Let us rethink and try different paths

A recent news item published in The Prothom Alo in Dhaka caught my attention. In a joint statement forty one eminent citizens of Bangladesh expressed concern about the illness of the former prime minister and Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina

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কৃত্রিমভাবে বাচিয়ে রাখা হয়েছে সেলিম আল দীনকে

মিলটন আনোয়ার: খ্যাতিমান নাট্যকার ও জাহাঙ্গীর নগর বিশ্ববিদ্যলয়ের নাট্যকলা বিভাগের অধ্যাপক সেলিম আল দীন জীবন-মৃত্যুর সন্ধিক্ষণে রয়েছেন। তাকে রাজধানীর ল্যাব এইড হাসপাতালে লাইফ সাপোর্ট দিয়ে বাঁচিয়ে রাখা হয়েছে। গত বৃহস্পতিবার শ্বাসকষ্টজনিত কারণে তাকে বারডেমে ভর্তি করা হয়। সেখানে ডাক্তাররা তার

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Tajuddin is a role model for all Bangladeshi patriots

Shimin Hussain Rimi, daughter of the Late Tajuddin Ahmed, first Prime minister of Bangladesh, came to Canberra last Sunday to speak in the ongoing series titled Itihash Kotha Koy – History Speaks. The initiative was born out of concern over

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Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, has died aged 88.

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark described the explorer as a heroic figure and said all New Zealanders would deeply mourn his passing. Sir Edmund’s health had reportedly been in decline since April, when he suffered a fall while visiting

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$17,800 were collected for the cyclone victims of Bangladesh by BADRC 0

Dear all Happy New Year to all. Bangladesh – Australia Disaster Relief Committee (BADRC) is happy to inform you all that a total amount of $17,800 were collected for the cyclone victims of Bangladesh. An amount of $17,800 has been

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Far yet actively connected to Bangladeshi music : In conversation with Chanchal Khan

Chanchal Khan has been away from Bangladesh for over two decades, as his past profession with the UN took him to places, thus depriving him of contributing to the arena of Rabindra Sangeet in Bangladesh as intimately as he would

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Tazuddin Ahmed not properly evaluated: Shimin Hussain Rimi

In an informal discussion session at Canberra, Mrs. Shimin Hussain Rimi, a researcher and the daughter of the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh late Tazuddin Ahmed, appealed to expatriates living in Australia to come forward to the development of the

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