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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 colleagues, Bozlul Huda, Mohiuddin Ahmed, A. K. M. Mohiuddin, Syed Faruq Rahman and Sultan Sharhriar...
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The universe is again in balance. The deep disturbance in the cosmic force we felt has diminished, and we hear the birds signing. The dark cloud of decency and lawfulness that was threatening to envelope Bangladesh has been lifted! It was causing us major consternation when the prime minister directed the deputy commissioners to make...
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Since the independence of Bangladesh until the 1990s, Bangladeshi citizens could not travel to Taiwan. The passports clearly stated: “Valid for all countries of the world except Israel and Taiwan.” Not that is stopped people: it was easy to go to Taiwan via Hong Kong; as long as the passport did not get stamped...
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First, a question to the journalists in Bangladesh. On August 21, 2004, 22 people died in a grenade attack at a AL meeting. The wife of the current president of Bangladesh was one of the victims. Hundreds of others, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were injured. But Daily Star is calling it “Aug 21...
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Baul Shomrat (king) Shah Abdul Karim passed away on the September 11th, 2009. I had the privilege of listening to him singing many years ago and I still remember how it felt he was immersed in the song that was pouring out of his heart.
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You are not Ershad’s home minister. You are not the head of some thuggish student movement. You are not the caretaker government that sent the Army to Dhaka University and faught with the students. You are the home minister of a democratically elected government. You have personally faced the business end of a police baton,...
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For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die. Like a childhood friend and mentor who has drifted apart but always held a special place in your heard, Senator Kennedy is being remembered in Bangladesh, and by the Bangladeshis in...
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Dear Mrs. Zia: We hailed your kind gesture when you paid your respects to Dr. Wazed Miah by visiting Sheikh Hasina’s residence. Even though you enabled and encouraged the criminal acts of your sons, we could live with that. There are charges of corruption against yourself, and given what the other politicians do, we are not...
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Amader Shomoy reported this two days ago, but it was strangely absent from any other newspaper in Bangladesh. As a result, we were waiting for some confirmation before reporting it. If you heard the audio of the Shenakunjo meeting, you know that some officers behave like rowdy school children. We have also heard eye-witness reports...
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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 were...
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