Gary J. Bass Since August, Burma has sharply escalated its systematic assault against a Muslim minority people there called the Rohingya, in a ravaging campaign of murder and rape which the top United Nations human rights official considers a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing.” On October 23, the State Department spokesperson denounced “atrocities” and “violent, traumatic abuses,” though o…
Dishika Zaman School is like our second home. We grow up learning things, socialize with people we never knew in our life before. Soon they become the persons we value the most. They become our partners in everything –from sharing food to doing almost all kinds of mischiefs. They know us well just as we…
Md. Taqi Yasir There are doctors who are failing their transgender patients. In the UK, an estimation of 1 in 5 general practitioners is declining transgender people treatments such as hormone therapy, said James Barrett of the British Association of Gender Identity Specialists last week. Some are remarkably frank, and said that he was not…
UNB: A retired headmaster of a primary school was killed after being hit by an autorickshaw in front of a bank in Kalai upazila headquarters yesterday morning.
Abrar Hussain: Facebook authorities have selected Bangladeshi entrepreneur Razib Ahmed as fellow of its ‘Community Leadership Program’ for his group ‘Search English’ in which members help each other to become more fluent in English. Razib Ahmed, former president of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB), will receive a grant of US$ 50,000 for the project….
Desk Report The chairman of Bishwambharpur upazila parishad in Sunamganj district allegedly raped a mother of four children inside his office promising to provide her a sewing machine, reports Prothom Alo. The alleged perpetrator is Harun-or-Rashid, chairman of the upazila and former president of Biswambharpur upazila unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). On information,…
AFP: Germany captain Manuel Neuer has denied that Mesut Ozil was the victim of racism within the German FA (DFB), but admitted the fiasco has taken a toll on the players. Ozil quit international football last month amid the furore over his meeting and photo opportunity in May with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which…
Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury/The Economic Times Sheikh Hasina’s unprecedented electoral success that brought her to power for a record fourth time will not only continue to ensure stability along India’s eastern border but also open up a plethora of opportunities for sub-regional partnership, with Bangladesh acting as a bridge between India and Southeast Asia. This, in…
Desk Report: Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon today said bus route franchise system can be a possible solution to the crisis that the transport sector in the country is currently facing now. He came up with the remark at a press briefing at Nagar Bhaban in the capital yesterday. Under the bus…
Maureen Dowdis, New York Times Op-Ed columnist//BDnews24 Scheming white men, once allies in the conservative cause, knifing one another in the back. Complaints about pervasive — and sexist — bullying at the top. Galloping paranoia on the right. Wrenching battles over whether refugee policies are racist and cruel, and whether climate change fears are overwrought….