There has been a long walk from freedom for Bangladesh as she is approaching a rather mature age of forty. And talking about maturity, we always expect our people to be more mature politically and our political parties now showing far more maturity in terms of bureaucratic enterprises, to our greater benefit, to say...
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“Article 31 and Article 12 of the constitution of 1972 contained some provisions which strictly prohibited floating of political party based on religion and the use of religion for materisalising any political interest was banned. Unfortunately, these provisions were omitted from the constitution during the post 1975 period and the religion based politics started...
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The investigation conducted by the Army is over, and a 311-page report has been submitted to General Moeen U. Ahmed. The civilian report is due any day now, probably tomorrow. The Army report has one major revelation. The leaflets that were distributed were actually in circulation from February 23, and the BDR command staff...
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Terror and militancy is a burning threat in all of the South Asian countries. Many terrorist outfits operate in this region and sometime their operations are cross border. The four month old democratic Bangladesh government has been tough with the militants, but the efforts are not enough considering the lack of infrastructure and training...
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Dr. Wazed Miah, husband of the prime minister of Bangladesh, passed away earlier today. Our condolences to Sheikh Hasina, and their son and daughter. But in his death, Dr. Miah contributed to one of the rarest things in Bangladeshi politics: a civil gesture by Khaleda Zia. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
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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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If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. – Winston Churchill Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
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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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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. Did you like this?...
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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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