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BNP CITY COMMITTEE DISSOLVED
Delwar's action to deepen crisis
Special Correspondent
Wednesday's dissolution of Dhaka City committee of BNP has shocked and dismayed many activists. The action came at a time when the party is passing through the worst crisis. Workers and supporters feel that it is likely to leave a far-reaching effect on the party. When it needs more capable leadership to cement unity of the rank and file the dissolution of the most vital committee has taken aback many sympathisers of BNP. It is obvious that the BNP high command has lost confidence in the committee with Sadeq Hossain Khoka and Abdus Salam as president and secretary. The announcement of dissolution said the committee leaders acted against the interest of the party and indulged in violating party discipline. It is true that Khoka and Salam have been seen at the BNP reformist camp but they never expressed disloyalty to Chairperson Khaleda Zia...[ FULL STORY ]
POLITICAL IMPASSE
'Minus two' formula turns 'manage two'
Abdur Rahman Khan
Politics of oft quoted "minus two" formula, an attempt to get rid of the country's two top politicians - former prime ministers Begum Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina - seems to have ended in a failure. Informed sources say, the same has now been transformed into an idea of "manage two" formula as the situation calls for negotiations with BNP Chairperson Begum Zia and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to solve the present political impasse...[ FULL STORY ]
MORIARTY'S ADVICE IGNORED
Blame game remains order of the day
Sadeq Khan
Through the first few working days of June, the newspapers in Dhaka have been flashing news of a wildly oscillating political pendulum that the caretaker government managed to activate by its attempted and partially executed "dialogue" with political parties. The political climate countrywide, however, remained rain-soaked, sloppy, and largely listless...[ FULL STORY ]
SOME WEREN'T ALLOWED TO SPEAK
Business leaders' move to aid CG's depoliticisation agenda
Faruque Ahmed
The business community's dialogue with the Chief Adviser (CA) of the Caretaker Government (CG) Dr Fakaruddin Ahmed and a team of his advisers has generated both scepticism and curiosity in the country's political circle. The event took place Tuesday last as a very high-profile exercise from the CG's end as also amid great enthusiasm from a part of the business community...[ FULL STORY ]
ARREST OF ACTIVISTS SPURS DEADLOCK
CG's 'double standards' provoke new crisis
Amanullah Kabir
The drama is going on. But the audience is sick and angry. Performers are not going by rules. Some of them are playing on the stage, but the major performers seem to be playing behind the stage. Critics claim that while pandemonium dominates the show, the host has apparently chosen hands-off tactic to let the dialogue drift. The advisers assigned to organise the dialogue are now trying to give an impression to the people by saying that they have reasons to be optimistic that the major political parties will finally sit across the dialogue table. But they failed to explain when and how this miracle would happen...[ FULL STORY ]
KHALEDA ZIA'S BROADSIDE
BNP asked to remain united, avert mudslinging
Fazle Rashid
Khaleda Zia, in a broadside, first since her incarceration, came down heavily on the government, directly accusing it for pushing back the country into a state of despair and desperation. She said the country has been pushed 20 years back...[ FULL STORY ]
MAOIST NEPAL THREAT TO DELHI'S SECURITY: BJP
Uncertainty looms large in Nepal
Shamsuddin Ahmed
Dark clouds are gathering over the sky of neighbouring Nepal. Major political parties have failed to reach consensus on THE formation of government. They met twice on Wednesday without any result...[ FULL STORY ]
GLIMPSES OF THE GREAT
Wavell
K. Z. Islam
Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell (1883-1950), 1st Earl Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, PC, was the British Viceroy in India 1943-1947. In the final Despatch as Commander-in-Chief, India, Wavell wrote: "During the present war, in just under four years, from September 1939 to June 1943, I have directed some fourteen campaigns in the Western Desert of North Africa, in British Somaliland, in Eritrea, in Italian Somaliland, in Abyssinia, in Greece, in Crete, in Iraq, in Syria, in Iran, in Malaya, in the Dutch East Indies, In Burma, In Arakan...[ FULL STORY ]
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