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Bangladeshi boy playing hide-and-seek game ends up in Malaysia

Bangladeshi boy playing hide-and-seek game ends up in Malaysia

  KUALA LUMPUR: When young boys were playing hide-and-seek in Chittagong, a large port city on the southeastern coast of Bangladesh, they never thought that one of them would end up hiding in … Port Kang, Malaysia, 3,781 kilometers away! During the game near the port on January 11, Fahim opted to hide from his […]

Gandhi Peace Prizes for 2019 awarded to Sultan Qaboos, for 2020 to Mujibur Rahman

Gandhi Peace Prizes for 2019 awarded to Sultan Qaboos, for 2020 to Mujibur Rahman

By Habib Toumi MANAMA: The Gandhi Peace Prize for the past two years has been conferred on late Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said (2019) and Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (2020) in recognition of their contributions to social and political transformation through non-violent methods. Although the selection procedure does not allow awarding the […]

Chinese-run projects in Bangladesh to be implemented

Chinese-run projects in Bangladesh to be implemented

Peter Jaegeul Song, Staff Reporter at Asia N Dhaka: Bangladeshi and Chinese officials announced last Sunday that the novel coronavirus outbreak will not disrupt Chinese-run infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asian country. In a joint press briefing with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Kalam Abdul Momen in the capital Dhaka, Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming said most […]

Bangladesh women cricket team arrives in Pakistan

Bangladesh women cricket team arrives in Pakistan

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Representatives Lahore: The Bangladesh women cricket team arrived in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, on Wednesday to play limited-overs series in Pakistan. Pakistan women and Bangladesh women will feature in a three-match T20I series and two one-day internationals at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The T20Is will be played from […]

The Son Has Turned Black

The Son Has Turned Black

There is an interesting theory about China: that it follows a policy of de-securitisation particularly for water related issues. It means, China shifts the matter from a security issue towards a political issue. It is happening once again with India and it is China’s way of maintaining a semblance of stability with India and Bangladesh, […]

Bangladesh Proposes International Safe-Zone in Myanmar

Bangladesh Proposes International Safe-Zone in Myanmar

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), that since August have raided a number of Myanmar police posts creating a bloodbath of fighting, signed into agreement on September ten to a month-long ceasefire on the military so that more urgent humanitarian issues and aid could reach civilians. In this article, The AsiaN offers to readers a […]

Women in political leadership: Bangladesh a unique model

Women in political leadership: Bangladesh a unique model

Bangladesh has become a unique example of women leadership in politics. One may not find such record in other countries in the globe since women were given political rights to vote and stand in elections more than 100 years ago. Bangladesh has been run by two women political leaders: Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia for […]

Persecution of Rohingyas disturbs Bangladesh

Persecution of Rohingyas disturbs Bangladesh

by Shafiqul Bashar – President, AJA Bangladesh Chapter DHAKA (Bangladesh): While the persecution by Myanmar army continues in Rakhine State, thousands of Rohingya Muslims thronged the Bangladesh border in their attempt to infiltrate into this country for shelter. Hundreds of Rohingyas are floating in dozens of wooden boats in the Naf River at the border […]

Xi Jinping’s visit to Bangladesh of historic significance

Xi Jinping’s visit to Bangladesh of historic significance

Liu Hui (People’s Daily) Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Bangladesh, the first tour to this South Asian country by a Chinese President in 30 years, will serve as a milestone in China-Bangladesh ties, experts said ahead of Xi’s trip. Ye Hailin, director of the Center of South Asia Studies with the Chinese Academy […]

Bangladesh Faces Terror

Bangladesh Faces Terror

While the people of Bangladesh are in the grip of panic and anxiety following the gruesome terrorist attack in the capital city Dhaka, the government has tightened security measures all over the country. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities of all the 64 districts of the country to form committees everywhere to trace […]

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