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  Relevance of SAARC in global perspectives

  Rajkumar Singh | Updated at 12:00am on January 13, 2020

  IN THE changed situation and pressing needs of the public at large, countries of the region felt the urgency to initiate and institutionalise cooperation in...

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  Identity, violence in postcolonial South Asia

  T Zami | Updated at 10:51pm on December 15, 2019

  WHEN Kumudini Chatterjee revolted against the oppression of her husband Madhusudan Ghoshal, she got all possible support from her brother Bipradas. It was precisely at...

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  Transnational policies for water governance in South Asia stressed

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 12:28am on November 17, 2019

  Speakers at an international conference here on Saturday laid emphasis on transnational policies for water governance in the South Asia. The two-day conference on key...

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  Action must in South Asia to clean the air for children: Unicef

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:53am on November 08, 2019

  UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore on Thursday said that immediate action was needed in South Asia to clean the air for children. She said about...

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  Authoritarianism rises as pluralism declines: DU professor

  DU Correspondent | Updated at 12:18am on November 06, 2019

  Dhaka University economics professor Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir on Tuesday at a discussion said that authoritarianism was on rise in South Asia as pluralistic visions...

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  Bangladesh advances eight notches, still last but one in South Asia

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:59am on October 25, 2019

  Bangladesh has advanced eight steps to the 168th rank among 190 countries in the global index of doing business. Last year, Bangladesh had ranked 176th,...

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  Of chocolate-cream soldiers

  Jawed Naqvi | Updated at 12:00am on October 23, 2019

  CELEBRATIONS last week of two political thinkers and activists from the previous century who are dear to the Hindu right opened up room for a...

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  Sri Lanka court dismisses challenge to Rajapaksa’s citizenship

  Reuters . Colombo | Updated at 12:31am on October 05, 2019

  A Sri Lankan court on Friday dismissed a legal challenge to presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Sri Lankan citizenship, removing a major barrier he faced in...

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  Bangladesh offers most liberal investment environment: PM

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . New Delhi | Updated at 12:00am on October 04, 2019

  Describing the investment environment in Bangladesh as the most liberal in South Asia, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the world investors, particularly those...

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  Bangladesh moves up to 45th rank in military power

  Diplomatic Correspondent | Updated at 01:09am on October 01, 2019

  Bangladesh has been ranked 45th powerful military in the world in 2019 with a significant upward improvement compared to the position last year, according to...