(NaturalNews) The administration of President Joe Biden has approved a $15 million taxpayer-funded grant to Bangladesh to prevent so-called climate change despite… Source Views: 0
Posts Tagged ‘bangladesh’
Biden sends $15 million to Bangladesh despite its links to terrorist organizations and history of corruption and human rights abuses
Bangladesh will always fight for Palestine rights: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Friday that Bangladesh will continue efforts to fight for the rights of Palestinians as she touched on the anniversary of the Nakba, Anadolu reports. “It is worrying that the rights of the Palestinians are not fulfilled,” said Hasina, referring to the 75th commemoration of the Nakba, when Israel declared its […]
Bangladesh: Balancing Act between Beijing, Washington and New Delhi
The People’s Republic of Bangladesh seeks to maintain a special status in the global geopolitical arena by refusing to join any defense alliances and attempting to remain neutral. This trend can be explained by the fact that China and India account for approximately 35% of all Bangladeshi imports, primarily machinery and energy resources, while the West […]
Bangladesh power grid COLLAPSES, leaving 140 million people without power
(NaturalNews) (Natural News) Some 140 million people in Bangladesh are without power after the nation’s power grid collapsed on October 4.Nearly the entire country, the AFP News Agency reported, suffered a blackout due to the collapse. Officials from the state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) said a power transmission failure in the … [Read More…] […]
On the Visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India
The visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India from September 5 to 8 this year represents a notable development in the game being played by both local and global actors in the Indo-Pacific region. The latter undoubtedly already include India. As for Bangladesh, its place in the said game needs some comment. Bangladesh […]
Fire guts shelters in Rohingya camp in Bangladesh
A huge fire blazed through a section of the crowded Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh. According to Save the Children, more than 300 temporary shelters made from bamboo and tarpaulin were gutted overnight, rendering more than 1,500 refugees, including 750 children, homeless. Four temporary learning centers were also destroyed. Bangladeshi Fire Service, local law […]
Massive Ferry Fire Kills At Least 39 In Southern Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A massive fire swept through a crowded river ferry in southern Bangladesh early Friday, leaving at least 39 people dead and 72 injured, as passengers jumped off the vessel and swam to the shore, officials said. The blaze broke out around 3 a.m. on the MV Avijan-10, which was carrying 800 […]
American Sanctions on Human Rights Violators in Bangladesh: A Backlash to Bangladesh or China?
The frustration of those who lost hope of any retaliatory action against human rights violators in Bangladesh has finally been eased, at least partially, by the recent US Treasury Department’s action against a few law-enforcers in the country, well-known for gross human rights violations. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department […]
Bangladesh: Two Million Lives That Could Have Been Saved, but Were Not
How Nixon and Kissinger failed to respond to urgent need for course-correction from their own senior diplomats This year events relating to the liberation of Bangladesh have been recalled time and again as Bangladesh has completed 50 years as a nation. On March 26 Bangladesh celebrated its 50th freedom day as the first announcement of […]
Bangladesh @50 — Why Hide So Many Things?
Some facts for some ‘secular protestors’ Bangladesh is so near and so far, and the border, though we hear it is very porous, is also very opaque or even illusive or hallucinating, thanks to the almighty media, especially the ‘social’ media like Meta-FB, WhatsApp-University, etc. If asked what happened there most will perhaps reply attack […]
Violence against Hindus in Bangladesh and Muslims in India: a case of state failure in one and state inspired, in another?
Image of the recent destruction of Hindu Temple in Comilla, Bangladesh. Source: The Free Press Journal Image of destruction of Muslim properties during the 2020 anti-Muslim riot in Delhi, India. Source: Al Jazeera In India, the sectarian violence against the Muslims, a minority (213 million or 15.5% of the population), are a common occurrence since […]
COP26: By 2100, Bangladesh may drown, Pakistan likely to face severe water shortage, fear experts
Alok Sharma, the President of COP26, the mega make or break climate negotiation event currently underway in Glasgow, in a speech given at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on October 12 warned “Paris promised, Glasgow must deliver.” He ends his opening speech to COP26 on October 31 on a hopeful note saying, “We can launch a […]
Covid adds to anxieties of former stateless people on Indo-Bangladesh border
They are called ‘chitmahals’ or ‘paper palaces’. For decades, the people living in these twilight zones on the border between India and Bangladesh have been searching for citizenship, constitutional rights and a national identity. Over 15,000 people live in these enclaves on the Indian side of the border and in make-shift camps which have come […]
Floods Hit Rohingya Refugee Camps In Southern Bangladesh, Forcing Thousands To Flee
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Days of heavy rainfall have pelted Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, destroying dwellings and sending thousands of people to live with extended family or in communal shelters. Just in the 24 hours to Wednesday alone, more than 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) of rain fell on the camps in Cox’s Bazar […]
At Least 52 Dead In Bangladesh Factory Fire As Workers Locked Inside
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A fire engulfed a food and beverage factory outside Bangladesh’s capital, killing at least 52 people, many of whom were trapped inside by an illegally locked door, fire officials said Friday. The blaze began Thursday night at the five-story Hashem Foods Ltd. factory, in Rupganj, just outside Dhaka, sending huge clouds […]
Interests of Leading Players Align in Bangladesh
In May of this year, a certain event in Bangladesh resulted in yet another mini-crisis in the relationship between a number of leading nations. In fact, Bangladesh is among the majority of countries within the international community that are rarely mentioned in reports dedicated to the Global Chess Game. The state of this game is […]
What Will the Strengthening of Cooperation between China and Bangladesh Lead to?
On April 28, 2021, President Abdul Hamid and Colonel General Wei Fenghe, member of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China and Minister of Defense, met in Dhaka, capital city of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Representatives of the two states agreed to develop the existing cooperation in the military sphere. Today, China […]
China’s Policy Towards Liberation of Bangladesh
During about 8 to 9 months of 1971, the Pakistani Army and its local collaborators killed nearly 2.5 million people , raped over 3 lakh women and uprooted nearly 10 million from their homes in Bangladesh ( then known to the world as East Pakistan) in a genocidal crackdown. This was not hidden from the […]
Bangladesh Liberation: Modi’s Claims: A peep into the past
Bangledesh has completed 50 years of its liberation from the grip of West Pakistan, now Pakistan. It organized a grand program in which among others India’s Prime minster Narendra Modi was also invited. Modi claimed in his speech there that he had participated in the Satyagrah for Bangladesh’s freedom and was jailed for that. Many […]
Al Jazeera’s Tele-documentary, the Bandit Brothers and Bangladesh’s Dossier of Abuse
Cartoon image of Bangladesh Army Chief, General Aziz Ahmed’s bandit brother, Harris Ahmed. Source: Al Jazeera On February 1, 2021 the Qatar based TV outlet, Al Jazeera aired a tele documentary, “All the Prime Minister’s Men.” The tele documentary that included several sting operations involving convicted fugitive brothers of the Bangladesh Army Chief, General Aziz […]