South Asia

Beyond geopolitics: Rethinking regional cooperation in South Asia

South Asia's future depends less on geopolitical rivalry than on practical cooperation to confront shared transboundary challenges and vulnerabilities.
2 August 2026, 00:11 AM

Tigers and the empire: A history of hunting, power and resistance

World Tiger Day invites us to remember how empire, hunting, and colonial power shaped the tiger's contested survival today.
29 July 2026, 00:15 AM

What India’s ‘cockroach’ protest tells us about South Asia’s generation of discontent

When more than 10,000 young Indians marched from Jantar Mantar to the parliament in New Delhi on Monday—responding to a call by the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement—police launched a crackdown on them with tear gas and batons, allegedly injuring about 150 protesters and detaining many others.
23 July 2026, 09:00 AM

Why mob violence is rising across South Asia

In South Asia, the mob has evolved into a calculated tool for political mobilisation and social policing.
5 January 2026, 10:22 AM

Why uprisings fail: Lessons from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal reveal the same pattern in different sequences.
21 November 2025, 18:00 PM

From Dhaka to Kathmandu: How Gen Z is confronting power in South Asia

South Asian states must realise the cost of repression before it's too late.
9 September 2025, 10:39 AM

Epidemiological transition in South Asia

South Asia’s double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases
26 June 2025, 07:01 AM

Navigating economic crisis and political unrest: Lessons Bangladesh and Sri Lanka can share

There is much to learn from both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, two South Asian countries, as they navigate their shifting landscapes.
21 October 2024, 04:00 AM

An exploration of the history and panoply of Indian Subcontinental cuisine

Review of ‘Forgotten Foods: Memories and Recipes from Muslim South Asia’ (Picador India, 2023) edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Tarana Husain Khan, and Claire Chambers
16 October 2024, 15:30 PM

Begum Rokeya: A redoubtable Muslim feminist and educationist

Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was an autodidact who became a formidable champion of women’s rights and education when women in South Asia, especially Muslim women, were forced to live in subhuman conditions, almost like animals, or even worse than animals
5 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Sunday cricket an escape for migrant workers in Lebanon

In a Beirut car park, migrant workers cheer as their teams face off in a cricket tournament, a moment of respite in crisis-hit Lebanon, where working conditions are often tough.
26 May 2024, 09:44 AM

Bangladeshi banks’ profitability lowest in South Asia

The profitability of the banking sector in Bangladesh is the lowest in South Asia due to the prevalence of higher non-performing loans, lower efficiency, and an elevated level of costs of funds.
21 March 2024, 00:49 AM

To be treated as equals to the West, the Global South must decolonise its minds

In an over-crowded planet, the system is inherently unstable when we attempt to resolve differences via conflict and war
17 January 2024, 01:00 AM

Trust deficit hampering South Asian integration

Leaders must work together to ensure greater cohesion
5 November 2023, 16:14 PM

Bangladesh's growth still lowest in South Asia: expert

Although agricultural productivity is growing in Bangladesh, its rate of progress in this regard remains the lowest among nearby countries in South Asia and beyond, according to an analyst..As per the World Development Indicators (WDI), an index comprising international statistics on globa
3 October 2023, 00:00 AM

On weaving family, culture and place into a compelling story

Nilopar Uddin's debut novel, 'The Halfways' (HQ, 2022) takes place across London, Wales, New York, and Sylhet, and focuses on the Bangladeshi immigrant experience
25 May 2023, 00:00 AM

Mission experience for U-12 tennis team

Despite finishing second to India in the ITF Asia 12 & U team competition -- South Asia regional qualifying event, Bangladesh boys’ team will be travelling to Kazakhstan in September to take part in the final round alongside 11 other teams.
20 May 2023, 18:10 PM

Bangladesh, India share handball titles

Bangladesh youth team (under-17s) emerged champions in final beating their Indian counterparts by 46-43 goals in a nerve-wracking final
17 May 2023, 11:59 AM

ITF U-12 tennis from Tuesday

ITF Asia Under-12 team competition – South Asia Regional Qualifying Event will be held at the Sheikh Jamal National Tennis Complex in Ramna from May 16 to 20..Hosts Bangladesh will compete against India, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka with a total of 17 boys and 11 girls taking part
14 May 2023, 18:10 PM

Bangladesh in handball final

Hosts Bangladesh confirmed final berths in both youth and junior sections of Bangabandhu IHF Challenge Women’s Trophy after notching up back-to-back victories at Shaheed M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium yesterday..Bangladesh’s preliminary target was to play in the final of the U-17 y
14 May 2023, 18:06 PM