दक्षिण एशिया
December 22, 2016
The Union government has finally woken up to the dangerous situation in Manipur and has sent 4000 central paramilitary troops to control ethnic tension which has been building over weeks and are now threatening to spiral out of control. It should have done this at least a month ago when as a consequence of an indefinite blockade on the lifelines of Manipur by a Naga civil organisation, United...
December 15, 2016
The recent violent attacks on a Hindu temple in Bangladesh’s Netrokona district, and previous assaults on temples and homes in October in Brahmanbaria are a troubling illustration of Bangladesh’s struggle to protect two of its fundamental values: secularism and pluralism.
Students gathered in 2013 to show their support for the Shahbag movement for freedom and democracy in...
December 7, 2016
द इकोनॉमिस्ट के पत्रकार स्टेनली पिगनल की ओर से नोटबंदी की आलोचना करने से आरबीआई तिलमिला गया है लिहाजा आरबीआई ने अपनी दैनिक ब्रीफिंग्स से उन्हें बाहर रखा
मोदी सरकार के नोटबंदी के फैसले पर ब्रिटेन से प्रकाशित मशहूर पत्रिका इकोनॉमिस्ट के तीखे लेख पर आरबीआई तिलमिला गया है। पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी के खास माने जाने वाले आरबीआई गवर्नर उर्जित पटेल इस रिपोर्ट से खासे खफा हैं और उन्होंने इसकी प्रतिक्रिया में...
December 7, 2016
Each one of us can take meaningful action to end the scourge of gender-based violence
All men should stand up to violence against women /BIGSTOCK
To all fathers, sons, and husbands:
Every daughter has a father; every son has a mother; every husband, a wife. As daughters, mothers, and wives, we call upon the men of Bangladesh to stand with the girls and women they...
December 1, 2016
It is a matter of disgrace for a nation of about 10 million, whose people once took refuge in its neighbouring country in the face of extermination, to push back a community that is facing the same situation.
Rohingya Muslims seeking refuge in Bangladesh. Photo credit: Dhaka Tribune
Two Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel are seen standing erect facing the Naf River, with AK-47 rifles...
November 27, 2016
Border Guard Bangladesh in Cox's Bazar district has pushed back at least 95 Rohingya Muslims who fled the country in the face of ongoing crackdown in Rakhain state by Myanmar troops
Photo credit: Dhaka Tribune
The 95 Rohingyas including women and children were sent back home from different border points of Teknaf till Sunday morning starting in the dead hours of the night....
November 26, 2016
Today at the stroke of the midnight hour, thanks to the collective efforts of the Sabrangindia Team and the never dying support of friends, comrades all, Sabrangindia turns one. November 26, Constitution Day. This was a re incarnation of Communalism Combat, a print magazine born out of the fires of hatred, and our commitment to real, meaningful journalism alive between 1983...
November 25, 2016
Hindus and Christians can enter shrines at Nankana Sahib, but a security protocol keeps Muslims out.
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On the occasion of the 548th Nanak Gurpurab earlier this month, Siddiq-ul-Farooq, the chairman of the Evacuee Trust Property Board, the government organisation responsible for looking after non-Muslim property in Pakistan, announced the opening of...
November 23, 2016
Mohammad Abdus Salam ( 29 January 1926 – 21 November 1996),was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. A major figure in 20th century theoretical physics, he shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory. He was the first Pakistani and first Muslim to receive a Nobel Prize in science and the second from...
November 22, 2016
Members of the muslim Rohingya minority are fleeing Myanmar after government troops poured into their land since a series of attacks on police border posts last month
Rohingya refugees sit as they wait to enter the Kutupalang Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, November 21, 2016REUTERS
Hundreds of Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh after fleeing violence in neighbouring...