Landscape of Chittagong hill tracts is different from other parts of Bangladesh. Not only Bengali speaking people but also many small ethnic groups live there, and many of those have different culture and languages. This was successfully utilized by some opportunists in the past. The Chittagong hill tracts have a long history of insurgency. Parbatya […]
Ruling Awami League likes to use EVM (Electronic voting machine) but there is strong opposition on EVM from the other major political party BNP. Past election commission advocated for EVM, they thought it reduces ballot paper cost; vote counting is much faster than manual ballot paper counting. Those EVMs were made in Bangladesh machine tools […]
Bangladesh election commission tried to issue voter ID card in 90s. Then they started a voter ID card project, but that project was abandoned at the end. Those Voter ID card had photos, which was taken with ordinary film camera. Up to eight person’s photo was taken at a time. Dream of voter ID card […]
The Bangladesh Election Commission is planning to increase the use of electronic voting machine (EVM) in elections. Ruling party likes it, but on the other hand the opposition saying it is not tamper proof and there is scope of manipulation. In a nutshell they are opposing EVMs. This is why the election commission was compelled […]
Tens of thousands of people flocked to a Central Shaheed Minar yesterday to bid farewell to Abdur Razzak, a single of a organisers of a Liberation War, hours after his physique was flown behind home from London. The maestro Awami League personality breathed his final in a London sanatorium upon Friday. Leaders of Awami League […]
At her first meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni in two years, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has conveyed her country’s concern over the Nobel Prize-winning Grameen Bank and the removal of its reputed managing director Prof Muhammad Yunus. In remarks before the meeting formally got under way on Wednesday at the State […]
Opposition leader Khaleda Zia, who is leading a long march to Sylhet, said on Monday afternoon that the next national election will definitely be held under a caretaker government and Awami League will have to participate in the polls. Addressing the third wayside meeting at Bhairab in Kishoreganj on her way to Sylhet at 3:45 […]
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought team-work of “friends” in a US Congress to fool around certain purpose in extenuation duty-free entrance of Bangladesh products to a US market. “If a stream tall cost tag upon attire as good as weave products is waived, it would apportion to a mercantile expansion as good as amicable […]
Prime Minister Shekh Hasina arrived here during John F. Kennedy Airport during around 2.30pm (local time) as well as left for road house among parsimonious security, but assembly a US-based Awami League leaders as well as activists who were keenly watchful to acquire her. As shortly as a premier arrived during a airport, a US […]
After the mutiny the authority tried to investigate this matter. About 70 soldiers died in custody, where the army officers were controlling the interrogation process. At that time government tried to say that it was natural death. But there was allegation that the army is actually taking revenge. Whistleblower site WikiLeaks recently leaked some cables, […]
Bangladesh Rifles was a paramilitary force to guard the border. This force recruited solders but not the officers. Officers of this force were deputed from Bangladesh army. This was the main issue in the mutiny of 26th Feb, 2009. The solders demanded a different recruitment system for BDR. The solders had some other grievances also. […]