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Why did Muslim Brotherhood fail?
It seems as though the Muslim Brotherhood is still living in the 1960s.
Russia, others should treat Snowden’s asylum claim fairly: HRW
After meeting with Edward Snowden on July 12, 2013, Human Rights Watch reiterated its call for his asylum claims to receive fair treatment.
Halt arbitrary action against brotherhood, media: HRW
New York – Egypt’s military-installed government should end its arbitrary acts against the Muslim Brotherhood and the news media, Human Rights Watch said today.
Osama Bin Laden raid as seen by terror leader’s family
Osama bin Laden was well aware American forces had come for him the night he heard the commotion outside his Abbottabad compound in Pakistan on May 1, 2011, and the terror leader went for his gun to fight back, according…
Leaked report reveals Pakistan failures on Bin Laden
Incompetence and negligence allowed Osama Bin Laden to live in Pakistan undetected for almost a decade, a leaked government report suggests.
Historic chat with Michelle Obama and Laura Bush
It’s something we’ve never seen before, let alone in Africa: first ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush sharing the stage for a conversation in Tanzania. And ABC News’ Cokie Roberts had the best seat in the house—the only other seat…
Why US would have been better off without its revolution
“It’s time for Americans to accept that their revolution was a failure and renounce it,” argues Canadian historian Paul Pirie in The Washington Post.
National development through scouting urged
Students should be involved in national development through Scouting: speakers GAIBANDHA, July 05, 2013 (BSS) – Speakers at a function here on Thursday said students should be involved in the process of national development along with building their own character…
US allies in shock as Snowden threatens new leaks
Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden broke his silence on Monday for the first time since fleeing to Moscow over a week ago, blasting the Obama administration and saying he remained free to make new disclosures about US spying…
Anti-Muslim atrocities in Myanmar on as West lift sanctions
By Gehan Bashumailah
End involuntary rehousing, relocation of Tibetans: HRW
New York – The Chinese government is subjecting millions of Tibetans to a policy of mass rehousing and relocation that radically changes their way of life, and about which they have no say, Human Rights Watch said in a new…
New Book: History of Press in Bagladesh
A History of the Press in Bangladesh has arrived in the market. Mohammad Golam Kibriya is the author of the book. At a cursory glance a reader will find that it is not only a chronicle but also a book…
Weighing words that create uproad in Parliament
Bangladesh’s first woman speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has help on hand. Even as she promised to examine whether an expression by BNP lawmaker Rehana Akhter Ranu was unparliamentary and needs to be expunged from the proceedings, Kolkata’s Ananda Bazar Patrika…
IMF admits ‘notable failures’ in 2010 Greece rescue
The International Monetary Fund yesterday admitted to significant failures in the first Greek rescue that forced a second, larger bailout and left the country in a deep recession.
BNP to press caretaker demand thru dialogue
The BNP does not expect the caretaker issue to be resolved through a parliament debate — it wants a formal dialogue with the government to resolve the issue, a senior party leader said Thursday.
Bangla-US Partnership Dialogue in US eyes
U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman and Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque co-chaired the second Bangladesh-U.S.
Political partisanship, declining standards
Unrestrained partisan politics is leading to the rapid decline of standards in public life. This can be seen in pre-election campaigns, public protests and on-line postings.
Jalebi uncoiled: I am in a ‘fix’…and you?
Dr.Sudhirendar Sharma
Charge framing against 148 opposition leaders June 6
(Court Correspondent) A Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed June 6 for hearing on charge framing against 148 opposition men including Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque.
Charge framed for attack on Hasina’s motorcade
A trial court in Barisal on Sunday framed charges against 17 accused including former BNP lawmaker Zahiruddin Swapan after 8 years in connection of attack on Hasina’s motorcade in 2004.
Israel’s founder tried to erase Palestinian ethnic cleansing
By Saed Bannoura
Death preferable to life at Guantanamo
By Marjorie Cohn, More than 100 of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo are starving themselves to death. Twenty-three of them are being force-fed. “They strap you to a chair, tie up your wrists, your legs, your forehead and tightly around…
By dog, what about the river?
Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma
Disaster looms as Rohingyas resist evacuation
SITTWE, Arakan State—A potential humanitarian disaster is looming in western Burma’s Arakan State after thousands of internally displaced Rohingya Muslims on Wednesday failed to agree to a government plan to evacuate them ahead of an approaching tropical storm.
Feeling betrayed: The roots of Muslim anger at America
by Steven Kull
Manmohan invites Nawaz to visit India
DHAKA: India’s prime minister Manmohan Singh Sunday congratulated Pakistani politician Nawaz Sharif on his ‘emphatic victory’ in historic elections and said he hoped for better relations.
Myanmar Muslim barricade village as attacks spread
Three Muslim men peered over a bamboo fence built recently to fortify their village in central Myanmar. They gazed across dry rice paddies towards a nearby Buddhist community, looking for rising dust, a sign of an approaching mob.
Media rush to judgment in Boston bombing
By Barry Grey
Sunshine, freedom and a little flower
Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma