Heavy rain off the Bay of Bengal hit Cox Bazaar in Southeastern Bangladesh and caused landslides which are responsible for at least 52 deaths, small buried alive in their own homes, unready and unaware onslaught. The AP piece published in the Washington Post, draws out the story distressingly well: “The mudslides struck early Tuesday in […]
In a sign that suggests that indeed, Bangladesh and China are moving closer together, China has proposed to help Bangladesh construct its first deep sea port in Chitttagong. Chinese officials have also promised to help Bangladesh put up its first sattelite in orbit. This news follows Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s successful state visit to China. […]
Even as Indian treads the ‘dialogue-with-Pakistan’ path cautiously, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has reiterated the singular importance of dialogue between the two countries. Speaking on an Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Trialogue, she stressed the need to make boundaries “irrelevant” and find “creative solutions” to problems. Ironically, she failed to spell out these creative solutions even as she […]
The Economist tends to recount the sordid tale of Bangladeshi politics every so many months. It has done so again. However, the greatest contribution that the piece lies in its nearly lightning quick analysis of the relative strength of the BNP as it is now constituted. So, The Economist: “Demoralised and in disarray, the BNP […]
India’s ascent up the great-power ladder is one of the signal developments of the 21st century. But as two new reports make plain, the country is making the climb with its hands restrained.
The Finance Ministry has released the projected budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. The budget has been revealed as two counter-vailing currents are flowing in somewhat cross-cutting directions. In the first cut, the budget has been released in the aftermath of encouraging IMF reports on Bangladesh’s macroeconomic health and stability. Remittance inflows have increased. The […]
There’ll be an election for mayor in Chittagong on June 17th and already the BNP has announced ultimatums should any so-called vote rigging occur. This is a two candidate race now that the major candidates who might have otherwise split the right and left tickets have pulled out of the electoral contest. Instead of placing the […]
The proposed budget for fiscal year 2010-2011 has been delivered to parliament. One of the brightest lights of the budget is the proposed 13.5% increase in allocated education expenditure. The Finance Minister has argued that the increase is the largest of any other sector in the budget. The lion’s share of the allocated funds is […]
On June 7th Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the convocation ceremony at the Sher-e-Kashmir University in Srinagar. The thrust of visits by India’s various Prime Ministers to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) primarily revolve around issues of terrorism, peace talks with separatists, development packages and omissions and commissions of Pakistan. P.M. Manmohan Singh’s recent visit addressed these […]
The Obama administration proffered a two-part message at last week’s U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue meeting in Washington. The first part is that, after more than a year of treading water in bilateral affairs, the administration is re-focusing its attention on New Delhi. This signal, which was repeated loudly by U.S. officials starting with President Obama, received […]
As the recession hit; the jobless rates soared to 10% and more, banks at the brink of failing, stock exchange plummeted, and economy was left paralyzed. All this happened in United States, which sparked a global recession, bringing down Europe and Asia along with it. This global recession was worst on developing nations, as they […]
The latest row between the battling Begums and their parties is over budget proposals and procedures. On Monday, during a press conference Begum Khaleda Zia offered proposals for an alternative budget. However Begum Zia only announced these proposals outside the parliamentary session. This even though the ruling Awami League had offered and welcomed BNP proposals […]
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