Fighting between Myanmar’s junta and the Arakan Army (AA) rebel group in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state has intensified. Casualties have also been recorded in Bangladesh, with two people killed by an errant mortar round this month and several injured by gunshots from across the border.
[German state-owned international broadcaster Deutsche Welle published the following report on Thursday marking Bangladesh’s 50 years of a journey towards growth.] As Bangladesh marks the 50th anniversary of its victory, experts note that it has transformed itself from an economic "bask
In a recent interview with DW, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen said that authorities in Dhaka could provide legal documents to some of the Rohingya that live in Saudi Arabia. The Muslim Rohingya are an ethnic minority originating in Myanmar's Rakhine state. However, Myanmar refuses to
Many women in Bangladesh who have lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic are using Facebook to run their own businesses. But it is not an easy task in a conservative society. Farida Parvin Shako used to run a beauty salon and a fitness centre in Dhaka. Her business suffered badly after the c
Nine-year-old Subarna Akhter Sathi spends most of her days with friends at a local playground in Brahmanbaria, an eastern district of Bangladesh. On regular days, Subarna would have been going to school and preparing assignments, but most institutions have been shut ever since Bangladesh went into
