Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s flood response turns crisis into cooperation

Bangladesh has shown how its 'engineering diplomacy' approach to managing a flood crisis could be a pathway to resilience.

2 months ago

Personal Political: Indo-Pak Peace Vigil Returns After Decade in Solidarity with Bangladesh

As Bangladesh struggles for stability, 'peacemongers' express solidarity and gear up to converge at the India-Pakistan border on Aug 14

3 months ago

What next for Bangladesh?

Protests and bloodshed have toppled Sheikh Hasina’s regime, but the way forward is far from certain. Here are four possible…

3 months ago

Why Bangladesh chose Yunus to steady the ship

The political orientation of Yunus and the respect he enjoys in civil society will be an asset to the interim…

3 months ago

Sheikh Hasina Steps Down: What It Means for India

In this episode of Context Matters, we discuss the political turmoil in Bangladesh following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation and…

4 months ago

History’s key role in students’ deadly protests

In their struggles against authoritarian rule, Bangladesh’s students have always relied on their history’s many artefacts.

4 months ago

Protests put Bangladesh on the edge of a precipice

Sheikh Hasina’s government is faced with the gravest threat to its existence in the face of sustained student agitation.

4 months ago

50 years of Bangladesh: A musical birth of a violated nation

George Harrison, Ravi Shankar and many more musicians got together to highlight the violence that Bangladesh was subjected to by…

4 years ago

Cyclone Amphan: Blown by the devil’s wind

The world should stand with India and Bangladesh. It’s time to rejuvenate, restore and resurrect. It’s time to heal.

5 years ago

The Rohingyas resist shift to nowhere island

The future of the million Rohingyas in Bangladesh is uncertain. The government wants the community en masse to be shifted…

7 years ago