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International Conference on Human Security Approach to Counter Extremism in South Asia: Relevance of Japanese Culture on 24 November 2009
Event Nov 09, 2025

International Conference on Human Security Approach to Counter Extremism in South Asia: Relevance of Japanese Culture on 24 November 2009

An International Conference on Human Security Approach to Counter Extremism in South Asia: Relevance of Japanese Culture was held...
Development-Human Security Nexus
Project Sep 20, 2025

Development-Human Security Nexus

As one of the landmark projects in the history of Bangladesh, the Padma Bridge manifests the country’s ceaseless journey in the realms of so...
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Article Jul 07, 2025

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONS IN THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND HUMAN SECURITY

Demographic changes and security are interlinked, with changes in population greatly affecting the way security is managed. The study exami...
DEVELOPMENT–HUMAN SECURITY NEXUS: A Study on Padma Bridge Resettlement Area
Publication Apr 02, 2024

DEVELOPMENT–HUMAN SECURITY NEXUS: A Study on Padma Bridge Resettlement Area

The overview explains the project design and its policy relevance. After defining human security as “freedom from want and fear” in displace...
PROCEEDINGS Book Launching Seminar on Development-Human Security Nexus: A Study on Padma Bridge Resettlement Areas
Publication Apr 02, 2024

PROCEEDINGS Book Launching Seminar on Development-Human Security Nexus: A Study on Padma Bridge Resettlement Areas

The overview recommends measures. First, adopt comprehensive resettlement frameworks with livelihood restoration, not just cash compensation...
BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB’S PHILOSOPHY OF FRIEND OF ‘HAVE-NOTS’: AN ANALYSIS
Article Apr 01, 2024

BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB’S PHILOSOPHY OF FRIEND OF ‘HAVE-NOTS’: AN ANALYSIS

This article interrogates Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s self-professed role as a “friend of the have-nots” and situates it within the...
HUMAN SECURITY PERSPECTIVE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MIGRATION IN BANGLADESH: A CASE STUDY OF SATKHIRA DISTRICT
Article Jan 15, 2024

HUMAN SECURITY PERSPECTIVE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MIGRATION IN BANGLADESH: A CASE STUDY OF SATKHIRA DISTRICT

Case study of Satkhira examining environmental drivers of mobility through a human security frame.
Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience A Quest for Human Security in Bangladesh
Publication Jun 27, 2020

Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience A Quest for Human Security in Bangladesh

The overview offers a sequenced agenda. Risk intelligence: expand hazard monitoring, unify data standards, and operationalize risk layers th...
ENVIRONMENTALLY-DISPLACED MIGRANTS IN BANGLADESH: HUMAN SECURITY PERSPECTIVES
Article Jul 15, 2018

ENVIRONMENTALLY-DISPLACED MIGRANTS IN BANGLADESH: HUMAN SECURITY PERSPECTIVES

Environmental stressors—riverbank erosion, salinity intrusion, cyclones and flooding—displace hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis annually...
RESTRICTIVE IMMIGRATION POLICIES AND IRREGULAR MIGRATION: SECURITY THREATS
Article Jul 15, 2017

RESTRICTIVE IMMIGRATION POLICIES AND IRREGULAR MIGRATION: SECURITY THREATS

This article analyzes the nexus between increasingly restrictive immigration policies in developed countries and the rise of irregular migra...
HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION: FINDING OUT ITS HUMAN SECURITY IMPLICATIONS
Article Oct 15, 2014

HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION: FINDING OUT ITS HUMAN SECURITY IMPLICATIONS

This article examines the concept and practice of "humanitarian intervention" through the specific lens of its implications for "human secur...
ENVIRONMENT-SECURITY NEXUS: BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVES
Article Apr 15, 2013

ENVIRONMENT-SECURITY NEXUS: BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVES

This article explores the critical nexus between the environment and security from a Bangladeshi perspective. It argues that for Bangladesh,...
THE RELEVANCE OF ‘NATIONAL SECURITY’ IN THE POST-COLD WAR WORLD
Article Apr 15, 2013

THE RELEVANCE OF ‘NATIONAL SECURITY’ IN THE POST-COLD WAR WORLD

This article provides a conceptual analysis of the relevance and the changing meaning of "national security" in the post-Cold War world. It...
VULNERABLE BODIES AND DARK NETWORKS OF TRAFFICKING: TRADE IN HUMANS AT THE BANGLADESH - INDIA BORDER
Article Jan 15, 2013

VULNERABLE BODIES AND DARK NETWORKS OF TRAFFICKING: TRADE IN HUMANS AT THE BANGLADESH - INDIA BORDER

This article examines cross-border human trafficking between Bangladesh and India, highlighting the vulnerabilities of women and children, t...
RELEVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MIGRATION FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION: A PERSPECTIVE FROM BANGLADESH
Article Jul 01, 2012

RELEVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MIGRATION FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION: A PERSPECTIVE FROM BANGLADESH

This article explores the relationship between international labour migration and climate adaptation in Bangladesh. It argues that migration...
Ethnicity and Human Security in Bangladesh and Pakistan
Publication Jan 01, 2012

Ethnicity and Human Security in Bangladesh and Pakistan

The overview synthesizes a feasible reform agenda. It proposes multi-tier safeguards—constitutional guarantees with enforceable secondary le...
ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY: IS ENVIRONMENT A SECURITY THREAT?
Article Jan 15, 2011

ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY: IS ENVIRONMENT A SECURITY THREAT?

This article investigates the debate on environmental security, focusing on whether environmental degradation constitutes a genuine security...
Human Security Index for South Asia: Exploring Relevant Issues
Publication Jan 01, 2011

Human Security Index for South Asia: Exploring Relevant Issues

The overview is explicitly operational. It recommends a staged rollout: begin with a fully documented baseline using the most reliable, comp...
UNPLANNED RAPID URBANIZATION IN BANGLADESH: A THREAT TO HUMAN SECURITY
Article Jul 15, 2010

UNPLANNED RAPID URBANIZATION IN BANGLADESH: A THREAT TO HUMAN SECURITY

This article analyses how unplanned rapid urbanization in Bangladesh jeopardizes human security through intertwined risks: unsafe housing, c...
Human Security Approach to Counter Extremism in South Asia: Relevance of Japanese Culture
Publication Mar 01, 2010

Human Security Approach to Counter Extremism in South Asia: Relevance of Japanese Culture

The overview distils a sequenced prevention agenda. Step one: map risks with community participation—school absenteeism, online hate trends,...