Prasanta Paul | THE June 2020 Indo–China Galwan skirmish at Ladakh is still fresh in our memories; but there is no letup in the aggressive posture of the Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LoC) in the Himalayas. Though the bugle of peace between India and China, two nuclear–armed nations may not be…
Prasanta Paul | THE Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal received a hard wrap from the Calcutta High Court for its failure to hand over to the Border Security Force (BSF) the land acquired by the state authorities for erecting barbed wire fencing across the Indo–Bangladesh international border. In a landmark judgement delivered recently, a…
SUBHRA GUPTA | THE recent poll verdict in Bangladesh has significance embedded in various layers for its immediate neighbours, spanning from the East, West and Southeast Asian regions apart from the international superpowers. After nearly two years of political slugfest targeting India, the verdict betrayed exactly the opposite; the large majority of voters in Bangladesh…
DHAKA | BANGLADESH’s streets have again erupted with political violence. In early July, a university student protest began over Bangladesh’s job quota system that disproportionately benefits the descendants of Bangladesh’s 1971 liberation war fighters, which many students view as unfair and outdated. Early last week, peaceful protests turned violent as police and ruling party supporters…
LOOKEAST REPORT | POLICE and security officials in Bangladesh fired bullets and tear gas at protesters and banned all gatherings in the capital on Friday, as internet and mobile services were cut off after days of deadly clashes over the allocation of government jobs. The protests, which began weeks ago but escalated sharply on Monday,…
