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Fake freedom fighters to be punished, assures Faruk E Azam

Bir Protik Faruk E Azam, the advisor to the liberation war affairs and disaster management ministries, said that any fake freedom fighters identified will be punished for ‘deceiving’ the state. He made the remarks at a press briefing on Saturday at the Chattogram Circuit House regarding the city's law and order situation. “Scrutinising the list of freedom fighters, we can see the reality of what happened. They have become freedom fighters in many forms and ways,” said Faruk. “We will examine the issue (fa...

India faces the gravest geopolitical fallout from Sheikh Hasina’s exit

In the hours before Sheikh Hasina fled Gonobhaban, her official residence in Dhaka, on 5 August, Bangladeshi security forces killed scores of protesters who had joined a huge march to the capital demanding an end to her autocratic rule. Around the same time, it has since been reported, Hasina had pressured the army chief to enforce a curfew using deadly force, which would have meant the military joining the bloodbath. The army chief refused.

650 killed during student movement in Bangladesh, reports UN

What China and India must do to join the rich club

“To get rich is glorious” is the maxim that inspired one of the most successful development strategies of the past 50 years. It’s an aspiration widely shared across developing countries—and for good reason. When countries become wealthier, the results can be glorious. Living standards rise. Poverty recedes. The propensity to pollute dwindles, as products and production methods improve. That’s...

34+ years later, but still much the same

It must be so confusing for a child to be told by his or her Prime Minister in national news broadcasts that they are “remarkably special”... “the future of Bangladesh”... and then attends school the following day and gets beaten by an ignorant ‘teacher’ or Imam as if they were worthless


 ----- write Sir Frank Peters


If the child...

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