Bangladesh and Amnesty International Report 2013

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 5/23/2013 6:56:27 PM

'The report of Amnesty International on human rights condition in Bangladesh is published that creates debate in Bangladesh. Link: The Report An ordinary citizen'

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Opinion Survey on Current National Issues

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 5/11/2013 8:17:07 PM

'Prothom Alo, a leading Bangladesh national daily reported a opinion survey conducted by … . The survey found that 90% of the people support caretaker government to conduct the next general election . Link: Prothom Alo news Opinion Poll An ordinary citizen'

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End of 5 May, End of Hefajat ?

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 5/9/2013 7:35:50 PM

'Did deadly night of 5th May drew a curtain on Hefajat-E-Islam ? The leading Bangla Daily Prothom Alo  made an  observation- http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-05-09/news/350784   An ordinary citizen'

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5 May, Hefajat-e-Islam, Dhaka Seize, Congregation,Deaths and Dispersion

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 5/7/2013 9:36:38 PM

'Hefajat-e-Islam as they declared on a month ago in their first congregation at Motijheel, Dhaka that they would seize Dhaka on 5th May. As a preparation of their target, they held Sirat Conferences in dozens of cities and towns of the country and also at the 5 entry points of the capital. speculating obstruction from [...]'

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New Speaker and making of History

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 5/2/2013 8:24:12 PM

'Shirin Sarmin has been  proposed by the the ruling party and  accepted as the speaker in the Parliament after the past speaker Advocate Abdul Hamid became President of the Republic. There was speculation about who was becoming the speaker. There was a probability that the present deputy speaker Showkat Ali would become the speaker, who [...]'

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Savar Garments Tragedy: Whom to Blame ?

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 4/26/2013 6:49:21 PM

'A 9 storied building was collapsed on 24th April at 9 am in the morning at Savar that had 5 garments factory, markets, shops and a bank . A  day back a major crack was identified in a pillar of the building.  On that day, the garments workers 6000 in number were allowed to leave [...]'

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OIC Summit 1974, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Shah Aziz

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 4/25/2013 9:16:47 PM

'A talk show in ETV created a controversy in Bangladesh that has spilled over from electronic media to print media. These all begun when Shakhawat Hussain Bakul, a freedom fighter and an ex MP from opposition BNP claimed that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first man who was responsible for rehabilitation of Shah Azizur [...]'

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US Human Rights Report 2012 on Bangladesh

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 4/21/2013 8:00:28 PM

'US Human Rights report draws a grim picture of human rights situation in Bangladesh- http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2012/sca/204395.htm An ordinary citi'

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A Story is written and then deleted

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 4/15/2013 8:32:20 PM

'A story written by Hasnat Abdul Hai in Prothom Alo, the leading Bangla daily in its Bangla New year supplement of 1420. Hasnat Abdul Hai is a prominent story writer and novelist. He was awarded with prominent national awards like Ekushey and Banglademy Awards. But his story stirred the readers, media and social networks. Reactions [...]'

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An Editor is Arrested

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 4/12/2013 8:39:25 PM

'Mahmudur Rahman is arrested. He was the editor of one of the leading daily newspaper ‘Amardesh’. He entered into controversy by publishing ‘Skype conversation’ between a Chief judge of the International War Crime Tribunal and a lawyer based in Belgium. The conversation was first published selectively in ‘Economist’, the leading international weekly. Then it was [...]'

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Radicalization of Politics

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 4/11/2013 8:20:18 PM

'The political scene in Bangladesh is being rapidly radicalized. BNP, the main opposition party is out of street and virtually out of party office. Recent attempt of BNP to hold mass procession in the street was disrupted by cocktails, bullets and injuries followed by cases and arrests. The party meeting in front of BNP office [...]'

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Blogging, Atheism and Shahbag Movement

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 4/9/2013 8:35:49 PM

'One of the current controversies in the socio-political arena of Bangladesh is the connection of  atheist bloggers with the Shahbag Movement of the youth. It is true that Shahbag Gonojagaran Mancha was initiated by some bloggers and online activists. The upsurge was against the verdict of  life sentence pronounced on Abdul Kader Mollah that fell [...]'

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Hefajat-e-Islam, Long March, Observations and Speculations

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 4/7/2013 9:35:34 PM

'Hefajat-e-Islam ultimately could hold the long march on 6th April, 2013 despite many uncertainties. Hartal for 24 hours and blockade  of 22 hours were imposed 27 organizations that include Sectors commanders Forum, Gatak Dalal Nirmul Committee and United Cultural Front. All sorts of transport on the roads, railway trains  and launches were closed down 12 [...]'

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13 Points Demands of Hefazat-e-Islam

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 4/5/2013 9:01:59 PM

'Hefazat-e-Islam is a new reality in the changing political context in Bangladesh. They first formed the platform  in 2010 with Allama Shafi at its head, based at  Hathazari in Chittagong. They then insisted on inclusion of Islam as the religion of state in the constitution of Bangladesh that was accepted by the Government. Their presence [...]'

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No rule of confrontation

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 4/4/2013 7:36:24 PM

'Bangladesh is passing through a stage of confrontation between political party and government and among political parties.   The confrontation is reached to a height that very recently that Shibir activists had crushed the head of a police SI on the open street of Rajshahi. A day after we have seen the same barbarism on [...]'

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Timing of Trial of War Crimes will be Tested by History

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 4/1/2013 10:10:30 AM

'I was listening to a talk-show where Kazi Jafar Ahmed was a guest. He was engaged in left politics from his student life and had been a veteran leader of the left during most of his political career and joined Ershad’s Jatiya Party at the end stage of his career and became Prime Minister during [...]'

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Transition of Power is always difficult in Bangladesh

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 3/28/2013 8:39:23 PM

'After liberation in 1971, it was Awami League that formed the first government as they got sweeping win in the general election of 1970 and led the liberation war of Bangladesh against Pakistan. Father of the natajority Bangabandhu Shaikh Mujibur Rahman after coming back from his captive days in Pakistan, became the head of the [...]'

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Bangladesh at a Crossroads

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 3/20/2013 8:27:49 PM

'BNP, the largest opposition took a hard stand against the government and stood by Jamaat to call hartal on the streets. Jamaat-e-Islami is fighting for the cancellation of the tribunal and release of their leaders. BNP is trying to press the government to agree for a caretaker government. But the government is also non-compromising in [...]'

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Verdict, Violence and Bullets

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 3/15/2013 3:33:19 PM

'After the announcement of verdict on Moulana Delwar Hussain Saidi by the International War Crime Tribunal on 28th February 2013, a series of violence over the whole country. Jamaant Shibir activists reacted with violence in different parts of the country. They called 48 hours of continuous hartal on 3rd and 4th March 2013 followed by [...]'

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Tribunal Declares Capital Punishment to Delwar Hussain Saidi

Author : bdoza      Blog : An Ordinary Citizen      Date : 2/28/2013 8:52:39 PM

'International War Crime Tribunal declares capital punishment to the Moulana Delwar Hussain Saidi, a senior leader of Jamaat-e-Islami. The tribunal considers 20 accusations against Saidi, 8 of which was proved as claimed by the prosecutors, death was pronounced in 2 of the accusations. But the defense rejected the verdict and said that they will appeal [...]'

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