Co-create 2071, a two-day bootcamp was organized at the University of Dhaka on October 2-3 by Preneur Lab on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Bangladesh with the support of the American Embassy in Dhaka in association with the University’s Department of International Relations. Lailufar Yasmin, Chairperson of the AU Department of International Relations, inaugurated the program with a keynote address followed by keynote address by key guest Sharlina Hussain-Morgan, Director of Public Engagement, Diplomacy Section Public, United States Embassy. Ashraful Tanvir, Head of Operations at Preneur Lab, highlighted the importance of…
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Recently, in the Serbian town of Šabac, Borka Marinković, 69, sat around a table with half a dozen teachers, none of them Jewish, and talked about her complicated life as the daughter of Holocaust survivors. .Marinković’s mother was interned in a concentration camp on the Croatian island of Rab, but in 1943 partisans rescued her and she joined the resistance as a cryptographer. She then meets Marinković’s father, a Yugoslav partisan.Three years later, after the war ended, they married and started a family, but they rarely spoke of the horrors they had endured. It was only at the age…
Greek and Albanian foreign ministers exchanged statements Thursday as the dispute over Fredi Beleri, a Greek mayor of Albanian origin arrested on suspicion of vote buying and placed in pre-trial detention, rumbles on. Himare’s winning candidate Beleri, running as part of an opposition coalition, was arrested two days before April’s local elections on suspicion of vote-buying. He maintains his innocence but has since been placed in pre-trial detention. Several appeals to reduce security measures for arrests in jail were rejected, meaning he was unable to be sworn in as mayor. Athens and the Albanian opposition reacted strongly to the arrest,…
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If you are reading this article from the comfort of a laptop using high-speed Internet, you are part of a global minority. Most people around the world have to access the internet through unstable connectivity and on small-screen mobile devices. Despite this, the global digital divide has been significantly reduced. When the United Nations (UN) first measured online connectivity in 2002, only one billion people worldwide had access. Today, that number has quintupled, but experts agree that providing the “other half of humanity” with meaningful connectivity will still be difficult. This includes reliable and diverse sources of information, as well…
South Asia undoubtedly has one of the richest theatrical traditions in the world, with stage magic entertaining South Asian audiences from ancient times to the present day. South Asian theater covers many types of performances across several culturally diverse countries. It is the influence is not limited to these countries and continues to be an integral part of cultures far beyond their borders. It has historically shaped East Asian arts and is particularly notable in Southeast Asia, where the Ramayana And Mahabharata still thrive. South Asians also constitute one of the largest and fastest growing categories of Australian migrants, making…
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Greece and Turkey must seek to establish good neighborly relations based on the “solid foundations of international law”, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said in an interview with the Arab television channel “Al Ghad TV”. the transcription of which was published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. on Sunday. Gerapetritis gave the interview during his visit to El Alamein in Egypt, as a member of a Greek government delegation, ANA reports.“What Greece is saying is that international law must be respected,” Gerapetritis stressed, while stressing that “there is a major dispute between Greece and Turkey which could be brought before the…
Florida State University alumni, students, parents and friends will come together to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Homecoming Friday, October 13 through Sunday, October 22. With the theme “Light Up Your Legacy,” in-person festivities include alumni events, a street parade and the annual Homecoming Live pep rally. The festivities culminate with FSU’s homecoming game against Duke on Oct. 21, during which the 2023 Homecoming Leader and Princess will be revealed. A full calendar of events is listed at reunion.fsu.edu. Featured events include: FRIDAY OCTOBER 13 A cherished FSU tradition, Chalk on Legacy Walk kicks off Homecoming festivities and allows Recognized…
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art THE Metropolitan Museum of Art recently announced that he had initiated the return of two artifacts from Nepala stone sculpture and a delicately carved strut. The 13th-century wooden temple stand was purchased by the museum in 1988, and the 11th-century stone image of Vishnu flanked by Lakshmi and Garuda, gifted to the Met in 1995. The second object was donated almost thirty years ago from the personal collection of Steven Kossak, former curator of the Met’s Asian art department. It was featured prominently in a ARTnews report about the museum repatriation problems: Related…