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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...

EP delegation calls for resolving political crisis

The visiting European parliamentary (EP) delegation has urged an immediate end to the increasing violence and called for resolving the political crisis in Bangladesh. “The delegation, having met government and opposition violance BDrepresentatives, urged an immediate end to the increasing violence and echoed calls from the international community and Bangladeshi civil society to solve the political crisis,” the delegation said in a statement this evening. MEP Cristian Dan Preda, the chair of the delegation, added during discussions, t...

Rising sea levels threaten millions of Indians, Bangladeshis

The tiny hut sculpted out of mud at the edge of the sea is barely large enough for Bokul Mondol and his family to lie down. The water has taken everything else from them, and one day it almost certainly will take this, too. environmentSaltwater long ago engulfed the 5 acres where Mondol once grew rice and tended fish ponds, as his ancestors had on Bali Island for some 200 years. His thatch-covered hut, built on public land, is the fifth he has had to build in the last five years as the sea creeps in. “Every year we have to move a lit...

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...
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