An education system run by international aid groups has become severely overstretched in Rohingya refugee camps that house around half a million children in Bangladesh. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/15/asia-pacific/society/rohingya-children-education/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #rohingya #refugees #bangladesh #myanmar #children #education #un

An education system run by international aid groups has become severely overstretched in Rohingya refugee camps that house around half a million children in Bangladesh. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/15/asia-pacific/society/rohingya-children-education/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #rohingya #refugees #bangladesh #myanmar #children #education #un

In rows of bamboo shelters, refugees who escaped Myanmar nearly a decade ago await developments at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, where a genocide case against Myanmar opens Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/asia-pacific/politics/rohingya-un-genocide-hearing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #rohingya #un #genocide #southeastasia #myanmar #bangladesh #refugees

It's not only the french thinking this. 😒

#usa #uk #trump #bangladesh #politics #french #fascism #democracy #meirl

Khaleda Zia, who became Bangladesh’s first female prime minister in 1991 and went on to develop a bitter rivalry with Sheikh Hasina, died at 80 on Tuesday after a long illness. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/asia-pacific/khaleda-zia-bangladesh-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #obituary #bangladesh #khaledazia #southasia #dhaka

Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in Bangladesh have elected a leadership council, hoping it can improve conditions and revive efforts to secure their return home to Myanmar. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/asia-pacific/rohingya-refugees-new-leaders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #rohingya #myanmar #bangladesh #refugees #islam

Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman and top contender for prime minister Tarique Rahman returned to Dhaka on Thursday after nearly 17 years in exile, ahead of the Feb. 12 election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/asia-pacific/politics/bangladesh-pm-candidate-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #bangladesh #southasia #dhaka #tariquerahman

Violent protests in #Bangladesh after pro-democracy figure dies in hospital

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/19/sharif-osman-hadi-dead-bangladesh-violence-protests

> Youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi was shot by masked assailants on 12 December as he left a mosque

It's not only the french thinking this. 😒

#usa #uk #trump #bangladesh #politics #french #fascism #democracy #meirl

Bangladesh’s death sentence for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, widely seen as politically motivated, has intensified domestic unrest, deepened societal divisions and heightened tensions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/21/world/bangladeshs-hasina-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #sheikhhasina #bangladesh #deathpenalty

#SheikhHasina, the ousted PM of #Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of #CrimesAgainstHumanity for the violent suppression of #student #protests last year that led to the collapse of her govt.
A panel of 3 judges from the International Crimes Tribunal ( #ICT), Bangladesh’s domestic #WarCrimes court, delivered their verdict Monday, ruling that Hasina was responsible for inciting hundreds of #ExtrajudicialKillings carried out by #law enforcement.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/asia/bangladesh-sheikh-hasina-verdict-intl-hnk?cid=ios_app

A Bangladesh court sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to be hanged for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/asia-pacific/bangladesh-ex-pm-sentenced/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #sheikhhasina #bangladesh #deathpenalty

#SheikhHasina, the ousted PM of #Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of #CrimesAgainstHumanity for the violent suppression of #student #protests last year that led to the collapse of her govt.
A panel of 3 judges from the International Crimes Tribunal ( #ICT), Bangladesh’s domestic #WarCrimes court, delivered their verdict Monday, ruling that Hasina was responsible for inciting hundreds of #ExtrajudicialKillings carried out by #law enforcement.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/asia/bangladesh-sheikh-hasina-verdict-intl-hnk?cid=ios_app

The son of ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said supporters of her Awami League would block February’s national election if a ban on the party was not lifted and warned protests could turn violent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/asia-pacific/politics/hasina-violence-party-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #bangladesh #sheikhhasina #sajeebwazed

Narayanganj, #Bangladesh
#Hindu devotees offer prayers to Baba Lokenath at the Ashram temple of Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachari. Baba Lokenath, also known as Lokenath Brahmachari, was a Bengali Hindu saint in the 18th century.

Photograph: Rayhan Ahmed/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

#photography
#religion

The number of people confirmed dead after a boat carrying members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya community sank near the Thailand-Malaysia border rose to 11 on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/asia-pacific/thai-malaysia-rohingya-boat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #malaysia #rohingya #migration #refugees #southeastasia #myanmar #bangladesh

Narayanganj, #Bangladesh
#Hindu devotees offer prayers to Baba Lokenath at the Ashram temple of Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachari. Baba Lokenath, also known as Lokenath Brahmachari, was a Bengali Hindu saint in the 18th century.

Photograph: Rayhan Ahmed/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

#photography
#religion

#Socialdemocracy, then, is not a step beyond #capitalism but a softer version of it. The illusion works only for those who benefit from it. The #miners in #Congo & the garment #workers in #Bangladesh who feed Western #industries see through it clearly.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive

A rickshaw moves on the street during a downpour in #Dhaka, #Bangladesh. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

#photography