BANGLADESH: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN TURMOIL

The 15th amendment in the constitution of Bangladesh is making big news, at times for wrong reasons. At least three or of the earlier amendments in that constitution had also made big news.
Highlights of the present amendment in the constitution of ...

Congress Wait-and-Watch Policy Triggers Turmoil

Is it, or is it not, possible for our central government to accede to the genuine, public demands without causing the avoidable injuries and bloodshed?
Let the Union Home Ministry come out with a white paper on the subject, informing the nation of t...

Implement SC Ban of Anti-Maoist Militias: AI

Authorities in India’s Chhattisgarh state must immediately comply with a decision by the country’s Supreme Court to disband and disarm anti-Maoist state-sponsored civil militias, Amnesty International said on July 7.
Since 2005, civil mi...

48th Annual ISNA Convention at Chicago Pluralism will be the Challenge of 21st Century

By MAQBOOL AHMED SIRAJ in Chicago...

India Looking East: P.M. to Visit Dhaka Addressing trust deficit by engaging in economic activity

India, after opening a window towards her west neighbour Pakistan, to blow the breeze of peace and mutual trust, is now stepping ahead towards east to mend relations with erstwhile East Pakistan, now free independent secular Bangladesh. Minister of E...

Yemen Continues to Inspire Amid Great Odds

The Yemeni people are unrelenting in their demands for democracy. Millions continue to stage rallies across their country in a display of will that is proving the most robust out of all the Arab revolutions. The Yemenis face great challenges, however...

Let’s Keep from Building Big Houses and Skyscrapers

By SQN. LDR. SYED SHAHID HAKIM...

SEPSIS ALERT New Recognition of An Old Nemesis

Walking through the hospital, we used to hear “code blue” for cardiopulmonary arrest, “Acute MI” alert for acute heart attack. But now there is a new word that we need to get familiar with called “Sepsis Alert”. Wh...

THE BPL CENSUS 2011 Its Irrelevance and Futility

by: SHAHIDUR RASHID TALUKDAR...