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Does Chief Justice really
seek judicial reform?
M. Shahidul Islam
The Chief Justice (CJ) Ruhul Amin has made some comments on August 11 that brook further elaboration and extrapolation. The CJ seems to be seeking some judicial reform, but feels constrained to ask for it openly at a time when the nation's parliament is non-existent and emergency rules are in force... [ FULL STORY ]
Mystifying message from Chief Justice
Supreme Court to 'pull
the nation out of mire'
Sadeq Khan
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin has generated a little bit of media controversy as well as a hot lot of whispered speculations amongst the political and civil society elite in Bangladesh. The Supreme Court judges will weigh in for sure to rescue the nation from any crisis, Chief Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin had asserted in a seminar... [ FULL STORY ]
Winners are weapon contractors
US arms sales preserve Israel's edge
Thalif Deen at United Nations
When the United States sells state-of-the-art weapons systems to Arab nations, it invariably provides even more lethal and sophisticated arms to its steadfast ally, Israel, in order to help counter the firepower of its neighbours... [ FULL STORY ]
An Indian view
Deport Taslima and review refugee policy
Jasim Mohammad in Aligarh
Roughing up of well-known writer Taslima Nasreen at Hyderabad, once again brought up the issue of freedom of speech in focus. What happened at Hyderabad was not in good taste but who are responsible for that? The whole drama was the end result of wrong policies of the UPA government at the centre and the left government of West Bengal... [ FULL STORY ]
60 years after subcontinent's partition
36 Indians own $191 billion, Pakistan lacks integration
Abdur Rahman Khan
Two South Asian countries, India and Pakistan, have celebrated their 60th anniversary of independence last week.
Looking back, incidentally, the 14th August was decided to be the Independence Day of Pakistan on the basis of the Dhaka standard time which is half-an hour ahead of the midnight of August 14-15 on which day the two new nations were created in Indian subcontinent... [ FULL STORY ]
Assam defies militants' diktat once again
Nava Thakuria in Guwahati
Journalists of Asom (Assam) in particular and citizens in general have once again come out to defy the militants' diktat and assembled at the press club to hoist the national flag. The participants also included hundreds of senior citizens, social activists and youths. They took out a procession in the streets of Guwahati chanting slogans related to India's Independence Day...[ FULL STORY ]
Glimpses of the Great
Leo Tolstoy
K Z Islam
It took Tolstoy almost seven years to write his vast epic War and Peace generally regarded as one of the two or three greatest novels in world literature. Covering the period 1805-14 War and Peace is primarily concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are portrayed against vivid background of Russian social life and titanic struggle of clashing armies during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. His second great novel Anna Karenina deals with Russian society in the 1860s, is pessimistic, and inner conflicts of its characters, often unresolved, sometimes bring about human disasters. These two books made him a national hero, brought him worldwide fame, wealth and a reputation for moral sagacity which perhaps no other novelist has ever enjoyed... [ FULL STORY ]
NEWS NOTES FROM NEW YORK
Fazle Rashid
No room for complacency
The government leaders and policy planners in Bangladesh exude confidence about meeting the vexing post-flood situations, the most crucial of which will be to fill the gap of food shortage. They say shortage will be met by import. The import of food grains will cause a serious dent on public purse... [ FULL STORY ]
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