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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

[ALOCHONA] Alarming rise of divorce cases



Alarming rise of divorce cases
 
 
 
 


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[ALOCHONA] Big party blessings fuel Ershad’s audacity





Cross-section of people on Tuesday condemned former military ruler and Jatiya Party chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad's claims that there was no way to put him on trial.
   Many of them said continued blessing of bourgeois political parties and their dependence on him had encouraged him to make such 'audacious' statement.
   
Ershad told newsmen in Rangpur on Monday that those who were relishing the idea that he could be put on trial, were mentally ill. 'There is no way to put me on trial. Those who are relishing the idea have not read the High Court verdict properly. They are mentally ill,' he said.
   
He said the High Court verdict had legalised all the good things done by his regime and forgiven the rest. 'There is no chance to put me on trial.'
   'Those who want me to be hanged are having daydreams,' he said.
   The High Court on August 26 declared illegal the Seventh Amendment to the constitution that had legitimised the takeover and the regime of Ershad.
   After the ruling, Ershad met with Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister and chief of his Jatiya Party's main ally Awami League, on Sunday.
   
About Ershad's comments, cross-section of people said after the High Court ruling declaring the Seventh Amendment to the constitution illegal, the state should take initiatives to put him on trial for sedition, violating military laws, killing people and unleashing oppression on democratic activists during his 'illegal regime' in 1982-1990.
   
Economist and political thinker Anu Muhammad said, 'Ershad was supposed to stay behind bars for his misdeeds but it was the bourgeois political parties which had rehabilitated him and they should be held responsible for his audacity.'
   'Besides the parties, there are international actors of global capital who benefited from Ershad's policies such as strategic action plan and Ershad might think they are still behind him,' he said.
   'After the High Court ruling, the people had expected that the government would take some action on its own in line with the ruling. But the reality is the prime minister had an hour-long exclusive meeting with him and after the meeting Ershad seemed doubly assured,' he said. 'Opinion polls in past two days indicate that the people do not think Ershad would face trial.'
   
'Successive governments after 1990 had followed all the policies, strategies and practices of Ershad and it might also have made Ershad confident,' he added.
   Rights watchdog Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan said Ershad was still liable to face trial for sedition, violating military rule, unleashing oppression on pro-democracy activists and killing a number of people, including Zafar, Zainal Dipali Saha and Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, during his rule.
   
'People had expected some initiatives from the state after the High Court ruling. But the prime minister held a meeting with him…They might have discussed about their political strategies…Ershad's statements after that meeting indicates they want to protect each other,' Adil said.
   Rights activist Shahriyar Kabir said that before giving the ruling on the Seventh Amendment, the High Court had issued a ruling cancelling the Fifth Amendment to the constitution and asked the parliament to make sure that the usurpers of state power violating constitution were put on trials.
  
 'Both Zia and Ershad should face trial for sedition as they illegally seized the state power as the court suggested their trial. If the government with two thirds majority in the house fails to stop the way to illegal power takeover, it would create a black chapter in our history,' he said.
   Shahriyar said that Ershad was encouraged to make such audacious comments as he was a major ally of the Awami League.
   Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Tariqul Islam said Ershad's remarks had surprised him. 'I heard him saying so on television. Ershad had kept me in cantonment for six months and tortured me in all possible ways.'
   
'Ershad must face trial and I would let you know after consulting lawyers if I would take legal action,' he told New Age.
   The president of the Communist Party of Bangladesh, Monzurul Ahsan Khan, said the High Court ruling had said usurpers of power and violators of the constitution must be tried. 'Such illegal takeover will continue if they are not put on trial.'
   'The present prime minister Sheikh Hasina and other political leaders, including me, were taken to the cantonment blindfolded and some were physically tortured after Ershad seized power illegally' he said.
   
Monzur castigated some left political parties for joining the Awami League-led alliance with Jatiya Party. 'After the High Court ruling, Hasina should oust Jatiya Party from the alliance and put him on trial, he said.
   The general secretary of Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal, Khalequzzaman, said Ershad had shown such audacity taking the advantage of being a partner of the AL-led alliance which was now in power.
   The president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh, Rashed Khan Menon said they were always against illegal military rule. 'We would speak about our strategy on the court's ruling and statements by Ershad after consulting our lawyers,' he said.
   
Playwright Mamunur Rashid said Ershad should face trial for his every misdeed. 'It was a shame for us that a martial law administrator had seized state power and made a Supreme Court judge the president ruining the image of judiciary. We have to do away with it for good.'
 


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[ALOCHONA] About a Duke !



About a Duke !
 
 


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[ALOCHONA] Miscreants invented ! Problems will be no more



PM warns BCL-Shun creating violence, giving sanctuary to JCD and Shibir


Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday renewed her warning against hooliganism and violent activities on campus in the name of Chhatra League or other fronts of Awami League. She also warned Chhatra League leaders for giving sanctuaries to Chhatra Dal and Chhatra Shibir activists in Chhatra League to serve their own personal interests.(UNB, Dhaka)

The Prime Minister made the remarks at a discussion at Bangabandhu international Conference Center around noon.

Bangladesh Chhatra League arranged the meeting in memory of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his wife Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Mujib who both along with most of their family members were assassinated on August 15, 1975.

Sheikh Hasina, who had withdrawn her name as organizational chief of the BCL on April 4, 2009 following unprecedented internal clashes of the student body, said Chhatra Dal and Shibir activists have intruded the BCL and they are staging various violent activities on the campuses using the name of BCL.

"Besides, there is a group which I should call Permanent Government Party. They always change their color and get mixed with the ruling party's people to take various opportunities from the government," the Prime Minister said.

Sheikh Hasina warned the intruders and opportunists that she herself is making a list of such intruders at every educational institution. "All troublemakers including the intruders are being identified. Many have already been arrested. If more are identified as offenders, they too will surely be arrested," the Prime Minister said. The Prime Minister welcomed expulsion of some 50 BCL workers from the party on charges of violent and anti-organization activities. "I thank the Chhatra League for the expulsion of the offenders. If necessary such expulsion has to be continued in the future also," the Prime Minister said.

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[ALOCHONA] Martial Law and dilemma of the Judges



Martial Law and dilemma of the Judges

Two judgements of our Supreme Court have declared the Fifth and Seventh Amendments unconstitutional. The First judgement was delivered by their Lordships of the Appellate Division sitting in full court presided over by the Chief Justice Mr. Justice Mohammad· Fazlul Karim declared the Fifth Amendment being violative of the Constitution so the takeover of the government was also illegal. The declaration against the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution came within weeks of the said judgement. A Division Bench of the High Court Division comprising their Lordships Mr. Justice A.H.M. Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Mr. Justice Sheikh Mohammad Zakir Hossain pronounced the judgement. Their Lordships in both judgements supported appropriate punishment for those responsible for constitutional violations.

Implications of these two judgments are undoubtedly far reaching. The judgements are widely debated expressing concerns and explaining the complications. Some politician found such judgements as deterant against military take over. Martial Law is unconstitutional is not unknown. But to declaring such changes by judicial pronouncements illegal and suggesting perpetrators to be punished despite subsequent ratification by the elected parliament has raised tough questions within and outside the government. If after a constitutional deviation ratification by the parliament is no protection then what?

Marital law is a negation of law, but successful martial law is a new order. No helpful purpose is served by making return to constitutionalism and the rule of law more difficult.

An outstanding former Chief Justice of our country made an insightful analysis of the dilemma judges face in an extra-constitutional take-over. We reproduce below excerpts from the Kamini Dutta Memorial Law Lectures delivered by Mr. Justice Mustafa Kamal at Dhaka University in 1994. It should be clear that the analysis of Mr. Justice Mustafa Kamal has no direct bearing on the recent judgements of the Supreme Court.

There are occasions when either the established constitutional machinery breaks down or an extra-constitutional force takes over the reins of administration, posing a dilemma for the Judges. Nearly all Constitutions require the Judges to take an oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the laws" (see Article 148 and the Third Schedule of our Constitution). But when the Constitution is either abrogated or suspended and made subservient to the will of an extra-constitutional force, the Judges have to make a choice. An Argentinian Judge ( Oyhanarte, J..) has aptly described the dilemma of Judges:-

'The Supreme Court cannot modify the course of history. It lacks the power necessary to do this. When it is faced with the overthrow of constitutional authorities and the installation of a Government of force by what have come to be called 'revolutionary' means, the judges of the court can do three things:-

(I) resign, thus transferring the responsibility of the decision to others;

(2) simply accept the fact:

(3) try to save those institutional values which can still be saved"

(Quoted from Snow, Judges and Generals: The Role of the Argentine Supreme Court during Periods of Military Government (1975), p. 617).

In R Vs. Ndhlovu, [1968] 4 S.A.L.R. 515. Sir Hugh Beadle, C.J. expressed the dilemma this way :-

"The problem of whether a judge should stay or go is a matter personal choice……..The first duty of judges then, as I see it, is. 'whatever the political battle', to 'keep out of the main' area of dispute' and to 'carry on their peaceful task of protecting the fabric of society and maintaining law and order.' provided, of course, their judicial independence is not tampered with .. The judge is simply forced into a position of accepting the facts and the laws as they are, whether he likes them or not. He has, as I have said before, been overtaken by events."

Resignation of Judges in revolutionary situations has not been uncommon, but except for the ripple that it causes in the body politic neither the Judges by resignation en masse or in ones or twos have been able to deflect the revolutionary regime from following the course of action it chose to pursue nor have the people at large carried the mantle from the Judges to overthrow the extra-constitutional force. On the other hand when Judges resigned in protest against an unconstitutional takeover or when Judges were removed because of their obstruction to the wishes of the new authority, their successors on the Bench merely conformed to the wishes of the new regime and often they were also of so low a calibre that justice was no longer administered properly. On the other side it may perhaps be rightly argued that the continuance in office of the Judges gives the new regime a semblance of legitimacy.

In the recent Constitution 8th Amendment case, (1989) BLD (Spl) I, M.H. Rahman, J. offers his own choice in the following words :-

"The Court's attention has repeatedly been drawn to the oath the Chief Justice or a Judge of the Supreme Court takes under Article 148 of the Constitution on his appointment, Mr. Asrarul Hossain has pointed out the difference between the 1anguage of the oath the' Judges of the Indian Supreme Court take "to uphold the Constitution", and that of the oath the Judges of our Supreme Court take "to preserve, protect and defend of the constitution. The import of the single word 'uphold' is no less significant or onerous than that of the three words 'preserve, protect and defend'. In either case the burden is the same, And the Court carries the burden without holding the swords of the community held by the executive or the purse of the nation commanded hy the legislature. The Court could do so because all the authorities of the Republic act, as enjoined by the Constitution under art. 112 in aid of the Court for securing obedience to its judgement and orders. When the constitution is suspended or made subject to a non-law the the Court is deprived of the aid of the relevant authorities of the Republic. When such an abnormal situation occurs a Judge has got two alternatives: either he would resign or he would hold on to his post. One who has not lost faith in the rallying power of law may prefer a temporary deprivation of freedom to desertion. It is hardly necessary to point out that the Court will have no worthwhile power without the Constitution. The future of the Constitution lies in the commitment of the citizens who are obliged under art. 21 of the Constitution to observe the Constitution."(para 488)'

Expectation from the Judges and the real position of Judges are highlighted in the monograph on Revolution in the Legal Systems of Third World States by F. Reyntjens (University of Antwerp) and L. Wolf-Phillips (London School of Economics) in the following words :-

"When the judiciary is asked to 'stand up' against usurper it is too often forgotten that Judges may not have the means to do so. Often, but not always, the judicial branch is the only one left in tact in its composition (not generally in its powers) after a revolutionary take-over. Why should the Courts be able to resist the unconstitutional action if the deposed Executive. the dissolved Parliament, (a part of) the Army and the Policc, the Trade Unions . . . . . . cannot'? Thc Courts can never really be the "last bastion" against illegality because in terms of power to enforce obedience (physical if need be) they constitute the weakest link. To a large extent, therefore, De Smith is right, when arguing that, in general, legal analyses of unconstitutional action are fundamenta1ly pollitical Judgements dressed in a legalistic garb."

Generally the Judges have approached the powers of the usurper in revolutionary siituations in two broad ways, first, by applying the Kelsen doctrine of "revolutionary legality" and, secondly, by applying the "doctrine of State necessity".

As early as in 1925 Hans Kelsen in his "General Theory of Law and State (1949)" presented the legal effects of a revolution in a rational and systematic manner. To him a revolution means a successful revolution. To be successful the old order ceases and the new order begins to be efficacious, "because the individuals whose behaviour the new order regulates actually behave, by and large, in conformity with the new order, then this order is considered as a valid order. It is now according to this new order that the actual behaviour of individuals is interpreted as legal or illegal. (p.118)

The first application of Kelsen's doctrine was made in the Pakistan case of the 'State vs. Dosso (PLD 1958 (SC) 533). Munir, C.J. held that the new legal order after a revolution should be judged by "reference to its own success" and the overthrown legal order by "the efficacy of the change". He said :-

"Where a Constitution and the national legal order under it is disrupted by an abrupt political change not within the contemplation of' the Constitution, then such a change is a revolution and its legal effect is not only the destruction of the Constitution but also the validity of the national legal order irrespective of' how or by whom such a change is brought about."

This interpretation of Kelsen's pure theory of law was followed in Uganda vs. Commissioner of Prisons, ex-parte Matovu (Uganda 1966-7) and was referred to approvingly in the Appeal Court and Privy Council stages of Madzimbamuto vs. Lardner-Burke (Rhodesia, 1966-8). It was not followed in E.K. Sallah vs. the Attorney General (Ghana, 1970) and roundly over-turned in Asma Jilani vs. The Government of the Punjab (PLD 1972 SC 139), the last one saying, "The principle laid down in Dosso's case is wholly unsustainable and cannot be treated as good law either on the principle of stare decisis or even otherwise."

The other approach made by the Judges to meet revolutionary situations is by application of the "doctrine of state necessity". When an unconstitutional action is taken by the incumbent authority and the legal order is only partly disregarded, the legal ruler himself has taken something like a revolutionary step not covered by the express words of the Constitution or even in conflict with it. This unconstitutional behaviour is taken to be necessary for the survival of the State. It is called a departure from the Constitution and it is sought to be justified 'in the interest of averting an impending disaster and preventing the State and society from dissolution. The "doctrine of state necessity" was followed in Special Reference No.1 of 1955 by the Governor General (PLD 1955 FC 435), Republic vs. Mustafa Ibrahim (Cyprus 1964) and Begum Nusrat Bhutto vs. The Chief of Army Staff and the Federation of Pakistan (PLD 1977 SC 657). The upshot of this doctrine is that "in order to bridge the gap between the law and the facts of political life", and to avoid the possibility "that a State and the people should be allowed to perish for the sake of its Constitution" and to accommodate an action which was "undoubtedly an extra-constitutional step, but obviously dictated by the highest consideration of State's necessity and the welfare of the people", the doctrine of state necessity is to be read into a written Constitution and the constitutional deviations are to be upheld to preserve the State itself.
 


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[ALOCHONA] All Pakistan needs is Enemies, befalls a Catastrophe

Pakistan Flood Aid Charity FACTS:

* $ 7.4 million from Fort of Islam, 'Pakistan's fastest and only Friend in the world', 2nd largest Economy with the largest Foreign Exchange Reserves in the world, the Godless Enemy of Allah, ... Communist China.
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$ 25 million from Satanic 'Birth Enemy of Pakistan' (always called so by Pakistan), as poor as Pakistan, ... Kaafir Hindu India.
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$ 400 million from Satanic Enemy of Islam and Moslims (called so by our Mollaas & ISI) the world's most indebted country, USA. 
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$ 500 million from Other Satanic Enemies of Moslims (called so by our Mollaas & ISI), the Allies of USA , that are also indebted countries.
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$ 100 million from the Rich 'brotherly' Moslim Countries.
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CONCLUSION: Fort of Islam, Pakistan needs more Satanic Enemies of Islam, Enemies of Moslims and herself than Friends, when befalls real Catastrophe. ... Soob haan Allah ...!
S U Turkman
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NEWS:
India on Tuesday announced an additional USD 20 million assistance to Pakistan
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NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday announced an additional USD 20 million assistance to Pakistan which is grappling with the worst floods in recent history of the region.

The announcement by external affairs minister S M Krishna in the Lok Sabha comes in the wake of Pakistan's readiness to accept India's initial aid offer of USD 5 million which is to be routed through the United Nations.

"As a more concrete assessment of the damage inflicted by this natural disaster and the urgent needs of the people of Pakistan emerges, government has decided to increase its assistance to Pakistan from USD 5 million, announced earlier, to USD 25 million," he said in a suo motu statement.

Of the total aid, USD 20 million would be contributed to the 'Pakistan Initial Floods Emergency Response Plan' launched by the UN office for the coordination of humanitarian efforts, he said.

The balance USD 5 million would be contributed to the World Food Programme for its relief efforts in Pakistan, Krishna said.

He noted that India had offered USD 5 million aid to Pakistan during his telephonic talks with Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on August 13.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in a conversation with Pakistan PM Yusuf Raza Gilani on August 19, had conveyed that India was ready to do more to assist the neighbouring country which is facing the worst floods in the past 80 years.

Pakistan was reluctant to accept the aid and agreed only after a nudge from the US. However, last week Pakistan conveyed to India to route the aid through the UN.

"We cannot remain unconcerned with this grave humanitarian crisis of enormous magnitude in our immediate neighbourhood," Krishna said.

He noted that the recent floods have been described as the worst in that part of the region in the last 80 years.

According to the latest UN figures, 17.2 million people have been affected by the floods which have left 1,600 people dead.

More than 1.2 million houses have been damaged or destroyed besides widespread damage to infrastructure, Krishna said.

"All the four provinces of Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir have suffered the consequences," he said.

[ALOCHONA] Online-Talk with Captain Tajul Islam Taj, State Minister for Liberation War Affairs




Al-Amin (Tritiomatra.Org), Minister Capt Tajul Islam, Filmmaker Kabir Anwar
Four hours Online-Talk with Captain Tajul Islam Taj, State Minister for Liberation War Affairs
-By Mir Monaz Haque
Bangladesh Tritiomatra Org is a Virtual Organization for Bangladeshi around the world. In a PalTalk virtual room "Bangladesh Tritiomatra Org Mukto Moncho" meet recently hundreds of users to discuss with the Minister Captai Tajul Islam. Topic was "The present situation of Bangladesh". Minister Tajul Islam talked with virtual Bangladeshi community.

This is a successful joint initiative of Tritiomatra.Org and Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee that has organized a digital-talk-show on 24th of August 2010. State Minister, Bangladesh Liberation War Affairs Ministry, Captain Tajul Islam talks with hundreds of online users, logged-in to "Bangladesh Tritiomatra.Org Mukto Moncho" from all over the world. It was a long four hours chat session with Captain Tajul Islam, in which he spoke about his experience during the liberation war, about the 15 August incident and the election promise of the government of Bangladesh on prosecuting the war criminals through a special tribunal.

Bangladesh government has set up a special war crime tribunal according to the International Crimes Tribunals Act 1973. It is a long-standing national demand, the government had pledged in its election manifesto to take all necessary legal steps to conduct the trial.

Click here to listen the virtual-talk with Liberation War Minister Capt. Tajul Islam

 


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Monday, August 30, 2010

[ALOCHONA] Help your elderly parents walk, dance and exercise with this simple, low-cost nutrient



Help your elderly parents walk, dance and exercise with this simple, low-cost nutrient
 
NaturalNews) Researchers from Wake Forest University (WFU) in North Carolina recently completed a study on the physical health of seniors in relation to their vitamin D levels. The study revealed that seniors with the highest vitamin D levels had far better mobility and physical health than those with the lowest levels.

Presented at the American Society for Nutrition at Experimental Biology 2010, the study is just one of many recent vitamin D studies illustrating the fact that the vitamin has powerful health-promoting and disease-preventing capabilities.

Dr. Denise Houston and her colleagues at WFU evaluated over 2,700 healthy
seniors from Memphis and Pittsburgh over the course of four years. The team analyzed blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, the precursor of vitamin D, and found that those folks with the highest levels could walk faster, move more easily, and remain better balanced, than those with the lowest levels.

A similar study conducted earlier in the year by researchers from the University of Sydney, found that
elderly folks who supplement with vitamin D are less likely to fall than those who do not.

Since vitamin D plays an important role in bone
health and strength, it is believed that this crucial nutrient greatly improves health and quality of life, particularly in older people.

Vitamin D works to protect the body from developing severe degenerative diseases and it also helps to prevent infections, viruses, influenza, colds and other maladies from occurring. It is truly one of the most beneficial and readily-available nutrients around, and keeping your levels high will do wonders for your health.

The best way to maintain healthy vitamin D levels is allow your skin to be exposed to
natural sunlight for 15 to 30 minutes every day. Sunscreens that block the sun's UV rays will prevent your skin from absorbing vitamin D, so it is important not to use them for this purpose.

Exposure to the sun in gradually-increasing amounts will help to acclimate your skin to the sun and to avoid burns. Supplementing with natural
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[ALOCHONA] Ershad rules out any trial against him



Ershad rules out any trial against him


Jatiya Party Chief Hussein Muhammad Ershad has said that no one could make him face trials. "Those who are asking for my trial, has not read the High Court verdict properly" he said.Ershad said this while discussing the High Court's verdict on the 'seventh amendment to the Constitution' with bdnews24.com at his Rangpur residence Sunday noon, following a meeting with the Prime Minister.

Pointing out that the verdict had legalised all the good initiatives during his regime and forgiven the rest, he said, "There is no scope to put me on trial."

On August 26, the High Court declared illegal the 7th amendment that had legitimised the autocratic regime of Ershad. Following the verdict, Ershad met with PM Skeikh Hasina Sunday. Jatiya Party is one of the major allies of the coalition government in power. Jatiya Party presidium members Kazi Firoz Rashid said, "Hussein Muhammad Ershad met the PM and discussed on ways to strengthen the grand alliance."

Meanwhile, talking to UNB eminent jurist Anisul Huq said former President HM Ershad could be brought to justice under the Army Act 1952 on charges of 'mutiny and insubordination', as the military ruler usurped power overthrowing the President, the supreme commander of the defence services of Bangladesh.

The offence (mutiny and insubordination), under Section 31 of the Army Act, was punishable by death, he added.Mr Huq, a senior lawyer who specialises in criminal law, said that the higher courts' judgments on the 5th and 7th amendments of the Constitution that declared illegal the promulgation of martial law, made an identical observation that the military usurpers should be suitably punished.

The parliament may enact a law in this regard, he added, referring to the apex court judgments. As to how Ershad can be put on the dock, Anisul said neither the Constitution nor the existing Penal Code provided for this.There is no specific provision under the Penal Code to try and punish a military usurper.

 http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=110710&date=2010-08-31



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[ALOCHONA] Cases are withdrawn on political consideration



Cases are withdrawn on political consideration
 
 


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[ALOCHONA] Fwd: [Dahuk]: DU Pro-VC accused of patronizing irregular appointments





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From: Shimul Chaudhury <honestdebater@yahoo.ca>
Date: Aug 30, 2010 6:46 AM
Subject: [Dahuk]: DU Pro-VC accused of patronizing irregular appointments
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The New Nation, Dhaka, August 30, 2010

http://www.ittefaq.com/issues/2010/08/30/news0999.htm

DU Pro-VC accused of patronizing irregular appointments


DU Correspondent


Dhaka University (DU) Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Harun-or-Rashid himself was explicitly patronising an unprecedented irregularity in recruiting teachers in the university.

The malpractice was done in the meeting of the Selection Committee for recruiting lecturers in the Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology under the faculty of Engineering and Technology yesterday.

Sources said applications were called for six vacant posts (three permanent and three temporary) of lecturer in the Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology recently.

According to the process, the Selection Committee, headed by the Pro-VC Harun-or-Rashid with four other members - Dean of the concerned faculty Prof Shahida Rafiq, chairperson of the department Syed M Shamsuddin, and two experts Prof Mahbubar Rahman and Prof Ahmed Ismail Mostafa of the same department - sat yesterday for selecting the more qualified candidates for the posts.

The permanent three posts were filled up by the candidates who were in the top three positions considering their results in honours' and masters' level examinations and their publications at home and abroad.

But the irregularity was done in the selection of three temporary posts where candidates who have 1st class 1st and 2nd positions in honours and masters' examinations have been rejected and those who have secured 6th or 7th positions in the same examinations have been selected denying the opposition of two members of the Selection Committee.

The selected three candidates are Mithun Sarkar, Sumaiya Farhana and Taslima Ferdaus.

Mithun's merit positions in honours and masters examinations were 3rd and 2nd respectively while Sumaiya's positions were 7th and 1st and Taslima's positions were 4th and 6th in honours and masters examinations respectively.

On the other hand, Kazi Tanimul Haque Shuvra, Mohammad Shahruzzaman and Nashid Sharif have been rejected while their merit positions in the honours and masters examinations were 2nd & 2nd, 1st & 2nd and 2nd & 2nd respectively.

Of them, Mohammad Shahruzzaman is the highest marks scorer in honours examination among the candidates applied for. He achieved 2208 marks in the examination. Nashid's total marks in honours exams were 2203 and Tanimul's were 2188. But the marks of the three selected candidates Mithun, Sumaiya and Taslima were 2064, 2087 and 2088 respectively.

The rejected candidates were also clearly ahead by the number of publications at home and abroad than the selected candidates.

Sources said the biased selection was made by the direct interference of the Pro-VC Prof Harun-or-Rashid though the two members of the committee, dean of the faculty Prof Shahida Rafiq and one of the two expert teachers Prof Mahbubar Rahman opposed it.

At one stage, Prof Shahida Rafiq walked out from the meeting protesting the partial role of Pro-VC in the selection.

She told reporters at a press conference at her office "The Pro-VC showed blind partiality to the less qualified candidates just considering their political views and he made injustice to the candidates who have much more qualifications than the selected,"

Prof Shahida Rafiq termed the biased selection as unprecedented in the history of Dhaka University.

She further said that two of selected candidates could not answer the simple questions in the viva voce. Their only qualification is their political identity, she added.

"Such kind of political fanaticism in higher educational institutions are destroying the future of the nation," she opined.




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[ALOCHONA] Loan from Delhi raisesbillion dollar questions

Okay, okay, we will make sure this loans serves your pocket also.

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> Loan from Delhi raisesbillion dollar questions
>
> *M. Shahidul Islam*
>
> The $1 billion loan agreement signed with India on August 7 begets some
> billion dollar questions: Whose interest will it serve and whether the fund
> was at all needed. Cynicism has exacerbated by the loan coming at a time
> when it is least needed; over $500 million of ADB, IMF and other
> source-loans lying idle in the government's coffer.
> Decoding the mindset of policy makers in Dhaka and Delhi has become a
> futile exercise since the coming to power of the AL-led regime in early
> 2009. While any definitive answers to such questions will remain unanswered
> for obvious reasons, a glance at the targeted projects where the borrowed
> money will be spent may provide some valuable clues to unearthing the real
> motive behind this unprecedented economic collaboration between the two
> South Asian neighbours.
>
> *Whose interest?*
> Of the 14 projects for which the predominance of the borrowed $1 billion
> is slated for spending, over 76 per cent of the fund is earmarked for the
> (1) construction of Ashugonj port and dredging of navigation route leading
> to Tripura border, (2) upgrading of railway tracks and purchase of railway
> locomotives and oil tankers to transport Indian goods across the border, (3)
> construction of bridges astride Indo-Bangladesh border, including over the
> Bhairab and the Feni river connection Tripura, (4) construction of
> Ramgar-Subrom land port and the connecting roads, and, (5) construction of
> Bheramara-Bahrampur 400 KV inter- connected lines at a cost of $150 million,
> to name but a few.
> The agreement stipulates that the pipeline projects must incur 85 per
> cent of the costs by procuring goods and services from India only, and, the
> consultants hired for advising must be from India too. That alone will
> divert back 90 per cent of the fund to India. Add to this .50 per cent
> penalty for non-completion of any project, 1.75 per cent annual interest and
> .5 percent commitment fee per annum. The entire venture has little or no
> value added dividend for Bangladesh, excepting an estimated $25 million or
> so that is expected to come annually from custom fee and the allied levies
> that are yet to be decided.
>
> Simply put: Delhi will plan, fund and complete all these strategically
> important projects inside Bangladesh with materials from India, to serve
> India's interest, while the cost incurred is a loan to Bangladesh which the
> country may not be able to pay off within the stipulated 20 years time
> frame. Besides, the loan's conditionality is so stringent that the negation
> of any future government to comply with the projects' completion will not
> absolve the nation from paying the interests and the penalties during the 20
> years amortization period.
>
> As well, the 1.75 per cent interest is too high, compared with the loan
> transactions occurring at public and private levels anywhere in the world;
> due to the recession-battered prime landing rate being either zero, or at
> best one per cent in the leading economies of the world. More disturbing is
> the 20 years payment deadline, which covers only half of the payment
> time-line usually offered by major international financial institutions
> while the stipulated interest rate is seven times of what the IMF loan
> charges, .25 per cent at best.
>
> *Why policy- shift?*
> Despite that, our finance minister is on record for accusing the
> opposition BNP of lying, as the latter insisted on not to sign the loan
> accord in consideration of upholding national interest. The gala and the
> glittering of the signing ceremony had also dwarfed the potential of an
> economic and geopolitical disaster this particular loan is sure to bring
> upon our nation.
>
> The finance minister is not alone in touting the issue as an epoch -
> making economic bonanza. Prior to Dhaka consenting to inking the agreement,
> few in the nation took pain to study the economic and the arithmetical
> rationale for doing so, especially at a time when the decision to borrow
> from external sources marked a radical shift from existing policies which
> proved successful over the decades by reducing debt-dependency on external
> sources, often phenomenally.
>
> We also feel numb as none among the policy makers even bothered to ask,
> why Dhaka needed $1 billion credit from India when its debt-GDP ratio stood
> at all time high, over 32 per cent of the GDP, or well over $50 billion, of
> which public debt alone rose by over $2 billion since the coming to office
> of the AL-led regime in late 2008 (Source: CIA fact sheet). Bangladesh bank
> data also reveals, total government borrowing was Tk. 597.9 billion in FY
> 2007, out of which Tk. 522.0 billion (87 percent) came from domestic sources
> while the net flow of public borrowing from external sources remained nearly
> stagnant in FY06-07, and declined further subsequently.
>
> *Deadly geopolitics*
> Such compelling economic rationales aside, India's generosity remains
> questionable; the loan coming to Dhaka at a time when India itself is
> bleeding under a slew of catastrophic afflictions spurred by a lingering
> recession, accelerated centrifugal drives spearheaded by insurgents from
> Kashmir to Mizoram to Assam, and the widespread public discontent created by
> a combustive mix of mass unemployment and hyper inflation which Delhi seems
> totally unable to tackle.
> Some observers say, this is hardly a micro-managed regional bonhomie to
> bolster fraternity with a smaller neighbour in crisis. Faced with
> unprecedented domestic crisis, Delhi had to display some geopolitical
> acrobatics to deflect attention outward and the scheme fitted neatly with a
> Machiavellian design to turn Bangladesh into an economic and military
> hinterland that has been in the making since Delhi decided to join the
> US-led anti terror bandwagon in 2001.
> They say, ever since, Delhi has been on the driving seat in Dhaka while
> irritating silence and procrastination remained our national hallmark amidst
> the gradual but systematic enfeebling of the nation by (1) rendering the
> armed forces impotent, and, (2) bludgeoning the economy through orchestrated
> destruction of the main export sector, the RMG.
>
> This line of analysis jibes well with the desperation Delhi felt lately
> as it witnessed, helplessly, Nepal turning into a Maoist state, Sri Lanka
> drifting away toward China and the Pakistani success in checkmating Delhi in
> Afghanistan amidst successive Taliban victory in the battles against the
> India-allied NATO forces. They say as most of the earmarked projects involve
> land and marine connectivity between India's north east with the mainland
> via Bangladesh, our nation is being turned into a virtual India corridor.
> This constitutes serious compromises of our territorial integrity and
> sovereignty.
>
> http://www.weeklyholiday.net/front.html#02
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RE: [ALOCHONA] Burqa can't be forced: High Court



            Many people think that secularism is a grey (as opposed to the 'black' of the burqa) burlap sack that you can whack over a person's head.
 
           A black burqa is a very good thing for Muslims, they say. 
          It can put a ink-blot over the person's existence and obliterate the person's humanity. That is supposedly a very Islamic thing to do,
          though there is no Qur'anic injunction or dress-code for the purpose of blotting out the humanity of a person.
 
             This grey burlap sack called secularism, they say, is an evil thing that can be 'imposed' and can make you look like
             the devil incarnate otherwise known as Hindu. This sack is rumored to be outfitted with a devilish mechanism
             that can make the whole religion of Islam disappear from the realm in a twinkle of an eye!
 
             They also say that this devil incarnate Hindu should be eliminated from the land by any means. The means
             may take the form of mass murder but if that is what it takes to do the job there should not be any hesitation .  
             Anybody showing tendencies like a Hindu should be eliminated. This Hindu Hasina should take heed. Her father was wiped out.
              "Did not hindu hasina learned anything from her Father"?

Did not hindu hasina learned anything from her Father?

              However, the people who speak in the above language have not been able to provide a sample of the grey burlap sack
               called secularism that can be 'imposed' over people's head and that can make Islam disappear in a twinkle of an eye.
 
              Until they do, we have the Holy Qur'an to turn to for guidance, solace and fortitude. In this holy month of Ramadan,
               time for penance and self-purification, we should recognize that the above talk is itself a kind of 'covering' or clothing
              or 'lebas'.  And the Qur'an warns us to be wary of these attempts at falsehoods:
 
               "Wa la talbisu al Huqqa bi-l batili wa taktumoo ul Huqqa wa antum taAlamuna"  2:42.
               (And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor coceal the Truth when ye know whar it is)
             
              For those who want be sure that there is no Qur'anic mandate for women to wear the burqa or the hijab,
              please read the following article which was published in the Daily Star, and then archived by the Islamic
              Reasearch Foundation Information.
 

  • Farida Majid As the hijab issue heats up in France and Germany, and the psychological pressure and the brainwashing of women intensifies all over the Muslim world, the feverish ...
    irfi.org/articles/articles_201_250/fashioning_lies.htm · Cached page

     

To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
From: qrahman@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:38:27 -0400
Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Burqa can't be forced: High Court

 
I think burqa should not be forced but the new law does not have some "Common sense" exceptions. For Islamic institutions "Islamic" dress should be enforced (That may include Burqa if the local community feels right about it). Albeit there are difference of opinion among scholars if Burqa is mandatory in Islam or not. Most scholars think "Hijab" covers Islamic requirements for women.

While I agree Burqa should not be forced but secularism should not be forced on our people either. Maybe  experts should be looking into the verdict more to ensure some "Activist" judges going overboard or not. There are some concerns from liberal groups about civil rights in another ruling regarding Shaheed minar.

Personally I feel that, God created us as "FREE" men and women and gave us freedom to obey or disobey Him. Therefore, we should encourage honest and open discussions/debates about religion. Blaming everything Islamic TODAY for what some Jamaat-e-Islami leaders did 40 years ago does not seem fair or logical to me.

Peace.



-----Original Message-----
From: Mo Assghar <moassghar@yahoo.com>
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 9:02 am
Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Burqa can't be forced: High Court

 
But Secularism can be forced? Give me a break!!

Did not hindu hasina learned anything from her Father?


--- On Mon, 8/23/10, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com>
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Burqa can't be forced: High Court
To:
Date: Monday, August 23, 2010, 2:36 AM

 
Burqa can't be forced: High Court

 
The court also ordered relevant officials to explain why forcing girls to wear burqa (veil) and keeping them out of sports and cultural activities were illegal.


Dhaka, Aug 22 (bdnews24.com)—The High Court has ruled that no women can be forced to wear burqa at work and educational institutions. In it's ruling The High Court on Sunday in a suo moto order directed the government to ensure that no women were forced to wear veil or religious dress in the educational institutions and offices.

The court also ordered the government to ensure that the cultural activities and sports in the educational institutions are not restricted.The orders came in the wake of a public interest petition filed by Supreme Court lawyers Mahbub Shafi and A K M Hafizul Alam on Sunday. The bench of justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Sheikh Mohammad Zakir Hossain also ruled that they cannot be barred from taking to culture and sports

The court also ordered relevant officials to explain why forcing girls to wear burqa (veil) and keeping them out of sports and cultural activities were illegal.

The A Bengali daily news item said that principal of the college in Natore ( Northern Bangladesh ) has stopped any cultural activities and sports at the college and forced female students to wear Borka or veil in the college.The HC also directed principal of the college Mozammel Haque to appear before the HC bench on August 26 to explain the matter.

It also issued a rule upon the government to explain why imposition of restriction on cultural activities and sports in the educational institutions and offices and forcing the female students to wear veil should not be declared illegal.

Secretaries to the ministries of home, education, social welfare and women affair and principal Mozammel Haque has been made respondent to the rule and orderThe education, home, social welfare, and women and children affairs secretaries and principal of Rani Bhabani Mohila College Mozammel Huq were asked to reply to ruling. Following a brief hearing, the court also asked the principal to appear before it on Aug 26.

The lawyers in their petition on Sunday cited a report carried by a Bengali newspaper the same day headlined, 'Burqa mandatory at Rani Bhabani Mohila College'. The lawyers stated such enforcement was discriminatory.




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RE: [ALOCHONA] Burqa can't be forced: High Court



Mo Assghar wrote,

 

'Did not Hindu Hasina learn anything from her Father?'

 

What a solidly stupid comment. Not surprised, we can't expect reason from an ignorant and dogmatic person. He must know that when religion is governed by thugs, civilised nation should regulate and stop them. A 7th century pagan Arab culture can't be a part of any faith.

 

           

Akbar Hussain



 

 




To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
From: qrahman@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:38:27 -0400
Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Burqa can't be forced: High Court

 
I think burqa should not be forced but the new law does not have some "Common sense" exceptions. For Islamic institutions "Islamic" dress should be enforced (That may include Burqa if the local community feels right about it). Albeit there are difference of opinion among scholars if Burqa is mandatory in Islam or not. Most scholars think "Hijab" covers Islamic requirements for women.

While I agree Burqa should not be forced but secularism should not be forced on our people either. Maybe  experts should be looking into the verdict more to ensure some "Activist" judges going overboard or not. There are some concerns from liberal groups about civil rights in another ruling regarding Shaheed minar.

Personally I feel that, God created us as "FREE" men and women and gave us freedom to obey or disobey Him. Therefore, we should encourage honest and open discussions/debates about religion. Blaming everything Islamic TODAY for what some Jamaat-e-Islami leaders did 40 years ago does not seem fair or logical to me.

Peace.



-----Original Message-----
From: Mo Assghar <moassghar@yahoo.com>
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 9:02 am
Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Burqa can't be forced: High Court

 
But Secularism can be forced? Give me a break!!

Did not hindu hasina learned anything from her Father?


--- On Mon, 8/23/10, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com>
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Burqa can't be forced: High Court
To:
Date: Monday, August 23, 2010, 2:36 AM

 
Burqa can't be forced: High Court

 
The court also ordered relevant officials to explain why forcing girls to wear burqa (veil) and keeping them out of sports and cultural activities were illegal.


Dhaka, Aug 22 (bdnews24.com)—The High Court has ruled that no women can be forced to wear burqa at work and educational institutions. In it's ruling The High Court on Sunday in a suo moto order directed the government to ensure that no women were forced to wear veil or religious dress in the educational institutions and offices.

The court also ordered the government to ensure that the cultural activities and sports in the educational institutions are not restricted.The orders came in the wake of a public interest petition filed by Supreme Court lawyers Mahbub Shafi and A K M Hafizul Alam on Sunday. The bench of justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Sheikh Mohammad Zakir Hossain also ruled that they cannot be barred from taking to culture and sports

The court also ordered relevant officials to explain why forcing girls to wear burqa (veil) and keeping them out of sports and cultural activities were illegal.

The A Bengali daily news item said that principal of the college in Natore ( Northern Bangladesh ) has stopped any cultural activities and sports at the college and forced female students to wear Borka or veil in the college.The HC also directed principal of the college Mozammel Haque to appear before the HC bench on August 26 to explain the matter.

It also issued a rule upon the government to explain why imposition of restriction on cultural activities and sports in the educational institutions and offices and forcing the female students to wear veil should not be declared illegal.

Secretaries to the ministries of home, education, social welfare and women affair and principal Mozammel Haque has been made respondent to the rule and orderThe education, home, social welfare, and women and children affairs secretaries and principal of Rani Bhabani Mohila College Mozammel Huq were asked to reply to ruling. Following a brief hearing, the court also asked the principal to appear before it on Aug 26.

The lawyers in their petition on Sunday cited a report carried by a Bengali newspaper the same day headlined, 'Burqa mandatory at Rani Bhabani Mohila College'. The lawyers stated such enforcement was discriminatory.




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