By Stephen Chen in South China Morning Post, May 9, 2017 at , 10:43pm The departure of a top Chinese researcher for an Ivy League university in the US has sparked soul-searching in China about whether the country’s unwelcoming research environment is sabotaging its efforts to retain its best talents. American-trained life scientist Nieng Yan is leaving Tsinghua University to rejoin Princeton University this autumn after a decade of working in China. Yan would take…
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Report in The Daily Star, May 10, 2017 The arrested attacker of the Mymensingh Ahmadiyya mosque imam yesterday claimed the attackers had no link with any political party and that no party or organisation helped them in carrying out the attack. Arrestee Abdul Ahad Mohammadullah, 20, was talking to reporters at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital where he was undergoing treatment. Hailing from Charia village in Netrakona’s Kalmakanda upazila, Ahad is a student of Sunnah Jamia…
Report in The Daily Star, May 10, 2017 Dhaka: The government “compromised and surrendered to fundamentalist groups” by bringing changes in textbooks, limiting Pahela Baishakh celebrations and recognising the Dawra degree of Qawmi madrasa as equivalent to Master’s degree, said a joint statement from 408 noted personalities. The incidents hurt and frustrated the secular people of the country, said the statement, signed by Kamal Lohani, on Monday. Such an ominous competition to have the communal…
Report in The Express Tribune, May 10, 2017 Beijing: Speaking during a regular press conference on May 9, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Geng Shuang, said China’s promotion of CPEC framework has not changed its position on the issue of Kashmir. Shuang said, “For CPEC, we have stressed many times that it is an economic cooperation initiative. China’s active participation in and promotion of CPEC does not mean that we change our position on the relevant issue.”…