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Jan 05 election failed one, EIP terms

A global project namely the Electoral Integrity Project’s (EIP) has termed the January 05, 2014 election in Bangladesh as a “failed” one. That ballot has been ranked 113th in a list of 127 elections worldwide between 1 July 2012 and 31 December 2014, according to EIP annual report released in February. [caption id="attachment_13149" align="alignleft" width="300"]voterless election Photo Courtesy[/caption] Elections only in insurgency-torn countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Egypt and Congo are placed below ...

Kerry seeks govt’s action to peacefully end violence

United States Secretary of State John Kerry has called for Bangladesh government's action to peacefully end the recent violence in the country and pulled up on political parties for targeting the civilians during agitation. [caption id="attachment_13144" align="alignleft" width="300"]kerry Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism Foreign Fighter Ministerial at the State Department in Washington February 19. Photo: Reuters[/caption] “The Secretary called for government action to peacefully end the...

Govt’s no to UN overture to talks

Acknowledging the UN chief’s letter with a call for dialogue, the Awami League government on Wednesday rejected outright the possibility of talks with the BNP. “The government’s stand is clear: we don’t want to talk to any killer,” state minister for foreign affairs M Shahriar Alam said. “I don’t see any dialogue.” Ban ki MoonThe state minister confirmed the receipt of UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon’s letter dated 30 January to prime minister Sheikh Hasina, two weeks later though. “We were hearing (about the letter) but conspicuo...

Gold smuggling at an all-time high, Biman involved (!)

There was nothing unusual about the thrice-weekly Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG048 from Dubai via the Bangladeshi port of Chittagong which landed in the capital, Dhaka, at 8.30am on the morning of February 2. Except for the fact that it arrived two hours ahead of schedule — and that it carried a secret cargo: 485 gold bars stashed in compartments throughout the plane, in its toilets and life jacket cabinets. GoldThe seizure, totaling 135 pounds (61 kilograms) worth nearly $4 million, was the latest in a string of illegal gold shipments intercep...

Bank Asia Director Chowdhury dies

Dr. Md. Shafiuddin Chowdhury, former Sponsor Director of Bank Asia expired at United Hospital yesterday (17 February, 2015). He was 80 and suffering from old age complications. Dr ChowdhuryLate Dr. Md. Shafiuddin Chowdhury was Chairman of Soil Science Department of the University of Dhaka. He was also Chairman of Sea Resources Group. He left behind his wife, two sons, one daughter and a host of relatives, friends and well-wishers to mourn his death. Dr. Md. Shafiuddin Chowdhury was laid to rest at Azimpur Graveyard (Dhaka) after Na...

Bangladesh on the brink of political disaster

Bangladesh, a South Asian country of 150 million people, is on the brink of disaster now after facing a prolonged political turmoil for over a year. The recent bouts of political violence began on January 3 when police, on the order of the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, acted very highhandedly and banned all the protests in the national capital city of Dhaka. The police also confined the leader of the country’s hartalmain opposition, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP, Khaleda Zia, to her office. Apparently this was done to neutralize the oppositi...
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