Star Digital Report Thu Jan 20, 2022 04:14 PM Last update on: Thu Jan 20, 2022 04:58 PM Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud. Photo: Collected”> Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud. Photo: Collected Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today called upon everyone to follow rules and regulations when operating IPTV, YouTube channels, and online portals. He also warned that if anyone breaks rules, legal action will be taken. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel. After a discussion with representatives of Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO) at the ministry this afternoon, he made the remarks. “We…
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Priya Saha
Executive Director at Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities | Priya Saha is the Executive Director of Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM). HRCBM is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
One year ago, 11 miners were slaughtered. In January 2013, 100 were killed in bomb attacks. by Massimo Introvigne Commemorating the 2013 martyrs in Islamabad. From Twitter. January is a bad month for the Hazaras of Pakistan, the Shia minority that radical Sunnis regard as non-Islamic and persecute from decades. This month, Hazaras both in Pakistan and in the diaspora in the United States, Canada, U.K., and Australia commemorated the victims of two terrorist attacks in 2013 and 2021. It was not a memory of the past only. The Hazaras called on the Pakistani government to protect them from daily…
Kingdom has made great strides in expanding access to education, but equitable access to education for certain groups of children, such as those living in remote areas, coming from poor families or ethnic minority communities, and those living with disabilities, remains an issue The World Bank and International Development Association yesterday approved US $69.25 million to help Cambodia improve equitable access to basic education and respond rapidly to crises affecting the education system. The World Bank will provide a $60 million credit through its International Development Association while the Global Partnership for Education will deliver a grant of $9.25 million.…
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The three teams — India Maharajas, Asia Lions and World Giants — feature some of the all-time cricketing greats In the climax of the Hollywood musical, Mary Poppins Returns, the eponymous English nanny turns the clock, the famed Big Ben of London, back by five minutes. Miss Poppins, played by the delightful Emily Blunt, has of course at her disposal magical powers to do that.Over the next 10 days at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, the clock is set to be turned several times over, though not quite in the literal sense. But there could well be plenty of magic,…
‘Order passed taking into consideration the peculiar circumstances of the case’ The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Tamil Nadu to conduct postgraduate admissions to the Vellore Christian Medical College (CMC) from the NEET merit list of students belonging to the Christian minority, after counselling is conducted by the State Selection Committee.A Bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao said the order was passed taking into consideration the peculiar circumstances of the case. “We are of the considered view that for the academic year 2021-2022, students shall be allotted for PG admissions by the State government from the NEET merit list…
Enes Kanter Freedom, a center for the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Boston Celtics, called out Golden State Warriors minority owner Chamath Palihapitiya for saying that “nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs” in China.During an appearance on CNN’s “New Day,” Freedom, who has repeatedly spoken out against the Chinese government, told host John Berman that he was “very angry, disappointed, and disgusted” watching the video of Palihapitiya’s comments before the Celtics’ Monday night game. “First of all, what is happening to the Uyghurs is one of the worst murder abuses in the world today,” Freedom told Berman. “And,” he added of Palihapitiya, “he claims that he’s…
Bangladesh will need an estimated 34,000 MW of electricity by 2030 to sustain economic growth of over 7%, said the latest breaking news editorial of the International Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bangladesh (ICCB). Experts cited in the editorial suggest that onshore and offshore gas and oil exploration and transmission and distribution improvements should be a top priority. A smooth supply of energy is essential to economic development and the achievement of the United States’ Sustainable Development Goals. Bangladesh’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is currently $ 455 billion. According to Bangla Media reports, the ICCB expects GDP from 2022 to…
UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA, Jan 18: UN human rights experts have voiced grave concern over attempts by the Taliban in Afghanistan to steadily erase women and girls from public life, saying women from ethnic and religious minorities such as the Hazara, Tajik, Hindu and other communities are even more vulnerable in the war-torn country.“We are concerned about the continuous and systematic efforts to exclude women from the social, economic, and political spheres across the country,” more than 35 independent UN human rights experts said Monday.They said these concerns are exacerbated in the cases of women from “ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities such…
Imran should know, after March 10 U.P. election results, Indian religions will try to bring mini-SAARC region again under one political rule of secular democracy.–National Security Advisors (NSA) are kept by many countries who normally deal with the issues of national security protected by military, para-military and police of the countries regarding matters of external security, internal security (uprising) and terrorism. Some larger issues which disturb national life like natural calamities, pandemic etc are also dealt with by NSA. But the 48 page ‘National Security Policy’ (NSP) released by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on January 14 (https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2004241/pakistan ) is…
More and more U.S. women were behind on guideline-recommended cervical cancer screening in recent years, with lack of knowledge about needing screening cited as the primary reason for not being up to date, researchers reported. In a pooled, population-based, cross-sectional study, the percentage of women not up to date on their screening increased from 14.4% in 2005 to 23.0% in 2019, according to Ryan Suk, PhD, MS, of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, and colleagues. The most common reason given for not receiving timely cervical cancer screening was not knowing screening was…
Women gather to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP File Photo) United Nations/Geneva, January 18 (PTI): UN human rights experts have voiced grave concern over attempts by the Taliban in Afghanistan to steadily erase women and girls from public life, saying women from ethnic and religious minorities such as the Hazara, Tajik, Hindu and other communities are even more vulnerable in the war-torn country. We are concerned about the continuous and systematic efforts to exclude women from the social, economic, and political spheres across the country, more than 35 independent UN…