In this tweet, Bangladesh’s ruling party “Awami League” posted news that Bangladesh’s brand value apprised from 2022 to 2023 by 37% from $371 billion to $508 billion according to the post on Brand Finance website. However, the tweet also states that Bangladesh boosted its economic development recently, especially under the governing party “Awami League”. Also, it is essential to note that the tweet points out the information that this economic development of Bangladesh is also twice bigger as Pakistan’s and 10 times bigger than Sri Lanka’s. I think this is the very essential sign, where “Awami League” and Bangladesh’s government is trying to show that Bangladesh and whatever is done by the government is bringing benefit to the state and society, where it is way better than other states, especially Sri Lanka and Pakistan, the biggest rivalries of Bangladesh in the South Asia region, where Bangladesh doesn’t have a good relationship with Sri Lanka and especially with Pakistan. I think this is a very important political move to downplay both Sri Lanka and Pakistan and also to show Bangladesh’s population and society that under “Awami League” and its governmental officials that Bangladesh’s economy is “developing” and is in a way better development and shape rather than Sri Lanka’s and Pakistan’s. Also, I think it is some kind of moral booster for Bangladesh’s population to show that under “Awami League”, Bangladesh is in better “economic development” than other South Asian states.

HR: Tweet from Awami League Twitter account

#Bangladesh's brand value rose by a record 37% to $508bn in 2023, up from $371 billion in 2022, according to @BrandFinance. "The Bangladesh economy is one of the finest examples of remarkable economic development" the report said.
👉 https://t.co/3dW76okknh#Economy #SheikhHasina pic.twitter.com/z4853QHbEn

— Awami League (@albd1971) April 3, 2023

Situation:

On the 5th of March, 2023, a huge fire broke out in the biggest Rohingya refugee camp which is located in Cox’s Bazar region of Bangladesh that is located next to the border of Myanmar. Because of the fire damage, 2,00 shelters and homes of Rohingya refugees were destroyed, 90 of them critical infrastructure facilities like schools, hospitals, and shops, and 12,000 refugees were left without a shelter or house itself. Bangladesh officials report that this fire was a “specific act of sabotage” as it was started at three different locations at the same time. Officials also report that the cause of fire and acts of sabotage is the outgoing clashes between different gangs inside the camp, which are using different violent methods against each other. In this encryption context, I will use the word “evil forces” to describe gangs and gang violence and the word “warriors” to describe regular Rohingya refugees that are suffering from those different gangs’ actions.

Encryption:

The evil forces that are living amongst us are trying to penetrate our warrior society, trying to harm our lives and make us suffer more and more every day! Today, on March 5th, evil forces conducted the most harmful and devastating action against us, they set on fire and burned down our homes, hospitals, and schools! The act of violence against us, warriors, has been conducted in the most unfair way, at night, when we were sleeping. We, as warriors, Rohingya warriors, should rise up together and stand alongside each other to counter and fight against evil forces that are conducting violence against us and do not want us to survive and live our lives, even in hard conditions. We should fight together for the future of our children and to end up actions of evil forces against us. Our children, future warriors, should have bright futures and peaceful lives, being able to go to schools, hospitals, and their homes. This violence spread out by evil forces should end today! Warriors, get your siblings, brothers, sisters, and everybody whom you know to rise up, as one big force of Rohingya warriors and get a victory over those evil forces that were terrorising and conducting violence against us!

HR: Fire at Rohingya camps ‘planned sabotage’, Bangladesh panel says (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/13/fire-at-rohingya-camps-planned-sabotage-bangladesh-panel-says), Used as an example a format of encryption made by cadet Wolf during Fall 19.

On Monday, February 6th, 2023, Bangladesh’s police reported that some random people attacked Hindu gods and other religious materials in 14 different Hindu temples around the Thakurgaon district in the northwestern part of Bangladesh. There had been a strict answer from the police force and even the head of the Thajurgaon district that this type of vandalism was “outrageous” and those people who did that will be found and get the worst punishment ever. Also, some political officials stated that the motive of this attack was to “destabilize” the situation inside Bangladesh. It was evident that some Hindu leaders in Bangladesh would express their concern even Hindu population in Bangladesh is only 9%. However, I think that attacks on Hindu temples and vandalism are not only about the “destabilization” of the situation inside Bangladesh but also a good try to destabilize the India-Bangladesh relationship as since the independence of Bangladesh, both countries shared close cooperation in political, economic, and social structures where India would always support Bangladesh’s government and economic cooperation. It is important to understand that Bangladesh’s government was also worried and concerned on top levels about these attacks on Hindu temples, even though the Hindu minority in Bangladesh isn’t very big. That is why we can definitely see the quick, powerful, and threatening reaction of Bangladesh’s officials towards those people who carried out those attacks. For Bangladesh’s government, it is important to please the Hindu minority inside their country as it is an important aspect of tight India-Bangladesh relations, as India’s number one supporter and ally of Bangladesh and its government.

Link:https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/hindu-temples-vandalised-bangladesh-thakurgaon-b2276524.html

HR: “Independent” article

This is an article and a study about how different worldwide clothing brands like Zara, H&M, and GAP exploit unfair deals with production people and the working class in Bangladesh and violate different rules and laws like not paying high salaries, canceling orders, and making people overwork. I think it is interesting because it is not only the first time different worldwide clothing brands have gotten into various scandals about making their clothes by exploiting people’s work without rewarding them. Also, these scandals appear a lot in South Asian countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Nepal because of low salaries and not many places to work, people agree to take any jobs that they can to make some money even if they do not know that big brands and companies are exploiting their ability to work and do not pay them fair share for their job that has been done. I think this is an important topic that needs to be raised because human rights are being violated. Governments of those countries make extra profits from business with famous brands producing their clothing inside their countries.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/11/fashion-brands-paid-less-than-production-cost-to-bangladesh-firms