Police have arrested 6 employees of the widely popular monthly children’s entertainment magazine, the Kishore Kantha from its offices at Paltan in Dhaka including its assistant editors. This comes at a time when the government at Bangladesh is facing widespread criticism by governments and rights advocacy groups for its clampdown on the media, especially through …
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Mar 10
The Real Terrorists in Bangladesh
In a blitzkrieg of a remark, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan defended the security forces on Saturday, at a dialogue organised by the BBC Bengali Service in Dhaka nonetheless. In response to BNP Vice Chairman Hafizuddin Ahmed’s question: “Isn’t the basic right of a man to live is denied by the crossfire?”, the minister replied: “Of …
Mar 01
The IHS Jane’s Shibir mania. Just how justified is it?
In a press release entitled, “Global Terrorism & Insurgency Attacks Rapidly Increase in Five Years”, according to IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre, Bangladesh Islami Chatra Shibir was ranked 3rd among the most active “non state armed groups”. The list compiled was shown as follows: 1. Barisan Revolusi Nasional (Thailand) 2. Taliban 3. Islami Chhatra Shibir …
Dec 27
Chatro League is wide scale perpetrator of eveteasing, pornography and cyber crime : Case Studies
Manabzamin, 22nd December 2013 3 Female students of DU victim of Chhatra League’s eve teasing Link: http://mzamin.com/details.php?mzamin=Mzk5Nw%3D%3D&s=MQ%3D%3D 3 female students from the faculty of Fine Arts in DU (Dhaka University) were reported to be victims of eve teasing by the Chhatra League (the student wing of the ruling party Awami League). Another student along with …
Dec 26
Sylhet Shibir Publicity Secretary Sohel crippled by inhuman Police torture
So what is a good way of transforming a healthy lively meritorious student leader into a cripple in the minimum time possible through inhuman torture? The OC of Kotwali Police station at Sylhet, Ataur Rahman Babul, apparently is an expert in doing so and has proved that by a recent example, resulting in a nationwide …
Dec 18
Azan and Prayers halted in Bangladesh district for fear of security forces crackdown
Nilphamari: After 5 people were killed and around 50 injured in a clash between Awami Leage coupled with Police against supporters of the 18 Party Alliance in Ramganj Bazar of the district, the unions of Tupamari and Lokkhichap have become deserted. The police have filed a case in this connection against 14 named and 1500 …
Dec 18
Shaheed Abdul Quader Mullah’s Final letter from jail to his wife
Translation Credit: S. Helal [Page 1] Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Dearest life-partner Peyari, Assalamu alikum wa rahmatullah. After the full verdict has been published today, it is very likely that, tomorrow night or tomorrow after the order reaches the jail gate, I might be taken to the condemn cell. This is the rule. Probably this is …
Dec 17
Awami League prime force behind recent violence in Bangladesh: The media speaks
Recent turmoil in Bangladesh has been a work of the Awami League, the ruling party of Bangladesh. At one end it is killing civilians and executing opposition leaders, both judicially and extrajudicially, at the other end it is setting fire to buses, temples and institutions of minorities, homes of opposition and even their own people …
Dec 11
Daily Star makes another mountain out of a bacterium called Shahbag
The Daily Star has a history of making mountains out of molehills. This time was no exception. This was the link: http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/thousands-gather-at-shahbagh/ in which the Daily Star initially said “thousands had gathered in shahbagh” (the article link is proof enough) while a modified article later said that ” Hundreds gather at Shahbag.” One would have expected that …
Dec 11
The curious case of Abdul Quader Molla
Mr. Abdul Qader Mollah is probably the most talked about Bangladeshi these days. The highest court in our country had ordered him to be executed through a questionable legal[1] process and in violation of international [2]and human rights [3]laws. Worrying yet is the huge pressure on the government, both from within and outside, to carry …
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