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Arakan is burning. The Burmese rulers appear to be on the brink of achieving their much-longed-for a “final solution” of the Rohingya question.

During a visit to India in 2013 as UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres observed, “India's refugee policy is an example for the rest of the world to follow.”

Rohingyas of northern Arakan are facing yet another round of armed atrocities. Not only are they at the receiving end of indiscriminate use of bullets, bayonets and firing from helicopter gunships; their homes, hearths, livestock, crops and businesses are being consumed by bellowing fire deliberately lit by the Burmese security forces and their Rakhine cohorts.

August 30 reminds the international community that enforced disappearance is a crime and cannot be condoned under any circumstances.

The state of Bangladesh appears to be clamping down on its active citizens. Almost every month, we are coming across reports of police excesses against protesting students...

"There were quite a few cadres (armed goons) and hoodlums in Savar. Now the situation is still as water. No one dares to utter a word. I have put five persons to cross fire and have prepared the list of another 14."

The content and tenor of deliberations at the House on July 9 raise the question whether the MPs acted within their mandate. The answer is an unequivocal no. Article 94(4) of Bangladesh Constitution stipulates that the Chief Justice and the other Judges of the SC shall be independent in exercise of their judicial functions.

Yogi Adityanath, the recently appointed BJP chief minister of the largest state of the Indian Union, has again become the subject of

Finally, the Goddess of Themis had to step down. And she had to do so unceremoniously, under duress. Earlier, the elders of the

Last Wednesday (May 17, 2017), the Foreign Ministry came up with a draconian directive to Bangladesh missions. It urged all

Police has come up with a plea. Although one officer articulated it at the first ever 'welfare parade' attended by the Prime Minister of the State; there is little doubt that the senior leadership of the police, if not the institution as a whole, subscribes to the idea.

Over the last year or so the executive and the legislative arms of the State appear to have geared up their disparagement of the higher judiciary.

On Friday, the news of the death of Romel Chakma at the hands of security forces spread like wildfire in social media. The subsequent reports surrounding his detention, death and cremation are puzzling, to say the least.

Preparations for the Bengali New Year festivities are in full swing. The shops are abuzz with patrons looking for red and white attire...

The twice-postponed visit of Bangladesh's Prime Minister to India has been set to take place from April 7 to 10.

The Bangladesh-India border has been labelled as one of the most securitised borders of Asia, if not of the world. During 2010 to

For many, migration is a route out of poverty and a pathway to live in dignity. It is an integral part of globalisation. The world community has recognised that migration can contribute in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The media is abuzz with reports on the Rohingya issue. The statement of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights validating claims that Myanmar's security forces have committed mass killings...

The 17 January verdict of the trial court on the Narayanganj seven murder case has been applauded by all quarters. Included among

Instead of blaming “a group of derailed officers”, it is time for the political establishment to take cue from the Narayanganj verdict and institute judicial inquiry into each and every claim of disappearance and extra-judicial killing.