Bangladesh News and Discussion

[Ashokk]

American found dead in Dhaka’s Westin Hotel was a US Special Forces Command (Airborne) officer

LinkedIn page of Terrence Arvelle Jackson, 50, says that he had experience of over 20 years and took part in multiple combat deployments across the Asia theatre

The US Army officer whose body was found in a room in Dhaka’s Westin Hotel on August 31 was a Command Inspector General for 1 Special Forces Command (Airborne) and had plans to retire in the next two years, Northeast News has found.

Terrence Arvelle Jackson was found dead in his Westin Hotel room on August 31 but the US embassy in Dhaka was reluctant to disclose much about his army background.

[VKumar]

Who dun it?

[Manish_P]

Who dun it?

Well he was not shot by unknown gun men....

[chetak]

Who dun it?

Well he was not shot by unknown gun men....

Manish ji,

consider these points.

Very experienced special forces operative and successful in his job. he would have known a trick or two that the others operatives may not know so he would have been more alert

he is deployed in hostile territory, strange surroundings, strange room, whatever, so he would have taken some precautions to secure himself and his personal space from attack or even disturbance

he died from natural causes, or one of his own kind did him in by letting in some eyeraaniaan to temper the dish, and finish with the tadka

the beedis simply do not have the testimonials to take out an amriki, in beediland

They are good only for hallaling their own kind

[drnayar]

Beediland is a hotspot of quite a few intelligence agencies. , including Chinese and russian operatives incl mossad. Take your pick.

[A_Gupta]

Bangladesh apparel exports to India increase.
https://en.prothomalo.com/business/local/hqe2v8sp39

This growth comes at a time when, due to restrictions, apparel exports to India are allowed only through Chittagong port.
….
Data from the National Board of Revenue (NBR) show that in August, two and a half months after the restrictions being imposed, Bangladesh exported apparel worth USD 80.6 million (USD 8.06 crore) to India.

During the same month last year, the figure was USD 69.2 million (USD 6.92 crore). This marks nearly 16.5 per cent growth in apparel exports.

According to NBR figures, in the three months (June–August) after the ban being imposed, Bangladesh exported apparel worth USD 183.5 million (USD 18.35 crore) to India, compared to USD 159.1 million (USD 15.91 crore) during the same quarter last year.

[A_Gupta]

https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/po ... eispyhimzl
Jamaat moves closer to ‘admitting mistake’ on 1971
Analysts consider this as a sign of a possible shift in the party’s long-standing stance on its role against the Liberation War in 1971.

[chetak]

https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/po ... eispyhimzl
Jamaat moves closer to ‘admitting mistake’ on 1971
Analysts consider this as a sign of a possible shift in the party’s long-standing stance on its role against the Liberation War in 1971.

did you forget taqiya, A_Gupta ji............

[A_Gupta]

No Sir, just reporting the news

[chetak]

No Sir, just reporting the news

jihadi hyenas don't change their spots, A_Gupta ji, especially not the vicious j@@m@t variety. Just saying onlee

we also have "news" printed in the paper run by the mount road mao, or in India today, or the toilet, and they are all agenda driven.

Anyway, the beedis seemed to have completely wiped clean any and all traces of their history in 1971, eliminating completely the role, sacrifices, and the pivotal contributions made by India from their new jihadi narrative of sharia compliant history, and mirroring the pakis, they will force feed their school kids with this poison and fill them with anti India hatred

[Manish_P]

jihadi hyenas don't change their spots, A_Gupta ji, especially not the vicious j@@m@t variety.
...

We are gradually squeezing their testimonials, Chetak sir. Some of the bleating is because of it perhaps

[A_Gupta]

This particular taqiya needs deciding. For those who did not follow the link, it begins thus:

Following the decisions of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, the leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir, who won in the DUCSU (Dhaka University Central Students’ Union) elections, offered prayers at the Martyred Intellectuals’ Memorial in the capital’s Rayerbazar on Thursday morning.

Islami Chhatra Shibir is the student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

It was the first time since the Liberation War of 1971 that any Jamaat-affiliated organisation had visited the memorial.

Note: they won student union elections.

Note: there was an actual action taken, supposedly the first time since 1971.

Putting aside the quality of news media and their agenda, there are two facts (win in election, visit to memorial , and some extra which may be factual - following a JeI decision, first time since 1971), which anyone who wants to intelligently follow Bangladesh needs to know. Which is why I posted it.

[chetak]

Bangladesh apparel exports to India increase.
https://en.prothomalo.com/business/local/hqe2v8sp39

This growth comes at a time when, due to restrictions, apparel exports to India are allowed only through Chittagong port.
….
Data from the National Board of Revenue (NBR) show that in August, two and a half months after the restrictions being imposed, Bangladesh exported apparel worth USD 80.6 million (USD 8.06 crore) to India.

During the same month last year, the figure was USD 69.2 million (USD 6.92 crore). This marks nearly 16.5 per cent growth in apparel exports.

According to NBR figures, in the three months (June–August) after the ban being imposed, Bangladesh exported apparel worth USD 183.5 million (USD 18.35 crore) to India, compared to USD 159.1 million (USD 15.91 crore) during the same quarter last year.

very true, A_Gupta ji.

Bangladesh to export 1,200 tonnes of hilsa to India, half of last year's quota

Bangladesh has traditionally permitted limited shipments of hilsa — the most sought-after fish during Durga Puja — mainly to West Bengal, where demand soars during the festive season.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/b ... 2025-09-08


Something seems to be happening sub rosa.

Their crass anti India rhetoric also seems to have changed and is much toned down

The seemingly, now stalled regime change scenario may have set the cat among the the beedi pigeons and youanus's fast diminishing popularity has left him without many supporters, even as his once energetic backers recede further into the shadows leaving him adrift in choppy geopolitical waters.

But, we have our own huge garment industries to care for, hence the logic of allowing increased beedi garment exports to India escapes me

[sanjaykumar]

These are likely transshipments en route to overseas markets.

[chetak]

These are likely transshipments en route to overseas markets.

Unlikely to be trans shipments, sanjaykumar saar.

the beedis have a big market in India

[putnanja]

There are many Indian companies which operate garment factories in BD and import the clothes into India.

[chetak]

There are many Indian companies which operate garment factories in BD and import the clothes into India.

putnanja ji, those were the big operators, and they have all pulled out long ago, just after the troubles started

There are Indian companies in India actively buying these clothes.

Deepawali is fast approaching hence the quick buck syndrome.................