--- On Wed, 9/10/08, Zoglul Husain <zoglul@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
From: Zoglul Husain <zoglul@hotmail.co.uk>
Subject: FW: [bd_journalists] Fw: [notun_bangladesh] Amar Desh served with legal notice by Prothom Alo and Daily Star
To: "bd_mailer@yahoo.com" <bd_mailer@yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 1:54 PM
In reply to Abid Bahar's request to support Amar desh, I wrote him the following:
From: zoglul@hotmail.co.uk To: bd_journalists@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [bd_journalists] Fw: [notun_bangladesh] Amar Desh served with legal notice by Prothom Alo and Daily Star Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:28:52 +0100 Thank you for your information about Amar Desh. As a member of the public, I express my full support to Amar Desh for the report referred to, which I believe has been published in the interest of the public. The overriding and salient feature here is the public interest, and not the intimidation of legal wrangling by Dr Kamal Hussain. In my opinion, Amar Desh has every right to publish the report with the question in the report header, as they did, to attract any response about the validity or invalidity of the report. For, the report has already been published in many international electronic newspapers and also in a printed newspaper in Assam. An Indian journalist, who claims to be specialising in Bangladesh, dished out the report to various media, alleging that ULFA has made an investment in the Daily Star-Prothom Alo group. The report on ULFA's investment in Bangladesh is internationally very sensitive, and the informed circle of Bangladesh cannot shut their eyes to it. Just as when reports of terrorism in Bangladesh were published in the international press, it was taken up by the bangladesh media, and some responded with some kind of frenzy. No one went to court over this. Therefore, Amar Desh has done the right thing by bringing the report in question to the public domain in the interest of the public, with a question about whether it is true. They have also printed the rejoinder from the Daily Star group. The matter should have rested peacefully there, until and unless someone would produce evidence to prove or disprove the report, partly or wholly. But to try to gag a newspaper by another newspaper is not the right newsperson spirit. Baksal government gagged all the newspapers except for the subservient or the compliant four. That did not save the government from its disastrous fall. How many times did India accuse Bangladesh of harbouring large numbers of ULFA camps in Bangladesh? How many times has Dr Kamal Hossain gone to the court over this? How many times did India accuse of Bangladeshi terrorists bombing in various places in India? How many times has Dr Kamal Hossain gone to the court over this? When the former Prime minister Sheikh Hasina told her lawyers at a special judge's court recently that Dr Kamal Hossain had whitened Tk 102 crore of black money, he merely, with the pretence of childlike benign innocence, spoke of his ignorance of arithmetic about how many zeroes were required in one crore. But did he go to the court?
Dr Kamal Hossain was Minister of Law in 1972, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1975, and Minister of Petroleum and Minerals from 1974 to 1975. Where was he in 1971? Jail? Why does he not make a full statement to the questions posed by the journalists? Where was he when Rakkhi Bahini massacred reportedly 30 thousand patriots during his time as a minister? Where was he when the plunderers and armed thugs, who rampaged in Bangladesh between 1972 and 1975, unleashed a reign of terror? Where was he when, in the man-made famine of 1974, reportedly three- to five hundred thousand people perished? Did he resign? Did he go to the court? How many energy companies appointed him as legal adviser? And what did he do about the ruthless huge plunder by the energy companies in Bangladesh? Etc.? Etc.? What credibility has he got when he talks about law and order, and of corruption? Who decides whether a person is shushil or kushil?? Dr Kamal Hossain is a political personality. So, the public has every right to question his activities and the credibility of what he says. Mahfuz Anam is also a media personality and a covert politician. So, the public has a right to examine what he says and what he does. It is not that they don't live in glass houses. They do. And when they throw stones at others, they should expect one or two stones to be hurled back at their own glass houses. (End)
To: bd_journalists@yahoogroups.com
From: abidbahar@Yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 19:10:44 -0700
Subject: [bd_journalists] Fw: [notun_bangladesh] Amar Desh served with legal notice by Prothom Alo and Daily Star
Amer Deash was served notice by Susil group. Please help Amer Desh by showing support/ send Comments. For the sake of our nation, this is important. Abid ____________ _________ _________ _________ _____ Amar Desh served with legal notice Asked to apologise for malicious report Staff Correspondent A legal notice has been sent to the editor, publisher and a reporter of the daily Amar Desh for publishing a false, malicious and defamatory report about The Daily Star, Prothom Alo and Transcom Group.
The notice asked Amar Desh editor Ataus Samad, publisher Hasmot Ali and the correspondent concerned to immediately withdraw the false, malicious and defamatory report published in the daily (Amar Desh), to beg unconditional public apology and to publish the full rejoinder earlier sent to them.
Dr Kamal Hossain and Associates, on September 7 last, served the notice on behalf of Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman, The Daily Star editor-publisher Mahfuz Anam and Chairman and Managing Director of Transcom Group Latifur Rahman
The notice states that appropriate legal action will be taken against the respondents (editor, publisher and reporter of Amar Desh), if they don't act as per demands mentioned in the notice.
According to the statement of the legal notice, following the publication of a false, malicious and defamatory piece by Amar Desh on 3rd September 2008 on the front page, their clients had sent a rejoinder on the same date demanding the withdrawal of the report, unconditional public apology and printing the full rejoinder.
On 5th September Amar Desh published an abridged version of the said rejoinder and instead of either withdrawing the piece or apologising for it, it added a "correspondent' s reply" which stated that "no false or distorted information was given deliberately" . The correspondent' s reply also added more unsubstantiated allegations against Latifur Rahman. In both instances, of the Amar Desh report on 3rd. September and in the correspondent' s reply of 5th September no attempt was made to seek or "obtain any communication from our clients regarding any of the allegations made therein".
The legal notice concluded by stating that the three aforementioned demands be met "within the next three days" and further stating that "In default we are instructed to take appropriate legal action for the full cost and consequences of which you shall stand liable". Source: Amardesh Report: Rejoinder by Prothom Alo and Daily Star and Reply by Amardesh reporter: Also see: ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@ gmail.com> To: notun_bangladesh@ yahoogroups. com; khabor <khabor@yahoogroups. com>; chottala@yahoogroup s.com; Amra Bangladesi <amra-bangladesi@ yahoogroups. com>; sonarbangladesh- subscribe@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2008 2:12:14 PM Subject: [notun_bangladesh] Amar Desh served with legal notice by Prothom Alo and Daily Star Amar Desh served with legal notice Asked to apologise for malicious report Staff Correspondent A legal notice has been sent to the editor, publisher and a reporter of the daily Amar Desh for publishing a false, malicious and defamatory report about The Daily Star, Prothom Alo and Transcom Group.
The notice asked Amar Desh editor Ataus Samad, publisher Hasmot Ali and the correspondent concerned to immediately withdraw the false, malicious and defamatory report published in the daily (Amar Desh), to beg unconditional public apology and to publish the full rejoinder earlier sent to them.
Dr Kamal Hossain and Associates, on September 7 last, served the notice on behalf of Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman, The Daily Star editor-publisher Mahfuz Anam and Chairman and Managing Director of Transcom Group Latifur Rahman
The notice states that appropriate legal action will be taken against the respondents (editor, publisher and reporter of Amar Desh), if they don't act as per demands mentioned in the notice.
According to the statement of the legal notice, following the publication of a false, malicious and defamatory piece by Amar Desh on 3rd September 2008 on the front page, their clients had sent a rejoinder on the same date demanding the withdrawal of the report, unconditional public apology and printing the full rejoinder.
On 5th September Amar Desh published an abridged version of the said rejoinder and instead of either withdrawing the piece or apologising for it, it added a "correspondent' s reply" which stated that "no false or distorted information was given deliberately" . The correspondent' s reply also added more unsubstantiated allegations against Latifur Rahman. In both instances, of the Amar Desh report on 3rd. September and in the correspondent' s reply of 5th September no attempt was made to seek or "obtain any communication from our clients regarding any of the allegations made therein".
The legal notice concluded by stating that the three aforementioned demands be met "within the next three days" and further stating that "In default we are instructed to take appropriate legal action for the full cost and consequences of which you shall stand liable". Source: Amardesh Report: Rejoinder by Prothom Alo and Daily Star and Reply by Amardesh reporter: Also see:
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