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[ALOCHONA] Improve military ties with Dhaka



Improve military ties with Dhaka
Anti-India mindset is changing
by G Parthasarathy

New Delhi will be welcoming Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as its first State guest of this decade. Overcoming formidable hurdles, Sheikh Hasina's Awami League swept the December 2008 polls, winning 230 seats and securing a two-thirds parliamentary majority. Ever since she was sworn in, Sheikh Hasina has not only faced challenges from right-wing parties, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of Khaleda Zia, but also the Pakistani-Saudi assisted fundamentalists of the Jamat- e -Islami (JeI), which unashamedly backed the occupying Pakistan Army during the 1971 freedom struggle. This grouping was reinforced by radical Islamic groups like the Jamat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) and the Harkat-ul-Jihad-ul-Islami, which also enjoy Pakistani/Saudi backing. All these groups are united in undermining the efforts to improve relations with India.
 
The greatest challenge that Sheikh Hasina overcame in her first year was the mutiny by the Bangladesh Rifles, which erupted on February 25, 2008, at its headquarters in Pikhana and soon spread across the country, to 12 other locations. The mutineers killed their chief, Major-General Shakil Ahmed, and his wife and dozens of others. Sheikh Hasina acted deftly in getting a large number of the mutineers to surrender and then permitted the army to crackdown using tanks and heavy weapons. While the mutineers had some genuine grievances, it soon became apparent that outsiders from the BNP and JeI were actively involved in fomenting the unrest.
 
Complementing the crackdown by Sheikh Hasina's government on the mutineers was immediate and effective action by India, which sealed its borders with Bangladesh and forced back mutineers, attempting to cross over. The depth of anger felt at senior levels of the Bangladesh Army was reflected when the new Director-General of the BDR, Major-General Moinul Islam, referred to the mutiny as the "most heinous crime". He added that what transpired reminded him of "the liberation war of 1971".
 
Referring clearly to Pakistan and its friends in the BNP and the JeI, Major-General Islam noted that "external enemies still exist" for Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina has reciprocated India's assistance, by acting to force the surrender of ULFA leader Arabindo Rajkhowa, its deputy military commander Raju Barua and others operating from safe havens in Bangladesh. It has been made clear to North-Eastern separatist groups that they could not consider Bangladesh a safe haven. She has also cracked down on the JMB and the Lashkar-e-Toiba and acted to pre-empt cross-border attacks on India and on the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.
 
Sheikh Hasina is now facing domestic criticism spearheaded by the BNP and the JeI for allegedly having sold out to India. She was earlier the target of assassination attempts by pro-BNP/JeI Islamists during her years in the opposition. She will have to show that relations with India are producing tangible benefits to Bangladesh and that long-pending differences are moving towards resolution. Under the 1974 Indira-Mujib agreement, India is required to return around 111 enclaves to Bangladesh and in return get 51 enclaves from Bangladesh. It took us 18 years to lease a small corridor of land near Tin Bigha to Bangladesh, which we were required to do, under the 1974 agreement. Barely 6.5 kilometres out of the 4096 kilometre land border remains undemarcated.
 
Measures need to be agreed upon that the border is expeditiously demarcated. Moreover, a political consensus needs to be built in West Bengal, to resolve the remaining pending issues of "adverse possessions" and enclaves, which have bedevilled relations through the past four decades. If New Delhi could get the assistance of then West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu in the 1990s, to resolve the vexed Farakka issue, there is no reason why we cannot take a similar initiative soon to deal with the boundary issue.
There was substantial progress achieved in moving forward on a number of issues when Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Muni visited India in September 2008. The most crucial issue for India is "connectivity," which would involve developing road, rail and river communication facilities in Bangladesh, for promoting access to our north-eastern states. India should express its readiness to invest in the development of Chittagong and Mongia ports in Bangladesh and agree to provide access for goods from Nepal and Bhutan to these ports. This could be coupled with approaches to Bhutan for a joint study of projects to augment river water flows. India would also be well advised to provide assistance soon for the Akhaura-Agartala rail link and undertake action to meet Bangladesh's immediate energy requirements, by sale of 300 MW of electrical power. Indian investment in the development of road, rail and port infrastructure in Bangladesh should be seen in Dhaka to be mutually beneficial.
 
While Bangladesh has agreed to provide access to Ashuganj Port for the Palatana Power Project in Tripura, there should be a conscious effort to counter propaganda by the BNP against the construction of the Tipaimukh Dam across the Barak river in Assam. Contrary to malicious propaganda by Khaleda Zia and her cohorts, even experts in Bangladesh agree that this project will actually help in flood control, in augmenting lean season flows and assist in de-silting within Bangladesh. The BNP propaganda is motivated, considering the fact that experts in Khaleda Zia's government, who were kept informed about the project in 2003 and 2005, raised no objections when the BNP was in office. Another emotive issue in Bangladesh is sharing of waters of Teesta river.
 
Bangladesh has shown a measure of realism by agreeing to "Joint Hydrological Observations" so that future actions are taken on the basis of realities and not unfounded fears. We should be able to agree to mechanisms to address mutual concerns on this issue, as we did in resolving the Farakka tangle.
Sections of the Bangladesh Army and its intelligence apparatus have been traditionally anti-Indian and supportive of the BNP and the JeI. There appears to have been some change in this mindset in the aftermath of the BDR mutiny. New Delhi would be well advised to strengthen military ties with Bangladesh and encourage a greater participation of the Bangladesh military in international peace keeping, which will encourage them to avoid Bonapartist ambitions.
 
Past experience shows that the political mood in Bangladesh can be volatile and one could well see a return to the BNP order if Sheikh Hasina falters and cannot fulfil the people's growing aspirations. India should demonstrate that while it will assist in the progress and welfare of the people of Bangladesh, rulers in that country who show sensitivity for Indian concerns can and will receive Indian goodwill in return.
 



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[ALOCHONA] BCL men hack to death Chhatra Maitree leader




http://www.samakal.com.bd/details.php?news=13&action=main&option=single&news_id=38905&pub_no=212

 
 
 
 

Bangladesh Chhatra League activists on Thursday hacked to death a Bangladesh Chhatra Maitree leader at the Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute, which triggered sporadic clashes between the two student organisations backed by two components of the ruling alliance.


   The institute unit Chhatra Maitree's senior vice-president Rezaul Islam Sunny was pronounced dead in Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in the afternoon after he, along with some other leaders, were injured in attack by Chhatra League activists in front of the institute's administrative building about 11:30am.
   The death and subsequent clashes prompted the authorities to close the institute for ah indefinite period and vacate the hostels. The Chhatra Maitree central committee has announced nationwide demonstrations for January 9 protesting at the killing.


   Spot accounts said about 50 Chhatra League activists, led by the institute unit president, Saddam Hossain Nizam, armed with sharp weapons, iron rods, hammers and hockey sticks attacked Chhatra Maitree leaders Rezaul, Kazi Abdul Motaleb Jewel and Sherafat Ali Khan Bulbul.
   The Chhatra League activists also attacked two police constables, Shahidul and Ashraf, when they were trying to arrest the attackers. The armed Chhatra League activists managed to get away by attacking the policemen.
   Rezaul sustained critical injuries in the head and Jewel had one of his fingers severed when they were attacked. Students of the institute with the help of the police took Rezaul and Jewel to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. Critically injured Bulbul was sent to Dhaka.
   Physicians at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital pronounced Rezaul dead about 4:10pm.
   Activists of the Awami League-backed Juba League and the Workers Party-backed Chhatra Maitree again clashed at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in the afternoon when both the groups went to the hospital to see the deceased and injured Maitree leaders.
   Witnesses said when a group of Juba League activists, led by Asaduzzaman Asad, went to the hospital about 4.30pm, Chhatra Maitree activists shouted slogans against them.


   The Juba League activists then attacked Chhatra Maitree activists with sharp weapons in the presence of lawmen, said Workers Party and Chhatra Maitree leaders.
   'The armed Juba League activists, led by their leader Asad, attacked our activists in the presence of assistant police commissioner Jahangir Hossain,' said Workers Party leader Debashish Pramanik Debu.
   Both the groups smashed window panes of the hospital and attacked each other. The police also charged at Chhatra Maitree activists with truncheons. Clashes at one point spilled over in the surrounding Lakshmipur area.
   Later in the afternoon, the police raided Shah Neamatullah Hostel of the Polytechnic Institute, stronghold of Chhatra League, and arrested BCL activists Nabin, Shariful, Nahid and Manik. No weapons, however, could be seized.
   The institute's academic council at an emergency meeting decided to close the institute for an indefinite period and asked the students to vacate the hostels by 5:00pm.
   'We have closed the institute for an indefinite period so that violence cannot spread,' the institute's principal AKM Joynul Abedin said.
   Sources in the institute said Chhatra Maitree activists, led by Jewel, had attacked Chhatra League unit president Nizam a few months ago and Thursday's attack on Maitree might have links with the incident.
   The city unit Chhatra Maitree president, Matiur Rahman, alleged some Jamaat-e-Islami-backed Islami Chhatra Shibir activists had joined the Chhatra League during the city corporation elections in 2009 and they were involved in Thursday's attack.


   The Chhatra League also put the blame on Shibir activists, who identify themselves as activists of Chhatra League, for the incident. 'Some Shibir activists carried out the attack,' said Jedu Sarker, general secretary of the city unit Chhatra League.
   Several hundred Chhatra Maitree leaders and activists went out on demonstrations in the city in afternoon demanding arrest and punishment of the Chhatra League activists responsible for the attack.
   Police deployment was reinforced and Rapid Action Battalion personnel were deployed at the Polytechnic Institute and other institutions in the city to fend off further clashes.
   The Workers Party of Bangladesh president, Rashed Khan Menon, and the general secretary, Anisur Rahman Mallick, in a statement condemned the killing and demanded immediate arrest and punishment of the perpetrators.
   'The government assumed office with a charter for change but after assuming office, the Chhatra League has become an organisation of criminals and it does not hesitate to kill activists of a progressive organisation,' the statement said. 'If the Awami League fails to rein in the Chhatra League, it will invite their fall.'


   The Chhatra Maitree central president, Rafiqul Islam Sujan, and the general secretary, Biplab Roy, in a statement condemned the killing of Rezaul and demanded punishment of the people responsible. 'The goons of the Chhatra League are destabilising educational institutions when the Awami League assumed office with a pledge for changes,' the statement said.
   'If the government cannot ensure that the criminals are punished, Chhatra Maitree will give a reply the killing by launching a movement. If Chhatra Maitree is forced to take that path, the organisation will not take any responsibility for any unstable situation in the education institution,' the statement said.


   In similar statements, Bangladesh Juba Maitree president Sadakat Hossain Khan Babul and general secretary Mostafa Alamgir Ratan, Jatiya Krishak Federation president Abul Bashar and general secretary Shafiuddin Ahmed, acting Jatiya Krishak Samiti president Fazle Hossain Badshah and general secretary Aminul Islam Golap, acting Khetmajur Union president Ishak Sharif and acting general secretary Zakir Hossain Raju, and Nari Mukti Sangsad convener Hazera Sultana and joint convener Saleha Sultana condemned the killing and demanded punishment of the people responsible for the attack.

 

http://www.newagebd.com/2010/jan/08/front.html

 

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-01-08/news/33334

 




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[ALOCHONA] Building mutual trust… The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh and Sheikh Hasina



Building mutual trust… The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh and Sheikh Hasina
 


New Delhi will be welcoming the Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, as its first State guest of this decade. Overcoming formidable hurdles, Sheikh Hasina's Awami League swept to a decisive electoral victory in December 2008, winning 230 seats and securing a two-thirds Parliamentary majority. Ever since she was sworn in, Sheikh Hasina has not only faced challenges from right wing Parties, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of Khaleda Zia, but also the Pakistani-Saudi assisted fundamentalists of the Jamat-e-Islami (JeI), which unashamedly backed the occupying Pakistan army during the 1971 freedom struggle.

This grouping was reinforced by radical Islamic groups such as the Jamat-ul-Mujahideen and the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, which also enjoy Pakistani/Saudi backing. These groups are united in undermining efforts to improve relations with India.

THE MUTINY AND AFTER

The greatest challenge that Sheikh Hasina overcame in her first year was the mutiny by the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles, which erupted on February 25, 2008, at its Pikhana headquarters and soon spread across the country to 12 other locations. The mutineers killed their chief, Major General Shakil Ahmed, his wife and dozens of others. Sheikh Hasina acted deftly in getting a large number of the mutineers to surrender and then permitted the army to crack down, using tanks and heavy weapons. While the mutineers had some genuine grievances, it soon became apparent that outsiders from the BNP and JeI were actively involved in fomenting the unrest.

To support the crackdown by Sheikh Hasina's Government on the mutineers, India took immediate action by sealing its borders with Bangladesh, thereby preventing mutineers from crossing over.The top brass of the Bangladesh army strongly disapproved of these developments. The new Director-General of the BDR, Major General Moinul Islam, referred to the mutiny as a "most heinous crime". He added that what transpired reminded him of "the liberation war of 1971".

Referring clearly to Pakistan and its friends in the BNP and JeI, Major General Islam noted that "external enemies still exist" for Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina has responded to India's actions by forcing the surrender of ULFA leader, Arabindo Rajkhowa, its deputy military commander, Raju Barua, and others operating from safe havens in Bangladesh. It has been made clear to North-eastern separatist groups that they cannot consider Bangladesh to be a safe haven. She has also cracked down on the JMB and the Lashkar-e- Taiba, and acted to pre-empt cross-border attacks on India and on the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.

ONUS ON INDIA

Sheikh Hasina is now facing domestic criticism spearheaded by the BNP and the JeI, for allegedly having sold out to India. She has been the target of assassination attempts by pro-BNP/JeI Islamists during her years in opposition. She will have to show that relations with India are producing tangible benefits for Bangladesh and that long-pending differences are moving towards resolution. Under the 1974 Indira-Mujib agreement, India is required to return around 111 enclaves to Bangladesh and in return get 51 enclaves from Bangladesh. It took us 18 years to lease a small corridor of land near Tin Bigha to Bangladesh, which we were required to do under the 1974 agreement. Barely 6.5 kilometres out of the 4,096-kilometre land border remains undemarcated. Measures need to be agreed upon to ensure that the border is expeditiously demarcated.

Moreover, a political consensus needs to be created in West Bengal to resolve the remaining pending issues of "adverse possessions" and enclaves, which have bedevilled relations through the past four decades.

If New Delhi could get the assistance from the then West Bengal Chief Minister, Jyoti Basu, in the 1990s to resolve the vexed Farakka issue, there is no reason why we cannot take a similar initiative soon to deal with the boundary issue.

Substantial progress was achieved in talks on a number of issues, when Bangladesh Foreign Minister, Dipu Muni, visited India in September 2008. The most crucial issue for India is "connectivity", which would involve developing road, rail and river communications facilities in Bangladesh, for promoting access to our north-eastern states. India should express its readiness to invest in the development of the Chittagong and Mongia ports in Bangladesh and agree to provide access for goods from Nepal and Bhutan to these ports.

India enjoys a nearly $3 billion surplus in its trade with Bangladesh. Yet, there is some justification in Bangladesh's claims about Indian non-tariff barriers and port restrictions. These have to be addressed and Bangladesh assisted to develop Bangladesh Standards Institutes to facilitate trade with India.

WATER ISSUES

The above efforts could be coupled with approaches to Bhutan for a joint study of projects to augment river water flows. India would also be well advised to provide assistance soon for the Akhaura-Agartala rail link and undertake actions to meet Bangladesh's immediate requirements by sale of 300 MW of power. Indian investment in the development of road, rail and port infrastructure in Bangladesh, should be seen in Bangladesh, to be mutually beneficial.

While Bangladesh has agreed to provide access to the Ashuganj Port for the Palatana Power Project in Tripura, there should be a conscious effort to counter propaganda by the BNP against the construction of the Tipaimukh Dam across the Barak River in Assam. Contrary to malicious propaganda by Khaleda Zia and her cohorts, even experts in Bangladesh agree that this project will actually help in flood control, in augmenting lean season flows and assist in de-silting within Bangladesh.

The BNP propaganda is motivated, considering the fact that experts in Khaleda Zia's Government who were kept informed about the project in 2003 and 2005, raised no objections when the BNP was in office.

Another emotive issue in Bangladesh is sharing of waters of the Teesta River. Bangladesh has shown a measure of realism by agreeing to "Joint Hydrological Observations" so that future actions are taken on the basis of realities, and not unfounded fears. We should be able to agree to mechanisms to address mutual concerns on this issue, as we did in resolving the Farakka tangle.

MILITARY TIES

Sections of the Bangladesh army and its intelligence apparatus have been traditionally anti-Indian and supportive of the BNP and JeI. There appears to have been some change in this mindset in the aftermath of the BDR mutiny. New Delhi would be well advised to strengthen military ties with Bangladesh and encourage a greater participation of Bangladesh military in international peace keeping, which will encourage them to avoid Bonapartist ambitions.

Experience shows that the political mood in Bangladesh can be volatile and one could well see a return to the BNP order if Sheikh Hasina falters and cannot fulfil growing aspirations. India should demonstrate that while it will assist in the progress and welfare of the people of Bangladesh, rulers in Bangladesh who show sensitivity for Indian concerns can and will receive Indian goodwill, in return.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/01/07/stories/2010010750170800.htm



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[ALOCHONA] Justice Chowdhury’s comments and State Minister’s overreaction



Justice Chowdhury's comments and State Minister's overreaction

 
By Barrister Nazir Ahmed

Senior Judge of High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury recently attended a seminar on "Repression on the media and political violence: state responsibility and democratic culture" held at BRAC Centre Inn in Dhaka organised by a human rights organisation named 'Odhikar.' In his speech as a special guest Justice Chowdhury expressed his deep concern on extra judicial killing in the name of so called 'crossfire.' He also expressed his grave concern on the effectiveness of the lawmakers in making laws.

His comments received fierce reaction with offensive languages/derogatory remarks from the State Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Advocate Kamrul Islam. The following day the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Barrister Shofique Ahmed reacted in the same way albeit in a mild but coordinated languages. He blamed Justice Chowodhury as being ignorant.

If Justice Chowdhury's whole speech is seen/read (The Daily Manabjamin published the whole speech 23 December 2009), one can see he has not done anything wrong. He has said what is true, he has highlighted what concerns to any conscious citizen of the country. One may disagree with the form/style of Justice Chowdhury's speech, but hardly any conscious person can disagree with the contents of his speech. Those who know Justice Chowdhury personally can confirm Justice Chowdhury's unique style of gesture and speaking. He did not do anything intentionally or artificially at the seminar.

In fact, occasional outburst from the higher judiciary is good for healthy democracy, rule of law and government. As a guardian of the Constitution the higher court judges can convey the message impartially without fear or political colour. The government can get a positive signal and may wish to change its direction which is perceived to be wrong. Such outburst from the higher judiciary when government goes ahead with clear discriminatory policy or their policy is bound to be against the rule of law is not uncommon in developed countries. We have seen, on many occasions, the British High Court Judge vehemently attacking the government on its policy on anti terror legislation, detaining an accused for indefinite period, electronic tagging, and government's association on Guantanamo Bay etc. But we have not seen any British Minister attacking/humiliating judges publicly or overreacting with offensive or inappropriate languages.

If a Minister in the UK acted or behaved in the way the State Minister did in Bangladesh, he/she would have been sacked or forced to resign. Unfortunately, this tradition has not yet developed in Bangladesh. However, we have been assured by the fact that the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already warned the State Minister to be cautious when speaking in the media. We believe the Prime Minister's step was in the right direction.

Constructive criticism from the higher judiciary, no matter how and where it is made, is useful for the country, essential tool for improvement and above all beneficial for the government of the day. The government should not be afraid of constructive criticism and ministers should not be allowed to overreact with inappropriate languages or derogatory comments. Otherwise there will be a conflict between the judiciary and the executive, the result of which would not be helpful. Lesson should be learned from recent incidents in Pakistan. One may blindly argue that Bangladesh is Bangladesh. It is not Pakistan. I agree. But if we look at recent history we can see General Moin U Ahmed was more or less able to do in Bangladesh what President Parvez Mussarraf had done in Pakistan in coming power and violating/flouting the Constitution. Could Bangladesh and its people have done anything to prevent General Moin? The universal lesson of the history is that nobody tends to take lesson from the history.

The Supreme Court is considered as the guardian of the Constitution. Its' High Court Division has original, appellate and special jurisdiction (Art. 101 of the Constitution). It is considered as court of record (Art. 108 of the Constitution). The judgement of the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts subordinate to it (Art. 111 of the Constitution). The High Court Division has superintendence and control over all courts subordinate to it (Art. 109 of the Constitution). All authorities, executive and judicial, in the Republic are required to act in aid of the Supreme Court (Art. 112 of the Constitution). Judges of the Supreme Court are oath bound to uphold the Constitution (In fact, a Supreme Court Judge while taking oath utters, among others, "That I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the laws of Bangladesh" – Third Schedule [Art 148]) which ensures and guarantees fundamental rights of ordinary citizens of the country. Therefore, Supreme Court Judges have special position, status and prestige. They are neither civil servants nor ordinary employees. Comparing them as employees by the State Minister goes beyond all comprehension and cannot be accepted.

The State Minister's overreaction/comments with offensive languages/scandalous remarks are tantamount to the contempt of the Supreme Court. In the light of the numerous judicial decisions, contempt of court can be classified into three broad categories: (1) scandalisation of the court, (2) disobedience to the orders of the court and breach of undertakings given to the court, and (3) interference with the due course of justice. The State Minister's derogatory comments (such as, amra ain banai aar tara bekka korea khachhe, Tine komar ojuggo opradh korechen, sasti take petei hobe, songsode ninda prostab anbo etc.) can, no doubt, come under the first category. The Supreme Court has shown utmost patience and tolerance in that they have not yet taken any step in relation to this contempt. If they did the matter could have been hostile and confrontational resulting in national crisis.

The State Minister threatened to go to the Supreme Judicial Council against Justice Chowdhury. Well, sudden outburst from the higher judiciary or constructive criticism cannot be a subject matter for the Supreme Judicial Council. Supreme Judicial Council is formed/referred by the President of the Republic for specific reasons. If the President has any reason to apprehend that a Judge is incapable of performing his functions because of physical or mental incapacity or has been found guilty of gross misconduct, he may direct the Supreme Judicial Council to inquire into the apprehended incapacity or misconduct (Art. 96 of the Constitution). Justice Chowdhury's comments do not come under any of these categories. Justice Chowdhury is physically very well and mentally fully capable. He has not done any gross misconduct. The State Minister has not probably understood, as eminent lawyer Barrister Rafiq-ul Hoq said, what is covered and what is not covered by the provision of the Supreme Judicial Council.

Irony is for the State Minister. He was never seen practising in the High Court, let alone be a good Advocate in the courts. It is learned from a reliable media source that he was preparing to be a candidate for a Word Commissioner in Dhaka City Corporation during the emergency period. Extremely lucky, being an Advocate for current Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina (in fact, he was one of the many Advocates, but he was known for being aggressive and misbehaving with the Special Court Judge), he was nominated for the General Election of 29 December 2008 by the Grand Alliance led by the Awami League (AL), then elected as an MP and was then straightway made a State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs! If that is true, what can we expect from a person like him?

I know Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury personally. I met him on quite a few occasions, both in the UK and Bangladesh. He is one of the talented judges in the current Supreme Court of Bangladesh. I have few learned fellow colleagues who were direct juniors of Justice Chowdhury and from them I have heard high admiration of him. Justice Chowdhury has wisdom, wealth of long legal experience, analytical power and strong backbone. He was politically impartial during his long legal career [this is proved by the fact that he was elected as a Secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association as an independent candidate] and indeed has been maintaining so in his judicial career. Justice Chowdhury is articulate and has sense of humour. With such a personality higher judiciary of any country can be proud of.

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*Nazir Ahmed FRSA FCMI
LLB Hons (London), LLM (London), FRSPH (London), FCIArb (London), Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln's Inn)
E ail : nazirahmed71@hotmail.com
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[ALOCHONA] The Daily Star-nielsen opinion poll



The Daily Star-nielsen opinion poll
 
Respondents praise law and order improvement, lament inflation

 
The government still enjoys significant popular support with high approval rating for the prime minister, and favourable opinion about the government's efficiency including maintenance of law and order.

However, the massive mandate with which the government came to power a year ago looks eroded to some extent, a Daily Star-Nielsen opinion poll reveals.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina scored impressively high in approval rating outshining the popularity of her government.

Khaleda Zia as the opposition leader scored a much lower rating than her archrival Hasina.

The survey found an unusually high percentage of the people who did not know about any success or failure of the government. This testifies to a general failure of both the government and opposition to communicate with the people.

The survey was conducted between December 17 and 25 last year among 3,050 respondents, all above 18 years of age. They were interviewed at 180 spots covering 44 districts using probability random sampling. The survey was conducted during the last part of the 12th month of the current government.

It was found that the people think the political culture has seen a positive change over the year and confrontational politics will not return.

But the survey found that the people are unhappy about rising commodity prices, although they acknowledge that the government took steps to curb the trend. They also think there is room for improvement regarding the economy.

The survey found people to be mostly critical of the role of opposition parties and mostly in disagreement with the opposition's decision to boycott the parliament.

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[ALOCHONA] Sons of Two Top Bangladeshi Leaders



Dear All:

Please go to the following linkage and read a news on comparisons between two sons of two top Bangladeshi leaders, Sajeeb Joy, son of current Prime Minister Sk. Hasina Wazed and Tareq Rahman, son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia:

http://www.probashivoice.com/details.php?&id1=Top&id2=1188&id7=2010-01-07

Thanks to the ProbashiVoice http://www.probashivoice.com for publishing an in-depth and informative news for the worldwide Bangladeshi people.

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[mukto-mona] Re: Muslim and Non Muslims



The principle is here:
 
(8) Allah does not forbid you respecting those who have not made war against you on account of (your) religion, and have not driven you forth from your homes, that you show them kindness and deal with them justly; surely Allah loves the doers of justice.
 
The specific is in 9:29 (back when a growing Muslim community were being overtly and covertly attacked from open enemies and hypocrites).
 
Why 9:29 is relevant to a certain situations back then? It has to be read in context with other verses in chapter 9. Start reading from the beginning to know why.
 
In accordance with the fundmental principle - observed throughout the interpretation of the Qur'an - that all of its statements and ordinances are mutually complementary and cannot, therefore, be correctly understood unless they are considered as parts of one integral whole, this verse, too must be read in the context of the clear-cut Qur'anic rule that war is permitted only in self-defence (2:190-194). I other words, the above injunction to fight is releveant only in the event of aggression committed against the Muslim coummnity or state or in the presence of unmistakable threat to its security (which conditions were present when this verse was revealed) and may only apply today if those conditions are duplicated. 
 
Hope this helps!
 
Mubashir
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

From: Mohammad Asghar <msa7011@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Brain Dead Muslims
To: "Mubashir Inayet" <minayet@yahoo.com>, "Nizam Ahmad" <nizam_moer@sky.com>, "Pelican Infotech" <pelicaninfotech@yahoo.com>, "SAIF Davdas" <islam1234@msn.com>, "zoglul" <
First Allah says:
9:29: "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued."
 
And then He says:
 
60:8: "Allah forbiddeth you not those who warred not against you on account of religion and drove you not out from your homes, that ye should show them kindness and deal justly with them. Lo! Allah loveth the just dealers."
 
Keepig the qualifier in verse 60:8 in mind, how do you reconcile its message with message of verse 9:29? Please explain logically and sensisbly. Thanks.
 
Mohammad Asghar



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Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 10:03:03 AM
Subject: Re: Brain Dead Muslims

CORRECTION:
 
The Qur'an only warns against taking friends and protectors those who have bad intentions and mean to hurt the Muslims.  Not those who mean them no harm.  Want proof??
 
[Read Chapter 60:8]

 

Please acknowledge and stand corrected.

 

Thanks and have a great day!!

 

Moby





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Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 12:55:08 PM
Subject: RE: Brain Dead Muslims

It occurs to me that millions of Moslems in India are in business with Hindus for almost a 1000 years and none of them believes they have abandoned the Quran or doing what is forbidden.

 

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Sent: 07 January 2010 17:17
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Subject: Re: Brain Dead Muslims

 

does it occur 2 u ... that ur qur'an .. Islam ....prophibits any business with KAFIRS??.  Do u want the SURA/Verse!????

 

Dealing with Hindu's .. renders u .. NON MUSLIMS .. u r committng .. SHIRK .. which is worse than INCEST!!! .. (according 2 ur qur'an!!)

 


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Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 4:47:29 PM
Subject: RE: Brain Dead Muslims

You can begin with SAARC that visualised free movement of goods between the seven member countries by 2003!

In a borderless economy, we would be traders not beggars. The small trader can compete with the big Moslem or Hindu trader. The small could be the 'giant killers'. In entrepreneurship, size is not strength. It is the power of ideas...

 

 

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Subject: Re: Brain Dead Muslims

 

 

what economic border are u visualising brother ...??. How can u have such between ONE HINDU ECONOMIC GIANT and two other beggar countries???? .. both Muslim countries???


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Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 1:12:31 PM
Subject: RE: Brain Dead Muslims

Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan need an EU type 'economic borderless' Union, but not one currency as recommended by Dr. Yunus, to end all hatreds, wars, and suspicions between each other that militarised boundaries commonly create.

 

Nizam

 

 

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Subject: Brain Dead Muslims

 

 

West produces Churchil, Roosevelt , Washington and Lincoln--we produce Saddam, Ahmedinijad, Jinnah, Maududi, Yahiyaa, Gaddafi, Faisal and Zia! BNP and Jammatees belligerence, bellicosity, obduracy, and intransigence, reminds me of Saddam's stand against mighty America . Raw created JMB? Mossad created Hujji? It is India who engineered 1/11? Folks this is what I call Muslim logic 101. O brain dead Muslims--what ails you? Where has your brain traveled? Aren't we surrounded on all sides by the mighty India ? Isn't India in a thousand time better position to hurt our interest, than we are in, to hurt their interest? This week, the American military has announced its plan to move our military bases from Okinawa after 67 years of occupation. Immediately the Japanese prime minister sent a letter of protest to Obama!! Intelligent and wise Japanese don't want us to leave! Brain dead Muslims can never fathom this logic.... For our survival, isn't every single thing--including egg, meat, and onion coming from India ? Aren't their more Muslims living in India than Bangladesh and Pakistan combined? Isn't Islam's shining city on the hill Pakistan a failed state? Didn't the Muslims kill more Muslims than Hindus ever did in the last one thousand year? O' how we Muslims love to commit suicide! The rightist politicians in Bangladesh are deeply suspicious of India 's grand game plan and are deeply paranoid about it. Their allies, the Jamaatis, have grandiose ambitions to re-create the Glory days of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi and establish the Khilafat on the soil of Subcontinent one more time. Intellectual and moral Bankruptcy of our anti-India posture is truly prosaic and myopic at best. The US , the Russians, and the EU have already conceded the hegemony of India in South Asia . The Indian's have setup naval bases in East African territories of Madagascar , Mozambique , Seychelles , and Mauritania . Mauritius offered its Agleam Islands to India on a 100 year lease term ostensibly for development as tourist destinations. The navies of five countries - India , Singapore , the United States , Japan and Australia regularly participate in naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal . To its west, India has been holding joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman , the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea with such countries as Oman , Iran and France . Only the militant Pakis and we think otherwise on this very vital issue. The Indians, armed with the largest Scientist force in the world, are beating the hell out of the Americans in every field. In last five years, more than Three Million Indians left USA for lucrative jobs in India . Doesn't common sense dictate that we the Bangladeshis also recognize this reality and act accordingly? After Mangle Pandey's revolution against the British in 1857---the wise Hindus, decided to beat the Brits by obeying them and learn from them.... As a result, the British built the finest engineering schools in India ---owing to that, India landed on Moon in 2008! Back then, the Muslims listened to Deobandis and Brelevis---not that Kafir Sir Syed Ahmed Khan---with devastating and disastrous far reaching consequences for the Muslims of the world! Islamic history of last 1000 years is replete with these militant voices. How very sad and unfortunate indeed. Will we Muslims ever learn? 
SaifDevdas
islam1234@msn.com 


Hasina's visit to hegemonic India

 

Thursday January 07 2010 08:34:21 AM BDT


 

London 6 January 2010. Hasina is due to visit India on 10 January, her 12th foreign visit in as many months since she assumed office on 6 January 2009, in her second term as Prime Minister. But this is her first visit to India in her second term and it is meant to be a significant one, as splashed in the Indian media.

Whenever there is a high-level meeting between Bangladesh and India, many people delve into history and remember India's 'help' in our independence war. Indeed, according to the hopes of many, after our independence, the two countries should have become very friendly in a win-win relationship. But, as a matter of frustration for them, it was not to be! The stumbling block in this regard has been India's intransigence, chauvinism and obduracy in their uneven and unjust dealings with Bangladesh for their mad pursuit of establishing hegemonism over Bangladesh and exploiting it ruthlessly, which is typical of all imperialist and hegemonist powers.

Unlike the gullible and the direct- and indirect beneficiaries of hegemonic influence and favour of largesse, the others ponder about the nature of Indian 'help' in 1971 and many have good realisation of it. India helped Bangladesh by way of achieving their own targets. India actually helped themselves! The stark reality is, India did not join the 1971 war from any humanitarian considerations. And the fact is: We wanted independence for one reason, but India wanted to divide Pakistan for another reason, - not only to divide Pakistan, they wanted to reduce Bangladesh to the status of occupied Kashmir, as they still do, given an opportunity.

We must remember that within its own territory, India slaughters literally hundreds of thousands of Muslims, other non-Hindu religious groups, Dalits, minority nationalities, etc. as a method of mindless, brutal and callous suppression, in order to sustain the vicious rule of the coterie, which is in power. This kind of government cannot have any conscience or humanitarian feelings or mutually beneficial considerations. With a friend like the present hegemonic India, who needs enemies?

As to the relationship between Bangladesh and India, we are all for good relations as much as we are for good relations with other countries. But it is impossible to normalise our relations with India unless and until it gives up its hegemonic ways. In order to do that, India must compensate us for the desertification and other damages caused to Bangladesh by Farakka barrage and their other structures on 53 of the 54 common rivers. They must get out of South Talpatti. They must stop arming and training the Shanti Bahini in CHT, the 'Bangabhumi' claimants in the south-west and they must dismantle the terrorist training camps along the borders. It is also thought that the JMB was created by RAW, and HuJI-B by Mossad for their ulterior motives. It is also thought by many that it was an Indian commando, which perpetrated the BDR massacre at Peelkhana with the complicity of a small section of the BAL, a small section of the government and the traitor Moeen U and a few of his military associates, in order to destabilise and control our defence. If these allegations are true, India must stop these evil practices and compensate for the damages caused.

To establish good relations, India must stop twisting Bangladesh Government's arms for corridor to Seven Sisters States by distorting the Asian Highway and making us travel through Seven Sisters States to reach Myanmar, instead of through Teknaf. They must stop pressurising the government for use of Chittagong port, Ashugang river facility and railway lines from Chittagong to eastern India, etc. They must refrain from conspiracies to occupy our offshore areas and from plundering our national resources, etc. They must remove the hindrance to bilateral trades so that Bangladesh can reduce the huge gap and deficit in its trade with India. They must solve the enclave problems and the border problems, which should not take such a long time. As a matter of fact, India deliberately did not ratify the very first treaty signed between Bangladesh and India, which was the Mujib-Indira Treaty signed in 1974. While Bangladesh ratified the Mujib-Indira treaty shortly after it was signed in 1974 and promptly handed over Berubari, but India, even after 25 years, has neither ratified the treaty nor honoured its obligations, including transfer of Tin Bigha. We are thus dealing with a party, which never keeps its promises.

They must stop the killings of unarmed villagers along the border perpetrated by wilful contravention of the Geneva convention, the figures of killing produced by the HR organisation 'Odhikar' are about 100 a year since 2000. These brutal killings need to be raised very strongly in international forums by our governments i.e. to take strong action against Indian hegemonism. Indeed all the governments of Bangladesh, so far, soft-pedalled on bilateral issues between Bangladesh and India, because of, possibly, surreptitious Indian bankrolling to relevant quarters and may be also because of international influence favouring India, while India has stubbornly remained hell-bent on their hegemonic ambitions and their acts over Bangladesh.

Under these circumstances, the five or so agreements, which Hasina is likely to sign with India in her upcoming visit, would give total advantage to India at the cost of our national Interest. Clearly, India wants to establish control over our power sector and energy sector, our telecoms sector and our transport sector for their advantage in trade and military considerations. They also want to bind us on financial loan in order for their benefits on their pet projects. Hasina's intended talks on Teesta barrage seems to have failed to make a headway at secretary level. On the other hand, no amount of India's assurance will persuade Bangladeshis that the Tipaimukh hydel project and the Fulertal barrage will not do any harm to Bangladesh. They will have devastating effects, exactly as there were by Farakka and Teesta barrages.

Before her visit, Hasina seems to have been instrumental in handing over ULFA leader Arabinda Rajkhowa and a few of his colleagues, with herself by being under the uncanny spell of Indian government's black arts and with an overt intention to please India and earn their trust. The people of Seven Sisters helped us in our independence struggle, but Hasina betrayed them in their independence struggle against Delhi. She could have simply asked the ULFA leaders to quietly leave Bangladesh, or do something else, if she felt she was under pressure.

It is India, who with the backing of the US and their allies, engineered the vile conspiracy of the so-called one-eleven 2007 and it is these powers again who also engineered the sham stage-managed election of 29 December 2008 to bring to power a puppet regime in order to serve their evil interests in Bangladesh, and as a matter of fact, it is a blatant attempt to subjugate Bangladesh, etc., etc.

Unless these problems are sorted out, there cannot be any good relations between India and Bangladesh. We will not surrender our independence and sovereignty to India, or to any other power. We want concrete solutions to the concrete problems.

We should actually build peaceful resistance at grass roots levels against Indian hegemonism. There is absolutely no space for glossing over the problems and over the persistent hegemonic conspiracies by India. How many lackeys of India within Bangladesh are bankrolled by India? How many of the media? How many government officials, NGOs, business people, professionals, etc?? And for what reasons???

Many call Hasina's present (not her previous government where she was duly elected in the acceptable election of 1996) government a puppet regime, run by powers from outside the border. If on her forthcoming visit to india she sells out national interest to satisfy these foreign powers, then the people will have no other alternative except for taking to the streets and developing peaceful resistance. The people of Bangladesh will never surrender to the hegemonists, whatever backing they might have from their international allies and their lackeys within Bangladesh.

Written by: Zoglul Husain
E-mail: zoglul@hotmail.co.uk

 


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RE: [ALOCHONA] Re: intellectual day '71: survivor of Dr. Md. Fazle Rabbee's family speaks



Dear Sir,
Who was Razakar? Those voted for Awami Leauge, the poor classes, had join the Razakar for a salary of TK. 90/- per month. 66 Awami MP opposed Bangladesh liberation !!!! are they not Razakar? Sheikh Hasina was given all medical treatment by pakistani military in 1971 while she was given birth her child, Muzib's family were getting rations from pakistani army during war period, so who is razakar?????
 
At least Shah Hannan is not a Indian Dalal, and not a Agortala conspritor, not a 25 years Golami deed maker, not a killer of thousand of people after liberation. 
 
Thanks
Mohammed Ramjan Ali Bhuiyan
Kuwait
 


To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
From: m_musa92870@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:49:00 +0000
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: intellectual day '71: survivor of Dr. Md. Fazle Rabbee's family speaks

 

Mr. Hannan,

We all know you are a pro-Rajakar and pro-war criminal intellectual.  But that doesn't mean you can spread lies to deceive us and distort facts.  Yes, the most part of Bangladesh was under the Mitra Bahini control by Dec 14, 1971, but the areas the murdered intellectuals lived in and were dragged from, and the places that they were slaughtered by Rajakars and Al Badrs (formed by Jamaate Islami and Islami Chhatra Sangha now known Islami Chhatra Shibir) were still under the control of Pakistan army and your beloved Rajakars on Dec 14, 1971.  Another futile attempt to deceive us.
Let me finish with a hadith by Prophet (SA):

The Prophet (SA) was once asked about various actions which Islam forbids and whether a believer may commit any of these. He said that a believer may be guilty of such forbidden things as theft, adultery and drinking intoxicants, but a believer cannot tell a lie. Telling a lie is against the very concept of faith. Also the Prophet Muhammad (SA) was asked: "Can a believer be a coward?" The Prophet said: "Yes." He was then asked: "Can a believer be a miser?" He replied: "Yes." And finally, he was asked: "Can a believer be a liar?" The Prophet said: "No." (Al-Muwatta, Volume 56, Hadith 19.)

Mohammad Musa Sarkar

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "S A Hannan" <sahannan@...> wrote:
>
> Dear members,
>
> Assalamu Alaikum.The murder of 14 intellectuals was a despicable thing done
> by diseased mind.If clues are found then there should be trial and just
> punishment.
>
> But one thing, on the same 14th December , most part of it was under
> control of Indian Army and freedom fighters.On the same 14th thousands of
> Biharis and Razakars were killed throughout the country I am not mentioning
> killing from 3rd December to 13th December.
>
> Who will take responsibility for these killings? There should be
> investigation and punishment for criminals in these cases also.Blood of all
> is equal.This is what the Prophet of Islam said.
>
> Shah Abdul Hannan





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