Abrar Hussain: Rohin-gya militants, whose deadly attacks last year reportedly led to the ruthless Myanmar army crackdown that drove 700,000 refugees into Bangladesh, said it acted to “defend” the Muslim group from persecution. AFP reports that it is still unclear whether the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has any broad support after its role in…
Prof Serajul Islam Chowdhury, Educationist Quota’ for public service recruitments was a momentary matter. No debate was supposed to be raised over the issue. It should have been resolved by now. There is a debate over the quota reserved for the freedom fighters. But there is no complexity here. I am not in favour of…
Raj Abrar: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) claimed to have arrested a madrasa teacher from Dhaka’s Airport Railway Station in connection with a kidnapping case, reports The Daily Star. A team of Rab-3 rescued the student from his captivity in the area yesterday, ASM Shakhawat Hossain Rabiul Islam, Senior Assistant Director of Rab-3, told The Daily…
Hossen Sohel: Though Bangladesh has showed extraordinary generosity by opening its doors to Rohingyas, their fate remains very uncertain even after one year of their shelter at makeshift camps in Bangladesh, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders. It said the donors and governments with influence over the government of Myanmar have failed…
Hossen Sohel: The refugee crisis in Bangladesh sparked by the mass exodus of people from Myanmar a year ago risks creating a “lost generation” of Rohingya children who lack the life skills they will need in future, Unicef has warned, reports The Daily Star. According to a United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) report released in…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy In the global context, earthquake stands as the number one natural disaster in terms of damage, destruction and loss of life and property. About 60% of the world casualties associated with natural disaster are caused by earthquake. On average, the world experiences about…
Sayeed Muhammad: At least 10 people died after a building collapsed following a water heater explosion in northern Iran, reports AP citing the country’s media. Five others were injured and hospitalized in the incident took place in Mashhad yesterday, according to the reports. However, the reports did not much detail the incident–one the most deadly…
Sayeed Muhammad: A teenager was killed and dozens injured yesterday in Nepal when police opened fire on protesters demanding action over the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl. Angry crowds took to the streets in the country’s remote west on Friday accusing police of protecting the person responsible for the brutal crime, officials said…
Reuters: Pope Francis arrived in Ireland on Saturday for a highly charged visit to a society transformed since the last papal trip 39 years ago and beset by the kind of abuse scandals that have mired the Catholic Church in crisis. More than three-quarters of the Irish population flocked to see Pope John Paul II…
AP: At least 18 people were killed in a fire at a resort hotel in China’s northeastern city of Harbin early Saturday, state media and an official said. The disaster added to a string of deadly blazes that have plagued China despite official efforts to improve public safety over the past two decades. The fire…