US House passes bill to prevent another ‘Muslim ban’

Aljazeera
William Roberts
21 Apr 2021 

The NO BAN Act would prevent any future US president from imposing travel bans on the basis of religion.

President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting people from Muslim-majority countries drew protests [File: Yuri Gripas/Reuters]

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would limit the ability of any United States president to impose a travel ban on the basis of religion, a move that was welcomed by civil rights advocates as “a major step forward”.

The legislation, known informally as the NO BAN Act, comes in response to former President Donald Trump’s controversial “Muslim ban” that barred travel to the US from several Muslim-majority countries.

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'Tk 150 crore spent on hotel bills in 6 months'

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Wednesday, "March 13, 2019"

Minister blasts foreign agencies working for Rohingyas

Foreign agencies working for Rohingyas spent Tk 150 crore on hotel bills in the last six months, whereas they have spent no more than 25 percent of total aid for the refugees, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said yesterday.

He was speaking to journalists following a meeting of the cabinet committee on law and order affairs held at the conference room of home ministry, reports BSS. Mozammel is the chairman of the newly formed cabinet committee.