Altogether 529 Bangladeshis, who had been lured by human traffickers, were caught and rescued in two African countries Libya and Tunisia
Bulldozing War Memory: South Asia’s Selective Silence Over Desecration of Gaza's Commonwealth Graves
In the end, the need to remember our war dead transcends borders, alliances, and eras. These disturbed graves — British, Australian, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi in origin — call us to a solemn duty: To honour all who fell with dignity. Forgetting them, or allowing their memory to be selectively bulldozed, diminishes us all.
From Crisis Management to Crisis Prevention: South Asian Research Collective Working on AI-Driven Solutions
Together, the team conducts collaborative research and policy development initiatives across four South Asian countries - Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Their work aims to strengthen national preparedness, improve crisis response systems, and support governments in building resilient, technology-enabled public safety infrastructure. Together, these researchers represent a growing national capability in applying Artificial Intelligence to real-world challenges.
Why South Asian Diasporas are Rejecting Far-Right Politics: Embracing the Need for Collective Action
When South Asians organise across faith, class, and national origin lines, standing with Black, Latino, white working-class, and other allies, they help fracture the divide-and-rule strategies that sustain far-right growth. This is the deeper truth of “the people united will never be defeated.” Elites and far-right forces rely on division: Pitting workers against immigrants, Hindu against Muslim, citizens against refugees.
Calming the Storm: The West’s Migration Backlash and What It Means for South Asia
Countries such as Australia and Canada will continue to rely on immigration, much of it from South Asia. That reality carries responsibility not only for governments, but also for migrant communities themselves. South Asians—many of whom are highly visible beneficiaries of these migration systems—have a stake in strengthening social cohesion, engaging in national conversations and demonstrating, through civic participation and leadership, that demographic change can reinforce rather than fragment the societies they now call home.
More on SOUTH ASIA ABROAD
Covid effect: Bahrain indefinitely suspends work permits to people in five South Asian countries
Bahrain has indefinitely suspended giving work permits to people in five South Asian nations severely hit by the coronavirus infection - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal
Nepalis living in Africa launch joint ventures in Nepal
Around 100 Non-Resident Nepalis (NRN) living in various countries in Africa have come together to form the NRN Africa Ventures Limited with an aim to invest in different sectors in their native country
European Parliament adopts resolution calling for repealing terror act in Sri Lanka
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, calling for the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)
South Korea asks Sri Lanka to urgently repatriate 2000 workers staying illegally
The South Korean government has asked Sri Lanka to immediately repatriate Sri Lankan workers who had been legally employed in South Korea but are overstaying their visas, an official said
Two Indian American journalists win Pulitzer, including one for exposing China's Muslim detention camps
Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan has won America's top journalism award, the Pulitzer Prize, for innovative investigative reports harnessing satellite technology that exposed China's mass detention of Muslims
India, Kuwait sign MoU on safeguarding Indian workers
India and Kuwait have signed a MoU providing Indian workers in the Gulf nation protection under law
Concerns in European Parliament over Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act
Concerns have been raised in the European Parliament on Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) with a commissioner alleging that the law did not conform to conventions that the island nation had committed to implementing under the Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP+) granted to it
Sri Lankan American appointed to US President’s Commission on White House Fellowship
George E. Gabriel, an educationist of Sri Lankan origin, has been appointed to the United States President’s Commission on White House Fellowships by US President Joe Biden. He studied at Sri Lanka’s University of Kelaniya before immigrating to the United States
Hindus in US protest 'Brahmin Handbags' label as 'offensive' to community
Hindus in the US feel that associating luxury handbags made of cow leather with the 'Brahmin' brand was very inappropriate, and are urging the Fairhaven (Massachusetts)-headquartered Brahmin Handbags company to consider changing the name of the bags
BJP most popular party among Indian Americans, but most critical of government
While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the most popular Indian political party among the Indian diaspora in the US, a majority is critical of the Modi government's policies despite showing overall strong support for the nation, according to a new study. Support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally however remains undimmed
World Sindhi Congress members protest in London against 'land-grab' in Pakistan
Members of the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) on June 6 participated in a protest opposite Downing Street in London city against alleged large-scale land grabbing in Pakistan's Sindh province
Pakistani-origin family killed in Canada; Pakistan calls it ‘terrorism’
The Pakistani government has condemned the “premeditated” murder of four members of a Pakistani-origin Canadian family in Canada and called the incident an act of terrorism
Mahatma Gandhi's great-granddaughter sentenced to jail in fraud case in South Africa
Mahatma Gandhi's great-granddaughter, Ashish Lata Ramgobin, has been sentenced to seven-year imprisonment by a court in South Africa in a 6 million rand fraud case, according to media reports
Green Prize, Philosophy Olympiad: Young Bangladeshis shine
In recent months, Bangladesh, the country once called a ‘basket case’, has been in the news for its extraordinary transition from a least developed country to a developing country status
