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Padma Bridge: A gold mine gifted by Sheikh Hasina

The Padma Bridge is a golden mine gifted by Sheikh Hasina, the honourable Prime Minister of Bangladesh to her people. Golden mine in the sense that gold owning countries enjoy the mines, so also Bangladesh would continue to have that collection gradually increased from 3 crores to 25 crores a day or...

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Padma Bridge not just a structure

The Padma Bridge is the consequence of Sheikh Hasina’s strong determination who escaped the horrible massacre at road no 32 on August 15, 1975 and got back to her country in 1981 after staying six years in exile in India. The day she returned the people of Bangladesh gave her a grand reception...

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Six-point: The magna carta of Bangalees

If we recall the history of our war of liberation, we should remember the movement of 1952 i.e., the language movement, the election of Jukto Front in 1954, the resistance against the imposition of Martial Law in 1958 by Bangabandhu, the education commission movement of 1962 and the most vital movem...

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What Bangabandhu Parishad aims at and what Zia Parishad?

Bangabandhu Parishad was formed at a time when, following the assassination of Bangabandhu, the political parties in favour of independence was utterly subdued by general Zia. The military establishment oppressed the Awami League, the party through which Bangabandhu carried out the independence move...

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Significance of Six-point Movement

If we recall the history of our war of liberation, we should remember the movement of 1952 i.e., the language movement, the election of Jukto Front in 1954, the resistance against the imposition of Martial Law in 1958 by Bangabandhu, the education commission movement of 1962 and the most vital movem...

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Mujibnagar Sarker and the role of India

The Mujib Nagar Sarker was formed by the elected representatives who won the election of 1970 held following the mass upsurge of 1969 that blessed Sheikh Mujib with the title Bangabandhu. It was not the fact that the MPs fled away just to save them leaving behind the people forever. Rather the fact ...

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The war of independence and emergence of Bangladesh

March 26, 1971 is the glorious day when the independence of Bangladesh was declared by a person who relentlessly fought for the Bengalis for long 23 years against the odds created by the Pak rulers who were at the helm of affairs in Pakistan since its birth. East Bengal a province of Pakistan having...

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Bangabandhu and Bangladesh inseparable

March 17, 1920 was the birthday of Bangladesh. It is quite obvious now that had there been no Sheikh Mujib, there would have been no Bangladesh. In that sense the birth of Sheikh Mujib is the birth of Bangladesh. The man who fought throughout his life for the emancipation of the Bengalis living in E...

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Fiery March and the war of independence

We are now in the month of March. Nearly 50 years back the 1st March of 1971 was a difficult day for Bangla­desh. The people of Bangladesh then had been anxiously waiting to see if the government of Pakistan would transfer power to Sheikh Mujib who won the 1970 general election being the leader ...

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The Language Movement and independence

Although it is addressed as the language movement of 1952, yet the movement really started in 1948, just after the declaration of Mr. Jinnah, the governor general of Pakistan that Urdu and Urdu shall be the only state language of Pakistan. As soon as Jinnah declared it Bengali youths including Sheik...

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The ensuing election and the role of BNP

The obstinacy in having caretaker government still remains with BNP as strongly as before although following the constitutional provision, a search committee has been formed and it has urged political parties to send names for Chief Election Commissioner and Commissioners. Many political parties hav...

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Human right organisation’s double standard

Twelve human rights organisations have asked the United Nations to ban members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) for engaging with UN peace keeping mission following the US sanctions on some high-ups of RAB who are in service or retired. In a letter to UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix th...

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US Sanctions against Rab unexpected

The US decision to impose sanction on top six Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and seven of its current and former officials debarring them from entering US has probably disappointed Bangladesh as it has been imposed at a time when Bangladesh had regular contact with the US administration and no informa...

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The country and its reality

Those who killed the intellectuals, doctors, engineers, scientists, journalists, artists i.e., the real wealth of the nation in 1971 in cold blood have still been threatening our independence and sovereignty. They in disguise of religion still now talk almost in the same language as they talked in 1...

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December the glorious month of victory

December is the glorious month in the history of Bangladesh. We earned victory on this month on 16 December, 1971 following 23 years of political struggle and the nine months war at the cost of 3 million martyrs and violence against 4 lakhs Bengali women. Occupation army surrendered after nine month...

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Cumilla incident and its consequence

What happened in Cumilla is disgraceful for a country like Bangladesh which earned independence with the participation of all communities – the Hindus, the Muslims, the Christians and Buddhists. We took part in the bloody nine months struggle on the basis of Bengali nationalism. We did not thi...

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Bangladesh-India trade gap must be narrowed

Bangladesh maintains strong ties with its neighbors. In the present world maintaining a peaceful relation not only with the neighbors but also with other countries of the world is important. India is Bangladesh’s close door neighbor. Bangladesh has a historical and emotional relation with Indi...

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The caretaker government and election

The dema­nd for a caretaker government has turned into a political hoax in Bangladesh. Normally in a democracy the party in power holds election through the formation of Election Commission (EC). The EC is the real authority to hold a free and fair election. In the process to form the EC through...

Special Supplement

Father created, daughter develops

It is admitted by all, that had there been no Bangabandhu there would have been no Bangladesh. He fought for 23 years to make us free. He declared his six-point programme that consolidated the entire nation like a rock and won the 1970 election with an overwhelming majority paving the way for the wa...

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What was the ideology of Zia?

Those who killed Major Zia at Chittagong circuit house burned his dead body with petrol. They not only killed him but also destroyed his body out of personal aggrandizement. It is a fact that Zia’s coffin was brought from Chittagong only to hoodwink the people who came from different areas to ...