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ANI | Updated: May 24, 2021 23:52 IST Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 24 (ANI): Bangladesh, world’s third largest Muslim country, which was swept by a wave of Islamic militancy from 1999 to 2005, has seen an increase in terrorist activity in recent years, including attacks on foreigners, activists and religious minorities.In an opinion piece in Global Watch Analysis, Roland Jacquard, Chairman of Roland Jacquard Global Security Consulting (RJGSC), said that in March 2021, violent demonstrations in Bangladesh, reportedly by activists of Hefazat-e-lslam (Hel), lead to deaths of four during the recent 50th anniversary celebrations of the country.On March 26, 1971, Bangladesh…

The internet and its cloak of anonymity seemingly avails us with freedom on all counts. What people see of one’s life on their social media profile/s, for instance, is what they want people to see. Individuals may not have much control over what happens to the parts of themselves they put out there, but they can endlessly tailor which parts do get out there and in what context. This is why it is quite difficult to unknowingly commit internet faux pas, because you have ample opportunities to edit and rethink before you hit send/post/upload. So when, on Mother’s Day earlier…

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Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, a Republican, introduced the Prohibiting TSP Investment in China Act. This bill would prohibit Thrift Savings Plan funds from being invested in any entity based in the People’s Republic of China. The TSP is the predominant government retirement fund and is utilized by 6,000,000 military members and federal civilian employees. “We’ve seen it time and again – Chinese companies don’t play by the rules, committing intellectual property theft and disregarding basic regulatory standards at the expense of investors,” Tuberville said. “Not a single taxpayer dollar should be invested with these entities that have a clear history…

New York, United States – A student leader during the 1988 uprisings against Myanmar’s previous military dictatorship, Nay Myint was imprisoned and tortured for his efforts. “I gave a speech to the public about democracy, human rights and freedom. Shortly after, the military intelligence arrested me and then they gave me a life sentence. I stayed in the prison for 15 years, 10 years in solitary confinement,” he told Al Jazeera. Last weekend, rather than giving a speech to crowds in Yangon, the US-based activist addressed the Myanmar community in New York City, which had gathered at Union Square to…

Every government in Pakistan, including the current one, has gone around the world with a begging bowl. We are now drowning in debt and stuck in an anemic growth orbit, and will continue to be this way since no government has pursued the deep reforms necessary to establish an economically strong Pakistan. It was unthinkable, 20 years back, that Bangladesh’s GDP per-capita in 2020 would be almost twice that of Pakistan. Bangladesh could be an economic powerhouse in 2030 if it grows at the same rate as in the past. If Pakistan continues its dismal performance, it is in the…

Ranchi: The socio-religious body of Muslims, Edara-e-Shariah, and the minority cell of the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) took strong exception to the circulation of a Prophet Mohammad photograph in the study material distributed by Digi Sath — a platform that operates the online education system among school students. The state education council apologised for the human error and said the photograph has been taken down. The central president of JMM’s minority cell, Hidayatullah Khan, said circulating the photograph of Prophet Mohammad tantamounts to blasphemy and aimed at disrupting the religious harmony in the state. The cell has also filed…

Rachel Wisniewski May. 23, 2021 On a Friday night at Beth Shalom in January 2020, only 70 of the 270 synagogue seats were filled — at least a quarter of them by tourists. Adriana Quiñones, 19, led the evening services, chanting at the bema in Hebrew beside her ex-boyfriend, Jonathan, in a highlighter-yellow dress. While Quiñones can read Hebrew beautifully, she doesn’t actually understand what it means — a qualification that has been overlooked in light of the fact that the synagogue does not have a rabbi. There isn’t one rabbi living in the whole country of Cuba. Currently, only…

Lithuania’s parliament became the latest to label China’s treatment of its Uighur minority as “genocide” on Thursday, voting to request a U.N. investigation into internment camps and a review of relations with Beijing by the European Commission. Several countries, including the United States, Canada, Netherlands, and the UK have already accused China of genocide, which is defined as the “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group” by international convention. Reports that have surfaced from Xinjiang have revealed that in addition to interning Uighurs in camps, China has been forcibly mass sterilizing Uighur…

Few years ago, when pro-Islamist Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its political ally Jamaat-e-Islami were in power, a bridge was named after terrorist group Hezbollah back in 2006. According to media reports, a bridge crossing the Batakhali river, 300 kilometers (180 miles) southeast of the capital Dhaka was named after Hezbollah terrorist group under the direct instruction of the top-leadership of BNP. But since 2009, things are changing to a positive direction in Bangladesh, while the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been vigorously confronting religious extremism and militancy and upholding interfaith harmony and world peace. Few days…

International community needs to extend their fullest support towards Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government in their noble battle against radical Islam, militancy and religious extremism. Writes Damdana Ranadhiran While the evil nexus of Islamists and jihadists including Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Hefazat-e-Islam and others are continuously making attempts of turning Bangladesh into a “Taliban state” or a caliphate, Awami League, under the magnanimous leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has not only been vigorously combating these notorious elements, but also has been tirelessly working in freeing Bangladesh from the threats posed by militancy outfits and their cohorts…

Dhiman Chowdhury     | Published: May 22, 2021 22:26:06 Stock markets behave like the governments in developing and least developed countries. Here companies are like the ministers and Member of Parliaments (MPs). And their outside shareholders or minority shareholders both individuals and institutions are like the county’s citizens and at best the opposition parties. In these countries, ruling parties and their representatives – the ministers and MPs try to keep the opposition parties inactive either by force, repression, and or by divide and rule. Similar is the case with the family business companies which are owned by few large…