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After partition, Bangladesh was meant for Muslims, West Bengal for Hindus: BJP MP Roopa Ganguly
After partition, Bangladesh was meant for Muslims, West Bengal for Hindus: BJP MP Roopa Ganguly The BJP MP reiterated that the partition was done so that Pakistan becomes a Muslim nation and Bangladesh was mainly for the Muslims. Share: Written By: Zee Media Bureau Aug 22, 2018 Stoking a controversy, West Bengal Bharatiya Janata […]
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi jointly inaugurate the construction of 130km Bangladesh-India Friendship Pipeline, between Shiliguri in West Bengal and Parbatipur in Dinajpur, through a videoconference from Dhaka and New Delhi, respectively, on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 Focus Bangla The two premiers have also inaugurated the constructions of two railway […]
Continue reading …Suu Kyi once again blames Bangladesh for failing to start Rohingya repatriation
September 13, 2018 No CommentSuu Kyi once again blames Bangladesh for failing to start Rohingya repatriation September 13th, 2018 Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at the plenary session of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN at the Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam September 12, 2018Reuters She, however, admitted in hindsight that the Rohingya situation could have […]
Continue reading …India Hosts BIMSTEC Counter-Terror Military Drills September 11, 2018 BenarNews By Jaishree Balasubramanian India, Bangladesh and three other Asian countries in the BIMSTEC regional group on Monday kicked off its first-ever joint military drills focusing on counter-terrorist operations in semi-urban areas, Indian defense officials said. Troops from Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar are […]
Continue reading …September 10, 2018 Nepal not joining BIMSTEC military drill in India Xinhua India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) shakes hand with Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (R) in the presence of Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena (C) during the opening session of the 4th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) […]
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Amnesty International has said the International Criminal Court’s decision is a significant step in the right direction which opens up a clear avenue of justice for the Rohingya who were driven out of their homes, often as soldiers opened fire on them and burned down their villages. The comment came following the ICC ruling on […]
Continue reading …জাকের পার্টির মত ইসলামি দলগুলোর নেতাদের কেন আমন্ত্রণ জানাচ্ছে ভারত? শুভজ্যোতি ঘোষবিবিসি বাংলা, দিল্লি ৫ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০১৮ ছবির কপিরাইটবিবিসিImage captionজাকের পার্টির চেয়ারম্যান মোস্তাফা আমির ফয়সল মুজাদ্দেদি ভারতের আমন্ত্রণে বাংলাদেশের অন্যতম ইসলামী দল জাকের পার্টির শীর্ষ নেতৃত্ব এখন দিল্লি সফর করছেন – তারা দেখা করছেন ক্ষমতাসীন বিজেপির নেতা-মন্ত্রীদের সঙ্গেও। গত মাসদুয়েকের মধ্যে ভারত সরকার বা সরকারেরই […]
Continue reading …Security Cooperation through the BIMSTEC: A New Avenue for regional Security?
September 7, 2018 No CommentSecurity Cooperation through the BIMSTEC: A New Avenue for regional Security? Wikipedia By Natasha Fernando 8 September 2018 The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a sub-regional organization comprised of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand. [[i]]BIMSTEC has defined itself as a ‘sector-driven’ […]
Continue reading …Protest over enforced disappearances in Pakistan Human rights group wants abductions by security agencies to be criminalized Protesters demand the recovery of missing persons at a rally at the Liberty roundabout in Lahore on Aug. 30. (Photo by Kamran Chaudhry/ucanews.com) Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore Pakistan September 3, 2018 University students joined an independent watchdog to protest against […]
Continue reading …How India is using identity documents to marginalise the weak and poor Vasudha Chhotray, University of East Anglia Citizenship controversies have made repeated headlines in countries across the world in 2018. From the Windrush scandal affecting Commonwealth citizens in Britain, to the “Dreamers who were brought to the US by their parents as children, these […]
Continue reading …UN report documents genocide against Rohingya: What now? Max Pensky, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Nadia Rubaii, Binghamton University, State University of New York The United Nations has released a searing report that details Myanmar’s state violence against an ethnic and religious minority in that country known as the Rohingya. The report […]
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Myanmar judge convicts two Reuters reporters in landmark secrets case Reuters journalist Wa Lone arrives at Insein court in Yangon, Myanmar September 3, 2018. Photo: Reuters Reuters, Yangon A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and sentenced them to seven years in prison, in a […]
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