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
Bangladesh's Expatriate Card: A New Chapter in Migrant Financial Security
The Expatriate Card will be a source of recognition to millions of Bangladeshi remittance warriors and a sign of gratitude from the State for their support to the nation's development.
In Search of Dharma in the Indian Diaspora
We have become an aggressive and divisive society which is becoming intolerant of others' ideas and points of view. For a pluralistic society like India, all the people who live there are important and we need to work together to take the country forward and to great heights. Unless we change our present thinking, we have the danger of becoming an extremist state
Beyond the Remittance: How Bangladesh's Overseas Workers Are Reshaping Post-Uprising Politics
For decades, Bangladeshi governments referred to their overseas workers as remittance warriors—a formulation that was generous in one respect and quietly limiting in another. It honored their economic contribution while bracketing their political identity. The July Uprising may have ended that bracketing for good. What is now taking shape, imperfectly and without clear resolution, is a constituency that earns its living abroad but has not surrendered its stake in what Bangladesh becomes.
US Immigration Policy Change Could Adversely Affect Indians, South Asians Seeking Employment-Based Green Cards
The policy could have particularly significant consequences for employment-based Green Card applicants, many of whom have traditionally relied on adjustment of status (AOS) while continuing to live and work legally in the U.S. There is a large number of Indian immigrants who stand to face significant disruption and delay because of this policy shift.
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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’
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Mahatma Gandhi's great-granddaughter sentenced to jail in fraud case in South Africa
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Green Prize, Philosophy Olympiad: Young Bangladeshis shine
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Malaysian authorities detain 64 immigrants from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
Malaysian authorities have detained 155 immigrants, including 62 Bangladeshis and one each from Pakistan and India, from an illegal settlement in the city of Cyberjaya in Selangor state, media reports said
UAE-Pakistan flight restrictions disturb travel plan of expats
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Sri Lankan expat wins $4 million in big-ticket Abu Dhabi draw
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UAE extends travel ban from four South Asian countries till June 30
The UAE has extended the ban on travellers from four South Asian countries till June 30 as a measure taken to contain COVID-19 pandemic
Indo-Arab Helping Hands raises awareness about black fungus
Indo-Arab Helping Hands (IAHH), a group of Indian professionals working in Saudi Arabia who earned appreciation for their work with Covid relief in India, has now come forward to raise awareness about the post-Covid fungal infection Mucormycosis or black fungus, which has taken a toll of dozens of lives in India
Pentagon condoles death of Indian American newspaper editor
Tejinder Singh, the founder editor of the Washington-based India America Today newspaper has died, according to a tweet from the ethnic publication. On Tuesday, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby paid fulsome tributes to Singh calling him “a real gentleman, good reporter, damn good reporter.”
Sri Lanka-born British actress nominated for UK’s national TV award
Sri Lanka-born British actress Nimmi Harasgama has been nominated for best drama performance at the UK’s National television awards
Two Bangladeshi Americans win New York Times college scholarship
Two Bangladeshi Americans figure among 12 high school students who have won the New York Times College Scholarship this year
Pakistan-origin teacher’s daughter elected to London Assembly
A Pakistani Briton school teacher’s daughter has made history by becoming the first-ever Muslim Pakistan-origin female elected member of the London Assembly in what is being seen as a great moment of breaking the barriers, Geo tv reported
