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Moscow against any sanctions from US, West:

Report in The Daily Star, Dec 08, 2023Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy yesterday said they are against any “illegal actions” – sanctions or others – taken by America or other western countries against a country. “We are against any illegal actions … We will be against any sanctions or steps here,” he said at an event titled “Talks with Ambassadors”, organised by the Swadhinata Sangbadik Forum at the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka, reports…

Moscow against any sanctions from US, West:

Report in The Daily Star, Dec 08, 2023Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy yesterday said they are against any “illegal actions” – sanctions or others – taken by America or other western countries against a country. “We are against any illegal actions … We will be against any sanctions or steps here,” he said at an event titled “Talks with Ambassadors”, organised by the Swadhinata Sangbadik Forum at the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka, reports…

Afghans can apply to bring families to America: US State Department

By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 3, 2023Based on the new facilities, the U.S. Department of State has announced that Afghan citizens residing in the United States who hold Green Cards and Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) and temporary residency can now apply for residency for their family members in Afghanistan. On Saturday, December 2nd, the U.S. Department of State stated that the U.S. government has introduced these new “Family Joining Visas” for…

Chinese industrialists to invest in aquaculture technology in Sri Lanka

report in EconomyNext, Sept 13, 2023A fish export association from Fujian Province in China has expressed interest in utilising the surroundings of small-scale coastal ports across Sri Lanka, to process and export aquaculture yields to Europe and North America. Aquaculture, or farming in water, involves breeding, raising, and harvesting fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants. The Aquatic Product Wholesale Industry Association of the Fujian Province met with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and expressed their willingness to…

Rights defenders on paper, traffickers in reality

by Mohammad Jamil Khan in The Daily Star, May 24, 2023A syndicate has been smuggling people from Bangladesh to nations such as Italy, France, and America under the pretense that they are employees of a non-governmental organisation. As employees of the non-governmental organisation known as the “Protection for Legal and Human Rights Foundation,” they used to request authorisation from the UN headquarters to attend conferences. The syndicate member would apply for a visa at the…

Taliban Release 2 Americans Detained in Afghanistan

By Katie Rogers in The NY Times, Dec 21, 2022WASHINGTON — The Taliban released two Americans who had been detained in Afghanistan on Tuesday, including Ivor Shearer, an independent filmmaker who had been held since August, according to a person with knowledge of the release. The Biden administration did not confirm the name of either American, but an administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to detail a sensitive process, said that both had…