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Apocalyptic disasters and the human miseries

September 2, 2010
By Rubayat Ahsan
Apocalyptic disasters and the human miseries

Scientists have named it once-in-a-century flood. 20 million affected people just thriving out there in Pakistan to back to their every day normal existence, more than 1000 people are believed to be killed, millions have been displaced, villages are washed away, children are fighting water-borne diseases and thousands of women and men crawling towards...
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Image crisis: What do we see

August 30, 2010
By Nayeem Hossain
Image crisis: What do we see

Untold Agonies I was going through an album of a friend. That friend recently went to Bangladesh and took pictures of Daily Life in Dhaka. When I started going...
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Maracanã-Stadium: Rebuilding a Myth

August 29, 2010
By Arunava Chaudhuri
Maracanã-Stadium: Rebuilding a Myth

Brazil will be hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but the construction and refurbishing of the old stadiums is taking a little too long according to FIFA and even...
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The rest is silence

August 24, 2010
By Munazza siddiqui
The rest is silence

Religious practices devoid of humanity and common sense can never be anything more than mere rituals enforced to control the behavior of a community. Such rituals have historically used...
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Ground Zero: Debate within ourselves

August 24, 2010
By Nayeem Hossain
Ground Zero: Debate within ourselves

“Brothers, please don’t take part in Thanksgiving. What is thanksgiving to us? We must protect our children from practice of other religions. Only then can we save ourselves from...
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Mahmudnama or freedom of nonsense

August 23, 2010
By Sultan Mohammed Zakaria
Mahmudnama or freedom of nonsense

Mr Mahmudur Rahman, as a columnist, was ok so far the concept of freedom of expression goes. But as an Editor I think he was too unqualified to be...
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Energy poverty opposes right to livelihood, freedom, and capability

August 16, 2010
By Rubayat Ahsan
Energy poverty opposes right to livelihood, freedom, and capability

It is apparent that world along with it’s all poor and miserable nations are already in ‘energy poverty’ and heading faster for a dark age. While we are engaged...
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Huzur Factor: Some Thoughts

August 13, 2010
By Nayeem Hossain
Huzur Factor: Some Thoughts

So here we go again. I didn’t want to write on this topic, because I know, no matter what I say or how many people read this (I doubt...
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2010 Commonwealth Games: A disaster waiting to happen?

August 12, 2010
By Arunava Chaudhuri
2010 Commonwealth Games: A disaster waiting to happen?

The 2010 Commonwealth Games to be hosted in the Indian capital New Delhi are just under two month’s away and the problems seem to be getting bigger and bigger...
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PM Hasina uneasy with Energy bosses

August 11, 2010
By Kh.A.Saleque.
PM Hasina uneasy with Energy bosses

“What you said in April you are repeating in August. Where is the progress?” asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her fourth meeting with power and energy sector officials...
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