Zia Chowdhury

Staff Correspondent of The Business Standard. Having a career in reporting spanning more than a decade, I mostly cover human rights, accident and crime issues.

[Zia Chowdhury @Zia_Reporter]

Eight young professionals from the fields of law, academia, media, and civil society in Bangladesh have been named for the Digitally Right’s 2024 Tech Policy Fellowship. I've also made it to the list. https://t.co/aXXUgvNiGB

[Reuters @Reuters]

Bangladesh says it foiled multiple attempts by India to force people into the country https://t.co/BzTvHT2TTY https://t.co/BzTvHT2TTY

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

"It feels as if mornings and nights no longer exist."
In Banda, India's hottest place, life is being reorganised around extreme heat. For many of its 2 million-plus residents enduring 47°C is not a choice but a necessity.
My and @Neetugc's report.
https://t.co/xZiGKxG6FD #Heat

[Shalini Ramachandran @shalini]

“Nearby, farmers say the government forced them into giving up land for a data center run by Amazon, which they say emptied out a village.” Read @RoryWSJ reporting from India on farmers’ plight as AI data centers take over: https://t.co/XfODLlAsiC

[Nicholas Dawes @NicDawes]

Anyone who has travelled on a weak passport will celebrate investigative reporting into VFS global, the near monopoly intermediary that handles visa applications for 71 countries. https://t.co/ALB7KQM9e3

[South China Morning Post @SCMPNews]

Why Bangladesh could raise Indian red flags by buying a China-Pakistan fighter jet https://t.co/9MUyuouZav

[Shehab Sumon @ShehabSumon9]

Bangladesh opens first refugee camp center to preserve Rohingya heritage, identity https://t.co/jeV3Yh2tJp

[Bloomberg @business]

Bangladesh’s central bank unveiled a 600 billion-taka ($5 billion) package to boost economic growth, revive shuttered factories and support small businesses https://t.co/tXnj6ZSdLH

[Roshni Majumdar @RoshniMaj]

Raghu Rai’s whole canvas was India - so beautiful

https://t.co/7dXugNqCMw

[The Orwell Prize @TheOrwellPrize]

We are proud to announce the finalists for the 2026 Orwell Prize for Journalism. Congratulations all - and huge thanks to our expert panel @GregWilliams718 (Chair), Nick Davies, @meenakshirv & @SayeedaWarsi.

Explore the shortlists: https://t.co/kncvRHp9n2

[Scroll.in @scroll_in]

Bengal government gives nod for transferring land to BSF for fence along Bangladesh border

https://t.co/gFArAPBpHU

The land transfer process will start on Monday and will be completed in 45 days, said Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Malaysia becomes the first country to cancel its tariff deal with the White House. https://t.co/gD8CxLTM9b

[Nazmul Ahasan @the_nazmul]

Grim, grim take by Bangladesh finance minister. Says many banks are “practically bankrupt” and higher energy costs have already cost the country $2 billion. “And if it continues, I don't know what ⁠will happen at the end.”

https://t.co/uzLXvf7GBn

[Alifya Sohail @AlifyaSohail]

Breaking: Front page of NYT paper in Pakistan is blank. Why? It contained a story about how Pakistani Shias perceive the US-Israel war and our govt’s mediation efforts. Unfortunately, Pakistani govt decided its citizens won’t be allowed to read such scandalous work by @zalmayzia.

[Asad Hashim @AsadHashim]

Today marks 11 years since Pakistani activist Sabeen Mahmud was shot dead. The intervening decade has seen rulers come and go, with suppression of dissent a constant that has only worsened in that time, to a point perhaps unrecognizable from 2015. https://t.co/omGkCGYrNT

[Rana Ayyub @RanaAyyub]

My latest for the Washington Post on Imran Khan. The legendary cricketer and politician Pakistan can jail, censor but never erase. @PostOpinions

https://t.co/F5YMqo9I5Y

[Zia Chowdhury @Zia_Reporter]

Glad to meet @MelinAnders in Kualalampur. Had a nice chat on the region’s economic rise.

[Zia Chowdhury @Zia_Reporter]

@kiragriffoo Hi

[Sharier Khan @Sharierkhan1]

Bangladesh's exports to US fall 8.5% in Jan-Feb, Vietnam, Indonesia see growth
Overall US apparel import fell by 13.47% Y-o-Y
Apparel imports from China dropped by 58%
Apparel imports from India fell by 24%
Vietnam now top apparel exporter to US
https://t.co/cxcMp5OAxv

[Nazmul Ahasan @the_nazmul]

Vaccine denialism in Bangladesh — at a time when children are dying of measles, a disease the country thought it had all but eradicated.
https://t.co/LeoBJnrxUf

[ESPN Asia @ESPNAsia]

It's been a year since @LCFC's Hamza Choudhury made his 🇧🇩 Bangladesh debut.

He has absolutely no regrets.

https://t.co/W4KqqI7hAL