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Challenging Asean digital sovereignty
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 16/09/2025
» Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are busy finalising a draft of a Digital Economic Framework Agreement (Defa) -- this digital framework is hoped to boost regional bloc intra-trade, attract foreign investment, and transform the grouping into a global digital hub. As the current chair, Malaysia is eager to see the world's first such agreement concluded under its leadership.
The promise and peril of Bangladesh's 'youthquake'
Oped, Published on 20/08/2025
» The past year has been marked by a series of revolutions and political shocks as young people across Asia and Africa have taken to the streets, demanding accountable governments, fairer societies, and economic opportunities -- a wave of resistance that Binaifer Nowrojee has aptly termed "youthquakes".
New rules may not change dirty and deadly ship recycling business
AFP, Published on 18/06/2025
» CHITTAGONG — Mizan Hossain fell 10 metres (33-foot) from the top of a ship he was cutting up on Chittagong beach in Bangladesh -- where the majority of the world's maritime giants meet their end -- when the vibrations shook him from the upper deck.
Bangladesh to hold elections in April 2026
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» DHAKA - Bangladesh will hold elections in early April 2026 for the first time since a mass uprising overthrew the government last year, interim leader Muhammad Yunus said on Friday.
Bangladesh opens fugitive ex-PM's trial over protest killings
AFP, Published on 01/06/2025
» DHAKA - Fugitive former prime minister Sheikh Hasina orchestrated a "systemic attack" to try to crush the uprising against her government, Bangladeshi prosecutors said at the opening of her trial on Sunday.
Nobel winner offers insight at Bimstec summit
News, Published on 08/04/2025
» Back-to-back meetings, official as well as private, while touching base with political and business leaders in Bangkok, are what defined the schedule of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus during his visit to Thailand on April 3-4 to attend the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) summit.
Bangladesh monastery a haven of harmony after unrest
AFP, Published on 26/03/2025
» DHAKA - A Buddhist monastery in Bangladesh has found renown for opening its doors to the needy during Ramadan — a beacon of interfaith harmony in a time of religious tension.
UN says former Bangladesh govt behind possible 'crimes against humanity'
AFP, Published on 12/02/2025
» GENEVA — Bangladesh's former government was behind systematic attacks and killings of protesters as it tried to hold onto power last year, the United Nations (UN) said Wednesday, warning the abuses could amount to "crimes against humanity".
As Trump returns, Sino-Indian ties are changing
Oped, Published on 24/01/2025
» Weeks before his return to the White House, US President-elect Donald Trump issued a pointed warning to the Brics countries. "Go find another sucker," he wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, threatening the group's nine members with 100% tariffs should they attempt to challenge the dollar's global dominance.
Going bookish
Oped, Postbag, Published on 17/12/2024
» Re: "There's nothing like an odd book title", (PostScript, Dec 15).