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To Whom It May Concern, As is known, peace talks have resumed between the government of Columbia and the rebel group ELN (the National Liberation Army), the only remaining major rebel group after the peace treaty with the largest rebel group FARC (the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) that subsequently abandoned conflicts and turned

To Whom It May Concern, As is known, protests erupted this week in Thailand. According to available sources, the protests participated by several hundred demonstrators took place against the government of Thailand and the Bio-Circular Green economy model policy and related regulations at Lan Kon Muang Square near the 2022 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit venue in Bangkok leading to the firing of bullets and several arrests by law enforcing officials. Though the main demands of the latest protest are the cancelation of the BCG model policy that can affect the country’s resources and the stepping down of Thai…

To Whom It May Conecrn, A deadly clash took place between two groups in Bakharnagar village of Bancharampur sub-district under the Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh. According to available sources, one was hit by bullets and a few were injured by the explosion of at least one cocktail and the usage of deadly local weapons in

To Whom It May Concern, A deadly explosion in the capital city of Turkey, as is known, killed at least six and injured more than eighty people. According to the Turkish state run Anadolu news agency, the bomb attack was carried out on Istiklal Avenue, a civilian area typically crowded thoroughfare in Istanbul popular with tourists and locals. No party has yet claimed the responsibility for the painful attack. Turkish officials indicated it as an act of terrorism and suspected the Kurdish groups such as the PKK (the Kurdistan Workers’ Party) and the Syrian Kurdish YPG (People’s Defense Units) but…

To Whom It May Concern, The Kafala system is, as is known, widely used in gulf countries for the management of migrant residency and employment. This system, a legal sponsorship system under which a local citizen or company (known as the Kafeel) sponsors foreign workers for their work visas and residency to be valid, is also known as an exploitative system for migrant employees in Jordan, Lebanon and all Arab gulf countries because a migrant employee’s right to work and legal residence depends on his or her employer with tight restrictions on changing employers and only sponsors can renew or…

To Whom It May Concern, As is known, the University of Malawi, located in Zomba, the old capital city of Malawi, is closed since Monday. According to available sources, the students of Malawi University are protesting over the decision of the university administration to have only one semester per year which doubles the length of time needed for an undergraduate degree. Students demonstrated and rioted on the campus and blocked roads by burning tires and placing stones and tree branches on the street in protests to the controversial decision. The university administration closed the university indefinitely in a statement citing…

To Whom It May Concern, Western Sahara is in conflict for decades over the disputed Northwest African area of around 252,120 square kilometers. But the conflicts between Morocco and the Polisario Front have increased in 2020 with the intervention of the Moroccan army leading to the Guerguerat crisis. The United Nations has recently adopted resolution 2654 (2022) to extend the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara for one year to resolve conflicts by the parties of the Western Sahara conflict, which has already killed 14000 Moroccan soldiers, Mauritanian soldiers, Polisario rebels and civilians and displaced 200000 civilians. Though the…

To Whom It May Concern, Pathetically, more than one hundred and fifty people died and many were injured in Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, in a stampede on the occasion of the Halloween festival. The citizens of several countries including South Korea and the United States were the victims. According to available sources, partygoers were packed tightly into narrow streets in the nightlife district of Itaewon of Seoul when they were enjoying the Halloween weekend since Covid-19 restrictions were lifted in the country. It is notable that the cause of the stampede is unknown. Investigations are going on…

To Whom It May Concern, Telephone conversations among the security chiefs of Russia, the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Turkey were held a few days ago. No doubt, this is a good development in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, even if no notable outcomes have come out from the talks. This is because there

To Whom It May Concern, I went to Dhaka University, once known as the ‘Oxford of the East’, two days ago. I stayed there for a while, had a glass of carbonated soft drink and took a few selfies. I remembered my colorful student life, persistent academic activities and gatherings with my friends at Dhaka University. No doubt, many ex-students of the University of Dhaka sometimes go or want to go there and gather with friends. But the ex-students of Dhaka University are sometimes obstructed and cannot visit their former university campus because of student clashes and a few other…