Archive for April, 2009

UN under threat after promising to help Bangladesh war crimes trial planning

April 22, 2009
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E-Bangladesh Report An Islamist militant body Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has asked officials of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), International Federation of the Red Crescent (IFRC) and World Food Programme (WFP) to stop work and leave Barisal district immediately in southern Bangladesh. Three letters written in the name of the banned Islamist outfit...
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The Eternal Quarrel

April 19, 2009
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The Eternal Quarrel

If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. – Winston Churchill
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Brutality continues inside Pilkhana

April 17, 2009
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The Human Rights are being violated randomly inside of the Pilkhana. What the BDR mutineers did is crime indeed, but what the Army officials are doing now is the open brutality of a vindictive nature. They have dared to shout at the honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Not only that, they published their arrogance...
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Bangla New Year Celebrated

April 15, 2009
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Bangla New Year Celebrated

Pohela Boishakh celebrated in Bogra, Image by Shafiq Islam, Drik News This colorful rally was arranged by different cultural organizations in Bogra on the first day of Bangla Year 1416 (14th of April, 2009). The highlights of the rally were paper made colorful masks featuring owl, elephant, and crocodile figures.
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Interesting and Incisive does not Truthful Journalism Make

April 15, 2009
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Interesting and Incisive does not Truthful Journalism Make

Who is Sunita Paul? Some readers (MH, Zia) have left comments on a previous post about how Ms. Paul is a one-woman opposition party, and how her commentary is interesting and incisive. MH actually suggested that we were attacking the messenger instead of the message. Instead of responding in the comments, let us expound...
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Sunita Paul: More Plagiarism

April 14, 2009
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I guess I am not the only one who “Sunita Paul” plagiarizes. It appears that she even plagiarizes big name reporters. Consider the April 5, 2009 article by “Sunita Paul” in the American Chronicle entitled “DPRK: Missile-Satellite Controversy” – one of the very few articles not focused on Bangladesh. The article is about the...
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Sunita Paul: The International (Wo)man of Mystery

April 13, 2009
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Sunita Paul: The International (Wo)man of Mystery

Sunita Paul: Deaf Dumb Born in an affluent family in Kochin Twice masters (what the hell is that?) A Fraud A Plagiarist, and A Liar The first 4 are very easy to prove. Let’s see what “Ms.” Paul put up as her biography on American Chronicle, a website that regularly publishes her writing.
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Last preparation for the Pohela Boishakh celebrations

April 13, 2009
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Last preparation for the Pohela Boishakh celebrations

Students of the fine arts institute of Dhaka University painted these masks which will be used tomorrow in the rallies of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year. Dhaka, Bangladesh. April 13 2009
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Sunita Paul: Plagiarist

April 6, 2009
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Sunita Paul is a plagiarist. Sunita Paul is a “journalist” who has recently been publishing a series of sensational articles about Bangladesh. She has caused quite a stir because her articles make extraordinary claims, based on anonymous sources, about the political situation in Bangladesh. Extraordinary claims without much factual support however require a significant leap of faith by...
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