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Can Khaleda contest next general election?
Abdur Rahman Khan
A question is being raised by many citizens whether BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda would be able to contest the next general election proposed to be held by the year end...[ FULL STORY ]
Georgia suffers eruption of a new Cold War
Sadeq Khan
Cold War is back with vigour, if not vengeance. In the emerging non-polar world order after a short-lived unipolarity zealously exercised by the sole superpower, multipolar designs and tendencies are facing serious challenges from diffused sources of power, like informal war machines, sovereign wealth funds, transnational corporations, worldwide web, international activism, etc...[ FULL STORY ]
National election under emergency?
Amanullah Kabir
Should the long-awaiting national election be held under the existing state of emergency? It is difficult to predict what will exactly happen ultimately as the caretaker government and the political parties have been locked in a battle over the issue. This has become the most crucial issue today with hardly five months ahead of the possible election schedule in the third week of December. The government, encouraged by the so-called success in the recent local body polls, seems to be confident that emergency will rather help, not obstruct, holding of a credible election and only relaxation of some related rules should be sufficient to guarantee a congenial situation...[ FULL STORY ]
Maoists to uphold nationalism in Nepal
Special Correspondent
Who is going to be the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Nepal? Major political parties have failed in their efforts since the April 8 election to come to a consensus about formation of the government...[ FULL STORY ]
BDRCS to serve the distressed more
Special Correspondent
Towards contributing more in the service to distressed humanity, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) has taken an initiative to generate income by developing its landed property in Dhaka and other places of the country...[ FULL STORY ]
Suicide blast spurs political heat in Iraq
Hazim Al-Shara in Baghdad
Negotiations over key election legislation have stalled as a result of the political fallout from a suicide bombing that killed up to 22 protesters in Kirkuk recently, according to an Iraqi lawmaker...[ FULL STORY ]
GLIMPSES OF GREAT
Professor Abdus Salam
K. Z. Islam
I scoured the list of Nobel laureates from its commencement around 1900 in 6 disciplines with a total of nearly 600, I could find only 7 Muslim names - 4 for peace, 1 chemistry, 1 physics and 1 literature. Considering the population of Muslims this is a testimony of the intellectual, political and literary slumber of the community...[ FULL STORY ]
PEOPLE ASKED TO BOYCOTT CELEBRATION
N-E Indian insurgents call strike on Independence Day
Nava Thakuria in Guwahati
As the Indian nation prepares to observe 61st Independence Day on 15th August, four North-Eastern (N-E) armed insurgent groups have called upon the people of the region to boycott and also prevent the Independence Day celebration as a mark of solidarity against Indian "colonial occupation and repression"...[ FULL STORY ]
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