...Sohela Nazneen Women have made substantial gains in health, education, and political representation in Bangladesh, which has been led by female prime ministers since 1991. Women play a key role in the garment industry, the country’s main export sector, and entrepreneurial ventures funded...

...Sufia Uddin Communities of landless Hindus and Muslims in the Sundarbans, a mangrove-forested river delta sprawling across the Bangladesh–India border, have common class-based grievances and concerns for the imperiled ecosystem that transcend their religious differences. Their shared beliefs...

...Naomi Hossain Few big countries … have had their fortunes so profoundly shaped by a weak position in the global system. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Naomi Hossain Bangladesh social policy economic development...

... refugees Myanmar military junta Burma Bangladesh British Empire colonialism migration Buddhists Muslims Rakhine ethnic cleansing genocide Aung San Suu Kyi 149 Myanmar has consolidated its impunity, making its crimes a fait accompli. To do so, it first destabilized the legitimacy...

...Navine Murshid Bangladesh has neither the military nor the diplomatic power to force a solution on Myanmar. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Navine Murshid Bangladesh Myanmar Rohingya Rakhine colonialism Burma citizenship...

... India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Ganges River Indus River Brahmaputra River Indus Water Treaty Ganges Waters Treaty climate change environment rivers South Asia 148 [D]isputes have deepened to the extent that water is seen as inherently a source of conflict rather than...

... elites the scarce factors in models of trade also hold political power. In Bangladesh, for instance, the garment sector and its business association have many close ties to the government, which is notorious for its levels of corruption. In the early 2010s, approximately 10 percent of national...

...Aqil Shah The prospects for successful democratic consolidation in Bangladesh will depend on the political elites' ability to abandon their zero-sum rivalry and demonstrate commitment to democratic norms in their attitudes and behavior. © 2016 Current History. All rights reserved. 2016...

...Masroora Haque; Saleemul Huq Bangladesh, which is particularly exposed to the consequences of climate change and suffered two devastating cyclones in recent years, has taken a leading role … in advocating new international commitments to support countries that bear the heaviest burden of loss...

... of the University of California Ali Riaz Bangladesh independence 1971 JP Jaitiya Sheikh Hasina Khaleda Zia democracy 2014 election January parliamentary caretaker government Hussain Muhammed Ershad civilian authoritarianism war BNP Amendment international crimes tribunal ICT BJI...

..., Pakistan, and Bangladesh emerged from the partition of British India, a violent process that began with in- dependence in 1947 and continued in 1971 with Bangladesh s formation from the erstwhile East Pakistan. India and Pakistan have unresolved ter- ritorial and border disputes and have fought sev- eral...

...Jalal Alamgir Stints in power have been occasions to wipe out opponents, justice has meant vengeance, and egregious abuses have been legalized through immunity. © 2010 Current History. All rights reserved. 2010 The Regents of the University of California Bangladesh Awami League Rapid...