Author: Priya Saha

HANOI (Vietnam New Network): Vietnam is the third-largest cinnamon producer and exporter in the world after Indonesia and China, and the future is full of potential. However, challenges need to be carefully navigated to ensure sustainable development. Vietnamese star anise and cinnamon are consumed by markets in India, the Middle East, Japan, South Korea, the US, and Europe with annual export revenue reaching about US$400 million. A report from Vietnam Timber and Forest Products Association revealed a partner from the UK is looking for a reputable cinnamon supplier to import 50 containers of Vietnamese cinnamon to Kenya including rolled, chopped,…

Since its creation in 1947 as a part of Pakistan, Bangladesh (“BD”) has been a disaster for Democracy and minorities, primarily Hindus.  When BD, with the help of India and Hindus, achieved independence from Pakistan in 1971, and Banga Bandhu Shaikh Mujibar Rehman became the first Prime Minister of independent BD, everyone hoped that BD would become a truly Democratic Country with equal rights for its minorities. However, Mr. Rehman dashed both the expectations.  First, his government continued to treat minorities the way they were treated during Pakistan’s rule.  Then he converted BD into an authoritarian government. In 1947, based…

The Catholic Church observed the golden jubilee of the birth of Bangladesh by honoring Christians who fought the War of Independence from Pakistan in 1971.Church officials conferred a special medal and a certificate of honor on some 40 former guerrilla fighters, representing 419 Christian former guerrillas officially recognized by the state, during a national program in capital Dhaka on Dec. 11.In addition, 35 individuals representing clergy, religious and laypeople received memorial crests for their significant roles during the war including supporting, sheltering and providing food and medical treatment to freedom fighters and refugees. The event marked the golden jubilee of…

AIZAWL: The largest and most powerful church in the Christian-dominated state of Mizoram, the Presbyterian Church, decided to make an appeal to the state government to prolong maternity leave for women in order to encourage married couples to have more babies. The resolution was passed by delegates of the Synod conference, the highest decision making authority of the Prebyterian Church, on Saturday. The annual Synod conference was held at Republic Veng, the local church in Aizawl, from Tuesday and concluded on Sunday. A majority of the delegates from across the state said increase in population of church members and, the…

Dear Editor,With reference to Akola Thompson’s missive titled ‘I believe objective truth to be subjective depending on who is telling the tale’ published on 9th December, why is it so hard for this columnist to defend her statements by providing the evidence? The columnist basically responded to my criticisms of her column by going around in circles with no evidence to defend the sweeping assertions about Indo-Guyanese being the most privileged ethnic group in Guyana. Editor, I know what an opinion is, and I also know what a column is, but do keep in mind that a column published in…

Manash Ghosh WHAT the Jews were to Hitler, the Hindus were to Niazi. He would ask his troops to keep a count of how many Hindus they had killed every day, so that a grand official tally could be worked out at month’s end. That would give a clear idea of how many Hindus they had been able to wipe out from the face of East Pakistan. Thus were his troops exhorted to ‘… kill whosoever Hindu comes your way. The problem of the Bengali Muslims is that they are Hindu at heart so they are a treacherous lot. Our…

President Joe Biden’s administration recently announced that it will not send an official United States delegation to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. This announcement came as pressure mounted to hold China responsible for its many human rights violations in East Asia. While there are no precise details on how the boycott will work, it will ensure government officials do not attend the games, but American athletes will still be able to compete. The Biden administration’s decision to refrain from sending any official United States delegation to Beijing encourages other countries to also protest China’s human rights violations while still…

Faisalabad: Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) observed International Human Rights Day 2021 in collaboration with Global Human Rights Defense (GHRD), GHRTV, National Minorities Alliance Pakistan (NMAP) and Peace and Development Foundation (PDF) with civil society and stakeholders on UN theme of “EQUALITY – Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights ‘Equality’ as Article 1 of the UDHR stating that “All human beings are born free and are equal in dignity and rights.”. The event in Press Cub Faisalabad was organized speaking with print & electronic media persons to raise issues of minorities’ human rights violations. The representatives of civil society, religious, political…

Kolkata, Dec 11 (PTI) Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Shahriar Alam Saturday said forces opposed to the 1971 Liberation War are still active both within and outside the country and have been hatching conspiracies to malign it. He was speaking on the violent attacks on the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh during Durga Puja. “Those who had opposed our freedom, the Liberation War are still active in our country and outside it. The forces and the platforms have hatched a conspiracy to disturb the peace and malign of our country,” he said. “You can very well understand how…

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By Nirendra Dev (UCA News) — For Indian politicians, it is time again for temple runs as five crucial states, including the largest, Uttar Pradesh in the north, prepare to go to the polls in the first quarter of 2022. And besides making a public display of offering flowers and milk to a plethora of gods, the usual election talk to polarize the electorate into majority Hindus and minority Muslims will carry on full steam in the coming months. The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August is proving handy for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the pro-Hindu outfits aligned…

A day after a court in Bangladesh sentenced 20 students to death for killing a fellow student, members of the victim’s family said they hope the punishments would soon be served. Abrar Fahad, 21, a student at Dhaka’s elite Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, was beaten to death in October 2019 by fellow students who were members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling Awami League [AL] political party. Fahad’s battered body was found in his university dormitory hours after he wrote a Facebook post that quickly went viral slamming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,…