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...
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Different news sources confirms that Shahidul Alam, internationally renowned photojournalist from Bangladesh, blogger, E-Bangladesh author and founder of the Drik picture network has been detained by the Indian border security.
According to David Brewer of Media Helping Media:
In a message to this site from Dhaka, Alam’s partner says he was...
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When we took the City Cat ride on Brisbane River, or had a view of the river from Sydney opera house or spent time in South Bank of Melbourne CBD we always thought what Dhaka could be if we could maintain the virginity of Buriganga, Sitalakhya, Turag and Balu...
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The Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Project is being constructed near the confluence of Barak and Tuivai rivers, in Manipur, India and within 100km of Bangladesh border. Costing Rs 6,351 crore ($1.35 billion) the 164 meter high dam will have a firm generation capacity of 401.25MW of electricity.
While Hydroelectric projects are typically...
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Three children pose while playing in the muddy water in the rural area. Dhaka, Bangladesh. May 24 2009,Photo- Sharif Sarwar.
Rural children play in the water when they come to river for bathing. Dhaka, Bangladesh. May 24 2009,Photo- Sharif Sarwar.
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There has been a long walk from freedom for Bangladesh as she is approaching a rather mature age of forty. And talking about maturity, we always expect our people to be more mature politically and our political parties now showing far more maturity in terms of bureaucratic enterprises, to...
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“Article 31 and Article 12 of the constitution of 1972 contained some provisions which strictly prohibited floating of political party based on religion and the use of religion for materisalising any political interest was banned. Unfortunately, these provisions were omitted from the constitution during the post 1975 period and...
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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...
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Terror and militancy is a burning threat in all of the South Asian countries. Many terrorist outfits operate in this region and sometime their operations are cross border.
The four month old democratic Bangladesh government has been tough with the militants, but the efforts are not enough considering the lack...
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Dr. Wazed Miah, husband of the prime minister of Bangladesh, passed away earlier today. Our condolences to Sheikh Hasina, and their son and daughter.
But in his death, Dr. Miah contributed to one of the rarest things in Bangladeshi politics: a civil gesture by Khaleda Zia.
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E-Bangladesh Report
An Islamist militant body Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has asked officials of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), International Federation of the Red Crescent (IFRC) and World Food Programme (WFP) to stop work and leave Barisal district immediately in southern Bangladesh.
Three letters written in the name of the...
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If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. – Winston Churchill
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The Human Rights are being violated randomly inside of the Pilkhana. What the BDR mutineers did is crime indeed, but what the Army officials are doing now is the open brutality of a vindictive nature. They have dared to shout at the honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Not only...
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Pohela Boishakh celebrated in Bogra, Image by Shafiq Islam, Drik News
This colorful rally was arranged by different cultural organizations in Bogra on the first day of Bangla Year 1416 (14th of April, 2009). The highlights of the rally were paper made colorful masks featuring owl, elephant, and crocodile figures....
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Who is Sunita Paul?
Some readers (MH, Zia) have left comments on a previous post about how Ms. Paul is a one-woman opposition party, and how her commentary is interesting and incisive. MH actually suggested that we were attacking the messenger instead of the message. Instead of responding in the...
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