Weekly, Saturday 13 April 2013
- Internal and external dynamics threaten sovereignty
M. Shahidul Islam - The politics of religion and blasphemy in Bangladesh
Shimul Chaudhury - The Iraq War: Ten years of US crimes against humanity
Sara Flounders - The so called ‘guardians’ of faith
Shahriar Feroze - Jamaat hold on Bangla broken for good
Zafar Sobhan - Journey without a visible end
Faisal Rahim - ‘Shahbag Movement’ and War Crimes Trial in Bangladesh: Where Is the Country Heading to?
Muhammad Nazrul Islam
Politics
Dipu Moni backs proposed trade pact with US
of both countries,\" she told a press conference at the foreign ministry.
The briefing was organised to apprise journalists of her recent tour of US, as well as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to Thailand.
“We have a long neg Details »»
National
Buriganga turning harmful
Waste dumping continues
ed polythene and other waste removal from Buriganga and Turag rivers\' project and was funded from the Climate Change Trust Fund.
\'The total fund allocated was Tk 21 crore of which Tk 17 crore allocated to remove wastes from the Buriganga and Tk 4 crore for the Turag,\" an official source of BIWTA said adding the project started in May Details »»
Metro
10 Ashulia RMG units locked out
Workers demand pay hike
s, Sharmin Fashions and Sharaf Apparels were shut down on Tuesday night. The lock-out notices were hanged at the gates of the respective factory.
On Tuesday morning, several thousand workers of the adjoining factories joined the demonstrators of the clo Details »»
Business
Westin arranges Szechuan food festival
d guests.
Aftab Ansari, EAM, Finance, Mostafa Noor E Safa, head of Marketing, Giuseppe Napoli, manager F&B and other high officials of the Westin Dhaka were present on the occasion.
Chef Lorin Wang a Details »»
Entertainment
The 1st all-Emirati, all-girl rock band
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oung women are all students at the Higher Colleges of Technology at Al Ain, and were brought together by English teacher Jackie Small from the UK. Remarkably, given the standard of their performance during an art exhibition at the college yesterday, only one of
them had played an instr Details »»
Sports
Bangladesh play Iran in the second match today
lifying match against Iran, who are down on morale after enduring a 6-0 drubbing at the hands of the Philippines.
‘We have watched the video clips of the first two matches. We are trying to rectify our mistakes we hav Details »»
World
Ahmadinejad to contest poll bar on ally Mashaei
hopeful the problem will be solved,\" he added.
However, Rafsanjani will not contest his disqualification, his campaign manager was quoted as saying.
Rafsanjani, who was Details »»
Sci-Tech
Microsoft launches ‘Xbox One’
The Xbox One took four years to develop and will be the launchpad for a "Halo" live-action video series produced by Steven Spielberg. Details »»
Literature
Rabindranath Tagore: A versatile genius
He was his parents’ fourteenth and last child. Although his mother died when he was very young, the life of his nationalist father inspired hi Details »»
Poll
Do you agree with Foreign Minister Dipu Moni that the Opposition Khaleda Zia’s cancellation of a scheduled meeting with the Indian president is “unfortunate” and “a departure from democratic norms”?
Quote Of The Day
BNP Chairperson
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Interviews
Micro-credit that transforms lives of many : Dr Muhammad Yunus
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