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Monday, February 1, 2010

[ALOCHONA] FM radio in Bangladesh



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[ALOCHONA] College admission in a shambles



College admission in a shambles
BCL men desperate for 'political quota', make a mint out of admission


 
A section of Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders are doing trade over college admissions by forcing the authorities to get candidates of their choice enrolled. Many leaders of BCL, student body associated with the ruling Awami League, have already taken huge sums from admission seekers, promising them enrolment, said college sources.(The Daily Star).
 
Lately, the authorities of several colleges in the capital and outside had to stop the admission process for rowdy demonstrations by Chhatra League activists incensed at not getting their so-called political quota.

BCL men would not let the admission to honours first year under National University go on unless the authorities agree to take in their candidates, added the sources.

In pursuing their interests, they are violating admission rules at will.

The admission process at Dhaka College has remained stalled for last three days with the ruling party's student leaders holding tenaciously to their demand for "special quota".

In many educational institutions, academic activities have been disrupted due to fights between BCL factions seeking to establish dominance on the campuses to edge ahead in admission trade.

In Kushtia Government College, Chhatra League activists yesterday stopped admissions to first-year honours. They have asked the college body to reach an understanding with them to go ahead with the admission process, reports our Kushtia correspondent.

Rival BCL groups clashed at Kabi Nazrul College in the capital on January 28 and in Comilla Victoria College on January 29 over admission trade.

Admission situation remains chaotic also at Titumir, Eden, Badrunnessa and Mirpur Bangla colleges in the city and many reputable institutions elsewhere in the country. BCL leaders are pressurising the authorities of these colleges to take in students who are not on merit lists, sources said.

Viva voce of first year students at the Dhaka College was suspended after BCL leaders drove admission seekers out of the campus and insulted some teachers on Saturday.

They also vandalised vehicles and put barricades on Mirpur road the next day.

Sources said the Dhaka College BCL unit president and general secretary held talks with the principal and other teachers in the evening to reach a compromise.

BCL leaders charge an admission seeker Tk 10,000 to 50,000 depending on the subject the student desires to study.

They charge Tk 40,000 to 50,000 for subjects like Accounting and Management, Tk 30,000 for English or Sociology and Tk 10,000 to Tk 25,000 for other subjects, the sources said.

"Some Chhatra League leaders asked me to give them Tk 15,000 for studying my desired subject at Dhaka College. I struck a bargain with them for Tk 10,000," said an admission seeker wishing anonymity.

BCL leaders get students admitted to the college in negotiation with some teachers. A few students do not appear at the viva voce leaving the seats vacant every year. Later, students chosen by the BCL leaders fill those seats, the sources said.

But the NU this year adopted a new policy for admission to honours courses to prevent the malpractice. As per the new rules, the NU will publish results according to the seat capacity of a college without any waiting list.

If any seat remains vacant, the NU will send a list of candidates to the college concerned to fill it.

Our Kushtia correspondent reports: The authority of Kushtia Government College on Thursday published results of the admission test for honours courses in 18 subjects. Viva voce of the candidates on merit lists was to begin on Saturday as per an announcement.

BCL activists and some outsiders led by BCL college unit general secretary Al-Mamun entered the principal's room at about 1:30pm yesterday and asked him to keep at least 100 seats for their chosen students.

Principal Prof Hasanuzzaman refused to meet their demand. Later, the BCL cadres locked up rooms of several departments and the accounts section to stop sale of admission forms.

Policemen were deployed on the college campus to avert any untoward incident.

BCL college unit president Enamul Bari Sumon and general secretary Abdullah Al-Mamun told The Daily Star that a few teachers loyal to the BNP-Jamaat alliance manipulated the admission test to deprive some meritorious students of the opportunity of studying in the college and they protested it.

"If the college authorities want to resume the admission process, they have to meet our demand," they said.

Awami League Presidium member Obaidul Quader told The Daily Star that the leaders allegedly involved in the admission trade should be treated as offenders, not party activists.

"Since warning is not working, stern actions must be taken against them. They are tarnishing the image of the government and should be expelled immediately from the party," said the AL leader.
 
 
 
 
 
 


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[ALOCHONA] India diverts huge water from Farakka



India diverts huge water from Farakka

Upper riparian India has further diverted huge volume of water during the third spell of the New Year leaving only 35,048 cusec for Bangladesh against the latter's share of 50,154 cusec, according to statistics of the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC), Bangladesh.

During the past two spells of 10 days each, India deprived Bangladesh 41,264 cusec of water through Farakka against its fair share mentioned in the indicative schedule-2 of the Ganges water sharing treaty signed in 1996.

Bangladesh and India share Ganges water each year from January 1 to May 31 as was designed in the Ganges water sharing treaty.

According to the treaty, Bangladesh and India is to equally share water if water flow is up to 70,000 cusec or less in the Farakka barrage point. Bangladesh is to get 35,000 cusec of water and India to get the rest if water at Farakka point is between 70,000 and 75,000 cusec. When water at Farakka point reaches more than 75,000 cusec, India is to get 40,000 cusec and Bangladesh to get the rest.

But statistics show that India never followed these terms and conditions of the accord and released less quantity of water for Bangladesh. It did not respon to protests lodged by the JRC, Bangladesh in the past.

Bangladesh and India share water of 50 common rivers. The JRC governs 57 identified border rivers, 54 with India and 3 enter from Myanmar.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her recent visit to India sought cooperation from her counterpart for fair sharing of water of Teesta and other common rivers.

The life and livelihood of the millions of people of Bangladesh have been revolving around waters of the common rivers over the ages. The Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Meghna river systems drain a total catchment area of about 1.72 million sq km through Bangladesh into the Bay of Bengal. Out of this large catchment area, only 7 per cent lies in Bangladesh. The other co-riparian countries are India, Nepal, Bhutan and China.
 


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[ALOCHONA] Bangladashed!



BANGLADASHED by the Government's pact with India and BAL's (Bangladesh Awami League) terrorist group BCL (Bangladesh Chatra League) activities.

 

See and read today's (Feb. 1, 2010) news:

 

First: http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2010/02/02/16607

 

Second: http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2010/02/02/16688



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