Archive for February, 2008

EC’s electoral roadmap is going unplanned

February 15, 2008
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Seven months have gone after the Election Commission announced the electoral roadmap, but it has not done even half of the work mentioned in the roadmap. The EC, which was reconstituted on February 4, 2007, missed the deadline for most of the tasks that were supposed to be finished by the time...
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Jail authorities say they won’t reach Khaleda’s poltical letters

February 15, 2008
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  The BNP would go to the High Court once again seeking direction on the jail authorities to dispatch the party chief’s letter to the election commission soon as the jail authorities has said that they may not hand over the letter that has requested the commission to communicate with Khandaker Delwar Hossain...
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Speak up against torture, speak up for democracy

February 14, 2008
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You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind – Gandhi Tasneem Khalil: Journalist Blogger Father of a bouncing baby boy Husband Torture victim Journalist Tasneem Khalil endured brutal torture by DGFI, and that is the centerpiece...
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Australia in doubt of touring Pakistan

February 13, 2008
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Australia is scheduled to tour Pakistan for March and April. But now it seems very unlikely following the meeting held in Dubai between the chairmen of both boards. After the discussions Cricket Australia’s chairman, Creagh O’Connor, sent a letter to the Pakistan board expressing the reservations on security held in Pakistan. The PCB chairman,...
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Simon Taufel pondering over retirement

February 13, 2008
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Simon Taufel pondering over retirement

The australian umpire, Simon Taufel, is currently ranked the best in the world. He has revealed that he might not renew his contract expires in 31st March and he wished not to renew it. There an enormous amount of controversy with umpires nowadays and if Taufel does not wish to change his mind then...
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Nafees Bin Zafar: A Bangladeshi won the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards 2007 in OSCARS

February 11, 2008
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Nafees Bin Zafar: A Bangladeshi won the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards 2007  in OSCARS

7th January -Oscar winner Nafees with his mother in their village home in Rajbari. Photo by Banglar Chokh    Nafees Bin Zafar , a proud Bangladeshi has won the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards 2007 in OSCARS. The award was declared at The Beverly Wilshire on Saturday, February 9, 2008. Here...
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Empowering Judiciary in Bangladesh

February 10, 2008
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Empowering Judiciary in Bangladesh

Bangladesh, though it had witnessed an eventful 2007 amidst the emergency, postponement of general election, human rights violation and the arrest of some senior most political leader, had ended the year with some positive initiatives for empowering judiciary in the poverty stricken country. Waiting for the general election within this...
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The House that Al Saud built

February 10, 2008
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The House that Al Saud built

The House of Al Saud is built on land which is criss-crossed with tectonic fault lines which are almost constantly moving. And the al Saud way of handling these fault lines is not to improve the house by making it flexible, open and earthquake proof but to try to pour...
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