Baseless Tainting of Historical Facts
The 21st June Verdict
That a division bench of the Bangladesh High Court passed a judgment on the 21st June (09) in re-fixing up a fact that is exclusively of the by gone days record of history of Bangladesh not…
Posted on June 25, 2009 | Leave your comment
Bangladesh: A Neighbors Playground?
Geo strategic Game
A small news item caught my eyes. Tambru Canal between Bangladesh and Myanmar was playing foul with us. It has been breaking our side of the bank while building territory to the other over the past few…
Posted on June 17, 2009 | Leave your comment
Tipaimukh: another Farakka in the offing?
Mohiuddin Alamgir reveals the implications and consequences awaiting Bangladesh and the Manipur 
state of India through the completion of the Tipaimukh Dam.
When completed in 1970 by India, the Farakka Barrage, around 18 kilometres upstream of Monohorpur, seemed a rather innocent…
Posted on June 15, 2009 | Leave your comment
Pinak’s Audacity Must Stop
Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakavarty’s audacity exceeded all norms of minimum decorum of a gentleman, let alone of a diplomat. That he claimed that the Bangladeshi experts had no authentic information and facts about the Tipaimukh Dam of India…
Posted on June 8, 2009 | Leave your comment
Water Scarcity and the Threat of Water Wars in South Asia – A Bangladesh Perspective
INTRODUCTION
South Asia is known for many wonderful and beautiful things such as its varied cultures, languages, religions, landscapes and peoples but above all it is known for its volatility and sudden outbreaks of violence and often brutal and destructive conflicts.…
Posted on June 7, 2009 | Leave your comment
India’s Farakka Barrage to Tipaimukh: Bangladesh’s Options
The unpalatable
After getting nod of Bangladesh for the river Ganges’ water withdrawal by India in May 1974 at the Farakka Barrage point up 17 kilometers of the common border of the two countries, and what is called at the downstream…
Posted on June 4, 2009 | Leave your comment
Rajakar Non Rajakar
The following item is, in fact, a letter written by one of my expatriate friend addressed to one unknown person and a copy forwarded to me for circulation to whomsoever I would fancy. So, I took my liberty to make…
Posted on June 2, 2009 | Leave your comment
The UN and the Dhaka Trial of War Crimes
The UN and the Amnesty International have both stood clearly in their latest statements that in the Srilanka’s civil war both sides had perpetrated war crimes. The statements had nothing untruth as the 26 year long war had two sides fighting for…
Posted on June 2, 2009 | Leave your comment
Fascist VC to Technocrat Minister and Adviser
Technocrat fascists
One University Professor lamented to me with utter disgust that the newly appointed V.C. of the University he is still in job, a few days ago in disagreement on a certain issue under discussion, threatened the dissenting voice of…
Posted on May 28, 2009 | Leave your comment
BANGLADESH AND PAKISTAN, Flirting with Failure in South Asia
BANGLADESH AND PAKISTAN, Flirting with Failure in South Asia By William B. Milam
Candid viewpoints
Comments by Shamsher M. Chowdhury, Bir Bikram
Ambassador William B. Milam, or Bill Milam as he is popularly called, takes us on a journey in his book…
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