Photo: Dhaka Tribune More may appear today or tomorrow. But here’s a long list of extremist Islamist groups, along with five banned outfits, international groups, suspected financier NGOs operating in Bangladesh. It’s shocking for the ordinary, unarmed and peace-loving people, no doubt, because they won’t be able to fight the armed-radical Islamists with arms. They […]
BDR Mutiny: Khaleda Zia did not flee, wanted army to intervene, says leaked WikiLeaks cable
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Ziaexpected to receive a call from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the day of the BDR mutiny but one had never come, says a US embassy cable leaked by WikiLeaks. During a meeting with then US ambassador James F Moriarty on March 4, the three-time former premier was critical of the government’s […]
WikiLeaks: Socialism a failed system, said Sheikh Hasina
At a meeting with then US ambassador William B Milam on July 10, 1991, Awami League President and then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina spent a considerable amount of time explaining why the party’s call for socialism was really not/not a call for socialism. Hasina said she personally had no sympathy for socialism, that she knows […]
Bangladesh’s ‘fraud’ Islami Banking dilemma should end
Well, I’m not a specialist on banking and precisely Islami or Sharia-based banking. But a recent comment by the country’s finance minister has stunned me. I demand that the issue is clarified by the government and the state recognises and adopts the true path in line with the constitution. I know we’ve a lot of […]
Who is our MAIN GOD?
Our Earth in 2012. Photo: NASA There are roughly 4,200 religions in the world, according to some estimates, says Wikipedia! So the world’s humans have created the same number of Gods for the world, which is now aged around 4.5 billion years! However, humans came into being around 15 million years back and now they become 7.2 billions (7,295,584,700) at […]
Bangladesh Victory Day 2014: Disgusting facts
This year’s Victory Day celebration has been marred by some events and facts that are unacceptable for many quarters; some of the events have been taking place recurrently though. Controversial Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited this year has donated an undisclosed amount of money for the government-sponsored Victory Day celebrations along with a number of other firms. Earlier […]
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