This year’s Victory Day celebration has been marred by some events and facts that are unacceptable for many quarters; some of the events have been taking place recurrently though. Controversial Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited this…
রাস্তাঘাটে নারীরা যৌন হয়রানির শিকার করলে কি করা উচিত – এ ভেবে অনেকেই কূল পাননা। বেশিরভাগ ক্ষেত্রেই হয়তো দেখা যায় নির্যাতিতরা মাথা নিচু করে ঘটনাস্থল ত্যাগ করে। এক্ষেত্রে বড় একটা নিয়ামক হলো নির্যাতনকারী অপরিচিত ও…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
* 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…
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…
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…
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…
This cable was sent by the US envoy in Dhaka Boster on May 3, 1976 describing what Gen Ziaur Rahman told a May Day rally at Suhrawardy Udyan. In a hastily scheduled rally on May…
After assuming office following the assassination of Sheikh Mujib, Khandkar Mushtaque and then US envoy Davis Eugene Boster met at Bangabhaban where the president urged for US recognition to stay safe from Indian intervention. Boster…
This confidential cable was sent by then US envoy Boster from Dhaka to Washington on August 25, 1975. An extensive shakeup at the top levels of the Bangladesh Army was announced last night (August 24).…
Here is the verbatim of a cable sent to Washington by Chargé d’Affaires Nicholas Dean on Yunus and Awami League government. Only the sections have been rearranged. Date: November 30, 2009. Title: BANGLADESH PM REMAINS COOL TOWARD…
Just before his retirement, the then BSF chief UK Bansal in November 2012 had made some observations about the Indian Border Security Force’s policies, and gave solution to the unabated killings and torture of Bangladeshi…
The recent rise of ISIS or ISIL in Iraq and it’s outrageous advancement towards establishing another Islamic state has concerned me in Bangladesh much because of the extent of violent attacks and their plans and…
Invest in Bangladesh for smooth business bribing politicians and public servants. It’s a heaven for corrupts and unscrupulous human beings who will ensure your profit, no matter how. The present Awami League-led government gives you…
Did you know? Indian BSF killed one Bangladeshi after entering the territory in northern Lalmonirhat district around 10:30pm Wednesday violating international border laws? Don’t know what can stop these killing machines… In the recent years, the two…
ধর্মই পৃথিবীর বেশিরভাগ মানুষকে পরিচালিত করে নানান আদেশ, নির্দেশনা, অনুরোধ ও লোভ দেখিয়ে, যেন তারা সততার সাথে জীবনযাপন করে। পাশাপাশি, সব দেশই অপরাধ দমনে নিজেদের সংবিধান ও আইন-কানুন তৈরি করে। মূলতঃ এই দুইপ্রকার বিধিনিষেধ সঠিকভাবে…
Oporajeo is a knitwear and jute bag manufacturer established by Shongkolon Bangladesh Trust with the aim of providing job opportunity to the survivors of Rana Plaza disaster with least skill migration so that the victims can get back to a stable life again.…
The government has finally begun implementation of a decade-old plan to install seven coastal radio communication stations equipped with high-end lanterns, by replacing the three existing old lighthouses, with a view to ensure safety and…
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…
পরম শ্রদ্ধেয় বঙ্গবন্ধুর বড় মেয়ে, জননেত্রী, প্রধানমন্ত্রী ও গনতন্ত্রের মানসকন্যা শেখ হাসিনাকে “মিথ্যা দুর্নীতির মামলায়” জড়িয়ে ইয়াজউদ্দীনের অধীনে ফখরুদ্দীন-মঈনউদ্দীনের “অবৈধ” ও “অসাংবিধানিক” সরকার “গ্রেপ্তার” করে বিশেষ জেলে রেখেছিল, এমনকি খাবারের সাথে বিষ মিশিয়ে মেরে ফেলতে চেয়েছিল।…
All women and girls of all ages, including handicapped and elderly women of three Hindu villages in Lalmohan upazila of Bhola, were raped immediately after October 1, 2001 parliamentary election. There had been over 17,000…
I often think how long to tolerate autocrats? I brainstorm how to stand their inhumane acts with a view to avoid suicide cause I never witnessed an ambience of Democratic leadership in Bangladesh since my…
India has a lot of coal underneath the ground, and so, it started to exploit the resource a bit early and has been doing it abruptly to meet the rising electricity demand of the industries and…
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