Bangladesh – Page 20 – Asia Times

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the Opening Plenary at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Denis Balibouse

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

India falls further behind on WEF’s Inclusive Development Index

by Sabena Siddiqui January 30, 2018

Members of the Rajput community protest against the release of the upcoming Bollywood movie 'Padmaavat' in Mumbai on January 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Danish Siddiqui

Bangladesh, European Union, India, Middle East, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

History remains elusive as India battles violence over fictional movie

by Mohan Guruswamy January 25, 2018

Workers in a shipbreaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh, with flame cutters breaking parts of a shipwreck. Photo: AFP

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Shipbreaking in Asia: profit at a price

by Alan Boyd January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

The scars of an illegal practice. Organ donors show the scars left after selling their kidneys. Photos: Monir Moniruzzaman

Bangladesh, India, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Legal crackdown fails to stem sale of illegal organs

by Faisal Mahmud January 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Jalan PJU 8/1, in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Photo: Google Maps

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Foreign women and men arrested for alleged vice activities

by Asia Times staff January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Dormitories for migrant workers in Tampines neighborhood, Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

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Migrant ‘beaten’ for failing to pay protection money

by Asia Times staff January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks as his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a signing ceremony at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 15, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Adnan Abidi

Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia

India-Israel relations: from obscurity to certainty

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan January 19, 2018

Nathan Road in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. Photo: Google Maps

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Eleven arrested for working illegally and overstaying

by Asia Times staff January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Discarded mobile phones and computer keyboards displayed at the Metropolitan Electronics Recycling Center in Yongin, south of Seoul. Photo: AFP/Ed Jones

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Cyberthreats loom large over Pyeongchang and beyond

by Alan Boyd January 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Mobike bicycles in Tianjin, China, in March 2017. Photo: iStock

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Uphill ride for Indian bicycle hub as imports flood in

by AK Sharma @satsingh15 January 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya men look at smoke billowing above what is believed to be a burning village in Myanmar's Rakhine state, as members of the Muslim minority group take shelter in a no-man's land between Bangladesh and Myanmar, in Ukhia on September 4, 2017. Photo: AFP/ K M Asad

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Rohingya insurgents on the move in Myanmar

by Anthony Davis January 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Thailand's Navy chief of staff Adm Luechai Ruddit, middle, chairman of the navys submarine procurement management panel, addressing a press conference last April to clear up questions raised over the controversial purchase of Chinese submarines. Photo: Bangkok Post via AFP / Wichan Charoenkiatpakul

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China alarms India by selling cheap subs to Indian Ocean nations

by Asia Times staff January 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Strengthening the social components of state rule is the first requirement, but this isn't a function of US war policy. Photo: Aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, US Navy

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American power needs a Eurasian reset to combat Islamism

by William Holland January 15, 2018January 16, 2018

A teacher listens to Rohingya refugee children reading the Quran during a Quran reading lesson outside of a mosque in Palong Khali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Hannah McKay

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The necessity of educating Myanmar’s youngest refugees

by Kevin Watkins January 13, 2018February 18, 2020

孟加拉的婚宴厨余由Prochesta基金会的义工收集和分发给需要帮助的人。相片：Faisal Mahmud

Bangladesh, South Asia

孟加拉婚宴旺季厨余加剧饥荒问题

by Faisal Mahmud January 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Leftovers from weddings in Bangladesh are picked up by Prochesta Foundation volunteers and distributed among the needy. Photo courtesy of Faisal Mahmud

Bangladesh, India, South Asia

Wedding season food wastage exacerbates hunger in Bangladesh

by Faisal Mahmud January 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Arya Samaj Building in Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

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Migrant workers perform in first multicultural talent show

by Asia Times staff January 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi talks during a news conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on September 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

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Myanmar slipping on several fronts

by Andray Abrahamian January 8, 2018February 18, 2020

The tanker carrying Iranian crude burst into flames after hitting the Chinese vessel off Shanghai on Saturday evening. Photo: AFP

Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea

Crew of 32 missing after ships collide off eastern China

by Asia Times staff January 7, 2018February 18, 2020

A journalist poses during a protest by local media to demand the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo (pictured in posters behind) in Pyay on December 27, 2017. Photo: AFP/Thiha Lwin

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Jailing of journalists hides mass graves in Myanmar

by Lee Short January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Shah Alam Hospital in Selangor, Malaysia. Photo: Google Maps

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Indonesian worker killed, three injured after crane collapse

by Asia Times staff January 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Emerging Asia markets outperformed their European and Latin American counterparts in 2017. Photo: iStock

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Emerging Asia market triumph may prove fleeting

by Gary Kleiman January 4, 2018

Commonwealth Health Center in Saipan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Abasaa

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Saipan welcomes first newborn of the year

by Asia Times staff January 3, 2018February 18, 2020

CPN-UML chairman Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (left) shakes hands with the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka Prachanda, during a news conference in Kathmandu on December 17, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Navesh Chitrakar

Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Nepal, South Asia, Sri Lanka

New Nepal government to face tough foreign policy challenges

by Kamal Dev Bhattarai January 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees reach the Bangladeshi side of the Naf river in Palang Khali after crossing the from Myanmar. Photo: Reuters / Jorge Silva

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Dhaka finds itself at crossroads of global, internal affairs

by Khalid Ibn Muneer January 1, 2018

Women walk near the site of the Taliban's destruction of the Bamyan Buddhas. Photo: iStock

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Religious intolerance in Asia: victimizing ‘the other’

by Sunil Kukreja January 1, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on October 13, 2016. Photo: AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy

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How Asia’s ‘people of the year’ muddled through in 2017

by David Simmons December 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Defense Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends a ceremony to mark the 69th Martyrs' Day in Yangon, Myanmar, July 19, 2016. Photo: AFP via Mur Photo/U Aung

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Death rattle for Myanmar democracy

by David Scott Mathieson December 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at the Presidential residence in Naypyidaw on 28 November 2017. Photo: Reuters/Phyo Hein Kyaw

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From hope to despair in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Lord Jagannath at the ISKCON temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Bangladesh, China, India, South Asia

Can linguistic identity in Odisha triumph over Hindutva?

by Om Routray December 22, 2017