Mastery of English has defined social status to varying degrees since the colonial era, but the economic fallout from the coup has strengthened its power to both uplift and exclude.
BY Frontier
With COVID-19 detected close to the camps, the internet blackout that Bangladesh has imposed on a million Rohingya refugees could soon prove deadly.
The government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has its flaws, but is heartening for those who remember the military junta’s callous response to Cyclone Nargis in 2008.
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