Recent Posts Tagged With 'politics'

• Back To Square One

  Posted on Monday December 28th, 2009 at 03:27 in politics, Bangladesh

  Tomorrow is the anniversary of the landmark election that brought Bangladesh back to the path of Democracy. So what change has this one year brought to Bangladesh? We have got many young and energetic ministers who have promised a lot but yet failed...

• The Hawa Bhaban Conspiracy

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 23:43 in politics, Bangladesh

  Who was behind the August 21, 2004 murder plot against Sheikh Hasina left unanswered for years. But now shocking details are emerging. Last year we learned that the former BNP lawmaker and deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu Pintu was detained and ch...

• Hizbut Tahrir Banned In Bangladesh

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 12:47 in religion, politics, Bangladesh

  In 2007 I wrote why Hizbut Tahrir is the next threat for Bangladesh. They had been recruiting talented youths from Bangladeshi education institutions and brain washing them for their quest to establish Khilafat. Rawi commented in my above post: I ha...

• 15th Of August

  Posted on Saturday August 15th, 2009 at 12:30 in politics, Bangladesh

  Today is a black day for Bangladesh. 34 years ago on this day the father of the nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated along with his family members. On 7th of March 1971 he gave a fiery speech which united the nation towards the liberation of...

• Torture And Custodian Death Prohibition Bill 2009

  Posted on Sunday February 22nd, 2009 at 06:02 in politics, Bangladesh, human rights, law

  It is about time Bangladesh should do something about the extra judicial killings it has witnessed for many years. Ever since Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) started operating in 2004 to stop spiraling crime, they have made a practice of killing crimina...

• Latest Results Of Bangladesh Election 2008

  Posted on Monday December 29th, 2008 at 14:16 in politics, Bangladesh, election

  Its a landslide victory for Awami League and the grand alliance.Here are the party wise details.Here is a nicely done detailed interactive map with updated results.Image courtesy The New Age. ...

• Liveblogging Bangladesh Elections results

  Posted on Monday December 29th, 2008 at 07:08 in politics, Bangladesh, election, breaking news

  The vote ended a couple of hours ago. The results have started coming in. Still early to call anything.* BDT 7:09PM Nayadiganta is updating Districtwise results* BDT 7:11PM The Daily Star has nice layout for the results. Still the figures are nil.* B...

• Rural Voices

  Posted on Monday December 29th, 2008 at 03:43 in politics, Bangladesh, election

  By Unnayan TVThe video was randomly recorded in two villages “Mujatati” and “Kabarikanda” of Mymensingh districts from 12-15 December 2008. The rural interviewers expressed their real feeling with instant opinion; could be called “Public De...

• Bangladesh: Microblogging an election

  Posted on Sunday December 28th, 2008 at 19:55 in politics, Web 2.0, Bangladesh, election

  In a few hours time 81 million Bangladeshi voters (51% women) will go to vote for the ninth parliamentary election. The election is crucial for the nation as it will bring the country back into the track of democracy after two years of emergency rule...

• Banngladesh Goes into Poll

  Posted on Sunday December 28th, 2008 at 18:05 in politics, Bangladesh, election

  (Image credit: The Daily Star)in a few hours Bangladeshis will decide their future by voting in the ninth parliamentary election. Stay tuned for all the coverage in E-Bangladesh, The New Age, Somewhere in, Amar Blog, BDNEWS24.com etc. ...

• Video of the day

  Posted on Sunday December 14th, 2008 at 17:02 in politics, video, usa

  Smack that! ...

• Awami League Election Manifesto

  Posted on Friday December 12th, 2008 at 05:53 in politics, Bangladesh, election

  Awami League unveiled today their election manifesto which looks promising. You can download the manifesto from here.The salient features of the election promises include:* Measures will be taken to reduce the unbearable burden of price hike and keep...

• The new low in Bangladeshi politics

  Posted on Sunday November 30th, 2008 at 19:07 in politics, Bangladesh

  BNP nominated its former lawmaker and deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu along with his brother Sultan Salauddin Tuku, senior vice-president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, for the Tangail-2 constituency as its candidate in the December 29 parliamentary ...

• Karachi Riots

  Posted on Saturday November 29th, 2008 at 10:31 in politics, pakistan, disaster

  After Mumbai, now its Karachi. Newspapers report that four persons killed and 77 got injured in Karachi ethnic violence . GEO reports:The riots started in Banaras area where unknown armed-men opened fire at passing vehicles and also pelted them with ...

• Bangladesh Election: The field gets heated up

  Posted on Monday November 24th, 2008 at 11:09 in politics, Bangladesh, election

  After the deferral of polls to December 29, 2008 the Election commission of Bangladesh has met one of the demands of BNP and they are hoping that this will pave way for the all inclusive election. The BNP hailed the decision but is still hoping that ...

• Election at last!

  Posted on Thursday November 20th, 2008 at 16:35 in politics, Bangladesh, election

  We have got some conflicting reports coming from Bangladesh. The government declared that the election will be on schedule i.e. December 18th after its frantic two-day negotiations with BNP-led 4-party alliance failed. The government proposals the BN...

• Uncertainties in Bangladesh

  Posted on Wednesday November 19th, 2008 at 16:26 in politics, Bangladesh

  "Is everything OK in Bangladesh?" asks BDfact. The government was to announce around 3 PM today a new poll date instead of 18th December. BNP and its coalition is almost on the verge of boycotting the election. It was evident from their play with rel...