Bangladesh is possibly the most undemocratically democratic country in the world. Since its emergence, it has been ruled, in total, for 17 years by meta-democratic, often military-led regimes and born-out-of-Cantonment pseudo-democratic parties. Here party councilors do not elect political...
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The first day of February, the beginning of the month in which the primary foundations of Bangladesh were launched in the year of 1952. It was the month and the day 21st of that month when our language was...
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We have been hearing about the glory of Bangladesh student politics since our childhood but unfortunately that struggle has lost all signs of its industrious past. Students’ role in the language movement obviously ranks as historic; the uprisings of...
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16th December, 1971 – the milestone of victory of Bangalee, after a brief interlude of couple of years morphed into an epitaph of failure. In the wee hours of the fateful night of 15th August, 1975, all our gains,...
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After 34 years, 5 of the killers of Bongobondhu Sheikh Mujibor Rahman got their due. After a two-decade long legal process winding through the courts, delayed by direct and indirect obstruction of justice by Moudud Ahmed and his BNP...
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Five condemned killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were hanged early today at Dhaka Central Jail amid tight security. Mohiuddin Ahmed (artillery) was first to be executed at 12:05am and then four others walked to the gallows one after...
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Once the historic task of the independence of Bangladesh was accomplished, Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman thought building up the new nation would be a comparatively easy task. But the post-independence scenario came as a shock realization...
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Tanjim Ahmed, who resigned as state minister for home, is returning on Wednesday after a seven-month stay abroad. There was wide speculation on June 1 that the Tanjim would resign. Some dailies published news stating that...
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Petrobangla, the state owned corporation responsible for exploration and exploitation of natural gas, oil and mineral resources of Bangladesh starts holiday staggering of gas using industrial areas in a desperate bid to confront serious gas crisis in greater Dhaka...
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In a press conference on Bangladesh Prime Minster (PM) Sheikh Hasina’s recently concluded visit to India, Madam Khaleda Zia, ex-Prime Minister and current leader of Opposition in the Parliament of Bangladesh, alleged that the PM had sold the country...
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World-renowned architect Louis Kahn, who also designed the parliament building of Bangladesh, while defining his philosophy once said that even a brick has a soul. Three of our top leaders – Shaikh Hasina, Khaleda Zia and H.M. Ershad –...
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It was BNP as expected. The opposition led by Khaleda Zia has shown aggressive reaction to agreements signed and accords reached in the just concluded visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India. During the visit all the...
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By Sushanta Das Gupta and Kh.A.Saleque. Morning dawned brightly and beautifully for Bangladeshis living in different countries of the southern hemisphere with the news that two friendly neighbours Bangladesh and India have finally broken through all impasse to build...
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From the very beginning in post-liberation Bangladesh, the political progress had been murky and was marred with violent rivalry and blood spilling strife. Pro-liberation forces splintered into hostile camps which helped mighty resurrection of just defeated anti-liberation forces. Theory...
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Photo: Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, in her first public speech after her party’s landslide victory in the 29th December 2008 Parliamentary Election, urged all parties to work together for the betterment of Bangladesh stressing on the importance of...
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Photo: Mrs. Khaleda Zia in a Press Conference, by Liton Rahman,DrikNEWS. Mrs Khleda Zia, Chairperson BNP and Leader of Opposition (now abstaining from the Bangladesh parliament) has issued two statements recently about the running of the affairs of the present...
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- Dr. Habib Siddiqui Indian foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee (R) met Awami league chief Sheik Hasina in her resident on February 19 2007. Image by: Munir uz Zaman, Drik News. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed is scheduled to leave for New...
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Using modern technology in irrigation is not new in Bangladesh. Farmers use deep tubewells to pump water from the earth to supply to their fields. But due to huge shortage of electricity, farmers face trouble to supply power to...
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