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How Rising Majoritarianism Affects India-Bangladesh Relations
Bangladesh has witnessed a spate of communal attacks targeting its principal minority religious community, Hindus, with reports suggesting that miscreants attacked Hindu religious establishments across the state during the Durga Puja festival this October. The violence began after a social…
Bangladesh’s BRI Conundrum: Between China and India
During an official visit to Kazakhstan on September 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping laid out his vision for what eventually became known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This multi-decade global infrastructure plan spans 70 countries, stretching from East…
COVID-19 and the Future of Bangladesh
As is the case with most of the world, Bangladesh has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. While official statistics point to over 300,000 cases and approximately 4,200 deaths, questions have been raised about the veracity of these numbers.…
Regional Fallout of India’s Citizenship Amendment Act
In December, both houses of the Indian Parliament passed and the president signed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, a legislation modifying the Citizenship Act, 1955 to grant certain persecuted minorities a faster route to citizenship. It applies to refugees…
Year in Review: Bangladesh in 2019
As Bangladesh embarks into 2020, the country stands at a critical juncture on its growth trajectory. Some of its key economic indicators went awry in the latter half of 2019, despite high growth numbers and projections. A boom in infrastructure…
India-Bangladesh Relations: Risks of a Fallout Over the NRC
When Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi last month, she raised concerns over the National Register of Citizens (NRC), India’s attempt to identify “illegal immigrants” in the northeastern state of Assam that…