Border killing by Indian security forces has get international focus as the neighbour’s frontier troops has killed 136 Bangladeshi nationals in last two years. Bangladesh’s Home Minister Ms. Sahara Khatun in the parliament said India’s Border Security Force (BSF) killed 136 Bangladeshi nationals and injured 170 in the last two years. The international media has [...]
India-Bangladesh border a death trap: Indian security guard killed 136 Bangladeshis in 2 years
March 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment
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Bangladesh’s court fires Nobel laureate Prof. Yunus from his leadership in Grameen Bank
March 8th, 2011 · No Comments
The Bangladesh’s High Court has upheld the Central Bank’s dismissal order of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus from the post of Managing Director of the Grameen Bank, which was founded by the micro-credit pioneer nearly three decades ago. The High Court on March 8 ordered that the founder of the Grameen Bank, a [...]
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Bangladesh’s media receive a big boost in freedom of speech
February 4th, 2011 · No Comments
Bangladesh has scrapped a provision of “direct arrest warrant” against journalists for writing or saying anything defamatory, a major breakthrough for raising voices by the press at the 20-year democracy exercise South Asian nation. The national parliament of Bangladesh on February 2, 2011 passed a bill eliminating the arrest warrant provision under its Criminal Procedure [...]
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When political influence more powerful than Nobel prize
February 3rd, 2011 · No Comments
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Bangladesh’s micro-credit pioneer Professor Muhammad Yunus is under pressure in his home country as he has faced some charges within a couple of months on siphon of money, comments on the country’s political practices and substandard yogurt production. The Bangladesh government has framed a probe committee against the professor for [...]
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