Category: Politics
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Is criticising religious fanatics in secular Bangladesh a crime?
Islamist militant groups across the world have been implementing a plan to establish strict Shariah-based laws in some particular countries. They are working in coordination with the nearest other groups. It’s shocking that in 2007-08, the government claimed that they had been able to paralyse militant groups by executing some top JMB and JMJB leaders including Shayakh…
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আজব একটা দ্যাশ, আজব তার অরাজনৈতিক সমাজ!
এখানে দেশবরেণ্য (!) শিক্ষক-বুদ্ধিজীবী-সাংবাদিকরা রাজাকার শিরোমনি গোলাম আযমের নাগরিকত্ব ফিরিয়ে দেবার জন্য সরকারের কাছে আবেদন করে, যাদের মধ্যে প্রধানমন্ত্রীর উপদেষ্টা ইকবাল সোবহান চৌধুরী ও প্রাক্তন আইনমন্ত্রী শফিক আহমেদও আছে! এখানে চিহ্নিত জামায়াতী যুদ্ধাপরাধীদের ন্যায়বিচার নিশ্চিত করার জন্য তথাকথিত নিরপেক্ষ সাংবাদিক ও মানবাধিকার কর্মী ও সংগঠন একজোট হয়। এখানে গনতন্ত্র পুনরুদ্ধারের জন্য আলবদর নেতা কামারুজ্জামানের সাথে…
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Does Sheikh Hasina want secularism? Really?
It is interesting as well as inspiring to read the remarks made by our prime minister favouring secularism, which is one of the four principles of the constitution reinstated in 2011 after several decades. But the acts of the government and the public servants in this regard are not seen; as if the provision was added as…
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Chhtra League: Rejected or rewarded?
The ruling party’s student wing has gone mad, thanks to the party chief, Sheikh Hasina — the prime minister, who prefers to keep her violent youths on the streets as striking force! The problem is that two other violent parties — BNP and Jamaat — think and act the same way! Two persons among those…
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What did Oyasiqur write that he’d be killed?
A war crimes trial campaigner, he was critical of radical Islamists in jamaat and militant organisations, he protested delay in Avijit Roy murder case, corruption of the government, violation of human rights of the indigenous people and religious minorities. But the govt neither killed him nor sued him for hurting religious sentiment. The killers including…
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There still are some pro-women men in Bangladesh
Please disregard the police quotes; they helped the attackers flee! On April 14, it’s the first day of Bengali new year in Bangladesh when hundreds of thousands of people celebrate the day with cultural festivity across the country. The largest congregations take place at Shahbagh and Dhaka University campus in the heart of the capital.…
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মীরজাফরদের বিচার না হলে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ শেষই হবেনা
নরপশুকে ফাঁসি দিতে একটা খুন/ধর্ষণই যথেষ্ঠ ছিল। আর অন্যায়ভাবে যাবজ্জীবন দিলে ক্ষমতার বলে ছাড়া পেয়ে যেতো, তখন বলতো সব অভিযোগ বানোয়াট। অতঃপর বিচারের সাথে সংশ্লিষ্টদের উপর প্রতিশোধ নিতো। সরকারি দল আওয়ামীলীগ বিচার কাজ সরাসরি তত্বাবধান করছে — এইটা ওপেন সিক্রেট এবং দরকারি। এই বিচার আটটা-দশটা খুন-ধর্ষণের বিষয় না। বাংলাদেশের ইতিহাসের সবচাইতে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ এই বিচারকে কেন্দ্র…
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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…
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BBC analysis on spread of al-qaeda, other terrorist groups
Threat by Islamist militants is rising, no doubt! Or do you? And it’s worrying because of the vicious cycle they are linked to. Well…I guess here is something to read; knowledge will open your eyes…link the clues and live wise! My view on Bangladesh context will be found in the previous blogs. Particularly here you’ll…
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Situation Analysis: Adivasi’s CHT labelled as conflict zone by Bangladesh government!
Recent developments in the apparently isolated Chittagong Hill Tracts and the environment which was supposed to prevail in the adivasi region in line with the 1997 Peace Accord appear to contradict at a larger extent nowadays, more than any time in the past. In a nutshell, the ruling Awami League, which signed the much-desired Accord…
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Be either secular or religious, not both
Secular scholars are killed, others threatened by radical Muslims of constitutionally-secular Bangladesh in 2015, a state which recognised Islam as the state religion, based on population, and declared by an army ruler in 1986!!! The party which introduced secularism in the first constitution of 1972, now in power with the deposed military dictator, amended the…
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Fire in Rana Plaza survivors’ factory Oporajeo a sabotage!
A devastating fire has gutted jute bag manufacturing factory Oporajeo, which was founded in 2013 in Savar with the injured workers of Rana Plaza. The factory was founded under a trust on June 24, 2013 with six plain sewing machines and seven workers. Here the workers, mostly women, were labelled as owners. They were given…
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‘অসহনীয় বিচারিক পরিস্থিতির পরিবর্তন একান্ত প্রয়োজন’
বাংলাদেশের বিচারিক ব্যবস্থা নিয়ে আইন কমিশনের একটি স্পর্শকাতর তদন্ত প্রতিবেদন ২০১৪ সালের আগস্টে ঢাকা ট্রিবিউন পত্রিকার প্রথম পাতায় ছাপা হলেও অন্য কোথাও তা দেখা যায়নি। অথচ এটা নিয়ে টানা কয়েক সপ্তাহ মাতামাতি হবার কথা! আইনের শাসন, সাংবিধানিক বিধিনিষেধকে বুড়ো আঙ্গুল দেখিয়ে নিম্ন আদালতের বিচারক থেকে শুরু করে বেঞ্চ সহকারী, হাইকোর্টের কর্মচারী, আইনশৃঙ্খলা বাহিনী কিভাবে বছরের…
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No ordinary citizen familiar with this Bangladesh
For the past three years, some disgruntled political quarters have been in a #war against the floating voters to create a favourable atmosphere for capturing power and uproot the government. I’m, however, optimistic that someday, this #political #wargame will be held in stadiums, whenever situation arises! I’ll watch LIVE from my bed 🙂 This power-hungry…
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Please, train the law enforcers properly
RAB & policemen with #arms were watching when over a dozen ruling party men hacked #Bishwajit in broad daylight. They did not leave the spot to assist the ruling party men, who possibly thought Bishwajit was a BNP supporter. And we blame the #photojournalists and TV camerapersons and the ordinary people for not saving the…
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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…
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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…
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বাংলাদেশে উগ্রপন্থার শেষ কোথায়?
অবস্থাদৃষ্টে মনে হচ্ছে, প্রথমত যারা এসব ঘটনা ঘটাচ্ছে তাদের দল, যারা এদের উস্কানী দিচ্ছে সেইসব রাজনৈতিক ও ধর্মীয় গুরুরা, এবং সর্বোপরি ক্ষমতাবানেরা সাম্প্রতিক ধর্মীয় উগ্রপন্থীদের শিকারে পরিণত হবেনা। হবে বৌদ্ধ ও হিন্দুরা, আদিবাসীরা, দলিত সমাজের সদস্যরা, সংখ্যালঘু মুসলিম গোষ্ঠী যেমন শিয়া, আহমদীয়া ও আহলে হাদিসের সমর্থকেরা, এবং অসাম্প্রদায়িক ও ঈশ্বরে অবিশ্বাসীরা। সুবিধাবাদী ও সুবিধাভোগীদের দল…
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Sundarbans Oil Spill: Is Bangladesh capable of facing disasters?
Now Dolphins started dying after the Sundarbans oil spill. Fishes, birds, crabs are already dying. Next are the deer and tigers, and what not! However, it’s no big deal for this government and the administration of 2014 Bangladesh! Its minister says the oil spill will not harm the forest much! They are building two 1320MW coal-run power plants – despite knowing…
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Hang all 1971 war criminals
I’m not a patriot, not a nationalist, not even an Awami League supporter. But I want justice for the 1971 war crimes committed by the Pakistani Army with the help of local traitors led by Ghulam Azam. I’m aware of most of the historic events and politics since independence in favour of and against this…
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1971 controversies: Whose concern?
Waiting eagerly to see ruling of the Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal on 1971 death count against a contempt petition regarding British-born Bangladeshi journalist David Bergman — also son-in-law of Dr Kamal, who, however, did not question the number of rape victims! How amazing developments!!! He did not raise the question while working with Gita Sahgal…
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Phulbari will resist Asia Energy, Awami League
In just another aggressive effort of the Awami League government and the GCM Plc (Asia Energy), its CEO Gary Lye visited Phulbari in Dinajpur Wednesday noon. He was for the second time in two years obstructed by the conscious locals who have been opposing an open-pit coal mining project of the US and UK-based firm…
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Supreme cleric needed in Islamic Bangladesh
Bangladesh, having Islam as the state religion, badly needs a supreme leader or council to stop the extremists from giving different versions of the religion and issuing fatwas! These morons are becoming more powerful day by day and spreading misleading impression about Islam. Their acts are creating panic among the non-Muslims of this Muslim-majority country and…
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US embassy in Dhaka’s Chhatra Shibir agenda
The influence of the leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student body of Jamaat-e-Islami, at Rajshahi University was so big in 2008 that a US embassy team considered them important points of contact. Published on the Dhaka Tribune Sunday! The team that visited the university on a government vulnerability assessment trip in mid-February that year…
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Bangladesh: November 7, 1975 events, through WikiLeaks
* Troops loyal to ousted chief of army staff Maj Gen Ziaur Rahman moved against his successor Maj Gen Khalid Mosharraf around 1am. There was considerable gunfire, punctuated by mortar blasts, at the Dhaka cantonment as the night passed. Shortly before 4am Radio Bangladesh announced that Zia had been named chief martial law administrator, thus…
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WikiLeaks: Jamaat’s link with militant JMB exposed
After the series bomb blasts of August 17, 2005, the media as well as the Awami League leaders and political observers alleged that then the BNP-led government ally Jamaat-e-Islami had connection with banned radical Islamist group JMB – both having the common aim to establish Islamic law in Bangladesh. However, an aide of then prime…
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WikiLeaks: Khaleda’s son Tarique ordered release of JMB militant Khamaru
Mahtab Khamaru, the second-in-command of hanged JMB chief Bangla Bhai, was arrested in 2005 but subsequently released since then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s elder son Tarique Rahman had asked the home state minister to do so, says a US embassy cable leaked by WikiLeaks. He was one of several hundred JMB members to face arrest…
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WikiLeaks: 1/11 rulers arrested 15,000 for corruption in two weeks
This cable describing the first two weeks of military-backed caretaker government was sent to Washington by then US ambassador Patricia A Butenis. The 15,000 people arrested by police, army, and other security personnel since January 11 include established criminals as well as local and student leaders of both the Awami League and especially the Bangladesh…
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