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Bangladesh’s rape victims cry for justice in the wilderness0
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- January 14, 2021
The scourge of rape is extremely high but the rate of prosecution frustratingly low in the Muslim-majority nation Stephan Uttom, Dhaka January 14, 2021oU with palm oil firm sparks outrage Jan 13, 2021 Young people take part in a protest against violence against women in Dhaka in 2015. Bangladesh has seen a spike in rape
BANGLADESH 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW: A STORY OF RESILIENCE & RECOVERY0
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- January 14, 2021
December 22, 2020 by Abdullah Ar Rafee South Asia Voices The pandemic has dominated the headlines in 2020, impacting all facets of the economy and society in Bangladesh. The government had a head start for its COVID-19 preparations, as the first case was not confirmed until March 8. However, the government failed to capitalize, with cases soon
Bangladesh: 1st Transgender Islamic School in Bangladesh Starts Academic Year0
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- January 14, 2021
by SM Najmus Sakib 09.01.2021 DHAKA, Bangladesh Excitements is running high among students as the first-ever transgender Islamic school in Bangladesh has been inaugurated and handed out books to its students at the start of the new academic year. The Dawatul Quran Third Gender Madrasa, located in the capital Dhaka, started its journey last November
Covid-19 shots being delivered across India ahead of ‘world’s biggest vaccination drive’0
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- January 12, 2021
The Straits Times 12 Janaury 2021 A police officer performs prayers in front of a truck carrying the first consignment of Covishield, in Pune, India, on Jan 12, 2021.PHOTO: REUTERS NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Indian airlines started delivering batches of Covid-19 vaccines across the country on Tuesday (Jan 12), getting ready for the
Prospects for U.S.-Iran Relations at the Start of the Biden Administration0
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- January 12, 2021
By Kenneth M. Pollack the Lawfare Institute Sunday, January 10, 2021 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, prepares to deliver a speech in Qom, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2021. Photo credit: khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Editor’s Note: One of President-elect Biden’s most pressing foreign policy questions will be whether, and how,
How Bangladeshi activist Anupam Debashis Roy found a way to turn his anger into words – and action0
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- January 11, 2021
VIEW FROM BANGLADESH From making satirical videos to writing a book on strategies for political change, Roy is pushing his generation to start a new Liberation struggle. Saqib Sarker Scroll.in 11 January 2021 Anupam Debashis Roy. | Rubel Miah Four years ago, Ali Riaz, Distinguished Professor of political science at Illinois State University, received an
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Not less than death-dealing: Myanmar’s toxic jade trade0
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- January 10, 2021
by Shailee Mishra and Akanksh Deekonda 10 January 2021 Introduction: Nature is the most beautiful thing that God has ever created. It runs on the ecological balance to maintain its integrity and sustainability. Through time, development, resources, and technology, the activities of humans have constantly depleted Nature and have resulted in today what we
BETWEEN INDIA AND NEPAL: THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS REGIME ACROSS BOTH THE COUNTRIES 0
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- January 10, 2021
Prime Minister of Nepal, Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh signing the treaty, 31 July 1950. by Viraaj Gaur and Laabhesh Thapa 10 January 2021 After long deliberation, the new constitution of Nepal was promulgated on 20th September 2015. The emphasis on drafting
Sri Lanka: Wanted-A Credible Ally for the West0
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- January 9, 2021
by N Sathiya Moorthy January 2021 Going by Media reports and related analyses and speculation, western sponsors of the UNHRC resolution on war crimes probe and reconciliation at the UNHRC in March, is there someone who is in Sri Lanka that could convincingly carry the weight of their masses, to target the Sri Lankan State,
India: Manufactured Images and Modi! 0
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- January 9, 2021
by Nilofar Suhrawardy 9 January 2021 Of late, Prime Minister Narendra Modi isn’t giving much importance to political rhetoric he played upon, not too long ago, that is his “56-inch” chest. Clearly, he is well aware that this may not help turn the political tide in his party’s favor in forthcoming assembly elections. There
Last chapter of an enfeebled democracy?0
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- January 9, 2021
by William Milam January 8, 2021 I began writing this on Tuesday, the day that the two runoff elections for the two senate seats in Georgia were being held, and a day before President Trump’s latest, and probably final, assault on our democracy takes place. On Wednesday, Trump’s disciples in Congress will challenge the already-certified
Normalisation of “Hindutva Shock Therapy” for the Consolidation of Capitalism in India0
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- January 8, 2021
by Bhabani Shankar Nayak 8 January 2021 The rise of neoliberal marginalisation combined with social and economic marginalisation under a Brahminical structure and its caste-based hierarchical social order has laid the foundation for ‘Hindutva’ political, social, cultural, and economic projects. The resurgence of neoliberalism from the 1980s led to the acceleration of further marginalisation
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Year-end review: Emerging Challenges for South Asia
by Rajesh Kumar Sinha 3 January 2020 The year 2020 has just ended. The year has been extremely calamitous for the whole world. Especially, the pandemic Corona Virus has created such an unfortunate state where economies, infrastructure, loss of lakhs of lives, job losses, and uncertainty has gripped the whole of humanity.
Book review: The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power in Pakistan, by Owen Bennett-Jones
The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power in Pakistan, by Owen Bennett-Jones, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 27 October 2020, Hardcover, 320 pages, $28, ISBN: 97880300246674. By Arnold Zeitlin Owen Bennett-Jones’s account of a Bhutto dynasty reminded me that I enjoyed a rare, near-quixotic relationship with Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto during my time, September 1969 to April 1972, as
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