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Forced headshave, beard shave: Perpetrators, victims and rule of
A recent uncomfortable trend of forced headshave and beard shave has become a topic of widespread discussion and criticism nationwide. In several viral videos posted on social media platforms, it has been seen that elderly people who are staying in the courtyard of a shrine or begging on the streets are suddenly being caught and their hair and beards are being forcibly cut. Netizens expressed anger and concern over such incidents soon after these scenes spread on social media.Who are the victims...
How Atulprasad Sen’s ancestral home becomes 'Munshi Bari'
The name Atulprasad Sen shines brightly in the history of Bengali culture, music, and poetry. A legendary composer and lyricist of Bengali songs, Atulprasad was born in the village of Magur in the Bijhari Union of Naria Upazila, Shariatpur district. The iconic song “Moder Gorob Moder Asha, A-Mori Bangla Bhasha” — which inspired the Language Movement of 1952 — was written by him. But the very house in which he was born, where he spent his childhood and adolescence, is no longer known by his name....
Sheikh Hasina wins third term in Bangladesh elections marred by deadly violence | CNN
Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina has won a third consecutive term as prime minister, the country’s Election Commission said Monday, in a poll marred by deadly violence and allegations of rigged ballots.
Hasina’s ruling Awami League (AL) party won a landslide of 288 votes out of a possible 300, according to the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi, with just one seat left to be declared. The opposition alliance led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) took seven seats....
Hasina’s ruling Awami League (AL) party won a landslide of 288 votes out of a possible 300, according to the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi, with just one seat left to be declared. The opposition alliance led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) took seven seats....
Rohingya Hindu women share horror tales
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Nepal’s farmers struggle to overcome terrible legacy of earthquakes | Abdul Malek
When the hills around his house began to shake, Budhman Ram Bahadur was out tending to his maize crop. He believes that saved his life. His mud-and-stone house collapsed, killing a buffalo, but he and his family of five survived.“The first I knew of the earthquake was when all the dogs in the village started to bark,” the 65-year-old Nepalese farmer said. “If it was at night, we’d all have died.”Given the strong aftershocks that followed the 7.8 magnitude quake that struck on 25 April, killing m...
