Mr. Saeed
Thanks a lot for your very informative narrative. You have analyzed the situation very correctly. Especially, when one gentleman in this column was trying to mocker the poor workers who ransacked the Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait and our "proud" nation. (I think this gentleman has immense love for his country. That is why he calls it a third rate country). Thanks again for making us aware the real reasons behind the sad happening in Kuwait years ago.
The present situation and condition of Bangladeshi workers, as we see in the newspapers, is worrying. Lack of initiative by the Government to negotiate and resolve this issue is disturbing also. Some high-up must visit and reassure particularly the unskilled workers there. The Government is too busy planning the exit of Khaleda and Hasina but these poor people have nothing to do with the politics of Hasina and Khaleda. Why these poor people should be made to pay the price to get rid of these ladies. Even to think about it is a crime. Those who talk like this I invite them to leave their jobs, comeback to the country (even it's a third rate country) and join the band wagon against Khaleda and Hasina. I bet they will not. As somebody rightly said in the past, they are paper tiger only.
For people like these, we also don't want Khaleda and Hasina to be PM again. To their beloved Moeen and Fakhruddin let them be the President and PM but we want them to leave their present positions and come through proper channels (through elections).
Junaid
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "saeedurrehman92" <saeedurrehman92@...> wrote:
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> I agree with Mr. Ejazur but I would like to add here that the problem of
> Bangladeshi manpower is much older than last 20 years. In fact it
> started right from the beginning, in late seventies when Bangladeshis
> started going to Middle Eastern countries in mass scale. The then
> Government did not have a very clear cut policy as a result a skilled
> Bangladeshi, even an Engineer, was paid less than his Indian or
> Pakistani counterpart. If I limit my statement to Kuwait and Saudi
> Arabia, initially, a worker could go there with relatively low
> expenditure. However, with the passage of time, the export of unskilled
> workers started increasing. The manpower exporters, who also started
> growing like mushrooms, were more interested in exporting unskilled
> manpower. These were poor people with low educated, come from villages
> and so were easier to cheat. Imagine, as of today, an unskilled worker
> has to pay Taka 200,000.00 to 300,000.00 to go to Kuwait or Saudi
> Arabia, with average monthly pay of Taka 5,000.00 and a contract of 3
> years. Due to lack of a straight forward policy by any past Governments,
> the sufferings of these poor people kept on multiplying. The Bangladesh
> Embassy in Kuwait was stormed 3-4 years back by Bangladeshi laborers.
> The Kuwait media was very sympathetic to Bangladeshi workers at that
> time. The Kuwaitis realized that these laborers are not only low paid
> but unfortunately not timely paid also. But as usual, the Government did
> not pay any heed. Some time later a sitting Army Maj. Gen. who was made
> ambassador in Kuwait, and who really made some moves for the betterment
> of laborers, was removed prematurely because of his alleged connection
> to AL. Instead, a high profile office bearer of the party in power was
> made the ambassador of Bangladesh in Kuwait.
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> I have narrated all this to explain that all Bangladeshi Governments,
> the past and the present, are interested only in the remittance of these
> poor workers. It is painful to see the present regime is no different if
> not worse than the previous Governments. It is very difficult to
> comprehend why they are following the ostrich policy to the present
> problems of 1.8 millions Bangladeshi labors in Saudi Arabia? As an
> incumbent they are duty bound to tackle the issue. It is not enough and
> not acceptable to say that the problem was created by past Governments,
> we are in power for a short time etc. etc. Perhaps they are spending
> all their time and energy to get rid of Hasina and Khaleda. With this
> agenda in mind, they have gone completely out of their senses. Mind you
> we are not interested in Hasina and Khaleda but we want to survive.
> Please for Heaven sake; concentrate on the welfare of the common man,
> though we underatand you are accountable to none.
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> Regards to all
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> Saeed
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> --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" ezajur.rahman@ wrote:
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> > No brother - almost all labour problems have built up over the last
> > two decades. Perhaps, you have forgotten that during the BNP
> > government a thousand labourers attacked and ransacked the Bangladesh
> > Embassy in Kuwait. Another great record for our proud nation. Rest
> > assured that the same attack would have happened under an AL
> > government.
> >
> > This CTG will not last much longer. The questions are not about the
> > temporary struggles of the CTG. The real questions are :
> >
> > How do you feel about Hasina and Khaleda as PM again?
> >
> > What price is worth paying to be rid of Haina and Khaleda?
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Ezajur Rahman
> > Kuwait
> >
> > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Sajjad Hossain shossain456@
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > But most of the labour problem started since the CTG took power
> > last year. The Malaysia debacle, the recent Saudi nightmares all
> > happened in the last one year. Why you blame AL and BNP. The CTG is
> > seeing the GHOSTs of these two large parties. I tell you that is not
> > good symptom. It is time to visit a Psychiatric.
> > >
> > > ezajur ezajur.rahman@ wrote: Dear Robin
> > >
> > > You accurately describe the situation.
> > >
> > > The people who betray our labourers first and then exploit our
> > > labourers the most are actually ......?
> > >
> > > Other Bangladeshis.
> > >
> > > It is as nasty, ugly, cruel and absurd a situation as you can
> > imagine.
> > >
> > > The Embassies are invariably weak but they are neither the cause
> > nor
> > > the solution of the problem. Can you guess where the root of the
> > > problem lies?
> > >
> > > The root of the problem lies with politicians who PROMOTE AND
> > PROTECT
> > > this situation. You have to mix with the people involved to see the
> > > truth in all its ulginess.
> > >
> > > For every one labourer who commits suicide or dies from depression
> > or
> > > hypertension (yes it happens more than you might guess)a nail
> > should
> > > be buried in the coffins of our most renowned politicians.
> > >
> > > Watch the AL and BNP writers.....
> > >
> > > They know that AL and BNP MPs work hand in hand with recruiting
> > > agents - cheating and ruining our labourers.
> > >
> > > But they will never talk about it.
> > >
> > > Why? Because they are clueless cowards who think that attacking the
> > > CTG absolves them of their own responsibility and their own guilt.
> > >
> > > Have a grown man fall at your feet crying hysterically because he
> > was
> > > cheated by a man power agent who was protected by an MP... Then, by
> > > God, you will feel some of the hatred that I feel.
> > >
> > > Maybe hatred solves nothing. But the lack of hatred gives these
> > > people all the scope they need to do what they want.
> > >
> > > The departure, or demise, of Hasina and Khaleda will expose AL and
> > > BNP for what they really are... Third rate parties lead by third
> > rate
> > > people - in a third rate country.
> > >
> > > What offends us most? My last sentence? Or the weeping grown man
> > > cheated by his democratically elected MP?
> > >
> > > Best wishes
> > >
> > > Ezajur Rahman
> > > Kuwait
> > >
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