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Thematic Focus: Children & Families
Blog posts & press:Healing power of playtime for refugee camp mums and kids (Monash Univ., May 2022) [text]- Focuses on Rohingya refugees in
Tag : Bangladesh
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Sri Lanka economic crisis: Bangladesh extends currency swap facility to boost the island nation’s depleting foreign reserves
Bangladesh has extended the term of USD 200 million loans given to cash-strapped Sri Lanka under a currency swap deal by one more year. The decision
rali_cap gets backing from global VCs and launches $30M fintech fund for emerging markets
Rali_cap, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on emerging markets fintech, has launched a $30 million fund. Last month, the firm, formerly
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5 South Asia Weekend Getaways That Promise Total Escape
Himalayan vistas, tropical beaches, desert palaces and grand colonial architecture: South Asia offers a dizzying array of choices for every kind of
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6 South Asia Weekend Getaways That Promise Total Escape
Himalayan vistas, tropical beaches, desert palaces and grand colonial architecture: South Asia offers a dizzying array of choices for every kind of
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6 South Asia Weekend Getaways That Promise Total Escape
Himalayan vistas, tropical beaches, desert palaces and grand colonial architecture: South Asia offers a dizzying array of choices for every kind of
Regional Focus: Asia Pacific
Blog posts & press:Displaced Inside and Outside Borders: The Fate of Afghan Refugees During and Following American Evacuation (Borders and
Brahmaputra Dams Made By China Reduce Water Level: Halt Indo-Bangladesh River Trade
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the impact that Chinese dams on the Brahmaputra may have upon downstream water levels and Bangladesh/Indian
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Disappearing playgrounds in Dhaka: Where will the children play?
“Open spaces in Dhaka are gradually transforming into concrete dumps”Originally published on Global VoicesIn terms of population, Dhaka is the
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WATCH: Thousands rush to train stations, ferry terminals to return home and celebrate Eid-al-Fitr in Bangladesh
Railway authorities of Dhaka station were unable to maintain the departure schedule for trains, which resulted in trains crammed with passengers,
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Thematic Focus: Education
Opportunities:Online discussions: Right Where We Belong: How Refugee Teachers and Students are Changing the Future of Education [info]- Ongoing
Thematic Focus: Gender Issues
Blog posts & press: "For Guatemalan Women Fleeing Gender-Based Violence, a Long Road to Asylum in US," KQED, 12 April 2022 [text]
The election-commission conundrum
At Himal Southasian, we are aficionados of the long read, but we do understand that both attention (and time) are scarce. That’s the thinking
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Reviewing women-centric cinema in Bangladesh
This week in North Philly Notes, Elora Halim Chowdhury, author of Ethical Encounters: Transnational Feminism, Human Rights, and War Cinema in
Bureaucracy in Bangladesh is Transactional, Not Rational, in Nature
Max Weber postulated that a rational bureaucracy was a fundamental prerequisite for a modern state. Khurshed Alam argues that the bureaucracy in a