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Garment workers in Sri Lanka. Both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have significant apparel exports to the United States and will be hit hard if by its proposed import tariffs.
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The Editors
The economist discusses the impact of proposed US tariffs on exports, balance of payments and debt in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and other Southasian countries
Students take part in a protest in Dhaka in March against the rape of an eight-year-old girl, demanding severe punishment for the rapist.
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The Editors
The sociologist and gender expert discusses violence against women, the invisibilisation of women leaders and their tussle with Islamist conservatives
Indira Gandhi at a public function in 1973.
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The Editors
The political scientist delves into the complexity and contradictions of the Emergency, and examines its legacy
Mohamed Muizzu stands behind a wooden podium with the Maldives behind him on the right at his oath-taking ceremony as president of the Maldives in 2023.
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The Editors
The journalist says that, despite some development, the Maldives’ political culture under Muizzu is one of corporatised corruption, political intimidation and control through gangs.
Muslim Life – and Death – in Modi’s India: A podcast with Harsh Mander
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The Editors
The peace activist Harsh Mander hosts conversations on Indian Muslim history and experience amid a crisis of Islamophobia and anti-minority hatred fuelled by the rise of the Hindu Right
Relatives of Covid-19 victims performing last rites at a crematorium in New Delhi in May 2021. Data from India shows 3.7 million excess deaths during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, revealing an undercounting of Covid-19 deaths by an estimated seven times.
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The Editors
As India reveals massive undercounting of coronavirus deaths, a health journalist reminds us of the pandemic’s horrors and the Modi government’s terrible decisions that cost millions of lives
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