by Shohel Mamun & Ashif Islam Shaon in Dhaka Tribunem Jan 19, 2018 at 11:28 PM The government is going to introduce a third madrasa education system named Darul Arqum in 2018, with the previous two major streams of madrasas – Qawmi and Alia – still in operation. Bangladesh Islamic Foundation will monitor the latest stream of madrasa education, while the government has yet to take control over the existing Qawmi madrasas. The foundation’s research…
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report in The Daily Star, Jan 20, 2018 A culture of impunity and delay in trials for attacks on religious and ethnic minority people were behind the rise in such incidents, eminent rights activist Sultana Kamal said yesterday. “The state had to play a strong role in this regard, but it could not carry out the role,” she told a conference at the Jatiya Press Club. The number of such incidents could have been brought…
by Ashif Islam Shaon & Shohel Mamun in Dhaka Tribune,Jan 19, 2018 The main goal of the two major types of madrasa education in Bangladesh – Qawmi and Alia – is to make the students proficient in Islamic history, religion, heritage, culture, language and customs. In the Qawmi madrasa education system, which has the larger number of students in the country, the sole focus is learning about the religion. As a result, they do not…
By Shohel Mamun Ashif & Islam Shaon Despite having two kindergartens near his house, Mohammad Moshiur Rahman, a 33-year-old madrasa teacher in Gazipur, sent his elder son to the same Islamic seminary where he works. His two other children – a boy and a girl – are also awaiting admission to the madrasa. “My son is completing his Nurani course (taught at the Ebtedayee or primary level) and in future, he will be enrolled in…
by Shohel Mamun Ashif & Islam Shaon in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 16, 2018 A total of 68 madrasas dot the eight kilometre stretch of highway going from Jatrabari to Kachpur. There are 66 Qawmi madrasas, privately owned, while only 2 Alia madrasa exist that are government affiliated. These privately owned Qawmi madrasas do not receive financial assistance from the government and are only able to operate with the aid of contributions and donations made by…
Rajshahi : At least 15 influential persons of Rajshahi are engaged in trading and smuggling drugs into the country, says a home ministry report. A former state minister is named in the report as the patron of the drug traders in the northern district. The illicit drug items that are being traded include phensedyl, heroine and yaba. The man in question is Omar Faruk Chowdhury, a member of parliament from Rajshahi-1 constituency (Tanore-Godagari) and also…
by Pavel Haider Chowdhury in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 15, 2018 The ruling Awami League is adopting a two-pronged strategy to put pressure on the BNP until the 11th parliamentary elections: keeping BNP leaders under pressure of cases and arrest, and confront the BNP activists in the field. Some Awami league leaders at the policy-making level said until the election, the government will follow the principle of “zero tolerance” on BNP. According to these sources, the…
Report in The daily star, Jan 12, 2018 The three “militants” who were killed in a Rapid Action Battalion operation tried to explode the entire six-storey building where they hole up in Tejgaon area of Dhaka this morning. They tried to blow up the building “Rubi Villa” keeping a grenade on a stove after filling their room with gas when the raid was underway, Rab Director General Benazir Ahmed said at a press briefing. “But…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 12, 2018 The Awami League has completed four years in office in its second consecutive term today (January 12). After winning the 2014 general elections, Sheikh Hasina took oath as the prime minister for the third time with her new cabinet members on January 12, 2014. The Dhaka Tribune looks back at the government’s tenure and presents its readers with four key successes and failures. SUCCESSES Massive infrastructure development The…
Indian preacher Maulana Muhammad Saad Kandhalvi will not join the Biswa Ijtema which is scheduled to start on Friday in Tongi. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Joint Commissioner Krishna Pada Roy disclosed the information while talking to journalists at Kakrail Mosque in Dhaka on Thursday morning. He said the decision was taken to maintain discipline in Ijtema. However, he added saying that Maulana Saad is staying at Kakrail Mosque. Meanwhile, police have increased security around the…
report in The Daily Star, Jan 10, 2018 by Mohammad Al-Masum Molla and Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee With their main focus on the national election, archrivals Awami League and BNP will use the upcoming city corporation elections to gain ground. Sources in both the parties said they would employ their “full strength” in next month’s Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral race to make a good start early in the election year. A win in the DNCC…