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Khaleda-Hasina dialogue may bring
old results
Abdur Rahman Khan
The male-dominated world finds it catchy to portray Bangladesh politics as a battle between two Begums- BNP Chairperson Begum Khlaeda Zia and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina Wazed
It also suits to the culture of western world while perceiving the political domination of two Muslim ladies in a Muslim majority country...[ FULL STORY ]
New US theatre in Pakistan may turn into a regional conflagration
M. Shahidul Islam
For too long we talked about an impending shift in US policy in South Asia and the impact it could have on peace and stability of the region. That dreaded moment of reckoning has finally arrived and the entire region is now on the verge of a mammoth conflagration...[ FULL STORY ]
DEEP SEA EXPLORATION UNCERTAIN
Maritime boundary talks with India inconclusive
Special Correspondent
The talks were held last week after long 28 years. It continued for three days and at the end of the talks Bangladesh foreign office said they need further talks to reach an agreement on demarcation of maritime boundary with India...[ FULL STORY ]
PARADIGM SHIFTS IN SOUTH ASIAN GEO-POLITICS-IV
Hegemonic headache returns from
Kabul to Kashmir
Sadeq Khan
The Pakistan Army and the newly-installed government responded to the aerial bombings and airborne commando operations, by NATO and ISAF intruding into Pakistan territory in Waziristan, more vigorously than anticipated by the West. On the 4th of September, in an aerial attack for the third time in Waziristan from across the Afghanistan border, two women and three children were reported killed. The chairman of Pakistan military's joint chief's committee, General Tareq Majid, squarely condemned the attack, and told the visiting German Defence Ministers that Pakistan had the right to take retaliatory measures. On September 6, Pakistan acted by suspending all supplies of fuel to ISAF through the Torkham border. ..[ FULL STORY ]
Greatest financial crisis in
American history
Moinuddin Naser in New York
Economic issue has taken centre stage in the US election campaign after massive debacle of stock giants Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch following taking over of federally chartered mortgage finance company Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two weeks ago. Some of the biggest names in the US financial world are in trouble. ..[ FULL STORY ]
NEPALI PM's INDIA VISIT
Delhi commits financial aid
Holiday Desk
Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal returned home Thursday afternoon, wrapping up his five-day official visit to India.
He had flown to India on September 15 leading a 44-member delegation in what he claimed as his first "political visit"...[ FULL STORY ]
Israel elects second woman PM
Fazle Rashid in New York
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has won the leadership of the governing Kadima party, putting her on track to succeed Ehud Olmert as prime minister, the BBC reported on Thursday morning.
Tzipi Livni will be the second women prime minister of Israel after the iron lady Golda Meir...[ FULL STORY ]
KHALEDA AND HASINA
Can they now be reformists?
Mohammad Ali Sattar
Change in the leadership is hard to come by in our politics. The release of Khaleda Zia and the ecstatic jubilation of the supporters waiting and cheering everywhere in the street, is a testimony of the fact. That begum Khaleda Zia is still not a spent force is evident from the crowd that she pulled on her freedom from yearlong confinement. Rather she will now act with more maturity and wisdom, so what people expect. But she appears to have drained her energy. The mental anguish she has gone through is obtrusive...[ FULL STORY ]
GLIMPSES OF THE GREAT
Saladin
K. Z. Islam
Saladin was born Yusuf Salah ad-Din ibn Ayyub (1138-1193) in a predominantly Kurdish background and ancestry. Saladin was Sultan of Egypt and Syria. At the height of his power, the Ayyubid dynasty he founded, ruled over Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Hejaz and Yemen. He led Muslims resistance to the European crusaders and eventually recaptured Palestine from the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem...[ FULL STORY ]
FOUR DIRECTORS RETIRED
Biman's MD Dr. Momen leaves
Shahabuddin Ahmed
At last the all-powerful CEO of Biman, Dr. M. A. Momen, a civil bureaucrat, has left Biman. This will be seen as a great relief by the employees, but those unlucky two thousand Biman employees, who were forced to quit job during his tenure, will certainly remember him with contempt and disdain. ..[ FULL STORY ]
Largest number of world's poor
live in India
It is official. India has the largest number of poor in the world - 456 million. That is 42 per cent of the population, down from 60 per cent in 1980. But in absolute terms, the number of poor in India has risen from 421 million 28 years ago, according to the World Bank (WB), which considers anyone making less than $1.25 (Rs 55) a day as poor...[ FULL STORY ]
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