visa and are involved Read more ………