Yearly Archives: 2023

Note from the Executive Editor

The ailing banking sector has become a major drag on the Bangladesh economy.  A...

Bangladesh economy trapped in default loans

Default loans in the banking sector of Bangladesh hit an all-time high of Tk...

Bangladesh, 1972-2022…: Accomplishments, ‘Constants of Bad Governance’, and the looming crisis

After separating itself from Pakistan and emerging as an independent state in 1971, Bangladesh...

The Delhi defection: Opening the diplomatic front of the Liberation War

On 6 April, 1971, my husband, KM Shehabuddin, became the first diplomat to defect...

Liberation movement of Bangladesh and the historic role of progressive people of Shibpur

Bangladesh’s liberation could not be achieved only in the nine months liberation struggle had...

১৯৭১-কেনো যেনো যুদ্ধে গেছি !

১. যতটা না দেশ প্রেমের টানে, তারচেয়ে বেশি এক অদ্ভূত রোমাঞ্চের টানে আমি যুদ্ধে...

Reflections on pre-Liberation days, Liberation War, and Victory Day

Soon after the historic election of 7 December , 1970, I along with three...

Canada’s role in the emergence of Bangladesh

This study focuses on the activities of the government of Canada, Canadian NGOs, Canadian...

Bangladesh’s liberation: Contributions of the Left Movement

The liberation of a nation is a continuous process; it does not happen on...

The elusive home

The story behind the story My wife Habiba and I recently attended a workshop...

Remembering pioneering Bangladeshis: Dr. Farid Shariff & Dr. Mujibur Rahman

Dr Farid Uddin Khaled Shariff migrated to Canada in 1960, a few years after...

Note from the Executive Editor

The third issue of Global Bangladesh includes articles covering diverse issues concerning Bangladesh and...

Development and transformed rural landscapes in Bangladesh: The knowledge gap in ‘new rural’

Development and transformed rural landscapes in Bangladesh: The knowledge gap in ‘new rural’  Many associate...

Learning disaster resilience from the people of Bangladesh

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a panel of experts on CNN...