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I am Muslim and from Bangladesh, that does not mean that I am a terrorist

According to society and everything else going on in the world, I am not who I say I am. I am not an innocent girl who walks around not hurting the world. Because of violence, from the Boston Marathon bombings to the almost bomb that went off in New York by a Bangladeshi boy, I am apparently the “child” of the terrorists who did these acts. I am getting judged and misread by all the stereotypes in the world going on about my religion. I am Muslim and I am not going to hide that because of everybody else’s perspective about what it means to be a Muslim. A couple of people screwed up and showed a lot of shame to their religion, but that certainly does not mean that the religion was the one who had done that act. Social media has a big effect on how Muslims are shown. Muslims are sho...

China, Bangladesh pledge to deepen comprehensive partnership

China and Bangladesh have pledged to deepen the comprehensive partnership between the two countries and further boost cooperation in various fields, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. BD_CHINAThe pledge was made when visiting Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here on Sunday. During the meeting, Liu said that this year marked the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two sides and China was willing to deepen the traditional friendship, broaden pragmatic...

Job-seeking Bangladeshis risk lives to find work

Of the roughly 3,000 boat people who have landed in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia in recent weeks, about half are ethnic Rohingya who are fleeing persecution in Myanmar. The rest are mainly Bangladeshi men whose quest to provide for their families has led them to embark on the dangerous sea journey. rohingya“A huge number of men from Bangladesh are taking the boats with a hope to reach Malaysia for jobs there. In our boat the Bangladeshis outnumbered the people from Myanmar. Among 160 or 170 people there were 116 Bangladeshi men,” said 2...

Countries should prioritize saving lives of stranded migrants : UN

A group of United Nations human rights experts today welcomed the Malaysian, Indonesian and Thai leaders’ decision not to pushback asylum seekers arriving in their territorial waters and urged the international community to assist those countries financially to protect the human rights of all migrants. UN1“This is an important and welcome step forward in recognition of the need to protect the right to life for all, regardless of their status,” said the UN Special Rapporteurs on migrants, François Crépeau; on trafficking in persons, Maria Grazia Giammar...

Bangladesh must act on these brutal attacks on bloggers

We, the undersigned writers, and PEN members, come together to condemn the horrific deaths of our colleagues Ananta Bijoy Das (or Dash), Washiqur Rahman Babu and Avijit Roy, three secular bloggers who have been brutally murdered on the streets of Bangladesh in the last three months. We urge Prime Minister Hasina Wajed and her government to do all in their power to ensure that the tragic events of the last three months are not repeated, and to bring the perpetrators to justice. [caption id="attachment_16174" align="alignleft" width="300"]A torc...
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PM Modi’s visit to Bangladesh being worked out: Envoy

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s visit to Bangladesh likely in the first week of June, the country‘s envoy Syed Moazzem Ali on Thursday expressed happiness over the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh being “finally settled”. On the other long-pending issue of Teesta water sharing accord, the envoy said there was need for greater collaboration between the two countries to “conclude Teesta as soon as possible”. pm-narendra-modi_650x400_51424803339Ali expressed his “dee...