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    Accountability

    No Forced Labour in Xinjiang Cotton Fields, Says Chinese Ambassador in Bangladesh

    The Bangladesh Garments Buying Association’s had advised its members to exercise caution while importing fabrics from China for making readymade garments in the light...
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    Bangladesh Violates Rights of the Workers Who Fuel Its Galloping Economic Growth, Says Report

    Workers have been exposed to mass dismissals and criminal prosecution for exercising their right to peaceful protest, the report says. It points out how...
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    Bangladesh

    First Person: “Engage with us to find a durable solution”

    “We do not know how we can ever return to our homes. We are neither safe in the refugee camps nor in Arakan ....
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    Accountability

    Bangladesh Flood Victims Cry for Relief

    Authorities claim that the flood situation is getting back normal. But voluntary organisations complain that the pace of relief distribution has been slow despite...
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    Accountability

    Jobs Will Not Empower Young Women Until We Address Sexual Harassment

    Local authorities are often men who often dismiss their cases, blame the women, or telling them to be ‘forgiving’. Young women and their families...
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    Dirty Air ‘Cuts South Asia Life Expectancy by Five Years’

    Bangladesh emerges as the world’s most polluted country according to the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) released by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute....
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    Bangladesh

    What’s wrong with Bangladesh’s rivers?

    The priorities of the government of Bangladesh have gone into fighting disasters, most of them hydrological in nature. Sustaining rivers and their ecosystem has...
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    Accountability

    Inflation Will Be SouthAsia’s Sore Point in FY 2022, says World Bank Global Economic Prospects Report

    In the face of global stagflation, growth in SouthAsia is forecast to slow down to 6.8 and 5.8 per cent in 2022 and 2023,...
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    Left with Nothing: Afghan Children Face New Hardships After Mass Return from Pakistan

    Since September 2023, nearly a million Afghans, 545,000 of them children, have returned, often with little more than a few belongings in hand and no clear idea of what lies ahead.
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    NHRC Seeks Answers Over Inmate Education Crisis in Kerala Prisons

    In the broader national context, the incident highlights a disconnect between India’s progressive rehabilitation laws and the ground realities of prison management. While Article 21 of the Constitution guarantees the right to life and personal liberty, including access to education, the lack of institutional readiness often renders these rights hollow for prison inmates.
    Accountability

    Bangladesh: Business Elites Are Tightening Their Grip on Politics

    Experts say that if Bangladesh is to achieve its ambition of becoming an upper-middle-income country by 2031, it must confront the growing dominance of business elites in its political system.

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    Afghanistan

    Left with Nothing: Afghan Children Face New Hardships After Mass Return from Pakistan

    Since September 2023, nearly a million Afghans, 545,000 of them children, have returned, often with little more than a few belongings in hand and no clear idea of what lies ahead.
    Human rights

    NHRC Seeks Answers Over Inmate Education Crisis in Kerala Prisons

    In the broader national context, the incident highlights a disconnect between India’s progressive rehabilitation laws and the ground realities of prison management. While Article 21 of the Constitution guarantees the right to life and personal liberty, including access to education, the lack of institutional readiness often renders these rights hollow for prison inmates.
    Accountability

    IMF Urges Faster Progress in Sri Lanka’s State-Owned Enterprise Reforms amid Policy Reversals

    Papageorgiou's comments come in the wake of political shifts that have disrupted previous reform strategies. The new administration under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has halted privatization efforts initiated by the previous government, led by Ranil Wickremesinghe.
    Accountability

    Bangladesh: Business Elites Are Tightening Their Grip on Politics

    Experts say that if Bangladesh is to achieve its ambition of becoming an upper-middle-income country by 2031, it must confront the growing dominance of business elites in its political system.
    Accountability

    Eroding Credibility of the Higher Judiciary

    Since the days of former CJI Deepak Mishra, there has been increasing criticism of the highest court.

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