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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.

IOM provides assistance to asylum seekers and refugees fleeing Burundi for Tanzania

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jun 21, 2016

News Hour: For 14 months since April 2015 political instability in Burundi has led to tens of thousands of Burundians, and other Third Country Nationals (TCNs) residing there, to flee the country and seek refuge in...
Construction of Puntland Immigration Headquarters in Garowe begins with IOM support

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jun 21, 2016

News Hour: IOM and Puntland’s Ministry for Security and Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) earlier this month (08/06) held a groundbreaking ceremony to launch the construction of the ministry’s immigration headquarters in Garowe, Puntland State of...
‘Budhia Singh – Born to Run’ first poster out now

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jun 21, 2016

News Hour: The makers of the upcoming biopic, “Budhia Singh – Born to Run” have launched the first look from the film today. It is a testament to this talented child genius as he is seen...
Thailand: Withdraw charges against human rights defenders

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jun 21, 2016

News Hour: The Thai authorities must reverse their decision to charge three prominent human rights defenders with criminal defamation and computer crimes for documenting and publishing details of human rights violations in the country, Amnesty International...
Four in five Syrian refugees struggle below the poverty line

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jun 21, 2016

News Hour: A startling four in five Syrian refugees in Jordan are living below the poverty line, an increase from 2015, says a new study from CARE International. The report, “Six years into exile”, points to...
Film4Climate global video competition opens to inspire the world

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jun 21, 2016

News Hour: The Film4Climate Global Video Competition formally opens today as the centerpiece of the Connect4Climate initiative to promote sustainability in the creative industries through active engagement with young people in finding solutions to climate change....
Lack of action on non-communicable diseases damaging Pacific economies

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jun 21, 2016

News Hour: A new World Bank report has put the spotlight on the economic threat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose to the Pacific Islands, with heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease emerging as the top...
Oakmont triumph lifts Johnson up to third in rankings

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jun 20, 2016

News Hour: Dustin Johnson’s maiden major triumph at the 116th U.S. Open at Oakmont on Sunday lifted the American back into the top three of the world golf rankings for the first time since his Chambers...
Leonardo DiCaprio is ordered deposed over ‘Wolf of Wall Street’

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jun 20, 2016

News Hour: A federal judge has ordered actor Leonardo DiCaprio to be deposed in a defamation lawsuit brought by a former Stratton Oakmont executive over his alleged depiction in the 2013 Martin Scorsese film “The Wolf...
political parties fail to protect Australia from climate change health impacts

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jun 20, 2016

News Hour: Most political parties in Australia do not have a clear commitment to tackling the risks of climate change on health and wellbeing, recent polling and policy analysis shows. The Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA)...