What’s Happening in Bangladesh? ‘Living in a Dark Age in 21st Century

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- By Farjana Mahbuba, theSOP In one of our regular casual chatting with a female relative over the phone, while I asked her how is she going, she says, “I`ve not seen the dark age, read about it in the school text, a time when people were barbaric, didn`t know civilization. But now I feel like living […]

Bangladesh: Sadness over sentencing to death of Shaykh Delwar Hossain Sayedee (HA)

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From a member of Cordoba Academy Forum: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرحْمَنِ الرحِيْمِ As salam mu alaikum wa rahmat Ullah It is with sadness, but not surprise that we learn that the pro-Hindu, anti-Muslim, Prime minister of Bangladesh and her party are overjoyed with the sentencing to death of the erudite world-famous scholar and orator Shaykh Delwar […]

Bangladesh rejects Turkey request not to execute 91-year old Jamaat-e-Islami leader, Ghulam Azam

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Some reports say Bangladesh plans to execute former leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, Ghulam Azam, will be executed in 26 March 2013. – By World Bulletin / News Desk Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s letter to Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman requesting 91-year old Islamic leader not to be executed for the sake of peace in the society has […]

Scores killed in Bangladesh fire

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At least 100 people killed after massive blaze tears through crowded buildings in Dhaka. – By Al Jazeera More than 100 people have been killed after a fire tore through several buildings in the centre of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, rescue officials have said. At least 100 others were injured in the fierce blaze which […]

Bangladeshi military ‘foils coup plot’

The Bangladeshi army spokesman Brigadier General Muhammad Masud Razzaq describes the coup plot at a press conference. Photograph: EPA

Up to 16 officers with ‘extreme religious views’ plotted to overthrow prime minister, Bangladeshi military claims By Associated Press in Dhaka The Bangladeshi military says it has foiled a plot by a group of hardline officers, their retired colleagues and Bangladeshi conspirators living abroad to overthrow the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina. The coup attempt underlined […]

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