New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Lamenting the minuscule representation by women candidates in Bangladesh’s upcoming elections, a Dhaka daily on Monday flagged “systemic design and failure” as the main reasons, echoing the voice of writer and activist Taslima Nasreen without naming her. “The lack of women candidates has nothing to do with women’s competence or willingness to lead, but everything to do with systemic design and failure,” opined the article in the Daily Star.“Many women in Ba…
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New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Are the Left parties in India secular and liberal as they are usually considered? No, claims Bangladesh’s exiled author Taslima Nasreen in a recent Facebook post.She points out the dichotomy among communists being “very active against jihadists in Bangladesh” today having once called her book on radical fundamentalism as lies, finally driving her out of Kolkata.“Some blind (for their organisation) communist factions in West Bengal are spitting venom against me. Th…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Bangladesh’s exiled author Taslima Nasreen finds the current situation in her country of birth worsening through time, even compared to the day she was forced to leave over three decades ago. “I’d say that was the time of the beginning of the growth of religious fundamentalism in the country; now, Bangladesh is full of such elements,” said Taslima in an exclusive interview with IANS. “The then administration played into the hands of fundamentalists, and I was pe…
Dhaka, Dec 27 (IANS) A concert by popular Bangladeshi singer James was cancelled in Faridpur, around 120 kilometres from Dhaka, following an attack at the venue, injuring over 25 people, local media reported.This comes amid the growing concerns over assaults on artists, performers, and cultural institutions across Bangladesh.According to local reports, the concert was scheduled to begin at around 9 pm on Friday as part of celebrations marking the anniversary of a local school.Trouble erupted whe…
Dhaka, Dec 24 (IANS) Exiled Bangladeshi author and human rights activist Taslima Nasreen on Wednesday said that the interim government’s chief advisor Muhammad Yunus’ tenure has been marked by grave and widespread human rights violations across the South Asian nation.Slamming Yunus on the human rights abuses in Bangladesh, Nasreen took to her social media platform X and stated, “Credible reports indicate that mob violence, lynching, and communal attacks have occurred with alarming regularity — …
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) Hindus in West Bengal are equally vulnerable as they are in neighbouring Bangladesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed on Wednesday, referring to a recent social media post by eminent Bangladeshi writer and poet Taslima Nasreen.The post, while showing visuals of burning houses, talks about how a Muslim mob at Rauzan, Chittagong, in Bangladesh, locked the doors of Hindu homes from the outside, poured petrol, and set them on fire.BJP’s Information Technology Cell chief …