One has heard of the phrase “making a mountain out of a molehill”. Many have tried to modify it in their own various ways and forms to reflect any resultant complexities that might arise while trying to apply the above. In this connection however, Hasanul Haque Inu, the incumbent Minister for (mis)Information of Bangladesh has …
Sep 11
Shaykh Bdnews and the fatwa boogeyman
“Now Fatwa Against photography!” : http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/09/11/now-fatwa-against-photography What is so catchy about the following post? In one word, its made to sound moronic. There is nothing to be ‘amazed’ about a fatwa banning photography (although exceptions are labelled in the same article). BDnews can in no way prove that such a ‘fatwa’ is wrong. What BDnews …
Sep 06
Yes Felani, I am guilty too
It was only a few days ago that the BSF announced that they would hold a trial. A trial of a murder committed on barbed wires defying conscience. A murder that made a nation cry and shamed another. Many rejoiced at the announcement that the family of Felani would get justice and that the people …
Sep 06
A Grinding Mill called Democracy in Bangladesh: My thoughts
Democracy has always been defined as a system which was supposed to speak for the people, of the people and supposedly represented by the people. The system was supposed give a voice to the silent masses. It was supposed to reflect public opinion. Instead, throughout the world, the system called democracy has morphed into a …
Aug 31
In protest against continued detention of Adilur Rahman Khan
A generation is passing through queer times in Bangladesh. Values generally deemed sacred are now playthings in the hands of the elite in this small South Asian nation. Human rights, often taken to be among the most basic of universal rights, seem to have taken on a whole new meaning. So has that tenet on …
Aug 29
On this 115th day, I demand a free Diganta
In the midst of a shut down on its broadcasting services, private television channel Diganta Television completed the fifth year since its commencement into the television media scene in Bangladesh. Diganta Television officially started its journey on the 28th of August 2008 at a ceremony held in present day Bangabandhu International Convention Centre where erstwhile …
Aug 27
Shawkat Afsar: Victim of state sponsored Shibir-o-phobia narrative in Bangladesh
With the arrest of Shawkat Afsar, the police seem to have tried to create another ‘Joj Mia’ drama, lamented his maternal uncle and Cox’s Bazaar Zila Awami League Science and Technology Affairs Secretary Engineer Badiul Alam. Arrested for delivering a letter in which he allegedly threatened to bomb and blow up the Egyptian embassy, Shibir …
Aug 25
New terrorist outfit BEM based in house of local Awami League leader !
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Friday claimed that banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was operating in the country under a new name, BEM. The elite force arrested the three operatives of the BEM from a house at Thanthania in the district town on Thursday afternoon. While briefing reporters at the press conference, director …
Aug 24
Sayyid Qutb: Brother, you are free behind these gates
Let me share a post that a dear friend posted on social media: There are so many innocent fellow Muslims imprisoned for their Islamic views and stance globally (e.g Bangladesh, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE). I wish we could hear what they are thinking. I just came across a poem that Sayyid Qutb wrote when he was in …
Aug 22
Reblog: The Chemical Attack & Massacre of Damascus #SyriaBleeds
Reblogging this from the following post: http://www.therevoltingsyrian.com/post/58902680033/the-chemical-attack-massacre-of-damascus Aug 21, 2013 – At approximately 3:00am this morning in Damascus, a year to the day after Obama’s infamous “red line” speech warning Assad about using chemical weapons, and as a specialized UN inspection team sleep in their hotels in Damascus, ostensibly there to investigate a CW attack 6 months …
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