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Climatic Hazards and the Bay of Bengal Delta – Moazzem Hossain2
- Issue 2 - October 2011
- September 22, 2011
It is now widely recognized that the South Asia region in general and the coastal belt of the Bay of Bengal (southern parts of Bangladesh, West Bengal and Orissa) in particular, will suffer heavily in socio-economic terms from global warming. In recent years, the countries on the Bay of Bengal delta have been enjoying high
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Asian Business Growth and Climate Change0
- Issue 2 - October 2011
- September 22, 2011
Asia Pacific region is home to some of the world's largest urban areas. Indeed, of the world's top 20 megacities-those with populations of 10 million or more-half are in Asia. (Urban agglomeration 2009, UNDESA). Of these, the fastest growing is Dhaka: between 2005 and 2010 its population increased over 16 per cent. (UNDESA 2010. World
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War Crimes & The Rule of Law0
- Issue 2 - October 2011
- September 22, 2011
Bangladesh, 40 years after gaining independence in a brutal civil war, is holding a tribunal to prosecute alleged war criminals. But the apparent lack of due process could undermine the tribunal’s credibility, leaving the ruling Awami League party vulnerable to accusations of political retribution. The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICT) has, in the last
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Mamata & The Maoists0
- Issue 2 - October 2011
- September 22, 2011
There has been an on-again off-again war between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) and the “Naxalites” (the general term given to the Maoist affiliated parties which are conducting armed struggle against the state) for more than three decades in the Indian state of Paschimbanga (the new name of “West Bengal” in western India).
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Solving Impunity: Oppressive authoritarianism haunts Sri Lankan society0
- Issue 2 - October 2011
- September 22, 2011
Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella recently announced that the government plans to remove emergency laws by the end of this year. For most of the past four decades, the country has been ruled under emergency laws, which gives the security forces extraordinary powers over citizens and puts them in a position of vulnerability in any interaction.
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State of Human Rights in Bangladesh4
- Issue 2 - October 2011
- September 22, 2011
The internet, improved travel, and a 24 hour news media have made the incidences of gross violations of human rights around the world feel more immediate to us, and thus less tolerable. The overreaches of the American security state notwithstanding, those of us living in consolidated democracies might feel somewhat insulated from these abuses. They
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Police Immunity India’s human rights record made a farce – Seema Sengupta0
- Issue 2 - October 2011
- September 22, 2011
India is a nation engrossed in confronting terrorism and suppressing intermittent local rebellions. It is also witnessing a surge in human rights violations, which the government seems to be happily lackadaisical in preventing. The Asian Center for Human Rights has documented a jump in cases of custodial deaths by 41.66% over the last decade, including
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Sale Value of Religious Zeal Blind spot of Pakistan’s media activism1
- Issue 2 - October 2011
- September 22, 2011
The former Governor of Punjab Salmaan Taseer was murdered by a religious extremist. The late Governor sought to initiate positive changes in Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law, introduced by late General Zia-ul-Haq, the former military dictator who sent populist President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to the gallows and used Islam to legitimize his autocratic rule. Urdu press
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From Indian Eyes: Something is wrong with global economic governance0
- Issue 2 - October 2011
- September 22, 2011
Near the end of February in Down To Earth, I wrote about a fatal disconnect between the elite club exercising global economic governance, and the realities afflicting the global village itself. I noted The World Economic Forum—the gathering of power glitterati each year in Davos—had assessed the top risks the world faces in 2011. According
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Editorial0
- Issue 2 - October 2011
- September 22, 2011
In our last issue’s lead story, Professor Muhammad Yunus dwelt on the “blinding conceptual flaw in the existing theory of capitalism” that’s given rise to paradoxes in globalization, and exposed crises in global economic governance. In this issue, the lead story by Ms. Sunita Narain points out the “fatal disconnect” between ground realities in an
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An interview with Hansen Hashim Clarke, freshman Congressman from Michigan0
- Issue 1 - July 2011
- August 31, 2011
[The 53-year-old Detroiter is one of nine new Democrats in the 112th Congress. He defeated Republican businessman John Hauler in November and seven-term incumbent Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick in August's Democratic primary. Clarke is a lawyer and has served as chief of staff to U.S. Rep. John Conyers. He was elected to Michigan's state House in
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The Ghandian Way and its Relevance to Conflict Resolution in the Contemporary World0
- Issue 1 - July 2011
- August 31, 2011
Violence and conflict are widespread today all over the world. Is a non-violent approach to conflict resolution and peace building as put forward by Gandhi possible today? The questioning of Gandhi’s relevance is neither novel nor striking. It was raised many times during his life time from the day he launched the first satyagraha in
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Under the influence of the “Left-Shoulder Djinni”0
- Issue 1 - July 2011
- August 31, 2011
[This is a modified version of the original, “The Yunus Affair: A Post-Mortem” by the author published in www.bangladeshchronicle.net on March 25, 2011 ] The inevitable has happened. May 12, 2011 will be remembered by some as a day of great victory, but by many others, perhaps millions, as a moment of national disgrace. On
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Chameleon of Changing World Order0
- Issue 1 - July 2011
- August 31, 2011
Ahead of Obama’s India visit, a psi-war stoking China-India divide manifested early November, 2010 in the Indian print media. Former US ambassador to India Robert Blackwill, currently the Henry Kissinger Senior Fellow for US foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, was quoted as saying “I think it's fair to say now that China-India
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