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DONORS PRESCRIBE TRADE-DRIVEN DEV.
Experience negates acceptability: Aziz
Faruque Ahmed
Major development partners are pressing the government this time to sign an agreement thereby to join a 'mechanism' to relate the 'trade related technical assistance' to Bangladesh with its PRSP programme, now mainstreaming the nation's development process. They have come up with the proposal of 'creating a national strategy for trade' under an 'enhanced integrated framework (EIF)' to place trade issues at the centre of the country's development planning. And it is a move addressed to all LDCs to join, not only to
Bangladesh...[ FULL STORY ]
MUKHERJEE'S DHAKA VISIT
Can he change Delhi's perception?
M. Shahidul Islam
With the right intent, collaborations during natural disasters can act as a harbinger of increased fraternity between nations. The Indian response to the latest cyclone devastations in Bangladesh has increased such a relation and may further improve the existing ties between the two next-door neighbours. Or, will it?...[ FULL STORY ]
Pranab's gesture welcome,
but India could do more
Sadeq Khan
Pranab Mukherjee, India's minister for External Affairs has left a good impression by his whirlwind visit to Dhaka and to Sidr-struck places in Barisal and Bagerhat (Sharankhola and Reyenda). He had a sky view from helicopter over devastated coastal villages and the Sundarbans as well...[ FULL STORY ]
ELDERS CALLS TO END DARFUR CRISIS
Sudan to accept peacekeepers
from Bangladesh, China
Moinuddin Naser in New York
Sudan has agreed to accept peacekeeping forces from Bangladesh and China to tackle the Darfur crisis, former US president Jimmy Carter told a press conference in China on Wednesday following a statement of a group which calls itself the Elders...[ FULL STORY ]
The promised polls turning elusive
Shamsuddin Ahmed
The situation is getting cloudy. The elections promised by the end of next year or even earlier now seem a remote prospect. The indications are loud and clear...[ FULL STORY ]
BANGLADESH KALYAN PARTY
Here comes another second fiddler
Special Correspondent
Syed Mohammad Ibrahim, a retired major general of the army, has stepped in active politics. He floated a political party styled Bangladesh Kalyan Party (BKP) Tuesday. The multi-colour front-page advertisement in national dailies about the launching of the party has amused and bemused many in the political circles. Some observed that the BKP was likely to go the way same as the Progressive Democratic Party floated by Ferdous Ahmed Quareshi several months ago with much fanfare. They have added only to the dozens of existing obscure political parties having no roots among the masses...[ FULL STORY ]
US MARINES IN BANGLADESH
Much ado about nothing
Mohammad Ali Sattar
Of late, a debate has been raging over the presence of US Marine Corps in Bangladesh. The devastating cyclone that hit the coastal belt has left the people of Bangladesh awestruck. The extent of damage is colossal. To date we have all been absorbed in post-cyclone relief and rehabilitation efforts. The question of participation by the political parties in relief distribution has also come up and died without any answer. Some quarters have even demanded the release of the detained chiefs of Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party so that they can take part in relief operations. The government gave a cold shoulder to the meek demand. It, however, did not bar the party activists from getting involved in such
efforts...[ FULL STORY ]
GLIMPSES OF THE GREAT
Marilyn Monroe
K. Z. Islam
Just before dawn on 5 August 1962 the dead body of Marilyn Monroe was discovered in her house. The conclusion was obvious . . . 36 years old Marilyn had committed suicide. The inquest verdict went unquestioned for some months. But when at last doubts were raised, the resultant scandal threatened to be bigger than anything the
actress had created in her
lifetime...[ FULL STORY ]
THE BOTTOM LINE
Taher Quddus
It is a story about dousing a wild fire only with a mug of water...[ FULL STORY ]
Adivasi demonstrators face violence in Guwahati
Nava Thakuria in Guwahati
It was a sunny Saturday morning that suddenly turned and remained violent till noon. The residents of Beltola in Guwahati witnessed a calm procession of around thousand Adivasis (aboriginals), both male and female, marching from Beltola towards Dispur. The demonstrators, equipped with traditional bow-arrows marched to the Assam Secretariat at Dispur to add voices to their demand for inclusion of the communities in the scheduled tribe list. But soon it turned violent to create an unruly situation in the locality, which Guwahatians will perhaps never forget...[ FULL STORY ]
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