Sitting on the floor of a rented room in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Karim recalls the pain and grief he sustained during a bombing in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in August, severely ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Bangladesh’s interim government faces challenges on a few fronts, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visits Saudi Arabia for the third ...
Bangladeshis made history in July when a mass uprising, led by student protesters, toppled Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League’s government, which had become increasingly dictatorial over the course of ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Interim Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus grapples with increasing Rohingya refugee arrivals, Sri Lanka gears up for its presidential election this ...
When Narendra Modi became India’s prime minister 10 years ago, those invited to his swearing-in included leaders of every South Asian country. This reflected his “Neighborhood First” foreign policy, which ...
Photojournalist Fatima Tuj Johora faced tear gas, rubber bullets, and police aggression while covering Bangladesh’s protest movement. But what she feared most was the lack of trust toward journalists. The ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: In the wake of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans a potential trip to Ukraine ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at what Bangladesh’s interim government might look like, U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris picking her running mate, and North Korea moving ...
Faced with nationwide antigovernment protests, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday, boarding a military helicopter and fleeing the country. When Hasina, who held office since 2009, initially landed ...
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