Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said that he would work on forming a cell for better coordination to get international recognition of the Bangladesh genocide carried out by the Pakistan military in 1971. He made the comment at a seminar titled “Genocide in.
Experts in Bangladesh have called into question the UN report listing “victims of enforced disappearances” in the country. The experts criticised the report for over-relying on some local non-government organisations.
When Bangladesh continues to bear the brunt of sheltering more than a million Rohingyas, Myanmar is doing little for their repatriation amid the silence of global powers though the Southeast Asian cou
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Bangladesh pandemic cases surpass half a million, with over 7,810 deaths
Officially, COVID-19 pandemic cases in Bangladesh stand at over 524,000 and deaths at more than 7,810, as medical experts criticise the callous disregard of Prime Minister Sheik Hasina’s government over its handling of the health emergency.
Nine months have already passed since the first COVID-19 related cases and deaths were reported: three cases on March 8 last year and on March 18, the first death.
The government’s under-estimation of the extent of the crisis was exposed after its figures were compared with those in other countries, which adopted the criminal “herd immunity” policy allowing the virus to run unchecked.