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Bangladesh's struggle with smuggling is not a new phenomenon – gold, drugs, humans, money, fuel, and now edible oil. In February, a lighter vessel, Tanisha Enterprise, was seized on the Karnaphuli river by Chattogram zone river police,…

It is ironic, and sad, that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) now has to increasingly defend India from adverse foreign commentary on the country’s internal processes. It is tragic that the country’s “independent judicial system,” once…

In a surprise move, the Chinese government opted to leave out Pakistan from a major global event on development – the High Level Dialogue on Global Development – that it was hosting. When questions were raised, several explanations came…

Journalist narrates how former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri had been burnt to death by rioters in Gujarat

I have to admit it, I am becoming a fan of Ananta Jalil. Not because of the explosive, deafening trailer of his latest movie, Din: The Day – a Bangladeshi-Iranian joint venture shot in Iran where AJ ("A Zay") the superhero is performing…

Bangladesh has been transformed into an economic success story and Hasina is aware that victory at the 2023 polls lies through economic prosperity. Almost ten years to the day after the World Bank withdrew its financing of the bridge over…

As Khatera Hashmi smoothed the creases from her new salwar kameez—a confection in red and gold that she got for Eid—and arranged her daughter on her lap for a family portrait, a small frown appeared on her smooth brow. “I had told you,…

The world is supposed to be moving towards a modern age, but civilization seems to be challenged every day with cases of several crimes.  Rape is perhaps one of the most heinous crimes that are committed every day.

This is the story of Ganpat Singh from Pakistan’s Sodha Rajput community of less than half a million. Like him, each member of this community has matrimonial linkages across the border in neighbouring Rajasthan, India. This is the only way…

Protesters at Colombo camp demand justice on the third anniversary of the devastating simultaneous bombings that killed nearly 270 people