US President-elect Joe Biden has inducted a second Pakistani American, Salman Ahmed, into his foreign policy team, said a statement issued on Friday
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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Bangladeshis in Malaysia: Worries grow
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President-elect Biden appoints Sameera Fazili to National Economic Council
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Indian girl in Dubai helps recycle e-waste
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Biden names Bangladeshi-American Zayn Siddique senior aide to White House deputy chief of staff
US President-elect Joe Biden has named Zayn Siddique, a Bangladeshi-American, senior aide to the incoming White House deputy chief of staff
British Indians want UK-India trade deal to support Indian farmers
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Canada's Indian-origin Industry Minister Navdeep Bains resigns
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Indian expats win gold at Dubai Shopping Festival
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Indian Americans express shock at attack on US Capitol
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Stranded Indian expats in UAE return to Saudi Arabia
Many Indian expats who were stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to airport closures while they were on their way to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have returned to the designated destinations with some taking buses to Riyadh, a media report said
Modi lauds Indian diaspora for contribution during COVID-19
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded the contributions made by the Indian diaspora community to aid the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic
Overseas Pakistanis send remittances over $2bn for seventh month running
Remittances from overseas Pakistanis during December 2020 rose by 16.2 per cent year-on-year to $2.436 billion, compared to $2.097bn in December 2019, clocking in above $2bn mark for the seventh consecutive month, according to the latest data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday
