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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,… Expand

14/12/2014
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… Expand

09/12/2014
1971 controversies: Whose concern?

Waiting eagerly to see ruling of the Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal on 1971 death count against a contempt petition regarding… Expand

30/11/2014
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… Expand

29/11/2014
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… Expand

28/11/2014
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… Expand

23/11/2014
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… Expand

22/11/2014
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… Expand

07/11/2014
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… Expand

12/10/2014
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… Expand

02/10/2014
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… Expand

24/09/2014
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… Expand

24/09/2014
WikiLeaks: Mushtaque was desperate to get US recognition

After assuming office following the assassination of Sheikh Mujib, Khandkar Mushtaque and then US envoy Davis Eugene Boster met at… Expand

24/09/2014
WikiLeaks: Army shakeup after Sheikh Mujib killing

This confidential cable was sent by then US envoy Boster from Dhaka to Washington on August 25, 1975. An extensive… Expand

24/09/2014
WikiLeaks: Yunus in 2009 urged US to mediate with Awami League

Here is the verbatim of a cable sent to Washington by Chargé d’Affaires Nicholas Dean on Yunus and Awami League government.… Expand

13/09/2014
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… Expand

23/08/2014
ISIS, other extremists and reaction of common Muslims

The recent rise of ISIS or ISIL in Iraq and it’s outrageous advancement towards establishing another Islamic state has concerned… Expand

05/07/2014
Crabs, Eel fish at Peoples Bazar BD in Dhaka

The Facebook-based online shop “Peoples Bazar BD” is aimed at providing virtual marketplace for different products — grown or manufactured by… Expand

29/06/2014
Invest in Bangladesh fear-free

Invest in Bangladesh for smooth business bribing politicians and public servants. It’s a heaven for corrupts and unscrupulous human beings… Expand

28/06/2014
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… Expand

19/06/2014
আপনি শোধরাবেন না, কারন আপনি ক্ষমা পাবেন

ধর্মই পৃথিবীর বেশিরভাগ মানুষকে পরিচালিত করে নানান আদেশ, নির্দেশনা, অনুরোধ ও লোভ দেখিয়ে, যেন তারা সততার সাথে জীবনযাপন করে। পাশাপাশি,… Expand

18/06/2014
Rana Plaza survivors need to continue work at Oporajeo

Oporajeo is a knitwear and jute bag manufacturer established by Shongkolon Bangladesh Trust with the aim of providing job opportunity to the survivors of… Expand

08/06/2014
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… Expand

12/05/2014
Sayedee violence feared, again!

Do you remember the days of February – early, mid and late? It was a panicking month, most remarkably on… Expand

27/04/2014
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”… Expand

12/04/2014
BNP-Jamaat’s attackers of 2001 shouldn’t go unpunished

All women and girls of all ages, including handicapped and elderly women of three Hindu villages in Lalmohan upazila of… Expand

11/04/2014
Days of agonies under autocratic rulers

I often think how long to tolerate autocrats? I brainstorm how to stand their inhumane acts with a view to… Expand

04/04/2014
Coal: Why is India so shameless?

India has a lot of coal underneath the ground, and so, it started to exploit the resource a bit early… Expand

03/04/2014
IPCC issues fresh warning over changing climate

The second instalment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report, released in Yokohama yesterday, has warned… Expand

30/03/2014
Remembering Dhaka’s Operation Searchlight

The nation will recall the “Black Night of March 25” today in commemoration of the cowardly attack on the unarmed… Expand

24/03/2014

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