Why recognising unpaid care work of women is important
June 5, 2024
Asian news from Dhaka
Fret not Delhi, Dhaka’s surely not in Beijing’s orb
For decades, Sino-Indian competition for sway over Bangladesh has been a hard-driving force in South Asia’s geopolitics. As a neighbor of India and a littoral state of the Indian Ocean, Bangladesh has often been embroiled in the rivalry, and accordingly, both Beijing and New Delhi have sought to expand their influence over the nation, often at the other’s expense.
Bangladesh court indicts Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, 13 others on embezzlement charges
A special judge’s court in Bangladesh on Wednesday indicted Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others on charges in an over US$2 million embezzlement case.
In Malaysia, business and human rights must go hand in hand, UN rights chief says
Malaysia has been in the spotlight for months over allegations that forced labour, debt bondage and scam jobs – in particular targeting Bangladeshi migrants – have riddled its recruitment market for foreign labour.
‘Nothing left for me’ as thousands of Bangladeshi workers lose everything in failed bid to work in Malaysia
The motorbike courier carrying Saiful’s ticket to the future screeched to a halt outside Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal airport just an hour before his flight to Kuala Lumpur was due to take off.