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World community must step up efforts for Rohingya repatriation

IT HAS already been seven years since the latest large-scale influx of the Rohingyas — who fled military violence in Myanmar to safety into Bangladesh in 2017 to add to a large number of their fellows having already lived here — but not a single Rohingya could be repatriated to their homeland of Rakhine State mostly because of Myanmar’s unwillingness..

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The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics

ON AUGUST 5, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina boarded a Bangladesh Air Force C-130J military transport in a hurry and fled to Hindon Air Force base, outside Delhi. Her plane was refuelled and reports said that she intended to fly on either to the United Kingdom (her niece, Tulip Siddiq is a minister in the new Labour government), Finland...

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Thousands protest against military operation in Pakistan

Thousands of people rallied on Friday against a planned operation by the Pakistan military to root out militants along the Afghan border, with at least one protester killed when gunfire broke out, officials and witness said...

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Sound of loud blasts in Myanmar triggers panic in Teknaf

The clashes between the Myanmar military forces and rebel groups in Myanmar’s Rakhine sparked fresh panic in bordering areas of Teknaf upazila headquarters and neighbouring villages in Cox’s Bazar amid the sound of firing from heavy weapons and mortar shells...

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The military mind and clientelism

A WAVE of surprise struck a cross-generational shockwave through Bangladesh’s military following a recent announcement. The guiding force exposed a former leader, once at the helm of the military, and his inner circle for alleged corruption. Accusations of lining their pockets with ill-gotten gains, along with whispers of eroding public trust..

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Jin ends military service

K-pop megastar Jin from BTS ended more than 500 days of South Korean military service on Wednesday, crying tears of joy, with bandmates embracing him and one belting out a group hit on the saxophone to celebrate...

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Israel’s strike on UN school in Gaza kills 27

The Israeli military said Thursday it had carried out a deadly strike on a UN school in Gaza that it said housed a Hamas compound, with the militant group saying the attack killed at least 27 people.

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The military-industrial complex is killing us all

WE NEED to talk about what bombs do in war. Bombs shred flesh. Bombs shatter bones. Bombs dismember. Bombs cause brains, lungs, and other organs to shake so violently they bleed, rupture, and cease functioning. Bombs injure. Bombs kill. Bombs destroy...

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21 Chinese planes detected by Taiwan days after drills

Taipei said Monday it had detected 21 Chinese military aircraft and 15 navy or coastguard vessels around Taiwan in the past 24 hours, days after Beijing encircled the island in a massive military drill...

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Writer Hosenuddin Hosein dies in Jashore

Bangla Academy Award-winning fiction writer and essayist Hosenuddin Hosein died while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in Jashore on Monday...

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Myanmar junta presses conscription

Myanmar’s embattled junta is pressing ahead with military conscription, state media said on Tuesday, with video footage showing new recruits being marched to training centres across the country...