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Dhaka, March 21 Bangladesh has ruled out any security threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to the country later this week and said “few” left wing and hardline Islamist groups are against his trip, but there is “nothing to worry” about them. Prime Minister Modi will visit Bangladesh from March 26 to 27 to attend the celebrations of the golden jubilee of the country’s independence and the birth centenary of its founder ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This would be his first trip to a foreign country since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. “We are proud to invite…

Greece will next week celebrate the 200th anniversary of the uprising that created its modern state, a romantic revolution that experts say captivated both elites and the masses around the world.A national parade alongside Athens’ central Syntagma Square on March 25 — the date traditionally associated with the revolution — will feature mounted troops in traditional costumes from the 1821 conflict and the 1912-13 Balkan Wars.Nations who helped the Greeks in their near-decade-long struggle against the Ottoman Empire will also be represented.Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Prince Charles of Britain and his wife Camilla will be in attendance, the…

UNITED NATIONS: The United States accused China on Friday of committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghur Muslims and other minorities, and China accused the US of discrimination, hatred and even savage murder of people of African and Asian descent. The clash came at the UN General Assembly’s commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and was sparked by one line in the speech by US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who talked about being a descendent of slaves, growing up in the segregated South, and surviving racism including being called an N-word. It came after the…

Whilst those who suffered in Bangladesh’s fight for independence were Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist and secular, these were atrocities committed overwhelmingly by Muslims who wished to keep together the world’s first Islamic republic. Those committed to Britain’s multicultural society have no desire to pick through those bones. As Bangladesh approaches 50 years as an independent nation, this is a time for retrospectives and analysis. Yet so far, very little has been written in the United Kingdom: the former colonial power which birthed the distinctly odd state of independent Pakistan, with the Muslim-majority territories of East and West Pakistan on opposite…

ANI | Updated: Mar 20, 2021 23:19 IST Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 20 (ANI): Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka is “secretly funding” hardline Islamist organisation Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh to stage protests against India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) president Al Nahean Khan Joy. Taking to Twitter, Joy, the president of BCL, the student wing of Bangladesh ruling Awami League, said the people of Bangladesh condemn the attempt by Pakistan spy agency ISI. “Pak Flag of Pakistan HC #Dhaka’s #SecretFunding for @HIBofficial @Hefazot to protest against India Flag of India & its PM @narendramodi. We, #secular & #democratic…

Thousands of Hefazat-e-Islam followers gathered in Noagaon village of Shalla upazila in Sunamganj to vandalize the houses of Hindu community on March 17, 2021 Dhaka Tribune Police arrest key suspect Shahidul Islam Swadhin, a local UP member   A dispute over a Jalmahal (leased waterbody) was one of the key reasons behind the attack on Hindu homes in Sunamganj’s Shalla Upazila, police said after the prime suspect, Shahidul Islam Swadhin, was arrested.A Union Parishad (UP) member, Swadhin was held in neighbouring Moulvibazar district in the early hours of Saturday, Special Superintendent Khaled Uz Zaman of the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI)…

Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen Collected The OIC secretary-general added that Bangladesh is always maintaining strong partnership with the OIC for further peace, prosperity, and development in the Muslim world Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) DYousef Bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen on Saturday said Bangladesh is now one of the brightest examples of religious harmony and peace.“Today Bangladesh is one of the brightest examples of religious harmony and peace,” he said in a video message played at the function of the fourth day of the 10-day special program marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman…

The police in New Zealand’s Auckland city on Friday arrested a man of Indian origin for allegedly threatening a Sikh youth on social media and posting derogatory messages against him, The Times of India reported. The accused also abused a few other people. The man allegedly made the offensive remarks on a Facebook group. He reportedly called the Sikh man a “Khalistani terrorist” and posted his photos and phone number online. The man accused the youth of running a hate campaign against Indians, and urged people to complain to the police about him.The accused also told the youth that he…

DHAKA: Hundreds of supporters of a hardline Islamist group in Bangladesh attacked and vandalised 70 to 80 houses belonging to Hindus in the country’s northeastern Sylhet division following a “critical” social media post allegedly by a youth from the minority community, media reports said on Friday. According to a report in Dhaka Tribune, followers of Hefazat-e-Islam’s leader Mamunul Haque attacked a Hindu village in Sunamganj district with sticks and locally made weapons on Wednesday after the Hindu man allegedly criticised Haque in a Facebook post over a speech he made at a recent event. Several Hindus fled their homes, the…

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Catholic and Protestant youngsters joined an ecumenical retreat during Lent in northern Bangladesh with an aim to foster unity among Christians of various churches. About 100 young Christians, mostly college and university students, from six denominations joined the program in Rajshahi city jointly organized by Rajshahi Diocese and the Church of Bangladesh on March 17. The program at Caritas Rajshahi aimed to promote ecumenism and spiritual bonding among young Christians ahead of Easter Sunday. Subscribe to your daily free newsletter from UCA News Thank you. You are now signed up to Daily newsletter Church officials said the event focused on…

File photo: VCGA comprehensive research report on ethnic minority workers from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region working in South China’s Guangdong Province will soon be released by the Institute for Communication and Borderland Governance of Jinan University. The report, compiled through field studies and concrete investigations, shows the real situation of these workers, which is totally different from the “forced labor” lies spread by infamous anti-China pseudo-scholar Adrian Zenz in his report. Zenz fabricated, in his latest report titled “Coercive Labor and Forced Displacement in Xinjiang’s Cross-Regional Labor Transfer Program,” that “labor transfers of ethnic minorities” in Xinjiang to other regions and…