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  • Why are the police so brutal?

    These photos from July 14, 2014 were taken at noon on a pavement near Residential Model College, Dhaka showing how an officer of Mohammadpur police station reacts to street people smoking hemp with torture. Newspapers regularly publish photos of outrageous policemen beating up and even chocking people especially non-violent protesters. I’m not against harsh treatment of identified or noted criminals,…

  • 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…

  • Sayedee violence feared, again!

    Do you remember the days of February – early, mid and late? It was a panicking month, most remarkably on and after February 28 when the International Crimes Tribunal sentenced top Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee alias Deilya Razakar for committing war crimes as a collaborator in Pirojpur during the 1971 Liberation War. Mindless attacks…

  • নামে ফ্যাক্ট ফাইন্ডিং, কিন্তু কাজে হেফাজত-বন্দনা

    ৫ই মে’র ‘গনহত্যা’ নিয়ে লেখা অধিকারের Fact Finding Report-এর কাভার ফটোটা জামায়াতীদের বাঁশেরকেল্লার প্রোপাগান্ডা পোস্টারগুলোর মত আর বক্তব্য পড়ে মনে হচ্ছে হেফাজতের প্রেস রিলিজ। পড়ার ইচ্ছা হয় নাই আগে। কিন্তু এখন যখন সরকার কাজ শুরু করলো, অধিকারের সচিবকে গ্রেপ্তার করে মামলায় রিমান্ডে নিল, আশা করছি আরো কিছু রাঘব-বোয়ালকেও ধরা হবে এবং আইনের আওতায় আনা হবে। আমাদের…

  • ইটের ভাটা মালিকেরা কি এতই শক্তিশালী!

    নগরায়ন ও শিল্পায়নের দ্রুত বিকাশের কারনে নির্মান উপকরনের মধ্যে ইটের ব্যবহার দিন দিন বাড়ছে পাল্লা দিয়ে। তাই ইটের ভাটাগুলোর বিশ্রাম নেই, খুব বৃষ্টি না হলে মালিকরা চুলা বন্ধ করেনা। আর তদারকী কর্তৃপক্ষেরও নিষেধ নেই, উন্নয়ন বলে কথা। হুম, উন্নয়ন কে না চায়! কিন্তু কিসের বিনিময়ে সেই উন্নয়ন (!) অর্জিত হচ্ছে এবং সেই অর্জনের ভাগীদার কে…

  • Authorities should have authority

    Despite being governed in line with a pro-people constitution focusing on mainly those who are poor and marginalised, the successive governments since the birth of Bangladesh have been failing to establish a nation where the driving force [elements] of the state system are sensible about the people in general, and serve them with their highest…

  • সাতক্ষীরায় বিএনপি প্রধান ও নির্লজ্জ হিন্দুবিদ্বেষী রাজনীতি

    খালেদা জিয়া সাতক্ষীরার জামায়াতপ্রবন কালীগঞ্জ এলাকায় যাচ্ছেন পুলিশের সাথে সংঘর্ষ করতে গিয়ে ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত দলীয় নেতা-কর্মীদের দেখতে আর নিহতদের পরিবারকে সমবেদনা জানাতে। বেশ, উনি বেছে বেছে সুবিধাজনক জায়গাগুলোতেই ঘুরছেন আর নিজ দলের নেতা-কর্মীদের সাহস যুগাচ্ছেন আরো বেশী করে সরকারবিরোধী আন্দোলন (সন্ত্রাস) করতে। ২৮শে ফেব্রুয়ারি রাতে এই সাতক্ষীরার কদমতলা, সিটি কলেজ মোড় ও আদাবের হাট এলাকার শতাধিক হিন্দু…

  • Hindu persecution in Bangladesh, Shahbagh, and India’s BJP

    Everyone knows that the leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir incited the attacks on Hindus as we witnessed after the verdict in Delawar Hossain Sayedee case was delivered on February 28. The fundamentalist party activists continued their violent protests across the country targeting mainly the police, government offices, roads and…

  • #SHAHBAGH #UPRISING: Murder alters much of 11th night

    Day’s top events: * Jamaat-Shibir fights armed battle against police-RAB in Cox’s Bazar, 4 killed, over 100 injured, 112 arrested, Section 144 declared. 48hr hartal from Saturday in the beach city. * Uprising Rally in the afternoon announces new schedule: 3-10pm from Saturday. Some 1,00,000 joined the gathering while there were 5,000 at 1:00am Saturday.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Pepper spray in Bangladesh on ‘protestors’!

    The name resembles a spray bottle made of tin, probably coloured in red, which would obviously used by “police” on “aggrieved people” as a punishment for demonstrating. A can, however, says this spray could be used as a defensive tool to protect from attacks of mad dogs and mighty animals. These cans were recently used…

  • A clumsy holiday!

    today was my last day-off, at The Daily Star, and so i took time on the bed until i turned on the tv and see the tribunal judge stepping down. i felt a relief, from an embarrassment i was in for the last couple of days, and happy and inspired; the next report was an…

  • We need Superman now!

    Only the brutal people in the power-craving political parties and the police can stand such acts, and let the killers get impunity, only because of political affiliation! And, hence, a case has been filed to mock the departed soul of innocent Bishwajit and his family, and those who cry for not being able to save…

  • Reckless Chhatra League sponsored by police, admin at varsities

    [slideshow] In the past few days, there have a number of violent incidents taken place in several public universities. And in most cases, the attackers were the students under the banner of Chhatra League–the pro-Awami League, and the victims were students of left-leaning parties. In some cases, police swooped on the protesters while Chhatra League…

  • পুলিশি নির্যাতনের ঘটনা নাকি একটা ষড়যন্ত্র! হাহাহা…

    সম্প্রতি ঘটে যাওয়া সাংবাদিকদের উপর পুলিশের অমানবিক আচরনে দেশে-বিদেশে সমালোচনার ঝড় উঠেছে। বিশেষ করে সাংবাদিক নির্যাতন ও তাদের উপর সন্ত্রাসী আক্রমনের ঘটনাগুলোকে বিচ্ছিন্ন ঘটনা বলে সরকার মানে স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী ও তার ডেপুটি পার পেয়ে যেতে চাচ্ছেন। তারা বলছেন এসব ঘটনায় তদন্ত হয় এবং শাস্তিও দেয়া হয় দায়িদের। আওয়ামী লীগের যুগ্ন সাধারন সম্পাদক হানিফ গতকাল বললেন কিছু…

  • Pattaya hooker arrested for killing Bangladeshi Rotarian

    By Probir Bidhan e-bangladesh.com May 18, 2012 The number of Bangladeshis travelling abroad to enjoy holidays — in countries with diversified environment and modern amusement facilities — is on the rise. Most of these tourists are middle-class and they prefer the nearby south and south-east Asian countries — India, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. While…

  • Demolition of shanties along Gulshan Lake

    State-run housing authority RAJUK started dismantling the structures built illegally along the lake in Dhaka’s posh Gulshan area in line with the High Court’s order of January 25 to demarcate the lake and free it from illegal encroachers. Monday, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 6, 2012. On the first day, some 120 shanties of the slum along…

  • Construction sites ‘danger’ for pedestrians

    Two-year-old Yamin was waiting at the entrance of their house at Adabor for another child who went to a nearby shop to buy him a chocolate when a wood fell from the seventh-floor of an adjacent under-construction building. A part of the wood having a nail in it hit the back of his head. Yamin…

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