Pakistani student Dania Zaheer. — Screengrab via video/ABC13 Dania Zaheer says driver didn’t see if she was alive or not. Zaheer had come to US from Pakistan to pursue masters. “This accident has shattered all my dreams,” says student. A Pakistani female student was hit by a careless driver in Texas, United States, who drove … Read more
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After Shakib Al Hasan, another former Bangladesh cricket captain, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, has been named in a legal case, according to Bangladeshi media reports. Mortaza, along with 90 other individuals, has been accused in connection with attacks on students during recent protests. Among the accused is also Mortaza’s father, who has been implicated in the … Read more
Pakistani student Ayesha Mumtaz has secured a bronze medal at the Asian Junior and School Boxing Championship in Abu Dhabi after triumphing over Vietnamese competitor Thi Hong Yen Nguyen in the quarterfinals, as reported by Radio Pakistan on Wednesday. The tournament, organised by the Asian Boxing Confederation, is being held in Al Ain City, Abu … Read more
A new report has brought to light a troubling surge in student suicides across India, with these incidents increasing at a rate surpassing both national population growth and overall suicide trends. The report, titled “Student Suicides: An Epidemic Sweeping India,” was released on Wednesday at the Annual IC3 Conference and Expo 2024. It draws attention … Read more
Students walk past stalls during the orientation week at The University of Sydney, in Camperdown, Australia February 15, 2023. — Reuters Australia announced Tuesday that it plans to limit the number of international students enrolling to 270,000 by 2025 in an effort to manage the surge in home rental prices attributed to record migration. According … Read more
Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, October 14, 2023. — Reuters King’s College London (KCL), a prestigious educational institution in Britain, has decided to review its investment policy in arms companies following mass protests by student unions, The Times has … Read more
DHAKA: A UN fact-finding team will visit Bangladesh next week to set up a probe of hundreds of deaths during recent student-led protests which led the prime minister to step down, UN officials announced on Thursday. An independent inquiry commission will be funded and led by the UN, said Gwyn Lewis, the UN resident coordinator … Read more
In his follow-up to “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” Chiwetel Ejiofor makes noticeable improvements as a filmmaker through a real-life story that, while often unfocused, features piercing moments of dramatic and political engagement. Based on a biography by Jeff Hobbs, “Rob Peace” follows a gifted young Black student from his childhood all the way … Read more
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus appealed for religious unity on Saturday as he embraced the weeping mother of a student shot dead by police, a flashpoint in mass protests that ended Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule. Nobel laureate Yunus, 84, returned from Europe this week to helm a temporary administration facing the monumental challenge of ending disorder … Read more
University of Oxford Student Raza Nazar gestures for a photograph. — Reporter/File LONDON: University of Oxford student from Karachi, Raza Nazar has been elected President of the graduate community (MCR) of Oxford’s prestigious Trinity College, making history as the first Pakistani student to do so. Raza hails from Karachi and studied at Karachi Grammar School … Read more