Bangladesh

List of Bangladesh articles

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures as he arrives to attend the EU-ASEAN summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels on Dec. 14, 2022.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures as he arrives to attend the EU-ASEAN summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels on Dec. 14, 2022.

Facebook’s Litmus Test in Cambodia

A company verdict on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s online incitement could set a precedent for other autocrats.

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Striving for Affordable Child Care in Bangladesh

The country passed an act in 2021 aiming to increase access to child care. But implementing the law has its own challenges.

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Global-Dispatches-Foreign-Policy—playlist-site-3-2

How Protests in Bangladesh Could Impact Elections

Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: Global Dispatches.

Opposition supporters protest the Bangladeshi government in Dhaka on Dec. 10.
Opposition supporters protest the Bangladeshi government in Dhaka on Dec. 10.

Bangladeshis Have Had Enough

The country is meant to go to the polls next year. It might erupt first.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurate a major road named after former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during an agreement signing ceremony in New Delhi on April 8, 2017.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurate a major road named after former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during an agreement signing ceremony in New Delhi on April 8, 2017.

The U.S. Should Stop Nickel and Diming India and Bangladesh

A low-cost program designed to promote economic development has shut out two key partners in Asia.

Activists protest against attacks on Hindu temples and houses in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 4, 2016.
Activists protest against attacks on Hindu temples and houses in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 4, 2016.

How Facebook Fuels Religious Violence

The social media platform’s haphazard content moderation strategy is failing Bangladesh. Here’s how it can fix its policy.

Bangladeshi Rapid Action Battalion personnel look on from an armored vehicle during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jan. 3, 2013.
Bangladeshi Rapid Action Battalion personnel look on from an armored vehicle during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jan. 3, 2013.

The U.S. Has a Police Brutality Problem. So Does Bangladesh.

Dhaka’s denial of extrajudicial killings is imperiling its relations with Washington and exposing the country’s corrupt police and undemocratic institutions.

A general view shows the Dhaka River Port on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on June 23, 2019.
A general view shows the Dhaka River Port on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on June 23, 2019.

America Should Bet on Bangladesh

Bangladesh has major geopolitical value on its own merits, separate from India or any other country.

Bangladeshi Hindus stage a demonstration to protest recent religious violence in Dhaka on Oct. 18.
Bangladeshi Hindus stage a demonstration to protest recent religious violence in Dhaka on Oct. 18.

Bangladesh’s Deadly Identity Crisis

Attacks on the Hindu community show how the country has turned away from its pluralist heritage.

GARMENTS FACTORY, NARAYANGANJ, NARAYANGANJ SADAR, BANGLADESH - 2019/01/31: Garments workers are seen working in a sewing and finishing section.
Garments industry in Bangladesh drive the economy growth and it is now the major source of empowering woman workers in the country. Women from different parts of Bangladesh come to cities to work in garments sectors where they get paid around 95 USD per month. (Photo by Ziaul Haque Oisharjh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
GARMENTS FACTORY, NARAYANGANJ, NARAYANGANJ SADAR, BANGLADESH - 2019/01/31: Garments workers are seen working in a sewing and finishing section. Garments industry in Bangladesh drive the economy growth and it is now the major source of empowering woman workers in the country. Women from different parts of Bangladesh come to cities to work in garments sectors where they get paid around 95 USD per month. (Photo by Ziaul Haque Oisharjh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Bangladesh Is Clothes-Minded

The country’s obsession with garments takes an increasingly heavy toll on the rest of its economy.

A snack vendor in Dhaka, Bangladesh
A snack vendor in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s Long Journey From ‘Basket Case’ to Rising Star

But 50 years after independence, an authoritarian turn casts a shadow over the country’s future.

Indian Army Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora and Pakistani Army Gen. Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi sign the surrender document that would end the war between the two countries and lead to the creation of Bangladesh, in Dhaka on Dec. 16, 1971.
Indian Army Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora and Pakistani Army Gen. Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi sign the surrender document that would end the war between the two countries and lead to the creation of Bangladesh, in Dhaka on Dec. 16, 1971.

50 Years After Independence, Bangladesh Bursts Into Geopolitics

The country is on the cusp of a second liberation—one that would end its relative isolation.

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