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4 days ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nepal Indira Ranamagar on Sunday highlighted the structural and societal hurdles that continue to impede women's meaningful participation in media. As she shared her experiences of working as a politician and social worker, she underlined the need for concerted efforts to dismantle the barriers facing women journalists and promote an inclusive and women-friendly media landscape.
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4 days ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
Ambassador of Russia to Bangladesh Alexander Khozin has said Russia as the country that suffered the most from the horrors of the World War II and the Great Patriotic War, for the sake of restoring peace on the continent, will never allow the lessons of the past to be forgotten. This year, Russia together with its allies is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany.
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4 days ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
Eminent musicologist, writer, and researcher Mustafa Zaman Abbasi was laid to rest at Azimpur Graveyard in the capital on Saturday, as tributes poured in from across the country mourning the loss of a towering figure in the arena of Bangladeshi music and culture. Abbasi, 88, passed away early Saturday morning at a hospital in the capital after suffering from respiratory complications. He had been battling age-related ailments for some time, according to family sources.
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1 week ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
The interim government, according to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, was appointed by those who led the July Uprising of 2024. As such, it can also be said to enjoy its mandate from the leaders of the Uprising. There is a firm expectation that this government would help bring about a state befitting the aspirations of millions who had taken to the streets in July 2024.
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1 week ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
Women’s Affairs Commission’s proposals should be looked at “extremely carefully, closely” Reiterating its support for the delivery of an ambitious reform agenda in Bangladesh, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union Michael Miller on Monday said the election timing is an issue for Bangladesh to decide and they are not pressuring on anyone to hold the election on a particular date. "I think that I have to say that timing is a matter for Bangladesh to take a decision upon.
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1 week ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Afsan Chowdhury |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
The Media is always in the media focus and when it's so politically involved, almost an activist media in general, this is only to be expected. Public expectation of the media's role is that of a supporter of its perceived socio-political and economic objectives hence the functional role of the media has probably transitioned into one of structural "bias" where a media unit is judged based not on its objectivity but depending on how subjective it is.
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1 week ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
Chinese Commerce Minister to lead over 100 investors later this month Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Thursday said the visit of the largest-ever business delegation in Bangladesh from China, led by Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao, later this month would send a 'strong signal' of openness, cooperation and mutual benefit, and will elevate the Bangladesh-China economic and trade relations to a new level.
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1 week ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Josep Borrell |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
US President Donald Trump and his top advisers have made it abundantly clear that they want to destroy Europe’s social, economic, and political model. Europeans must waste no time in pursuing strategic autonomy in defense, technology, and geopolitics. On May 2, the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution determined that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) warrants classification as a far-right, extremist party.
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1 week ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Enayetullah Khan |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
The violent outburst we are witnessing between two nuclear-armed neighbours in South Asia - India and Pakistan - is exactly the kind of international emergency that would once have prompted a full-on US diplomatic drive to cool tempers and head off a wider war.
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1 week ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected as post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor on Tuesday (May 6)- hours after he failed to win the first round in parliament in a historic defeat. Merz, 69, who succeeds Olaf Scholz, has vowed to prioritise European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia's war on Ukraine. Merz saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel, who led Germany for 16 years starting in the early 2000s.
