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July 3, 2023

Burma Population Control Bill could further hurt Rohingyas

Nationalist monk U Wirathu on Monday lashed out against calls for Burma’s Parliament to oppose controversial legislation that would restrict birth rates at the discretion of local authorities, claiming the bill was designed with the dual purpose of protecting women’s health and “stopping the Bengalis.” RohingyaThe comments, made to The Irrawaddy during a telephone interview, supported criticisms that the legislation was intended to target minorities, particularly stateless Rohingya Muslims in western Burma’s Arakan State, also known as Rakhine...

HRW calls tanneries outlook bleak

There is a rare chance for accountability for the massive health problems caused by Bangladesh’s toxic leather tanneries, reports the Human Rights Watch. It mentioned that the country’s High Court has summonsed the secretary of the Industries ministry to explain the ministry’s failure HRWto relocate 150 or so leather tanneries out of Hazaribagh, a heavily populated, and heavily polluted, residential neighborhood of Dhaka. Residents of Hazaribagh slums complain of illnesses such as fevers, skin diseases, respiratory problems, and diarrhea, caused by the extreme...

Celebrating success with Chevron Bangladesh

Nadampur High School, one of 17 educational institutions that receive support under Chevron’s Quality Education Support Initiative, was recently recognized by the Sylhet Education Board as the Best Secondary School in Nabiganj Upazila (under Habiganj District). chevron-logo-promoThe school administration took this opportunity to celebrate this honor with Chevron Bangladesh President Kevin Lyon at a function recently, said a press release. When Lyon arrived, he was felicitated at a local high-school near the Bibiyana gas ...

OIC calls for humanitarian action to address plight of boat refugees

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has been monitoring the situation facing thousands of Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees, asylum-seekers and economic migrants stranded on boats in the Andaman Sea and Straits of Malacca. ThaiThe OIC Secretary General, Iyad Ameen Madani, is in communication with countries in the region and the international community to express his concern over this humanitarian crisis and discussed possible ways to alleviate the suffering of the affected people stranded on the sea. The Secretary General further called ...

RSS wants border between India, Bangladesh sealed

Raising the issue of illegal immigration between India and Bangladesh, the BJP’s ideological mentor RSS has demanded that the newly-approved Land Boundary Agreement should be followed up by sealing the border between the two countries. The saffron outfit said it would help check the menace of illegal immigration. The Centre recently approved the historic Land Boundary bsf womanAgreement with Bangladesh. Calling the India-Bangladesh deal a “landmark” move, RSS mouthpiece Organiser has cautioned the government that a “Jammu & Kashmir-like imbroglio ...

Libya govt to ban Bangladeshi workers

Libya's official government has banned Bangladeshi workers from entering the country because many were trying to use Libya as a jump-off point to illegally travel by boat to Europe, a government spokesperson said on Saturday. The North African passport Bdcountry, gripped by violence and a breakdown of state authority four years after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi, has turned into a major hub for human traffickers smuggling African migrants by boat to Italy. "Bangladeshi workers will be banned from entry into Libya," said Hatem Uraibi...