An Ordinary Citizen

An Experiment on Civil-Military Fusion of Government and the exit of General Moeen U Ahmed

bdoza — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:08:41 +0000

Incidents before 1/11 in 2006 in Bangladesh created an envorement for the military to come into the political scenario of Bangladesh. On the day, as stated, 3 chiefs of Army, Navy and Airforce met with the President and persued him to dissolve the First Caretaker Government and to form a second one at the same [...]

Bangladesh Budget 2009-10 and Power Crisis

bdoza — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:33:55 +0000

The Budget outlined a long-term vision to solve the gas and power crisis at present and in future, and as part of it proposed an allocation of Tk 4,310 crore for the sector in the next fiscal year (FY). The allocation is 48 percent higher than that in the revised budget for the current FY. The [...]

Bangladesh Budget 2009-10 and Digital Bangladesh

bdoza — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:56:00 +0000

Vision was projected in the introduction of the Budget Speech to develop Bangladesh as Digital Bangladesh by 2021 in line with forcast of the Prime Minister’s declaration in the party manifesto. For this, Budget attached priority for building necessary infrastructure for Digital Bangladesh. In order to realise the vision of building Digital Bagladesh , Budget [...]

Is it the end of Regime of Iran Islamic Revolution?

bdoza — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:13:54 +0000

Iran turns into Regime of Islamic Revolution in 1979 ousting the then King Reza Shah Pahlavi by public upsurge led by Ayatullah Khomeini, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Revolution. Since then Iran turns into a theocratic state, controlled by the clerics. The regime could sustained almost 30 years despite the conflict and opposition from [...]

Making the Cyberspace Safe for Children

bdoza — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:41:13 +0000

More and more children are using Internet for social networking, acquiring knowledge and as a means of entertainment. But Cyberspace is not absolutely safe for the children. One think is not clear to me is that while so many invention or program have been made in relation to Internet, why making the cyberspace safe for the [...]

Views on Bangladesh Budget 2009-10

bdoza — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:45:04 +0000

Following are the views of different individuals and organisations on the Bangladesh Budget 2009-10: Mix of progress and protection: Daily Star Social Safely Net further expanded A focus on PPP- Zahid Hussain Mixed reactions among chambers, trade bodies-Daily Star Noab denounces duty on the newsprint ADP goal lofty- Mirza Azizul Hoque Govt bows to black money Whetening of black money is [...]

Professional Militarism vs Corporate Militarism

bdoza — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:32:59 +0000

I had no idea about the terms. I first came accross the terms in a discussion program on a TV channel when a Professor of international Law of a university raised the issue in his deliberation. By Professional militarism , he means the militay of a country who are committed to their profession- safeguarding the country, [...]

Bangladesh Budget 2009-10 Proposed

bdoza — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:53:15 +0000

Finance Minister AMA Muhith presented the National Budget for 2009-10 in the parliament , the first of the AL-led new government after the general election of 29th December, 2008. National Budget for 2009-10: Budget at a glance Full Version in English Full version in Bangla News link: Daily Star Prothom Alo bdnews24.com An ordinary citizen Post Script: 30 June, 2009: Budget passed in Parliament [...]

Advance Income Tax, NBR and Language of threat

bdoza — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:32:37 +0000

In the last few days we have come across a notice from the NBR in different dailies to submit 4th quarter of Advance Income Tax for the year for the financial year 2008-09. In the notice the authority asked the taxpayers to submit the tax by 15th of June, 2009 in advance for the 4th [...]

Obama and The Muslim World

bdoza — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:33:34 +0000

Obama has given a speech addressing the Muslim world on 4th June 2009 from Cairo University. I had also the opportunity to listen to his speech. I was impressed by the style, confidence and content of delivery of President Obama during the speech. I could understood that very few orators of the comtemporary time have the excellance of [...]