UN probe reveals Hasina, top leaders led brutal repression
The UN Human Rights Office has released a report detailing severe human rights violations committed during last year’s student-led protests in Bangladesh, which resulted in the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government. According to the report, the security and intelligence forces, along with Awami League-affiliated violent elements, carried out systematic and widespread repression, leading to as many as 1,400 deaths in just 46 days. Thousands were injured, with most of the casualties attributed to security forces’ gunfire. Among those killed, approximately 12–13 per cent were children. Additionally, Bangladesh Police reported 44 officer deaths.
Elections in 2025 would be a mistake and injurious to Bangladesh
It would be a gigantic, horrific mistake, and grave injustice to Bangladesh Freedom Fighters – living and dead – if the elections were held this year. A grave injustice.
For the first time in all its 54 years of existence, Bangladesh has a rare opportunity to clean up the horrific mess created by business opportunists and corrupt politicians, shamefully forgetting why the war was fought between Bangladesh and Pakistan.
The war was fought in 1971 to unshackle Bengalis from corruption, and w...
The war was fought in 1971 to unshackle Bengalis from corruption, and w...
Bangladesh rewrites its past
At Dhaka University, the cradle of a student uprising that overthrew Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August, a mural featuring her late father, the independence hero Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been defaced.
Red paint splatters the face of the man many Bangladeshis revere as a founder of the nation. Under his visage, which is depicted addressing an adoring crowd, someone has scrawled the words: “Icon of fascism”.
Barely half a year after a revolution that overthrew Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule, the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is rewriting Bangladesh’s official history, downplaying Sheikh Mujib’s role in its 1971 struggle for independence and challenging the cult of personality that was built around him.
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Nurerchala is a living hell for shoppers (and shopkeepers)
It is often said the worst sight in the world is to witness ignorance and stupidity in action.
That said, roadwork construction workers, their supervisors, and management in Nurerchala, are taking it to a new level and their mission, seemingly, is to win a Guinness Book of Records citation for their disgraceful efforts.
They’ve dug up four adjoining roads to install new sewerage pipes. (Bravo!) However (big, …BIG) sigh… mindlessly they’ve piled the earth, stone, and broken bricks not only on the road edges but also on the footpaths! Unbelievable!
Now, to get through to shopping is a hazardous obstacle course and a potential death ...
That said, roadwork construction workers, their supervisors, and management in Nurerchala, are taking it to a new level and their mission, seemingly, is to win a Guinness Book of Records citation for their disgraceful efforts.
They’ve dug up four adjoining roads to install new sewerage pipes. (Bravo!) However (big, …BIG) sigh… mindlessly they’ve piled the earth, stone, and broken bricks not only on the road edges but also on the footpaths! Unbelievable!
Now, to get through to shopping is a hazardous obstacle course and a potential death ...
A saint walked among us
They say it's human nature that the large majority of people we love and admire most we take for granted. We never really show them our appreciation while they are alive because, we think, there will be countless opportunities in the future.
How wrong can we be? The death occurred recently of Dr Ali Akbar, a well-known and admired personality in my village of Haydarabad. His passing shook the community like an earthquake.
Dr. Ali Akbar – or “Ali” as he was known to most – was liked and admired by all for many reasons, but there’s much more to this compassionate gentleman than most know.
Ali Akbar was a truly remarkable young man from his teens and an inspiration to all in our village. He led an exemplary life, providing for his mother and four siblings when his father left them...
