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Terror financing: Pakistan to remain on FATF grey list till Feb 20210
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- October 23, 2020
The Daily Star October 23, 2020 Star Online Report Pakistan will remain on the “grey list” of global terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force till February next year, the inter-governmental body ruled today citing Islamabad’s failure to meet six of the 27 mandates given to check terror funding. Paris-based FATF President Marcus
READ MOREThe Gambia files memorial at ICJ showing Myanmar responsible for genocide against Rohingyas0
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- October 23, 2020
The Daily Star October 23, 2020 Representational image. File photo Star Online Report The Gambia today filed a memorial of more than 500-pages in its lawsuit against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice, showing how Myanmar government is responsible for genocide against the Rohingyas. The memorial also includes more than 5000 pages of supporting
READ MOREMyanmar: Does supporting election justify exclusion of Rohingyas?0
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- October 20, 2020
The Daily Star October 20, 2020 EU-Myanmar Human Rights Dialogue A Rohingya refugee is seen in Balukhali refugee camp at dawn near Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, March 28, 2018. Photo: Clodagh Kilocyne/ Reuters Kamal Ahmed The European Union, barely three weeks before the general election in Myanmar, held a bilateral dialogue on human rights with the
READ MOREReining in the rogue state Rohingyas: Bangladesh and the international community0
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- October 17, 2020
The Daily Star October 18, 2020 Rohingya refugees hold up placards during a visit by a UN Security Council team to Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh on 29 April, 2018. Photo: Sam Jahan/Afp C R Abrar It was a blatant charade of epic proportion. On September 29, the minister of the Office of the State
READ MORESouth Asia faces worst ever recession, tipping millions into poverty: World Bank0
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- October 8, 2020
The Daily Star October 09, 2020 A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a labourer resting on a handcart in a closed wholesale market in Kolkata. Photo: Reuters/file Reuters, New Delhi Millions of people in South Asia are being pushed into extreme poverty as the region where a quarter of humanity lives suffers
READ MOREIndia’s Onion Dilemma0
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- September 27, 2020
The Daily Star September 27, 2020 An Indian labourer takes a break from unloading sacks of onions from a truck. Photo: San-jay Kanojia/AFP Pallab Bhattacharya When India imposed a ban on onion export on September 14 this year to check its soaring price in the domestic market, the criticism of the government’s action, mainly from
READ MOREIndia’s Silenced Parliament0
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- September 22, 2020
The Daily Star September 22, 2020 A photo from March 3, 2020, shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) and other politicians during a BJP parliamentary committee meeting at the Parliament House in New Delhi. Photo: AFP Shashi Tharoor After a nearly six-month hiatus, the Indian parliament will reconvene in mid-September at a time of
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India: A toxic blend of Bollywood and politics0
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- September 19, 2020
The Daily Star September 19, 2020 Pallab Bhattacharya Seldom has a Bengali actress of Bollywood roiled the politics of three Indian states—Bihar, Maharashtra and West Bengal—for contrasting reasons. That is precisely what is happening after Rhea Chakraborty was sent to jail after being charged in alleged drugs-related cases linked to the death of
READ MORESouth Asian governments not protecting independent journalism during Covid-19: Speakers0
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- September 16, 2020
The Daily Star September 16, 2020 Star Online Report Governments of South Asian countries have become more authoritarian during the coronavirus pandemic and the crisis is shrinking the field of independent journalism in the whole region, speakers said at a webinar discussion today on media advocacy. They also said new laws and regulations are being
READ MORECovid-19 in Bangladesh: Muddled response marks 6 months0
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- September 12, 2020
The Daily Star September 08, 2020 A look beyond daily counts may draw a grimmer picture, say experts Moudud Ahmmed Sujan The present Covid-19 situation suggests actions taken by the government made little impact on containing the virus, say public health experts as today marks half a year since the first novel coronavirus cases were
READ MOREThree years after exodus, Myanmar erases names of Rohingya villages, UN map makers follow suit0
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- September 11, 2020
The Daily Star September 11, 2020 Mohammed Rofiq, a Rohingya refugee, poses for a picture in his home in Kutupalong refugee camp, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 8, 2020. Photo: Reuters Reuters Three years ago, Myanmar’s military burned the Rohingya village of Kan Kya to the ground and bulldozed over its remains. Last year, the
READ MOREMutation of coronavirus in Bangladesh faster than global rate: BCSIR study0
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- September 6, 2020
The Daily Star September 06, 2020 Star Online Report The mutation rate of novel coronavirus in the country is faster than the global rate, according to a study. The mutation rate in Bangladesh was recorded at 12.6 percent in the study by Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) while the current
READ MOREROHINGYA REPATRIATION ATTEMPTS: RESULT ZERO – Myanmar doing little while Bangladesh facing financial, ecological and security challenges0
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- August 24, 2020
August 25, 2020 The Daily Star Porimol Palma When Bangladesh continues to bear the brunt of sheltering more than a million Rohingyas, Myanmar is doing little for their repatriation amid silence of global powers though the Southeast Asian country faces a genocide case, experts and officials said. About 750,000 Rohingyas — injured and starved —
READ MOREBangladesh: 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
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