Amnesty International's relationship with HRCBM According to the Amnesty International Report 2002, there were high levels of violence against minorities,...
TAKEN FROM BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_2018000/2018 535.stm ... Good times for bourgeois Bangladeshis By Alastair Lawson BBC...
Arif Joarder
Jun 1, 2002 1:43 pm
5403
Dear Alochoks: Last few months many Alochoks and few other forums ( Shetubondhon, Aalap , NFB ) did marvelous work to unite all Bangladeshis to fight those...
shormilanondi
Jun 1, 2002 1:45 pm
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In response to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alochona/message/5403 Dear Alochoks: I found Mr. Sarcars suggestion to change statesments about Islam in ...
Shahin
Jun 1, 2002 5:39 pm
5405
Thanks Shormilla to bring out the same old debate again. I will try to give more insight later regarding this topic as I am in hurry. But I just can't resist...
Tahera Jabeen
Jun 1, 2002 5:55 pm
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Dear Alochaks, We people of this world are taught from childhood to let our other identities succumb to our religious identities. We also forget to analyse the...
Asok dasgupta
Jun 1, 2002 5:59 pm
5407
"Bangladesh can't unite Non-Muslims in Bangladesh unless Bangladesh became a secular state." The above statement is not exactly true. What does the writer mean...
Farida Majid
Jun 1, 2002 10:31 pm
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Dear Alochoks, June issue of Alochona Magazine has arrived!!! Click http://magazine.alochona.org/home/home.asp now. In its fifth year of operation, today it is...
Alochona Magazine
Jun 2, 2002 12:21 am
5409
Congratulations to Alochona for a job well done. Good luck and best wishes in the coming years. Now on to more serious issues. I draw the attention of the...
Big Lion
Jun 2, 2002 10:48 am
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Dear Friends, "Secular state" is a vague word. Even USA or Europe never claims to be a "Secular state". During our Liberation War Mujib had no clear political...
Isaac Baroi
Jun 2, 2002 11:25 am
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LET US VISIT MAHASTHAN [AZIZ UL HUQ] I. MAHASTHAN GARH: The Great City of Muslim Bangladesh: Mahasthan, the present day name of the ancient city known as...
Aziz Huq
Jun 2, 2002 12:19 pm
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Dear Madam Shormila: Bravo for such an excellent analysis of out nation-cum social crisis. I almost fully endorse your views except a few reservations....
ahsan hasib
Jun 2, 2002 8:40 pm
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Ashoka Fellows Are Among the World's Fast 50 By Ashoka Foundation In Washington DC, on February 14, 2002 Ashoka Fellows A.H. Maqsood Sinha and Iftekhar...
Ashoka Foundation
Jun 2, 2002 9:27 pm
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[Only morally Bangladesh can confront India's regional policy of hegemony and domination. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of wise people among those who...
Maqsoodul Haque
Jun 3, 2002 9:55 am
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Cinema [The Guardian ] Bangladesh at Cannes Matir Moina or The Clay Bird, a film by Tareque Masud, wins critics heart with the International Critics' Prize ...
Farida Majid
Jun 3, 2002 9:59 am
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Dear Alochoks, Stemming from the recent discussions in Alochona and other e-forums - we at Drishtipat has created an appeal asking authorities do something for...
Syed Yousuf
Jun 3, 2002 10:13 am
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LET US VISIT MAHASTHAN [AZIZ UL HUQ] Contd...from part 1. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alochona/message/5411 II. PUNDURU BARDHAN: The Glory of Ancient...
Aziz Huq
azizhuq@...
Jun 3, 2002 1:45 pm
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Monday, 3 June, 2002 87% of Bangladeshi's are Muslims and don't drink alcohol Bangladesh has licensed a private company to produce alcoholic drinks for the...
Maqsoodul Haque
Jun 4, 2002 1:35 pm
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Here are the salient features presented at the launching of a new book on Bangladesh Election 2001. ... A RIGGED ELECTION: AN ILLEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT ...
Abdul Momen
Jun 4, 2002 1:37 pm
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Obviously, as an activist/lawyer that has been fighting for immigrant rights in the United States, this is something I care deeply about. I agree with Mr....
Chaumtoli Huq
chaumlists@...
Jun 4, 2002 1:46 pm
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The 1972 Constitution (articles 39 and 41) guarantees freedom of religion and conscience and their manifestations, while defining certain limits - e.g. in the...
Tahera Jabeen
Jun 4, 2002 2:45 pm
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Can anybody investigate who are those people who conducted the research, voting samples ? Under their study AL would have been the legitimate Govt ? Before...
Dilawar Hossain
Jun 4, 2002 4:17 pm
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Bangladesh has been proliferated by different sort of drugs for a while. I am in no way encouraging consumption of alcohol, but if we look at the issue from...
Rana Chowdhury
Jun 4, 2002 4:19 pm
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BBC: *War fears affect Indian economy* <http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_2023000/2023338.stm> The Indian economy is starting...
Arif Joarder
Jun 4, 2002 4:38 pm
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I have a question for all alochoks advocating for a 'secular Bangladesh'. Is the United States, the most trusted democracy in the world, a secular nation? I...
Big Lion
Jun 4, 2002 4:40 pm
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No it is not. Those who want to mould them in the moulder of India, only they want Bangladesh to be declared as a secular state. What is the benefit of...
Monirul Mirza
Jun 4, 2002 5:52 pm
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I read Ms. Huq's email with great interest but I was a bit disappointed at the direction she was inclining to; 1) I don't think involving the US legal system...
Syed Yousuf
Jun 5, 2002 2:44 am
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I believe as a true democratic state Bangladesh should omit all references to all religions. But this also might serve as a "Shekher Karat" for religious...
Mahmud Ishtiaque Hasan
Jun 5, 2002 4:07 am
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Mr. Yousuf, I appreciate your comments on my preliminary suggestions on some ideas for collective action. Let me begin by saying, disappointments are...
Chaumtoli Huq
Jun 5, 2002 5:14 pm
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Dear Sir, Please allow me to apologize for the inadvertent delay in responding to your annotations due to mundane realities. Your eloquently written, carefully...
