Blackouts bedevil Bangladesh as South Asia forex worries m...
July 28, 2022
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By: Faisal Mahmud
A woman fans a baby by candlelight during a recent blackout in Bangladesh. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu)
DHAKA -- Bangladesh is sinking deep...
A ruby that lights up the dark': Bangladesh’s only handwri...
May 18, 2022
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By: Faisal Mahmud
In this age of rapid digital transformation, using ancient methods of writing pamphlets to disseminate information amongst people sounds a bit too arc...
Heritage, history, and Dhakaiya food in Bangladesh
April 18, 2022
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By: Faisal Mahmud
AM Emran showing off the family china. This 100-year-old warming plate is hollow and was filled with hot water through the hole in its rim [Mahmud H...
Proposed law threatens to turn Bangladesh into 'surveillan...
April 11, 2022
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By: Faisal Mahmud
The Bangladesh government is finalising a legislation which, if passed in parliament, will make the country a “surveillance-based” n...
Did US sanctions lead to death penalty to two Bangladesh c...
February 8, 2022
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By: Faisal Mahmud
A court in a small coastal town of Bangladesh on Monday handed down death penalties to two police officers for their involvement in the extra-judicial...
How Bangladesh police are hounding families of ‘enforced d...
January 19, 2022
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By: Faisal Mahmud
Relatives of victims of missing people in Bangladesh form a human chain outside the press club in Dhaka to call for an end to enforced disappearance...
Bangladesh’s qualified accountants could help start a BPO...
January 10, 2022
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By: Faisal Mahmud
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Hiring certified professional accountants is no cut-rate task...
Bangladeshi bard breathes life into the dying art of Puthi...
December 21, 2021
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By: Faisal Mahmud
Bangladeshi composer and master of Puthi-paath, Abu Bakar Siddique, in his home studio: "It's hard to understand the magic of Puthi-paath by sitting...
Pakistan's flag, cricket jersey unmasked Bangladesh’s grow...
December 1, 2021
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By: Faisal Mahmud
On November 25, a court in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka received a rather unusual lawsuit from a man named Mohammad Al Mamun. In it, Mam...
Bangladesh’s ruling party to unleash online army to 'stifl...
September 22, 2021
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By: Faisal Mahmud
Under the garb of countering "fake news" on social media, critics say the ruling Awami League seeks to stifle and criminalise voices critical of the g...
Why did Bangladesh witness anti-Modi protests?
March 30, 2021
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By: Faisal Mahmud
Bangladesh’s golden jubilee celebration plan turned sour as massive protests erupted against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in...
‘Development over democracy’: Why Bangladesh’s foreign aff...
March 20, 2021
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By: Faisal Mahmud
Gowher Rizvi
In Bangladesh, ask a ruling Awami League politician what words should follow “development” and the response will b...
Bangladesh's first trans school ignites hope for acceptanc...
January 25, 2021
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By: Faisal Mahmud
Hijras take lessons in the Quran, Bengali, English, math and social sciences at the madrassa
Riya was given away by her parents when s...
Why is Bangladesh protesting against France?
November 6, 2020
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By: Faisal Mahmud
Addressing a sea of crowd from a pick-up van, Junaid Babunagari on Monday noon delivered a stern message: “We want the Bangladesh government to...
Hundreds of doctors in Bangladesh infected with coronaviru...
April 25, 2020
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By: Faisal Mahmud
As coronavirus cases mount in Bangladesh, its government struggles to keep its front-line healthcare workers free from getting infected, which has fur...
Diaspora offers helping hand as Bangladesh reels from coro...
April 14, 2020
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By: Faisal Mahmud
The Bangladeshi government has imposed a complete lockdown to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, but the move has brought hardship to tens of tho...
Coronavirus: In dense Bangladesh, social distancing a toug...
March 21, 2020
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By: Faisal Mahmud
The new coronavirus has forced countries around the world to adopt measures such as flight bans, mandatory lockdowns and social distancing to prevent...
Nothing official about ‘gifts’ to Bangladesh minister
February 12, 2020
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By: Faisal Mahmud
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader
Aside from the Bangladeshi president and prime minister, very few government officials have be...
Death toll rising on the India-Bangladesh border
January 15, 2020
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By: Faisal Mahmud
Bangladesh Minister for Foreign affairs AK Momen on Sunday said both Dhaka and New Delhi want “zero deaths” along the two countries’...
India-Bangladesh on a diplomatic tightrope
January 8, 2020
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By: Faisal Mahmud
For the current Bangladeshi regime, maintaining the stance that the formation of the National Register of Citizen (NRC) and the subsequent enactment o...
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