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</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/80vR2xZOe3E/bangladeshs-blackhole-democracy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/80vR2xZOe3E" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2011/09/bangladeshs-blackhole-democracy.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-6137435885130297471</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-27T21:43:21.931+06:00</atom:updated><title>যোগাযোগ  মন্ত্রনালয়, নাকি পরিবহন মন্ত্রনালয়?</title><atom:summary>বাংলাদেশের যোগাযোগ মন্ত্রনালয়ের নাম আসলে হওয়া উচিত পরিবহন মন্ত্রনালয় । কারণ যোগাযোগ বলতে আসলে মানবীয় যোগাযোগকে বুঝায়। তবে নাম বদলালেই কি, আর না বদলালে  কি, কাজ যে ধারায় চলছে তা যথাপুর্বং চলিতেই থাকিবে। </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/qTsq26u_i5Q/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/qTsq26u_i5Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2011/08/blog-post.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-6293332268691506372</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 05:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-14T11:34:55.676+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh situation</category><title>Clue to latest Bangladesh drama</title><atom:summary>Khaleda's forced eviction drama and subsequent events are taking Bangladesh to a new uncertainity. The Army Chief and the Second man are out of the country in China. The acting Chief Lt. Gen Moinul, the 'famous' BDR DG who handled the crisis situation after BDR massacre, allegedly presided over  Khaleda's eviction drama. By the way, he was one of the junior officer who was convicted in Zia's </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/ycqMTsf1pFk/clue-to-latest-bangladesh-drama.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/ycqMTsf1pFk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/11/clue-to-latest-bangladesh-drama.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-4307163186267595266</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-07T22:42:33.594+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh's Troubled November 1975</category><title>Bangladesh's Troubled November 1975: two interesting information</title><atom:summary>From: Military-Media Relations in Bangladesh 1975-1990, (by Rezwan-ul-Alam, Palok Publishers, 2008, Dhaka)Page 206&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     generated by an Adobe application   11.9999   &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0   36         false   false   false                             MicrosoftInternetExplorer4   &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !mso]&gt;  st1\:*{</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/sooLZnRS5PA/bangladeshs-troubled-november-1975-two.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/sooLZnRS5PA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/11/bangladeshs-troubled-november-1975-two.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-8072114239281594589</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 05:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-10-03T11:53:41.402+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">New Great Game</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh</category><title>Can Bangladesh withstand US-NATO pressure?</title><atom:summary>Bangladesh is under immesne pressure from the US and the NATO to contribute to the ongoing military operations in Afghanisatn. Although local newspapers said today the ruling Awami League Government's Advisors have urged the Prime Minister not to succumb to such pressures, it is evident from this article that Bangladesh has little option, but to join the badwagon, sooner or later, as the momentum</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/WzOIGEGs4wc/can-bangladesh-withstand-us-nato.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/WzOIGEGs4wc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/10/can-bangladesh-withstand-us-nato.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-167133154435511609</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-14T23:13:16.487+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sheikh Mujib</category><title>Is Bangladesh saying what you had wanted to say?</title><atom:summary>A very good article by SALIL TRIPATHI. From:A QUARTER CENTURY AGO I met a man who calmly told me how he had organised the massacre of a family. He wasn’t confessing out of a sense of remorse; he was bragging about it, grinning as he spoke to me.I was a young reporter on assignment in Dhaka, trying to figure out what had gone wrong with Bangladesh, which had emerged as an independent nation after </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/6kNQK7MzLJo/is-bangladesh-saying-what-you-had.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/6kNQK7MzLJo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/08/is-bangladesh-saying-what-you-had.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-9035367559724459583</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 17:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-29T23:19:07.483+06:00</atom:updated><title>Facebook temporarily banned in Bangladesh</title><atom:summary>According to bdnews24, Facebook has been temporarily banned by the Bangladesh government.Here is the story:Dhaka, May 29 (bdnews24.com) — Facebook has been blocked in Bangladesh for a  brief period, a senior BTRC official told bdnews24.com Saturday evening after  hundreds of users reported the social networking site was down.The  official, speaking on condition anonymity, admitted that elite </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/pOeybBhYv6w/facebook-temporarily-banned-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/pOeybBhYv6w" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/05/facebook-temporarily-banned-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-3516198905711520222</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 06:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-10T12:33:15.736+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Parents</category><title>Parent's job description</title><atom:summary>Received via email.PARENT - Job Description POSITION :Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma, Dad, Daddy, Dada, PaJOB DESCRIPTION :Long term, team players needed for challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/65UStUKSEH4/parents-job-description.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/65UStUKSEH4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/05/parents-job-description.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-153693243043876180</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-25T12:15:54.697+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh-India-China-US</category><title>Dancing of global masters in South Asia</title><atom:summary>From:Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent trip to China, following close on the heels of her January trip to India, demonstrates Bangladeshi leaders are leveraging the country’s increasingly important geostrategic position vis-à-vis Asia’s two rising powers.  India is watching closely and with a certain degree of concern China’s growing interest in establishing links to South Asia, </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/aGpsDFou0Z0/dancing-of-global-masters-in-south-asia.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/aGpsDFou0Z0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/03/dancing-of-global-masters-in-south-asia.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-7478656092079964506</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-19T15:27:56.434+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh-India-China</category><title>Bangladesh's dilemma in choosing between India and China</title><atom:summary>From:As Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tours China, a debate is brewing in Bangladesh. Who is a greater friend? India or China? The answers vary.While Hasina is seeking regional connectivity involving Bangladesh, India, China and Myanmar, many Bangladeshis think differently.“The key to Bangladesh’s global vision is connectivity. This means opening up Bangladesh to India and China, and frankly </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/W4u12C2NvGM/bangladeshs-dilemma-in-choosing-between.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/W4u12C2NvGM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/03/bangladeshs-dilemma-in-choosing-between.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-250250044779107508</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-16T22:51:41.609+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh US Relations</category><title>Bangladesh-Oregon partnership</title><atom:summary>From:If you're looking for the center of gravity in America's relationship with the populous nation of Bangladesh this week, it's right in the middle of Portland, where some 120 people are attending a working summit that marks the public kickoff of the state partnership program between Oregon and Bangladesh.At first blush, this may sound like a headscratcher, but it's a handy illustration of the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/9-GOdke1ef4/bangladesh-oregon-partnership.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/9-GOdke1ef4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/03/bangladesh-oregon-partnership.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-8874893679253593846</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-16T22:31:39.449+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh economy</category><title>Bangladesh economy: Growth challenge</title><atom:summary>FROM March 2 ISSUE OF VIEWSWIRE OF THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNITBangladesh is in the fortunate position of having been far less exposed to the global recession than many other economies, but mild signs of weakness are emerging. Indeed, whereas a number of the Asian economies that contracted sharply during the past year can now expect to post robust recoveries in 2010—albeit from a low </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/4VTTL224KGc/bangladesh-economy-growth-challenge.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/4VTTL224KGc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/03/bangladesh-economy-growth-challenge.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-6826019841276447185</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-21T13:33:07.466+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ekushey February</category><title>No promise to make in this year's Ekushey February</title><atom:summary>From:Shouldn't I stand dumb in silence at the Ekushey Minar?Muhammad Habibur RahmanTwenty-first February this yearI have got no promise to make.I have got no vow to takeFor all these yearsThe promises that I made every yearThe vows that I took every yearRemain unattended and unfulfilled.All my efforts came to naughtAll were cries in the wildernessExercises in futilityLike the dreams of a dumb </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/DJbnCTfQlnI/no-promise-to-make-in-this-years.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/DJbnCTfQlnI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/02/no-promise-to-make-in-this-years.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-6121810225653959196</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-04T18:00:22.404+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh</category><title>Challenges of blending Islam with secular democracy in Bangladesh</title><atom:summary>From:Political modernity is believed to have begun with the separation of religion from the State. Bangladesh is not the only country where the concept of the secular State and politics has faced serious challenges in recent years. The rise of Hindu nationalism in India continues to be a threat in Indian politics. Tuesday’s ruling by the Bangladesh supreme court, restoring “secularism” to the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/ACJ8YL-2bcI/challenges-of-blending-islam-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/ACJ8YL-2bcI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/02/challenges-of-blending-islam-with.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-2495317289446278700</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-02T23:24:00.304+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh-India Relations</category><title>The moment for grand visions and grander actions for Bangladesh and India</title><atom:summary>Mahfuz Anam, editor, daily Star, writes this op-ed in the Times of India.The history of mutual suspicion, petty bickering on trade negotiations, cavalier attitudes on border killings, dangerous gamesmanship with arms smuggling, etc, of the last three decades of Bangladesh-India relations would not normally justify the agreements that Sheikh Hasina penned sometime ago in Delhi. Only vision would. </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/DGU3v_Q-a7E/moment-for-grand-visions-and-grander.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/DGU3v_Q-a7E" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/02/moment-for-grand-visions-and-grander.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-6816256669938879971</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-01T13:07:59.865+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh Politics</category><title>Power shift in Bangladesh's politics</title><atom:summary>Received via e-mail:FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNITThere has been a distinct shift in Bangladeshi politics in the year since the Awami League (AL) won the last parliamentary election. The ruling party appears to have worked overtime in its bid to weaken the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and marginalise its Islamist allies. The AL has also taken the bold step of seeking </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/MaS68HqJtCM/power-shift-in-bangladeshs-politics.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/MaS68HqJtCM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/02/power-shift-in-bangladeshs-politics.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-4102809964454412506</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-31T15:55:42.684+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh democracy</category><title>Bangladesh's Big Brothers</title><atom:summary>From:As regional and international relations take on a fresh perspective in the global scenario, where does Bangladesh stand?In the present day matrix of global interactions, interdependence is the name of the game. All too often, though, the “inter” part of interdependence is obfuscated and the “dependence” part comes to the forefront. This is a cause of concern for the people of developing </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/mufageSZbdY/bangladeshs-big-brothers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/mufageSZbdY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/01/bangladeshs-big-brothers.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-8789558271058124562</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-20T19:46:20.750+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh</category><title>Bangladesh's secularism under Islam remaining as state religion</title><atom:summary>From:Secularism was one of the four pillars on which the independent Bangladesh was founded after its liberation from Pakistan in 1971. But this pillar crumbled after the murder of the founder president of Bangladesh, Shaikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975.When Zia-ur-Rahman became president, he introduced the Fifth Amendment in the constitution of Bangladesh. This amendment legitimised all </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/JHxAZWYPJWc/bangladeshs-secularism-under-islam.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/JHxAZWYPJWc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/01/bangladeshs-secularism-under-islam.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-3455918945546853709</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-13T18:29:49.940+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">India</category><title>India-the Elephant in the Room</title><atom:summary>From:Think for a moment about which countries cause the most global consternation. Afghanistan. Iran. Venezuela. North Korea. Pakistan. Perhaps rising China. But India? Surely not. In the popular imagination, the world's largest democracy evokes Gandhi, Bollywood, and chicken tikka. In reality, however, it's India that often gives global governance the biggest headache.Of course, India gets </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/-d8GXvF0JQA/india-elephant-in-room.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/-d8GXvF0JQA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/01/india-elephant-in-room.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-4664578786197896677</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-13T18:03:58.158+06:00</atom:updated><title>Two Bangladeshis make the country proud</title><atom:summary>Retired city librarian A. Aziz Chowdhury dedicated a Bangladesh Peace Clock on the Ouellette Avenue median north of Wyandotte Street, Windsor, Canada. “This clock is my gift to the City of Windsor and Canada,” said Chowdhury. Read full story here.   Mukul Asadujjaman, a medical student who drives taxi in New York City, tracked down the person who left thousands of dollars in cash in the back of </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/Qc-uz2iyYHI/two-bangladeshis-make-country-proud.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UO_s5cRYm50/S022TeCXSMI/AAAAAAAAAvA/Dv1-UMah3WI/s72-c/canada.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/Qc-uz2iyYHI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/01/two-bangladeshis-make-country-proud.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-8588770278492944319</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-11T20:50:08.252+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh-India Relations</category><title>India needs to respect Bangladesh</title><atom:summary>From: New York TimesIndia has for so long been obsessed with the security of its north-western frontier and relations with Pakistan that issues on its eastern borders have been neglected. But various events are forcing New Delhi to focus on some interrelated security challenges in the east and northeast. So the four-day state visit to India by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed of Bangladesh that</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/rU8Dxvd__cA/india-needs-to-respect-bangladesh.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/rU8Dxvd__cA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/01/india-needs-to-respect-bangladesh.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-1527875279446723953</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-11T12:55:42.615+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh-India Relations</category><title>Joi Bangla. Jai Hind.</title><atom:summary>Times of India today published a special supplement to commemorate Bangladesh's Prime Minister's state visit to India. In an article, the writer Sumali Moitra termed Hasina as 'daughter of democracy' saying her "biggest achievement is the empowerment of the masses while keeping the fabric of democracy and secularism intact."In another article, Tariq A. Karim, Bangladesh High Commissioner to India</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/RYHliKeq6fI/joi-bangla-jai-hind.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/RYHliKeq6fI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/01/joi-bangla-jai-hind.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-6996194626203396088</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-10T15:45:33.150+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh India relations</category><title>A little political will can do miracles in Bangla-India relations</title><atom:summary>From:It is one of the strange paradoxes of life that neighbours, who should have the greatest interest in living together peacefully, are often at loggerheads with each other. India and Bangladesh have also followed this pattern for the last quarter of a century. Happily for both countries, however, saner counsels seem to be prevailing now. The result is that after an unconscionably long period </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/b66YYmRL8t0/little-political-will-can-do-miracles.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/b66YYmRL8t0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/01/little-political-will-can-do-miracles.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-6875259153059902289</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-10T15:18:52.195+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh</category><title>Bangladesh ranks 144th position among 194 countries as the Best Places to Live</title><atom:summary>International Living recently released its 2010 Quality of Life Index and Bangladesh secured 144th place among 194 countries that offer the international travelers the best quality of life.The  Quality of Life Index consider nine categories: Cost of Living, Culture and Leisure, Economy, Environment, Freedom, Health, Infrastructure, Safety and Risk, and Climate. The best 10 places to live are: </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/TlgjE1668BY/bangladesh-ranks-144th-position-among.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/TlgjE1668BY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/01/bangladesh-ranks-144th-position-among.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495243021115717228.post-8458490823460273688</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-06T13:53:08.681+06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bangladesh Politics</category><title>Bangladesh's political reality</title><atom:summary>From:First: Bangladesh’s strategic location over the past 40 years or so has attracted keen interest from Britain, America and more recently China. These powers compete with each other— China to a much lesser degree— to influence Bangladeshi politics.  It is true that India exercises the greatest influence over Bangladesh, but it is not included in the same rank as aforementioned powers. This is </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bdfact/~3/1bq7cNCHWAk/bangladeshs-political-reality.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (bdfact)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Bdfact/~4/1bq7cNCHWAk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2010/01/bangladeshs-political-reality.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

