Not enough steps to prevent loss of ethnic languages
Not enough steps to prevent loss of ethnic languages

There are 12 families of the Hudi community in Gridda Narayanpur village of Sherpur Sadar Upazila. None of them can speak their mother tongue. Subhash Chandra Biswas, a member of the community, said, Even I cant speak my mother tongue, let alone my children. My aunt was the only person in our...

Consul general engages with Bangladeshi students in Toronto
Consul general engages with Bangladeshi students in Toronto

The Bangladesh Consulate General in Toronto hosted an exchange meeting with Bangladeshi students from the University of Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan University, and York University. Thirty-one students from four campus-based Bangladeshi student unions attended the event. As part of the upcoming...

Chief Adviser exchanges greetings with Christian community leaders
Chief Adviser exchanges greetings with Christian community leaders

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus exchanged greetings with representatives of the Christian community on the occasion of Happy Christmas Day at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Tuesday. Religious Affairs Adviser Dr AFM Khalid Hossain conducted the greeting exchange ceremony,...

Tens of thousands displaced by ethnic brutality in northeast India suffer squalid conditions in camps
Tens of thousands displaced by ethnic brutality in northeast India suffer squalid conditions in camps

Phalneivah Khonsai fled for her life when violence erupted in her neighborhood in Indias volatile northeast, carrying only the essentials and hoping for a quick return, reports AP. Khonsai, along with her husband and three children, abandoned their home, which was later set ablaze by a mob, and...

Wildfire in Pakistan kills 180 animals, devastates Thar communities
Wildfire in Pakistan kills 180 animals, devastates Thar communities

A wildfire that erupted on December 18 in Khokhrapar Union Council and parts of Achhro Thar has killed 180 animals, destroyed crops, fodder, and over 50,000 trees across 20 acres, according to villagers, as reported by DAWN. The blaze, which reportedly started near the Indian border, wiped out...

Rajput leader Raj Shekhawat threatens 'Pushpa 2' makers over Use of 'Shekhawat' in negative role
Rajput leader Raj Shekhawat threatens 'Pushpa 2' makers over Use of 'Shekhawat' in negative role

Rajput leader Raj Shekhawat has issued a strong warning to the makers of Pushpa 2, accusing the film of insulting the Kshatriya community. In a post on social media platform X, Shekhawat expressed his displeasure over the portrayal of a character named Shekhawat, played by Fahadh Faasil. Pushpa 2...