Independence Day Special 2013
RAMPAL POWER PLANT / Why the EIA study is not acceptable
The proposed 1,320 MW Rampal Power Plant is an outcome of prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina's visit to India from 10-12 January 2010. As per article 35 of the 51 point joint communiqué issued from that visit, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on February 20, 2010 between Indian Energy Secretaries of India and Bangladesh H S Brahma and Abul Kalam Azad in Dhaka. As per that MoU, India's National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) and Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) was...
River ways and tourism
Islamist Politics - from the wings to the centre stage
With the beginning of 2013, the part that 'Islam' plays in Bangladeshi politics has become more crucial. While the trial of a number of front rank members of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Bangladesh, along with few other rightist politicians goes on for their alleged crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, there are frequent strikes and widespread agitation and vandalism by JI workers on the streets as a protest.
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