Bangladesh

Comparative Status of Women in Pakistan and Bangladesh

International Women’s Day on 8 March serves as a reminder that women across the world continue to fight for basic rights and equality. In South Asia, Pakistan and Bangladesh—once one nation until 1971—today stand at diametrically opposite ends regarding the status of women. Pakistan: Entrenched Discrimination and Resistance Denial of Basic Rights Women in Pakistan […]

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India’s Modi to Firm up ‘Ties in Blood’ With Bangladesh

Bangladesh is celebrating 50 years of independence, and none seems happier than India, the larger neighbour often derided as the “big brother.” The reasons are many. Foremost, in this anniversary year, is that India bled—literally—while assisting Bangladesh’s independence in 1971. Confronted with the arrival of over ten million refugees fleeing civil war in East Pakistan,

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