Repatriation is the Only Solution for the Rohingya Crisis on May 13, 2023Recently, Bangladesh and Myanmar have planned a Pilot Repatriation Project for the Rohingya. The bilateral project is backed by China as an external guarantor. Under the project, the partners facilitated a day trip for the refugees to see the ground situation in Myanmar. In the first week of May 2023, 20 Rohingya refugees and 7 […]
Rohingya Repatriation—Only Sustainable Solution on March 7, 2023World Food Program (WFP) has decided to cut rations for the Rohingya refugees living in Cox’s Bazar. WFP announced that it has decided to cut the monthly allotment from the current $12 to $10 from March onward. Currently, the Rohingya are only receiving $10 per month. For the last few years, funds for Rohingya are […]
Bangladesh in Democracy Index-2022 on February 23, 2023In February 2023, the Democracy Index-2022 has been published. London-based Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) publishes it every year since 2006. The index is considered a scientific and objective study of global democratic health. It is a well-accepted index worldwide. This year, Norway stood 1st and New Zealand is at 2nd out of 167 countries, both […]
Terrorism and Right-Wing Politics in Bangladesh on December 11, 2022Although terrorism, broadly understood as violent extremism or militancy, has long historical roots, in Bangladesh, it surfaced in the 1970s through leftist militants. Later, it shifted to Islamist extremism in the 1980s and flourished throughout the 1990s, and reached its peak in the early 2000s. The menace of terrorism, particularly in the form of Islamic […]