As the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) approaches, reflections on the tumultuous period have been gaining momentum while a minority of radical leftists is holding commemorative events to challenge the long-held official judgment defining the movement as “10 years of catastrophe,” a decade experts believe will not be repeated in China. On May 16, 1966, a circular was passed at a conference of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist…
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China plans to launch a national whistleblower platform Thursday to crack down on online rumors, a measure to further manage cyberspace. China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and Sina Weibo jointly launched the online platform for tips from netizens on false online information and will release monthly reports to publicize such rumors and related data, according to an e-mail Sina sent to the Global Times on Wednesday. The platform allows netizens to provide links or…
The writer is Associate Editor, The Daily Star. Reportedly the US and India have agreed to work together with Bangladesh to counter extremism in this country. The US has made no secret of its worry about the current situation in Bangladesh to the extent that its foreign minister Kerry called our prime minister to express its anxiety. As of now Bangladesh is not on any war on terror arrangement either formally or informally although there…
Pakistan national parliament has once again sided with war criminals by passing a resolution to express serious concerns over the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami. This has caused a huge outcry in Bangladesh and risks further straining of the relations between the two countries. Ministers and war crimes trial campaigners have termed the resolution a brazen attempt to meddle in internal affairs of the country. In the resolution passed unanimously, Pakistan parliament also…
Dhaka: Forensic investigators examining the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account with the New York Fed have uncovered evidence of at least three hacking groups, including two from North Korea and Pakistan, inside the central bank’s network. However FireEye Inc., the company hired by the central bank to conduct the forensic investigation, said it was the other unidentified group that pulled off the heist, according to two people briefed on the progress of…