DHAKA | Xinhua | Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus will serve as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, local media reported early Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting of President Mohammed Shahabuddin with chiefs of the three services and the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement to …
Read More »Over thousand people arrested in Bangladesh due to protests
NEW DELHI, Bangladesh | TASS | Law enforcement agencies of Bangladesh have detained more than a thousand participants of protests against the quota system for employment in public positions, AFP reported, citing local police. According to the news agency, more than 500 people were arrested in Dhaka, and another 200 in the …
Read More »BRAC to celebrate 50th year anniversary in Uganda: From Bangladesh to the world
Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | BRAC is going to celebrate its 50-year anniversary under the theme “50 Years of Igniting Hope from Bangladesh to the World” at Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort on 30 March 2023. BRAC Uganda and BRAC Uganda Bank Ltd are organising the event, where prominent guests and dignitaries …
Read More »Schools, colleges in Bangladesh to reopen after 18 months
Dhaka, Bangladesh | Xinhua | The Bangladeshi government has announced the reopening of schools and colleges in the country from Sept. 12 after a closure of around 18 months. Education Minister Dipu Moni made the announcement on Friday, saying only candidates of public examinations would attend classes every day after …
Read More »British MP delays giving birth for Brexit vote
London, United Kingdom | AFP | A British lawmaker has postponed giving birth in order to vote on Britain’s divorce deal with the EU on Tuesday. Tulip Siddiq, 36, was due to have a Caesarian section on Tuesday but medics have agreed to delay the operation until Thursday so that …
Read More »Walking, talking and separated: Bangladesh conjoined twins go home
Dhaka, Bangladesh | AFP | Bangladeshi twins conjoined at birth have gone home nearly a year and a half after being separated in the country’s first such successful operation, a doctor said Tuesday. Two-year-old sisters Tofa and Tahura, joined at the spine and at the rectum, underwent a gruelling nine-hour …
Read More »Rohingya will be safe in areas ‘designated’ for them: Myanmar army chief
Yangon, Myanmar | AFP | Rohingya refugees who return to Myanmar will be safe as long as they stay in the model villages built for them, the country’s army chief has said, renewing fears they will be kept in settlements indefinitely. Some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar to Bangladesh …
Read More »UN Security Council to press for Rohingya solution: envoy
Dhaka, Bangladesh | AFP | The UN Security Council will press Myanmar to ensure that Rohingya who fled the country can return home in safety and freedom, an envoy said Monday after UN diplomats ended a tour of Bangladesh’s refugee camps. “This is a humanitarian crisis and a human rights …
Read More »Rohingya returnees won’t be kept in camps ‘forever’: Myanmar official
Maungdaw, Myanmar | AFP | A Myanmar official in Rakhine state said Saturday that Rohingya refugees who return will not be held in newly-built camps “forever,” as concerns mount over a vexed repatriation process. Ye Htut, the administrator of Maungdaw district, was speaking to reporters on a government-chaperoned trip to …
Read More »Rohingya flee no man’s land after Myanmar threat
Tombru, Bangladesh | AFP | Hundreds of Rohingya living in no man’s land have left their makeshift camp and crossed into Bangladesh after soldiers from Myanmar used loud hailers to threaten them, community leaders said Wednesday. Around 6,000 Rohingya have been living on a thin stretch of land between the two …
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