A dance troupe from Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will participate at the National Multicultural Festival 2008 in ACT

Press Release A dance troupe from Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will participate at the National Multicultural Festival 2008 in ACT and perform at the Belconnen Community Theatre, Swanson Street, Belconnen, on 15 February 2008 at 2000 hrs. Some courtesy tickets provided

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Special Assistants to the Chief Adviser: Do their appointments meet the provisions of the Constitution?

There has been a debate on the constitutional legality of appointment of Special Assistants to the Chief Adviser with the rank and status of the State Minister giving responsibilities of some ministries of the government. There are two sides of

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Four brothers and a sister 0

This is a story from faraway Zimbabwe, from its Dzivarasekwa district to be precise. A group, which calls itself "the Four Brothers and a Sister" flags down vehicles on the road, pretending that they are traffic officers checking out safety

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Nizami, Mojahid face murder charge

A freedom fighter (FF) yesterday filed a murder case against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid, five of their party men and three non-Bangalees for the massacre of 345 people during the Liberation War. Mohammad

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Azam Chy now says he did not file case against Hasina

Industrialist Azam J Chowdhury yesterday told the press that he did not file any case "directly" against former prime minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina. "What I did [say in the case] has been distorted and has not come

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The Australian Govt pledges $6.5m to Bangladeshi cyclone victims

The Australian Government will provide $6.5 million to help Bangladeshi communities affected by last year’s Cyclone Sidr. The assistance comes in response to calls to the international community for recovery support. More than 3,000 people died when the cyclone ripped

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4 DU teachers finally freed: Conviction and release dent legal process

Political leaders, legal experts, and civil society members yesterday said conviction of three Dhaka University (DU) teachers and their release on presidential clemency have undermined credibility of the legal process and showed the government’s inept handling of the issue. They

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2008 National Multicultural Festival in Canberra: The Nakshi Kanthar Math (Bangladesh) Friday, 15 February at 8pm 0

The Nakshi Kanthar Math (Bangladesh) This Bangladeshi dance troupe will present a dance drama based on rural life in Bangladesh—combining drama and song with narrative in English. The Nakshi Kanthar Math (The Field of the Embroidered Quilt) by poet Jashimuddin

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Accommodation request for Babu and his father for around six weeks in Melbourne

Dr John Arvier from Brisbane is organizing an extremely complicated surgery for an underprivileged Bangladeshi boy, Jibon Islam Babu at no cost. Babu, a lovely 10 year old boy will be accompanied by his financially poor father, Satter. Babu has

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London-based TV channel doctors year-old picture of a prisoner to claim torture on Tarique

Look at the pictures below and you will know the work of some master manipulators. One of the pictures was published by The Daily Star about a year ago, depicting how a person was hung by the wrists and tortured

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Our restless republic – Mohammad Badrul Ahsan

It has been said many times in many ways. We are a nation of fickle minds, which are as quick to remember as to forget. A few weeks ago there was uproar over the sending of our priceless artefacts to

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কামারুজ্জামানের মুক্তিযোদ্ধা হত্যার ভিডিও সেনাপ্রধানের কাছে

একাত্তরে আল বদর বাহিনীর কমান্ডার ও বর্তমানে জামায়াত নেতা কামারুজ্জামান কর্তৃক শেরপুরের মুক্তিযোদ্ধা মোস্তফাকে নৃশংসভাবে হত্যা ঘটনার একটি ভিডিও সেনাপ্রধান জেনারেল মইন উ আহমেদকে প্রদান করা হয়েছে। গত বছর ৫ ডিসেম্বর ঢাকায় সেনা সদর দফতরে সাক্ষাৎ করে জেনারেল মইনকে ভিডিওটি

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Sir Edmund Hillary dies : Memories of Personal Encounter

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced on 10th January that Sir Edmund Hillary dies at the age of 88. Hillary was the first with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay who stood on May 29, 1953 on the world’s highest peak,

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