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Mros prefer death to development in Bandarban
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:42pm on March 02, 2021
Ethnic minority Mro protesters on Tuesday urged the government to rather kill them than allowing a five-star hotel and amusement park to be built after...
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Policy to end disparity against ethnic minorities sought
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:02am on February 25, 2021
Ethnic minority rights activists, lawmakers and representatives of ethnic minority workers said at a dialogue on Wednesday that an indigenous policy was needed to end...
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3rd phase of Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char to begin today
| Updated at 10:03am on January 28, 2021
Around 3,000 Rohingyas have agreed to relocate to Bhasan Char from the camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar...
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Ethnic minorities stage protests against eviction
DU Correspondent | Updated at 12:13am on January 28, 2021
Different ethnic minority rights organisations on Wednesday staged a demonstration in the capital with a seven-point demand including bringing an end to eviction of ethnic...
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Candlelight vigil demands justice for Lackingme
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 07:49pm on January 16, 2021
Human rights organisations on Saturday held a candlelight vigil in front of the national parliament building in memory of Lackingme Chakma, the Buddhist girl who...
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No one arrested in ethnic minority woman torture case
Our Correspondent . Tangail | Updated at 11:44pm on January 12, 2021
None has been arrested so far in the case of torturing a 35-year-old ethnic minority woman tying her with a tree by members of one...
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Government mustn’t leave ethnic minorities behind
| Updated at 12:00am on January 10, 2021
TWO Khasi villages at Kamalganj, an upazila in Moulvibazar that is declared to have fully under electricity coverage almost a year ago, still remains off-grid....
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Government mustn’t leave ethnic minorities behind
| Updated at 12:00am on January 10, 2021
TWO Khasi villages at Kamalganj, an upazila in Moulvibazar that is declared to have fully under electricity coverage almost a year ago, still remains off-grid....
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Amnesty International urges govt to protect Mro people from eviction
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:22pm on November 22, 2020
Rights Group Amnesty International on Sunday expressed concern about the construction of a five-star hotel in Chattogram Hill Tracts and urged the government to protect...
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Myanmar vote ban extinguishes hope for ethnic minorities
Agence France-Presse . Yangon, Myanmar | Updated at 01:08pm on October 24, 2020
For many marginalised ethnic minority groups in conflict-plagued regions of Myanmar, next month’s national elections had at least offered a glimmer of hope for empowerment....