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#SHABAGH passes 10th day with million protestors

The bill to amend the ICT Act has been submitted in parliament by the standing committee on law ministry after a scrutiny. It might be passed into law on Sunday, even though the govt could do it today. The EC sat today to decide on the cancellation of registration of radical Islamic party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam but it…

14/02/2013
বস্তিতে আগুনঃ চলছেই

কড়াইলের পর আর কোন বস্তিউচ্ছেদ হয়নি হাইকোর্টের আদেশের কারনে, যদিও আগের একটি আদেশের প্রতি সম্মান দেখিয়ে শেখ হাসিনা প্রতিশ্রুতি দিয়েছিলেন “পূনর্বাসন” ছাড়া বস্তিবাসীদের সরিয়ে দিবেন না। কিন্তু এরপর কমপক্ষে ৫টি বস্তিতে আগুন লেগেছে যদিও ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত ও মানবাধিকার কর্মীদের মতে এগুলো জ্বালিয়ে দেয়া হয়েছে। ফলে লাভ হয়েছে বস্তিঘরের মালিকদের, তারা নতুন করে ঘর তুলছেন, ভাড়া বাড়িয়ে দিয়েছেন।…

14/02/2013
#OCCUPY #SHAHBAGH continues as Jamaat still violent

They just can’t stand the mass uprising in Shahbagh and elsewhere in the country, an usual consequence, because it’s nothing but going against their party — Jamaat-Shibir! And it has happened several times this month that the Jamaat-Shibir launched premeditated attacks on police and general people to compel the government to stop the ongoing war…

13/02/2013
Seventh night ends in #SHAHBAGH with frustration, violence follows

The main opposition BNP shamelessly termed the SHAHBAGH protest a stage-managed event of the govt. The Jamaat-ally also asked the protestors to raise the other significant issues too. It was the last incident of the 7th night to put the protestors into fury. Until 2am Tuesday, people joined the gathering with enthusiasm and at 6am,…

12/02/2013
Memorable SIXTH DAY of #OCCUPY #SHAHBAGH

The day started with a good news: though late, the govt has decided to AMMEND the International Crimes Tribunal Act 1973 to ensure EQUAL RIGHTS for the victim and defendant in appealing against a verdict. The draft also proposes a 60-day timeframe within which the Appellate Division will have to complete the petition. The draft…

10/02/2013
#SHAHBAGH passes fifth night over war crimes trial

Shahbagh protestors witness another morning on the streets under the open sky on Sunday–sixth day in a row since February 5 afternoon to protest against the life term of butcher ABDUL QUADER MOLLAH, the Jamaat assistant secretary general. The agitating people want Quader be given CAPITAL PUNISHMENT for the heinious acts he had committed during…

10/02/2013
The rise of ‘#Occupy #Shahbagh’

I was forwarded an SMS by one friend around 3:30pm about the protest at Shahbagh and I rushed after taking leave from my office! On the way I saw very few vehicles on the street, but many rickshaws as usual, due to the shutdown called by Jamaat against the tribunal and its verdicts. Well, people…

06/02/2013
কাদের মোল্লার বিচারের রায় ও সংশ্লিষ্ট বিষয়

জামায়াত-শিবির-বিএনপি জোট যত যাই বলুক, আব্দুল কাদের মোল্লার ফাঁসি চাই! ফাঁসি চাই!! ফাঁসি চাই!!! তথাকথিত মানবতাবিরোধী অপরাধের বিচারের নামে রাজনৈতিক প্রতিহিংসা চরিতার্থ করার উদ্দেশ্যে গঠিত ট্রাইব্যুনাল সরকার নির্দেশিত ছকে আগামীকাল আব্দুল কাদের মোল্লার বিরুদ্ধে রায় প্রদান করে সরকার ঘোষিত শাস্ত্মি দেয়ার সিদ্ধান্ত্ম বাস্ত্মবায়নের ষড়যন্ত্রের প্রতিবাদে আগামীকাল মঙ্গলবার দেশব্যপী সকাল-সন্ধা হরতাল কর্মসূচী ঘোষণা করে বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে…

04/02/2013
HRW report on Bangladesh, war crimes trial and Prothom-alo’s bullshit editorial

The Prothom-alo has done something too bad today in its one of the two editorials — opinion and preference of an editor — on the HRW report on HUMAN RIGHTS situation and stressed that this report mustn’t be BINNED like the previous instances rather the govt take into cognisance the observations and suggestions put forth…

03/02/2013
Dhaka’s rowdy auto-rickshaws

There are only 14300 registered cng-run auto-rickshaws in Dhaka and most of those are plying on the streets faster than rickshaws and for that, have made some people in urgency relief while these vehicles can also accomodate at least four passengers. Now when their metering system is overlooked by the ministry, BRTA and the police…

03/02/2013
Save the Sundarbans, shift Rampal coal-power plant

The govts of Bangladesh & India have started officially the work of Rampal power plant by holding the first-ever meeting of the joint venture company in Dhaka. The Bangladesh govt seems to be pleased to show India that it can keep its words. The Daily Star has again done the job of a mouthpiece of…

01/02/2013
GOD, you favour the MEN, shit!

Many women are ignored by the GOD for being woman while they’re raped or harassed by the men; later, the PM, the opposition chief, POLICE & COURTS go soft towards the men; the media and the people spread the incident and protest, but can’t do the GOD’s job. And my frustration is: most men learn…

01/02/2013
By inviting US, BNP’s Khaleda Zia rapes Bangladesh

The Washington Times opinion under the name of Begum Khaleda Zia gives me the impression of listening to a series of complaints from a “mathamota” razakar (meerzafar) against the Awami League’s Sheikh Hasina regime spoken to its “pir” and begging to be brought to power in exchange of an unlimited gang-rape. [NOTE: Since she can’t…

01/02/2013
Jamaat-Shibir-BNP alliance wants civil war

It now seems inevitable that the opposition lords won’t stop until the trial of the identified war criminals is scrapped and the JAMAAT-BNP leaders released. The Jamaat-Shibir has been fighting on the issue against the state for the last one year, and recently the BNP led by KHALEDA ZIA has joined them on the streets…

01/02/2013
Jamaat-Shibir to face the music for violence to stop war crimes trial

It’s good to see the Dhaka police chief declaring war against Shibir cadres who launched massive sudden-attacks on police personnel and cars, public and private transport, and shops in the capital and in over 20 towns Monday morning. The attackers were mostly crazy youths belonging to Jamaat’s student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir and were assisted…

30/01/2013
মালিক-সরকারের খামখেয়ালীতে শ্রমিক খুন, বিচার করবে কে?

ব্রাজিলের নাইটক্লাবে আগুনে ২০০ জনের মৃত্যু, পদ্মা সেতু নিয়ে হাসিনার আশ্বাস, বিএনপিকে সংসদে না আসার জন্য দূষলেন রাষ্ট্রপতি, ফখরুলকে বিরক্ত করিও না ইত্যাদি হইলো ডেইলি স্টার, প্রথম আলো, বিডিনিউজ২৪ডটকমের কয়েকটি বিশেষ সংবাদ যা বিশেষ গুরুত্বসহকারে শোভা পাচ্ছে তাদের ওয়েবসাইটে। অথচ মোহাম্মদপুরের স্মার্ট গার্মেন্টসের সাত শ্রমিক নিহত হবার পর সেখানে যখন নানা অনিয়ম-দুর্নীতি-গাফিলতি ধরা পড়ছে সেখানে…

27/01/2013
Smart Export Garment Ltd, BGMEA, GOVT are you ‘smart’?

You’ve set up the export-oriented factory on the first floor of a two-storey building in the congested Beribandh area of Mohammadpur with garages and a backery on the ground floor, you’ve given narrow space for movement, you don’t have any fire fighting equipment at the workplace, you don’t have efficient security guards and officials who…

27/01/2013
যৌন নির্যাতনকারীদের বিরুদ্ধে আক্রমনাত্মক হোন

ফৌজদারি কার্যবিধি অনুসারে সকল নাগরিক তার আত্মরক্ষার জন্য ব্যবস্থা নিতে পারেন। সেই আইনের আওতায় অনেকেই বন্দুক/পিস্তল লাইসেন্স করে সাথে রাখেন বা দেহরক্ষী রাখেন। বর্তমান প্রেক্ষাপটে নারী ও শিশু ধর্ষনের ঘটনা, এসিড সন্ত্রাস, রাস্তাঘাটে-গনপরিবহনে-পড়াশুনা ও পেশাস্থলে যেভাবে যৌন নিপীড়ন বাড়ছে তাতে করে আক্রমনকারীদের উপর আক্রমনাত্মক হয়ে উঠা ছাড়া আমি কোন উপায় দেখিনা। পুলিশ এসে ব্যবস্থা নেবার…

25/01/2013
Food Safety: obstacles & measures

To curb the extent of adulteration in foods, the govt has to take the prime initiative — strengthening the guidelines and increasing the punishment for such heinious acts. Then the govt will have to publicise the steps through mass media by engaging journalists and social workers. The govt offices and agencies concerned should also keep…

23/01/2013
Bacchu Razakar: war crimes verdict & facts

In its historic verdict, the ICT-2 said on Jan 21: That the accused Abul Kalam Azad @Bacchu (Bachchu) son of late Abdus Salam Mia and late Magrufa Khatun of village-Barakhardia (Choi ani), PS- Saltha, Dist- Faridpur at present sector-7, road-33, house-6, PS-Uttara and Azad Villa, 279/6 Chan Para, Uttarkhan, Dhaka is found guilty of the…

22/01/2013
Bacchu Razakar: hand down exemplary punishment

The International Crimes Tribunal will deliver its verdicts in the case against Islamic “intellectual” Abul Kalam Azad aka “Bacchu Razakar” today as the proceedings have completed recently “in abstentia”. The arrest warrant was issues on April 3, 2012 but he fled to India via Hili landport on March 30 with the help of some dishonest…

21/01/2013
New booster in Russia-Bangladesh relations?

The Russian experts claim that the third generation technology has the capacity to stay fine in earthquake, tsunami and wartime. MoU done for a pre-feasibility study over the 2000MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. Well, this project is underway in Pabna, revived a couple of years ago, initiated in 1967. The Russian govt will give $500…

17/01/2013
Bangladesh: Human rights in 2012

Dhaka-based Odhikar (Bangla version of rights) like the previous years has released a shocking picture of Bangladesh’s human rights stature for 2012. The scenario described is only opposed by the govt, law enforcement agencies and some pro-govt people and groups. The report says the rights situation has not improved much than the previous years, when…

14/01/2013
Kalpana Chakma won’t be back!

Yeh, officially, she is “missing” or gone in the wind! Sixteen years into the abduction of the Hill Women Federation’s stalwart, detectives have said, ‘sorry, we can’t find her. the allegations against Lt Ferdous and VDP Platun Commanders Nurul Huq and Saleh Ahmmad were not substantial while their names were not mentioned in the FIR,’…

08/01/2013
Objection! Punish the housing and real estate demons Ashiyan & Bashundhara!

Realtors have warned Rajuk not to interfere in its ongoing fair in Dhaka, means there could be some unauthorised plots/apartments sold in the fair like the previous days. I was very disappointed to read the story in Wednesday morning. Last year, the High Court declared 77 such schemes “illegal” and some of those are very…

03/01/2013
World’s best ‘doctors’ in Dhaka corners!

Kolikata Herbal Care at Mohammadpur BRTC Bus Stand treats sexual complexities, infertility, fat and skinny problem, bald head, skin probs, cancer, asthma, diabetis (!!!)…without any side affects, at an affordable cost by its mentor Dr Hafez Kwari Md Mahabubur Rahman and his team of registered experts and experienced Hekims. phone: 01716064303 01977771755 029115038…

31/12/2012
The ‘best’ election formula

:> The next general elections can never be held under a non-party interim government, we (the EC) are efficient to ensure a fair one — under my leadership. Some of you from the opposition may be included in the interim govt. Don’ worry dear rival! Trust me dear, it’d be better than those army-baked apolitical…

31/12/2012
SayedeeLeaks!

Since long, I’ve been waiting for evidence on Sayedee’s fraudulent activities regarding Islam. This war crimes suspect is currently under trail at the International Crimes Tribunal for his involvement in crimes against humanity in Pirojpur during the Liberation War of 1971. Now I’ve started to get many information regarding Sayedee, thanks to the online campaigners…

30/12/2012
War Crimes Tribunal to get a boost 😀

After the Skype scandal, resignation of a chairman followed, left parties — CPB and BASOD — observed anti-Jamaat hartal with govt and people’s support, the cunsels of the accused appealed for retrial, several BNP leaders demanding that the tribunal be abolished… Meanwhile, the apparently unsmart and inefficient govt recently also clarified its position on the…

28/12/2012
Justice for ‘killers’!

The international community has recently turned their eyes into Bangladesh’s holding the trial of top leaders of controversial Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami and two BNP leaders for their well-known involvement in genocide, rape, arson and looting in 1971 during the war against Pakistan occupation army. Thus, it can be observed that the war was not literally…

22/12/2012

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