The Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Project is being constructed near the confluence of Barak and Tuivai rivers, in Manipur, India and within 100km of Bangladesh border. Costing Rs 6,351 crore ($1.35 billion) the 164 meter high dam will have a firm generation capacity of 401.25MW of electricity. While Hydroelectric projects are typically considered greener than other...
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Three children pose while playing in the muddy water in the rural area. Dhaka, Bangladesh. May 24 2009,Photo- Sharif Sarwar. Rural children play in the water when they come to river for bathing. Dhaka, Bangladesh. May 24 2009,Photo- Sharif Sarwar.
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There has been a long walk from freedom for Bangladesh as she is approaching a rather mature age of forty. And talking about maturity, we always expect our people to be more mature politically and our political parties now showing far more maturity in terms of bureaucratic enterprises, to our greater benefit, to say...
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“Article 31 and Article 12 of the constitution of 1972 contained some provisions which strictly prohibited floating of political party based on religion and the use of religion for materisalising any political interest was banned. Unfortunately, these provisions were omitted from the constitution during the post 1975 period and the religion based politics started...
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The investigation conducted by the Army is over, and a 311-page report has been submitted to General Moeen U. Ahmed. The civilian report is due any day now, probably tomorrow. The Army report has one major revelation. The leaflets that were distributed were actually in circulation from February 23, and the BDR command staff...
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Terror and militancy is a burning threat in all of the South Asian countries. Many terrorist outfits operate in this region and sometime their operations are cross border. The four month old democratic Bangladesh government has been tough with the militants, but the efforts are not enough considering the lack of infrastructure and training...
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Dr. Wazed Miah, husband of the prime minister of Bangladesh, passed away earlier today. Our condolences to Sheikh Hasina, and their son and daughter. But in his death, Dr. Miah contributed to one of the rarest things in Bangladeshi politics: a civil gesture by Khaleda Zia.
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