Nandita Roy Rami Niranjan Desai is an Author, Anthropologist and a scholar of the North East region of India. She focuses on ethnic identity, tribal issues and insurgency. She also comments and keeps a track of developments on the Indo Pacific and current affairs. She is presently Distinguished fellow at India Foundation, New Delhi and […]

Geopolitical Economy Report China is advancing the global movement toward de-dollarization. Beijing’s central bank is boosting its gold reserves while signing currency swap deals in yuan with countries like Argentina, encouraging the use of renminbi instead of US dollars.

Erina Haque Qatar-Bangladesh long-term deal on LNG imports: A ray of hope in times of crisis? Bangladesh has signed a long-term agreement to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar at the rate of 1.8 million metric tons (MMT) per annum for 15 years. The agreement was signed on Thursday (June 1). According to the […]

Jubeda Chowdhury in Dhaka city Economic sanctions, Visa restrictions, political embargo are the part of US coercive diplomacy.  These are not a modern development. These first recorded use was in ancient Greece. But despite all the evidence since then showing they are generally ineffective and often counterproductive; the United States has developed a penchant for […]

Sufian Asif Energy cooperation between Nepal and Bangladesh is one of the most promising areas of cooperation. Plans to make power an exportable good are outlined in Nepal’s 15th Five-Year Development Plan (2019-2024). Nepal plans to grow its 1,250 MW of electricity production to more than 5,000 MW within the next five years, making it […]

John Rozario Karnataka, India Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Bangladesh has moved far beyond Pakistan and there is a lesson that needs to be learned from the country. When a nation decides on freedom and its rights … when justice settles in people’s hearts … then whatever you do, even military operations, […]

Nandita Roy Had PM Hasina any other intention, she would not have requested the Commonwealth, international community to send election observation teams A short introduction New US visa policy for Bangladesh: US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken on Wednesday announced a new visa policy for Bangladeshi individuals believed to be responsible for, or complicit […]

Sufian Siddique Independent researcher and freelance columnist, Dhaka Wars and conflicts are increasing worldwide. People from any part of the world are not good. But we are better than other countries – it must be admitted. In terms of infrastructure, Bangabandhu’s golden Bangladesh has progressed quite a bit overall. Especially, the country has been at […]

Courtesy Adaderana State-backed Chinese mouthpiece Global Times called the G7 an anti-China workshop” on Monday, a day after Beijing summoned Japan’s envoy and berated Britain in a fiery response to statements issued at the group’s summit in Hiroshima. Group of Seven (G7) declarations issued on Saturday singled out China on issues including Taiwan, nuclear arms, […]

Dr. Shakuntala Bhabani Kolkata India The sixth international Indian Ocean Conference is set to begin in Bangladesh capital city Dhaka from May 12 which will be attended by about 150 delegates, including high-level representatives from 25 countries. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Peace, Prosperity and Partnership for a Resilient Future’ due to the […]

John Rozario  Karnataka, India. Recently, Bangladesh and Myanmar have launched a bilateral pilot project to repatriate the Rohingya. Myanmar has dedicated 15 villages to repatriating Rohingya refugees from Cox’s Bazar. Initially, Myanmar will take 1140 Rohingya. A Myanmar delegation has already visited the camps in Cox’s Bazar. But the initiative is facing harsh criticism from […]

Tilottama Rani Charulata,  an independent researcher. The Rohingya are the most persecuted minority group in the world. Such persecution has forced Rohingyas into Bangladesh for many years, with significant spikes following violent attacks in 1978, 1992, and again in 2016. More than 700,000 Rohingya were forced to flee from Myanmar following a brutal military crackdown […]

Erina Haque, Researcher, analyst and freelance contributor and columnist. The issue of whether Rohingyas should return to their motherland Myanmar is a complex one, and the recent discussions about repatriation have sparked debate. The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has registered approximately 1 million Rohingyas who are currently residing in Bangladesh. A pilot project to […]

By LUCIO B PITLO III Courtesy Asia Times One must ask how prepared Manila is to weather potential economic reprisals, especially from Beijing. As US-China rivalry intensifies, pressure on allies and partners grows. Strategic access in return for economic concessions or security assistance plays out in the Indo-Pacific region. Cases abound, from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Cambodia, […]

Geopolitical Economy Report Learn about China’s economic model with Beijing-based scholar Roland Boer, a professor at Renmin University and author of the book “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Guide for Foreigners”

MICHAEL HUDSON  Courtesy The Unz Review As dollar system declines, what comes next? RADHIKA DESAI: Hi everyone, welcome to this eighth Geopolitical Economy Hour, the fortnightly show on the political and geopolitical economy of our times. I’m Radhika Desai. MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael Hudson. RADHIKA DESAI: And this will be the fourth and final […]

PEPE ESCOBAR  Courtesy The Unz Review It is now established that the US dollar’s status as a global reserve currency is eroding. When corporate western media begins to attack the multipolar world’s de-dollarization narrative in earnest, you know the panic in Washington has fully set in. The numbers: the dollar share of global reserves was 73 percent in 2001, 55 percent in […]

Paul Craig Roberts Courtesy The Unz Review Joe Biden with a dismal approval rating of 37% has announced that he is running for a second term.  How can he possibly win?  By again stealing the election. Democrats control the large cities in swing states.  In the past two elections, they have proven that they can easily steal the […]

Courtesy The Unz Review In this episode of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour, economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss Russia’s economic transition away from the neoliberal West and integration with what it calls the World Majority” in the Global South. Transcript ​RADHIKA DESAI: Hi everyone, welcome to the seventh Geopolitical Economy Hour, a program […]

By KYAW ZWA MOE 19 July 2021Courtesy The Irrawaddy. Kin Oung is the author of the book Who Killed Aung San?” He is the son of Tun Hla Oung, the deputy inspector general of police, CID department, who was credited with the rapid capture and arrest of U Saw and his men after the assassination of Gen. […]

Jubeda Chowdhury  Dhaka based teacher, freelance columnist, researcher. German-based news media Deutsche Welle aired a documentary about Bangladesh’s elite force Rapid Action Battalion RAB. Deutsche Welle published the investigative documentary in association with Netra News. A summary of the same was also circulated in a press release. It is said that there is a renewed […]

Firstpost Vatican Apologizes” For Helping European Colonizers The Vatican has publicly apologized for helping European colonizers in the past. But does the apology mean anything? Palki Sharma tells you more

Courtesy https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/ ‘I’m hopeful that this will have a positive impact on other cases in Diego Garcia.’ Two Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were transferred to Rwanda earlier this month after attempting suicide on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia were approved by UK authorities on Thursday to receive asylum in a third country. Documents notifying […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror China and Brazil have reportedly reached a deal to trade in their own currencies, ditching the US dollar as an intermediary, as part of the rising global use of the Chinese renminbi. The deal will enable China and Brazil to conduct their massive trade and financial transactions directly, exchanging renminbi for […]

Erina Haque from Sweden Last Wednesday altogether 9 districts and 211 upazilas across Bangladesh have been declared as homeless and landless free. The number of rehabilitated people is 3,856,505. The beneficiary includes widows, deserted women, bedes, low-caste people, hijras and climate refugees. This is a significant achievement in ensuring fundamental human rights. Bangladesh is lauded for […]

Sufian Siddique Independent researcher and freelance columnist, Dhaka On March 20, the  State Department released a global report titled “2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices”.  The report is based on the human rights situation in 198 countries and territories.  The section on Bangladesh in the report highlights the issues of extrajudicial killings, disappearances, torture, […]

Priyantha Hettige. You are living in particularly significant times. The rise of Russia and its Federation of States is confronting the world’s most powerful and brutal-minded country in the world – the United States. The USA can be said to be poorly led by Joe Biden. It is a failing world power, old corrupt and […]

Dr. Abantika Kumari Assistant Professor at History Department of Allahabad College, Uttar Pradesh, India The United States’ “2022 Nation Reports on Human Rights Practices” were published on March 20, 2023 and have rekindled old wounds caused by the US’s continued attempts to serve as the world’s policeman. The solemn report is essentially a list of […]

Jubeda Chowdhury  Dhaka based freelance columnist, researcher The USA recently released a report on the human rights situation of 198 countries in 2022. In 2022, extrajudicial killings, disappearances, suppression of expression and media, use of force in gatherings, obstruction of national and international human rights institutions, etc. continued as usual in Bangladesh. However, compared to […]

Sufian Siddique Independent researcher and freelance columnist, Dhaka Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina inaugurated a 131.5-kilometre-long India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (IBFPL) from Siliguri in North Bengal to Parbatipur in Banglaesh’s Dinajpur province Saturday (18 March). The pipeline, built with Rs 377 crore drawn from a line of credit offered by India […]