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Politicians shaken by interim govt.'s
anti-graft, anti-crime moves
Sadeq Khan
The political establishment in Bangladesh across the great divide has been visibly shaken by the latest bout of joint operation being carried out by the armed forces and the police. The drive for decriminalization of the polity has taken a sensational turn with the haul of a score of "big fish in the net", to borrow the jargon of one of the advisers of the Caretaker Government... [ FULL STORY ]
Politics to enter a new phase
AL, BNP ready to fight
legal battle together
A.R. Khan
Bangladesh politics appears to be entering into a new phase of legal battle with the detention of a good number of political leaders being challenged in the High Court. The Court generally having a negative notion about the abuse of Special Powers Act of 1974 will, however, have to take into consideration this time the presence of a new state of emergency that was promulgated last month... [ FULL STORY ]
Nothing is unfair in war and love
Fazle Rashid in New York
Nothing is unfair in war and love. This English adage was put into practice by Capt. Lisa Nowak, a US astronaut who feared her boy friend commander William Oefelein, a fellow astronaut, is being enticed by Capt. Colleen Shipman of the US Airforce. Thinking herself to be jilted, Lisa Nowak drove 900 miles from Texas to Florida to have a dual with Colleen Shipman... [ FULL STORY ]
Capturing bigwigs
Trial has to be effective and speedy
Mohammed Ali Sattar
The crackdown to arrest the bigwigs of political parties is actually a bold move undertaken by the interim government. A number of political stalwarts have been taken into custody by the joint forces since last Saturday. According to newspaper reports, a list of forty-one major suspects have been prepared by the caretaker government (CG) and hunt for the listed persons is underway. The family members of the captured persons told the media that they were taken in under the Special Powers Act 1974... [ FULL STORY ]
Amnesty Intl. slates rights abuses
Pressure mounting for timely polls
M. Shahidul Islam in Toronto
While the caretaker government is busy in chasing the alleged corrupt politicians, pressure is mounting from within and without to hold timely polls as well as to desist from abusing human rights... [ FULL STORY ]
Roots of nation's crises run deep
Fazle Rashid in New York
Something unique has taken place in Bangladesh. Four honourable judges who have dispensed justice at the highest seat of judiciary have suffered the ignominy of being painted as partisan persons not fit to conduct fair, free and transparent elections. At least one was prevented from fulfilling his constitutional obligation and three others were forcibly shown the door. Their places have been taken over by former civil servants who are considered more conscientious, forthright, honest and neutral. The Judges have been eased out to facilitate holding of free, fair and transparent elections...
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Zhu Xian new WB country director
Zhu Xian today assumed his responsibilities as World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh... [ FULL STORY ]
Assamese media fighting
within and beyond
Nava Thakuria in Guwahati
The media in Asom (earlier known as Assam) is fighting with external forces and also within. When both the print and visual media of the trouble-torn state fought back together against the diktat of the armed groups to observe both Independence Day and Republic Day collectively, they got confused and divided to defend a private news channel after airing a speculative news story depicting an inherent understanding between the government and the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)... [ FULL STORY ]
ISLAMABAD DIARY
Jonaid Iqbal
It is irrelevant now to debate whether he was a suicide bomber or not. The important fact is that a suicide attacker blew himself up at the Islamabad airport car park, Tuesday night (February 7). He was killed and 10 other people were injured when he killed himself... [ FULL STORY ]
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