LOOKEAST REPORT | Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received two awards this week for her government’s humanitarian response to the Rohingya refugee crisis. She received the International Achievement Award from the Inter Press Service News Agency and the “2018 Special Recognition for Outstanding Leadership Award from the General Kofi Annan and former UN Secretary General…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | Indian media came down heavily on ruling Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah’s reference to illegal immigrants from Bangladesh as “termites” and “vermin” saying it “deepens divides” and risks “ruining relations” with that country. It also questioned Shah’s reportedly dishing out the figure of 100 crore “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants” in India. Many…
Read moreHAKIMI ABDUL JABAR | A detailed investigation inside Myanmar’s Rakhaine state has revealed that a Rohingya armed group brandishing guns and swords is responsible for at least one, and potentially a second, massacre of up to 99 Hindu women, men and children as well as additional unlawful killings and abductions of Hindu villagers in August 2017….
Read moreLOOKEAST EXCLUSIVE | The BNP is ready to accept Badruddoza Chowdhury and Dr Kamal Hossain to lead a broader anti–Awami League alliance ahead of the parliament polls slated for December this year. With their chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in jail and senior vice president Tarique Rahman in faraway London possibly facing conviction in the Aug 21st grenade…
Read moreLOOKEAST EXCLUSIVE | IT seems that people of Kolkata are going to witness another tragic infrastructural disaster very soon and this time the loss will be much bigger as it will not be just the loss of lives and resources, it will also be a loss of heritage and prestige. Calcutta High Court, a 156…
Read moreDHAKA | BSS The special court, trying the August 21st grenade attack case, today set October 10th for delivering its verdict wrapping up the protracted trial of the attack that killed 24 people and wounded some 500 others. “The trial process continued for a long time and now reached a stage . . . the…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK | A 72 page document by the central committee of the CPI(Maoist) has attacked China for “integrating itself in the global capitalist–imperialist order” and denounced it as the “enemy of working class movements across the world.” The document “China’s Social Imperialism” was first written in Telegu last year, the year that marked the…
Read moreLOOKEAST REVIEW | The book, A Mandala of 21st Century Perspectives, is the proceedings of the international conference on Tradition and Innovation in Vajrayana Buddhism, held in Thimpu. It is the first of its kind dedicated solely on Vajrayana Buddhism in Bhutan. The conference was jointly organised by the Central Monastic Body and the Centre for…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | CHINESE Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu said his country was mooting a bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh. With joint efforts of India and China, a high–speed rail link could be established between the two cities, Mr Zhanwu said at a conference here. While elaborating…
Read moreDAVID HUTT | PHNOM PENH IS China truly establishing dominance over neighboring Southeast Asia, or is it a prevailing perception among academics and journalists who have uncritically adopted a pervasive pro–China narrative built on Beijing’s rising investment and influence in the region ? Two recent Southeast Asian elections denote a shifting spectrum. Last month’s general…
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Election Commission of India has decided to deploy at least 480 companies of Central Forces in various troubled parts of West Bengal from March 1
