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It
was all lies -- outright and outrageous -- but it worked. Jamaat's
propaganda machine used a photoshopped image of Delawar Hossain
Sayedee's face on the moon yesterday to entice people to unleash a
second wave of terror that left at least 19 people, including a
policeman, dead in five districts.
Absurd
it may look, but a picture of convicted war criminal Delawar Hossain
Sayedee superimposed on the face of moon posted in Jamaat-Shibir
Facebook page “Basherkella” was actually sold to a large number of
people as an omen.
The
government yesterday appealed to the Supreme Court seeking death
penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah for each of the
six charges he faced at the International Crimes Tribunal-2.
The
High Court yesterday directed the government to protect until further
orders the minority communities and places of worships attacked
allegedly by activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP in Noakhali on
Thursday.
British
High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Gibson yesterday deplored the
cruel and unwarranted attacks on places of worship and private property
in Bangladesh.
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has firmly said his country is committed to implement all agreed decisions with Bangladesh.
BNP
Chairperson Khaleda Zia has cancelled today's meeting with Indian
President Pranab Mukherjee because her party apparently does not want to
make key ally Jamaat-e-Islami unhappy.
In
utter inhumanity, Jamaat-Shibir men yesterday gauged out one eye of a
policeman and hacked him indiscriminately to death at Sanatanpur police
camp under Harinakundo upazila in Jhinaidah.
The
historic ground of Bahadur Shah Park, where the mutineers of the 1857
Sepoy Rebellion were publicly hanged, yesterday resounded with the
slogans of the new generation protesters who resolved to build a country
based on the values of the Liberation War.
Three
trucks laden with garments for a US buyer were due to take off Sunday
morning for Chittagong from Arunima Group's Ashulia factory.
Three
top Jamaat-e-Islami leaders yesterday failed to show up before
International Crimes Tribunal-2 for the third time in connection with a
contempt of court rule issued against them.
Sri
Lanka's national cricketers dropped a controversial pay demand on
Sunday, clearing the way for them to play against Bangladesh in a
forthcoming series, a senior official said.
Prosecution
yesterday argued before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that as a
“civilian superior”, Ghulam Azam was involved in war crimes during the
Liberation War in 1971.
At
least 45 people were killed and more than 50 people injured by a bomb
explosion in the Pakistani city of Karachi last night, police said.
The
government yesterday announced names of eight eminent personalities for
Independence Award 2013 in recognition of their outstanding
contributions at national level.
The
Supreme Judicial Council has started investigating the alleged
misconduct of High Court Judge Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan, Supreme Court
sources said yesterday.
With
virtual bodyguards, panic buttons and maps to pinpoint harassment
blackspots, women in urban India are using their smartphones for
protection after a notorious gang-rape in New Delhi.
A
crude bomb exploded in a village in eastern India, killing three people
involved in protests against a $12 billion steel plant project by South
Korean giant Posco, police said yesterday.
India's
hardline nationalist politician Narendra Modi launched a stinging
attack yesterday on the ruling Congress party, setting the stage for a
pitched political battle in general elections next year.
Sri
Lanka's navy said yesterday it had detained 16 Indian fishermen on a
charge of poaching, as tensions rose between India's southern state of
Tamil Nadu and the Colombo government.
Suspected
militants on Saturday shot dead two policemen in Indian Kashmir, a
disputed Himalayan region which has been tense since the hanging of a
separatist last month, police said.
A
shallow 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China yesterday, causing
700 homes to collapse and leaving 20 people injured, state media said.
View the PageEditorial
Already
three consecutive dawn-to-dusk hartals enforced by Jamaat-Shibir had
hurt the supply chain of the economy. As if that was not enough of a
disruption in the market, a three-day 60-hour continual countrywide
shutdown has got underway with the BNP adding one day to the 48-hour
day-night strike announced by the Jamaat-Shibir combine. It is
worthwhile to note that the principal opposition BNP lent moral support
to Jamaat called hartals. In other words, with the BNP joining in, the
overall hartal situation looks fraught with risks of violence, hardship
for the people.
We
note with a great deal of concern that the recent eruptions of
political violence have been marked by some attacks on members of Hindu
community with their houses and temples vandalised. Reports of such
incidents have come from different areas of Noakhali, Chittagong,
Barisal, Bagerhat and Gazipur.
View the PageSports
On
the first day of the three-day warm-up match, off-spinner Shohag Gazi
emerged as the most successful Bangladesh player by taking five wickets
against the Sri Lanka Development Emerging Team at the Uyanwatte Stadium
yesterday. His effort on the day provided clear evidence that he would
have to take the maximum workload in the upcoming Test series in the
absence of left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan as the off-spinner bowled 30
overs in the day.
Sri
Lanka's cricketing great and local Matara hero Sanath Jayasuriya hogged
the spotlight on the opening day of the three-day warm-up match between
the touring Bangladesh team and the Sri Lanka Development Emerging Team
at the Uyanwatte Stadium yesterday. The 43-year-old star of the 1996
World Cup-winning Sri Lankan team returned from Kuwait yesterday to
grace the ceremony held before the start of the match commemorating the
occasion of the beach town hosting an international team after a long
break.
Will
this Sri Lanka tour be a mirror image of the July 2009 series in West
Indies when the Tigers came away with their first overseas Test victory?
That was the question doing the rounds following the deadlock between
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the country's top cricketers over
contractual terms. The main talking point yesterday was whether the
crisis will be resolved before the start of the first Test at Galle on
March 8.
Smarting
from a disappointing 1-0 defeat to Palestine, Bangladesh will be
looking to bounce back in the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers when they
take on hosts Nepal today at the Dasarath Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Sri
Lanka's team selection was thrown into chaos Sunday after all its
international cricketers refused new contracts and demanded higher pay
and perks before the upcoming Bangladesh series.
Bangladesh
all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is set to return to the country on
Wednesday. Shakib, who underwent surgery on his right leg in Sydney last
Tuesday, began walking slowly yesterday after a week's rest, informed
the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) physio yesterday.
Lendl
Simmons's third half-century and an unbroken 85-run third-wicket
partnership with Dwayne Bravo guided the West Indies to an eight-wicket
win over Zimbabwe in first T20 International on Saturday.
Former
footballer Dewan Mohammad Sirajuddin Siru, a member of the Swadhin
Bangla Football Team, passed away yesterday morning at his residence in
Gulbagh.
Opener
Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara decimated the Australian attack with
scintillating centuries as India took complete control of the second
Test on Sunday.
Mohammad
Hafeez put a poor Test series behind him to lead Pakistan to a crushing
95-run win in the second and final Twenty20 International against South
Africa at SuperSport Park here on Sunday.
Rafael
Nadal destroyed David Ferrer to win the Mexican Open on Saturday,
losing just two games as he claimed his second title in three events
since returning from a lengthy injury lay-off.
Arsenal
have had no contact over a potential takeover, sources told the Press
Association on Sunday, amid reports of a looming record bid by a Gulf
consortium.
Novak
Djokovic won his fifth title in six tournaments and extended an
unbeaten run to 18 matches as he clinched a fourth Dubai Open title with
a 7-5, 6-3 win over Tomas Berdych on Saturday.
Borussia
Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski scored twice in a 3-1 Bundesliga
victory over Hanover 96 on Saturday as Juergen Klopp's side put their
midweek German Cup exit to Bayern Munich behind them.
Barcelona
face a daunting task to overcome AC Milan in the Champions League this
month and must quickly recover their form after being dumped out of the
King's Cup and beaten in La Liga by Real Madrid in five days.
Giampaolo
Pazzini's double helped AC Milan take third place in Serie A with a 3-0
home victory over 10-man Lazio at the San Siro on Saturday.
Liverpool
manager Brendan Rodgers believes in-form striker Luis Suarez should be
named player of the year after the Uruguayan grabbed a hattrick in the
4-0 win at Wigan.
A
modest Shinji Kagawa has credited his fans for his weekend hattrick for
Manchester United, the first Asian player to achieve the feat in the
history of England's Premier League.
Borussia
Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp on Saturday apologised to his Bayern Munich
counterpart Jupp Heynckes for his "copycat" jibe in the wake of the
holders' German Cup quarterfinal defeat in midweek.
Bulgaria's
national wrestling team coach Armen Nazaryan has started a hunger
strike to protest the IOC decision to drop wrestling from the Olympic
program from 2020.
View the PageBusiness
Traditional
commercial banks will have to close their Islamic banking wings, and
only the full-fledged Islamic banks will be allowed to offer the
shariah-based services.
A
bloody start to a three-day strike took a heavy toll on the
stockmarket, as share prices declined 5.21 percent yesterday, the
highest single day fall in the last 13 months.
The
commodity supply from the north of the country, the production hub, has
been ground to a halt by the terror unleashed by Jamaat-Shibir
activists.
State-run telecom operator BTCL awarded a Tk 380-crore contract to a company, bypassing rules.
Business leaders in Chittagong are frustrated with the continuous political strikes, as the country's economy is taking a hit.
Anxiety
grips exporters in the port city as timely export of goods becomes
uncertain with the beginning of a three-day countrywide shutdown
yesterday.
The
Demutualisation Act 2012 was placed in the parliament yesterday with a
call to ensure transparency, efficiency and accountability in the
stockmarket through separating the ownership of stock exchanges from the
management.
Most
of the shopping malls in the port city remained closed yesterday and
consumers and retailers suffered as the nation passed the first day of a
three-day hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP.
Global logistics group DHL has recently re-launched its global customer magazine with a new name: “Delivered.”.
The
grand finale of a culinary competition -- Monitor-Malaysian Palm Oil
Chef of the Year 2012 -- was held on Saturday at The Westin Dhaka.
Bangladesh
must strike a balance between its ambitions to have higher telecom and
internet penetration and earn as much money as possible from the
upcoming 3G auction to attract investors, the head of Telenor said.
American
fast-food and Western fashion outlets are taking Pakistan's growing
middle class by storm, defying stereotypes about a conservative Muslim
country plagued by Al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked violence.
The
world's biggest high-tech fair, the CeBIT, kicks off Tuesday, pinning
its hopes on growing tech regions Asia and Africa and the hot topic of
social media to beat competition from other high-profile fairs.
View the PageMetropolitan
Though
far better in Dhaka city, vehicular movement across the country was
seriously hampered due to Jamaat-e-Islami's 48-hour countrywide hartal
beginning yesterday.
Different
political parties and human rights organisations have condemned the
ongoing mayhem created by the Jamaat-Shibir alliance.
The
US $200 million Indian grant will be fully utilised for construction of
Padma Bridge, said Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday afternoon
after calling on visiting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at Sonargaon
Hotel.
A police informer was found dead in the capital's Paltan area early yesterday.
BNP
Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday alleged that death
threats were being issued against their party chief Khaleda Zia through
some blogs and social media Facebook.
Indian
President Pranab Mukherjee has expressed optimism about his government
introducing and passing a constitutional amendment bill in parliament to
give effect to the provisions of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with
Bangladesh and its 2011 protocol in the current budget session.
Bangladesh
Railway (BR) yesterday issued security alerts at all railway stations
under West Zone following Saturday night's arson attack on three coaches
of Silk City intercity train at Rajshahi Railway Station.
A
Dhaka court yesterday for the second time deferred until April 9 the
hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three
others in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
Dhaka
University's 47th convocation, the biggest programme to confer degrees,
will be held today at the university's central playground at 11:30am.
Former
president Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday called upon the prime minister
to sit with all political parties to save the country from a possible
civil war and any unconstitutional government.
Three
Shahbagh demonstrators on Saturday sustained burn injuries as hot oil
from a makeshift snack shop splashed over them during a melee occurred
in the capital's Shahbagh area.
Two
among five North South University students arrested over the murder of
blogger Ahmed Rajib Haidar admitted to being directly involved with
banned Islamist outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir, Bangladesh, said Detective Branch
(DB) sources yesterday.
The
average lifespan of Bangladeshi people has increased from 65 years to
69 in the last four years due to improvement in the health sector, said
Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Haque yesterday.
“Bangladesh
Silk Development Board Bill, 2013” was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad
yesterday with a provision to constitute Bangladesh Silk Development
Board integrating the Bangladesh Silk Board, Bangladesh Silk Research
and Training Institute and Bangladesh Silk Foundation to ensure a quick
development of this sector.
Thirty
eight BNP leaders, including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul
Islam Alamgir and standing committee member Moudud Ahmed, were sued
yesterday for violence in the capital on Saturday.
Two
platoons of army men deployed in Shahjahanpur upazila of Bogra
yesterday morning to help the administration maintain the law and order
following escalating violence were withdrawn in the evening.
People
of the port city yesterday again thronged the sit-in, Gonojagoron
Mancha, before Chittagong Press Club protesting the two-day dawn-to-dusk
countrywide hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami.
A
former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was killed and another
injured by miscreants in Sylhet city's Akhalia Tapobon Residential area
on Saturday night.
A sawmill and several shops were gutted in a devastating fire in Chandmari area of Barisal city on Saturday night.
Three people were sued yesterday for allegedly assaulting a television channel journalist.
The
launching ceremony of Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC)
Graduate Network, a leadership programme, was held at Brac Center Inn in
the capital on Saturday.
View the PageNational
Boro
farmers in eight northern districts under Rangpur division are facing
problem in the peak cultivation season due to shortage of seedlings and
its high prices following damage of seedbeds during persistent cold wave
coupled with dense fog in winter.
Huge
supply of turmeric due to its bumper yield in different areas of the
district has caused a drastic price fall of the spice in local market,
much to the frustration of farmers.
Over
a hundred youths and boys of Kaheta village in Gopalpur upazila under
Tangail shaved their heads simultaneously on Saturday, demanding capital
punishment to the war criminals and ban on politics of Jamaat-e-Islami
and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir.
A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband for dowry at Zhawram village in Sadar upazila yesterday.
Ultra
poor people living at a government shelter in Sadar upazila yesterday
demanded early disbursement of interest free loan allocated by the Prime
Minister's Office (PMO).
Primary
school children in a remote area of Jaldhaka upazila under the district
have built with their own efforts a Shaheed Minar, memorial for the
1952 Language Movement martyrs who worked as source of inspiration for
later mass movements including the 1971 Liberation War.
Police arrested Kendua upazila unit ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami from his relative's house at Purbadhala upazila on Saturday.
There in no trace yet of two siblings who went 'missing' 11 days ago in Mathbaria upazila.
Police
recovered the body of a 'missing' man from a crop land in Dharmadihi
area of Borolekha upazila yesterday morning. The deceased was identified
as Sushil Biswas, 42, son of Kanai Lal Biswas of the area under Dasher
Bazar union. Police said, locals found the body and informed them.
Sushil went missing on March 2.
At
least eight people were injured in a clash between two groups of
smugglers over sharing 'profit money' at Jawrani border village in
Hatibandha upazila around 5.30pm yesterday. The injured were admitted to
Hatibandha upazila health complex and Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital. They
were identified as Sohel Rana, 35, Manik Barmon, 42, Hasem Ali, 45,
Taher Uddin, 36, Quddus Ali, 30, Yasin Ali, 28, Hobibur Rahman, 40, and
Nizam Uddin, 42, of Jawrani village. Local sources said that the clash
took place between Moti Mia group and Lal Miah group.
Border
Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members seized a truck loaded with smuggled
Indian saris, three-pieces and cloths worth Tk 7 crore in Kagojpukur
area under Benapole port PS yesterday. 26 BGB Commanding Officer Lt Col
Abul Kalam Azad said, on secret information, a team of BGB raided
Kagojpukur area and seized the truck of at 3.00am.
Members
of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a businessman along with 3,000
pieces of forged DVDs (digital video discs) from the district town on
Saturday night. The arrestee was identified as Prince Singh Roy, owner
of HM Electronics at Mikepotti in the town. Rab-6 said, on secret
information, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in the area at
night and recovered the forged DVDs from the shop. A case was filed in
this connection under the Copy Right Act.
View the PageLetters
The
only redeeming feature of the distressing news about the burning of a
Hindu temple and of Hindu homes in Bangladesh is the apparent absence of
injury to individuals, or worse. These senseless attacks are in greater
need of immediate justice than even the trial of war criminals. If we
adopt the view of the apparent perpetrators for a moment, we are bound
to admit that all minorities, and specifically the Hindus, are dhimmi
and fully protected. Nothing can be of greater importance than to
reassure the minorities by an immediate and transparent provision of
justice to them.
Nowadays
CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers, in most cases, don't agree to go on
meter but on contract demanding 4/5 times the normal fare. They even
request passengers to be complicit in their wrongful act if challenged
by police. This way, the auto-driver is not only robbing the passenger
but also compelling him/her to tell lies. When asked about the reason of
such unholy act, the common answer from the auto-drivers is: the
auto-owners do not accept the amount fixed by the authorities and they
have to pay the owners 2/3 times higher than that. So the auto-drivers
are helpless and demand high fare from passengers. The poor passengers
can neither speak the truth before the traffic personnel nor can they
quit travelling by auto-rickshaws for obvious reasons.
In
the last 40 years many countries with backgrounds similar to us have
left us behind in vital areas of human development, and education in
particular. The functioning of private universities has filled a huge
gap in higher education, although a lot has to be done to ensure their
quality.
Political
unrest is endemic in Bangladesh. Political parties use students as
their musclemen. When a political party comes to power, student
activists of that party turn into demons. They do whatever they like.
They vandalise educational campuses, beat up innocent students, insult
and humiliate female students and so on. But government does not take
any step against them.
I
have always wished to study abroad. However, due to some unavoidable
circumstances, I couldn't make it and got admitted to a renowned
university in Bangladesh. When I started my classes, I was handed a few
assignments which needed fieldwork. I found my group members grumbling,
“This teacher is so weird, maybe he is a new one. Why go for a
fieldwork? Let's just make something. Who will know whether we went to
the field for it or not?” I was dumbfounded.
I
think religious belief is one's personal matter. One may not believe in
religious customs and it is absolutely one's personal matter, but one
should not disrespect the religious beliefs of others. The majority of
the people of our country are Muslims. If anyone makes any vulgar
comments about religion in social networking sites, blogs or media, it
hurts the religious feelings of others. These persons should be
punished. If not, one may think that he has the right to say or write
whatever he likes which will eventually create violence.
The
so-called Islamic coteries are bifurcating our beloved motherland in
the name of blasphemy. The Shahbagh Chattar demonstration was not
against Islam. But some Islamist groups are deliberately trying to
spread rumours against the young generation that they are atheists and
against Islam. Another party of our political arena claimed that this
movement was not impartial and fuelled by AL. And, no sooner had the
Jamaat-Shibir tried to save their leaders by calling strike than the
demonstrators added another demand to their list: cancellation of the
registration of Jamaat-e-Islami and its affiliated organisations. People
should be careful about the conspiracies to create unrest and take
stand against all propagandas.
Rampura
is one of the most busy and densely populated areas in Dhaka. Many
educational institutions like East West University, Dhaka Imperial
College, Aftabnagar Ideal School and College, National Cambrian School
are situated here. Every morning thousands of people leave the area
for office, while thousands of others come here. The DIT road is the
main road of Rampura, so it always remains very busy. Every day office
goers and students have to cross this road risking their lives, as there
is no foot overbridge around.
There
are systems of providing scholarships to the poor and meritorious
students so that they can continue their studies. But only scholarships
are not sufficient for the poor students to bear their educational
expenses. If government introduces some projects in which these students
can work and have some income to support themselves, it will be very
beneficial to them.
The
entire nation saw the militant activities of Jamaat- Shibir on 22nd
February after the Juma prayers. They vandalised our Shaheed Minar and
tore our national flag into pieces and burned it across the country.
Through these types activities they have proved that they do not believe
in the independence of Bangladesh, have no respect for our language and
Liberation War. They do not believe in democracy; rather try to create
panic across the country to stop the war crimes trial.
Here are some comments that came in response to Sunday's The Daily Star news analysis headlined “Khaleda Zia & 'genocide'”
View the PageInternational
Hundreds
of Syrian troops and rebels were killed in a week-long battle for a
police academy in the northern province of Aleppo, with insurgents
seizing control of most of the complex, a monitoring group said
yesterday.
Armed
forces in Chad claim to have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the commander
of an al-Qaeda-linked brigade which carried out a bloody assault to take
western hostages at a gas plant in Algeria in January.
The
retrial in Egypt of ousted president Hosni Mubarak on charges related
to the killing of protesters during the uprising against him will begin
on 13 April, according to the country's state news agency.
Thousands
of delegates from across China meet this week to seal a power transfer
to new leaders who have raised expectations with a deluge of propaganda
during their first months running the Communist Party.
Global
conservationists converged on Bangkok yesterday for the start of
endangered species talks, as host Thailand was forced onto the defensive
over the rampant smuggling of ivory through its territory.
President
Barack Obama has appointed a new coordinator for the Middle East, North
Africa and the Gulf, the White House announced Saturday.
Israeli
President Shimon Peres on Saturday gave Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu a two-week extension to form a new coalition government, after
he failed to do so in an initial four-week period.
Iran
has freed 14 journalist working for reformist papers who were arrested
in January and accused of cooperating with a "Western-linked network",
the reformist Shargh newspaper reported yesterday.
A
suicide bomber struck in an area between major shrines in the Iraqi
Shia holy city of Karbala yesterday, wounding 10 people, security and
medical officials said.
A
privately-owned unmanned US space capsule arrived at the International
Space Station yesterday, bringing to the space outpost food, scientific
materials and other crucial equipment.
Pakistan's
former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said Friday he would return home
within weeks to contest elections after nearly five years in
self-imposed exile, but did not set a specific date.
Five
Malaysian policemen and two gunmen died in a fresh clash on Borneo as
fears mounted that violence linked to a deadly standoff with Filipino
intruders had spread to other areas, police said yesterday.
View the PageArts & Entertainment
Veteran
actress Rosy Siddiqui's career in TV has spanned over two decades,
while she also has a 23-year strong experience in theatre. Her talents
have also been proven on the silver screen. The star recently came to DS
Café and
Titled
“From the Station”, a printmaking exhibition featuring works of
promising printmaker Nityananda Gaine, is now on at La Galerie of
Alliance Française de Dhaka in Dhanmondi.
The
Ekushey Book Fair in New York, organised at Jackson Heights by the
Muktodhara Foundation, came to a close on February 28. The book fair
featured a wide range of programmes, alongside launch of over a hundred
books published in 2013.
Film studios are starting to target mobile applications that use copyrighted images and film clips without permission.
View the PageOP-ED
I
write in deep anguish, in deep resentment, and somewhat in despair over
the recent happenings. They were blatant, in your face insults to our
nationhood, to the core values of our struggle for independence. On the
surface these affronts were a reaction of a bigoted minority to the
historic upsurge of national ire against war criminals, and justice
demanded by our youths against the criminals that was voiced over three
weeks in Shahbagh Square. But deep down this is a resurgence and muscle
flexing by elements that have inherited the spirit and philosophy of the
forces that stood against us, and aided and collaborated with the power
that had launched a war against us in 1971.
Nearly
eight years ago, Kuomintang (KMT) elder Lien Chan's ice-breaking visit
to Beijing helped ease tensions in one of Asia's most dangerous
flashpoints and ushered in the current warm cross-strait ties.
On
February 6, the Election Commission (EC) announced the draft electoral
boundaries of all 300 parliamentary constituencies in the country.
Delimitation of boundaries is one of the most fundamental pre-election
activities, and this has moved the EC one step closer to holding the
10th parliamentary election.
As
an agrarian country in a deltaic environment Bangladesh relies on
floods and the fertility of its soil to produce its annual grain
requirement. But crop losses due to floods and other natural calamities
are a recurring phenomenon which disrupts the entire economy of the
country. For example, early monsoon floods, late onset of floods, and
other climate variations impact food production and quality of life
significantly. In addition to dislocation of cropping practices, large
populations have historically suffered greatly in part due to
unanticipated climate events that are typical in Bangladesh. When
monsoons are delayed and crops fail as a result, farmers often don't
know how to pay back the debts they have taken on to purchase seeds.
Almost
every time you pick up the phone in Hong Kong, you end up with a good
laugh. Here are seven real-life transcripts of conversations.
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In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect.
