Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 04:51
Paper No. 5436 Dated 26-Mar-2013
By B. Raman
Anti-Muslim rumours projecting Muslims negatively have spread to Rangoon from Meikhtila which has been placed under a State of Emergency following three days of Buddhist-Muslim clashes last week.
2. While no fresh fatalities have been reported from Meikhtila, there have been reports of fresh attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned properties in the villages and townships around Meikhtila.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sat, 03/23/2013 - 14:14
Paper No. 5434 Dated 23-Mar-2013
By B. Raman
Between 20 and 26 persons are reported to have been killed in three days of violent clashes between Buddhists and Burman Muslims (not Rohingyas) in the central Myanmar cantonment town of Meikhtila since March 20, 2013. Official figures have, however, given the death toll as five only till the evening of March 22.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 09:43
Paper No. 5429 Dated 20-Mar-2013
Bangladesh is a country poised to take off economically. True, there are serious issues of corruption, governance, shortage of power and law and order situation. None of these things are new. It will take time and patience to rectify these challenges. But if any one demands an ideal situation he is surely going to be disappointed. But these have to be addressed urgently also. It calls for realism also.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 03/18/2013 - 06:37
Paper No. 5426 Dated 18-Mar-2013
By Kazi Anwarul Masud
The explosive discontent initially expressed by the youth and then quickly supported by people of Bangladesh of all ages over the sentence given to Abdul Quader Mullah accused of crimes against humanity is a reflection of national frustration over the leniency of the sentence.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 03/05/2013 - 13:49
Paper No.5416 Dated 5-Mar-2013
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Bangladesh today is at critical crossroads in its national history where under the able and visionary leadership of the present Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is surging towards a radical transformation of purging Bangladesh of Islamist bigotry and fundamentalism from its political dynamics.
