ট্যাগ WikiLeaks

  • WikiLeaks: Zia, Farooq, Rashid sought US military assistance

    After the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975, then chief of army Ziaur Rahman sought military support from the US through its embassy in Dhaka to what he said thwart India-backed intervention of miscreants in Bangladesh. Then ambassador to Dhaka Davis Eugene Boster wrote to Washington about it after two more…

  • WikiLeaks: Hasina wanted to improve image with US in 1991

    Soon after the BNP came to power on March 20, 1991, then opposition leader in parliament Sheikh Hasina alleged that the government had been turning authoritarian. She was also against the BNP’s constitution amendment proposals, especially shackling the president. “She said that the BNP proposal contains a provision that the president is ‘bound’ to dissolve…

  • WikiLeaks: Army intervention could save lives in BDR mutiny, Khaleda told Moriarty

    WikiLeaks: Army intervention could save lives in BDR mutiny, Khaleda told Moriarty

    BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia expected to receive a call from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the day of the BDR mutiny, but one had never come, says a US embassy cable leaked by WikiLeaks. During a meeting with then-US ambassador James F Moriarty on March 4, the three-time former premier was critical of the government’s…

  • Sheikh Hasina’s socialism a mockery!

    At a meeting with then US ambassador William B Milam on July 10, 1991, Awami League President and then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina spent a considerable amount of time explaining why the party’s call for socialism was really not/not a call for socialism. Hasina said she personally had no sympathy for socialism, that she knows…

  • WikiLeaks cables on August 21 grenade attack incident

    Hasina blamed BNP high-ups Ten months after the attack, Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina citing an investigation by her party claimed that at least 50 criminals had carried out the attack in cahoots with the police. Addressing a press conference on June 13, 2005, Hasina said BNP chief Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique, then home…

  • BNP leadership perpetrated August 21 attack

    Sheikh Hasina at a press conference on June 13, 2005 claimed that at least 50 criminals in cahoots with police launched the August 21 grenade attack which was organised by Khaleda Zia, Tarique, Babar, Nasiruddin and SQ Chowdhury. The criminals were given training at Dewanganj of Jamalpur. According to an Awami League probe, she said:…

  • ফখরুদ্দীন-মঈনউদ্দীনের বিচার কি হবে?

    পরম শ্রদ্ধেয় বঙ্গবন্ধুর বড় মেয়ে, জননেত্রী, প্রধানমন্ত্রী ও গনতন্ত্রের মানসকন্যা শেখ হাসিনাকে “মিথ্যা দুর্নীতির মামলায়” জড়িয়ে ইয়াজউদ্দীনের অধীনে ফখরুদ্দীন-মঈনউদ্দীনের “অবৈধ” ও “অসাংবিধানিক” সরকার “গ্রেপ্তার” করে বিশেষ জেলে রেখেছিল, এমনকি খাবারের সাথে বিষ মিশিয়ে মেরে ফেলতে চেয়েছিল। গ্রেপ্তার ও নির্যাতনের স্বীকার হয়েছিলেন আরো অনেক কেন্দ্রীয় নেতা। দুই বছর তারা দেশে নানা অপকর্ম চালিয়েছিল, বিশেষ করে সেই ছাত্র-বিক্ষোভ।…

  • #SHAHBAGH heard on 16th night by #Aljazeera, lauded by scores

    At 3:00am Wednesday, on DAY-16 of OCCUPY SHAHBAGH MOVEMENT, there’re many protesters to keep the place secure from all odds as they have been gathering at the Gonojagoron Moncho in numbers throughout the day and night. Many new organisations and groups of students joined the PROTEST Tuesday, when parliamentarians, social and cultural organisations also joined…

  • হায় ফুলবাড়ি! তোমার কপালে কি কেবল দু:খ লেখা?

    [slideshow]এই বিষয়ে লেখা ঠিক আগের ব্লগটিতে আশংকা করেছিলাম “এসব কর্মকান্ড প্রতিহত করতে চাইলে জনগনের উপর আবার খড়গহস্ত হবে বর্তমানে শেখ হাসিনার তত্বাবধানে থাকা পেটোয়া বাহিনী!” হ্যাঁ, তাই হয়েছে আজ। ফুলবাড়িতে স্থানীয়দের জনসভা বানচালে সরকার ১৪৪ ধারা দিয়েছে। আমি ধিক্কার জানাই। এশিয়া এনার্জিকে আবার উন্মুক্ত খনি খননকাজে সহযোগিতা করার সিদ্ধান্ত বাস্তবায়নের পূর্বে মাননীয় প্রধানমন্ত্রী আপনার উচিত…

  • Open-pit, Asia Energy (GCM plc) prioritised again for Phulbari mine!

      [slideshow] The government panel to assess a suitable coal extraction method has, evidently, suggested open-cut method for Phulbari mine and review of a previous proposal by a multinational company citing many reasons to establish the opinion. The news was published first on Saturday by The Daily Star, which has been questioned for its pro-government…

  • Now US coming again to train RAB human rights

    Five days after the US government expressed its concern over the involvement of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in extralegal killings and forced disappearances, US Ambassador to Dhaka Dan Mozena Tuesday revealed the US plan to form an internal inquiry cell that may ensure accountability of the elite force. The US envoy said, “We embedded an…

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