Bangladesh - Himal Southasian (Page 20)

The Tata-Bangla combine

In April this year, India's corporate powerhouse, the Tata Group, submitted a proposal to the Bangladeshi government for the commissioning of four projects: a steel plant, a fertiliser

By Khawaza Main Uddin

/ 2 Nov 2005

The Best of Times and the Worst of Times – Bangladesh and Southasia

Now is the time for Bangladesh to further develop and strengthen its political, economic and cultural relations with the rest of the Southasian states. In the favour of such an

By Ishtiaq Hossain

/ 1 Nov 2005

The hope of Dhaka

SAARC at 20, Bangladesh, and the possibilities of eastern Southasia.

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 2005

Burqa and Shalwar, Jeans and Sari

Changing fashions on the streets of Dhaka

By Fahd Husain

/ 1 Nov 2005

Injury and the Bangladeshi Child

It should have come as no surprise that children die in such large numbers from injury. Fortunately, there is now recognition of the problem and a willingness to do something about it.

By Prashant Jha

/ 1 Sep 2005

THE STILWELL ROAD: STRAIGHT AHEAD?

Here's a land route that would not only open up the possibilities for India's Northeast to trade and interact with its eastern neighbours, but as an overland link would also work to cement relationships between Southasia, East Asia and Southeast Asia.

By Carin I Fischer

/ 1 Sep 2005

The nearly secret Maobadi War

Red radicals of Bangladesh have been at it for five decades, but more than a law and order issue their presence points to a systemic failure of the state.

By Afsan Chowdhury

/ 25 Jul 2005

E par Bangla, 0 par Bangla, no thank you

If media is to help Bangladesh and India understand each other, then media on either side should first begin to understand Bangladesh and India.

By Dipankar Sinha

/ 19 Jul 2005

Women and work: employment and empowerment

Monica Ali, Brick Lane, Doubleday, London, 2003. Naila Kabeer, The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women Workers and Labour Market Decisions,

By Firdous Azim

/ 10 Jul 2005

A Nepal-Bangladesh win-win

Just a decade ago, the roof racks of passenger buses arriving in any one of Nepal's cities and towns would be piled high with firewood. All through the

By Rajendra Dahal

/ 1 Jul 2005

Energy in the East

Not satisfied with its explorations westwards, India is also looking to the east in its quest for energy security. In January 2005, plans for a pipeline carrying natural gas from

By Prashant Jha

/ 1 Jul 2005

Bahauddins’ war

Corporal Kazi Bahauddin, 24 Bengali soldier in Pakistan Army November, 1971 The Western Front "Is it true that you're in love with the old girl's

By Ishrat Firdousi

/ 1 Aug 2003