‘Dil Me Hai Pyare Pakistan’: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
A video clip on Twitter today: Bangladesh PM Shaikh Hasina Begum’s telegraphic take on Pak-BD relations… The video clip shared an hour ago by Nznn Ahmed (@na_nznn) is undated…
Bangladesh Economy: From High Growth to “Crisis at Both Ends”?
At 50 years, Bangladesh has entered an era of high growth, low inflation, rising income levels and falling poverty rate. Its forex reserve has also gone up and up in
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‘Rivers in Bangladesh Have Vanished Due to the Effect of the Farakka Barrage’
Although flooding has become a routine annual affair in Bangladesh, more than half of its rivers have become unnavigable and many more have vanished, affecting the livelihood of millions in
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A Chat With Ayub From Bangladesh (Video)
Former Pakistani tennis player Saeed Meer Sahib introduced Ayub, a Bangladeshi youth who works at a food outlet in DHA, Karachi. Meer Sahib is a frequent visitor to the outlet
Why is the US Getting Closer to Bangladesh?
President Biden stated earlier this year that he believed the Dhaka-Washington relationship would endure for the next 50 years and beyond. By Yumiko Fumada: The USA is getting closer with
How Bitcoin Affected the Agriculture Sector of Bangladesh
From Readers’ Digest: Bitcoin has brought a new revolution to the world of online payment systems. However, Bangladesh’s agriculture industry is not unique. Here are eight ways how bitcoin has
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Bangladesh Has Become a Test Case for Women’s Empowerment
By Claudia Sadoff in IPS: A decade ago, not even one in four rural women (in Bangladesh) could be said to be “empowered” across five key metrics, a figure that
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The YouTube Village of Bangladesh (Video)
Professionally shot videos of elderly villagers preparing, cooking, and serving food to hundreds of people are uploaded to YouTube and watched by 4 million subscribers. It is transforming a remote
1971 Events: Sifting Facts From Fiction (Video)
IRSHAD SALIM: December 16, 2021 marked 50 years of estrangement between East Pakistan and West Pakistan –the former wing of Pakistan became independent as Bangladesh, and the millions of both
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DHAKA INSIGHT: 50 Years of Dec 16
IRSHAD SALIM: Here’s my 2nd insight (of many) on what some of the factors I believe led to Dhaka Debacle in December 1971. The 1st insight written on it in
These 10 Minutes of ‘Khuda Kay Liye’ (Video)
Probably one of the most researched dialogues ever written for a film scene in the sub- continent: They cover marriage with Ahle-Kitab (People of the Book, Jews & Christians), Music,
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Conversation in a WhatsApp Forum: Bangladesh, Pakistan First T20
Conversation today –as they were –in a WhatsApp forum comprising some Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and expats from both the countries…as Bangladesh and Pakistan cricket teams competed during the first of the
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