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Politics
Bangladesh under Yunus’ leadership: Challenges, opportunities
By Shafiqul Bashar DHAKA: As Bangladesh finds itself since 8 August 2024 in the interim leadership of Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, the nation stands at a crossroads of potential and peril. Following the ousting of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on 5 August, Dr Yunus’ administration has inherited a…
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Culture
Bangladesh Proposes International Safe-Zone in Myanmar
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), that since August have raided a number of Myanmar police posts creating a bloodbath of fighting, signed into agreement on September ten to a month-long ceasefire on the military so that more urgent humanitarian issues and aid could reach civilians. In this article, The…
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South Asia
Samsung Electronics Plant in Bangladesh
DHAKA: As the popularity of South Korea’s Samsung products continues to grow by day in Bangladesh, the company has decided to assemble an electronics plant in this country. As the initiative of the plan, Samsung is establishing a plant in Narsingdi district near Bangladesh capital, Dhaka city. The foundation stone of the…
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South East Asia
Persecution of Rohingyas disturbs Bangladesh
by Shafiqul Bashar – President, AJA Bangladesh Chapter DHAKA (Bangladesh): While the persecution by Myanmar army continues in Rakhine State, thousands of Rohingya Muslims thronged the Bangladesh border in their attempt to infiltrate into this country for shelter. Hundreds of Rohingyas are floating in dozens of wooden boats in the…
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South East Asia
Bangladesh Faces Terror
While the people of Bangladesh are in the grip of panic and anxiety following the gruesome terrorist attack in the capital city Dhaka, the government has tightened security measures all over the country. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities of all the 64 districts of the country to…
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South East Asia
Obituary: Khairul Bashar, AJA member
Mass Communication expert and noted journalist Prof Khairul Bashar passed away on 26 December (Saturday) night at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was 78. He was suffering from severe lung disease. He left behind his wife, a son and two daughters. His body was taken to his home…
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South Asia
Thousands drifting at sea: migrant problem needs int’l solution
DHAKA: About 8,000 migrants have been drifting in boats at the Andaman Sea and the Straits of Malacca for the last two months. These migrants are mostly Rohingyas of Myanmar and fortune-seeker poor people of south-eastern region of Bangladesh. All these people are victims of organized human traffickers who lured…
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South Asia
Call to protect tigers: “Dhaka Declaration” recommends actions
DHAKA: With the call to protect tigers, the Second Global Tiger Stocktaking Conference of Tiger Range Countries and Global Tiger Initiatives partners ended on Sept 16 (Tuesday) in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. The conference adopted a Dhaka Declaration, in which the tiger range countries pledged not to build…
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South East Asia
KOICA’s assistance for Bangladesh
The Republic of Korea is to provide more assistance to Bangladesh for poverty reduction and for sustainable economic and social development. An agreement in this regard has been signed in Dhaka between the two countries last month. Under this agreement, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will increase the volume…
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South East Asia
BIMSTEC vows to achieve founding goals
The third summit of BIMSTEC ended in Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw on March 4 with a firm resolve to make continued efforts in accomplishing the founding aims and purposes of the seven-nation forum of South and South East Asia. BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic…
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