Zahra Khan, a UK-based Pakistani chef, featured amongst the world’s most impactful and game-changing entrepreneurs in the Forbes list, according to a report in The News
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.
Stricter H-1B visa rules, OPT Termination Will Make US Less Attractive for Indian and South Asian Students
It is not just Indian professionals, but this bill could result in a further drop in Indian students - the largest foreign student cohort in the US - showing interest in higher studies in the US. It is not just the H-1B visa by itself, but the proposal for ending the OPT which prospective students would be paying attention to. OPT helps students in drawing employment, gaining experience and potentially transferring to H-1B Visa status. In 2024-2025, over 140,000 Indian students were participating in the OPT program.
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Convicted Pakistani-American businessman was a CIA asset: Report
Imaad Zuberi, a Pakistan-American businessman, who was recently sentenced to 12 years in prison for tax evasion and foreign influence, had worked for the American intelligence Agency (CIA) for almost 12 years, as per a report in the Wall Street Journal
Indian American doctors’ body urges Biden Administration to stop attacks on Asian Americans
AAPI, the professional body representing over 80,000 Indian American doctors, has urged the federal, state and local governments to make all the efforts possible to prevent violence against Asian Americans and all those innocent people around the nation who continue to suffer due to violence, harassment and discrimination
Indian American man pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of children
An Indian-American man from Canton, Michigan, pleaded guilty April 7, 2021, to one count of sexual exploitation of children, announced Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Saima Mohsin
British Gurkhas, serving Crown for two centuries, threaten legal action for their rights
The British Gurkha Satyagraha United Struggle Committee UK-Nepal has warned that it will be compelled to take various diplomatic and legal actions if the demands put forth by the British Gurkhas continue to be ignored
Nepalis benefited by Oman’s general amnesty for undocumented foreigners
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Bangladesh disburses $16.5 million to returnee workers
The Bangladesh government has so far disbursed around $16.5 million to returnee migrant workers as part of the $82 million rehabilitation package, reported the Daily Star
Biden names Pakistani American as federal judge, Indian American as Washington judge
US President Joe Biden has appointed a Pakistani American, Zahid N. Quraishi, to be a federal judge. He would become the nation's first Muslim federal judge if confirmed by the Senate
Family of slain Pakistani immigrant raises $800,000 in US
The family of a Pakistani immigrant, who was killed in a carjacking incident in the US last week, raised around $800,000 in the US, reported Dawn. The family, however, had just sought $100,000
India continuing steps to restore normalcy in Kashmir: US State Department report
“The (India) government continued taking steps to restore normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir by gradually lifting some security and communications restrictions,” according to the State Department's annual human rights report
Unlawful killings, rapes, kidnappings in Sri Lankan civil war feature in Canadian film
Filmed in Tamil Nadu in 2019, ‘Pearl in the Blood’ is a feature film produced, directed, and written by Ken Kandiah from Canada and is based on true events of the Sri Lankan civil war of 2009 depicting a lethal society of numerous rapes, crimes, and killings
London Eye lit up in Bangladesh’s colours to mark 50th anniversary
London Eye, the world’s largest cantilever observation wheel centrally located in the heart of London, was lit up in red and green on Friday, marking the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence
Biden nominates Indian American Seema Nanda as Labour Department solicitor
US President Joe Biden has nominated yet another Indian American, Seema Nanda, a former CEO of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), to be the Department of Labour solicitor, the White House announced on Friday.
Biden invites Modi, Hasina, Tshering to climate summit
US President Joe Biden has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join him for the World Leaders Summit on Climate that he is virtually convening on April 22 and 23
Bangladeshi expats host exhibition at Eiffel Tower to highlight 1971 genocide
Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist and Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) of France members recently hosted a poster exhibition at Eiffel Tower square to showcase the Pakistan Army-led genocide in Bangladesh in 1971, media reports said
