South Asia Citizens Web

A clash of civilizations is unfolding in Muslim Bangladesh, where the forces of radical jihadi Islamism are trying to topple a liberal democracy, and no one in the West seems interested.

For unorganised or informal workers, who constitute 92% of the workers in Gujarat, there are some labour laws that are not comprehensive in their coverage of job and social security for the workers but at least cover some aspects of their working conditions. These are : Minimum Wages Act, Contract Workers Act, Inter-State Migrant Workers Act, Child Labour Act, etc.

The uprising at Shahbag in Dhaka is perhaps a sign that the conflict of 1971 will finally see a resolution, and that Bangladeshis, as individuals, will be able to come to terms with their violent history.

articles by Khaled Ahmed and Zahid Hussain | From being public enemy No.1, the chief of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has virtually been turned into a hero after his inglorious death.

A cartoon by Anonymous