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Tracking BDR Rebellion updates via twitter
Poisoned powder milk in China – why Bangladesh needs to worry
The world came to know about the horror only a couple of days ago that the powdered milk products produced by the Sanlu Group in China were contaminated by melamine after hundreds of Chinese babies were hospitalized for having kidney stones and some had kidney failures.
On 11th of September Sanlu first defended that “their...
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Dynasty politics continued
Is the politics in Bangladesh hard to predict? No its easy. It comprises of veneration of leaders of political dynasties without asking for any accountability. Most leaders of political parties try to grab power to have economic powers and plunder wealth. But yet people queue up to vote for them as if its a...
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Political parties critical of Fakhruddin Ahmed’s statement on Al Jazeera Television
The major political parties, including Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party were critical of chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed’s statement about the jurisdiction of the proposed Truth Commission regarding the top two politicians, Sheikh Hasina of Awami League and Khaleda Zia of BNP.
Awami League, Workers Party of Bangladesh, Communist Party of Bangladesh and...
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Sector Commanders’ Forum put pressure on Caretaker Government
Convention of Sector Commanders’ Forum, Photo:Banglar Chokh
Sector Commanders’ Forum have asked the government to immediately initiate process for trial of the hated war criminals, who perpetrated the history’s worst ever genocide during Bangladesh’s liberation war in 1971.
‘As the government itself realised that the trial of the war criminals should take place and...
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US designated HUJI-B as foreign terrorist organisation
Photo: A screenshot of Executive Order 13224 blocking Terrorist Property.
The US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice on March 6 designated Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami, Bangladesh as a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’ and as a ’specially designated global terrorist’ under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224.
The Harakat leader signed the February 1998 fatwa sponsored by Usama bin Ladin...
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“The closed door trial will undermine the image of Bangladesh abroad” said William Sloan
William Sloan, President of Canada Chapter of American Association of Jurist(AAJ), currently visiting Bangladesh, was denied entry to a special court on February 19.
Sloan, also an international human rights lawyer, went to the special judge’s court set up at the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) premises at about...
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Sporadic clashes between Manna’s fans and police
The police escorted the coffin of Manna out of the Dhaka for burial in home town Tangail after at least 50 people were injured in sporadic clashes at the gate of the BFDC between fans of the popular film actor and police.
Film star Aslam Talukdar...
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VOIP, scapegoats and protection of grey operators
Bangladeshi investors were irked by the news that Grameen Phone, the largest cellular company in Bangladesh was fined another $25 million, twice in four month. Grameen Phone is scheduled to initiate a public offering in the capital market next June and the proposed stock offering will be the biggest ever in Bangladesh....
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Teachers freed, students still behind bars
Eight imprisoned students were released Wednesday, January 23.
Three Dhaka University teachers charged with breaching the Emergency Powers Rules during the August 2007 campus protests were freed from jail Tuesday on a presidential clemency. No application was filed for the mercy. DUTA president Sadrul Amin, general secretary Anwar Hossain, Social Sciences dean...
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