The prime minister’s son has defended the government sacking Grameen Bank managing director Muhammad Yunus over ‘unapproved’ reappointment. In an email obtained by bdnews24.com, Sajeeb A Wazed, who also advises Sheikh Hasina, made available some facts from the government side. The Bangladesh Bank last week ordered the removal of Yunus as Grameen Bank head,...
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Liberation war of Bangladesh is not just a war to me. I think it’s an epic. People of my country envisaged a map of a country and the country was achieved with a heavy bloodshed. All the countrymen ruminated a soil where they can take breath freely and can uphold their heads with supreme...
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Muslim Aid UK and its affiliates such as the UK Islamic Mission have close ties to Pakistan’s largest Islamic fundamentalist party- the Jamaat-i-Islami. I have previously written a series of articles on Muslim Aid and the Muslim Council of Britain’s ties to Jamaat for David Horowitz’s frontpagemag.com in 2005. As a result we were...
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The world's largest trial of a cheap oral cholera vaccine made by an Indian pharmaceutical company is being conducted in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Bloggers notice the information blackout in local media and raise several questions regarding the clinical trial.
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Chirs Blackburn has been contributing for E-Bangladesh for years. He is a political analyst and writer based in the UK. He worked as a junior team member for the US National Intelligence Conference and Exposition (Intelcon 2005), which was organised by Slade Gorton and Jamie Gorelick, both members of the US National Commission on...
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Bangla overcame Urdu hegemonic attempts on February 21, 1952. Today, the world celebrates Feb 21st as the International Mother Language Day, one that recognizes the importance of ethnic languages and the right to cultural freedom. Pakistani rulers tried to use political power to downsize Bangla; state-owned radio and television were used to popularize Urdu...
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Language is an important aspect of our life. We explore the world through language. The world occurs to us through language. To promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism worldwide, International Mother Language Day is held annually on 21 February.
For Bangladesh, 21st February has a different symbolization. It is a national day...
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Muslim Aid is charity based in the UK. It has sister organisations around the world. These include the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) and Muslim Aid Australia. They are all affiliated to the Jamaat-i-Islami movement and give donations to the Al-Khidmat Foundation in Pakistan. In February 2011, the British Deputy High Commissioner to...
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A 9.9 magnitude earthquake had hit Tahrir Square in the city of Gods. Epicenter was the heart of thousands of people who were desperately seeking way out of 30 years imprisonment under corrupt government. It is, in fact, people’s revolution under the guise of democracy movement. Egypt’s economy is not that bad despite global...
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This is the first of the two part series on the debate in Bangla blogosphere over the protests against the proposed international airport at Arial Beel, a low-lying vast wetland in the middle of Bangladesh. In August 2010, the government of Bangladesh endorsed an ambitious infrastructure project, namely the construction of a new, modern,...
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Sheikh Hasina is showing other governments how to tackle extremism. Over the past few months Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been lauded by international politicians for her role in tackling extremism. Her forthright and courageous effort to tackle the ideology of radical Islamism and to engage the acute threat of militancy...
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As a host every Bengali is warm and passionate, a guest is treated like an envoy from God. Even if you travel towards the heart of darkness you will be amused by the mystic side of Bengal and quite possibly as impressed as Joseph Conrad was when he asked if the flow of civilization...
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It’s a small bazaar in front of the Modhutila forest eco park. Yesterday I wrote modhukhali at some point, I have this habit of giving new names to some places, very bad! It looked decorated, with tigers and elephants sculpture stationed at the gate to greet us. The kids were already quite electrified! Already...
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