LOOKEAST REPORT Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi observed the historic “Mujibnagar Day” to mark the swearing–in of the provisional government of Bangladesh that organised and conducted the nine–month War of Liberation under the leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The importance of the formation of the provisional government after Bangabandhu was arrested and taken…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT China had warned all Burmese rebel groups to avoid supporting the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), a top rebel leader in Rakhine state has disclosed. This comes as some surprise because it is an open secret that the ARSA is backed by China’s all weather friend Pakistan. https://lookeast.in/ had exposed the deep links between Pakistan’s…
Read moreTEDDY NG China and India have to be “frank and candid” to reduce their ongoing tensions, Delhi’s ambassador to Beijing has said ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to China in June. Ambassador Gautam Bambawale said political communication between the two nations had resumed after the Doklam crisis last year, when troops from both…
Read moreBANGKOK The Thai government should undertake further reforms and act to eradicate forced labour and trafficking in the Thai fishing industry, Human Rights Watch has said in a letter to Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan–o–cha. “Under pressure from the European Union and others, the Thai government has publicly pledged to improve labour rights in the country’s powerful…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | Seven Myanmar soldiers have been sentenced to jail with hard labour for their part in the extrajudicial killings of 10 Rohingya Muslim men last year, according to a Facebook post by the army chief late on Tuesday. The bloody incident in Inn Din village on 2 September is the only atrocity to…
Read moreTrade deficit on its own is not a bad thing. Even India suffers from a trade deficit with the rest of the world. In 2016, in terms of goods trade, the United States’ trade deficit with India was US$22bn – a mere 2.7 per cent of total US trade deficit of US$798bn with the world…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Adani’s proposed Godda Power project would prove financially unviable and a poor strategic fit for Bangladesh, concludes a report published by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The IEEFA study—“Adani Godda Power Project: Too Expensive, Too Late and Too Risky for Bangladesh”—finds also that the project is being promoted at least…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT The first meeting of the newly constituted ‘NITI Forum for North East’ was held in Agartala. The meeting, organised by the NITI Aayog, Ministry of DoNER and the North Eastern Council (NEC), was co–chaired by the Vice–Chairman, NITI Aayog, Rajeev Kumar and the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Development of North…
Read moreSWADESH ROY / DHAKA It is more or less confirmed now that Sheikh Hasina will come to power in Bangladesh next time again. Instead of being the most popular leader, she is the bravest leader too in the country. According to International Republican Institute survey, 62% of the people of Bangladesh thinks that the country…
Read morePRANGTHONG JITCHAROENKUL The Orang Asli indigenous people have lived in seclusion in the rainforests of southern Thailand since ancient times, but more than a few of them have lately changed the way they live because forest food has gradually grown scarce. In hopes of a more secure future, Pise, a man in his 50s, and…
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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
