The Himalayan River Basins (Ganges, Bramhaputra, Indus, Yangtze) in China, Nepal, India and Bangladesh are inhabited by around 1.3 billion people. The cumulative effect of reduction of water flow due to water management through dams, glacial melting, silt deposit, flooding, desertification, and water pollution will challenge the water and food security in these countries,...
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We know every four years for a month world comes together for soccer world cup. People of all ages, language, religion eat, drink, dream soccer. Football becomes universal language. People of Bangladesh are no different. We have similar crazy soccer fans in Bangladesh like Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Germany and any other country. When the...
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South Asian Union is perhaps a utopian concept for skeptics in Dhaka, Delhi and Islamabad; but a concept prophetically embraced by those in the European Union and ASEAN. Our journey of division and sub-division started as soon as Jinnah and Nehru allowed Radcliff to sharpen his magic pencil. The Raj rightly identified the deepest...
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It has now become a missed opportunity, and perhaps, made these discussions much more difficult to take place in future, since IBA too is now considered to have compromised its independence by attending this dubious seminar organised by a political lobby that represents the war criminals. We, who care about 1971 and the victims...
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After three years of respite Hartal, a South Asian form of strike action is back in Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s opposition alliance has called for a hartal on Sunday (27th of June, 2010) to press for its 11-point demand including solution of the utility crisis, tender manipulation, persecution of opposition leaders and workers etc. Things have...
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“Failed to utilize the administration”? Is Mr. Hassan claiming that there is a way his side could have used the administration to win the election? Perhaps he forgot that elections are supposed to be won at the ballot box, not by government intervention? The Prime Minister and leader of AL, and of course the...
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Finance Minister of Bangladesh Mr AMA Muhith has just placed the National Budget Proposal to Parliament for the fiscal year 2010-11. This is the first time in the history of Bangladesh any budget is placed using power points in a digital format. Bangladesh is passing through desperate energy crisis. Confronting energy crisis is definitely...
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Bangladesh has become the second country in Asia after Pakistan to block the entire Facebook domain in recent times. On 28th May, 2010 Friday at around 8:30 the ban was executed on charges of malicious propaganda against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and hurting religious feelings, reports blogger and journalist Biplob Rahman at MuktoMona...
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Poor Mahbub Alam Rodin. As I write this, he is probably experiencing what the business end of a police baton feels like. His crime? He allegedly uploaded some caricatures of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and some other political figures to Facebook. So some idiots who can call the shots on...
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It was 1996. I was on a visit of a small village near Gaibandha to gather research data for the Public Administration Training Centre. The local UP chairman clearly appeared suspicious; disappearing during the day and only joining me around midnight. It was towards the end of my stay that he finally satisfied my...
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