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  • Architects of Violence: Illegal Immigrants and Communalization in Assam
    Bidhan S Laishram.    ·   16 Jun, 2005    ·    #1768    ·    Commentary    
    Election time in democracies throws light on many political puzzles. In Assam, however, electoral logic of numbers has cast the society in communal architecture. Politics outside of this frame is becoming increasingly impossible. In the break up of ...
  • Bangladesh Factor Affecting Insurgency in North-East
    Anil Kamboj.    ·   06 May, 2005    ·    #1733    ·    Commentary    
    The northeastern region of India covering a total area of about 2,55,000 sq km is surrounded by Bangladesh, Bhutan, China and Myanmar. Less than one percent of the external boundaries of the region are contiguous with rest of India while remaining ...
  • How Did Bangladesh Become an Epicenter of Islamic Terrorism?
    Satish Kumar.    ·   27 Apr, 2005    ·    #1716    ·    Commentary    
    Unprecedented mayhem under the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and Jamaat against religious and ethnic minorities has continued unabated. Besides numerous cases of dacoity, 305 serious cases of minority attacks were reported in the last few mon ...
  • Landmine Treaty and Bangladesh
    Anand Kumar.    ·   27 Apr, 2005    ·    #1714    ·    Commentary    
    Landmines have been the scourge of humanity in modern times. Hence the international community has been making efforts to rid the world of this menace. This effort resulted in the Landmines Treaty (the Ottawa Convention) or the Mines Ban Treaty (MB ...
  • Insurgent Politics & Dhaka's Role
    .    ·   19 Feb, 2005    ·    #1650    ·    Commentary    
    Anup Chetia alias Golap Barua, general secretary of the outlawed Indian separatist group, United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), will end his jail term in Bangladesh on 25 February. He is being detained at Dhaka's central jail ever since his a ...
  • Naga Peace Process (Northeast Media Survey, January 2005)
    Bibhu Prasad Routray.    ·   10 Feb, 2005    ·    #1641    ·    Commentary    
    Naga Peace Process The peace process between the NSCN-IM and the government of India entered into a critical phase in the first week of February 2005 as talks began in New Delhi. The talks and related developments dominated media headlines in the ...
  • Indo- Bangladesh relations: Stuck in the muddle
    Bibhu Prasad Routray.    ·   24 Sep, 2004    ·    #1506    ·    Commentary    
      Nothing significant was expected to emerge from the three day-long Indo-Bangladesh Home Secretary level dialogue in Dhaka between 15-17 September 2004. Given the mutual distrust that continues, this meeting was a fruitless exercise summ ...
  • Disarming Development
    .    ·   08 Sep, 2004    ·    #1489    ·    Commentary    
    Since separation in 1971, Bangladesh and Pakistan have pursued different strategies for development, which in turn have had not only differing results for development but also for the security issues each nation has faced. Bangladesh has generally ...
  • Resurfacing of Rohingya Refugees
    Anand Kumar.    ·   06 Aug, 2004    ·    #1450    ·    Commentary    
    The problem of Rohingya refugees seems to be emerging anew in Bangladesh. Their number is increasing in the bordering districts of southeastern Bangladesh contrary to official statistics that all but some 20,000 Rohingyas have been repatria ...
  • Al Qaeda and Bangladesh
    Anand Kumar.    ·   26 Jun, 2004    ·    #1417    ·    Commentary    
    Dhaka reacts furiously, even at the slightest hint of the presence of al-Qaeda in its territory. But some recent incidents have put the Bangladeshi government in a situation where it would be hard pressed to deny this allegation. Bangladeshi ...
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