HuT, others march in Dhaka again

Several hundred Islamists Friday went out on demonstrations in front of Baitul Mukarram mosque in Dhaka and brought out a procession protesting against the publication of a cartoon in Prothom Alo weekly supplement, Alpin, and an article in Weekly 2000, alleged to have hurt the religious sentiment of Muslims.

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AL to talk reforms with allies

Awami League will start formal meetings with the components of the AL-led combine from Saturday to mobilize them and persuade them to submit identical proposals for electoral reforms in their dialogs with the Election Commission. On the first day of its series of discussions with allies, AL will sit with Worker’s Party Saturday at the Gulshan resid

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The myth of the anti-corruption drive

On Wednesday, Berlin-based Transparency International (TI) released its Corruption Perceptions Index for 2007. The Daily Star newspaper in Bangladesh announced the news with the headline “Bangladesh improves on its graft image: Climbs up to 7th position from bottom of TI’s corruption index.”

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TI: Bangladesh 162/180

Bangladesh’s position has remained steady in terms of integrity as it ranked 162 among 180 countries in the corruption perceptions index (CPI) 2007, Transparency International said Wednesday.

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Economists reject TI report

Leading economists of the country have rejected Bangladesh’s ranking in the Transparency International’s corruption perception index (CPI), saying that the report did not include broader perspective of corruption that can reflect a realistic picture.

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Coming to America

Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, the civilian face of Bangladesh’s military government, has arrived in America. For the first time in sixteen years Bangladesh will be represented at the UN General Assembly by an unelected technocrat. While Dr. Ahmed lacks a constituency back in Bangladesh he should feel quite at home in New York.

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Khilafatists march against press freedom in Dhaka

Talk about press freedom under a shariah state, a khilafat, where divinely appointed ulemas will carry out the even more divine task of dictating the public mind. Enter Hizb ut-Tahrir — a global Islamic political party working for the reestablishment of Khilafat — with a sneak preview of how the press will be tackled under the divine rule they stau

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Twenty20 Final: India throws off rivals Pakistan for the Cup

India have just slashed their way to victory !!! Weeeii ! The whole of India is going crazy right now as people starts the celebration. This is a good review of the whole game, along with some quotes from the players, after the game.Go India ! Feel a little bad for Pakistan though :(

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Battling Islamists In Bangladesh

Battling Islamists In Bangladesh

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Attack against freedom of speech: Bangladesh cartoon controversy update

Attack against freedom of speech: Bangladesh cartoon controversy update

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Bangladesh: Cartoon Blashphemy?

Prothom Alo cartoon irks Bangladeshi Muslims. Cartoonist Arifur Rahman arrested by the police. Alpin magazine editor has been sacked. Issue banned by the government. Apology issued by Prothom Alo.

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Bangladesh blocking access to Google?

Perhaps not yet but this question was raised by Canadian expatriate blogger Shawn as problems in accessing Google started from around September 8-9.

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Tsunami panic in Bangladesh

Tsunami panic in Bangladesh

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Fakhruddin Ahmed Addressed the Nation

The regular evening news in Bangladesh on September 9 was interrupted to carry live the speech delivered Chief Advisor (CA) of the Caretaker Government (CTG) of Bangladesh Fakhruddin Ahmed. Dr. Ahmed addressed the nation and revealed some very important decisions made by the CTG. Note that there was no prior announcement of this speech.

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European Parliament resolution on Bangladesh

The European Parliament has been keeping track on our current events, including the student riots, detainment of teachers, violation of Human Rights on many instances and the attack on the Press and Electronic Media.

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Government shuts down Bangladesh's first 24 hour news channel CSB

The Bangladesh government temporarily shut down its first 24 hour private satellite news channel on charges of forgery. If the TV authority can not answer satisfactorily the charges of forgery within 7 days, the station will be shut down permanently. News reports in BBC, The Daily Star and BDNews24.

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