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It will probably be a few years before we really feel the effects of Trump’s new climate policies, so there’s also a chance we’ll have a new deal by then or a new president coming up in the near future, writes Kate Harveston .
June, 2017
May, 2017
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14 May
Is India Restaging ‘Sikkim Saga’ in Bangladesh?
Without naming India, Begum Zia said some foreign powers were trying to weaken Bangladesh that was making steady economic progress. “We liberated Bangladesh in 1971 when we were about 80 million people. Now we are about 160 to 170 million, and we are united. We don’t need assistance of anyone.” She added, “we want to make it explicitly clear that we …
April, 2017
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13 April
Anger in Bangladesh Over Defense MoUs with India
The South Asian nation is witnessing unprecedented rise in anti-India sentiment following Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s landmark visit to India, writes one analyst.
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11 April
Pakistan’s Cotton Production to Go Up
Despite long dry spell, Pakistan is headed to mix results of its agriculture production for 2017/18.
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8 April
What is at Stake in Shaikh Hasina’s Indian Yatra
Facing waning popularity and a suspecting electorate at home and growing impression of surrendering to Indian pressure to enter a defense pact with its encircling big neighbor, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has too much at stake in her important visit to India.
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4 April
Fortune 500 Companies Hold a Record $2.6 Trillion Offshore
The limited disclosures made by a handful of Fortune 500 corporations show that corporations are brazenly using tax havens to avoid taxes on significant profits.
March, 2017
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16 March
Bangladesh Drifting Towards Radicalization
The South Asian nation is witnessing increasing incidence of terrorism, with government increasingly succumbing to the growing political power of religious extremists. The IS and Al-Qaeda-affiliated groups are showing growing presence in Chittagong and other regions in southeast Bangladesh.
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3 March
View from India: The Road to China is Through Kabul
New possibilities on regional cooperation are emerging, which India should not hesitate to explore.
January, 2017
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26 January
Riyadh Presses Pakistan on Sharif, Keeping Iran Out of CPEC
Saudi diplomacy is reportedly at work to rescue Nawaz Sharif's embattled government once again and at the same time pushing Pakistan's military to speed up transition of General Raheel Sharif to head the 34-nation yet-tobe-formalized miltary alliance of Muslim majority countries.
