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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.

June 2, 2015
June 2, 2015

Hollywood actor Matt Dillon visits Rohingya camp (video)

American actor Matt Dillon put a rare star-powered spotlight on Myanmar's long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims, visiting a camp for tens of thousands displaced by violence.

May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015

Myanmar hits back at blames

Myanmar refuses to be singled out for blames for the migrant crisis amid an unprecedented irregular migration in the Indian ocean and discovery of mass graves of migrants in Thailand's bordering jungles.

May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015

Asia migrants: Bangkok meeting to debate crisis

A regional conference, with the member states of Asean and representatives from the US and the UN, is under way in the Thai capital Bangkok to discuss possible solutions to the South East Asia migrant crisis.

May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015

Bangladesh plans to relocate Rohingya refugee camps to Hatiya Island

Bangladesh plans to relocate thousands of Rohingya who have spent years in refugee camps near the Myanmar border to a southern island, an official says.

May 9, 2015
May 9, 2015

32 more Bangladeshis rescued in Thailand

Thirty-two more Bangladeshi migrants have been found on Khao Kaew mountain in adjacent areas of Hat Yai and Rattaphum districts of Songkhla in Thailand.

April 7, 2015
April 7, 2015

UN demands access to Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus

The UN Security Council has demanded humanitarian access to the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus.

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