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Font size:A-|A+  Comments disabledThanh Cuong Nguyen has always been a rebel. As a child in Vietnam, he went to the movies without telling his parents. He then married a Slovak woman without giving his parents a heads up and is now involved in another “rebellious” act. Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after video advertisement The Association of Vietnamese Entrepreneurs in Slovakia, which the Vietnamese man, now in his early fifties, is a deputy chair of, is hoping to convince the Slovak government to grant the Vietnamese community the official status of an ethnic minority.“It could immensely help us,” he…

‘CPI(M) working for a platform of secular forces, including the Cong., to take on BJP at the national level’ ‘CPI(M) working for a platform of secular forces, including the Cong., to take on BJP at the national level’ The religious minorities have begun to rally around the secular-democratic space offered by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], a fact discernible from the Assembly election results in Kerala, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has said. The party, he said in an interview with The Hindu on the sidelines of the CPI(M) State conference here on Wednesday, believed that the answer…

Dr. Malini Sur is a sociocultural anthropologist who has conducted research in India, Bangladesh, and, more recently, Australia. She is a senior lecturer in anthropology at Western Sydney University. Her research interests center on mobility—of people, goods, territory, and transport—driven by history, globalization, and, increasingly, environmental change. Sur’s published work critically interrogates the history and sociopolitics of borders, infrastructures, transnational flows, and identities. Her more recent work investigates mobility via natural disasters, shifting ecologies, urban air pollution, and climate change. Sur’s essays have appeared in journals such as Cultural Anthropology, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Modern Asian Studies, and Economic and…

Investors are found to be cautious about many economic and market factors in 2022, but their optimism did not let off, revealed the Bangladesh Capital Market Sentiment Survey 2022 by LankaBangla Securities, the top brokerage firm in the country. The majority of respondents anticipate the Dhaka Stock Exchange’s broad-based benchmark DSEX will close above the 7,000 mark at the end of this year. They came up with the anticipation despite their perception of increased risks of less money flow on the country’s bourses, further policy interventions by different regulators, weakened investor confidence, the weak regulatory framework, and risk of poor…

Stark disparities in cancer rates between different ethnic groups have been laid bare in new research showing black people are twice as likely to get prostate cancer while white people have double the chance of getting skin and lung cancers.The analysis of NHS Digital cancer registration data by Cancer Research UK provides the most complete recording ever of cancer rates by ethnicity in England, offering crucial data on how some rates vary. The results are published in the British Journal of Cancer.White people in England are more than twice as likely to get some types of cancer, including melanoma skin…

A two-day festival titled Matribhasha Utsab 2022 ended on the Jahangirnagar University campus on Monday. JU unit of Bangladesh Students Union organised the festival titled Sakal Bhashar Saman Marzada. On the first day of the festival, which began on February 27, a day-long exhibition displaying alphabets and paintings of different languages spoken by people of Bangladesh was organised at the transport yard of the university. A series of lectures titled Bhasha Matin Baktritamala-1 was held at the university’s new arts building. Professor Rayhan Rhyne of JU philosophy department gave a lecture on the subject titled Oupanibeshik Samay Theke Bhashar Bartaman…

Highlights  No exam for religion, ICT & Bangladesh and Global Studies SSC exams on Bangla, English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry  SSC examinees will also sit for Higher Math, Biology, Accounting, Business Entrepreneurship  They will also take part in finance, Bangladesh history, geography, Civics, Economics, Home Science and agri-studies exams  HSC exams on Bangla, English, three group-based elective subjects and one optional subject The education ministry has decided to take the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations 2022 on a revised syllabus, the ministry sources said. The Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education have set the probable dates…

More must be done to tackle smoking and obesity rates among people from ethnic minority groups to prevent a surge in preventable cancer cases, a charity has warned.Cancer Research UK (CRUK) said evidence has suggested the proportion of smokers and obesity rates could increase among people from black, Asian or mixed ethnic backgrounds. If this happens, then there could be a rise in cancers linked to lifestyle factors. CRUK said that this, combined with reports that people from ethnic minority backgrounds have worse experiences of cancer care and have lower survival rates for some cancer types, is “worrying”. The comments…

In mid-August last year, a Hindu vigilante group attacked a popular food stall run by three Muslim brothers in the temple town of Mathura in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The men accused them of profiting from the name of a Hindu god and tore up their posters and signboards, said Abid, one of the brothers who ran Shrinath Dosa Corner. “They said Hindus eat here because they think you’re Hindus,” he said. Abid’s stall, located in a market that sells electronic goods, is just a few kilometres from a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Krishna. Shrinath…

Guest Column General Ne Win, the leader of the 1958 and 1962 military coups. By David I. Steinberg 1 March 2022 By 1 March 2022 Sixty years is considered an auspicious life cycle in many countries in East Asia. After weathering five rounds of 12 zodiac signs, one enters a state of revered age, with the social respect and wisdom those advanced years are supposed to bestow. It is a happy event. On March 2, Myanmar may commemorate, but not celebrate, the 60th anniversary of the 1962 military coup that brought the Myanmar…

Home » INDIANARRATIVE » Sheikh Hasina’s toughest challenge-defeating the rising tide of Islamism in Bangladesh By Baladas Ghoshal New Delhi, March 1: The spurt of incidents of attacks on Hindu minority community in Bangladesh in recent times brings into focus the increasing influence of Islamists in that country despite the Hasina government’s profession of secularism and its attempt to maintain that credential. Islamism in Bangladesh is rising precipitously, permeating every aspect of life and has taken root as much in urban centres as in rural communities. To quote a perceptive analyst: “Everywhere – from modern business office to daily social…

British High Commissioner Christian Turner and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. • Says his meeting with PM Khan was largely around interfaith harmony• Insists one of the roles of Church of England is to combat Islamophobia ISLAMABAD: Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on Monday said though there was a clear commitment by the Pakistani government to religious freedom and belief, minorities of all sorts, and also the Muslim majority, remained suppressed in their daily lived experience. “There are very clear misuses, as is recognised, of the blasphemy law against minorities; however most of the misuses — well over 50pc —…