In a McAllen immigration detention center last week, I talked to a cheerful 5-year-old boy and his mother. They’d crossed into the United States seeking safety after fleeing violence and threats at home. Later that day, US Customs and Border…
Category: Environment
IOM comic books to make Rohingyas aware against trafficking
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has launched a series of new comic books, which tell the true-life stories of Rohingyas who have fallen victim to human trafficking, to raise awareness among those vulnerable to the crime in South Bangladesh.
US states sue Washington over immigrant separation
Several US states are suing the Trump administration over its “zero tolerance” policy that led to thousands of migrant children being split from their families on the US border with Mexico.
EC deploys 57 observers to the Gazipur City election
Dhaka, June 21 – The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday deployed its 57 observers at the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls to monitor and prepare reports on how the elections are held.
Auto-rickshaws, rickshaws fleecing Eid vacationers on return
Dhaka, June 21 – The Eid holidaymakers who are returning to the capital are compelled to pay extra money to hire CNG or rickshaws to reach their respective residences from bus and launch terminals due to transport crisis.
Trump retreats, but thousands of families may remain apart
President Trump caved to enormous political pressure on Wednesday and signed an executive order meant to end the separation of families at the border by detaining parents and children together for an indefinite period.
National Fruit Tree Planting Fortnight begins Friday
DHAKA -The National Fruit Tree Planting Fortnight and ‘National Fruit Exhibition’ under the initiative of Agriculture Ministry will begin at Krishibid Institution at Farmgate here tomorrow.
Bangladesh among 3 nations hosting half of world’s refugees
Turkey, Bangladesh and Uganda alone received over half of all new refugees last year. Never before has the world registered a larger number of people displaced by war and persecution.
World Day to Combat Desertification – Invest in land
This video is part of a series of stories and op-eds launched by IPS on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on June 17 Rome, Jun 13 (IPS) – We are witnessing the degradation of…
Earth’s intact forests vanishing at accelerating pace: scientists
Earth’s intact forests shrank by an area larger than Austria every year from 2014 to 2016 at a 20 percent faster rate than during the previous decade, scientists said Wednesday as the UN unveiled an initiative to harness the “untapped…
Hearing on Rohingya issue held in ICC; decision pending
Dhaka, Jun 20 – A closed-door hearing on Bangladesh’s submission on Rohingya issue was held at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Wednesday but a decision in this regard is still waiting.
Art show on Rohingyas begins in Dhaka
Dhaka, Jun 21 – A weeklong art exhibition on Rohingya refugees kicked off at Liberation War Museum on Wednesday with lighting the candles.
Guatemalan man recalls fear, agony of separation from child
Provo, Jun 21 (AP/UNB) — Three-year-old Genesis Gonzalez Lopez giggled excitedly as she played with her father at a sunny Utah park, zipping down a slide again and again into his arms.
Food sustainability, migration, nutrition and women
By Enrique Yeves Rome, Jun 19 (IPS) – We worry about how we can continue to put food on our tables, and yet one-third of food is never eaten, instead of being lost or wasted.
Assistance urgent for Rohingya facing severe monsoon: AI
On World Refugee Day, Amnesty International calls on the international community to urgently step up international assistance for more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar District as they face severe monsoon weather.
3 mayors, 12 others collect BNP’ papers for City polls
Fifteen mayoral aspirants, including three incumbent mayors, collected BNP’s nomination forms on Wednesday for contesting the elections to Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barishal city polls with the party tickets.
19 organizations nourishing refugees worldwide
From Danielle Nierenberg To commemorate World Refugee Day, Food Tank is highlighting 19 organizations that are nourishing the world’s refugees and internally displaced people. While recent cuts in food aid threaten refugee communities, these organizations prove that food and agricultural…
Gazipur City polls campaigns gain momentum
Dhaka, June 19 – Gazipur City Corporation poll campaigns are gaining momentum ignoring the inclement weather, heat, humidity and rains amid the Eid vacation and six days ahead of the election. The candidates especially Jahangir Alam of the ruling Awami…
Forced displacement above 68m in 2017: UNHCR
Wars, other violence and persecution drove worldwide forced displacement to a new high in 2017 for the fifth year in a row, led by the crisis in Congo, South Sudan’s war, and the flight into Bangladesh from Myanmar of hundreds…
World Refugee Day: Safe Rohingya return urged
Speakers at a press conference on Tuesday demanded quick repatriation of Rohingya Refugees with human dignity and rights on the eve of the World Refugee Day, which will be observed across the country on Wednesday.
US migrant children cry for separated parents
An audio recording in which migrant children in the US can be heard crying for their parents has been released as US President Donald Trump remains defiant over his immigration policy.
Chinese satellite could link world to Moon’s dark side: space expert
A satellite with a huge golden umbrella-shaped antenna is in an orbit more than 400,000 km from Earth, waiting for Chang’e-4, which is set to be the first ever probe to land softly on the Moon’s far side.
Billions of urban citizens at risk of heatwaves, floods by 2050
New research reveals the number of cities and citizens threatened by direct and indirect climate hazards if global greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked. Bold climate action by cities key to prevent 1.6 billion people being exposed to extreme heat; 800…
5 US first ladies speak out on family separations at border
New York, Jun 19 (AP/UNB) — All four former first ladies have joined the current one, Melania Trump, in an unusual united political front expressing horror at children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Bringing informal workers under social protection umbrella
Well-structured and administered social protection programs are both financially feasible and socially and economically beneficial. • Strategies for Providing Social Protection for All • Informal workers dominate Asia’s labour force but most lack social protection. • Delivering effective social protection…
Major changes in UAE visa rules to help migrants
Abu Dhabi: The UAE Cabinet on Wednesday adopted a number of strategic decisions with regards to foreign workers’ insurance in the private sector, as well as a legislative package of visa facilitation. A new insurance scheme for workers’ guarantees has…
Watching as US officials take children from their parents
The Horror of Sessions’ ‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Policy Michael Garcia Bochenek Sitting across from me in an immigration holding cell in McAllen, Texas, the 24-year-old woman told me a familiar story. Her town in Honduras is plagued by gang violence,…
Gazipur City electioneering begins
A month and a half after sudden stay on polls, the election campaign of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) started on Monday formally again.
HR monitoring on ground before Rohingya repatriation: UN
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has reiterated that no Rohingya repatriation should take place in the absence of sustained human rights monitoring on the ground, in the areas concerned.
US property crisis looms as sea level rises, experts warn
Along sun-splashed shorelines in the US state of Florida, home prices are on the rise,developers are busy building new complexes, and listings just blocks from thebeach describe homes that are “not in a flood zone,” meaning no flood insurance is…