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Bangladesh: Some Unknown Facts Behind August 15, 1975

R. Chowdhury - 0
Definitely not. This question is answered in the context of the efforts of the disgraced Sheikh Hasina administration to implicate former President Ziaur Rahman...
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The Accursed Fate of Palestinians in Israeli Prisons

Vijay Prashad - 0
It was astonishing to read about the death of Ahmad Saeed Tazazaa (20 years old) on 3 August 2025 inside Israel’s Magiddo prison. Just months earlier , reports...
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Ballots and Battlefields: Modi’s Silence Amid Election Turmoil

Qura tul ain Hafeez - 0
As opposition groups accuse the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) of rampant electoral fraud in the most recent elections, India has witnessed massive protests....
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Northeast India:  Journalism, ethics, focus area of coverage

Nava J. Thakuria - 0
Is it ethically (logically) correct for an editor of a daily newspaper to regularly write a column for another daily (where both dailies are...
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Prof. Muhammad Yunus in Malaysia: Charting a Bold New Course for Bangladesh’s Future

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan - 0
A Mission with Purpose When Nobel laureate and Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus arrived at Putrajaya on August 12, 2025, it was far from a...
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Indonesia’s writing on the wall: Gaza drives hardening Muslim public opinion

James M. Dorsey - 0
  by James M Dorsey A recent opinion poll in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority state and democracy, throws a damper on Israeli and US hopes that Middle...
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Afghanistan as a Strategic Launchpad

Ali Khan Bangash - 0
The evolving security situation in Afghanistan continues to shape the strategic dynamics of South Asia and beyond. With the withdrawal of foreign forces and...
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Three Decades of Opposition Free Democracy in Odisha

Bhabani Shankar Nayak - 0
Opposition to all forms of arbitrary and unchecked power is central to the democratisation of societies, states, families, governments, and other institutions essential for...
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Bangladesh’s deified, obscured, and degraded role models

M. Adil Khan - 0
Visual: Monorom Polok In any country, role models help instil among the young the virtues of empathy, vision, determination, and courage—the very qualities with which...
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Bhola Gas Field: The Turning Point Bangladesh Cannot Afford to Miss

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan - 0
When it was released that the Bhola region might be the host to between 2.0 and 5.1 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of natural gas—confirmed...
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BLOG

India and Bangladesh Should Insulate Their Border from Bilateral Tensions

South Asian Voices - 0
by Bantirani Patro A year since the unceremonious ouster of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a long-time ally of India, all is not well along...
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Pakistan expels Afghan refugees despite thaw with Taliban

Nikkei Asia Review - 0
Trucks are seen at the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Oct. 30, 2023. (Photo by The Norwegian Refugee Council/Handout via Reuters) ADNAN AAMIR ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan has...
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Cracks in India-US strategic ties visibly widening

Global Times - 0
Illustration: Xia Qing/GT By Qian Feng The US-India relationship is going through a rocky patch. On August 4, US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social...
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US warns of additional tariffs on India if Trump-Putin peace talks fail

British Broadcasting Corporation - 0
Getty Images Cherylann Mollan US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned that Washington could increase secondary tariffs on India. He said the decision would depend on the...
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Bangladesh officials testify against Tulip Siddiq at anticorruption trial

Aljazeera News - 0
Bangladeshi anticorruption officials have testified in court against former British Minister Tulip Siddiq, accused of using her familial ties to deposed Prime Minister Sheikh...
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Climate refugees from Bangladesh face a political storm in India

Himal South Asian - 0
A Bangladeshi Hindu migrant woman in Jharkhali, in the Sundarban region of West Bengal, overlooks her agricultural fields. Pushed out of their home country...
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Religious revival: Why young people around the world are finding faith again

The Lowy Institute - 0
INTIFAR CHOWDHURY The global resurgence of religion among young people (especially young men) stands as one of the great puzzles of our era, defying two long-held sociological...
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Digital transactions are transforming South Asian financial systems

Nikkei Asia Review - 0
Bangladesh's central bank has introduced guidelines to ensure interoperability among mobile money platforms. © Reuters Imran Khalid Imran Khalid is a Karachi-based geostrategic analyst and freelance...
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US State Department designates BLA, Majeed Brigade as foreign terrorist organisations

dawn.com - 0
Abdullah Momand The US State Department on Monday added the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its alias, the Majeed Brigade, to its Foreign Terrorist Organisation...
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Why is India so scared of my book on Kashmir that it has banned it?

Aljazeera News - 0
Anuradha Bhasin On August 5, 2019, the Indian government stripped the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state of its special status under Article 370 of the...
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