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17/10/2017

Former Minister BD Chakma given a hero’s welcome in Chakma headquarters in his first visit ..... https://t.co/ewxJebBaEC via

Dr Buddha Dhan Chakma, who resigned as Minister of State of Sericulture and Fisheries on 21 August 2017 citing racial discrimination against Chakmas by the state government, received a massive welcome when he landed at Kamalanagar, the headquarters of Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) today....

20/09/2017

Police besiege ActionAid Uganda office

As tensions escalated with possible clashes between the promoters of the lifting of the presidential age limit and those opposed to it, Police has surrounded a prominent civil society organization, ActionAid Uganda offices Kansanga in Kampala. This website can confirm their office internet has been…

20/09/2017

Twenty years after peace accord, indigenous Bangladeshis still attacked over land

By Sohara Mehroze Shachi and Eva GerharzMANIKJOR CHHORA, Bangladesh (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ripon Chakma's octogenarian parents were visiting

20/09/2017

RAB: 210 Rohingya sent back to camps

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has sent back around 210 Rohingya to the refugee camp while they were trying to enter Cox’s Bazar

19/09/2017

Rohingya crisis: Security amped up at Buddhist temples

Given that tensions have been flaring up over the Rohingya crisis, the government has increased the presence of law enforcement around Buddhist temples.

19/09/2017

Fact and fiction in Suu Kyi’s speech https://t.co/lsqO7ymuzc via

In her televised address to the nation, Myanmar's de factor leader Aung San Suu Kyi has broken silence over the persecution and torture of the Rohingya.

18/09/2017

Six major humanitarian challenges confronting the UN General Assembly: https://t.co/slF792naJ2 ()

Beyond the hype over what Donald Trump will say, a host of global problems face world leaders this week in New York

18/09/2017

‘The middle class is transforming’

Hossain Zillur Rahman, an economist and former adviser to the caretaker government, has seen a major transformation of Bangladeshi middle class in the recent decades–change that has resulted in development of a vibrant market replete with opportunities for businesses. He also finds it difficult to d...

17/09/2017

& #8216;Bengali Hindus had fought for united India, not for Pakistan& #8217; https://t.co/fdYttrvD1X via

Rana Dasgupta is a prosecutor in Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, which is investigating and trying those accused of perpetrating atrocities

17/09/2017

CPJ: Bangladesh should immediately release two Myanmarese journalists https://t.co/sEB63rpCwl via

The journalists' arrest was only announced on September 13 and a court rejected a bail plea on September 14