Photo: Tarique Rahman taken to Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court on March 8. He has arrested of extortion, a charge brought by a construction contractor. Court gave Gulshan police four days to quiz Tarique after police sought five days to probe the allegation of extorting. Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 9 2007.by: Liton Rahman, DrikNEWS.
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Members of the Bangladesh Armed Forces prepare to return to the barracks as the Caretaker Government decides to withdraw the army from across the country. Dhaka, November 05 2008. Photo:Munir uz Zaman, DrikNEWS.
The festive mood has returned to the country. The two battling begums have exchanged pleasantries breaking all the ice. Finally the all-inclusive...
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Only ten months ago the so called cartoon blasphemy incident shocked many Bangladeshis. The Bangladeshi media tried to bury the episode and many of us may have forgotten the incident as well as the victim, the cartoonist Arif. E-Bangladesh traced him and published an exclusive interview of him on 27 of May 2008.
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At the time when the Military backed Caretaker Government and their obedient media are continuing ‘the war against corruption’, a letter about the corruption of an Army personnel has been circulating places. May be the writer(s) thought that it would be really appropriate to send the letter to the very people who tuned up...
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Photo- Shafiq Islam, Bogra/*Drik*NEWS
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Photo- Mohammad Islam, Cox Bazar/*Drik*NEWS.
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Alma earns Taka 2000 to 2500 per day by begging. However, she has to pay 700 taka per month as house rent. Since her husband’s death seven years ago she says she is helpless with her nine years-old physically handicapped boy Almas. These recent days have been very difficult for her since she can...
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Photo: Md. Tawfik
I just came through an email alert that was sent as a comment in one of our posts. While I was moderating it I thought it might be posted as a separate thread. It speaks about the illegal detention of Md. Tawfiq by DGFI for nearly four days. Md. Tawfiq was...
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Reporters Without Borders has released their 2008 Annual Report on Bangladesh. Among their major concerns this year are the rise of the military government, the lack of freedom of press, threats to media personnel and the torture of journalists:
Bangladesh – Annual report 2008
Area: 144,000 sq km.
Population: 144,460,000.
Languages: Bengali, English.
Head of state:...
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Sheikh Hasina, former premier and detained Awami League president, on Saturday expressed her disagreement to get medical treatment in the country as she feared threat on her life.
Hasina expressed the disagreement to her personal physician ABM Abdullah when he went to give her a check-up in the special jail set up at the...
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