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At Least 22 Rohingya Slain in Refugee Camps in 11 Months: Bangladeshi Police0
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- July 17, 2018
By Kamran Reza Chowdhury on Jul 16, 2018 At least 22 Rohingya people were slain through “internal” disputes at refugee camps in Bangladesh during the past 11 months, according to police, but members of the uprooted community allege that ARSA insurgents were behind some of those killings. Bangladeshi authorities have officially denied the presence of
Bangladesh Bank Official Disputes Customs Report about Gold Tampering0
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- July 17, 2018
Pulack Ghatack Dhaka 2018-07-17 The Bangladesh Central Bank in Dhaka is seen in this 2007 file photo. A Bangladesh Central Bank official on Tuesday challenged a claim by customs officials that confiscated gold deposited in its vault had been tampered with to lower its value. The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate of the National
Echoes of India’s 1975 emergency under Modi regime0
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- July 13, 2018
BJP-led government has been called authoritarian, inviting comparison with Indira Gandhi’s rule 40 years earlier Congress party activists burn an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 7 during a protest in Jalandhar against a fuel price hike. (Photo by Shammi Mehra/AFP) Nirendra Dev, New Delhi , India July 13, 2018 Critics of politics often
Protests Rage in Bangladesh as PM Appears to Backtrack on Job-Quota Policy0
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- July 13, 2018
Prapti Rahman Dhaka 2018-07-13 A Bangladeshi man protesting in favor of reforms to quotas for civil service jobs is attacked by counter-demonstrators near the Central Shaheed Minar, a national monument in Dhaka honoring people who died during pro-Bengali language demonstrations in 1952, July 2, 2018. BenarNews Bangladesh’s leadership seems to be backtracking on a promise to abolish
Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia’s British Lawyer Refused Entry to India0
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- July 12, 2018
BenarNews staff, Washington, 2018-07-12 Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Khaleda Zia leaves court in Dhaka, Dec. 21, 2017. BenarNews A British lawyer representing jailed Bangladeshi opposition leader Khaleda Zia said Thursday he was flying to India to hold a press conference about his client when he learned he was refused entry despite having a visa. Lord Alexander
Indian pilgrims undaunted by Kashmiri militants0
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- July 12, 2018
Many locals in the Muslim-majority state welcome the Hindu influx and condemn past violent attacks Amarnath pilgrimage in violence-scarred Jammu and Kashmir state, where an Islamic secessionist movement continues unabated. (Photo by Umar Manzoor Shah/ucanews.com) Umar Manzoor Shah, Srinagar India July 12, 2018 Arindham Banergee decided six months ago to undertake an historic Hindu pilgrimage
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Russian Hackers: The shadowy world of US and Gulf hacks just got murkier0
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- July 17, 2018
By James M. Dorsey 17 July 2018 The covert Qatar-United Arab Emirates cyberwar that helped spark the 13-month-old Gulf crisis that pits a Saudi-United Arab Emirates-led alliance against Qatar may have just gotten murkier with the indictment of 12 Russian intelligence agents by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Mr. Mueller’s indictment
Unconventional Bollywood: Constructing Cinema of Caste Pride0
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- July 17, 2018
By Rakesh Kumar Patel 14/7/2018 Abstract Bollywood is largest film industry of the world. Institution of caste prevails in Bollywood similarly as in Indian society. From initiation in 1913 till date Bollywood has a rich history of producing films on various issues. Caste is a unique institution of Indian subcontinent which has now become
In Bangladesh, general election draws widespread apathy and snigger0
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- July 17, 2018
By Arshad Mahmud July 17, 2018 Dhaka–Bangladesh has been in the news a lot since last year, largely because of the Myanmar army’s brutal crackdown on the minority Muslim Rohingyas aimed at driving them out of Rakhine state through systemic killing, rape, and arson. Predictably, national and international news media devoted considerable airtime
Agni-V Canister Launch: Facts and Implications0
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- July 16, 2018
by Asma Khalid 16/7/2018 Three main nuclear players of Asia: China, India, and Pakistan have established a “triangular” dilemma due to their security concerns. This is manifested through the development of advanced conventional and nuclear weapon forces. China is pursuing a military modernization program to counter the US in the Asia-Pacific region, whereas India’s development
The dilemma of Strengthening Democracy in Pakistan1
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- July 14, 2018
by Fateh Najeeb Bhatti 14/7/2018 No country can achieve political stability without the active coordination of different state institutions working within their specified parameters. For a nation to keep moving smoothly on the road to prosperity and maintaining national cohesion, the consensus among political forces and other stakeholders is mandatory. History of developed
Bangladesh’s Rohingya Conundrum0
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- July 14, 2018
by Dr. Moazzem Hossain 14.7.2018 INTRODUCTION Compared to many developing nations, Bangladesh scored strongly in reducing poverty and other goals of the UN MDGs program over 2000 and 2015. Bangladesh has major initiatives now to implement several projects to make UN’s plan of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda a grand success. To make
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Bangladesh: Will this country become Pakistan or Kashmir?
1. A political group is spreading the perception that the country will again become Pakistan if Awami League loses control of Bangladesh. They even suggested a label “Banglastan” for this supposed nation which transforms into an improvised Pakistan in the East. But symptomatically it appears to become another Kashmir, or in a classical sense