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Monday, December 14, 2009

[ALOCHONA] Maoist Party in Bangladesh Reorganizes



Maoist Party in Bangladesh Reorganizes

 

The 10th issue of the Anubad Sahitya Potro is the last issue of the journal. We have published such unpublished documents through this journal that are principally important to give theoretical assistance to the reconstruction of our domestic communist movement.
Then starts our new departure. We have been able to initiate a line struggle in this country.
Our party is the main Maoist party of this country. The other party CPEB [Communist party of East Bengal (ML)] despite claiming themselves as Maoist have almost been collapsed because of the process of their practice of Guevarist trend since long. Chairman Siraj Sikder established proletarian Maoist party, the PBSP. He made socio economic analysis of the society of East Bengal, broke the chain of the old and new revisionism by carrying a hard ideological struggle against those, initiated people's war, for the first time in East Bengal established armed force led by the class proletariat and established Base Area twice: once in Payarabagan in 71 and then in Chittagong Hill tract during 72-75. [This area is located in southeast Bangladesh near Burma.]
The line and thought of Chairman is closely intermingled with chairman himself and PBSP. After the death of Chairman, despite party was able to resurrect again in the 80s under the leadership of Anwar Kabir, could not enter the stage of Base Area. Anwar Kabir led that struggle by cutting short the guiding thought of Siraj Sikder, that is why that couldn't take the shape of comprehensive people's war. He, during the last of 80s to first of 90s forged a right opportunist line (ROL) by exploiting party's military set back what's main essence was to totally abandon Guiding Thought of Siraj Sikder. What Ziauddin did after the death of Siraj Sikder, he (AK) did the same with totality. In the Third Congress of party in 92, he passed the right opportunist line with the help of his central comrade-in-arms.
The main component part of the line was: 1) to pretend adoption of Maoism by changing the term Mao Thought what was Maoism without essence, later what has been seen is that they pretended of adopting Maoism by opposing Mao Thought as the base of Maoism 2) to brand Siraj Sikder line as nationalist viz., to abandon guiding thought of Siraj Sikder, adopt so called classist line and oppose national liberation war 3) by abandoning the evaluation semi-feudalism and colony (or semi-colony) , adoption of baseless evaluation of so called distorted capitalism and abandon agrarian revolution 4) by abandoning people's war, adoption of so called war line (what has been exposed later). In synthesis, they abandoned Maoism and guiding thought of Siraj Sikder Thought that is the a valuable teaching achieved by application of Maoism in East Bengal society. Therefore, this Right Opportunist Line of AK was a comprehensive line.
While taking it to practice, there arose contradiction among three leaders and they divided party into three on their behalf. AK invented a stage theory of armed struggle below war and got degenerated by carrying very limited roving armed activities by a few mercenary squads. Motin, by false proclaiming as big war proponent did some armed seizure action and could be able to confuse genuine revolutionaries. At last he got degenerated by carrying very limited armed activities with a few mercenary squads. Sultan, by disguising himself as a big theoretician, with dogmatic preaching confused genuine revolutionaries for a certain period and at last liquidated organization. Sultan died recently.
As a result, at the beginning years of 21st century, the PBSP in reality went ahead towards liquidation. In such a tough moment, the lower rank cadres realized the necessity to defend party, the party that was developed by Siraj Sikder. So, absolutely with new generation cadres, they formed MUG. The aim of MUG was to define Siraj Sikder Thought, define people's war and reestablish PBSP through making preparation for People's war. From the beginning MUG was militarized, so it had to confront state force on the one hand and revisionist attack on the other. Number of comrades of MUG had to sacrifice their life.
In the midst of that, the work of Anubad Sahityo Potro was accomplished. Through that, preparation for theoretical construction was carried and the line construction is going on bit by bit. Now we are going to enter in the main phase of line construction, reestablish party in a higher center, going to enter in defining people's war too, from where we will go on to the preparation of people's war.
We don't believe in any empty theory. We have published such documents that are tested by the touchstone of people's war. In this number of issue, Chairman Mao's Talk on Philosophy of August, 1964 has been published where he had made the most developed formulation of dialectics. He showed that the main law of contradiction is the law of unity of opposites. He explained transformation of quantity into quality by the law of unity of opposites. And he said that negation of negation does not exist as a law. What exists is that the unity of the opposite of affirmation and negation. He established monism by discarding the triplist doctrine of development what presented three law side by side with equal importance. So, this is comrade Mao who established dialectics on a comprehensive basis. He by correcting Engel's formulation regarding freedom showed that freedom is not only understanding necessity but its transformation too. This is a precious philosophical talk. Here he enriched dialectics in multi dimension.
In this number of issue we have published two very important document of the basis of party unity of the Communist party of Peru: 1) Line of construction of three instrument of revolution 2) Mass line. The two documents were adopted in PCP congress in 1988. In the first one, line of construction of three instrument of revolution: party, army and front of President Gonzalo has been established. President Gonzallo also forged conception of militarization of party. In the Mass Line document, the concrete thesis of President Gonzalo has been established that shows how party develops various created organizations for the sake of people's war.
Content: 1) Talk on Philosophy by Mao Tse Tung  2) Line of Construction of the Three Instrument of Revolution by Communist Party of Peru 3) Mass Line by Communist Party of Peru.
 



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[ALOCHONA] Govt plans to rename ZIA



Govt plans to rename ZIA
PM requested to rename structures named after Zia
 

The government is going to change the name of the country's biggest airport, now called the Zia International Airport, and rename it after the great saint, Hazrat Shahjalal (RA), said highly placed sources in the government.
   

The Cabinet at its weekly meeting on Monday decided, in principle, to go along with the proposal of Awami League's general secretary and LGRD and cooperatives minister, Syed Ashraful Islam, who suggested the renaming of the capital's aerodrome, a minister told New Age.
   

Named after Bangladesh's former president and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's founder, Ziaur Rahman, the airport began operating in 1981. ZIA is the nation's largest airport with a total area of 1,300 acres. More than 16 international airlines use this airport which handles half a million passengers and 98,000 million tonnes cargo annually, according to official records.
   

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who presided over the meeting of the Cabinet, was requested to change the names of the structures which were named after Ziaur Rahman during the tenures of the BNP-led governments, said the minister.
   

Ashraf proposed the changing of the name of ZIA, and then the PM asked all present to propose the new name, and the name of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) was approved, said insiders who were at the meeting.
   

Referring to BNP's secretary-general Khandaker Delwar Hossain, Hasina, also the ruling Awami League's president, said that the BNP has spent cores of taka for holding its council session but has appointed the same man as the secretary-general, said the minister.
   

Referring to the BNP's newly constituted national standing committee, she said that Khaleda had appointed terrorists and corrupt persons to the BNP's highest policy-making body, said sources.
   

The Cabinet also decided to recruit 2,627 diploma nurses on an emergency basis and to upgrade their status from Class III to Class II.The PM's press secretary, Abul Kalam Azad, told newsmen that currently 9,000 nurses, who passed the 4-year diploma course, are unemployed. The present doctor-nurse ratio is 2:1 but standard ratio throughout the world is 1:3.
   

Hasina stressed the need for improving the professional quality as well as social status of the nurses.She asked the concerned ministry to formulate a new policy for recruitment of the nurses and said the government would encourage the private enterprises to set up training centres for nurses to improve the standard of nursing so that the country can send skilled nurses to work abroad, said the minister.
   

The Cabinet also endorsed a proposal to set up Barisal Science and Technology University in response to Barisal City Corporation mayor's request, and to this end it approved the Barisal University (Amendment) Bill 2009 and also approved, in principle, the Barisal Science and Technology (Amendment) Act.
   Sheikh Hasina said that the government would set up a full-fledged university in Barisal and the university would be named Barisal University, said sources.
   The premier, during her previous tenure in 1996, announced the setting up of Barisal University, but the next government of Khaleda Zia changed the name of the university to Ziaur Rahman College.
   Hasina asked the law and home affairs ministers to take immediate steps for withdrawing the 'politically motivated' cases filed against Awami League leaders and activists by the BNP-Jamaat regime, said sources.
   The government on February 17 set up an inter-ministry committee to review the 'politically motivated' cases, especially those filed against politicians, during the regimes of the BNP-Jamaat government and the interim administration, and the committee has so far recommended withdrawal of a total of 1,183 cases.
   The Cabinet has also shifted the responsibility of running Fazil and Kamil education to the Islamic University from the National University after giving the final approval to the Islamic University Amendment Bill 2000, and in this regard endorsed the draft of the Islami University (Amendment) Act 2009.

 

http://www.newagebd.com/2009/dec/15/front.html




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[ALOCHONA] Police to restore old monogram, change uniform




Bangladesh Police will restore its old monogram before the 'Police Week' to be observed in first week of January and change the colour as well as design of its uniform later.

Assistant Inspector General of Police (supply) Shoaib Ahmed at Police Headquarters told The Daily Star that they would finish restoring the monogram by altering the present one for around 1.30 lakh police before the police week.

They have started the task following a gazette notification published on December 2, he said, adding: "We are not changing the monogram, but are just restoring the old one which was changed by the BNP-led alliance government in 2004."

Police HQ sources said the monogram introduced in 1861 had reflected the nature of the country accurately as it was inscribed with a boat with sail on it surrounded by a wheat and a paddy sheaves and a blooming water lily on the top.

But the BNP-led four-party alliance government excluded the boat from the monogram presenting the country partially on the logo.

In the monogram, there will be a boat with a sail surrounded by wheat and paddy sheaves and a water lily will be placed on the centre top of the sail while the word 'Police' in Bangla be written below the boat.

The sources said the monogram would be changed from the badges, belts, formation signs on hands, flags of the cops and other necessary articles.

Considering humidity, dust in the air and seasonal change, the authorities concerned have decided to change the pattern and colour of the uniform, they added.

The existing colour of the uniform gets faded in the sun and rain, causing shabby look of the police in uniform.

In any law enforcement agencies, including Bangladesh Police, smartness in uniform is considered an ingredient of spirit of work. So, if police personnel do not look smart in their dresses, they will not be able to discharge their duties in full swing.

The police HQ sources said they are yet to fix the colour and pattern of the proposed uniform.

However, people from different quarters opined that if such practice of altering police monogram and pattern as well as colour of the uniform is getting changed with the change of the government, the country will have to waste a large amount of money.

All the changes should be made after considering the opinions of the users and experts, they added.
  http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=117696



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[ALOCHONA] Diverse pry curricula harm social harmony



Diverse pry curricula harm social harmony

 

Divisive curricula in the country's primary education are resulting in lack of cohesion in the society and also affecting the overall quality of education, say educationists and a development activist.
   They viewed that the situation had led to domination of money in access to quality education – a constitutional right though – and created discrimination in the society.
   At present, there are 10 types of primary schools and madrassahas that follow at least five curricula.
   The educationists, who have long been advocating a unified curriculum for the sake of harmony in the society, said that the nation could not afford to allow such a discriminatory system of education to continue.
   'Ideally there should be only one curriculum for all children to rid them of the present discriminatory system of education,' said educationist Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury.
   'The standard of education is being hampered as there is no unitrack curriculum. Besides, disparate curricula create division in the society,' he said adding, 'But introduction of a unified primary curriculum and its implementation is difficult.'
   The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Sunday announced that her government had launched an initiative to move over to a unitrack curriculum for primary education.
   Former Dhaka University vice-chancellor Professor Maniruzzaman Miah told New Age Sunday that due to divergent administrations, there were 10 to 11 types of primary education in the country though the number of their curricula is not so large.
   'The main differences are in the curricula followed by the two types of madrassahs [one follows the madrassah board's curriculum and the other is guided by the quomi curriculum]. Besides, there are Bangla and English medium curricula. The government should monitor contents of the textbooks, particularly of English medium schools, as it has been found that students are studying subjects contrary to our history and culture,' said Maniruzzaman who also headed an education commission in 2003.
   Writer Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, who was also a member of the committee that drafted the education policy 2009, said that disparate curricula had already done much damage to the values and created division among the students.
   'In the new education policy we have recommended upgrading of primary education up to class VIII and also suggested that some common subjects be made compulsory for madrassahs and general steams of schools,' he said.
   Rasheda K Choudhury, a former caretaker government adviser, said, 'Money plays an important role in getting quality education. A guardian needs to invest more on an English medium school student but the investment on a madrassah student is far less and thus discrimination is created.'
   She said there should be a single regulatory framework for harmony in the primary education system as disparate curricula were creating division in the society.
   Syedur Rahman, a teacher at the BG Press government primary school in the city, said, 'We are trying to enroll as many students in the government primary schools as possible, but in most cases poor families cannot afford the expenses of the studies of their children. In contrast, students from well-off families go to English medium schools and such students get better education simply because they have money.'
   According to government statistics, more than 1.62 crore students enrolled at 80,401 primary schools and equivalent institutions that offer education in Class I-V. There are more than 3.5 lakh teachers in the institutions. Besides, there are a significant number of students in unregistered kindergartens and quomi madrassahs.
   About three million children in the country still don't go to school while 50 per cent of students who get admitted to class I drop out before completing five years of primary education, mainly due to poverty.

 

http://www.newagebd.com/2009/dec/14/front.html




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