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Subir BhaumikThe Diplomat |
The annual flow of ethnic Tibetans entering India has dropped sharply due to strong border controls by the Chinese and stiff
China has forced two powerful armed rebel groups in north Myanmar to start negotiations with the Burmese military junta and
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus’s interim administration apparently plans to turn Bangladesh into an Islamist Republic. The country’s...
The main faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland ( NSCN) has threatened to resume ” violent armed resistance” against India to...
Apparently , it is all about showcasing the breathtaking beauty of this Himalayan foothill town housing an ancient Buddhist monastery
The failure of Bangladesh’s interim government to control law and order in the country came into sharp focus this week with the eruption of ethnic...
Two recent incidents in conflict-ravaged Bangladesh raises serious questions about its interim government’s chief adviser Mohammed Yunus’ pitch...
Bangladesh’s interim government chief advisor Prof Muhammed Yunus may want to take his time for implementing reforms needed to institutionalise...
Chances of an immediate parliament election in troubled Bangladesh faded this week when the country’s interim government head Muhammad Yunus
The Burmese army Tatmadaw is heading for its worst defeat in the escalating civil war engulfing Myanmar for nearly a
In what is seen as desperate attempt to bring under control an escalating student movement that has left nearly 30 dead so far, the Appellate Division...
The Tibetan exile government says it will “strongly counter” Beijing, which has been renaming Tibetan places with Chinese names. Penpa Tsering,...
June 30 passes off with some celebrations in tiny northeast Indian state of Mizoram as the day of peace or Remna Ni but the rest of India takes no...
Immediately after a visiting US delegation upped the ante on Tibet, India reiterated its stance on His Holiness’ Dalai Lama, emphasising his...
In a move that will up alarms in India, China’s giant conglomerate Sinopec is entering Sri Lanka’s energy market with its
Indian national Nikhil Gupta, accused in US for involvement in the attempted murder of a Sikh extremist, has been extradited by the Czech Republic...
A bill passed by US lawmakers, seeking to counter China’s claim of controlling Tibet since “ancient times,” has landed on...
In a house where binoculars are needed to find Opposition MPs, it has been left to a few clean lawmakers in the ruling Awami League to raise the...
India has intensified with China “a silent war” focussed on challenging China’s renaming of places in India’s Arunachal Pradesh state to...
The gruesome murder of Bangladesh MP Md. Anwarul Azim Anar in Kolkata has sent shockwaves across the border in both Bengals . The prime murder...
“What India Out,” exclaims an angry Mir Mostaque Ahmed Robi, a former Bangladesh lawmaker. “In last 2 days, I have purchased leather goods worth...
The world has heard enough of those cliche — cooperation between the world’s oldest democracy, the United States, and the world’s most populous...
A French diplomat staying in a riverfront hotel in the Cambodian capital is attracted by the rate board on the massage parlours . ‘5 US dollars for...
The Indian Navy and its marine commandos Marcos have come in for global praise for its multi-focal special operational capability
On his 124th birthday, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who led Bangladesh to freedom will not only be remembered as Bangabandhu (Friend of Bengalis), but also...
The US is India’s strategic partner while Bangladesh is its closest friend in South Asia. But while that does not stop the Biden administration...
The country’s central bank, Bangladesh Bank (BB)’s latest report has found more than two-thirds of the banks in the country in the weak to very...
Tibetan and Indian protestors demonstrated against China’s ‘aggression’ against Tibet as well as ‘incursions’ into Indian border states...
Even as China managed to bring the three-group Brotherhood Alliance to the table and reports emerged of a limited understanding thos week between them...
Hong Kong’s government has began the process of adopting a controversial new national security law that critics fear will further roll back civil...
A Japanese crime lord has been charged with smuggling weapons- grade nuclear material sourced to Myanmar, raising questions how such material was...
India’s top market for outbound tourism, the eastern city of Kolkata, has in 2023 regained visa application volumes to 91% of pre-pandemic level,...
The Indian Army says it is preparing in full earnest to counter anticipated Chinese incursions and “other forms of aggression” along the Line of...
Rarely would one read a history of thought and one of an evolving continental identity as exciting as Sugato Bose’s “Asia after Europe: Imagining...
The Arakan Army fighting for an independent Rakhine State in southwestern Myanmar seems to have given up its secessionist goal. “We’ve never...
Finally the cat is out of the bag. After months of self-denial, Bangladesh has finally sought support from Saudi Arabia to tackle the country’s...
Europe’s leading scholar on South Asian borderlands Willem Van Schendel discussed in depth a host of issues with Subir Bhaumik on the sidelines of ...
Exactly three years after the coup that blocked an elected government from taking power, Myanmar’s oppressive military junta seems to be falling...
Indian Home Minister Amir Shah has announced plans to erect barbed wire fencing on the country’s 1,643 kms long border with Myanmar, overriding...
Bangladesh’s leading Opposition party BNP has launched an “India Out” campaign on the lines of Maldives’ present ruling party led by President...
India has a really smart and erudite foreign minister in S. Jaishankar whose books make interesting reading and takes on the high and mighty on the...
The 1,600,000-strong Bangladesh Army is ‘seriously reviewing’ implications of deployment to maintain law and order in the rundown to and during...
It’s Awami League versus Awami League in Bangladesh’s forthcoming parliament polls scheduled on Jan 7. The leading Opposition Bangladesh...