Dhaka Stories – Politically Correct

Beijing 2022: Athletes warned about speaking out on human rights
Beijing 2022: Athletes warned about speaking out on human rights
By desk team on February 2, 2022
Behaviour by athletes that violates the “Olympic spirit” or Chinese rules could be subject to punishment, a Beijing 2022 official said, after rights groups voiced...
Detained, missing, close to death: the toll of reporting on Covid in China
Detained, missing, close to death: the toll of reporting on Covid in China
By desk team on February 1, 2022
Show caption Police block journalists outside a Shanghai court where journalist Zhang Zhan – who reported on Wuhan's Covid outbreak – was tried in December...
From stand-in stars to tech titans: The Observer’s faces to watch in 2022
From stand-in stars to tech titans: The Observer’s faces to watch in 2022
By desk team on February 1, 2022
Politics Toby Helm Liz Truss In the latter part of 2021, Liz Truss has been everywhere in the media. And as she sets her sights...
Giles’s scattergun broadsides suggest a man who has gone as far as he can
Giles’s scattergun broadsides suggest a man who has gone as far as he can
By desk team on February 1, 2022
Show caption Ashley Giles during a press conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Photograph: Jason O’Brien/PA Giles’s scattergun broadsides suggest a man who...
Christ and cocaine: Rio’s gangs of God blend faith and violence
Christ and cocaine: Rio’s gangs of God blend faith and violence
By desk team on February 1, 2022
“Pastor, do you think we could hold a service at my house next Thursday?” the peroxide-haired gangster wondered, cradling an AK-47 in his lap as...

25 years later, Bangladesh finally gets closer to peace in border region

By editor on December 3, 2022

A quarter century ago, Modhumala Chakma says it was impossible to leave her house in the evening and walk around the nearby hills because they…

Stop importing viscose from China: Spinning mill owners

Stop importing viscose from China: Spinning mill owners

By editor on December 2, 2022

Myanmar junta released high-profile prisoners

By editor on December 1, 2022

Mizoram to receive more Kuki-Chin refugees

Mizoram to receive more Kuki-Chin refugees

By editor on November 30, 2022

China bypassed key govts for its Indian Ocean ambitions

By editor on November 29, 2022

Ten dead in Urumqi residential block fire

Ten dead in Urumqi residential block fire

By editor on November 28, 2022

Ban on free movement of Myanmar nationals hits border trade

Ban on free movement of Myanmar nationals hits border trade

By editor on November 26, 2022

Clothing piles up at Bangladesh warehouses as west cuts imports

By editor on November 25, 2022

Is China serious on disengagement and de-escalation along LAC

By editor on November 24, 2022

Bangladesh set to organise rice food festival in Kolkata

By editor on November 23, 2022

Pragmatism prevails as Alex Hales gets his second England chance at last
Pragmatism prevails as Alex Hales gets his second England chance at last
By desk team on October 7, 2022
Show caption Alex Hales, a player who Rob Key said had ‘served his time’, is back in England T20 World Cup plans. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty...
As crackdown eases, China’s Xinjiang faces long road to rehabilitation
As crackdown eases, China’s Xinjiang faces long road to rehabilitation
By desk team on October 7, 2022
Asia As crackdown eases, China’s Xinjiang faces long road to rehabilitation A former reeducation center in an industrial park outside Kashgar, in China’s Xinjiang region,...
Bangladesh’s Hilsa Fish Diplomacy
Bangladesh’s Hilsa Fish Diplomacy
By desk team on October 7, 2022
Hilsa fish from the Padma River in Bangladesh is heralded as a great delicacy of supreme quality, especially in the Indian state of West Bengal....
Twitter whistleblower bringing security warnings to Congress
Twitter whistleblower bringing security warnings to Congress
By desk team on October 7, 2022
FILE - The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Peiter “Mudge" Zatko, the Twitter whistleblower who is...
Berlin Humboldt Forum to return Benin bronze sculptures to Africa
Berlin Humboldt Forum to return Benin bronze sculptures to Africa
By desk team on October 7, 2022
Dozens of Benin bronze sculptures are going on display for one last time in Berlin's new Humboldt Museum before being repatriated to Nigeria. Taken during...