A pre-planned attack and pre-meditated murder: I watched in stunned disbelief as a BDR soldier (I hate the word Jawan–what exactly is that?) justified the mutiny and shooting of the officers in front of TV cameras. He said that they were upset about the pay disparity between the Army officers who commanded them, and...
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Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) is an intelligence agency in Bangladesh that manages to poke it’s nose in everything. Every government since its inception by Ziaur Rahman has abused it to gain an upper hand in the game of ruling Bangladesh. We saw the worst of its excess during the caretaker government–DGFI left...
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Begum Monnujan Sufian, the newly appointed state minister of Labour, came to Dhaka as a newly elected MP, and stayed at a hotel for Tk. 138 per night. She went to Bongobhaban for her oath ceremony from that hotel, and returned there as a newly minted state minister. As reported, she did not stay...
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Photo: Munir uz Zaman,Drik*NEWS. All the early editions are carrying the news in some shape or form that that the US justice department is requesting a court order to return the money paid out as bribes either in US dollars or went via US banking institutions. This includes at least portion of the Tk....
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My day job, how I earn my living, is technology, and my passion is the effect of technology on society. As a result, I feel I am qualified to make the following statement: People can not eat bytes, and I can assure you that they will not care one little bit if Bangladesh is...
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“It’s unbelievable that nearly 90 percent votes were cast in Monday’s polls, and that means a voter needed only 55 seconds to cast ballot.” – BNP office secretary Rizvi Ahmed Recently I was listening to a conversation that went something like this: 1. There are 35,000 polling stations in Bangladesh 2. There are 81...
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Awami League (AL) supporters celebrate after election results have been opened unofficially. Grand alliance led by AL acquires two third majority while other parties and alliances have obtained only few seats. by: A H Arif, DRIK News Decades ago, Sylhet municipality (before it became a city corporation) had an admittedly crazy candidate for the...
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Replies from the people of Bangladesh regarding the application for the Prime Minister position in Bangladesh. Appointment Letter: To: Sheikh Hasina Wazed C/O AL Dear Mrs. Wazed: Congratulations. We are happy to inform you that your employment application for the position of Prime Minister of Bangladesh has been accepted.
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On December 15, while driving through a snow-storm, I wasn’t paying too much attention to a radio newscaster talking about Siemens AG, a German company, agreeing to pay a US$ 1.6 billion fine to US and German governments. The BBC newscaster went on to say that Siemens behaved as if bribes were just another...
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(If you have problems reading the headline, please see this excellent page from Sachalayatan) A magistrate’s court sent Arafat Rahman Coco, younger son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to jail. Photo: Munir uz Zaman, DRIK News Writing isn’t always easy. With competing priorities and the need to write pieces that will engage readers,...
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