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Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day / The international community has failed to protect the Rohingya
The perspective towards Rohingya refugees needs to shift from viewing them as a burden to recognising them as a competent community
Abhishek Bachchan reveals filmmakers showed no interest in debuting him
Abhishek Bachchan recently opened up about the challenges he faced while trying to secure his first film in the early 2000s. During the Hindi Actors Roundtable on Galatta Plus, Abhishek disclosed that even though film magazines were announcing the upcoming debut of Amitabh Bachchan's son, he encountered difficulties as no filmmaker showed interest in casting him.
The grandest OTT extravaganza hosts its second iteration
The awards will be handed out tonight at a lavish event at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), in the Hall of Fame, from 5 pm onwards.
‘Bangladesh can’t wait forever to resolve the Teesta issue’
The next stage of Bangladesh-India relations should involve long-term, innovative projects.
Everton fan awarded penalty for helping Ukrainian refugees
An Everton supporter who travelled to the Ukrainian border to help fleeing refugees following Russia's invasion of the country was invited to the pitch to kick a penalty during a pre-season match against Dynamo Kyiv.
BOOK NEWS / Home-grown solutions for a global crisis: 'Rohingya Camp Narratives' launches at IUB
“Here one will find on state policy analysis and societal dynamics–exploring grey areas and bringing multidimensional analysis to the refugee crisis”, said Professor Dr Meghna Guhathakurta.
Does ‘Refugee’ do justice to the portrayal of the Bihari community?
The new Hoichoi crime-thriller web series “Refugee,” starring Afzal Hossain, Zakia Bari Mamo, and Sohel Mondol, attempts to portay the unexplored lives of the Bihari community in Bangladesh, who have been living a life of neglect and abuse as “stranded Pakistanis,” who allegedly opposed the 1971 Liberation War.
Refugee: A film on Geneva camp's Bihari community
For the first time in Bangladesh, a film features the Bihari community of Geneva camp. Watch Star Movie Review to know more about "Refugee".
BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / Is there a way out of the ethno-political cauldron in India’s far-east?
After describing why this region is India’s gateway to realising its eastern ambitions, Sudeep soon cuts to the chase, stating that the Naga peace process is central to establishing peace in Nagaland and Manipur.
The cost of negligence
To say that the report on the Rakhine situation, submitted to the UN in May this year and which was bottled up by the UN, is shocking, would be an understatement. And even more so given the fact that the Horsey study was commissioned by the UN itself.
Activists reject Myanmar's new Rakhine body as Annan visits
A new body set up by Myanmar's government to investigate allegations of rights abuses against Rohingya in Rakhine lacks credibility, activists said Friday, as former UN chief Kofi Annan began a visit to the troubled state.
Sting reopens Paris' Bataclan hall on anniversary of militant attack
Rock star Sting headlined a concert in Paris' Bataclan music hall on Saturday to mark the venue's reopening a year after three Islamist militants gunned down 90 revellers in France's bloodiest terror attack.
Germany's cricket boom poised to hit the silver screen
A boom of interest in cricket in Germany, fuelled by the influx of asylum seekers from Pakistan and Afghanistan, is a tale poised to hit the silver screen.
Being human
Photojournalist Darrin Zammit Lupi writes about his experience in covering boat arrivals to Malta in 2014
Haunted by a sinking ship
Thamer & Thayer, brothers from Syria, escaped war, then unrest in Libya only to be faced with death on the Mediterranean
Refugee gets his big break
Gambian refugee Bakery Jatta has signed a contract with German Bundesliga side Hamburg, the club said Tuesday, in what local media dubbed a "football fairytale".
From Finland to Sweden during WWII
In February 1944, during the heavy Soviet bomb my parents decided to send me and my five siblings to Sweden once again. I was two years old.
Hamid’s escape from the Taliban
I was just 17 when I came once more close to dying, this time in my attempt to cross to Samos on a boat from Turkey, along with four more Afghans.
Minara's escape from Rakhine persecution
Minara paid for their passage with her wedding ring and after many days at sea, they reached Malaysia.