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HIGH-PROFILE RECEPTION ACCORDED
Media treats Gen. Moeen as the man Delhi can trust
M. Shahidul Islam
The army chief's recent visit to India has drawn mythological anecdotes of varied natures. The timing and the texture of the visit aside, this was the first time an incumbent Bangladesh army chief was accorded a very unusually high-profile reception by the Indian government...[ FULL STORY ]
Confusion over future of polls persists
Abdur Rahman Khan
The Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) is working to bring desired reforms in the electoral process but the political parties and the people in general are still in confusion whether free and fair parliamentary polls would be held as per the roadmap announced by the interim caretaker government (CG) last year...[ FULL STORY ]
ARMY CHIEF'S IMPRESSIVE INDIA VISIT
Irritants with India remain unresolved
Sadeq Khan
After the Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed returned to Dhaka concluding his six-day India visit, an ISPR press release on March 2 quoted General Moeen to have told Indian military and civil leaders that "the relations between India and Bangladesh were founded in the battlefield...[ FULL STORY ]
US PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
McCain wins Republican race; Hillary, Obama neck-and-neck
Moinuddin Naser in New York
The latest round of Democratic contests levelled the playing field, leaving everyone asking, "Now what?...[ FULL STORY ]
Poultry sector: Low-interest loan a must for its recovery
Faruque Ahmed
The poultry industry has taken the brunt of the devastation over the recent weeks as the Bird flu wrecked this rural sector with huge tolls. The disease initially came to Bangladesh from neighbouring West Bengal where it has also wrought havoc to poultry farmers...[ FULL STORY ]
Electoral equation tends to favour Hillary
Fazle Rashid in New York
Hillary Rodham Clinton, whose White House campaign was hanging precariously losing nine states in a trot, bounced back into reckoning, winning Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island. The results, however, have not left any clear victor. Hillary Clinton has been able to close the gap but Barack Obama still leads in delegates count...[ FULL STORY ]
EQUALITY IN LEVEL PLAYING FIELD NEEDED
Global trade: Can't be left to free trade economists
Riaz K. Tayob
The European Union (EU) was irked by the presentation from Cambridge economist, Ha Joon Chang, during the informal discussions at the twelfth session of UNCTAD's (UN Conference on Trade and Development) Commission on Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities...[ FULL STORY ]
GLIMPSES OF THE GREAT
Adolf Hitler
K. Z. Islam
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) became Chancellor of Germany in 1933. The crude vulgar, uneducated "Bavarian corporal" Adolf Hitler had become Chancellor of Germany, one of Europe's most civilised and cultured nation. At the outset he declared an emergency, taking away all constitutional rights from the German citizens. From that time on any German legally could be arrested and sent to prison without a trial. Step by step Hitler took over the workings of the nations. He eliminated free speech and a free press. The Nazi party operated all radio stations and newspapers. Hitler declared openly as he had written in Mein Kampf, brutality is respected. Brutality and physical strength. The plain man in the street respects nothing but brutal strength and ruthlessness...[ FULL STORY ]
Nellie massacre haunts Assamese psyche
Nava Thakuria in Guwahati
From insurgency to ethnic tension and economic activities, northeast India started drawing the media attention worldwide. The alienated Indian region has suddenly woken up to an anniversary of a massacre that took place 25 years back in Assam. Nitin A Gokhale, a senior Indian journalist, recently released in New Delhi a book on the carnage. Nitin A Gokhale, Senior Editor, Defence and Strategic Affairs of NDTV, New Delhi, has recently contributed a column to the portal of the satellite channel. In his article Gokhale added much of the text from one of his earlier articles about Nellie, the place of carnage...[ FULL STORY ]
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