Monthly Archive: March 2013

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu is notorious for his attention seeking character. I once remember the man suddenly walking into a seminar I was attending on campus in a prestigious university at Dhaka when Inu suddenly entered the venue and later demanded that he be given floor. Those were the days of the caretaker government …

Continue reading »

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Reply to the Statement of Human Rights Watch on 1 March, 2013. Wednesday, 20th March, 2013 The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (“Jamaat”) notes with dismay that Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) has alleged that its supporters have been involved in ‘lethal’ and ‘unacceptable’ acts violence. HRW has also indicated that Jamaat should issue a public statement …

Continue reading »

The death of the President of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh yesterday on the 20th of March covered all headlines. A nation came to a standstill to express its grief. Zillur Rahman was a well loved personality besides being the President and the reaction from all walks of life confirmed that. However, this attention came …

Continue reading »

History will remember the 20th of March 2013. It will remember so for the fact that on this day, Mohammed Zillur Rahman, the President of Bangladesh passed away. He breathed his last at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for critical lung infection since March 10th, 2013. The country lost a veteran leader …

Continue reading »

The third prosecution witness gave his deposition against Mawlana Matiur Rahman Nizami on crimes against humanity during 1971. On Tuesday, the third prosecution witness Rustam Ali gave his deposition at ICT-1 which was presided over by a panel of 3 members led by Judge ATM Fazle Kabir. Following that, the cross-examination of the witness was …

Continue reading »

Source: http://www.facebook.com/FreeGhulamAzam Professor Golam Azam has asked everyone to be united to restore the country- said Mrs Afifa Azam in a statement. Former president of Jamaat-e-Islami, Professor Golam Azam’s wife Mrs Afifa Azam mentioned in a statement on last Saturday- the jailed senior leader, the heart and soul of Islamic Movement Professor Golam Azam has …

Continue reading »

                          Language movement campaigner Golam Azam• On 11th March, 1948, he was arrested while picketing for Language movement with a group of students and he experienced intolerable suffering for seven days in a house in Tejgaon without any roof.• On 27th November, 1948, Golam Azam presented the historical …

Continue reading »

Narayongonj: 18 people were arrested from Narayongonj Fatullah area including 16 members of Islami Chatri Sangstha (a female student Islamic organization). Among these, 6 members are from the same family. Police have confiscated some Islamic books from them.  Among the arrested were – the president of Islamic Chatri Sangstha from Fatullah branch and final year …

Continue reading »

A lesser talked event in the news today was the news of Kader Siddiqui getting bail in the defamation case. A Dhaka court on Monday acquitted the Krishak Sramik Janata League president in a case filed against him for calling Home Minister MK Alamgir a war criminal. It was filed by Ruhul Amin Majumder, who …

Continue reading »

Reposted from kaagoj.com (Link) I am just writing a simple post on a topic which I feel strongly about. A recent event in the news is the march planned by the extremist Hindu political party of India, the BJP, towards Dhaka.  The Hindu reported that the BJP will organise a ‘long march to Dhaka’ on …

Continue reading »