Bangladesh and Amnesty International Report 2013 May 24, 2013
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The report of Amnesty International on human rights condition in Bangladesh is published that creates debate in Bangladesh.
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Opinion Survey on Current National Issues May 12, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: Caretaker Government, opinion poll, Prothom Alo
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Prothom Alo, a leading Bangladesh national daily reported a opinion survey conducted by … .
The survey found that 90% of the people support caretaker government to conduct the next general election .
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End of May 5, End of Hefajat ? May 10, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: Hefajat-e-Islam, Prothom Alo
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Did deadly night of 5th May draw a curtain on Hefajat-E-Islam ?
The leading Bangla Daily Prothom Alo made an observation-http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-05-09/news/350784
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May 5 and Hefajat-e-Islam May 8, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: 5 May, Hefajat-e-Islam, Motijeel
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Hefajat-e-Islam as they declared about a month ago in their first congregation at Motijheel, Dhaka that they would seize Dhaka on 5th May. As a preparation of their target, they held Sirat Conferences in dozens of cities and towns of the country and also at the 5 entry points of the capital. Shahbag Projanmma, Ahle-Sunnat-a pro-govrenment religious group, AL and its student and youth wings declared to prevent the gathering. PM Sk. Hasina appealed the Hefajat leaders to drop their program, but they declined. (more…)
New Speaker and Making of History May 3, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: Parliamentt, Shirin Sharmin, Speaker
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Shirin Sarmin has been proposed by the the ruling party and accepted as the speaker in the Parliament after the past speaker Advocate Abdul Hamid became President of the Republic. (more…)
Savar Garments Tragedy: Whom to Blame ? April 27, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: BGMEA, Disaster, garments, RAJUK, Savar tragedy
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A 9 storied building was collapsed on 24th April at 9 am in the morning at Savar that had 5 garments factory, markets, shops and a bank . A day back a major crack was identified in a pillar of the building. On that day, the garments workers 6000 in number were allowed to leave for that day, the shops were closed and the bank declared closed and vacated. The next day in the early morning the factory workers were forced to join the work on the plea by the building owner and garments managers that the crack was not fatal and there was no danger despite the fact that local experts and BGMEA asked them to keep the factories closed till the clearance from RAJUK and BUET are not available. (more…)
OIC Summit 1974, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Shah Aziz April 26, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: OIC Summit 1974, Shah Azizur Rahman, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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A talk show in ETV created a controversy in Bangladesh that has spilled over from electronic media to print media. These all begun when Shakhawat Hussain Bakul, a freedom fighter and an ex MP from opposition BNP claimed that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first man who was responsible for rehabilitation of Shah Azizur Rahman, a prominent anti-liberation political leader who later became the Prime Minister under Ziur Rahman, founder of opposition BNP. (more…)
US Human Rights Report 2012 on Bangladesh April 22, 2013
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US Human Rights Report draws a grim picture of human rights situation in Bangladesh-
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2012/sca/204395.htm
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A Story is written and then deleted April 16, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: টিভি ক্যামেরার সামনে মেয়েটি, Hasnat Abdul Hai, Prothom Alo, story
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A story written by Hasnat Abdul Hai in Prothom Alo, the leading Bangla daily in its Bangla New year supplement of 1420. Hasnat Abdul Hai is a prominent story writer and novelist. He was awarded with prominent national awards like Ekushey and Banglademy Awards. (more…)
An Editor is Arrested April 13, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: Daily Amardesh, Mahmudur Rahman, press, press freedom
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Mahmudur Rahman is arrested. He was the editor of one of the leading daily newspaper ‘Amardesh’.
He entered into controversy by publishing ‘Skype conversation’ between a Chief judge of the War Crime Tribunal and a lawyer based in Belgium.Selective parts of the conversation was first published in ‘Economist’, the leading international weekly. (more…)
Radicalization of Politics April 12, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: Hefajat-e-Islam, radicalization of politics
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The political scene in Bangladesh is being rapidly radicalized.
BNP, the main opposition party is out of street and virtually out of party office. Recent attempt of BNP to hold mass procession in the street was disrupted by cocktails, bullets and injuries followed by filing of criminal cases and arrests. The party meeting in front of BNP office was also disrupted by cocktails, firing and then followed by arrests of BNP leaders in massive numbers and case filed on criminal charges against them. (more…)
Bloggers, Atheism and Shahbag Movement April 10, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: atheism, Blogging, Hefajat-e-Islam, Shahbag
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One of the current controversies in the socio-political arena of Bangladesh is the connection of atheist bloggers with the Shahbag Movement of the youth.
It is true that Shahbag Gonojagaran Mancha was initiated by some bloggers and online activists. The upsurge was against the verdict of life sentence pronounced on Abdul Kader Mollah that fell short of their expectation. (more…)
Hefajat-e-Islam, Long March, Observations and Speculations April 8, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: Hefajat-e-Islam, long March
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Hefajat-e-Islam ultimately could hold the long march on 6th April, 2013 despite many uncertainties. Hartal for 24 hours and blockade of 22 hours were imposed 27 organizations that include Sectors commanders Forum, Gatak Dalal Nirmul Committee and United Cultural Front. All sorts of transport on the roads, railway trains and launches were closed down 12 hours before the hartal began. Shahbag Youth Movement declared to prevent the gathering in the capital and formed platforms at 5 points in the entry point of the capital.
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13 Points Demands of Hefazat-e-Islam April 6, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: 13 points demands, Hefazat-e-Islam
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Hefazat-e-Islam is a new reality in the changing political context in Bangladesh. They first formed the platform in 2010 with Allama Shafi at its head, based at Hathazari in Chittagong. They then insisted on inclusion of Islam as the religion of state in the constitution of Bangladesh that was accepted by the Government.
Their presence again surfaced in March 2013 when they started protest against the bloggers for propagating atheism in their writings. They projected 13 points demands in a press conference as follows: (more…)
No rule of confrontation April 5, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: killing, Police, Shibir
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Bangladesh is passing through a stage of confrontation between political party and government and among political parties.
The confrontation is reached to a height that very recently that Shibir activists had crushed the head of a police SI on the open street of Rajshahi. A day after we have seen the same barbarism on a plain clothed police in Dinajpur. In the last two months, 7 uniformed police have been killed by the Shibir activists. (more…)
Timing of Trial of War Crimes will be Tested by History April 1, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH.Tags: AL, International War Crime Tribunal, Jamaat-e-Islami, war crimte trial
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I was listening to a talk-show where Kazi Jafar Ahmed was a guest. He was engaged in left politics from his student life and had been a veteran leader of the left during most of his political career and joined Ershad’s Jatiya Party at the end stage of his career and became Prime Minister during his regime.
But I was astonished by one of his speculations on war crime tribunal. He himself was a freedom fighter. (more…)
Transition of Power is always difficult in Bangladesh March 29, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH, POLITICS.Tags: party, power, transfer of power
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After liberation in 1971, it was Awami League that formed the first government as they got sweeping win in the general election of 1970 and led the liberation war of Bangladesh against Pakistan. Father of the nation Bangabandhu Shaikh Mujibur Rahman after coming back from his captive days in Pakistan, became the head of the state of Bangladesh. In the general election of 1973, AL again got absolute majority and continued (more…)
Bangladesh at a Crossroads March 21, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH, ELECTION, POLITICS.Tags: AL, BNP, Caretaker Government, Jamaat-e-Islami
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BNP, the largest opposition took a hard stand against the government and stood by Jamaat to call hartal on the streets. Jamaat-e-Islami is fighting for the cancellation of the war crime tribunal and release of their leaders. BNP is trying to press the government to agree for a caretaker government for holding a neutral general election which is due to be held by the end of this year. But the government is also non-compromising in its stand. They are hard on the the war crime trial and also determined to declare verdicts on half a dozen cases before election. Government is also not in mood to accept CTG as an interim way to hold the general election for transition of power. (more…)
Verdict, Violence and Bullets March 15, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH, JUDICIARY, POLITICS.Tags: International War Crime Tribunal, Sayedee
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After the announcement of verdict on Moulana Delwar Hussain Sayeedi by the International War Crime Tribunal on 28th February 2013, Jamaant Shibir activists reacted with violence in different parts of the country. They called 48 hours of continuous hartal on 3rd and 4th March 2013 followed by dawn to dusk hartal throughout Bangladesh by BNP and its allied parties. (more…)
Tribunal Declares Capital Punishment to Delwar Hussain Sayedee March 1, 2013
Posted by bdoza in BANGLADESH, JUDICIARY, POLITICS.Tags: Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, International War Crime Tribunal
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International War Crime Tribunal declares capital punishment to the Moulana Delwar Hussain Sayedee,a popular islamic orator and a senior leader of Jamaat-e-Islami on 28/2/2013. The tribunal considers 20 accusations against Sayeedi, 8 of which was proved as claimed by the prosecutors, death was pronounced in 2 of the accusations. But the defense rejected the verdict and said that they will appeal against the verdict in the supreme court. (more…)
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