MANTRAYA ANALYSIS#77: 21 FEBRUARY 2024 Rohingya: The People Without Hope BIBHU PRASAD ROUTRAY Abstract Even as hundreds of Rohingya refugees continue to die at sea during their perilous boat journeys to Malaysia and Indonesia, their plight has evaded regional as well as global attention. The lives of those who stay put in the camps in […]
MANTRAYA POLICY BRIEF#50: 21 JANUARY 2024 New Delhi’s Strategic Challenges in Dhaka BIBHU PRASAD ROUTRAY Abstract New Delhi was among the first countries to endorse the Bangladesh polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Sheikh Hasina for her fourth successive victory in the parliamentary elections. The polls, which were boycotted by the opposition, have been described […]
MANTRAYA SPECIAL REPORT#21: 23 JANUARY 2023 Sunken Dreams: Rohingya Refugee Crisis BIBHU PRASAD ROUTRAY ABSTRACT Hopelessly stuck in the wretched camps in Bangladesh for over five years, Rohingya refugees are undertaking perilous sea journeys to Malaysia, across the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. While thousands have reached their destination in search of better […]
MANTRAYA ANALYSIS#57: 22 JANUARY 2022 Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh: Sweep of Radicalization Bibhu Prasad Routray Abstract For nearly one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, the long wait for repatriation to Myanmar continues to grow longer. While Bangladesh is in no mood to grant them the right to freedom of movement beyond their camps, the […]
MANTRAYA ANALYSIS#46: 20 JUNE 2020 ‘War’ with the Pandemic: Bangladesh Grapples with Uncertainties Bibhu Prasad Routray – Abstract Bangladeshi society, economy, and the health sector are being overwhelmed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The ‘lockdown’ strategy that was employed for two months has been abandoned after it failed to flatten the curve. Now the government hopes […]
MANTRAYA SPECIAL REPORT#17: 07 JUNE 2019 Emerging Human Trafficking Networks of Rohingya: A Symbiotic Nexus Bibhu Prasad Routray – Abstract Over a million Rohingya refugees live in camps located over 6000 acres in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazaar area. Most of these refugees face a bleak future and have given up hope of ever returning to their […]
MANTRAYA ANALYSIS#35: 19 MARCH 2019 Cattle Smuggling from India to Bangladesh: Scale, Nexus & Prevention Attempts Pallavi Banerjee – Abstract According to a 2016 estimate, 3000 cows are smuggled across the Indo-Bangladesh border each day. It is a trade that is estimated to be worth US$500 million. Since the BJP government came to power in […]
MANTRAYA BRIEF#27: 28 AUGUST 2018 Inside the neo-Jihad Mill: Islamist Mobilization in Bangladesh Prabhnoor Kohli – Abstract Growth of radical Islam and terrorism with ambivalent linkages to global jihadism is now a reality in Bangladesh. Terrorist groups have found it difficult to withstand sustained pressure from the security forces. The neo-Jihadists, however, seem to have found a […]
MANTRAYA SPECIAL REPORT#09: 12 APRIL 2017 Bangladesh’s Unique War on the Islamic State – Bibhu Prasad Routray – Abstract Bangladesh has launched a unique war on home grown militants with clear ideological linkages with the Islamic State, even while dismissing speculations regarding the IS presence in the country. Raids on militant dens, killings and arrests […]
MANTRAYA ANALYSIS#11: 15 FEBRUARY 2017 Hindu migrants from Bangladesh: Assam’s souhaitable guests – Bibhu Prasad Routray – Abstract Assam’s demography could be changing again with a new trend of influx of Hindu migrants from Bangladesh. The Bharatiya Janata Party, in charge of the state government and New Delhi, insist that Assam is duty […]