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A manmade disaster
Dhaka will face more deluges
M.H. Siddiqi, B.U.
There is no dearth of papers and articles on floods in Bangladesh. Whenever we have been hit by a catastrophic event, scores of stories are found to appear in the print media almost immediately. This statement is, by no means, intended to undermine such profuse appearance or the efforts of the individuals to express their own perception about this nagging recurrent menace that disrupts normal life. On the contrary, it reflects the concern and awareness among many about the phenomenon... [ FULL STORY ]
Interpol urged to help nab Joy
Confession to grenade attack on AL rally
Shamsuddin Ahmed
The government has issued red notice through the Interpol to secure Tanvirul Islam Joy, a notorious criminal from Bangladesh, who was arrested by the police in Kolkata on May 5. The authorities had to take this step because the Indian government was not paying any heed to Dhaka's request of sending him back home along with other terrorists who fled the country and are staying in India, mostly in Kolkata... [ FULL STORY ]
Army chief says: No plan for martial
law, nor interested in politics
Sadeq Khan
In a cosy tea-meeting Wednesday morning on May 23, editors of leading newspapers of Dhaka were given an audience by Lt. General Moeen U. Ahmed, the Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Army. The editors were there to express their concern about allegations they have been receiving from their staff members that a good number of them throughout the country were being unreasonably harassed and intimidated by task forces operatives and intelligence agencies... [ FULL STORY ]
Atrophied politics and charade
Corruptions of past 10 years
warrant penal action
Shamsuddin Ahmed
It is no wonder that the politicians long away from power and perks would try to buy external support in a bid to regain the lost opportunities. The letter of 15 US senators asking the interim Caretaker Government (CG) for withdrawing ban on political activities and holding elections at the earliest is no doubt a part of the game of the politicians... [ FULL STORY ]
What led to Haider's death
at United Hospital?
Holiday report
This is a pathetic how a patient had to die under mysterious circumstances at United Hospital. As the story goes, on 17 April last Alhaj Fakhruddin Haider was admitted to United Hospital at Gulshan under heart surgeon Dr. Jahangir Kabir. The purpose was to perform CABG because his Coronary Engiography Report mentioned Triple Vessel Disease. The doctor performed surgical operation on him on 23 April morning and assured his family members of successful surgery. But the same evening he performed another surgery on Fakhruddin Haider for three hours. About this second surgery he did not take any written consent from his family nor did he inform them... [ FULL STORY ]
Glimpses of the Great
Indira and Sanjay
By K. Z. Islam
Sanjay arrived on 14 December 1946, nearly killing Indira Gandhi and from the start, he was with big trouble. Sanjay was sent to Doon School a premier boarding school of India and subsequently to England. Sanjay never attended college...[ FULL STORY ]
Pakistan at political crossroads
Abdur Rahman Khan
Pakistan is on the crossroads of political trouble transition. With the present regime of General Pervez Musharraf planning for the next general elections, the opposition political parties are trying to mount pressure for an early election... [ FULL STORY ]
Repugnant blockade of Nahr el-Bared
Lebanese tragedy: siege of Palestinians
Robert Fisk in Beirut
There is something obscene about watching the siege of Nahr el-Bared. The old Palestinian camp -- home to 30,000 lost souls who will never go "home" -- basks in the Mediterranean sunlight beyond a cluster of orange orchards. Soldiers of the Lebanese army, having retaken their positions on the main road north, idle their time aboard their old personnel carriers. And we representatives of the world's press sit equally idly atop a half-built apartment block, basking in the little garden or sipping cups of scalding tea beside the satellite dishes where the titans of television stride by in their blue space suits and helmets... [ FULL STORY ]
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