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Mridha Shihab Mahmud

Mridha Shihab Mahmud is a writer, content editor and photojournalist. He works as a staff reporter at News Hour. He is also involved in humanitarian works through a trust called Safety Assistance For Emergencies (SAFE). Mridha also works as film director. His passion is photography. He is the chief respondent person in Mymensingh Film & Photography Society. Besides professional attachment, he loves graphics designing, painting, digital art and social networking.

Africa Cup champs Algeria return to hero’s welcome

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 21, 2019

Africa Cup of Nations champions Algeria arrived home Saturday to a hero’s welcome from a huge crowd of joyful supporters and a “water salute” for their plane at Algiers airport. “One, two, three, viva Algeria!” tens...
South African musician Johnny Clegg dead at 66

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 18, 2019

South African singer and songwriter Johnny Clegg, one of the few white artists to openly confront the apartheid government in the late 1970s and 1980s, died on Tuesday aged 66, his agent said. He had been...
Myanmar must take back Rohingyas: Sheikh Hasina

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 16, 2019

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated her call to Myanmar to begin the repatriation of forcibly displaced Rohingyas, saying that they (Myanmar) must take back their nationals from Bangladesh. “The repatriation process should be started. How...
Brazilian director of refugee odyssey laments far-right attack on artists

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 15, 2019

The reality of her homeland’s lurch to the far-right has seen artists branded as leftists and criminals, laments Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy, who only wishes her theatre piece on migration were actually fiction. The documentary-style work...
Academic world launches plan to tackle climate change

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 14, 2019

Thousands of universities around the world on Wednesday declared a “climate emergency” and committed themselves with the United Nations to fighting climate change, in an effort to mobilize their students. In a letter, the representatives of...
Gould prepares to raise his finger for the final time at Headingley

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 6, 2019

The English umpire will be in the middle for the final time in India’s clash with Sri Lanka at Headingley, but a look into the archives reminds us that he too once had a substitute fielder...
IAEA to hold emergency meeting on Iran on 10 July

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 6, 2019

The UN’s nuclear watchdog said Friday it will hold an emergency meeting on Iran’s nuclear program next week, days after Tehran breached one of the limits set in a 2015 deal with world powers. The meeting...
Record scorer Cahill retires from Australia duty

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 6, 2019

Australia’s all-time leading goal-scorer Tim Cahill retired from international football Tuesday, ending an illustrious career that has taken him to four World Cups. The 38-year-old, who scored 50 international goals in 107 appearances, last played for...
IOM, WFP first beneficiary data exchange in South Sudan

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 4, 2019

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) recently completed the first functional data exchange between their own beneficiary management systems to provide updated information on tens of thousands of people...
Lady Gaga, Letitia Wright among hundreds invited to join film academy

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 4, 2019

The group that hands out the Oscars said on Monday it had invited 842 new members from 59 countries including Lady Gaga, Sterling K. Brown and Letitia Wright as the organization strives to further diversify its...