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Could that ugly Christmas sweater made in Bangladesh that your grandma is going to give you be advancing women’s rights?
This weekend over at the CANOW (California National Organization for Women) blog, I explored the subject of whether or not the garment industry empowers women in developing nations. Go read it and leave a comment, so I don’t look like a big loser.
1 Dec 2008, 8:45 am | click here for more
India to Mobilize in Aftermath of Mumbai Attacks (Updated)
The commando-style terror attacks that killed around 200 people in Mumbai, India, last week have been compared to the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. seven years ago. "It's war," The Times of India proclaimed in an editorial. As in the case of the demolition of New York's World Trade middle in 2001, Mumbai's iconic monuments such as the Taj Mahal Hotel, the Oberoi Trident and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus have arrive below attack. Like 9/11 did for America, the Mumbai attacks could boost India's invol
1 Dec 2008, 8:01 am | click here for more
Strange normalcy
The Terror Wonk knows that a journalist’s first problem in writing about anything that happens involving terror on the Indian subcontinent is to answer the question “whodunnit”? Finding the answer is rarely easy. In the Mumbai attacks “most of the speculation has focused on Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), although their spokesperson and the spokesperson of their political wing … have both denied their organization’s involvement.” Indeed, the Indians are pointing at LeT also, despite their avowal of inno
1 Dec 2008, 7:45 am | click here for more
Christian freedom fighters await recognition
Christians who fought alongside Muslim combatants in Bangladesh's war of independence are asking the government to recognize their contributions.
1 Dec 2008, 7:10 am | click here for more
BSF steps up vigil along West Bengal's porous border
BSF steps up vigil along West Bengal's porous border In the wake of the brazen terror attacks in Mumbai last week, the Border Security Force (BSF) has intensified vigil along the West Bengal border with Bangladesh, focussing especially on the porous riverine channels.
1 Dec 2008, 7:02 am | click here for more
Bangladeshi Spinner Razzak suspended by ICC
Bangladesh left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak was suspended from bowling in International cricket as his action was confirmed as suspect as per the regulations of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Umpires Daryl Harper and Asoka de Silva had initially reported his bowling action to be suspect after Bangladesh played home series against England. On further inspection by Marc Portus, a member of the ICC panel of human movement specialists at the Australian Institute of Sports, it was found o
1 Dec 2008, 6:21 am | click here for more
Multiple nomination lands EC in a mess
Seventeen political parties including Awami League, BNP, Jatiya Party and Jamaat-e-Islami must settle on their candidates in the constituencies where they have more than one, and inform the returning officers of the decisions by tomorrow morning. Citing a provision in the Representation of the People Order (RPO), the Election Commission (EC) has already reminded them [...]
1 Dec 2008, 1:35 pm | click here for more
Commotion over nomination brews
Political parties’ picks for the parliamentary polls stirred up discontent and conflict between party grassroots in many constituencies across the country with people barricading roads and burning effigies in different areas. Many listed criminals, corruption suspects and convicted former lawmakers submitted nomination papers. In Chandpur, supporters of two rebel BNP candidates have been separately protesting against the [...]
1 Dec 2008, 1:24 pm | click here for more
Emergency to be lifted before polls
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda yesterday strongly hoped that the state of emergency would be lifted at a suitable time before the upcoming election, as the commission has already made a request to the government in this regard. “We’ve given our opinion to the chief adviser during a meeting with him. The CA [...]
1 Dec 2008, 1:23 pm | click here for more
UN meet kicks off; hope for new treaty
Amid the global financial turmoil, United Nations Climate Change Conference began yesterday in Poznan, Poland, with a wish to reach a consensus among least developed, developing and developed countries to sign a new treaty during next year’s conference in Copenhagen. The treaty, if signed, would succeed the Kyoto Protocol. The Poznan summit has been termed [...]
1 Dec 2008, 1:13 pm | click here for more
Deliver election duties without fear, greed
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday asked the civil bureaucrats to perform their election duties, rising over every sorts of fear, greed, pressure and influence. Addressing a meeting of the top-ranking officials of Khulna Division in DC’s conference room here, the head of the caretaker government categorically said any partisan role or any tiny lapses in [...]
1 Dec 2008, 1:10 pm | click here for more
JS poll runners barred from contesting upazila race
Individuals seeking candidacy in the upcoming parliamentary election are not qualified for contesting the January 22 upazila polls as the caretaker government has amended the upazila parishad ordinance to prevent them from contesting both the elections. President Iajuddin Ahmed on November 25 promulgated an ordinance amending the local government (upazila parishad) ordinance to this end, [...]
1 Dec 2008, 1:08 pm | click here for more
Terror fear prompts VIP security review
The Special Security Force (SSF) plans to introduce new dimension of security system besides enhancing safety measures for VIPs following the recent terror attacks in Mumbai and Islamabad. The SSF is holding series of meetings with the law-enforcement and intelligence agencies to decide about long and short-term measures to ensure foolproof security of four VIPs — [...]
1 Dec 2008, 1:06 pm | click here for more
UNDP Releases Bali Action Plan Briefing Documents
28 November 2008: The UN Development Programme (UNDP), with financial support from the UN Foundation and the Governments of Norway, Finland and Switzerland, is providing assistance to 20 developing countries to strengthen national capacity to address climate change policy options below the UNFCCC, including investment assessment and financial flows for key sectors. As a major output of this initiative, UNDP has released Bali Action Plan Briefing documents, which are designed to provide policy
1 Dec 2008, 12:56 pm | click here for more
When minsters fight hard for votes of muslims- that says their stats are bullshit!!
Helpless kids running away to escape forced rape, parents hiring kidnap squads, UK appeasers doing nothing Tip of iceberg Forced marriage cases up by 80pc this year as investigators find parents using ‘bounty hunters’ The number of forced marriages being investigated in Britain has risen by 80 per cent this year with parents using “bounty hunters” and bogus missing persons campaigns in a desperate bid to track down runaway kids and make them wed. By Martin Beckford, Religious
1 Dec 2008, 12:14 pm | click here for more
Saudi Cleric Issues Fatwa Against the “Brains” Behind the Muslim Massacre of Mumbai.
Just joking. The Islamic terrorists keep telling us that their barbaric massacres and homicide bombings are being done in the name of Islam. Muslim organizations keep insisting that Islam is a religion of peace. Even as civilian blood cries out for justice, or for security, the intelligentsia warn us that Muslims and Islam are not the problem, that American foreign policy and Zionism are the real problem. The Western mainstream media refuse to take the barbarians at their word lest they be ac
1 Dec 2008, 12:13 pm | click here for more
Bangladesh star Abdur Razzak suspended by ICC
Bangladesh spinner Abdur Razzak has been suspended by the International Cricket Council because of an illegal bowling action.
1 Dec 2008, 12:08 pm | click here for more
There Can’t Be Too Many Chiefs on the Team
There Can’t Be Too Many Chiefs on the Team November 30th, 2008 Well, hello! You’re back! That must mean you’re interested in my theories about the keep-the-world Team. Whether you’re right on my wavelength, or merely fascinated by what you look as the deterioration of my sanity, I’m so pleased you’re here. You may recall that in my last post, I hypothesized there are certain people who are born with the natural tendencies of shamans, and who feel somewhat lost and misplaced in modern soci
1 Dec 2008, 11:02 am | click here for more
Our Worst National Security Nightmare
Our Worst National Security Nightmare by Steven D Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 10:20:09 AM EST Hint: it's not Al Qaeda or terrorism or nuclear proliferation. They are only symptoms of the real problem, the primary underlying cause of conflict in the 21st century. Our biggest national security concern: Global Climate Change. I know. Broken record time for me again. But the facts and the experts back me up on this. And if there were any doubters still out there, here's one more sign that global warmin
1 Dec 2008, 10:26 am | click here for more
Siddons writes off Proteas
Jamie Siddons, the Aussie who coaches Bangladesh, believes South Africa do not have the bowling to beat Australia in the upcoming series. The Proteas just don’t have the bowlers, he said after his team didn’t have any bowlers to trouble the Proteas in Centurion last week. Dale Steyn’s OK, but Morne Morkel is a bit erratic and they have no spinner, was Siddons’ argument. You could say the same for Australia. Mitchell Johnson and Stuart Clark are OK, but don’t tell me Brett Lee is suddenly sup
1 Dec 2008, 10:25 am | click here for more