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60 MORE POLITICIANS GRANTED BAIL
Tariq Zia granted bail in all cases, goes abroad for treatment
Amanullah Kabir
The higher courts in a speedy move last week granted bails and acquitted a good number of political leaders and businessmen including Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, Tariq Zia, Salman Rahman and Col (Retd) Farook Rahman and Lutfuzzaman Babar...[ FULL STORY ]
BJP WANRS NEPAL'S MAOISTS OF 'SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE'
Prachanda's visit to Beijing irks New Delhi
Shamsuddin Ahmed
The newly elected 'Maoist' Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal (better known as Prachanda) made his first ever foreign trip to China barely a couple of days after taking oath as the country's Prime Minister to India's chagrin...[ FULL STORY ]
Uncertainty persists over elections
Abdur Rahman Khan
The Chief Adviser to the military-backed caretaker government (CG) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed reiterated last week that the national elections would be held according to the roadmap as announced earlier. He also mentioned that it was the responsibility of the Election Commission (EC) to announce the exact date of general election after finalising the voter list across the country...[ FULL STORY ]
People's suffering looms large as prices of essentials are spiralling
Special Correspondent
With the increasing trend in prices of essential goods, consumers may face another round of ordeal in the coming month of fasting, the Ramadan, beginning from this week...[ FULL STORY ]
PRADIGM SHIFTS IN SOUTH ASIAN GEO-POLITICS -1
Pervez Musharraf's safe exit symptomatic of US tactical retreat
Sadeq Khan
General Pervez Musharraf, the fourth all-powerful military ruler of Pakistan, has chosen a safe exit by resignation from his public office as civilian President of the Islamic Republic. He did so as he found himself intensely despised by the elite and the commoner alike in Pakistan, the former in the name of democracy and the latter in the name of Islam...[ FULL STORY ]
ZARDARI-KHALILZAD FRIENDSHIP IN TROUBLE
US in search of 'our guy' in Pakistan
Fazle Rashid in New York
Now that US's most trusted ally Parvez Musharraf is out of the scene, to whom Washington would choose to be its ally in the war against terrorism? The choice is limited to four persons: Army chief Ashfaq Kayani, Prime Minister Yusuf Gillani, Nawaz shareef and Asif Ali Zardari. The choice seems to have fallen on Zardari...[ FULL STORY ]
Obama first black Democratic presidential nominee in US
Moinuddin Naser in New York
Sen. Barack Obama stepped triumphantly into history on Wednesday night, the first African-American to win a major party presidential nomination, as thousands of Democrats transformed their convention hall into a joyful, shouting celebration. He is scheduled to deliver his acceptance speech Friday morning Dhaka time...[ FULL STORY ]
GLIMPSES OF GREAT
Sir Cyril Radcliffe
K. Z. Islam
In seven weeks it was done, the frontiers decided
A continent for better or worse divided
The next day he sailed for England, where he quickly forgot
The case as a good lawyer must. Return he would not
Afraid, as he told his Clerk, that he might be shot.
- W.H. Auden
There is poetic licence in Auden's poem as the job was done in five weeks and one day and Radcliffe travelled by air and not by sea. Radcliffe has remained an enigmatic character for most people. He spent only a few weeks in India but has left an indelible stamp on the subcontinent. Hardly anything is known about his life and character...[ FULL STORY ]
NY Times promotes Israeli statement to 'turn Iran into nuclear wasteland'
Mohammad Ali Sattar
Not too many people get to read The New York Times (NYT), especially strapped people of the third world. Either they cannot afford to subscribe to the broadsheet or do not have the privilege of access to online publication...[ FULL STORY ]
COLD WAR CHILL DESCENDS
Are Russians coming?
Achintya Sen
Russian-Georgian military confrontation has shaken the post-cold war world as no event had since the fall of the Berlin wall. France mediated between Russia and Georgia and a kind of peace prevails in the region...[ FULL STORY ]
Arsenic in drinking water raises
diabetes risk
Moinuddin Naser in New York
The risk of diabetes from drinking water is ten times higher in Bangladesh than USA, but it is equivalent to that of Taiwan. The epidemiological studies made by the researchers found out that the high levels of arsenic in urine may be linked with a higher risk of developing type2 diabetes...[ FULL STORY ]
Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital launches Telehealth Service
Special Correspondent
Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital (JBFH) has launched Telemedicine service for the outstation patients and also initiated a dedicated service for farmers living in the far away villages...[ FULL STORY ]
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