Category: Humanity
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We now need “pro-poor government”
What we’ve experienced from the past is that when one party or an alliance comes to power they do whatever they like including scrapping many important projects undertaken by the previous government, formulating new laws to protect themselves from legal actions by the judiciary and initiates ambitious projects which are not must to be done…
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গোলাম আযম দিয়ে শুরু করা দরকার ছিল
কার্যক্রম শুরু করার প্রায় ২ বছরের মাথায় এসে মনে হচ্ছে মানবতার বিরুদ্ধে অপরাধের বিচার কাজ শুরু করা দরকার ছিল নাটের গুরু গোলাম আযমকে দিয়ে। কেননা বাকিদের বিরুদ্ধে যেভাবে তদন্ত ও অন্যান্য কার্যক্রম চলছে তাতে করে জামাতি আর বিএনপির লোকেরা সাবধান হবার ও নাশকতামূলক কাজের প্রস্তুতি নেবার সুযোগ পাচ্ছে। বাধার প্রমান ইতিমধ্যেই দেখা যাচ্ছে — খালেদা…
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সরকার নাকি রাষ্ট্রধর্ম বাদ দেয়ার কথা ভাবছে বেশ…
সরকার নাকি রাষ্ট্রধর্ম বাদ দেয়ার কথা ভাবছে, বেশ বেশ
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কিছু শব্দ “থাকবে না”
কয়েকটা শব্দ, কিছু আচরন, কিছু ভাবনা, আমি দেখতে চাইনা কোথাও, আমি শুনতে চাইনা, এগুলোর অস্তিত্ব থাকবেনা কোথাও—এমন একটা স্বপ্ন আমি দেখি অনেক দিন। জানি তা পূরণ হবে। মানুষ হিসেবে জন্ম নিয়ে আমি মনে করি আমার জীবন ধন্য। কিন্তু বোঝার ক্ষমতা হবার পর যা দেখেছি – মানুষ এবং তার পরিবেশ – তাতে আমি কষ্টে আছি। বিচার-বিশ্লেষণের…
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“Take Action! Inspire Change”
67 minutes in public service for Mandela Nelson Mandela in February 2005. Photo: UN To honour the peacemaker, the United Nations observed Monday — “Nelson Mandela International Day” — for the second year with the call for the people across the world to perform social service for 67 minutes. The urge tallies every minute for…
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Expedite CHT accord execution, says UNPFII
Sat, May 28th, 2011 10:58 pm BdST Published on bdnews24.com The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has urged Bangaldesh government to declare a timeline for the execution of 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord. At the end of its 10th session on Friday, the forum also asked Bangladesh to sketch modalities of implementation and…
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PEACEKEEPING FORCES: UN urged to screen army’s HR records
Prepared upon UN Press Statement May 27, 2011 Published in bdnews24.com A UN Special Rapporteur has suggested that the United Nations closely monitor the human rights records of the army before letting countries take part in the peacekeeping operations. Lars-Anders Baer, a former member of the UNPFII, during the 12th and 13th meeting on CHT…
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‘Define terms minorities, indigenous’
Published on bdnews24.com on May 27, 2011 A former advisor to the caretaker government has asked the government to clarify who are indigenous and who are not. Sultana Kamal, also a member of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission, told bdnews24.com the government cannot establish something forcibly. She was responding on Friday to the comment of…
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‘Probe army’s HR violation in CHT’
Wed, May 25th, 2011 11:18 pm BdST Published on bdnews24.com The systematic violation of human rights by the army in the hilly areas should be investigated, an international indigenous rights activist has said. “I visited burnt down villages, including Mahalchharhi in 2003, and also other villages recently, in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. These are villages…
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‘Media biased against children’
Published on bdnews24.com on Nov 11, 2010 Children are often neglected in the media, although they constitute a large segment of the Bangladesh population, a new study has revealed. The study also found that even when the media reports about them, the coverage mostly depicts the children as victims of violence or repression. It also…
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Shipbreaking saves iron, steel imports, say industrialists
bdnews24.com Sep 3, 2009 Bangladesh’s shipbreaking industry, operating along the Chittagong coastline, and under fire for environmentally unsound practices including destruction of forests and coastal pollution, remains the only local source of raw materials for the country’s iron and metal industry, industrialists said Thursday. The breaking yards supplied over 1.5 million metric tonnes of scrap…
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Suranjit bullies BNP demands for govt’s resignation
Awami League Presidium Member Suranjit Sengupta said the recent speech of the BNP secretary general was a sign of revengeful emotion and ignorance of constitutional knowledge. He made the comment while talking to News and Images reporter Probir Kumar Sarker Wednesday morning. Suranjit also said the trial of war criminals must be conducted, where the…
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