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Bangabandhu’s 7th March speech and our independence

The 7 March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Suhrawardy Udyan in 1971, addressing at least 10 lac people of the then East Pakistan has been acclaimed by many as one of the best speeches of the globe many years after it was delivered. One should not call it a mere speech, rather it was ...

Opinion

Sheikh Mujib and Sheikh Hasina’s purpose of struggle is the same

If we consider the period of 1981-1996 we would find She­ikh Hasina fighting not against the Pak military rule but against the Bangla­desh general who captured power only three and half years after the country was made free, killing the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ...

Opinion

3rd November Jail Killing and counter revolution of August 1975

The brutal killing of four national leaders who lead the War of Liberation and forming of the revolutionary government at Mujibnagar was not only a counter revolution but it was the worst brutality of human history. Since the 4 leaders refused to join Mostaq’s cabinet, they were put behind bar...

Opinion

An attack on the minority to tarnish image of government

Recently what happened at Bhola is an identical repetition of what happpened at Ramu, a few years back. History repeats but not in an identical pattern but crime committed by the fundamentalists do tend to repeat identically in Bangladesh, none has any doubt to understand how and by whom the crime h...

Opinion

All should rally behind Sheikh Hasina’s drive against corruption

A few senior Awami League leaders who had been co-sharer of power with Sheikh Hasina and now devoid of it have been telling that the recent drive against corruption, terrorism and lawlessness may tarnish the image of the party. People did hear it from a person who himself probably did resort to corr...

Opinion

PM Sheikh Hasina’s recent visit to India and aftermath

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s New Delhi visit following the general election in both the countries has taken place at a time when the two countries have been trying to resolve some pending issues including sharing of water of some common rivers like Teesta. The issue of NRC is also a concern ...

Opinion

Sheikh Hasina’s address to the UN and the Rohingya issue

Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh addressed the UN General assembly on 29 September at about 3am Bangladesh time, she was supposed to be one of the most important speakers who had to deal with one of the most crucial issues of the globe the Rohingya. She spoke in Bangla just like her great...

Opinion

Sheikh Hasina’s unequivocal move to build a corruption-free society

One attribute of Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, is that she never fails to recognise a person in his or her true character. Since she is a great public leader and has been exercising sate power for a long time, she has to work even with those whom she dislikes and probably does not...

Opinion

BAKSAL and PM’s call to follow philosophy of Bangabandhu

Recently, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a grand conference of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Ganabhaban neatly explained the philosophy behind the formation of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BAKSAL). Bangabandhu declared his second revolution programme and amended the constitution inc...

Opinion

China should play prudent role to resolve Rohingya crisis

The Rohingya crisis seems to be deepened further. The problem may turn bad to worse if it continues for long and Rohingya citizens of the Rakhine states are not allowed to go back to their country. The United Nations (UN) and almost all the important leaders of the globe supported return of the Rohi...

Opinion

Can Begum Zia evade the responsibility of 21 August grenade attack?

The 21 August grenade attack on Sheikh Hasina in 2004, 29 years after the brutal killing of Bangabandhu with almost all the members of his family on 15th August 1975, was planned to annihilate Sheikh Hasina along with all members of her party with a view to perpetuating the rule of Begum Zia. Tareq ...

Opinion

The conspiracy behind the assassination of Bangabandhu

The month that snatched away the greatest wealth of Bangladesh is the month of August. It was the month of August 1975, on 15th that the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman got killed at the hands of those who did not support the Independence of Bangladesh. We were all in Pakistan...

Opinion

Begum Mujib’s contribution to nation building

If by Father of the Nation we mean Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib, then Begum Fazilatunnessa Mujib is obviously the mother.  It is not because that she is Begum Mujib, not because she became the first lady, but because of her personal contribution to the nation and love for the people that made her B...

Opinion

Foreign criminals active in Bangladesh

There is a report that 5000 foreign criminals are operating in Bangladesh, committing dangerous crimes to destablise our economy as well as the law and order situation. It is strange how such foreign citizens could get entry into Bangladesh. Surely there must be untraceable dens within the country. ...

Opinion

The very concept of Bangladesh was attacked on 15 August 1975

15th of Au­gust 1975 was a day when the very concept and fundamentals of Bangla­desh was attacked. It was a day when the enemies of the country wanted wash away everything that was earned through the war of liberation. It was just four-year after Bangladesh got liberated, the Father of the N...

Opinion

Are we living in a civilized society?

Are we living in a civilized society? The society that fails to ensure security to its citizens and preserve the most required value for living cannot be considered to be as civilized one. What exactly is the reality now? We have certainly made enormous socio-economic progress, our standard of livin...

Opinion

UN should raise voice against greenhouse gas emission

In a recent seminar on climate change UN ex-Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has suggested setting up a global center for management of the climate change in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh just to make it a demonstrative country, to educate others on how to combat climate change. Moon in his opi...

Opinion

PM’s China visit shows light to end Rohingya crisis

China is invariably a great friend to us, if we consider the vast amount of investment that China has already made in our development project and forget the past. If economic ties between two countries determine their bilateral relations, both China and Bangladesh have done it successfully. Prime Mi...

Opinion

Hasina -Mujib fought for identical cause

During 1981-1996, Sheikh Hasina not only had to fight against Pak military rule but also against the Bangladesh general who captured power only three and half years after the country was made free, killing the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and ousting Awami League, the party...

Opinion

Why did I choose AL?

If somebody asks me why did I choose Awami League (AL) as the political party to join as early as in 1953 when I was a student of class IX, the answer would be --- it was because of attraction for a person known as Mujib bhai. When I listened to him first he was delivering a speech at Fakirhat, an u...