Bangladesh communists have declared a nationwide demonstration on November 30 to demand the immediate implementation of its 53-point charter of electoral reforms and to call for a fundamental transformation in the country's political orientation, the principal message of the demonstration will be: "Change the Government AND Change the Politics."

The Communist Party of Bangladesh has expressed its serious concern over the recent visit of US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Mr. Richard Boucher.

THE anti-people and anti-development conspiracies of the Bengal opposition notwithstanding, the industrialization efforts of the state Left Front government shall continue with fervor. “We are determined not to allow the opportunistic elements and their patrons in the corporate media to frustrate the developmental initiative that has been set in motion,” said Bengal CPI(M) secretary Biman Basu.

Bangladesh has entered into a period of political crisis and turmoil following the end of the government tenure of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party/-Jamat four-party alliance.

The mid-term provides the backdrop to see how the Manmohan Singh government has undertaken to implement the CMP provision to pursue an independent foreign policy and promote multi-polarity in international relations.

In the recent period there have been attempts to create confusion and spread misinformation regarding the proposed automobile factory of Tata Motors in Singur in West Bengal. The opposition political parties, including Trinamul Congress and Congress also called a bandh (general shutdown or strike in protest) on the issue, which was rejected by the people of the state.

IT is in the background of the onslaught of imperialist globalisation and liberalisation – with India's ruling classes succumbing to imperialist pressures resulting in the endemic closure of traditional industries – that some possibility of industrial development seems to have opened up in West Bengal.

Communist Party leaders in Bangladesh appeal to the people for ouster of the ultra right BNP-Jamat and for a left democratic alternative. They denounce interference by the Bush administration.

Abductions, torture, brutal beatings, killings, extortions and other serious human rights abuses by Maoist rebels have not stopped despite their engagement in the ongoing peace process, according to a new report by the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal.

Thousands of Afghan people were killed in the American assault on the country – all being just as innocent as the people in New York – the difference being that five years later Afghans continue being killed.

It’s now approaching five years since the Taliban government in Afghanistan was deposed by American bombing and the reoccupation of the country with the former mujahedeen and so-called regional warlords, together with invading US troops. So what has happened in this almost five-year period?

Current international realities have repeatedly posed the question of the relationship of the peace movement and the left to clearly reactionary regimes that have fallen victims to aggression by the United States and its proxies. 

Qatar's leading English language daily reports 500 Pakistani students will leave for Cuba to start their medical education as a result of scholarships provided by the Cubans.

An estimated 5,000 Nepalese citizens have disappeared over the last decade of armed conflict following their arrests by the state-controlled security forces, the Society of the Family of Disappeared Citizens by the State, said on Thursday in the capital, Kathmandu.

While the deal was sold to the public as a great strategic breakthrough, those promoting the deal in the media are now talking about the benefits of nuclear energy.

The Indo-US nuclear deal was based on certain assumptions on the Indian side, which were spelt out by the Prime Minister in his statements in Parliament on July 29, 2005, February 27, 2006 and March 7, 2006.

June 16 was a red-letter day in the history of Nepalese people's struggle for democracy. On that day the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) entered into a historic accord with the Maoists who have so far eschewed the parliamentary struggle but played a significant role in the struggle against the monarchy.

A popular uprising took place in Shanir Akhra, a suburb of Dhaka. Thousands of people came out on the street demanding adequate supply of water and electricity.

Condoleeza Rice, the US Secretary of State, who has been vocal in her opposition to Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline project has close links with Chevron, the giant US oil company. Rice served on the board of directors of Chevron until she resigned to become Bush’s national security advisor in 2001.

During the visit of US President George Bush to India in the first half of 2006, nuclear and agriculture deals were signed. While the highly publicized nuclear deal between India and US is still being debated, a little known and even less debated pact between both countries is being concluded on agriculture.