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Bangladesh: EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS, DEATHS IN CUSTODY: No case, probe in most cases0
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- August 7, 2020
The Daily Star August 08, 2020 Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary and Wasim Bin Habib More than two years have gone by but Ayesha Begum, wife of slain Teknaf municipality councillor Akramul Haque, still does not know whether there has been any investigation into her husband’s killing. She said after the killing triggered a huge public outcry, two ministers
READ MOREClimate Change: Turning Bangladesh into the learning capital of the world0
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- July 15, 2020
The Daily Star July 15, 2020 Photo: Star Saleemul Huq The adverse impacts of human induced climate change are already occurring around the world, including in Bangladesh. It is incumbent on all countries to gear up their ability to be better prepared for the impacts before they occur through enhancing adaptive capacity, and to also
READ MOREBangladesh: Amphan aftermath: A trail of devastation in Khulna’s Koyra upazila0
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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
READ MOREDouble blow for Bangladesh: Strongest storm ever recorded in Bay of Bengal amid a pandemic0
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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
READ MOREBangladesh: It’s now a gag on the media, free speech0
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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”.
READ MOREBangladeshi teenager shot dead by BSF0
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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
READ MOREProtect human rights during the pandemic0
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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 said0
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- March 22, 2020
The Daily Star March 21, 2020 Coronavirus: what ministers, leaders said
READ MOREOh, 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
READ MOREThe concept of sovereignty and internal affairs of state0
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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
READ MORETRAGIC DEATHS IN DELHI; Massive failure of the police and administration0
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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
READ MOREPariah India0
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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
READ MOREIndia: Tainted politicians, elections and judiciary0
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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
READ MOREThe decision to partition Bengal in 19050
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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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