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'Right-Wing' Populist Party Ascendent in the Land of the Rising Sun
Hot Air
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July 21, 2025
During the pandemic, the Japanese government imposed draconian restrictions on its citizens, as did many other countries, including the United States, which had no lack of enthusiastic adherents. Many of those COVID measures were complicated by...
MACC arrests two Bangladeshis in KLIA bribery syndicate case
The Sun Daily
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July 15, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained two Bangladeshi nationals suspected of leading a syndicate that facilitated illegal entry for foreign nationals by bribing airport enforcement officers. The suspects, both...
Debt, dependence, and the illusion of development: How global economic governance chains Bangladesh to structural injustice
Weekly Blitz
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July 15, 2025
Debt, dependence, and the illusion of development: How global economic governance chains Bangladesh to structural injustice In the first half of 2025, Bangladesh’s economic narrative has oscillated between optimism and anxiety. On the surface, an...
26 ‘illegal’ Bangladeshi immigrants arrested in Meghalaya by BSF; four others held for aiding their illegal entry
Mint
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July 15, 2025
At least 26 Bangladeshis were apprehended by the Border Security Force near the international border in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district. Officials said on Tuesday they were arrested for entering Indian “without valid documents”. According to...
Reconsider demolition: India offers help to Bangladesh with repair & reconstruction of Satyajit Ray's ancestral property
Mint
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July 15, 2025
The Government of India on Tuesday said that it is willing to co-operate with the Bangladesh government for the repair and reconstruction of the ancestral property of Satyajit Ray in Bangladesh's Mymensingh. “Given the building’s landmark status,...
India tells Dhaka to reconsider Ray ancestral home demolition, offers help to repair
The Indian Express
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July 15, 2025
As the ancestral home of legendary filmmaker and Academy Award winner Satyajit Ray in Bangladesh is being demolished to make way for a new “semi-concrete structure”, the Indian government stepped in on Tuesday and volunteered to help in repair and...
Rohingya refugees in peril in Bangladesh as support wanes: UN
Al Jazeera
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The US and other Western countries have been reducing their funding, prioritising their defence spending instead. The plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh could rapidly deteriorate further unless more funding can be secured for critical...
Monsoon barrier to girls’ learning
New Age Bangladesh
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by Shajeda Akter Moni 18 July, 2025, 00:00 A girl walks through stagnant water while returning from school in Banani godown slum, Dhaka. | Shadhin Chowdhury EACH monsoon, Dhaka turns into a city fighting against water. Even moderate rain results...
QRCS concludes project to improve shelter conditions at refugee camps in Bangladesh
The Peninsula
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July 15, 2025
Doha: In collaboration with the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has concluded a project to improve shelter conditions at refugee camps, with 1,920 direct beneficiaries. The project involved comprehensive...
Rap, memes, graffiti: Bangladesh’s new political tools, a year after Hasina
Al Jazeera
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Dhaka, Bangladesh — On July 16, 2024, as security forces launched a brutal crackdown on student protesters campaigning against then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s increasingly authoritarian government, Bangladeshi rapper Massrur Jahan Alif —...
Is Bangladesh's Jamaat setting up BNP for a ban before polls?
Firstpost
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July 15, 2025
The once robust political alliance between the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) is now showing signs of deep fracture, prompting speculation that Jamaat may be orchestrating a political manoeuvre to isolate, discredit...
10 Bangladesh army officers “fled abroad despite warrants and travel bans”
Netra News
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July 15, 2025
“Ever since my father disappeared, whenever I see that black uniform, I think of them as black-clothed hyenas. They are monsters in the guise of men. When my brother sees RAB, he gets scared,” recalls Anisha Islam Insa, whose father, Ismail...
Zomi-American Catholics reconnect with culture at national congress
St.Louis Review - Missouri
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Photos by Jerry Naunheim Jr. Zomi Catholics participated in a eucharistic procession July 5 during the Zomi-American Catholic Eucharistic Congress at St. Louis University High School. Nearly 1,000 Zomi Catholics from across the United States...
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WINK - Florida
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Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and...
150,000 Rohingya Flee To Bangladesh Amid Renewed Myanmar Violence
Scoop
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Saturday, 12 July 2025, 4:41 pm Press Release: UN News As armed clashes intensify and conditions worsen inside Myanmar, thousands continue to cross the border seeking safety in the overcrowded camps of Cox’s Bazar, where nearly one million...
Bangladesh caretaker government overturns use of ‘sir’ to address female officials
The Guardian
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July 11, 2025
Bangladesh’s caretaker government has overturned a longstanding protocol requiring female officials to be addressed as “sir”, calling it an “odd” relic of the regime of the ousted leader, Sheikh Hasina. The interim administration, headed by the...
Is Bangladesh ready for a proportional representation system?
Dawn
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July 14, 2025
THE interim government’s reform drive, initiated last October through the formation of six commissions, has entered a crucial phase. These commissions — focusing on constitutional, electoral, judicial, administrative, and anti-corruption reforms —...
Bangladesh arrests prominent economist Abul Barkat
The Print
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July 11, 2025
Dhaka: The Detective Branch (DB) of the Bangladesh Police arrested in a mid-night search on Thursday the country’s renowned economist Abul Barkat on corruption charges, a DB official said on Friday. “We have arrested Abul Barkat as an accused in...
State pension age to be reviewed
Wales Online
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July 21, 2025
The UK Government has announced a review of state pension age amid the revival of the landmark Pensions Commission. It is in response to growing concerns that future retirees will face significantly lower incomes than those retiring today. The...
Bangladeshi rap, memes helped oust Hasina — now they’re reshaping politics
Al Jazeera
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July 11, 2025
Dhaka, Bangladesh — On July 16, 2024, as security forces launched a brutal crackdown on student protesters campaigning against then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s increasingly authoritarian government, Bangladeshi rapper Muhammad Shezan released a...