“I was born in Surrey and I left England when I was four years old. I spent my childhood in various parts of the world, including Brunei, Singapore, India and Bangladesh. I moved back to England nine years ago and settled in North London. I studied English Literature for both my Bachelor’s degree and...
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BNP Chairperson and leader of the opposition Mrs Khaleda Zia, widow of slain President General Ziaur Rahman, addressed a rally at Laldighi maidan on 29th March 2010. This is her first public appearance, after Mahajote Government’s assumption of power, on 39th anniversary of the glorious independence of our country on 26th march, a day...
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In a press conference on Bangladesh Prime Minster (PM) Sheikh Hasina’s recently concluded visit to India, Madam Khaleda Zia, ex-Prime Minister and current leader of Opposition in the Parliament of Bangladesh, alleged that the PM had sold the country to India. The salient features of her claims are: • The Water sharing issues were...
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Students for a Free Tibet, Bangladesh (SFTBD), the Bangladesh chapter of the Students for a Free Tibet organization, in partnership with Drik Bangladesh, has organized a photography exhibition on Tibet named “Into Exile | Tibet 1949-2009” at Drik Gallery in Dhaka which was scheduled to start today and run for a week. Drik Bangladesh...
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This year’s potato-farming has been hampered by the deficiency of ‘Urea’ fertilizer supply Photo: Shafiq Islam, DRIK News, Bogra One of major challenge for the present government of Bangladesh is to arrange all agricultural inputs to the farmers at affordable cost to help grow required food grains to achieve food autarky which Bangladesh also...
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Photo:Maitreyee Express,Dhaka-Calcutta train, by Subir Bhaumik. Awami League led Grand Alliance has won the parliamentary election in Bangladesh in 2008 with a landslide (¾th) majority. The party will soon form a new government which will have to shoulder massive responsibility of rebuilding the national economy. They are coming to power at an stage when...
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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...
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Bangladesh for obvious reasons is under scrutiny by global watchdogs. Equally, the think tanks and international press have also included the country of 150 million. The recent dramatic political development – transition to democracy in several countries including Thailand, Nepal and Pakistan has rise the expectation for Bangladesh. Transitions to democracy...
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