West Bengal in the Peril of Islamic Jihad, Part 1
Written by Dr. Radhasyam Brahmachari
Tuesday, 05 January 2010 05:59
Ominous signs for India's state of West Bengal as it is posited to be the first sacrifice on the altar of Mughalistan, a new design to create a contiguous Muslim homeland in...
Calcutta Riot (1946) a dreadful event (16 August 1946) with its tremendous negative impact on Hindu-Muslim relations. The violence, highly organised in character, resulted from the hatred and distrust between the two major communities.
16th August 1946 was selected as the direct action day...
@ Today, Election Commission has declared that President's election will be held on 29 April 2013 at Parliament house. Simultenously some Lawyer has submitted a writ petition for the suspension of the article 70 of our constitution. Can anybody say why this writ petition ? I think grave...
Jubair Hasan
A three-member panel of experts of the World Bank (WB) will sit with the officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on October 14 and 15 (Sunday and Monday) to oversee the probe by the commission into the alleged corruption in the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project...
Area – 144000 Sq. Kms.
Population 120 million (12 Crores) – 90% Muslims
Density per square Km. – 750 (Highest in the world)
Religion – Islam
Economic condition – Poorest country in the World. It gets all its petrol and petroleum products free of cost from oil...
SIRAJGANJ: Former President and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday said his party would contest in the next parliamentary elections alone. "Jatiya Party will contest for 300 seats in the upcoming general elections. We have finalised candidates for 200 seats while 100 others are under...
Brig (Retd) MUHAMMAD HAYAT recounts an epic saga of bravery by his isolated force in KHULNA, then EAST PAKISTAN
The brave and gallant deeds of the officers and men of the Pakistan Force who defended Khulna from 10 to 17 December 1971 are briefly recounted below. My primary object is to pay...
Squadron and Company Commander Dislocate a Corps Commander!
Based on selected extracts from this scribe’s book “The Pakistan Army Since 1965” the second volume of Pakistan Army history, presently under limited circulation within a select list of recipients, which the...
Maj Gen (Retd) Tajammal Hussain Malik
Brigade Commander of 205 Pakistani Brigade deployed at Hilli and Bogra
INTERVIEW BY Major Agha H Amin (Retd)-SEPTEMBER 2001 Regarding the 1971 War and specially Battle of Hilli
In the first week of Jan 1948, we landed at Chittagong by the sea route...
The World Bank has hinted that the withdrawal of the decision to suspend fund disbursement for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge was unlikely in the tenure of the present government, said a senior secretary.
The hint was made by the Washington-based global lender while replying to finance...
1. I read one story long time ago in a book named. “The Ethiopian Folk Tale”. The story goes like this. Once upon a time there was an old widow who had nine children but all of them were too foolish. They did not have even a common sense. So, there mother was very worried about her...
By Syed Sajjad Husain
CHAPTER I: How I survived on December 20th
Syed Sajjad Husain was born on 14th January 1920, and educated at Dhaka and Nottingham Universities. He began his teaching career in 1944 at the Islamia College, Calcutta and joined the University of Dhaka in 1948 rising...
Friday June 03 2011 17:47:28 PM BDT
By: Abu Zafar Mahmood, USA
The crisis escalated by Hasina government has been contributing in opening 2 doors at a time. Such as;(1) radicalizing the national politics shaking the communal roots of Indian tradition and (2) creating opportunities for...
Friday September 30 2011 13:25:49 PM BDT
By William Gomes , Bangladesh
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Prime Ministers Office
Old Sangsad Bhaban
Tejagaon, Dhaka-1215
Bangladesh
RE: End war on freedom of media in Bangladesh
Dear Prime Minister,
I am William Gomes, human...
Extracts from "Raw and Bangladesh" written by Joynal Abedin -1
CHAPTER-14
MINERAL RESOURCES
The vital role played by mineral resources of a country in its economic development needs no explanation. Experts believe that Bangladesh has been endowed with rich mineral resources. However...
By Igor Siljanoski
During the recent Awami League rule (1996-2001), India began a propaganda war which claims Islamic terrorists are becoming active in Bangladesh. A section of Dhaka-based dailies frequently made reports about the existence of the militancy in Bangladesh. They repeatedly...
By Igor Siljanoski
It is observed that it has become a fashion for some of the Indian politians and columnists to make allegation of illegal immigration of Bangladesh nationals into the northeastern states of India in general and Assam in particular. Recently the Assam Gvernor alleged that...