Bangladesh

The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a hearing on increasing use of enforced disappearance to silence dissent, undermine independent media, and intimidate human rights advocates in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has dismantled transnational jihadist networks in recent years, but new radicals pose a threat.

The secular government of Muslim-majority Bangladesh fears the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan will rejuvenate the violent radical Islamist ecosystem back home.

It bided its time and when India halted supply of vaccines to Bangladesh, it saw opportunity and struck.

Easing lockdown restrictions at a time when coronavirus infections and deaths are surging is ill-conceived, say health experts.

While the country revises coal-based plans for power generation, a youth-led movement is calling for foreign energy financiers to back a “just transition.”

Bangladesh’s crackdown on dissent tests the human rights commitment of all states.

India’s multipronged approach to reducing infiltration from Bangladesh includes the construction of a border fence.

Climate-vulnerable nations are calling on rich countries to deliver the $100 billion per annum they promised years ago as climate finance.

The country withdrew restrictions for a week to celebrate Eid festival. Health experts now fear that the situation may spiral out of control in the weeks ahead.

Countries like Bangladesh, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka could see intensified terrorism thanks to links with the Taliban.