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When a Migrant Worker Suffers Injury Abroad: A Shared Information Support System Regionally Will Help Returnees
Regional cooperation could begin with practical comparisons. Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India and other labour-sending countries can exchange working solutions without pretending their systems or bilateral agreements are identical.
The Power, Potential, and Unrealised Promise, of South Asia
South Asia, for all its faults and constraints, is the fastest-growing economic region in the world this year. It is also home to the Commonwealth’s largest three countries in terms of population, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, representing just under two billion citizens, the majority under 30-years old.
From Remittances to Investments: Why Every State Should Build a Stronger Partnership with Overseas Indians
Overseas Indians possess both the financial capacity and the desire to invest, yet many promising projects are abandoned because of fragmented procedures, multiple government approvals and the absence of a single accountable institution to guide investors from concept to completion.
Bangladesh's Expatriate Card: A New Chapter in Migrant Financial Security
The Expatriate Card will be a source of recognition to millions of Bangladeshi remittance warriors and a sign of gratitude from the State for their support to the nation's development.
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Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora groups condemn mandatory cremation of COVID-19 victims
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US NBA gets its first full-time Indian-origin referee
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UK Sikh MP asks PM Johnson to clarify stand on farmers' stir
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Pakistani national beaten to death in Germany
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British man of Pakistani origin appointed to UK's House of Lords
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Two more Indian Americans in Biden team: Gautam Raghavan, Vinay Reddy
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Prominent Pakistani dissident found dead in Canada
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