Bangladesh

Joining ASEAN is not a silver bullet for Bangladesh’s geopolitical and economic challenges, but it could be a step in the right direction.

If wage theft and worker exploitation remains unresolved, Bangladesh’s development triumph will prove to be an empty miracle.

An overview of conflict, from protests to military and militant violence, in the Asia-Pacific in February 2025.

Bangladesh stands at a historic crossroads. We must not fail.

The Awami League is unlikely to make a swift comeback in Bangladesh's political landscape

“We seek a political framework grounded in dignity, responsibility, and compassion.”

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

The only way to prevent BNP-Jamaat from coming to power is to ensure that Yunus remains in his role as chief adviser of the interim government for as long as necessary.

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

Experts say lax monitoring and violation of building codes by construction companies and owners have proved deadly in Bangladesh.

Displaced by a massive coal power plant, a group of women in Matarbari have turned to embroidery to craft a future.

India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh all inherited over-centralized state monoliths with unitary ideologies of sovereignty from the British Raj.

In the face of climate change and fossil fuel projects, Bangladeshi fishers and farmers worry that their livelihoods are at great risk.

Bangladesh's recent impressive economic growth has been threatened by power shortages.

There is widespread global consensus on the seriousness of climate change, but we are yet to understand the full extent of its consequences on our polities and societies.

One key effort must be developing a robust financial sector that can facilitate access to affordable finance for the SME sector.

Following violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, Muslims in bordering Indian states are facing increasing pressure and harassment. 

As long as Bangladesh continues to host such large numbers of refugees it will need financial support.

An international advocate for Rohingya rights, Mohibullah, was fatally shot last week in Cox’s Bazar.

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.”

India’s sees subregional engagement, like the expanding Colombo Security Conclave, as critical for securing its strategic interests.

If foreign companies continue to do business with the Myanmar junta, the latter will persist with its brutal offensives against Rohingya Muslims.

Bangladesh has expressed interest in the India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway, despite slow progress made to date.

International aid agencies and the U.N. have vehemently opposed the relocation since it was first proposed in 2015