Moeen treats editors with seven dishes of potato

April 8, 2008
By Dhaka Correspondent
Moeen treats editors with seven dishes of potato

Two days after his term as army chief was extended by another year, General Moeen U Ahmed on Tuesday asserted that the army would not follow the examples of military takeover in neighbouring countries.The army chief made his stand clear once again as he sat over lunch with the country's leading editors at the...
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Arsenal or Liverpool?

April 8, 2008
By admin
Arsenal or Liverpool?

Tonight Arsenal FC face Liverpool FC away at Anfield in the second-leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. They faced each other three times this season and all the while the result at the end of the game was a 1-1 draw, but today someone must come out victorious.
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Petr Cech out for a fortnight

April 7, 2008
By admin
Petr Cech out for a fortnight

Petr Cech suffers yet another setback undergoing a facial surgery which might keep him out for two weeks. He's on a race against time and might not make it on the important match against Manchester United on 26th April.
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Advisors started working on dialogues with political parties

April 7, 2008
By Dhaka Correspondent

A panel of advisers has started working on modalities of the much-awaited dialogues between the military-controlled interim government and political parties for transition to democracy by holding of parliamentary elections in December.
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Decision on Hasina, Khaleda a must for ending standoff: TIB chief

April 7, 2008
By Dhaka Correspondent

Transparency International, Bangladesh chapter chairman Professor Muzaffer Ahmad on Monday said he believed that the nation could not come out of the present situation without a decision on the detained top leaders of the two major political parties.
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DU holds convocation amid protests

April 7, 2008
By Dhaka Correspondent
DU holds convocation amid protests

The University of Dhaka held its 44th convocation on Monday amid boycott by a section of teachers and different student organisations in protest at the presence of the president Iajuddin Ahmed, also the chancellor of the university.
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Bangladesh 1971

April 6, 2008
By Shahidul Alam
Bangladesh 1971

The Bangladesh war of independence in 1971 was one of the bloodiest conflicts in living memory. In an attempt to crush forces seeking independence for what was then East Pakistan, the West Pakistani military regime unleashed a systematic campaign of violence that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Bangalis. Many of the photographs...
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Military’s meddling in politics won’t benefit country, warns Habibur Rahman

April 6, 2008
By Dhaka Correspondent

Former chief justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman said on Sunday that is was axiomatic that military interference in politics and administration could not benefit a country.Addressing a citizens' dialogue at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre, Habibur Rahman said, 'Bangalees are not bestowed with any special attributes that they should prove otherwise.'
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Tenure of General Moeen extended for one year

April 6, 2008
By Dhaka Correspondent
Tenure of General Moeen extended for one year

The government on Sunday extended the tenure of General Moeen U Ahmed as the chief of army staff by one year.The decision was taken after the approval of the president, Iajuddin Ahmed, who is also the supreme commander of the armed forces, Bangabhaban sources said.As per the decision Moeen will act as army chief...
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Where is the crisis? There is no crisis:General Moeen

April 5, 2008
By Dhaka Correspondent

While visiting Dhaka city's wholesale market at Karwan Bazaar General Moeen told E-Bangladesh 'Where is the crisis? There is no crisis. Crisis has been created. Price has increased, but no crisis,'
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