Dhaka : Bangladesh has blocked nearly 2,000 pornography and gambling websites in an online crackdown ordered by the country’s High Court. “On Monday, 55 more pornographic websites were blocked,” said an official of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. A day earlier, ...
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Rome : United Nations World Food Programme in Bangladesh said it welcomed a new contribution of $50,000 from Vietnam to support operations in Coxs Bazar – home to nearly one million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar. “We are very grateful ...
Read More »World Food Programme needs more funds for Rohingya refugees
Dhaka : The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday said that it needs more funds to continue assisting the hundreds of thousands Rohingya refugees, who have been living in Bangladesh camps after fleeing an offensive by the Myanmar military ...
Read More »US to give $185m in aid for Rohingya Muslims
By Umar Farooq, Washington: The U.S. on Monday announced giving over $185 million in additional aid to Rohingya relief efforts in Myanmar and Bangladesh. The announcement was made by U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, at a meeting attended ...
Read More »Jharkhand needs NRC: Raghubar Das
By Brajendra Nath Singh, Ranchi : With BJP deciding to focus on identity issues in the coming elections, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das says there is need for a National Register of Citizens (NRC) in his state also to check ...
Read More »When Indian spies came out on top in Bangladesh (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, Title: The Wily Agent/The Zero Cost Mission; Author: Amar Bhushan; Publisher: HarperCollins India; Pages: 189; Price: Rs 250. Spymaster Amar Bhushan’s first book, “Escape to Nowhere”, based on the defection of a senior RAW officer to ...
Read More »Bangladesh approves draft law banning child labour
Dhaka : The Bangladeshi government on Monday approved the draft of a law banning child labour in the country with provisions for stringent punishment to offenders. The draft was approved at a cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in ...
Read More »World Bank offers Myanmar $100m for Rakhine development
Naypyidaw : The World Bank has offered Myanmar $100 million in aid for development projects in the conflict-torn state of Rakhine, hit by violence in 2017 that led to the exodus of more than 700,000 Rohingyas, a Muslim minority community, ...
Read More »ADB approves $100m grant for displaced people in Bangladesh
Manila : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Friday that it has approved a grant assistance of $100 million to help displaced people sheltered in 32 camps in Bangladesh. The ADB said the grant was the first of an ...
Read More »Rohingya influx to Bangladesh security challenge for entire region: Indian envoy
By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : The Rohingya influx from Myanmar to Bangladesh is a serious common security challenge for the entire region, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Harsh Vardhan Shringla said here. “Rohingya influx from Rakhine state of Myanmar to ...
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