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প্রিয় অষ্ট্রেলিয়াকে অনেক, অনেক ধন্যবাদ একটি সুন্দর আয়োজনের জন্যে —
শৃঙ্খলাবদ্ধ হওয়া , জালে জড়ানো কিংবা অন্যের অধীনে চলে যাওয়া মানুষের ধর্ম নয় । মানব সভ্যতার ইতিহাস শৃঙ্খলমুক্তির ইতিহাস ।স্বাধীনভাবে বেঁচে থাকবার ইতিহাস । কিন্তু আমরা প্রবাসী বাংলাদেশীরা যে , ক্রমেই একটি বিশেষ কৃতজ্ঞতার জালে বন্দী হয়ে যাচ্ছি , তা
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Obama’s speech in Cairo and Bangladesh
There is a great deal of excitement in the Muslim community to hear what a US President who shares a middle name “Hussein” with the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (sm) has to say in Cairo. With his Muslim family members
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ইউরোপে সামার ভেকেশান ওয়াসিম খান পলাশ প্যারিস থেকে
দেখতে দেখতে আরেকটি সামার এসে হাজির । আমার এই আর্টিকেলটি গত বছর বহুল জনপ্রিয় ম্যাগাজিন সাপ্তাহিক ২০০০ সহ বর্তমান সময়ের সব জনপ্রিয় ওয়েব ম্যাগাজিন গুলোতে প্রকাশিত হয়েছিল। বিষয় বস্তুটি কিন্তু ছিল চমৎকার। মেল পেয়েছিলাম অনেকের কাছ থেকে। এই বিষয়টি নিয়ে
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ICC World Twenty20 Cricket 2009
After all the drama, excitement and glamous Bollywood dances of IPL, world stage is ready for the ICC World Twenty20 cricket to be held in England from 5th June (Friday) 2009. IPL was all about Teams and multi million $$
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Attacks on overseas students in Australia
The recent attacks on overseas students in Australia is a big surprise for everyone. Australia is a multicultural country and one feels at ease in living in Australia. In any big city, people of all races are visible and intermarriage
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দূরে বহুদুরে : Far Faraway – 1 2 : Tele-film
দূরে বহুদুরে : Far Faraway – 1 & 2 : বর্হিবিশ্বে চিত্রায়িত প্রথম ধারাবাহিক টেলিফিল্ম : স্যাটেলাইট চ্যানেলে শীঘ্রই আসছে …Special Sneak Preview In the years of 1998-1999 the First Tele Series was created with the thought of the Immigrant
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Congress victory in India Bangladesh
Polling results released on 16th May indicate that the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will become only the second Indian leader to win re-election after serving a full five-year term. Even though the election was fought primarily on domestic issues,
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Parliamentary Constituencies for Non-resident Bangladeshis
Remittance is the largest source of foreign income that contributes more than 10 percent of the GDP in Bangladesh today. Apart from this huge capital inflow, the non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) are increasingly playing an important role in the development of
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Internet – the good, the bad and the ugly
A society is a dynamic institution created by mankind to pursue common social goals. While an individual seeks to maximize his or her own welfare as the primary goal, collective efforts are often needed to achieve individual goals. Many things
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Do we need a Care-taker government?
Since the last care-taker government took almost two years to allow the Election Commission to hold the 9th parliamentary elections on 29th December, instead of three months, the system of the care-taker government has been seriously questioned as to whether
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Trans-boundary Rivers with India Bangladesh
Bangladesh has 57 trans-boundary rivers, of which 54 are with India and 3 are Myanmar. The water dispute with India is as old as the birth of Bangladesh. It started even before Bangladesh when India’s ill-conceived Farakka Barrage on the
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ক্ষমার অযোগ্য অপরাধ, অত:পর… লিখেছেন আরশাদ হোসেন ভুইয়া
দর্শন শব্দের আভিধানিক অর্থ হোল দেখা। কি দেখা? বস্তুর প্রকৃত রুপটাকে দেখা। সাধারন মানুষ, আমরা কেবল বহিরাবরনকেই দেখতে পাই এবং এতেই সন্তুষ্ট; কিন্তু দার্শণিকটা তা নন। বিস্তারিত পড়তে নিচের পিডিএফ ফাইলটি ওপেন করুন।
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Energy Security and Bangladesh
Energy plays an important role in the national security of any given country as a fuel to power the economic engine Energy security means diversifying from fossil fuels to renewable energy and ensuring energy at all times for promotion of
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On democratic autocracy
The concepts of democracy and autocracy are apparently contradictory. Democracy is a system of government where people elect their representatives to govern the country in away that reflects people’s views, hopes and aspirations. On the other hand, autocracy refers to
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“Ami Banglar Gaan Gai”; the Indomitable Mahmuduzzaman Babu
During a program in Canberra attended by Soumitra Chatterjee, the legendary actor from Kolkata, I overheard a fellow Canberra-living Bangali, obviously from Kolkata, saying to Soumitra “Dada shunechhen, Pratul Babur Gantikey to Bangladeshira ekebarey Oder Jatiyo shongeet baniye phelechhey”. He
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A book in English – Dilruba Shahana
While in Bangladesh book lovers used to buy books in Bangla to bring with them abroad, it is a very common scenario among keen readers. Books are really heavy goods to carry by air as unaccompanied luggage. Still to some
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Indian Classic dancer contests against BJP leader L.K. Advani
The 15th Lok Sabha election in India commences from 16th April and completes on 13th May. The month-long general elections will be held in five phases on April 16, April 22, April 23, April 30, May 7 and May 13,
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Indian Premier League 2009 on CH 10
The “Cricket Madness” is back again!. The second version of Indian Premier League (IPL), Professional Twenty20 Cricket tournament will start from Saturday (April 19). This year the 45-day tournament will be held in South Africa due to the general election
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The 100- days of the AL-led Government
The 100 days benchmark seems to have been established to evaluate the performance of democratically elected governments across the world. The Awami League-led government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will reach its100-day milestone on 19th April. Is the public pleased
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প্যারিসর চিঠি: ফতে দো লা মিউজিক ফ্যাস্টিভাল : ওয়াসমি খান পলাশ প্যারিস থেকে
১৯৮১ সালরে একটি ঘটনা। সে সময়রে কালচারাল মিনিস্টার Jack Lang এবং জাতীয় মিউজিক এবং নৃত্যতত্ব বিভাগের ডিরেক্টর Maurice Fleuret কনে এক অনুষ্ঠানে আমন্ত্রতি হন। অনুষ্ঠানে সজৈন্য সাক্ষাতকালে Maurice Fleuret কালচারাল মিনিস্টার Jack Lang কে র্সবপ্রথম ফতে দে লা মিউজিকের একটি
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G-20 Economic Summit in London Bangladesh
The G-20 leaders met in London on April 2nd to discuss plans to tackle the current global economic crisis. The G-20 is a group of the world’s most powerful countries that together represent 85% of the world’s economy. The G-20
Read MoreThe Foreign Secretary's comments are ‘undiplomatic’
Newspaper reports suggest that at the present time there are no heads of foreign missions of Bangladesh in 12 countries, including Malaysia, Belgium and Switzerland (The Daily Star 29 March). In addition, the government has called back three ambassadors and
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BDR Massacre and International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973
There is an enlightened debate on whether the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act (Act no XIX of 1973) applies or not to the suspected murderers at the BDR premises. There are two views in the matter. One view suggests that it
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War Criminals: Trial
On 29th January 2009, Bangladesh Parliament adopted a resolution to try war criminals. On 25th March, the government decided to try war criminals under the 1973 International Crimes (Tribunals) Act and the investigation as claimed by the Law Minister had
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