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The year that was 2012: A tour d’ horizon Judgment of the ITLOS The maritime award Year in politics International politics Religious extremism in Bangladesh: 2012 in review Bilateral Relations Strengthening the backbone Policy neglect to active engagement Cracks in management and monitoring systems of banks Year in economy Is systematic power tariff increase the only way forward? Those we lost Achievements Society at Large Trapped between denial and Dadagiri? Adieu 2012: International scene Cultural milestones Reversing the culture of inpunity The debate on freedom and responsibility Year in Sports A new brand of politics in demand
YEAR IN POLITICS
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| Ruling party shuffled its cabinet amid serious corruption charges against ministers. Sohel Taj himself, exceptionally, declined to continue in the cabinet. New ministers appointed. Tofail Ahmed and Rashed Khan Menon turned down the request. | ||
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The BNP-led opposition lawmakers set a new record in the country's House boycott culture. |
National politics was haunted by the disappearance of Ilyas Ali on April 17, 2012. There is speculation that government secret agents were responsible. Still he remains missing. |
ICT-1 Chairman Justice Md Nizamul Huq resigned amid controversy over the leak of his Skype conversation with an expatriate Bangladeshi legal expert. |
Funding of the Padma Bridge remains a mirage. |
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| Youths brandish firearms on Rajshahi University campus during a clash between Chhatra League and Islami Chhatra Shibir men. At least two Shibir men and a Chhatra League man received bullet injuries. | Jamaat activists on a rampage in the streets of cities across the country. |
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