Bangladesh has given shelter to at least 100,000 Rohingyas, including 700,000 Rohingyas who fled for their lives in 2017 in the face of torture by the Myanmar army, only for humanitarian reasons. Besides, the government has been demanding the international community including the United Nations t

Scholars of political resistance have argued that domination by a settler-colonial hegemon requires not only silencing the colonized but also continuous buttressing and entrenchment through displaying and enacting power through legal, structural, and militaristic means, and ceremonial symbolizati

Ghosting, the act of abruptly terminating communication with someone without explanation, has become an increasingly familiar occurrence in the realm of modern dating and social interaction. This phenomenon, often leaving the ghostee feeling a whirlwind of negative emotions such as confusion, hur

Bangladesh has considered repatriation as the most effective way to solve the Rohingya problem since the beginning and has continued all efforts accordingly since 2017. Recently, 24 Rohingyas from 4 families have agreed to return to Myanmar as a significant progress in the repatriation process af

It has been discussed time and again that Myanmar has given only words of hope for a logical solution to the Rohingya crisis, but nothing has been done. Apart from this, Rohingyas will be repatriated in stages - such assurance was given to Bangladesh. But it never saw the light of day. According

Myanmar / China bordering 1 or 2 M.P States in North East of India are not politically viable (ii)- Bengalis will succeed only when work for new global order because existing inevitable & desirable global order of UN is demolished by Ukraine war (iii)- Bengalis will also have to be open to gl

Bangladesh and Myanmar are moving forward with the Rohingya repatriation plan a pilot project. However, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has taken a stand against repatriation in Myanmar's current situation. And as part of this, the organization stopped the food aid o

Who is the busiest diplomat in Bangladesh at the moment? No one can answer this without thinking. The US ambassador Peter D. Hass is currently the busiest diplomat in Bangladesh. Not only among diplomats, he has come to the center of politics in Bangladesh. He is making headlines every day. His b

Rami Niranjan Desai is an Author, Anthropologist and a scholar of the North East region of India. She focuses on ethnic identity, tribal issues and insurgency. She also comments and keeps a track of developments on the Indo Pacific and current affairs. She is presently Distinguished fellow at Ind

After facing the toughest challenge of his political career to date, Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan got re-elected to a third term. Defeating Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of the six-party strong opposition alliance. Erdogan prevailed over Kilicdaroglu in a run-off election h

The notion of economic ‘decoupling’ has emerged as one of the key buzzwords in analyses of the increasingly fragile relations between the US and China in recent years. Decoupling is frequently discussed in terms of reducing American manufacturing operations in China to reverse the off

Qatar-Bangladesh long-term deal on LNG imports: A ray of hope in times of crisis? Bangladesh has signed a long-term agreement to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar at the rate of 1.8 million metric tons (MMT) per annum for 15 years. The agreement was signed on Thursday (June 1). Accord

USA is Cut-off from ground reality (ii)- It is becoming increasingly possible for China to dismember India by supporting independent country for  Nagas and Kukis (iii)- India has only one solution that is to work for FSD - ‘EXtended SAARC including Myanmar’ (iv)- India under

Energy cooperation between Nepal and Bangladesh is one of the most promising areas of cooperation. Plans to make power an exportable good are outlined in Nepal's 15th Five-Year Development Plan (2019-2024). Nepal plans to grow its 1,250 MW of electricity production to more than 5,000 MW withi

International UN Peacekeeper Day is held annually on May 29. When the day comes, the scene of Bangladesh's pride, contribution and bravery in world peacekeeping comes to the fore. Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been playing an important role in UN peacekeeping operations for more than three de