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Taslima Nasrin in Blitz
Special Announcement
Interationally known feminist writer and self proclaimed atheist Taslima Nasrin has accorded an exclusive interview to Weekly Blitz.
Bangladeshi militants spreading fangs internationally
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
Notorious Islamist militancy group in Bangladesh named ‘Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh’ [JMB] has started getting re-organized under a new umbrella named “Islam-O-Muslim” [Islam and Muslim] and has so far established its wings inside India in Murshidabad, Nodia and Maldah districts. This was disclosed by a number of recently captured activists of JMB. It has taken secret plans of suicide bombing and attacks on secularist forces as well as Western establishments in several countries, including Bangladesh. This group has even established secret factories to produce small weapons.
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Women's health
Kamala Sarup, Kathmandu, Nepal
In this part of the world, millions of women often give birth one child after another. There is no respect for women's health or feelings. For example, most women give birth before the age of 18 and want only two or three children, but they are not able to use family planning if their husbands object. Also, women do not have easy access to various types of family planning facilities. Marriage is viewed as being intended to satisfy the husband and his family. In Nepal and India especially, husbands are under a lot of pressure to give birth to a son. Therefore, women are often put in the position of risking their health for the sake of their families.
False police clearance certificate issued in Bangladesh
Special Correspondent
Spanish authorities have alleged that, most of the police clearance certificates issued by Bangladeshi police are false. Taking this into consideration, Home Office of Spain has started canceling immigration status of Bangladeshis in that country en messe. Bangladesh side is yet to give any official statement on this issue.
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Female journalist threatened in Bangladesh
Blitz Desk
Miscreants have given life threat on popular TV talk-show anchor and journalist Kazi Jessin. According to reports, she received a letter sent by Sunflower Courier Service on Tuesday morning. Inside envelop the courageous female journalist found samples of funeral materials, a business card of a store and a leaflet. In the leaflet it was written, “in the name of talk show, you are continuing un-Islamic activities. We have prepared one revolver and 7 bullets for you”.
Azerbaijan seeks closer ties to Israel despite Iran's pressure
Blitz Desk
The desire of two key Muslim states to strengthen cooperation with the Jewish state has won out against a campaign of pressure from Israel's enemies in the Islamic world. In a state visit to Azerbaijan over the weekend, members of President Shimon Peres's delegation learned of concerted efforts by the Iranian regime to torpedo the event. According to a senior Israeli official traveling with the president, this apparently included a demand by the Iranian military's chief of staff,
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A place where Israel is loved
Michael Freund
Tucked away in a far corner of northern Europe, the tranquil and resourceful nation of Finland often gets unjustly overlooked. Flanked by a swaggering and increasingly quarrelsome Russia to the east and its larger and blonder Swedish neighbor to the west, the Finns seem to receive neither the attention nor the consideration that they rightly deserve.