Dear Colleagues, The website of Uttran now in online. The URL http://www.uttaran.net. Uttaran (Transition), a people centred NGO using a rights based approach...
We honor his memory. We honor him, for Howard championed grassroots social change and famously chronicled its story as played out over the course of our...
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Mahmudul Hasan
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Nov 14, 2010 5:54 am
Thought you would like this meaningful poem. Best, Mahmud __________________________________ http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/television/ Television By Roald...
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 11:20:17 +0600 Subject: My memories of Bangladesh My memories of Bangladesh J.F.R. Jacob Gen. J.F.R. JacobMy first contact with the...
* Perceiving the perception Index This entry questioning the Corruption Perception Index was posted by Rumi on October 31, and is filed under Awami League,...
This year more than 90,000 Muslims from Bangladesh went to Saudi Arabia to perform the Islamic ritual of Hajj. Among the Five Pillars of Islam Hajj is the one...
How can we ignore the religious need of a believer? Economics of hajj is fascinating. 94,000 Bangladeshis are performing hajj thyis year. Total expenditure can...
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Md. Taher
Nov 17, 2010 4:57 pm
Dear Akbar Hossain, This is very refreshing. I appreciate your clear position on rituals like Hajj (and Qurbani?). I think there is another dimention to it....
http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/11/eve-teasing-of-semantic-shifts-and-criminal-cover-ups/ By Rahnuma Ahmed: This year, `eve teasing� was brought back from...
Mr. Hussain observes something very interesting in his recent mail on "Religion and Rituals". He states: " �moral standpoint cannot be overtaken by any...
Question: Which should he do first � go for Hajj or pay off his father's debt?, Which takes priority, doing the obligatory (first) Hajj, or paying off one's...
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MUSTAFIZUR RAHMAN
Nov 17, 2010 5:00 pm
The very second sentence of this writer says the crux of the issue. 'Hajj is among the Five Pillars' of Islam ----- - '. Neither Allah nor His Rasool (SAWS)...
Another eventful year passes us by. UV bloggers looked back at the news makers and issues of 2010 to determine some of the top events and issues of the year...
http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/12/chobi-mela-vi-press-conference/ Chobi Mela Press Conference at 4:00 pm on 28th January 2010 at Drik. One of the highlights...
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SAN-Feature Service
Dec 29, 2010 8:46 am
SAN-Feature Service SOUTH ASIAN NEWS-FEATURE SERVICE Dec. 22, 2010   How Can The Pakistani Left Become Relevant? Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy  Terrorism is here to...
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Jonathan Adhikari
Dec 29, 2010 8:46 am
Wikileaks US Embassy Dhaka http://213.251.145.96/origin/87_0.html So far, 4 cables have been published. Nothing sensational. All from 2008-2009: Engaging with...
Meeting up with Rageh Omaar, the royal family and the star studded cast at the Prince Claus Fund might have its pluses, but it was the wrong time to be stuck...
India/Pakistan/Bangladesh are all part of history - the Indian subcontinent was not a unified nation state before the British or the Mughals or other...
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SAN-Feature Service
Jan 19, 2011 7:48 am
January 16, 2011  http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article1095517.ece?homepage=true  Awami League: rising to the challenge Haroon Habib  ...
It's a frenzied, chaotic and exciting time out here. The list of international visitors grows every day. The Chobi Mela secretariat has been doing a great job,...
Ian Cobain and Fariha Karim's article on MI5 supported torture in Bangladesh, makes it all the more important that we prevent Moshrefa Mishu being taken into...
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:14:42 +0600 Subject: [ALOCHONA] Skewing the history of rape in 1971 A prescription for reconciliation? Skewing the history of rape in...
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SAN-Feature Service
Jan 19, 2011 7:54 am
SAN-Feature Service SOUTH ASIAN NEWS-FEATURE SERVICE January 14,2011  Blasphemy laws and their serious implications  Madanjeet Singh  The proposed U.N....
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Ahmad Tabshir
Jan 19, 2011 7:55 am
A nice article from The Daily Times, Pakistan, would like to share. Thanks to the writer. Pakistani intelligentsia needs world support to combat the...
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Numair A. Choudhury
Jan 19, 2011 7:56 am
Pakistan�s collective psychosis is painful to behold. When a suicide bomber walked into the female cafeteria at the Islamic University in Islamabad, followed...
The movie Meherjaan by Rubaiyat Hossain has created much uproar in Dhaka. The movie is based on a fiction about the liberation war of 1971 where a love affair...
