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Bangladesh
19 Oct, 2018
Rural dispute resolution in Bangladesh: How well are village courts working?
Bangladesh offers an interesting case in which informal rural dispute resolution has been institutionalised as an alternative route to justice: the 2006 Village Courts Act sought to combine features of...
20 Sep, 2018
From MDGs to SDGs: where next for Bangladesh?
Would you say that a country was likely to reach any of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) if it is affected by adverse geographical conditions, has a state apparatus perceived as chronically corrupt,...
21 Apr, 2015
Between nation-state and ummah’s appeal: the contradictions of Islamism in contemporary India and Bangladesh
Generally, Islamists believe in the Universalist concept of Ummah (Islamic community of believers), a supranational or transnational union. The Islamists’ call for unity of the Ummah is based on the belief...