Remarkable Bangladeshi origin academic is UWA’s 19th Vice Chancellor
By Ram Khatry I 7 July 2020 I A Bangladeshi origin professor with enviable track record in academic achievement and leadership has taken over as the 19th Vice Chancellor of…
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Aung San Suu Kyi has no excuse for staying silent on the Rohingya crisis
By Tom Smith, University of Portsmouth 17 February 2017 Aung San Suu Kyi, the famed and much fawned-over former opposition leader of Myanmar, cannot be immune to criticism. Undoubtedly a force…
Life in limbo: the Rohingya refugees trapped between Myanmar and Banglades
By Ashraful Azad, University of Chittagong 13 February 2017 Violence against the Rohingyas, an ethnic Muslim minority in Myanmar, has reached a new high according to a report published by…
Split assessment panel makes Sapkota (Nepal), Sultan (Bangladesh) co-win 2016 International Student Award
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 12 October 2016 Two students from Nepal and Bangladesh have shared this year’s International Student Award given away amid a ceremony at the Sydney Opera House yesterday evening.…
Bijay from Nepal and Sumiya from Bangladesh among finalists for NSW International Student Awards 2016
19 Sep 2016: Bijay Sapkota from Nepal and Sumiya Sultan from Bangladesh are two inspiring South Asian students who have made it to the final list of the 2016 NSW International Student…
Australian petitioners rally for Bangladeshi doctor-couple facing deportation
6 Aug 2016: Dr Biswajit Banik and his wife Dr Sarmin Sayeed are not an average family unit trying to gain permanent residency in Australia. They aren’t the sort of…
Pakistan, Nepal, India, B’desh & Sri Lanka students to play cricket with NSW Police
Officers from NSW Police Force will clash against international students from Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan during this weekend’s friendly cricket tournament to be held in Western Sydney. The annual International Students and…
Bangladesh blogger killings have roots in independence struggle
By Ashraf Hoque 25 May 2015 6:15 PM AEST: Ananta Bijoy Das, who was murdered in a brutal roadside machete attack in north-east Bangladesh, is the third secularist blogger to be…
Bangladeshi & Australian doctors’ certificates faked to access Centrelink fund
A Sydney woman faked multiple medical documents to access Centrelink fund, a tribunal recently discovered. Fairfax Media reported on April 3 that the woman not only forged papers about her…
