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25 years later, Bangladesh closer to peace in border region

Bangladesh is marking 25 years since the government signed a peace treaty to end decades of fighting by a tribal insurgent group seeking autonomy in the hilly southeast region bordering Myanmar and India

The Independent UK

Eduardo Porter: Migrant workers face worse choices than building World Cup stadiums

The global financial crisis of 2008 dealt a blow to thousands of Indian laborers. They were set to join hundreds of thousands of compatriots providing the workforce for a construction boom in Dubai. Then the world economy spasmed, the price of oil tanked and international finance dried up. Hundreds of…

Tribune News Service

Odisha: Bangladeshi YouTuber Held For Taking Pics Inside Puri Temple; Circulating Those On FB

A 23-year-old YouTuber from Bangladesh was arrested for allegedly taking photos of Jagannath temple's sanctum sanctorum on phone. Read on for details:

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When art intersects human rights

Art and human rights violations do not always share the same tone. How can surviving abuse or living with restrictions also be beautiful and artistic? Violations come with misery, hopelessness, suffering and disagreement, while art brings beauty, meaning and creativity. Could brutal human rights violations be presented in artistic form?…

Bangkok Post

Generation game: how British Bangladeshi gardeners have gone back to their roots

More and more members of the community are cultivating traditional fruit and veg as a way of connecting to the old country

The Guardian - UK

South Asian women pushing back against rape culture

Violence against women in South Asia remains high, but women are slowly gaining wins through online activism.

360info

We know sweatshop clothing is bad – and buy it anyway. Here's how your brain makes excuses

You face a dilemma. You’ve found the perfect shirt, and it’s an absolute bargain, but you notice it’s “Made in Bangladesh”. You’re conscious it was probably made using cheap labour. Do you buy it, or walk away?

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‘Stateless’ Shamima Begum would face death in Bangladesh, court hears

Lawyer says home secretary failed to consider ‘serious consequences’ of removing 23-year-old’s citizenship

The Guardian - UK

Terrorists on death row for hacking blogger to death escape court on motorbikes

Suspected members of the Al-Qaeda militant group stormed a motorcade once it arrived at the Dhaka court complex in Bangladesh, seizing the two suspects and sparking a nationwide manhunt

Daily Mirror

Photographer Anne de Henning: Documenting Bangladesh's 1971 war for independence

Witnessing the birth of a nation... French photographer Anne de Henning travelled through Bangladesh in the early 70s, during the war of independence, photographing freedom fighters, families, refugee trains and women fleeing villages. To mark the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence, Paris’s Guimet Museum is hosting an exhibition of Anne…

France 24

Men on death row for US blogger murder flee from Bangladesh court

Two men sentenced to death for 2015 killing of blogger critical of hardline religiosity escape from crowded Dhaka court.

Al Jazeera

Two militants sentenced to death for killing U.S. blogger escape from Bangladesh court

Two Islamist militants sentenced to death for killing a U.S. blogger critical of religious extremism escaped from a crowded court in Bangladesh's Dhaka on Sunday.

Reuters

World Cup 2022: The greatest show on earth is here, but don’t lose sight of the true cost of Qatar tournament

Construction workers from Bangladesh and Nepal frantically complete last-minute snagging in intense heat; drained players race to be ready for their opening game; WAGs adjust to life on a luxury cruise ship; and fans from across the globe descend on a desert state smaller than London.

Evening Standard

How women and girls vulnerable to climate change are fighting back

ActionAid’s photo essay series features women and girls from Bangladesh, Kenya, Somaliland and Senegal who are battling against climate change

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Birmingham Post

Fintech start-up Agam relocating to Wales following latest investment round

Investors in the round include the Development Bank of Wales

Reuters

Pakistan will be among first to receive G7 'Global Shield' climate funding

Pakistan, Ghana and Bangladesh will be among the first recipients of funding from a G7 'Global Shield' initiative to provide funding to countries suffering climate disasters, the programme announced on Monday at the COP27 summit in Egypt.

Al Jazeera

Who was the best? Cricket’s T20 World Cup reviewed in numbers

A breakdown of who scored the most runs, took the most wickets and had the highest winning percentage.

Dynamite News

Illegal migration, cross-border activities major challenges along Indo-Bangla border: MHA

Illegal migration and cross-border activities are major challenges along the India-Bangladesh border, which is marked by a "high degree of porosity", the Union Home Ministry said. Read on for details:

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Daily Mirror

Monkey picks up best friend puppy and takes it into treetops in bizarre pictures

A possessive primate has been caught on camera lifting a puppy around the forest in Bangladesh, to the delight of one photographer

Al Jazeera

England vs Pakistan: Road to the T20 World Cup final

Cricket’s most glamorous prize awaits in Melbourne on Sunday but the path to the trophy for both sides was not easy.

Dynamite News

Maldives: Authorities Begin Process Of Repatriation Of Bodies Of Indians Killed In Fire Incident In Male

Maldivian authorities have begun the process of repatriation of the bodies of 7 Indians, including 3 women and two Bangladeshi nationals charred to death. Read on for details:

France 24

Climate youth leader Melati Wijsden says words at COP27 must become action

Climate change is a global threat, but countries in Asia are particularly vulnerable. We speak to Melati Wijsden, a climate youth leader and the founder of YOUTHTOPIA, about her mission to eliminate plastic waste and inspire other young people to become actors for change. Also in this edition: millions of…

Reuters

IMF agrees $4.5 billion Bangladesh support programme

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) provisionally agreed a $4.5-billion support programme on Wednesday for Bangladesh, with the country's finance minister saying the deal would help prevent economic instability escalating into a crisis.

Al Jazeera

Nine Indians among 10 workers killed in Maldives fire: Report

Officials say those who died in the fire include nine Indians and a Bangladesh national.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar seeks friends to its west

After mortars landed on Bangladesh's soil as the Myanmar military attacked the Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine State in recent months, soldiers from Bangladesh and Myanmar's junta met to mend ties.

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