Staff Repoter :: The prominent Publisher of Omicon Publishing House from Bangladesh, Engr. Mehedi Hasan demands, “Bengali” to be included in Istanbul Fellowship grant program likewise other 68 different languages. Mr. Hasan highlighted this issue during the inauguration ceremony of International Istanbul Fellowship program which was inaugurated by the Governor of Istanbul, Mr. Mr. Vasip Şahin […]
Staff Repoter :: Amari Dhaka brings home the best of the exotic flavours from Thailand from 15th to 24th March 2018. This special Thai promotion named as ‘My Thai’ will feature exciting Thai delicacies and would spearhead the preparations at the festival by Chef Nuttaput Tai, a connoisseur of Thai cuisine and the new Thai […]
BBC has reported that a portrait of Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been removed by Oxford University, where she was previously awarded an honorary degree, amid criticism of her handling of the Rohingya crisis. The United Nations said about approximately 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled the persecution in Myanmar to Bangladesh in […]
World Food Programme (WFP) will provide food assistance to 500,000 Rohingyas, who entered Bangladesh fleeing violence in Myanmar. WFP Executive Director David Beasley announced the food support for Rohingya refugees when he met relief and disaster management minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya in a city hotel on Saturday, an official release said. Secretary of the […]
The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) have nabbed five members of a gang involved in duping retired persons and making off with their hard-earned savings. At a press conference at the PBI Dhaka metro office in Agargaon on Saturday, it was said that the gang members were arrested on Friday from a house in Pallabi […]
Russian government-controlled news agency Sputnik has said the Indian government has denied reports that it is interested in mediating between Myanmar and Bangladesh to resolve the Rohingya crisis. “India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that the government has no plans to act as a mediator between Myanmar and Bangladesh to solve the Rohingya […]
Google has responded once again to the Bangladesh government’s request for information on nine accounts. According to Google’s transparency report this Thursday, the Bangladesh government has sent in eight requests asking for information on nine accounts. Google has provided 25 per cent of the information. The requests were made between January and 30 June this […]
UNICEF has announced plans to build over 1,300 new learning centres for Rohingya child refugees in Bangladesh. About 15,000 Rohingya children in camps and settlements in Cox’s Bazar have been enrolled in the 182 learning centres currently being run by the UN children’s agency. “It is critical that these children, who have suffered so […]