Yemen continues to draw attention for wrong reasons

The end of September has seen Saudi Arabia and its key allies denouncing as "biased" a UN Human Rights Council resolution that renewed a UN-backed investigation of alleged war crimes in Yemen, where Riyadh leads a coalition battling Shia rebels. This condemnation was issued on September 28 in a joint-statement...

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Making Bangladesh seaports sub-regional hubs

Bangladesh and India are set to sign an agreement this week which would allow the latter to use Chattogram and Mongla ports for freight transportation to its land-locked north-eastern region. This will obviously enhance sub-regional connectivity.Under the proposed deal, as revealed in the press, Bangladeshi vehicles will tranship goods from...

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