Author: Priya Saha

Recently, Thailand has decided to provide the duty-free, quota-free (DFQF) market facility for Bangladeshi products in its market until 2026 to increase two-way trade volume. The declaration came as such facilities to Bangladesh by Thailand expired on 31 December 2020. It is high time to analyze the market situation of Thailand to devise appropriate strategies to get optimum benefits from the DFQF market facilities offered to Bangladesh. The journey of Bangladesh-Thailand relations began on 5 October 1972 when Thailand recognized Bangladesh as a sovereign nation-state. The diplomatic ties began with the establishment of the Thai Embassy in Bangladesh in 1974.…

The White House on Tuesday called on companies to join the U.S. government in countering Beijing’s alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, after electric car maker Tesla Inc. was found to have opened a showroom in the region in China. “I can’t speak to the specific situation of one company, but as a general matter, we believe the private sector should oppose the PRC’s human rights abuses and genocide in Xinjiang,” Press Secretary Jen Psaki told a press conference, referring to the acronym for China’s official name, the People’s Republic of China. Her remarks came as the administration of President…

Mônica Francisco and Mãe Seci Caxi do not see eye to eye about God.Ms. Francisco, a Rio de Janeiro state congresswoman, practiced Catholicism until she joined an evangelical church at 18. She is among the 65 million Brazilians – approximately one-third of the population – who consider themselves evangelicals.Ms. Caxi was born into a family of Candomblé – a minority Brazilian religion of African origin that has historically been discriminated against, including by evangelicals.But when Ms. Caxi needed help in saving a space sacred to the adherents of Candomblé, she turned to the evangelical politician, who is also a pastor.…

Uighur Muslims in Istanbul accuse Chinese officials of committing genocide, torture, rape and crimes against humanity.Nineteen people from China’s Uighur Muslim ethnic group have filed a criminal complaint with a Turkish prosecutor against Chinese officials, accusing them of committing genocide, torture, rape and crimes against humanity. Lawyer Gulden Sonmez said on Tuesday it was necessary because international bodies had not acted against Chinese authorities, who have been accused of facilitating forced labour by detaining about a million Uighurs and other primarily Muslim minorities in camps since 2016. China initially denied the camps existed, but has since said they are vocational…

Ebadot Hossain has bowled Bangladesh to the brink of a famous victory over world champions New Zealand in a fiery spell on the fourth day of the first Test. On a pitch on which Bangladesh and New Zealand collectively amassed 786 runs in their first innings – with the tourists taking a 130-run lead – Ebadot reduced New Zealand to 5-147 at stumps, a lead of only 17 runs. After dismissing first innings century-maker Devon Conway for 13, Ebadot removed Will Young (69), Henry Nicholls (0) and Tom Blundell (0) in the space of six balls to fortify the strong…

Elon Musk’s Tesla has been accused of supporting genocide after reports surfaced that the electric carmaker opened a showroom in China’s Xinjiang province. The backlash came shortly after Tesla announced the store opening in a Dec. 31 blog post on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social media platform. The store is located in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang province, where Chinese authorities have targeted Uyghur Muslims and other religious minority groups in a crackdown the US government has labeled a genocide. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), was among those who condemned the store opening. Rubio co-authored the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, a…

COX’S BAZAR: Bangladesh authorities have bulldozed more than 3,000 Rohingya-run shops since last month, a government official confirmed Tuesday, as struggling refugee families voiced their dismay at the demolitions. About 850,000 members of the stateless Muslim minority are packed into overcrowded displacement camps in Bangladesh, most having fled neighbouring Myanmar after a 2017 military clampdown that prompted an international genocide investigation. Bangladesh has been praised for taking in the refugees but rights groups have criticised restrictions placed on the refugees, most recently a drive to knock down makeshift shops that serve their communities. The country’s deputy refugee commissioner Shamsud Douza…

On the fourth day at Mount Maunganui, Ebadot reduced New Zealand to 147-5 at stumps, a lead of only 17 runs Mount Maunganui Ebadot Hossain bowled Bangladesh to the brink of a famous victory over World Test Champion New Zealand in a fiery spell Tuesday on the fourth day of the first Test.On a pitch on which Bangladesh and New Zealand collectively amassed 786 runs in their first innings — with the tourists taking a 130-run lead — Ebadot reduced New Zealand to 147-5 at stumps, a lead of only 17 runs.After dismissing first innings century-maker Devon Conway for 13,…

BEIJING — American activists are appealing to Tesla Inc. to close a new showroom in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, where officials are accused of abuses against mostly Muslim ethnic minorities.Tesla on Friday announced the opening of its showroom in Urumqi, the Xinjiang capital, and said on its Chinese social media account, “Let’s start Xinjiang’s all-electric journey!”The Council on American-Islamic Relations, an American organization based in Washington, D.C., on Monday urged Tesla and its chairman, Elon Musk, to close the showroom and “cease what amounts to economic support for genocide.” Pressure on foreign companies to take positions on Xinjiang, Tibet,…

On the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation War and the birth of the People’s Republic of  Bangladesh, the Lemkin Institute issues a formal statement for the recognition of the genocide committed towards the Bengali nation during the war for independence, said a press release.  After the British colonial partition of 1947, East Pakistan, today’s Bangladesh, remained under the rule of West Pakistan. The partition was based on religious identity — India became majority Hindu and Pakistan majority Muslim. Although the eastern part of Bengal was given to Pakistan because  the majority of its people were Muslim, the West Pakistan government,…

Tesla revealed the details about its new showroom on its official account on Chinese social media platform Weibo which is a Twitter-like platform San Francisco: Elon Musk-run Tesla has opened a showroom in China’s Xinjiang region, criticised globally for serious human rights violations of the Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic and religious minority groups. On New Year’s Eve, Tesla opened a new showroom in Xinjiang, the remote region where “Chinese authorities are carrying out a campaign of forcible assimilation against religious minorities that has become a public-relations quagmire for Western brands”, The Wall Street Journal reported late on Monday. Tesla…

A total of 46 grants were awarded, with 57% going to women-owned businesses, 37% going to racial or ethnic minority-owned businesses, and 2% going to veteran-owned businesses. Applications closed on Sunday, September 19, 2021, and final awards were disbursed by December 6, 2021. Award size was based on receipts submitted reflecting the final costs of the projects. Below are the recipients who received funding and their award amount: •    A Unique Twinkle LLC: $5,000 •    A-Z Logistics Inc: $5,000 •    Ageless Esthetics Medspa: $4,000 •    Arnold Athletics LLC (Detour Athletics): $5,000 •    Beetle’s Bar & Grill Inc: $4,979.62 •  …