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Deadliest year for Rohingya at sea in years as 180 presumed drowned
Published on 26/12/2022
» NEW DELHI/DHAKA: The possible sinking of a boat with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board will make 2022 one of the worst years for the community, a UN agency told Reuters on Monday, as refugees try to flee desperate conditions in camps in Bangladesh.
The real threat?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 17/12/2022
» Re: "Retain citizen army", (PostBag, Dec 13) and "Conscription's days numbered", (Editorial, Dec 10).
Immigration top brass 'took bribes' for triad visas
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/12/2022
» Three former division commanders of the Immigration Bureau (IB) have taken bribes for approving visas for more than 3,325 Chinese nationals, according to former politician and massage parlour tycoon Chuwit Kamolvisit.
'Invisible' brides boost economy
Oped, Published on 08/12/2022
» Mail-order brides are those who register themselves in catalogues to be chosen by men for marriage. Since the mail-order bride industry forms an essential part of the informal economy in several underdeveloped and developing Asian economies, data misses the economic participation of Asian mail-order brides, making them "invisible" recruits in the process.
Reflecting on a century of Fascism
News, Published on 07/11/2022
» When Fascist Blackshirts marched through the streets of Rome at the end of October 1922, their leader, Benito Mussolini, had just been installed as prime minister.
At least 80 Rohingya detained in Myanmar
Published on 05/11/2022
» More than 80 Rohingya people seeking to travel by boat to Malaysia have been detained in southeastern Myanmar after traffickers abandoned them, a security source told AFP on Saturday.
After slim victory, Danish PM to form broader government
AFP, Published on 02/11/2022
» COPENHAGEN - A day after scoring a narrow election victory, Denmark's Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen tendered her resignation Wednesday to begin the process of forming a new, broader government.
Firebombing at UK immigration office handling Channel migrants
AFP, Published on 30/10/2022
» LONDON - An attacker on Sunday threw firebombs at an immigration office used to process asylum seekers crossing the Channel in small boats as the government seeks to curb record arrivals.
Don't exploit her, parents of slain girl tell French politicians
AFP, Published on 22/10/2022
» PARIS - The parents of a French schoolgirl whose gruesome murder has shocked the country, on Friday urged right-wing politicians to stop exploiting her death for political ends.
Berry-picking woes
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/10/2022
» Re: "Slim pickings for Thais on foreign soil", (BP, Oct 17).