The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh responds to an editorial by The Daily Star.
There are no visible changes yet.
The trainee doctors at BSMMU have been demanding an increase of monthly allowance from Tk 20,000 to Tk 50,000 – a demand which is justified.
The two major political parties are playing an interesting game, perhaps not that interesting for those on the sidelines.
The ruling party is unhappy because the Awami League is boycotting parliament. Well-founded grumbling, isn't it? But the same party is not ready to see the leader of the opposition in a state mourning for the dead peacekeepers. What is going on? And where shall it end ?
Parts of history remain buried in obscure archives and record rooms. Many of the long abandoned documents contain priceless information on history, culture, economy, administrative and social system of the age they relate to and overtly or covertly sketch the role of top personalities who steered the affairs of the country and society. Unfortunately, these murky storehouses and racks have seldom been systematically explored to pick out and analyse the gems of papers and documents....
I have the following comments on the DS commentary "A Dismal Walk and Some Hope" of Jan 1, 2004. It is easy to judge history by hindsight and then draw conclusions. What is important is not to be hasty. In fact reading this piece, I felt that the editor had decided what to write and then took the walk....
The division of British India and the establishment of Pakistan in 1947 led to many problems in the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh....
Due to high-rise buildings and the tower heights of Dhaka stadium flood lights, the cubical shaped national mosque ,Baitul Mukarram, has totally lost its glory and grandeur. Basically, a mosque must have a minaret or at least a dome. Unfortunately, Baitul Mukarram is a mosque without any minaret or dome, although it is cubically shaped to imitate the Holy Kaba....
Satire is enjoyable when written with tongue in cheek. J Alter (of the Economist) was entertaining with his bizarre hypo of some virtual principles, which he names as The Law of Premature Predictions, and The Media Oscillation....
As I write this, the city's gone afire. At least a certain part of it has. The other part, the underprivileged section, would be glad of at least some sort of fire in this chilly night. It's 5 minutes to zero hour, and Hail the New Year. Though I stand in mortal danger from my partying friends when I say this, I see absolutely no use of these lavish, posh, dance-the-night-through parties, especially when they are held under the pretext of welcoming the new year. I won't be as archaic as my mom to say, what's the use of partying when you're one year closer to death? Morbid philosophy! But, on the other hand, there can be no reason for indulging in extremes, just because it's New Year, dude! You got to party, man!? Spending Tk 2,000 for a night-long bash at Sheraton is just...
I would like to thank Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed for his brilliant analysis on 'The New York times editorial unfairly smears Bangladesh'. At the same time, my thanks to Mr Mahfuz Anam for publishing this critique in the DS....
It appears that out political leaders of both the ruling and opposition parties are in a state of vacillation as far as making any policy on our natural gas is concerned....
