http://www.persecutionbd.org/news Thoungs on Writing Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:43:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_181" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Surviving members of Joacem Costa's family, wife Laili Costa and two daughters. (PhotoDipal Barua)"][/caption]Laili Costa, a young Catholic woman, living in the Catholic parish of the Holy Rosary church under the Archdiocese of Dhaka, became destitute when her husband Joacem Costa was shot dead by unidentified ... http://www.persecutionbd.org/news/catholic-woman-is-destitute-with-husbands-murder/ Recently, a Bengali lecturer of an English course in a private university was unable to translate “Nogorayan” - a Bengali word that stands for “urbanization” - in a class when a student asked her for help. The teacher proudly said that she could not translate the ... http://www.persecutionbd.org/news/english-and-imperialism-in-bangladesh/ A Baptist youth minister and evangelist of the Free Christian Churches of Bangladesh was found seriously wounded in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, on Dhaka University's campus, in the evening of Sept. 12, 2009. Free Christian Churches of Bangladesh has been active for 25 years and has 320 churches and ... http://www.persecutionbd.org/news/christian-evangelist-beaten-to-death-in-bangladesh/ http://www.persecutionbd.org/news/hindu-victims-of-attack-talks-to-state-minister/ http://www.persecutionbd.org/news/the-hindu-minority-in-bangladesh-describing-the-forceful-abduction-story/ http://www.persecutionbd.org/news/police-comissioner-dhaka/ The American political figure Benjamin Franklin advocated, “When you're finished changing, you're finished.” Any hope for the future comes to an end for an individual when their ability to change comes to an end. As something ends and something else begins, it inspires one to move forward and apply what ... http://www.persecutionbd.org/news/change-a-choice-or-a-challenge/ By Zin Linn The guilty verdict issued by Burma’s military junta against Aung San Suu Kyi has made the country’s political weather gloomier and murkier. Most citizens, including military officials, are upset at the unjust and arbitrary decision of the court. It is likely to engender more social unrest in the ... http://www.persecutionbd.org/news/burmas-verdict-on-suu-kyi-may-bring-civil-strife/ By Anjali Singh Is the state of UP ready to accept the fact that there is a problem with Uttar Police Force? Or are they comfortable condoning the acts of brutality that are becoming a frequent occurrence now. The khaki brigade is running rampant and nothing seems to be done to ... http://www.persecutionbd.org/news/law-turns-lawless-in-uttar-pradesh/ A paper by Buni Yani It is still a question in today’s Indonesian contemporary history whether the rise of then-Lieutenant General Soeharto to power in 1966 was a matter of “historical accident” where Soeharto was created by the stage of history, or whether he created the stage ... http://www.persecutionbd.org/news/the-political-economy-of-the-indonesian-development-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-new-order-regime-1966-1998/