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RESOLUTION IN US CONGRESS TO DECLARE 1971
ATROCITIES IN BANGLADESH ‘GENOCIDE’
Two US congressmen introduced a resolution to declare Pakistan Army action against Bengalis and Hindus
during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 as "genocide" and "crime against humanity".
US Congressman Steve Chabot, along with Congressman Ro Khanna of Indian origin introduced the resolution
in the US House of Representatives on Friday. Chabot said
the Bangladesh Genocide of 1971 must not be forgotten,
reported UNB.
"With help from my Hindu constituents in Ohio’s First District,
Rep Ro Khanna and I introduced legislation to recognise
that the mass atrocities committed against Bengalis and
Hindus in particular, were indeed genocide," he said.
The 8-page resolution titled "Recognising the Bangladesh
Genocide of 1971" calls on the government of Pakistan, in the
face of overwhelming evidence, to offer acknowledgement of
its role in such genocide, offer formal apologies to the government
and people of Bangladesh, and prosecute, in accordance
with international law, any perpetrators who are still
living. It condemns the atrocities committed by the Armed
Forces of Pakistan against the people of Bangladesh from March 1971 to December 1971; recognises that such
atrocities against Bengalis and Hindus constitute crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide; recalls the
death and suffering of the countless victims of such atrocities and expresses its deep sympathy for the suffering.
PART OF NEW YORK STREET CO-NAMED
LITTLE BANGLADESH
A section of McDonald Avenue in Kensington of New York has
been officially co-named "Little Bangladesh" to celebrate the
Bangladeshi community there and its contributions to the
neighbourhood.
Council member Shahana Hanif said "Little Bangladesh"
was named to see the neighbourhood as "our home and to
further establish our commitment to serving and protecting
this community." Shahana Hanif, leaders from the local Bangladeshi
community, city Comptroller Brad Lander, and Assembly
member Robert Carroll unveiled the new street sign
at the corner of Church Avenue on October 16, reports Brooklyn
Paper, a local newspaper.
INDIA TEST-FIRES BALLISTIC
MISSILE FROM NUCLEAR
SUBMARINE IN BAY OF BENGAL
Neighbouring India has successfully test-fired a ballistic
missile from a nuclear submarine in the territorial
sea of the Bay of Bengal. With this, the Indian
ballistic missile submarines may now be able to target
China and Pakistan from underwater locations
when deployed, reported Indian media.
The Indian defence ministry statement said last
evening, “INS Arihant carried out a successful launch
of a Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) on
Friday.” The missile, it said, was tested to a predetermined
range and it impacted the target area in
the Bay of Bengal with very high accuracy. All operational
and technological parameters of the weapon
system have been validated.
SLBM’s successful user training launch by INS Arihant
is significant to prove crew competency and
validate the SSBN programme, a key element of
India's nuclear deterrence capability, said the statement,
adding, the latest submarine-launched ballistic
missile test proves the sheer credibility of India's
naval nuclear deterrent.
BANGLADESH TO BECOME WORLD’S 9TH
LARGEST CONSUMER MARKET
Bangladesh is expected to be the 9th largest consumer
market globally by 2030 and it will be bigger than the UK
by then, said a report by HSBC Global Research revealed on
October 19.
"Bangladesh is expected to see the fastest growth in its
consumer market – that is, the population earning more
than $20 per day in constant Purchasing Power Parity
(PPP) terms – in the current decade," said the HSBC Global
Research in its "The Flying Dutchman' report titled 'Asia's
shoppers in 2030"
China, India, and Indonesia will be ahead of Bangladesh,
said a press release of HSBC citing the report.
Korea and Japan will see a drop in the overall market by
2030. In terms of size, mainland China is expected to retain
its dominant position as being the biggest consumer market
in the world with more than 800 million consumers by
2030 and 820 million by 2040, it added.
The report said over the next few decades, the world, and
Asia in particular will undergo significant demographic
shifts. As for Asia, the region will become considerably
older, and wealthier, and households will continue to get
smaller. These changes result in significant shifts in spending
patterns across Asia.
"Asia will become the dominant player in global consumer
markets; Indonesia will overtake Brazil as the fourth-largest
consumer market, after China, India, and the US.
BGB HAS AN ACCOUNT OF EACH
BULLET FIRED FROM MYANMAR: DG
Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)
Major General Shakil Ahmed has said the BGB has
an account of each and every bullet fired from across
the Myanmar border.
"We have immediately protested every single incident
to Myanmar's border guards, including the firing
of mortar shells, crossing the airspace. They have
also replied," he said while talking to reporters after
visiting the border area of Ghumdhum union of Naikhongchhari
upazila in Cox's Bazar on October 10.
Inside Myanmar, the Arakan Army is engaged in
fierce fighting with the country's army. From mid-
August, its impact began to be felt at various border
areas of Bangladesh including Tumbru, Konapara,
Uttarpara, and Baishphandi of Ghumdhum union of
Naikhongchhari upazila, reports our Cox's Bazar correspondent.
USA ENDED ITS ASSISTANCE TO RAB IN 2018: STATE DEPT
Responding to Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina's recent comments
that the US created and trained
Rab, the US State Department
has said it stopped providing assistance
to the force in 2018 due
to its human rights violations.
"Well, the fact is that based on
credible information implicating
the Rapid Action Battalion or the
Rab in gross violations of human
rights, we did end assistance to
the Rab in 2018," State Department
Spokesperson Ned Price
said in his regular press briefing in
Washington DC on October 12.
He made the remarks when a
journalist asked him about the
Bangladesh PM saying, at a press
conference on October 6 after
her return from the UNGA, that
the US created Rab and provided
training, logistics and arms, and
that now they are acting according
to their training.
Price added that in December last
year, the US sanctioned Rab as
well as seven current and former
officials under Global Magnitsky
Act in connection with the force's
involvement in serious and gross
human rights abuse.
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