Sep 01
35 members of the European Parliament have written a letter to Hasina urging to stop the death sentence of Mir Quasem Ali. The letter is reproduced below as follows, Member of European Parliament Dear Prime Minister Hasina, We write to express our concern of the unlawfulness of the legal procedures at the Bangladesh International Crimes …
Jun 05
In an unwarranted and shocking incident, police in Dhaka today, the 4th of June, 2014, raided the house of Mir Quasem Ali, senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader and Chief Executive of Diganta Media Corporation, currently standing trial at the International Crimes tribunal in Dhaka. Family and close relatives said that Mirpur thana police and detective branch personnel …
Jun 03
In a confession on Saturday 31st of May, 2014, Sheikh Hasina for the first time revealed that both US Secretary of State John Kerry and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon had requested her to stop the execution of Abdul Quader Mollah, assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami, who was questionably convicted by the domestic International …
May 31
We know of the fact that intellectuals can shape a destiny of a nation, if they stand by their conscience and what is right. History has given us enough examples of intellectuals who lost the respect of the masses due to sale of their allegiances to the tyrants and oppressors of their people in return …
May 17
Allama Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (also pronounced as Sayedee) is a world renowned Islamic scholar, popular politician, two time parliamentarian and revered orator from Bangladesh. His name is pronounced with respect by millions both within and outside Bangladesh in recognition of more than 40 years in selfless service for the dissemination of the message of the …
May 16
Maulana Delwar Hossain Sayeedi Delwar Sikder Father Late Maulana Yusuf Sayeedi Late Rasul Sikder Mother Late Gul Nahar Begum Late Shonaboru alias Boron Brother(s) 1) Mostofa Ahsan Sayeedi 2) Humayun Kabir Sayeedi 1) Enayet Sikder 2) Belayet Sikder 3) Moti Sikder 4) Fulu Sikder 5) Late Lal Mia 6) Chan Sikder (currently employed in BRDB, …
Apr 08
The Lakho Konthe program may be history for now, but it highlights something important. The issue at hand is the politics of reinforcement of a historical perspective. Solely trying to associate Sheikh Mujib with the occasion of March 26 1971, the Independence Day of Bangladesh (as in the case of the Lakho Konthe occasion), and …
May 22
Remember Aung San Suu Kyi? She was a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Those were the days when she was an oppressed citizen of Burma. Today she is a lawmaker, the leader of the opposition in Burma. Yet the country has been witness to a systematic genocide of the Rohingya by its ruling elite and she …
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