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India and Bangladesh sign agreements to expand trade and technology cooperation
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The plight of Rohingya is back in spotlight thanks to UN Special Envoy Angelina Jolie’s visit to the refugees...February 5, 2019
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Dhaka, the capital Photo: ASaber91/Wikimedia Commons During much of the period before 1971, policymakers generally considered baby boom and...May 30, 2018
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UN: Rohingya refugees now number half a million in the face of ‘unacceptable’ crisis
The United Nations is reporting “bone chilling” accounts of violence expreience by Rohingya refugees whose number has now swelled to half a million as they escape Myanmar’s state persecution and flee into neighboring Bangladesh. The humanitarian...September 29, 2017 1148 0 -
South Asian floods affect 45 million people
A temporary refuge along a road in a flooded area of southern Nepal. Photo: UNICEF Nepal/2017/NShrestha The catastrophic flooding in Bangladesh, India and Nepal has caused 1,288 deaths, damaged infrastructure over huge areas and and affected...September 2, 2017 1776 0
