Fri 30 August 2024: An old video of a demonstration held by student supporters of Bangladesh’s former ruling party, the Awami League, has reappeared on social media with the bogus allegation that it shows Hindus protesting in Dhaka following incidents of violence against them. “Saffron floods the streets of Dhaka. Hindus of Bangladesh have taken […]
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Fri 30 August 2024: China on Friday strongly opposed the anti-subsidy tariffs proposed by the EU on Chinese electric vehicles, local media reported. China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) called the EU move trade protectionism and warned against disrupting global supply chains, according to the Global Times. “Cooperation, not protectionism, is crucial […]
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Fri 30 August 2024: The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sport of Afghanistan on Thursday announced that Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights in Afghanistan have been banned. The directorate said in a statement that concerns had been raised in the past that the sport was not compliant with Sharia law. “After comprehensive investigations, it […]
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Thu 29 August 2024: Footage of a child covered in dust after an airstrike in Gaza circulated in social media posts that falsely claimed it was filmed in Bangladesh following reports of attacks on members of the country’s Hindu minority. The child was in fact caught up in a strike on a school sheltering displaced […]
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Thu 29 August 2024: The interim government of Bangladesh, led by Professor Muhammad Yunus, has lifted the ban on the country’s main Islamic party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir. Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government had imposed a ban on them on August 1 under the country’s anti-terrorism law, […]
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Wed 28 August 2024: “The project is that this is a Hindu land that belongs to Hindu people and Muslims are outsiders. And India has to bring an end to these thousand years of slavery,” author of the book ‘Shikwah-e-Hind: The Political Future of Indian Muslims’ Mujibur Rehman told The Wire in an interview. Harsh […]
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Photo Credit: Company Website Tue 27 August 2024: A New Zealand dairy company has been fined 420,000 New Zealand dollars ($261,452) for using imported Indian butter in products labelled as locally produced. New Zealand’s Commerce Commission said on Monday that Milkio Foods Limited misled customers about the origin of the butter used in its “100 […]
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Tue 27 August 2024: India is exploring the possibility of sourcing cheetahs from countries such as Somalia, Sudan and Tanzania to avoid biorhythm complications that have affected big cats relocated from countries much further south such as South Africa and Namibia. Official records reveal that cheetahs imported from these southern countries have struggled to adjust to India’s […]
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Mon 26 August 2024: As China grapples with a demographic crisis marked by declining marriage and birth rates, the government is introducing measures to simplify marriage while making divorce more challenging. The Ministry of Civil Affairs has proposed changes to the Regulation on Marriage Registration, which are currently open for public feedback until September 11. […]
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Mon 26 August 2024: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Sunday that the Western world needs to stop trying to control the international media merely for the sake of highlighting “inaccurate narratives” about the ongoing war in Gaza. Inaugurating the All-Malaysian Mosque Summit for Al-Aqsa and Palestine in Kuala Lumpur, he stressed that the West […]
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