London/Dhaka, April 3 (IANS) As conditions worsen in Bangladesh’s overcrowded refugee camps, thousands of Rohingya refugees are grappling to survive following food aid cuts, heightening concerns over a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation, a report highlighted. According to a report in Britain’s Independent, the 1.2 million Rohingyas living in the miserable camps receive $12 per person each month – “an amount that the persecuted minority from Myanmar has long warned is barely sustain…
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Kathmandu, March 13 (IANS) The government of Nepal has decided to stop providing visa-on-arrival facilities to Iranian citizens visiting the country amid the ongoing US–Iran conflict in West Asia, the country’s Department of Immigration said on Friday. “The move is aimed at preventing an influx of Iranian citizens into Nepal due to the ongoing conflict in the region,” Ram Chandra Tiwari, Director General of the department, told IANS. “We have been adopting similar policies for other nati…
Dhaka, March 7 (IANS) Bangladesh’s fire safety management in Rohingya refugee camps exposes a central paradox as humanitarian actors focus on emergency responses while the underlying causes of fire remain unaddressed. Plans for 50,000 semi-permanent, fire-resistant shelters, unveiled with fanfare, have gone unfunded after the early 2025 international aid cuts, a report has cited.“What stands out in the humanitarian record is not just this catastrophe but the sheer recurrence: between May 2018 …
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) A day after the International Mother Language Day was celebrated with a lot of fanfare in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Sunday, said she was pained deeply that divisive forces were attempting to malign and target those who speak Bangla, labelling them as “ghuspaithiya (illegal infiltrators), subjecting them to humiliation and persecution”. At the same time, the Chief Minister claimed that she would continue with her relentless struggle and movement agai…
Brussels, Feb 5 (IANS) As Bangladesh heads towards the February 12 elections, the future appears increasingly uncertain, especially for minorities, who may confront a government that does not recognise them as equal citizens. Much of the blame falls on the Muhammad Yunus-led interim Government, which, instead of managing a peaceful transition, has damaged the economy, acted illegally against business groups, allowed attacks on minorities, deepened divisions and turned a blind eye to the Islamist…
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) Countering Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement over the death of 25 people in Anandapur warehouses fire, Trinamool Congress’s all-India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday said that the Centre should take responsibility for the death of 140 people in West Bengal due to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) fear. Earlier in the day, Shah targeted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the deaths in Anandapur and claimed that the state government was trying to shie…
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Days ahead of Bangladesh’s February 12 general elections, an intelligence input has warned the government of the potential use of Rohingyas in criminal and political activities, ruling out the possibility of implementing an Election Commission proposal to seal the refugee camps during the polls, according to a media report.The agency believes it would not be feasible to implement the Bangladesh poll body’s recommendation to isolate the camps during the poll process, ci…
Jaipur, Jan 17 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Hawa Mahal Swami Balmukundacharya Maharaj has dismissed the claims made by Congress leaders regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as baseless and misleading.He asserted that the SIR is being conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI), a constitutional body, with complete fairness and transparency to ensure clean and accurate voter lists.Swami Balmukundacharya Maharaj said the objective of the SIR pro…
Bengaluru, Jan 15 (IANS) The Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding an urgent National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the alleged illegal settlements at Kogilu in Bengaluru and potential threats to national security.Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, has written a letter to HM Amit Shah in this regard on Thursday.It may be noted that the Congress-led government, after undert…
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday made it clear that her party will continue a parallel legal and on-the-street political battle over the controversy surrounding the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) simultaneous raid and search operations on January 8 at the office of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) in Salt Lake, on the northern outskirts of Kolkata, and at the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain at Loudon …