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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

I Am But A Disembodied Voice, The Living Dead

Where am I? I am certain no one will believe me if I say I have no answer to this apparently straightforward question, but the truth is I just do not know. And if I were to be asked how

Chief adviser urges NRBs to help materialise dev goal

The chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, has urged the non-resident Bangladeshis to pay heed to the motherland’s call for help in materialising the nation’s cherished development goals through concerted effort. The common goal of the nation is to transform the motherland

Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated in a suicide attack

Ms Bhutto – the first woman PM in an Islamic state – was leaving an election rally in Rawalpindi when a gunman shot her in the neck and set off a bomb. At least 20 other people died in the

Australia’s new foreign policy directions: Engagement with Asia

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BREAKING NEWS Ayub Quadri steps down over artefact scam

Dhaka, Dec 26 (bdnews24.com) – Cultural affairs adviser Ayub Quadri has resigned. Talking to bdnews24.com by phone Wednesday night, Quadri said he turned in his resignation letter to the Cabinet Division at 4:30 pm—addressed to President Iajuddin Ahmed. Another adviser,

Dear Bangladeshi's Sorry For 71,Genocide From Pakistan Media And Lawyers

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'Junior Miss' Nora arrives in Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec 22 (bdnews24.com) – Bangladesh-born ‘Junior Miss’ of the US Nora Ali arrived in Dhaka at 7:40pm Saturday on a 10-day visit. Nora will attend a function of Kochi Kanther Asar, a US organisation, said member secretary of International

Shakira grieves with Sidr-hit children – Ashfaq Wares Khan Amit

It is hard to imagine celebrities being emotional. Let alone global mega pop stars. But, when Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira sat in a Dhaka hotel visibly shaken from her visit to Sidr-hit areas, it is easy to understand why

Bangladesh players exchange Eid greetings in New Zealand

Eid in Hamilton, Rabeed Imam 20-December-2007 HAMILTON: Celebrating Eid ul-Adha away from the closest and dearest ones in a foreign land can not be on the year-planner for the Bangladesh cricket squad members but professionalism demands sacrifices and therefore if

Dr Abed Chaudhury with Channel-i on 19 April 2007

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Muslim takes a subway beating to help Jews

It is a story of bravery and goodwill across religious divides, and normally cynical New Yorkers have taken the hero to their hearts. When Hassan Askari saw two couples on a subway train being pummelled by a white gang yelling