report in The Daily Star, Apr 9, 2023In the absence of a policy to act as a deterrent, ragging goes on unchecked at some public universities, as the authorities concerned seem indifferent to the need for curbing the menace. “Ragging” is a term used for the so-called “initiation ritual” practised at higher educational institutions. It involves psychological and physical torture — abuse, humiliation and harassment — of freshers or juniors by senior students, and takes…
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by Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, Feb 23, 2023 at 8:16 AMFormer Afghan president Hamid Karzai met with Markus Potzel, the UN Secretary General’s Deputy Special Representative to Afghanistan, and they discussed the current situation of Afghanistan and the reopening of schools and universities for girls. Hamid Karzai tweeted that in the meeting they discussed the need for a national dialogue to ensure lasting peace in the country. “Both sides emphasized reopening schools and universities…