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VOLUME # 7, ISSUE # 04, DHAKA, JANUARY 26, 2012 |
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Jihadist outfit Hizbut spreading in Bangladesh
Special Correspondent • January 26, 2012
Notorious jihadist outfits Hizbut Tahrir and Hizb Ut Towhid, in affiliation with members of Islami Chhatra Shibir [student front of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami] have reportedly established a number of training camps with hill tract areas in Bangladesh, especially Banderban and Cox's Bazar. Members of Islami Chhatra Shibir are also continuing propaganda in favor of these jihadist outfits by using various means, including social networking sites.
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Senator Mark Steven Kirk suffers stroke
Special Correspondent • January 26, 2012
It may be mentioned here that, Mount Prospect resident Dr. Richard L Benkin and Senator Mark Steven Kirk [at that time Congressman] fought for the release of the Weekly Blitz editor from prison, who was false charged with sedition, treason and blasphemy by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led coalition government with Jamaat-e-Islami. The then home secretary, Omar Faruk, who has connection with Jamaat took personal interest in bringing this false charge against Saqlah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury. At that time, party mouthpiece of Jamaat, Daily Sangram published front-page editorial demanding punishment of the Weekly Blitz editor for his writings against rise of Islamist militancy as well as breeding of jihadists within the madrassas. Trial into the accusation, which was false brought against Choudhury by the BNP-Jamaat alliances, is still continuing in the Metropolitan Session Judges Court in Bangladesh since 2004.
Belated happy birthday, broken cane!
Sir Frank Peters • January 26, 2012
Why didn't the child protection agencies speak out against it? No doubt they spent millions on compiling reports to justify their existence. Did parents love their children less in bygone days? – I doubt it. Were parents (especially in village settings) less educated in years gone by and unable to tell the difference between assault and discipline? Most definitely! Did the alleged 'learned ones' (teachers) take advantage of their ignorance? Most definitely! – And still do.
Tantric Sex, Finding Higher Self and Politics
Szandor Blestman • January 26, 2012
Much has been written about the art of tantric sex. I think that many people are drawn to explore it because of the physical aspect. They are titillated by the promise of longer orgasms, more control over orgasms, multiple orgasms and just a more satisfying sexual experience in general. There's no problem with this. Who wouldn't want to have a more pleasurable experience? Who wouldn't want to try something that may help them enjoy an experience as never before? Who wouldn't want to try to make something that has perhaps become old and boring new and exciting again? From what I have read, tantric sex can, indeed, do these things for you.
Dillon Freed • January 26, 2012
Thus, an honest, objective person can see that there are many reasons for a military strike on Iran's facilities, targeted assassinations and sabotage. Some of these reasons, yes, if we are not going to be childish, involve (gasp) American self-interest (such as the need to protect the American investment in Iraq, and oil prices at home). For those too pure of spirit to even consider the real world, fear not, there are non-selfish, shall we say Kantian, reasons as well, most salient of these is that if one cares anything about the young Iranians who have been fighting for freedom against the theocracy (c.f. many in the Green Wave Movement of 2009) then one cannot, under any circumstance, let the authoritarian theocrats attain nuclear power atop of their already expansive political power. For if Iran were to get the bomb, how in the world could the United States – or anyone for that matter – ever help the pro-democracy and pro-freedom and pro-secular groups (who often cry out for such help) in that country if they ever rise up again? Would the United States invade a nuclear Iran on the side of those people? Would the United States even risk airstrikes to assist? Would the United States even arm the rebels?
Szandor Blestman • January 19, 2012
As you may have figured out, I derived the above title from the old saying "America, love it or leave it." That saying has always struck a raw cord with me. It is perhaps one of the most un-American thing one could say, in my opinion. You might as well say "If you don't agree with what the federal government of this country is doing you should just bite your tongue and go along to get along no matter how tyrannical the government acts." This attitude is the same type of attitude that helped create the darkest aspects of the communist regime in the USSR, the fascist regime in pre-WWII Germany and the socialist regime of East Germany. I would bet that it's an attitude prevalent in modern China.
The Saga of Martyrs & King for Sovereign Nepal and Democracy
Dirgha Raj Prasai • January 19, 2012
The glory of Nepal's natural and cultural diversity resounds around the world. Different castes and creeds that exist within the territories of Nepal have jointly preserved the democratic value and tradition. Although our country is small it is home to many castes. The spirit of nationality of Nepal will remain incomplete in practicing discriminatory attitude towards any group, organization or caste. Should Nepal's natural and cultural identities be extirpated in name of political revenge? If so, Nepal will vanish. Following the unification of Nepal, the kings of the nation as Prithvi Narayan Shah, Tribhuvan, Mahendra, patriotic and democratic warriors and people from various castes have protected this unity. But, since the uprising of 2006, the leaders of Congress, UML, Maoist and others have forgotten all their commitments.
Medical experts find surprising benefits of beer
News Desk • January 14, 2012
Drink up: A 2011 Harvard study of about 38,000 middle-aged men found that when those who only drank occasionally raised their alcohol intake to one to two beers or other drinks daily, their risk of developing type 2 diabetes dropped by 25 percent. The researchers found no benefit to quaffing more than two drinks. The researchers found that alcohol increases insulin sensitivity, thus helping protect against diabetes.
Felani was denied her right to live
Maswood Alam Khan • January 12, 2012
Nurul Islam was bringing her daughter Felani to their home in Bangladesh to get her married with a boy as arranged earlier by the guardians. On 7th January 2011, early in the morning, Nurul Islam and her daughter Felani were crossing into Bangladesh, by climbing over a barbed-wire fence using a bamboo ladder, through the Kitaber Kuthi Anantapur border. While they were crossing the fence, Felani's clothes got tangled in the barbed-wire, which frightened her and caused her to scream in panic. Hearing her scream, the BSF on patrol opened fire at her. Felani was shot and killed, but her father had managed to escape. Felani was asking for water till her death, about 30 minutes after the shooting, but nobody was there to fetch her a glass of water. It was a clear act of felony on innocent Felani.
Waging international legal war against Tipaimukh Dam
Barrister M. A. Muid Khan • January 12, 2012
India has decided to construct the proposed dam on the trans-boundary Barak River which flows between India & Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, it enters through Amalshid of Sylhet and becomes divided at Amalshid onto two branches and flows as Surma River (Right Branch) and Kushiara River (Left Branch). Both become united in Habiganj district and flow down as the Kalni River. The Kalni River joins with Ghorautra River near Bajitpur of Kishoreganj district to become the Meghna River. It then flows to Padma River near Chandpur district and falls into the Bay of Bengal, constituting a big estuary in Bangladesh. This estuary is the spawning place of Hilsa and other fishes as well as marine lives. The estuary is a part and parcel of ecology of Bangladesh which cannot be measured in terms of money.
The Midwest versus the Middle East
Dillon Freed • January 12, 2012
And it is a blessing that Midwest Americans, in some respects, are apolitical and a historical – again uneducated. This is in stark contradistinction to the Middle East where the people, while not always technically educated, know history very well – too well. Indeed, you would be amazed by the enormous number of names, battles, treaties, foreign leaders, and dates even the most unschooled Middle Eastern Arab or Muslim driving a cab in New York City can recite. Bernard Lewis, the retired Princeton scholar of Near East studies, often alluded to the fact that Arabs and Muslims are very savvy about their past.
Felipe Matto • January 12, 2012
"I never keep the coins change whenever I pay a taxi or in a restaurant, so I give a greater tip than expected, because of the coins that I will not keep with me. I think about the previous individuals who touched those coins and I feel uncomfortable".
MSB causing severe traffic jam in Dhaka city
Sohail Choudhury • January 4, 2012
When the government as well as traffic department of Bangladesh Police are continuously trying to resolve the ever increasing traffic congestions in the capital city in Bangladesh, owners of Multi Storied Buildings [MSB] are continuing to further worsen the situation as most of them do not either have under-ground vehicle parking facilities in their buildings, or have already used the under-ground parking spaces for various commercial and industrial purposes. Just because of such illegal practices by the owners of such multi storied commercial and residential buildings, vehicles are parked on road sides, causing extra burden to the existing traffic congestions.
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