Tag: #Bangladesh
Articles tagged with #Bangladesh
Bangladesh on edge ahead of polls
Charismatic pro-democracy youth leader is killed, Dhaka newspaper offices set on fire
Building on ruins
Restoring trust, democratic engagement, and governance in Post-Hasina Bangladesh
The Bangladesh tinderbox
Security forces have killed more than 100 people in the Bangladesh unrest, which is not just driven by a demand for jobs
Tintin in Bangladesh
Photos: ZAHIDUL HAQUE APUThis story by Pantha originally appeared on Global Voices on 8 July 2021.The drawings of Tintin's adventures in…
Covid's regional threat needs regional response
As the Delta variant spreads death and disruption across South Asia, prominent public health experts have said Covid-19 cannot be defeated…
What can we do till vaccines arrive?
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThis op-ed is being simultaneously published in the Indian Express (India), The Daily Star (Bangladesh), Nepali Times…
He shot down a fighter, then shot to fame
It was a hazy December morning in 1971 at the strategic Chicken Neck frontline between India and what was then East Pakistan. Dhan Bahadur Rai…
Female footballer’s take on Nepal’s win
Nepal's football team celebrating a goal against Bangladesh on Monday. Photo: RSSOn Monday, Nepal clinched the Three Nations Cup by defeating…
India-Bangladesh border talks have lessons for Nepal
The dispute over the Farakka Barrage that India built near the Bangladesh border on the Ganges in 1975 was finally resolved through bilateral…
Lax laws make Nepal haven for tiger poachers
Konjuk Lama was named in numerous seizures of tiger parts in Nepal and India, and was finally caught in Kathmandu on 25 June. But like high…
Tech startups get boost with Bangaldesh demo day
The Bangladesh telecom company Grameenphone and Seedstars, an emerging market startup investor are digitally going live with the broadcast of…
Crossborder cybercrime and punishment
Photo : BIKRAM RAIRama married Raju of Lalitpur, after which Raju moved to Sydney to pursue higher education. The couple talked regularly over…
Our favourite photos from South Asian Games 2019
Opening Ceremony. All Photos: BIKRAM RAI and MONIKA DEUPALA Women's boxing under 54kg: Nepal vs India A Nepali cyclists at the Road Cycling…
South Asian Games Recap 10 December
The Nepali men's football team celebrates their 2-1 win over Bhutan in the finals. All Photos: BIKRAM RAIIn the much-awaited men's football…
South Asian Games Recap 8 December
Bangladesh's football team's goal keeper Anisur Rahman. Photo: Bikram RaiThe highlights of today's South Asian Games include Nepal's victory in…
A photojournalist's powerful portrait from prison
Alam gagged by police officer. Photo: SUVRA KANTI DASOn Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2018, Indian author Arundhati Roy penned an open letter to…
South Asian Games Recap 4 December
Nepal's Anupama Magar bags the gold medal in the women's over 68kg Kumite of Karate event. Photos: BIKRAM RAI and RSSThe highlights of today's…
South Asian Games Recap 2 December
Photos: BIKRAM RAI AND RSSThe second day of the 13th South Asian Games saw Nepali athletes dominate the arena, with most wins in taekwondo and…
Feasting on documentary films
Chair of Film South Asia Kanak Mani Dixit with musician Amrit Gurung. Photo: FILM SOUTH ASIAFrom the inaugural documentary Indus Blues, it…
Film Southasia 2019
Film Southasia is held every two years, and in 2019 the theme of the festival of documentary films says it all: ‘Where the Mind Is Free’.…
From heads to toes
Nepal’s traditional dhaka fabric makes a subtle entry into contemporary fashion
The cost of peace in post-conflict countries: forest cover
REMOTE SENSING: A NASA satellite image of Nepal taken in 2002 at the height of the conflict shows extent of green cover.The advent of peace in…
Arundhati and Shahidul write to each other
Arundhati Roy with Maati Ke Laal in her flat in Delhi. Photo: SHAHIDUL ALAM/DRIK/MAJORITY WORLDIndian author Arundhati Roy wrote a letter to…
Shared stories, shattered dreams of South Asian migrant workers
Photo: OM ASTHA RAIWhat is it about labour migration that keeps drawing hundreds of thousands of people every year away from their homes and…