Once the historic task of the independence of Bangladesh was accomplished, Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman thought building up the new nation would be a comparatively easy task. But the post-independence scenario came as a shock realization that all was not well. The very patriots who fought for a separate homeland started...
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Tanjim Ahmed, who resigned as state minister for home, is returning on Wednesday after a seven-month stay abroad. There was wide speculation on June 1 that the Tanjim would resign. Some dailies published news stating that he had, in fact, resigned due to conflicts with his senior, Sahara Khatun, the home minister. He...
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Petrobangla, the state owned corporation responsible for exploration and exploitation of natural gas, oil and mineral resources of Bangladesh starts holiday staggering of gas using industrial areas in a desperate bid to confront serious gas crisis in greater Dhaka Titas Gas franchise Area (TFA) from next week. Titas Gas Transmission and distribution Company Ltd...
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In a press conference on Bangladesh Prime Minster (PM) Sheikh Hasina’s recently concluded visit to India, Madam Khaleda Zia, ex-Prime Minister and current leader of Opposition in the Parliament of Bangladesh, alleged that the PM had sold the country to India. The salient features of her claims are: • The Water sharing issues were...
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World-renowned architect Louis Kahn, who also designed the parliament building of Bangladesh, while defining his philosophy once said that even a brick has a soul. Three of our top leaders – Shaikh Hasina, Khaleda Zia and H.M. Ershad – have spent confinement within the red brick walls of sub-jails adjacent to the parliament house....
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