Bangladesh

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

Sanctions are a critical and powerful tool to spur much-needed reform.