Bangladesh
BANGLADESH: Pressure intensifies on party leaders
Police today detained former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed.
BangladeshBANGLADESH: Parties push leaders to stand down
Former prime ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina Wajed came under intensified pressure to...
BangladeshBANGLADESH: Dhaka is hesitant on political reform
The army is assisting the interim government as a "subordinate body", Chief of Army Staff...
BangladeshSOUTH/SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Fiscal challenges ahead
The economies of South-east and South Asia have recorded strong growth over the last few years....
South-East AsiaBANGLADESH: Nobel prize winner drops party plans
Nobel peace prize winner and microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus yesterday dropped plans to...
BangladeshSOUTH ASIA: Charismatic leaders fuel dynastic rule
Rahul Gandhi's rise in India's Congress party and Benazir Bhutto's prospective return to politics...
South AsiaBANGLADESH: Militants target stations in bomb attacks
Several bombs exploded at train stations in Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong today.
BangladeshBANGLADESH: Dhaka drops party leaders' exile plan
The Awami League (AL) and the Bangladeshi Nationalist Party (BNP) today welcomed an apparent...
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