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August 1947: The wounds are yet raw

by kaymusonda | Aug 5, 2022 | Asia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, The Commonwealth

By Syed Badrul Ahsan The Pakistan International Airlines aircraft flying from Karachi to Dhaka in early February 1968 dipped low over Calcutta. The pilot made it a point to inform passengers of the landmarks over which the aircraft flew. My father, in a state of clear...
A tumultuous season: the emergence of independent Bangladesh and the British media

A tumultuous season: the emergence of independent Bangladesh and the British media

by louisa | Mar 26, 2020 | Asia, Bangladesh, Media Freedom

By William Crawley, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. William Crawley was invited by the Bangladesh High Commissioner in London to speak at the commemoration of the anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth one hundred...
The Rohingya issue: Bangladesh’s burden

The Rohingya issue: Bangladesh’s burden

by anna | Mar 1, 2019 | Asia, Bangladesh, Human Rights, Refugees, Regions

Syed Badrul Ahsan, Visiting Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and Editor in Charge, The Asian Age, Dhaka For Bangladesh, it is that old dilemma: damned if you do, damned if you don’t. The Rohingya issue is not likely to go away any time soon. A hint of that...

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