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Breaking News Today: Dhaka insists Delhi must take more Rohingya initia...

Breaking News Today: Dhaka insists Delhi must take more Rohingya initia...: The latest Rohingya refugee crisis sparked by violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is a major security concern and India should take more...

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Dhaka insists Delhi must take more Rohingya initiatives

The latest Rohingya refugee crisis sparked by violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is a major security concern and India should take more initiatives to find a solution to this, Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali said on Monday.

“Let us be very clear that the Rohingya issue is a major security concern in the region,” Ali said during an interaction with the media at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club here.

“It is a fire in our neighbourhood and before it engulfs all of us, we must put it out,” he said.

He said these people uprooted from their hearth and homes were vulnerable to all kinds of radicalisation, and citing UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, said that children and women could also become victims of human trafficking.

Ali said that it was for the mutual advantage of both India and Bangladesh to work together to resolve this issue.

“India has borders with both Myanmar and Bangladesh and India, and as the prime mover of the Bimstec process, it should take more initiative so that these people are returned to their homes where they could live in safety and dignity,” he stated.

According to the latest figures issued by the UN office in Bangladesh, around 537,000 refugees have entered the country since August 25 after the Myanmarese army launched a crackdown on the minority Rohingya community in view of a series of attacks on security personnel.

The Rohingyas do not enjoy citizenship status in Myanmar and are sparingly given refugee status in Bangladesh.

Ali also noted India’s categorical statements in the UN Human Rights Council and acknowledged New Delhi’s relief assistance for the refugees in Bangladesh.

Stating that the citizenship of the Rohingyas was taken away by the Myanmar regime in 1982, he said these people could not go to schools for 35 years and neither could they go to any hospital.

“We have no issue with Myanmar bilaterally. The only issue we had with Myanmar in the past was demarcation of the maritime boundary which we had also resolved through a UN arbitration,” the High Commissioner said.

“So it is for Myanmar to recognise their own citizens and settle the matter.”

Ali also referred to the five-point plan presented by Bangladesh Prime Sheikh Hasina in the UN General Assembly last month to resolve the issue:

1.    Myanmar must unconditionally stop the violence and the practice of ethnic cleansing in Rakhine state immediately and forever;

2.    The UN Secretary General should immediately send a fact-finding mission to Myanmar;

3.    All civilians irrespective of religion and ethnicity must be protected in Myanmar and for that safe zones can be created inside Myanmar under UN supervision;

4.    Ensure sustainable return of all forcibly displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh to their homes in Myanmar; and

5.    The recommendations of the Kofi Annan Commission should be immediately implemented unconditionally.

The Bangladeshi envoy also said that the Rohingya issue would come up for discussion during External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Bangladesh later this month for the Joint Consultative Committee meeting.

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Rohingya villages burned also after 'military operations': HRW

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday reported destruction of tens of thousands of structures in Myanmar, which are primarily homes inhabited by ethnic Rohingya Muslims.

Referring to some newly released satellite images, the rights group said at least 288 villages were partially or totally destroyed by fire in northern Rakhine state since 25 August 2017.

HRW analysis says the burnings took place after the Myanmar officials claimed security force “clearance operations” had ceased.

The images show at least 66 villages were burned after 5 September, when security force operations supposedly ended, according to a 18 September speech by state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Myanmar military responded to reported attacks on 25 August by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) with a campaign of ethnic cleansing, prompting more than 530,000 Rohingya to flee across the border to Bangladesh, according to the United Nations refugee agency.

“These latest satellite images show why over half a million Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in just four weeks,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director. “The Burmese military destroyed hundreds of Rohingya villages while committing killings, rapes, and other crimes against humanity that forced Rohingya to flee for their lives.”

A total of 866 villages in Maungdaw, Rathedaung, and Buthidaung townships in Rakhine state were monitored and analysed by Human Rights Watch.

The most damage occurred in Maungdaw township, accounting for approximately 90 per cent of the areas where destruction happened between 25 August and 25 September.

Approximately 62 per cent of all villages in the township were either partially or completely destroyed, and southern areas of the township were particularly hard hit, with approximately 90 percent of the villages devastated.

In many places, satellite imagery showed multiple areas on fire, burning simultaneously over wide areas for extended periods.

Images showed that most of the damaged villages were 90 to 100 per cent destroyed.

Many villages which had both Rohingya and Rakhine residing in segregated communities, such as Inn Din and Ywet Hnyo Taung, suffered heavy arson damage from arson attacks, with known Rohingya areas burned to the ground while known Rakhine areas were left intact.

The Myanmar government has repeatedly said that ARSA insurgents and local Rohingya communities were responsible for setting the fires that wiped out their villages, but has offered no evidence to support such claims.

Human Rights Watch interviews in Bangladesh with more than 100 refugees who had fled the three townships gave no indication that any Rohingya villagers or militants were responsible for burning down their own villages.

HRW insisted that UN member countries and international bodies should press the Myanmar government to grant access to the UN-mandated fact-finding mission to investigate these abuses.

The UN Security Council should also urgently impose a global arms embargo on Myanmar , and place travel bans and asset freezes on those Myanmar commanders responsible for grave abuses, the rights group said.

"Governments should impose a comprehensive arms embargo against Burma (Myanmar), including prohibiting military cooperation and financial transactions with military-owned enterprises."

“The shocking images of destruction in Burma (Myanmar) and burgeoning refugee camps in Bangladesh are two sides of the same coin of human misery being inflicted on the Rohingya,” Robertson said. “Concerned governments need to urgently press for an end to abuses against the Rohingya and ensure that humanitarian aid reaches everyone in need.”

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At least 10 drown as another Rohingya boat sinks

At least 10 people drowned and dozens more are missing after a boat packed with Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh sank on Monday, the latest victims of a half-million-strong exodus sparked by an army crackdown in Myanmar.

The boat was carrying an estimated 50 people when it went down in the estuary of the Naf river that divides the two countries, Border Guard Bangladesh area commander Lieutenant Colonel S.M. Ariful Islam told AFP.

Nearly 200 Rohingya are known to have have drowned over the last six weeks making the perilous crossing to Bangladesh, many in small wooden fishing boats that are dangerously overloaded.

 Islam said 21 survivors had swum to safety after the small fishing trawler overturned, and coast and border guards were conducting a search and rescue operation in the Naf river.

Sheikh Ashrafuzzaman, a senior police officer, told AFP authorities had recovered the bodies of six children and four women.

"The accident happened during early morning prayers," said Shams Uddin, a local resident who witnessed the disaster. "I think the boat overturned as the boatmen tried to reach the shore against the returning currents."

Some 536,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh over the last seven weeks, fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, where the United Nations has accused troops of waging an ethnic cleansing campaign against them.

The stateless Muslim minority has faced decades of persecution in mainly Buddhist Myanmar.

The latest influx began in late August after attacks by Rohingya militants on police posts in Myanmar.

Another border guard told AFP the boat was just 200 yards from the Bangladesh coast when it sank in rough waters.

Fazlul Haq, a local official, said the boat was owned by a Bangladeshi villager who had made large sums of money ferrying Rohingya into the country.

He said the small fishing trawlers were highly vulnerable to accidents as they approached the shore, where they are often buffeted by large waves.

Refugees are often charged exorbitant fees for the trip.

The latest accident came a week after another boat packed with Rohingya refugees capsized in the area, killing at least 34 people including many children.

The influx has slowed in recent weeks, but thousands are still entering Bangladesh, which has allocated 3,000 acres (1,214 hectares) of forest land to create the world's largest refugee camp.

Many of the new arrivals have already occupied the land and built their own makeshift shelters.

Dhaka has made clear it wants the Rohingya to return to Myanmar, where many of their villages have been burned to the ground.

On Friday former UN chief Kofi Annan urged the Security Council to push for their return, saying world powers must work with Myanmar's military and civilian leaders to end the refugee crisis.

No gas, no cooking

Residents of certain parts of the capital had a rather difficult morning as there was no gas supply, preventing them from even cooking breakfast at home.

Residents of Rampura, Banasree, Mahanagar Project, Khilgaon and its adjacent areas on Monday said gas supply in the areas were cut without any prior notice.

Titas emergency control room said a six inch gas supply pipe was damaged in east Rampura during repair work on Sunday.

The gas supply in the affected areas will be restored by Monday afternoon, according to the Titas emergency control room.

New rice yields high hopes

Researchers expect BRRI dhan81to be the most productive variety

Release of a new rice variety brings in high hopes as scientists expect it to break the long stagnation in the production growth of the staple.

Breeders at Bangladesh Rice Research Institute have developed the variety -- BRRI dhan81 -- whose per hectare output would be half a tonne more than BRRI dhan28, which is currently the most productive rice variety in the country.

There are 86 modern rice varieties in Bangladesh but the farmers plant BRRI dhan28 in an overwhelming 45 percent of the rice lands during the Boro season. Because of its high growth potential and huge acreage, scientists call BRRI dhan28 a mega variety.

Yesterday, the National Seed Board approved the new variety BRRI dhan81, which scientists hope would eventually replace BRRI dhan28 and increase the country's overall rice output significantly.

Against BRRI dhan28's per hectare yield of 6 tonnes, the BRRI dhan81 would give farmers an output of 6.5 tonnes and the rice will also be richer in protein (10.3 parts per million comparing to 8.6 ppm in BRRI dhan28)

On average, Bangladeshi consumers depend on rice for over 50 percent of their daily calorie and protein requirements.

It took 15 years for the scientists at Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (Brri) to come up with the new variety since Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury brought in some seeds of Amol-3 rice variety from Iran.

"We bred BRRI dhan81 through successful crosses between Iran's Amol-3 and our mega variety -- BRRI dhan28. The process of crossing, lab and field tests continued for the past 15 years and finally the seed board gave it the nod today [Wednesday]," Brri Director General Md Shahjahan Kabir told The Daily Star last night.

He said the new grain has greater elongation traits. After cooking, the rice elongates up to 1.6 times. Other high yielding varieties have 1.2 to 1.3 times elongation rate. The new variety also has export potential as the clean rice is long and slender, he said. 

The new variety comes at a time when two of the country's most common rice varieties -- BRRI dhan28 and BRRI dhan29 -- released back in 1994, are losing potential due to ageing.

The prospect of higher rice yield through the release of the new variety also comes against the backdrop of diminishing returns from the country's rice fields.

A recent International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) report says Bangladesh's rice production growth slowed down to just 0.7 percent in five years (2012-16), whereas the growth was as high as 4.8 percent in the preceding five years (2007-11).  

Akhter Ahmed, the country head of the Washington-based food research think tank IFPRI, said, "Rice production more than tripled since the country's liberation [in 1971], but the [agricultural] growth is slowing down."  

He observed that the most popular rice varieties in Bangladesh are old and they require better replacements so that farmers can reap more yield from less land and go for agricultural diversity by growing other high value crops.

Akhter put emphasis on the agricultural extension service's role in demonstrating and popularising the new potential rice varieties among the farmers. As a third of Bangladesh's total farm households are of pure tenants -- who work in lands owned by others -- it's very crucial for the state to take extension services to them, he added.

With BRRI dhan81, the number of Brri-developed rice varieties now stands at 86. Among them, six are hybrids while the rest are high yielding inbred varieties (HYVs).

Brri-developed rice varieties cover more than 80 percent of the total rice areas of the country. These varieties account for more than 91 percent of the country's total 35 million tonnes of rice production.

Tufan, 12 others charged in Bogra rape

Tufan Sarkar, suspended Bogra unit convener of Sramik League, and 12 others were charged in two cases regarding  shaving  the heads of a female student and her mother after Tufan the raped the girl by.

Bogra Sadar police station inspector (operations) Abul Kalam Azad, who is also the investigation officer in the cases, submitted two charge sheets accusing the 13, to the court of senior judicial magistrate Mohammad Kamruzzaman on Tuesday evening.

Bogra police superintendent Md Asaduzzaman told Prothom Alo that the IO submitted the charge sheets at 6:45pm.

The other accused in the two cases are Tufan's wife Tasmin Rahman alias Asha, 20, Asha's elder sister Marzia Hasan Rumki, 35, their mother Lavli Rahman alias Rumi, 45, father Jamilur Rahman, 60, barber Jibon Rabidas, 25, Anjuara Begum, 55, Tufan's associates Md Atikur Rahman alias Atik, 25, Munna, 24, Ali Azam Dipu, 25, Mehedi Hasan alias Rupam, 26, Samiul Haque alias Shimul, 25, and Emarat Alam Khan alias Jitu, 23.

According to the charge sheet of a case filed under the Women and Children Repression Act, accused Tufan and his associates Atik, Munna, Dipu, Shimul, Rupam, and Jitu, took the girl to Tufan's house at Badurtala in the district town, promising to arrange her admission to a local college. They raped her there on 17 July.

When Tufan's wife Asha and her elder sister Rumki came to know of the incident, along with some other associates, they picked up the girl and her mother from their family home.

They allegedly beat the girl and her mother with sticks and cut their hair. At one stage, the offenders had the women's heads shaved by a barber.

Later, two cases were filed against Tufan, his wife Asha, sister Rumki, and others in this connection.

*This report has been rewritten in English by Imam Hossain. 

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Second, we guarantee your satisfaction in quality and workmanship.

PayPal to launch services in Bangladesh 19 Oct

PayPal, world's most popular online money transfer service, is all set to launch their services in Bangladesh on 19 October.

State minister for ICT division Zunaid Ahmed Palak confirmed this to Prothom Alo on Monday.

Prime minister's ICT adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy will inaugurate PayPal in Bangladesh on the second day of the 

Bangladesh ICT Expo 2017, he said.

Zunaid Ahmed Palak said PayPal will be available in nine banks, including Sonali Bank and Rupali Bank.

PayPal's arrival will benefit freelancers the most, paving the way for hassle-free electronic transfer of money and ease the influx of remittances and earnings from foreign companies.

"We're heading towards a cashless society. Launching PayPal is important for forming Digital Bangladesh. This service will be available in 12,000 branches of nine banks across the country," said the state minister for ICT Division.

Since its start in December 1998, PayPal has enabled nearly 200 million individuals and businesses to transfer funds electronically.

PayPal, which is available in more than 200 markets around the world, enables its account holders to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold PayPal account balances in 25 currencies.

The Bangladesh government had long been negotiating with PayPal to launch its services in the country and now the efforts are finally bearing fruit.

*The article has been rewritten in English by Imam Hossain.

Good relationships boost your career!

Sharing a good relationship with friends and family can boost confidence and keep you motivated to achieve greater personal goals, suggests new research.

The findings support the “I-through-We” perspective, which means the social tendency to connect with others, and the individual tendency to strive and grow as individuals, are not mutually exclusive and may augment and magnify each other.

For the study, researchers used data from samples from the US and Japan to determine if personal growth is an outcome of an individual’s traits or the positive relationships they have with others.

“The more supportive people judged their relationships to be, the higher their personal growth tendencies,” said the study’s lead author David Lee, a postdoctoral fellow at Ohio State University in the US.

“In other words, relationships do not necessarily conflict with but help sustain one’s personal growth,” Oscar Ybarra, Professor at the University of Michigan, said in a statement released by the university.

In one experiment, about 200 participants were randomly assigned to one of three relationship conditions: supportive, non-supportive and neutral.

In the two main conditions, some had to consider a person in their life with whom they felt comfortable (or not) and did not worry (did worry) about being abandoned by them.

The neutral group had to consider an acquaintance for whom they did not have strong feelings.

Participants read a hypothetical scenario in which they had to choose between a higher paying job with high familiarity (Company A) or a lower paying job that required learning that would help their long-term career development (Company B).

Among those in the supportive relationship condition, 65 per cent selected Company B, whereas 40 per cent of those in the non-supportive condition chose the same company.

Fifty per cent of the neutral group picked Company B.

Participants who thought about a supportive person were more willing to choose a job that promoted personal growth, even at lower pay, in part because they had more self-confidence, the study indicated.

In another experiment involving 3,800 participants, the researchers found that people who reported their relationships to be supportive had a greater willingness to grow personally and felt more self-confident.

The results were similar in the data from the Survey of Midlife Development in Japan, which sampled about 1,000 people.

The findings thus address both the importance of distinguishing yourself from others by fulfilling personal goals, but also being a good group member by fulfilling social obligations and cultivating supportive relationships.

Aamir Khan helps wrap up post-production of ‘Secret Superstar’

Actor-producer Aamir Khan helped wrap up the post-production of his forthcoming film “Secret Superstar”, says its director Advait Chandan.
Aamir took time off from the shooting of “Thugs of Hindostan” for “Secret Superstar”.
“It’s my first film and obviously, I’ve been really nervous and anxious. But thankfully Aamir sir took time off from ‘Thugs...’ to help me wrap the post-production of the film,” Chandan said in a statement.
“He came and gave his approval to the VFX and DI (colour correction) in the film. He spent the last few nights fine-tuning the final sound mix. He insisted on watching the first copy before he left to promote the film and once I had his final approval on the complete product, I’ve been sleeping peacefully.”
“Secret Superstar” is based on a teenage girl named Insia, played by Zaira Wasim, who sets out to follow her dream of being a singing superstar under the confinement of anonymity.
Produced by Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao under the banner name of Aamir Khan Productions, Zee Studios, and Akash Chawla, “Secret Superstar” is slated to release on 19 October.

Jacqueline keeps 'Race 3' role secret

Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez says it's just speculation that she will be seen as a police officer in "Race 3".

"I do not play a cop in 'Race 3'. That was just a speculation. My character and role...I don't think can be revealed till we see the film as 'Race 3' is that kind of a film where everything is a suspense.

"But yeah, one thing is for sure -- there will definitely be a lot more action for me to do in this film which I am very happy about," Jacqueline told IANS.

The "Dishoom" actress had earlier said that she is really excited to play the character because "it's actually a role that sees me in very different light".

"Race 3", the third instalment of the hit franchise "Race", will be directed by Remo D'souza with Salman Khan as the male lead.

Meanwhile, her latest film "Judwaa 2" crossed the Rs 100 crore mark in less than 10 days since its release on 29 September.

"I was very confident about 'Judwaa 2' being a success when I first signed the film. Of course this year has seen a lot of surprising box office results so, there was a little bit of doubt. That slowly kind of went away when we saw positivity coming our way throughout the promotions of 'Judwaa 2'," she said.

The film, helmed by David Dhawan, is a reboot of the 1997 Salman-starrer "Judwaa".

Myanmar’s Rohingya proposal a tactic to escape pressure: FM

Bangladesh sees the recent proposal from Myanmar to address the Rohingya issue as a mere tactic to avoid international pressure.

Foreign minister AS Mahmood Ali said this at a discussion at Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) in the capital on Tuesday.

He, however, maintains that Dhaka wants the international community should continue to exert pressure on Myanmar to impel it to repatriate the 'forcibly displaced Rohingya nationals'.

"Myanmar itself assured Bangladesh of repatriation of its nationals through scrutiny. But it wants to follow the repatriation policy adopted between Bangladesh and Myanmar in 1992. Bangladesh, however, informed the Myanmar government about the intensity of the situation and exceptions this time around." Mahmood Ali said.

The minister mentioned that Dhaka has prepared a draft modality for the proper repatriation of the Rohingyas.

He said Bangladesh has been trying to improve the bilateral relations with Myanmar since 2012.

"But Myanmar seems to be reluctant (to do so)," said the minister adding Myanmar officials visited Bangladesh but the bilateral talks have so far yielded no result.

Mahmood Ali said the Bangladesh embassy in Myanmar informed the foreign ministry that Rohingyas were called as 'Bengal terrorists' in their media.

The foreign ministers of European Union countries are scheduled to sit in Brussels on 16 October to discuss the Rohingay issue.

They may discuss the role of the army chief of Myanmar, the foreign minister said.

The foreign minister said it will be clear in a coulple of weeks whether Myanmar is really interested in repatriating its nationals.

"Myanmar must play a positive role in resolving Rohingya crisis," the minister insisted.