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Bangladesh drying up as India withdrawing Ganges water
Abdur Rahman Khan
Bangladesh is getting drier every year due to India's unilateral withdrawal of water from the common river Ganges flowing upstream from India. The quantity of water down the Farakka point has been critically declining due to taking out of the Ganges water by upper riparian India through various canals by violating the water sharing agreement...[ FULL STORY ]
MIRZA AZIZ WON'T TALK TO POLITICIANS ON BUDGET
Govt. promotes imports, throttles manufacturers
Faruque Ahmed
In view of the authorities' refusal to consult with the political parties about the Caretaker Government's (CG) next budget the people are in the dark as to what kind of budget it will be. "I will not consult with the political parties except the professionals and other stakeholders," finance adviser Mirza Azizul Islam told the press last month. Meanwhile, he talked with some of the past finance ministers and media editors on the budget and such exchanges still continue...[ FULL STORY ]
Nation celebrates Independence Day
Holiday Desk
The country celebrated the 38th Independence and National Day on 26 March paying homage to the gallant sons of the soil who made supreme sacrifice by laying down their lives to free the motherland from atrocious Pakistani colonial rule...[ FULL STORY ]
ELECTORAL ROADMAP MAY BE WRECKED
Cloud of uncertainty gathering on horizon
M. Shahidul Islam
A dense cloud of uncertainty is gathering on the horizon and the writings on the walls seem gloomy...[ FULL STORY ]
AUTHORITIES APPEAR SERIOUS ON TIMELY POLLS
But politicians are restive
Shamsuddin Ahmed
The caretaker government seems serious about holding election by December. One may deduce it is under international pressure as well as for a safe-exit from an overheated situation which a retired government officer who is also heading a government commission has described as 'silent famine'. Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed has reassured of holding the election in accordance with roadmap...[ FULL STORY ]
CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE IN HANDLING NUCLEAR WEAPONS
US Defence secretary Gates orders investigation 1 year after
Fazle Rashid in New York
United States is the mightiest nation in the world. But security lapses even in such sensitive area as military equipment and arsenal will send shiver through the spines of much lesser countries. Huge consignment of arms meant for the security forces in Iraq have gone into the wrong hands. And then four high tech electrical fuses for minuteman nuclear warheads were sent to Taiwan in place of helicopter batteries. These lapse were detected a year and a half after the erroneous shipment, the New York Times quoted Pentagon officials as saying...[ FULL STORY ]
GLIMPSES OF THE GREAT
Mao Tse Tung
K. Z. Islam
Mao Tse Tung (1893-1976) was a revolutionary statesman responsible for founding the People's Republic of China and putting into practice his unique model of Communist government...[ FULL STORY ]
New Pakistan PM Gillani blessed twice
Jonaid Iqbal in Islamabad
New Pakistan premier Yousaf Raza Gilani (YRG) ordered on Monday the immediate release of all judges detained by President Pervez Musharraf after he imposed emergency rule in last November...[ FULL STORY ]
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