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                        Extrajudicial Execution Victim Families Association, Manipur (EEVFAM) and Human Rights Alert (HRA) heartily welcome the recommendation of the UN Human Rights Committee (Committee) to the Government of India…

Guwahati, India.  Harihar Talukdar, former managing director of the Industrial Co-Operative Bank Limited and Union Co-Operative Bank Limited, passed away July 30, 2024, after suffering from a brief illness. Talukdar, who was a leading figure in urban cooperative banking of…

Gwadar, Balochistan, June 28 — The Baloch Yakjahti Committee has announced its Baloch National Gathering today in Gwadar, Balochistan. People from various cities have been preparing for the event, but their participation has faced significant obstacles. Yesterday, Pakistani authorities blocked…

To ensure girls participation in the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence, the Landmark Bahria Town Girl’s Football Festival, 2024 was organized in Bahria Town, Lahore, Pakistan. In this event, three town football academies participated: (1) Bahria town football academy…

The Baloch Yakjahti Committee has announced its Baloch National Gathering on 28 July at Gwadar, Balochistan. People from different cities are preparing for the Baloch National Gathering. Yesterday, Pakistani authorities blocked highways from Quetta to Mastung, Karachi to Hub Chowki,…

The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is currently reviewing the draft of a proposed Environmental and Social Framework (ESF), which outlines new operational policies to better address environmental and social risks in ADB projects. This proposed…

Bangladesh witnessed an unprecedented anarchy and suffocating situation for more than a week centered on the quota reform movement. In the last four decades, such an anarchic situation has never arisen in the country. A special group, under the guise…

26 July 2024, Quezon City.  Due to the onslaught of the typhoon Carina-enhanced torrential rains which submerged vast communities in the National Capital Region and other areas, the EcoWaste Coalition postponed the “Walang Plastikan” concert-for-a-cause scheduled today in Pasig City.…

Guwahati: As Bangladesh has slowly returned to normalcy after deadly unrest for many days, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an impartial probe into alleged human rights violations across the South Asian nation. He also called…

From Monday, July 22 to July 26, the Russian city of Ulyanovsk is hosting the BRICS Youth Summit, an event that brings together young leaders and entrepreneurs from the member countries of the BRICS group. This summit offers a platform…