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  • Small Arms and Lawlessness in Bangladesh
    Anand Verma.    ·   01 Jul, 2003    ·    #1071    ·    Commentary    
    The spread of small arms has become a major challenge for the maintenance of law and order in Bangladesh. The country’s association with small arms is not new; what is new is its large scale use. ...
  • Managing the Tripura- Bangladesh Border: Issues and Challenges
    Bibhu Prasad Routray.    ·   18 Jun, 2003    ·    #1062    ·    Commentary    
    A major share of Tripura’s woes emerges from its 856-kilometre international border with Bangladesh, which touches each of its four districts, being porous. This unmanned border has allowed entry of illegal migrants from Bangladesh apart from ...
  • Bangladesh-Pakistan Relations: The Dawn of a New Era
    Alok Kumar Gupta.    ·   15 Aug, 2002    ·    #826    ·    Commentary    
         The three-day much acclaimed but widely criticized visit by the Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to Bangladesh, his expression of regrets for the excesses committed by the Pakistani army during the 1971 Liberation war, ...
  • Bangladesh: Of Terrorists, Gun Runners and Pirates
    Vijay Sakhuja.    ·   06 May, 2003    ·    #1028    ·    Commentary    
    Over the last two years, Bangladesh government has attracted media attention due to the alleged presence of Islamic militant groups and the specter of ‘militant Islamization.ââ‚& ...
  • Indo-Bangladesh Trade Ties: Free Trade vs. Duty-free Access
    Anand Kumar.    ·   15 Apr, 2003    ·    #1013    ·    Commentary    
    Indo-Bangladesh trade relationship has been the cause for yet another controversy in the bilateral relations of the two countries which have seen several problems in the political arena in recent times. These differences become apparent during the ...
  • Bangladesh: Islamists come out in the open
    Anand Kumar.    ·   21 Mar, 2003    ·    #993    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"; mso-style-parent: "" } India has been blaming Bangladesh for quite sometime now for sheltering terrorists operating in Indiaâ€â&bdqu ...
  • The Migrant Menace
    Aisha Sultanat.    ·   07 Mar, 2003    ·    #985    ·    Commentary    
    The grave concern shown by LK Advani, the Deputy Prime Minister (also in charge of the Home portfolio) about the illegal immigrants, at a gathering of senior police officials in the Capital has drawn attention to the growing number of refugees that ...
  • Managing Bangladeshi Migrants: Crisis Resolved, Problem Remains
    Prafulla Ketkar.    ·   04 Mar, 2003    ·    #976    ·    Commentary    
    A weeklong crisis about the 213 illegal Bangladeshi migrants has finally been resolved for the time being. Illegal migration from Bangladesh is not a new security threat; in fact, it is continuously on the rise. Though the tension dissipated after ...
  • Discord in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
    Anand Kumar.    ·   21 Jan, 2003    ·    #955    ·    Commentary    
    The fifth anniversary of signing the Chittagong Hill Tracts Treaty (CHTT) was observed on December 2. But it bore all the marks of impending trouble in this region if the right steps are not taken by Bangladesh. All major parties of the region held ...
  • Illegal Migration from Bangladesh
    Brig. SP Sinha.    ·   21 Aug, 2000    ·    #408    ·    Commentary    
    The danger to national security by illegal migration from Bangladesh has come into focus after the recent exercise conducted by the Delhi Police to identify and deport Bangladeshis living illegally in the capital for years. It is estimated th ...
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