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Khairul Kabir Khokan among 17 BNP activists held in city
Police also picked up eight BNP men as they brought out a procession in the city’s Jatrabari area at about 7:30 am in support of the nationwide shutdown.
Dhaka, May 17 (UNB) – Police detained 17 leaders and activists of the main opposition BNP, including its education affairs secretary Khairul Kabir Khokan, from different parts of the city on Thursday morning during the countrywide hartal enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance.(File Photo)
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DU's Anwar Hossain new Jahangirnagar University (JU) VC
The resignation of Prof Kabir followed months of protests by students and teachers over violence on the campus and alleged irregularity in appointment of teachers.
DHAKA: President Zillur Rahman on Thursday appointed Dhaka University's biochemistry department teacher Professor Anwar Hossain as the Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University.(The Independent )
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Govt interference bars judiciary to work freely: SCBA chief
Citing the court decision to send 33 opposition top leaders to jail in an arson case on Wednesday, Zainul Abedin said it seems that the court cannot function independently due to the government interference
Supreme Court Bar Association President Zainul Abedin said on Thursday that the judiciary has lost its right to function independently due to government interference.(The Daily Star)
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India to amend Constitution to enable land exchange with Bangladesh
The Indian enclaves in Bangladesh were spread over 17,149 acres of land, while Bangla enclaves in India were located in 7,110 acres, Panda had said,
New Delhi: An amendment to the Constitution is being drafted to enable the exchange of 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladesh and 51 Bangladeshi enclaves in the Indian territory, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has said.(ibnlive.in.com)
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Teacher beaten by police dies from injuries-Teachers vow to continue with sit-in
Aziz, also a freedom fighter, among others, became injured as the police charged at them with truncheons and used water cannons to stop the teachers in the Shahbagh crossing ...
Non-government primary schoolteacher Mohammad Abdul Aziz, who was beaten up by the police at demonstrations of teachers at Shahbagh on Tuesday, died from his injuries early Wednesday.(The New Age BD )
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Nationwide shutdown on Thursday
Police, meanwhile, have cordoned the headquarters of the BNP in Naya Paltan immediately after the court order. Several central leaders were already in the office but police were guarding at the main gate and allowing no supporters in.
Dhaka, May 16 (bdnews24.com)—The BNP has called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk shutdown for Thursday in protest at a Dhaka court sending 33 alliance leaders to jail in an arson case.
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Six buses torched in city
However, there was no report of any casualty in the fire incidents.
Dhaka, May 16 (UNB) - Unidentified miscreants torched at least six vehicles in the city and in Savar after a court denied 33 opposition leaders bail in an arson attack case on Wednesday.
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Fakhrul, 33 18-party alliance leaders sent to jail on surrender
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Erfanullah rejected their bail prayers after a brief hearing in connection with the case for setting ablaze a bus in front of prime minister's office during April 29 hartal.
DHAKA: Thirty-four senior 18-party alliance leaders, including BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, were ordered to send them to jail on Wednesday after they surrendered before a court here in an arson case.(The Independent)
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Youth shot dead by Indian BSF
Earlier on April 4, the BSF members shot dead Ruhul Amin, a cattle trader, at Shingnagar frontier in the same upazila
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down a Bangladeshi youth along Azmatpur frontier in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Wednesday.(The Daily Star)
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On Our Nation’s Existential Crisis
Part 7: Lessons From Arthashastra And Thy Tasks
In this last instalment of my current essay series I shall set out the lessons that we, the Bangladeshi patriots, can draw from our reading of Kautilya’s Arthashastra that I have presented in Part 6. This I shall do in the time and context sensitivities of today's Bangladesh.
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Quest for Justice
Justice Ibrahim in his diary on January 1, 1963
“That is the only issue (East Bengal) that has occupied my mind for the last three years. Now it has become the ruling passion of my life. Nothing else is of any interest.”-Justice Ibrahim in his diary on January 1, 1963
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Letter to Sheikh Hasina
By Dr. Ali Alghamdy- former Saudi diplomat who specializes in Southeast Asian affairs
I still vividly remember the day when opposition leaders were arrested and when policemen approached you to arrest you. You said: “Do not touch me, I’m a Muslim woman.” This incident depicted the fact that you are a God-fearing Muslim woman. Besides, you were always keen to perform Umrah whenever you had a chance. For all these reasons, I would like you to read the following points with mercy and justice.(saudigazette.com.sa)
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Bangladesh's conquest of the sea: A daunting prospect
"Viewpoints"
'The conquest of the sea' by Bangladesh (March 14, 2012) is an event quite worthy of going down in the annals of Bangladesh history. On this day Bangladesh, as a littoral state, has secured her rights to territorial waters of 111,000 square kilometres in the Bay of Bengal, and in addition, won another 200 miles towards the continental shelf.
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The death of Mohammad Saiful Islam allegedly caused by Indian BSF firing at Birampur border of Dinajpur District
Odhikar conducted a fact finding mission into the incident
On 3rd February 2012 at around 3 am, Mohammad Saiful Islam (25) son of Mohammad Nobitullah and Rowshon Ara Begum of Chaturpur village was killed by Border Security Force of India (BSF) shooting near the number 291 main pillar at Bhaigar border, Birampur police station, under Dinajpur district, claimed by his family.
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