Bangladesh
Unless addressed, wages issue will keep troubling Bangladesh’s garment industry
Hunger for profits makes managements exploit helpless female workers who comprise 80% of the workforce.
Bangladesh opposition stalwart regrets teaming up with Jamaat-e-Islami
Pressure can be mounted on the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to cut ties with Jamaat, the veteran campaigner for democracy said, analyzing the opposition's ignominious electoral debacle
Bangladesh’s growth will offer opportunities for India-China collaboration outside BRI
China is hopeful of seeing its 'Two-Plus-One' model leading to joint China-India ventures in all South Asian countries including Sri Lanka and the economic rise of Bangladesh promises to facilitate such a possibility says Indian expert Dr.Swaran Singh.
Unraveling Bangladesh’s cabinet puzzle: Less of India and more of China?
China is determined to have absolute control over whoever runs the government in Bangladesh. It would not want to see anyone close to New Delhi in key positions here. And hence a cabinet devoid of the Delhi diehards, says Irtiza Nasim Ali in South Asian Monitor.
Hasina warns Ministers they will be under surveillance
The Bangladesh Prime Minister asked all to try to know and understand their responsibilities first and then go for discharging their duties.
Electoral triumph enables Hasina to be daring in ministerial appointments
Twenty four of the 47 Ministers are first-timers. Of the 19 Ministers of State, all but three are new and all the three Deputy Ministers are new.
Day long hartal in Assam over amended citizenship act which facilitates immigration
The fear is that the Bill, which seeks to grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Christians and Parsis from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan, will destroy Assam, which has been grappling with the issue of ‘illegal immigration’ for decades.
Manifestations of the Bengali Kantha quilting tradition across South Asia
The ancient and gorgeous Kantha quilt embroidery has found its way into various present-day articles of daily use, including sarees, bags, pillow covers, bedspreads and other household articles, writes Dr.Lopamudra Maitra Bajpai.
Trump dumps India and opts for Pakistan to carry out his plans in Afghanistan
Trump's disparaging remarks show a lessening of interest in an Indian role in Afghanistan and a heightening of interest in Pakistan's, says M.K.Bhadrakumar in Indian Punchline.
Eschew confrontational politics to stem Western intervention, Chinese commentator tells Shiekh Hasina
With foreign investments growing and Western powers waiting to intervene, Bangladesh should avoid political polarization and maintain social stability, says Yu Jincui in Global Times
