report in Prothom Alo, Dec 26, 2023The central office of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has been under lock and key since 28 October. The party’s temporary and permanent offices also remain closed in all but eight districts across the country. The BNP has been waging anti-government for quite sometimes while the closure of the party offices started following the events of 28 October when their grand rally in Dhaka was foiled and two people including…
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report in Prothom Alo, Dec 17, 2023The acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM), Shah Muhammad Abu Zafar, has said they joined the election with the assurance of a free and fair election. If the election does not seem free and fair or they do not see an electoral environment, the BNM will pull out of the electoral race. The BNM chief made the statement while talking to the media at Madhukhali of Faridpur…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, July 13, 2023The government on July 3 extended the terms of the two transitional justice commissions that remain ineffective for a year without their office bearers. Through the seventh extension in their terms, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons have got a new lease of life—their terms have been extended until January 24, 2024. As the law governing the commissions…
report in Daily Mirror, Mar 6, 2023 Sri Lanka has once again rejected the resolution 51/1 against Sri Lanka adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in October last year, but said Sri Lanka will remain open to discussion with the Council. “A series of unhelpful resolutions have been adopted by the HRC, the latest being resolution 51/1, without our consent as the country concerned. I reiterate Sri Lanka´s position, which was stated…
by Mirudhula Thambiah in The Morning, Jan 27, 2023Sumanthiran says issues to be resolved by 4 Feb. remain unresolved Wigneswaran disappointed over lack of progress Mano Ganesan boycotts meeting Following their participation at the all-party conference held at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (26), Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Spokesman and Opposition MP President’s Counsel M.A. Sumanthiran said that issues that President Ranil Wickremesinghe promised would be resolved before 4 February are yet to be resolved, and…
Blood of our children
by Farrukh Khan Pitafi in The Express Tribune, Dec 16th, 2023.The writer is an Islamabad-based TV journalist.……December 16 will remain a day of infamy in the annals of Pakistani history for two reasons. First, the loss of its eastern wing. Second, the murder of our children by terrorists. Our collective imagination has found interesting ways to deal with this double whammy. For the fall of East Pakistan, we have found ways to reinvent history. Day…