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Pro-Pakistani Yunus’ hatred against Awami League and Hindus is not new
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has said that the attacks on minorities, particularly Hindus, following the August 5 changeover were politically, not religiously, motivated. During a meeting with US Senator Gary Peters on March 18, he claimed that the interim government had taken swift action against the perpetrators. Yunus’ statement implies that “revenge attacks”…
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Jihad in Bangladesh: AQIS vs ISIS
The strategies and focus of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Bangladesh reflect their broader organizational goals, operational approaches, and ideological underpinnings, tailored to the local context. While both groups aim to establish Islamic governance and wage jihad, their methods, priorities, and engagement with Bangladesh…
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Analyzing extremist group JMB’s ideology and intentions
The ideological roots of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (Assembly of Mujahideen) are deeply embedded in Salafi-Jihadist thought, influenced by global movements like the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda, as well as local Islamist groups like Jamaat-e-Islami and the Ahle Hadith movement. Long article: History of Jamaat-linked JMB’s bloody jihad Its ideology rejects secularism, pluralism, and Western…
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Factbox: Minority repression by Yunus government supporters neglected
Apart from physical harm to the minority community people of Bangladesh, hundreds of houses, business establishments and religious sites have come under attack, vandalism and looting since the August 5 changeover. On the other hand, minorities were forced to resign from many educational institutions. In its report on the first 100 days of the Yunus…
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How did Pakistan, US react to Bangabandhu’s 7th March speech?
Bangabandhu’s 7th March speech, considered to be his unofficial proclamation of independence, came as a response to President Yahya Khan’s announcement on March 6 of a new date of the national assembly. Awami League supremo Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made his most inspiring speech on March 7, 1971, demanding an unconditional transfer of power and urging…
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Brief timeline: 1971 Liberation War and birth of Bangladesh
Starting from mid-February till January 10, 1972, this brief timeline mentions every important event of the Bangalee’s struggle for independence and efforts to thwart it through genocide by Pakistan, its allies, and local collaborators, like the Pace Committee, Razakar, and al-Bard forces. This timeline will remind you about diplomacy and dirty politics, the deadliest genocide…
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Yunus finally forms his political party with Islamist elements
Nearly 78 years after chanting the slogan “Pakistan Zindabad” with much enthusiasm, the son of Dula Mia Saudagar, a Chittagong-based goldsmith and member of the Pakistan Muslim League National Guard, 85-year-old Muhammad Yunus successfully finalized his own political organization, the Jatiya Nagorik Party or the National Citizens’ Party (NCP), on February 27, a day before…
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1971: East Pakistan had many pro-Pakistani army officers
The highest-ranking East Pakistani army officer was Lt Gen Khwaja Wasiuddin, one of the very few to reach the general officer or flag rank
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Grok 3 reveals how the US money is being spent in Bangladesh
The United States has a long history of providing financial assistance to Bangladesh, including funds aimed at political projects, governance, and democratic development. Below is an overview of U.S. money spent and promised for such initiatives based on available information as of February 20, 2025. Historical Spending on Political and Related Projects The U.S. has…
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Russia’s prediction was right: Biden-Hillary conspired to unseat Sheikh Hasina
Now that the Trump administration is taking extensive actions to uncover the Democrat’s conspiracy behind the Russia-Ukraine war, people are starting to believe that the disinformation campaign against Vladimir Putin was a conspiracy. Putin was right about Bangladesh, that the US was conspiring an uprising after the January 7 elections last year to overthrow Sheikh…
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US embassy was complicit in Sheikh Mujib’s assassination plot
Some pro-Pakistan army officers of the Bangladesh Army, unable to cope with their defeat in the Liberation War, carried out a brutal massacre at Dhanmondi No. 32 on August 15, 1975, resulting in the death of the then President Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members. Secret documents of the US State Department reveal…
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Jamaat-backed AQIS jihadists out to eliminate Awami League, hit India
Armed militant attacks and calls for jihad have been seen regularly in Bangladesh since 1999, but there was a sudden slowdown in 2005—only after numerous fatalities—with the arrest of a top leader of the Bangladesh branch of Pakistan-based Harkatul Jihad al-Islami (HuJI-B), Mufti Abdul Hannan. The following year, after months of denial of their existence,…
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ইউনূস সরকার পারফর্ম করতে পারছে না, পর্যবেক্ষণ সাংবাদিকদের
বর্তমান অন্তর্বর্তীকালীন সরকারের কর্মকান্ড নিয়ে সবাই এখন চুলচেরা বিশ্লেষণ করছে। মূলত রাজনীতিবিদরা নির্বাচনের জন্য সরকারের উপর চাপ প্রয়োগ করার কারনে এবং সংস্কার কমিশনগুলোতে রাজনৈতিক দলের প্রতিনিধি না রাখায় সম্প্রতি সরকারের উপদেষ্টাদের সাথে বিভিন্ন দল এবং সাংবাদিকদের মতানৈক্য হচ্ছে। কিছু সাংবাদিক সম্প্রতি সরকারের অনিয়ম, দূুর্নীতি ও অদক্ষতা নিয়ে কথা বললেও সংখ্যায় তারা অনেক কম এবং এ…
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How dangerous are the Afghan returnee militants of Huji-B?
Bangladesh has been talking about Islamist militancy and extremism, or an armed struggle to establish a Shariah-based state, since early 1999. Members of the Bangladesh branch of the Pakistani militant outfit Harkatul Jihad al-Islami or HuJI attacked poet Shamsur Rahman with the intention of killing him on January 18 of that year. After that, in…
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US interests, accusations of ‘Arab Spring’, and Bangladesh’s path forward
In a recent twist of geopolitics, Russia has accused the United States of planning events to destabilize its close ally Bangladesh following the January 7 elections. The allegations, drawing parallels with the “Arab Spring”, shed light on the intricate dynamics of great power competition in South Asia. Earlier, China slammed the US for its alleged…
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How US is modernizing Bangladesh Army
Despite calls by US politicians and Human Rights Watch to exclude members of the Bangladesh Army and police from the UN Peacekeeping missions, accusing them of violating human rights, the United States has continued providing Bangladesh with numerous new military capabilities to support the Army, Navy, Air Force and Special Operations units. This assistance comes…
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WikiLeaks: Gen Zia’s first address as DCMLA
This cable was sent by the US envoy in Dhaka Boster on May 3, 1976 describing what Gen Ziaur Rahman told a May Day rally at Suhrawardy Udyan. In a hastily scheduled rally on May Day, General Ziaur Rahman gave a rousing patriotic speech calling once more for unity and discipline to safeguard the sovereignty…
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Legalise cattle smuggling from India
Just before his retirement, the then BSF chief UK Bansal in November 2012 had made some observations about the Indian Border Security Force’s policies, and gave solution to the unabated killings and torture of Bangladeshi people along the border, especially of the large number of so-called cattle smugglers. The most important thing he said rationally…
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Atrocious Indian BSF kills another Bangladeshi on border
Did you know? Indian BSF killed one Bangladeshi after entering the territory in northern Lalmonirhat district around 10:30pm Wednesday violating international border laws? Don’t know what can stop these killing machines… In the recent years, the two prime ministers, home ministers and the heads of border forces sat many times. Even the Border Security Force (BSF) had…
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Bangladesh to install maritime safety, navigation tools
The government has finally begun implementation of a decade-old plan to install seven coastal radio communication stations equipped with high-end lanterns, by replacing the three existing old lighthouses, with a view to ensure safety and security of people and vessels in the sea. The introduction of Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) and Integrated…
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Is Bangladesh on the right path centring environment?
The government is moving ahead with its priority on the climate change issues. Though climate change is a slow process, we’ve already been experiencing the impacts. The efforts taken now for adaptation and mitigation would be better for the country in the future only if those are executed properly. Bangladesh in the last couple of…
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Nuclear power plants: Bangladesh and global
Bangladesh plans to produce 2000MW of electricity by 2023 and another 4000MW by 2030; the plan for setting up the country’s first-ever nuclear power plant was initiated in 1961; The estimated cost of the proposed plant at Rooppur in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna district is set $1.5-2bn; The first phase (1000MW) of the project will…
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কিরে, তোরা মাফ চাইবি না? তাইলে রেডি থাক!
স্বাধীনতার ৪২বছরে বাংলাদেশ; কিন্তু এখনও পাকিস্তানী হানাদার বাহিনীর কর্তাব্যক্তি ও বাংলাদেশে তাদের দোসরেরা বহাল তবিয়তে বিচারের বাইরে আছে বা চলমান বিচার বানচাল করার চেষ্টা করছে। পাকিস্তান এখনও আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে ক্ষমা চায়নি, দুই-একবার সো-কলড “দুঃখ প্রকাশ” করেছে শুধু। আর কিছুদিন আগে পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী হিনা রাব্বানী তো বলে গেলেন “ওসব ভুলে যান”। গনহত্যা-ধর্ষন-লুট-অগ্নিসংযোগের কথা ভুলে যাবো? দুই কোটির বেশী…
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Fanatics vs Scholars over Shahbagh ‘atheists’
Confrontation over ‘atheist’ issue has been mounting high amid government steps and court’s directions to stop propaganda against Islam and the Occupy Shahbagh protesters, who are demonstrating since February 5 to demand capital punishment for all war criminals and a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami, top leaders of which are the identified war criminals and are facing…
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আফা, একটা লিস্টি নিয়া আসেন দেহি!
বিএনপি’র মহারাজা খালেদা জিয়ার মুহুর্মুহু গর্জনে বিরক্ত হইয়া সরকার আবার তাহাকে সরাসরি কথা বলিতে অনুরোধ করিলো। তথ্যমন্ত্রী হাসানুল হক ইনু সরকারের পক্ষে প্রেস কনফারেন্স করে মঙ্গলবার খালেদাকে বললেন তার মতে যারা প্রকৃত যুদ্ধাপরাধী তাদের একটি তালিকা দিতে। [‘খালেদার নাস্তিকতা’ প্রসঙ্গে কিছু বলার রুচি আমার নাই] তার আগের দিন ও এরও আগে অনেকবার খালেদা ‘নির্বাচনী জনসভা’র…
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বিজেপি, দূর হ শয়তান!
এর মধ্যে আবার উগ্রপন্থী বিজেপি ত্রিপুরা বর্ডার ভাইঙ্গা(!) ঢাকা আইবার চাইছিলো, শেখ হাসিনারে এই দ্যাশের হিন্দুগো বাঁচাইতে কইবার লাইগ্যা। বিএসএফ ওগো আখাউরার আগেই ঠেকাইছে। ভাগ্যিস কয়নাই, হাসিনার সরকার হিন্দুগো মারতাছে, যেমনে আমাগো খালেদা ম্যাডাম আর ছাগুরা ম্যা ম্যা করতাছে। আবার সরকার যে এই দিকে খুব নজর দিছে সেই দাবিও আমি করতাছি না, কারন সেইটা আসলে…
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