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Bangladesh: Amphan aftermath: A trail of devastation in Khulna’s Koyra upazila 0
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- May 24, 2020
The Daily Star May 24, 2020 Over half of the 9km road, stretching from Koyra upazila headquarters to Nowabaki area, has gone under waist-deep water. Photo: Dipankar Roy by Dipankar Roy Anyone may be surprised to see several hundred green mangos scattered on the ground. Some covered in mud, some partially damaged. Hit hard by
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Double blow for Bangladesh: Strongest storm ever recorded in Bay of Bengal amid a pandemic 0
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- May 20, 2020
The Daily Star May 19, 2020 Patenga sea beach in Chattogram. The photo is taken on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Photo: Rajib Raihan Md Abbas When Bangladesh is struggling to fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic, another catastrophe is heading towards the country’s coastal areas in the form of super cyclone Amphan, bringing a double
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Bangladesh: It’s now a gag on the media, free speech 0
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- May 7, 2020
The Daily Star May 07, 2020 Say legal experts, rights activists Ashutosh Sarkar Legal experts and rights activists have expressed grave concern over continuous filing of cases and subsequent arrests of journalists under the Digital Security Act, saying that the law was formulated and now being enforced to “gag the media and freedom of expression”.
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Bangladeshi teenager shot dead by BSF 0
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- April 20, 2020
The Daily Star April 20, 2020 Bangladeshi teenager shot dead by BSF Our Correspondent, Thakurgaon A Bangladeshi SSC examinee was shot dead allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Panchagarh Sadar yesterday. The victim Shimon Roy, 16, son of Paresh Chandra Roy, a resident of Chaklahat union in the upazila, was a student of
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Protect human rights during the pandemic 0
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- April 5, 2020
The Daily Star April 05, 2020 A gathering of Rohingya refugees in August last year to mark the second anniversary of the 2017 shows just how crowded the camps are. Photo: Reuters/Rafiqur RahmanSultan Mohammed Zakaria In a situation where the covid-19 virus has overwhelmed some of the world’s best resourced healthcare systems, Bangladesh—like other developing
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Bangladesh: Coronavirus: what ministers, leaders said 0
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- March 22, 2020
The Daily Star March 21, 2020 Coronavirus: what ministers, leaders said
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Oh, these misunderstanding Bangladeshis!0
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- March 12, 2020
The Daily Star March 11, 2020 ‘India’s condescension is not an insult, it is an incentive to Bangladesh, a message that it must develop greater maturity and self-confidence in order to be taken seriously.’ Gobardhan Dingbat Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla’s visit to Bangladesh was a breath of fresh air. We should all be
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The concept of sovereignty and internal affairs of state 0
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- February 29, 2020
The Daily Star March 01, 2020 by Tariq Karim Police officers stand guard in an alley in a riot-affected area following clashes, New Delhi, February 28, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS Tariq Karim When political events in the domestic sphere of a state transcend the internal space of that state, through a process of empathetic osmosis, and impacts
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TRAGIC DEATHS IN DELHI; Massive failure of the police and administration 0
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- February 26, 2020
The Daily Star February 27, 2020 We are deeply saddened by the deaths of at least 27 people in violence that has erupted in Delhi over the last three days over India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The Act allows all non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan to be eligible for Indian citizenship, hence it
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Pariah India 0
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- February 18, 2020
The Daily Star February 19, 2020 Shashi Tharoor After India launched far-reaching economic reforms in 1991, its stature in the world rose steadily. The country was already recognised as a thriving democracy and an example to the world of how to manage diversity in a free and open society. Its enhanced economic clout and the
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India: Tainted politicians, elections and judiciary 0
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- February 17, 2020
by Pallab Bhattacharya 17 February 2020 The Indian Supreme Court’s order on February 13—making it mandatory for political parties to put on public domains like Facebook and Twitter the criminal cases that have been lodged against their candidates contesting elections, and to justify the giving of nominations to them once again—has moved the spotlight onto
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The decision to partition Bengal in 1905 0
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- February 15, 2020
On the 114th anniversary of the first partition of Bengal we are reprinting this article which attempts to assess British motives behind the partition plan. John R McLane October 21, 2019 The Daily Star Citizens of Dhaka waiting along Islampur Road to welcome Sir Fuller, first Lieutenant Governor of the new province of Eastern Bengal
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Don’t deport Rohingyas from Saudi Arabia until genocide ends: Free Rohingya Coalition 0
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- February 13, 2020
The Daily Star February 13, 2020 Free Rohingya Coalition, a global platform of Rohingyas worldwide, has urged Saudi Arabia not to deport any Rohingyas until the genocide against them in Myanmar is over. “Once the case is settled and peace prevails in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, they will go back to their country of origin. At
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Would love see Bangladeshi immigrants create next unicorn in India: Microsoft CEO Nadella 0
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- January 14, 2020
The Daily Star | January 14, 2020 Would love see Bangladeshi immigrants create next unicorn in India: Microsoft CEO Nadella Satya Nadella. Microsoft’s Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella has joined the chorus against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India, saying what is happening is “just bad” and he would love to see a Bangladeshi
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