Habib Siddiqui

  Ghulam M. Suhrawardi  I ndia has been obsessed with two threats for many years. These were Pakistan to India’s West and China to its North. It was natural for these two countries to receive top priority in India’s defense strategies, foreign policy decisions, and national security concerns. But while New Delhi has been busy eyeing its western and northern neighbors, an alarming crisis has been unfolding on its eastern border. Myanmar, once viewed as just a buffer state between South Asia and Southeast Asia, is now in the grips of one of the world’s deadliest conflicts, and its extended civil war is fast becoming South Asia’s most pressing multidimensional threat. Coming in the forms of insurgency, illegal drug manufacturing, terrorism, and the refugee crisis, instability in Myanmar today poses the single greatest threat to India’s Northeast and Bangladesh.   Civil War, Refugee Crisis, Drug Trafficking, Terrorism: A Crisis Like No Other Myanmar is not just suffering thro...

  Heavy fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine State between the military and the Arakan Army has triggered growing concern in neighboring communities in Bangladesh and Thailand, as escalating violence near border areas raises fears of wider regional effects. Residents in Bangladesh’s Teknaf border area reported hearing loud explosions and sustained gunfire from across the border, with some saying the blasts were strong enough to shake their homes, says Andalou Ajansi. The intensified military operations have been reported in areas including Maungdaw and Buthidaung, according to the source. The renewed fighting has also heightened concerns over a possible new influx of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, which already hosts more than one million people who fled previous waves of violence. Rohingya community leaders described the situation in Myanmar as “extremely serious,” saying many people were seeking safe shelter as the fighting intensified. There were unconfirmed reports that hundreds o...

Cox's Bazar has been witnessing heavy rainfall since yesterday 19 June 2024, 05:48 AM    UPDATED 19 June 2024, 16:03 PM    ACCIDENTS & FIRES Star Digital Report Photo: Collected At least nine people including eight Rohingyas were killed in landslides caused by heavy torrential rain in Ukhiya refugee camps of Cox's Bazar this morning. The deceased could not be identified yet. Photo: Collected Confirming the number of deaths, Mohammad Samsudduza, additional refugee relief and repatriation commissioner, told The Daily Star that the landslides took place at camps no. 9 and 10. "Nine bodies have been recovered so far," he said, adding that one of the deceased is from the local community. Photo: Collected Evacuation of Rohingyas living in risky hilly areas is ongoing, he added.  Around 1.2 million Rohingyas, most of them fled to Bangladesh facing atrocity by the Myanmar junta forces in 2017, have been living in 33 camps of Ukhiya and Teknaf of Cox's Bazar. Cox's...

  Jose Luis Chilavert won 74 caps for Paraguay - Emmanuel Dunand/EPA Legendary Paraguay goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert has been called a “disgrace” and accused of racism by the president of the French Football Federation (FFF) after describing the France side as a “team from Africa”. Philippe Diallo, the FFF president, described Chilavert’s comments as “racist remarks” and said the 60-year-old had “undermined the values of respect, fraternity and diversity” in the sport. Online Nursing Degree South University · Sponsored Chilavert was widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world during his career, and famous for taking free-kicks and penalties. He scored a remarkable 67 competitive goals as a player, including eight for his national side between 1989 and 2003. In a post on social media ahead of France’s round-of-16 meeting with Paraguay in Philadelphia, he said that the South Americans had played a French team in the 1998 World Cup but were now facing “a team from Af...

  Turkiye’s President Tayyip Erdogan has said that peace efforts in the Middle East could not succeed without regional backing, adding that Israel must not be allowed to “dynamite” the United States-Iran deal. Speaking on Saturday in Istanbul alongside his Pakistani counterpart, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Erdogan said that “no solution that does not take strength from the will and contributions of regional countries can be lasting.” Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Trump praises army, rails against communism on eve of US 250th anniversary list 2 of 3 Ceasefire at risk as Pakistan and Afghanistan report cross-border attacks list 3 of 3 Turkiye unveils its first intercontinental ballistic missile: What we know end of list “We are closely following the Israeli administration’s attempts to dynamite the (U.S.-Iran) deal … The current war-addicted Israeli government must not be allowed to drown our geography in the smell of gunpowder and blood again,” he added. The Erd...

  Dr Hussam Abu Safia ’s life is in imminent danger. This is what his lawyer Nasser Odeh said after visiting him on Thursday in an underground interrogation facility, part of Israel’s Nitzan Prison. If we do not act immediately, Gaza may lose yet another brilliant doctor, and Israel may get away with yet another brutal crime. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Israel’s war on Gaza updates: UN chief says Middle East ‘on the brink’ list 2 of 4 How Western officials, media coverage pushed to discredit Gaza death toll list 3 of 4 Children perform ‘mini Hajj’ in Gaza as Israel blocks pilgrims list 4 of 4 Israeli army says soldiers accused of sexual assault to return to duty end of list Abu Safia, a Palestinian paediatrician and hospital director, first captured the global spotlight on December 27, 2024. That day footage surfaced of him wearing a white doctor’s coat and walking through the bombed-out rubble of what was once a northern Gaza street towards an armoured vehicle...