The eagerly awaited return visit of Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohon Singh is being fixed on the first week of September 2011. This very important summit must address and honestly attempt to resolve several sensitive unresolved matters between the two SARRC neighbors –the largest democracy of the world India and the land of...
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The system of a supposedly neutral caretaker administration before elections is not only absurd but also contradictory to the spirit of democracy. Bangladesh had to go through this system following rigged bye-election of Magura under the 1991 BNP rule. That’s when the Awami League came up with the idea of a caretaker government. The...
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20-yr-old Bangladeshi sold twice in a month’s time and forced into prostitution until her SOS eached Sheikh Hasina, who alerted the Interpol. Special city police team did the rest. This could have been just another story of an impoverished girl pushed into the flesh trade by a scheming relative, until it turned into an...
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“He’s not a war criminal. He’s not evil. He didn’t lie. He wasn’t anyone’s poodle. He hasn’t got blood on his hands.’’ This is not an unusual stand for a lawyer Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah who is advocating in favor of a criminal, no matter whether the criminal had raped or killed the lawyers’...
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In an unwarranted comment, Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said Bangladesh political landscape can change anytime. Speaking at the capital New Delhi to a select group of Indian newspaper editors he frankly said his neighbours worries him a great deal. “So a very uncertain neighbourhood.” He blames Pakistan’s dreaded spy agency Inter-Services...
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Thousands of protesters marched in capital Dhaka on Thursday against Bangladesh parliament adopted an Islamic constitution, steering away from a secular political culture, which was enshrined in 1972 constitution.
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Bangladesh government has envision to maneuver from the United States watch list for being the major source and transit country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Bangladeshi men and women migrate willingly to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, the Maldives, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon,...
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Plastic surgery is becoming a world wide phenomenon. It’s difficult to estimate how big medical tourism will get, but by 2012 the industry is estimated to reach $100 billion. Bloomberg Businessweek gives a rather fancy nickname to this new development in tourism: patient outsourcing, giving one an idea at just how big plastic surgery...
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Ethnic communities in Bangladesh are demanding to be recognized as indigenous population as lawmakers consider revising the country’s constitution. Ethnic leaders said they were surprised to learn that a constitutional reform committee has recommended minority groups be dubbed as “tribals,” whereas a law enacted last year had replaced “tribal” with their preferred description as...
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On 5 June, 2011, Rumana Manzur, an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Dhaka University, became the victim of a horrific case of domestic violence when she was brutally attacked by her husband Hassan Syed, who allegedly beat her mercilessly, tried to gouge out her eyes and bit off part of her nose...
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Bangladesh government’s dramatic turn around from secularism to Islamic constitution has enraged the indigenous population and instead demanded to recognize their existence. The nation is poised to amend the constitution, which is likely to be tabled in the parliament on this week. The move has been vehemently protested by the independence war veterans, pro-secularist...
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On June 16, 2011, the government of Bangladesh signed a production-sharing contract (PSC) with the US oil & gas company ConocoPhillips for the oil and gas exploration from two deep-sea blocks – DS-08-10 and DS-08-11 covering an area of 5,158 sq. kilometres. The company won the blocks at an off-shore block bidding floated by...
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