Army successful in gaining public confidence: Gen Aziz

    Hossen Sohel of DOT Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed yesterday said the army has been successful in gaining the confidence of people by properly performing their duties during the parliamentary elections, reports UNB. He came up with the observation at the inaugural function of Jalsiri Housing Project at Purbachal here in the morning….

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      India deports second Rohingya group

      Abrar Hussain of DOT Indian police yesterday took Rohingya families to the border by bus, readying to deport them to neighboring Myanmar, making it the second time the ethnic groups were expelled in four months during a crackdown on illegal immigrants. India’s Hindu nationalist government regards the Rohingya as illegal aliens and a security risk….

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        The Rohingya crisis: What to watch for in 2019

        Daniel Sullivan/Fair Observer Bangladesh and the UN must continue to work together to improve the conditions for nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees. The year 2018 was a dire and desperate year for the Rohingya minority from western Myanmar. Two-thirds of the population that had been living in western Rakhine State before the end of 2017…

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          The Fourth World of the untouchables

          Suraj Yengde Postdoctoral fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy/ Aljazeera The future of the untouchables’ struggle lies in international solidarity and collective work. Being a Dalit means being in permanent isolation, stuck in the dark chambers of one’s uncharted fears. The Dalit is that stubbornness that the Hindu ideology has…

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            Ahsan Habib, a sophisticated and urbane poet

            DOT Desk: Ahsan Habib earned acclaim as a poet in the 1940s, reports The Daily Observer. He was an urban poet through and through — both in terms of language and sensibility. His poems reflect the social reality of his times, relationships, and focus on the concerns of the middle class. The poet was born…

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