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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

[ALOCHONA] Re: Bangladesh to honour Indian soldiers killed in Liberation War

It would be interesting to know how many Indian soldiers were killed in action in 1971. Ezajur

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> *Bangladesh to honour Indian soldiers killed in 1971 Liberation War*
>
> DHAKA: Bangladesh will honour the Indian Army for its key role in the
> country's 'Liberation War' against Pakistan by inscribing the names of
> Indian soldiers killed in the 1971 military operation at a special memorial
> in the heart of the capital.
>
> Bangladesh will seek a list of martyred Indian soldiers in the 1971
> Liberation War against Pakistan in a bid to honour them by inscribing their
> names at a memorial at Suhrawardy Udyan park, Tajul Islam, the state
> minister of Liberation War Affairs, said today."We are yet to know how many
> Indian soldiers lost their lives in our Liberation War. We will soon seek a
> list through the foreign ministry," Islam told reporters. He said the names
> of the martyred Indian soldiers would be inscribed at the memorial.
> "Bangladesh will never forget India's role in 1971 war," he underlined.
>
> The announcement to honour the Indian soldiers came as a visiting military
> delegation led by Lt-Gen Vijay Kumar Singh, the next chief of the Indian
> Army, called on Islam at his office.Lt-Gen Singh, currently Eastern Army
> Command chief at Kolkata, will take over as the next Army chief from General
> Deepak Kapoor on March 31.
>
> Bangladesh won its independence after nine months of bloody struggle with
> the Pakistani military with crucial Indian support.The Liberation struggle
> sparked the Indo-Pak war on December 3, 1971, and ended with the surrender
> of the Pakistani military to the Indian Army.
>
> The minister said Bangladesh plans to invite 30 Indian 1971 veterans to join
> "independence day celebrations" on March 26.
>
> Ten Indian war veterans, led by Lt. Gen (retd) JFR Jacob, the chief of staff
> of the Indian Army's Eastern Command during the 1971 campaign, joined
> Bangladesh's Independence Day celebrations two years ago for the first time
> at the invitation of former Bangladesh Army chief Moeen U Ahmed.
>
> http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_bangladesh-to-honour-indian-soldiers-killed-in-1971-liberation-war_1342490
>


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[ALOCHONA] [khabor.com] Re: Fwd: Tarek - main planner of 21st Aug GA - 20.1.10.pdf

This is a broad generalisation. Tens of millions of your fellow citizens vote for BNP routinely and stand against AL. Are they all Na Paki Jamaati Rajakari Chana Churi criminals? This is not politics. It would seem that the bureaucracy, army and judiciary have no "sincere, honest, bold and good people" but AL is full of such people. WRONG! Just because you can say it doesn't mean it is right.

We are polarised enough. If the anti AL vote bank was small you could perhaps get away with what you say by driving over a minority. But neither BNP or AL can do that to each other. Any attempt to do is just another injustice inflicted on our nation by the political classes.

This is not because AL or BNP are right or wrong. Democracy is a numbers game after all.

And you are dreaming if the execution of the killers of the father of the current Prime Minister translates into impending justice for one and all.

Youngsters in Bangladesh have a phrase "TIB". It means "This is Bangladesh" and it is what our youth say in order to survive with the garbage that political classes have thrown upon society.

Justice for Hasina is not justice for Quddus Miah.

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "Engr. Shafiq Bhuiyan" <srbanunz@...> wrote:
>
> Another report in today's (21.1.10) news aper on Notorious Tarek Rahman (&
> other Jamat-BNP criminals) involvement and they were the main planner of
> brutal Grenade Attack on 21st August 2004 at AL meeting to kill Sheikh
> Hasina & other top AL leader.-
>
> http://jugantor.info/enews/issue/2010/01/21/news0400.php
>
>
> But I think Govt will take some serious action after the execution of
> Bangabandhu killers.
>
> Another problem there are no sincere, honest, bold and good people in
> Civil-Army Bureaucracy and other places of administration (like Judicial,
> Police etc) to expedite & execute these revolutionary steps and process.
>
> All the places (Civil-Army, administration) are filled with corrupt
> Jamat-BNP NaPaki minded & motivated people.
>
> So, we have proceed very cautiosly and carefully.
>
> We have to be careful, protest, resist and hit all the corrupt Jamat-BNP
> NaPaki minded & motivated people - in all places.
>
> But common people and young people are more cautious and alert.
>
> We shall overcome InsaAllah.
>
> Let Almighty Allah bless us, Bangladesh and Bangalee nation.
>
>
> Joy Bangla
>
> --
>
> "Sustha thakon, nirapade thakon ebong valo thakon"
>
> Shuvechhante,
>
> Shafiqur Rahman Bhuiyan (ANU)
> NEW ZEALAND.
>
> Phone: 00-64-9-828 2435 (Res), 00-64-02 1238 5500 (mobile)
> E-mail: srbanunz@...
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:47 PM, ShamimC <veirsmill@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > It was none but notorious Tarek Rahman who was the planner of brutal
> > grenade Attack on Awami League meeting on August 21, 2004 to kill Sheikh
> > Hasina and other top Awami League leaders.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tarek Rahman was the gang leader who arranged the final meeting on August
> > 14 of 2004 in the premises of Howa Bhobon the alternate powerhouse of
> > BNP-Jamaat alliance government to plan killing Sheikh then opposition leader
> > Sheikh Hasina.
> >
> >
> >
> > Meeting attended by terrorist Muftee Hannan, PM Khaleda Zia's Political
> > Advisor Hares Chowdhury, Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary Ali Ahsan Mujaheed, Home
> > Ministe Lutfozzaman Babar, Bangabandhu killer Freedom Party leader Maj. Noor
> > and other BNP-Jamaat top ranking leaders.
> >
> >
> >
> > Watch this video taken during Caretaker Government where Mufte Hannan
> > confessed and gave detail about Tarek Zia's plannery meeting.
> >
> > Link: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGcs1eTPhYs>
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGcs1eTPhYs
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Shamim Chowdhury
> >
> > Maryland, USA
> >
> >
> > --- In khabor@yahoogroups.com, "Engr. Shafiq Bhuiyan" <srbanunz@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Notorious JUBORAJ Tarek Rahman (and other Jamat-BNP criminals) was the
> > main
> > > planner of brutal Granade Attack on 21st August 2004 at the Awamil League
> > > meeting to kill Sheikh Hasina and other top Awami League Leader.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > But Almighty Allah saved Sheikh Hasina again.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > However Ivi Rahman (Presiden's wifet) and other 24 leaders-workers were
> > > killed.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The splinters had gradually killed (like ex Dhaka City AL President &
> > Mayor
> > > Hanif)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Embedded splinters still (slowly) are killing many other Awami League
> > > leaders-workers (like Obaidul kader and others).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > This utter truth was earlier established by the investigating report of
> > the
> > > (Anti Awami League news paper) "PROTHOM ALO" then by another (Anti Awami
> > > League news paper) "The Daily Star".
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Now it is proved gain by some live documentary!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > So, it proved again that notorious JUBORAJ Tarek Rahman (and other
> > > Jamat-BNPculprits) is worst culprit (and Jamat belongs to same
> >
> > > family).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Truth will reveal and truth prevails.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Please read the attched PDF file of the today's report on the daily
> > > "Shomokal"
> > >
> > >
> > > "Sustha thakon, nirapade thakon ebong valo thakon"
> > >
> > > Shuvechhante,
> > >
> > > Shafiqur Rahman Bhuiyan (ANU)
> > > NEW ZEALAND.
> > >
> > >
> > > N.B.: If any one is offended by content of this e-mail, please ignore &
> > > delete this e-mail. I also request you to inform me by an e- mail - to
> > > delete your name from my contact list.
> > >
> >
> >
>


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[ALOCHONA] Jamaat Ameer Ghulam Azam: Face of a traitor



Ghulam Azam

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 
Ghulam Azam


Leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh
In office
1969–2000
Preceded by Maulana Abdur Raheem
Succeeded by Motiur Rahman Nizami

Born 7 November 1922 (1922-11-07) (age 87)
Dhaka,Bengal, British Raj (now Bangladesh)
Nationality Bangladeshi; Pakistani until 1994
Political party Jamaat-e-Islami
Spouse(s) Afifa Azam
Relations wife
Alma mater Dhaka University
Occupation Politician
Religion Islam
Ghulam Azam (Bengali: গোলাম আযম) (born 7 November 1922), is a Bangladeshi political leader who is regarded in his country as a war criminal of the Liberation War of Bangladesh. The former Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, he opposed the independence of Bangladesh during and after the 1971 war and led the formation of Shanti Committee, Razakar and Al-Badr to thwart the Mukti Bahini that fought for independence.
 
He also lobbied against the acknowledgment of new-born Bangladesh after 1971 with a opened demand called 'Bangladesh Na Manjoor' (Bangladesh not approved). During this activity Ghulam Azam sent requests to Middle Eastern countries to deny recognition to Bangladesh. This continued until the late 1980s.
 
He was a permanent resident of England until 1978, and maintained Pakistani citizenship until 1994 due to the decision by the Bangladeshi government at the time to refuse him citizenship. From 1978 to 1994 he lived in Bangladesh illegally without any authorized Bangladeshi visa. In 1994, the Supreme Court upheld the decision to restore his citizenship of Bangladesh as a matter of birth-right. He was the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh until 2000.

Contents

  • 1 Early political career
  • 2 Bangladesh Liberation War
    • 2.1 Early initiatives with Shanti Committee
    • 2.2 Forming Razakars and Al-Badr
    • 2.3 Late anti-independence activities
    • 2.4 Fleeing from Bangladesh
  • 3 Years in exile
    • 3.1 Anti-Bangladesh Lobbying after 1971
  • 4 Rehabilitation in independent Bangladesh
  • 5 Footnotes
  • 6 See also
  • 7 External links

Early political career

Azam entered politics as a student leader at Dhaka University, and in 1947 became the Secretary General of the Dhaka University Central Students Union. Among his earliest campaigns was participation in the Bengali Language Movement during 1950s.
 
Azam, however, distanced himself from the Language Movement when it became clear that it was becoming a rallying call for a secular Bengali nationalist movement rather than one focused on Bengali Muslim activism alone. Since his return to Bangladesh in the 1970s Ghulam Azam has never participated in the official commemorations of the Language Movement and he and his party celebrate that event separately.
 
Azam became the secretary of the Islamist political party, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, in 1957. Later, he became the Ameer (president) of the Jamaat in East Pakistan in 1969. He was also a participant in the formation of the Pakistan Democratic Alliance in 1967.

Bangladesh Liberation War

Early initiatives with Shanti Committee

During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, Azam played a central role in the formation of Peace Committees, which declared the independence movement to be a conspiracy hatched by India. Azam was one of the founding members of this organization.
 
After Operation Searchlight, Pakistani forces lost control of Bangladesh. To help control this situation the Pakistan Army set up a network of peace committees superimposed upon the normal civil administration as the army could not rely upon the local Bengali administration. The Peace Committee members were drawn from Azam's Jamaat-e-Islami, the Muslim League and Biharis. The Peace Committee served as a front for the army, informing on the civil administration as well as the general public. They were also in charge of confiscating and redistribution of shops and lands from Hindu and pro-independence Bengalis, mainly relatives and friends of Mukti Bahini fighters. Almost 10 million Bangladeshis fled to neighboring India as refugees. The Shanti Committee also recruited Razakars, who were common criminals who had thrown their lots with the army.[9]
On April 12, 1971, Azam and Matiur Rahman Nizami led demonstrations denouncing the independence movement as an Indian conspiracy.

Forming Razakars and Al-Badr

During Azam's leadership of Jamaat-e-Islami, Ashraf Hossain, a leader of Jamaat's student wing Islami Chhatra Sangha, created the Al-Badr militia in Jamalpur District on 22 April, 1971.[3] Current Jamaat Ameer (supreme leader) Matiur Rahman Nizami was the supreme commander of this militia. Nizami was a leader of Islami Chhatra Shongha then.
Also, in May, 1971, another Jamaat leader Mawlana Yusuf, a subordinate to Azam, created the Razakar militia in Khulna. The first recruits included 96 Jamaat party members, who started training in an Ansar camp at Shahjahan Ali Road, Khulna.

Late anti-independence activities

During the war Azam traveled the then West Pakistan to consult the Pakistani leaders. On June 20, 1971, Azam declared in Lahore that the Hindu minority in East Pakistan, under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, are conspiring to secede from Pakistan. He also said in Rawalpindi that the actions of the Pakistan Army in Operation Searchlight were justified in order to preserve the unity of the country. Azam declared that his party (Jamaat) is trying its best to curb the activities of pro-independence "Miscreants".
 
Azam took part in meetings with General Yahiya Khan, the military dictator of Pakistan, and other military leaders, to organize the campaign against Bangladeshi independence.
 
On August 12, 1971, Azam declared in a statement published in the Daily Sangram that "the supporters of the so-called Bangladesh Movement are the enemies of Islam, Pakistan, and Muslims".
 
The military junta of Yahya Khan decided to call an election in an attempt to legitimise themselves. So, on October 12, 1971 Yahya Khan declared that an election will be held from November 25 to December 9. Ghulam Azam decided to take part in this election. On October 15, the Pakistani government suddenly declared that 15 candidates were elected without any competition. According to the declaration of November 2 as many as 53 candidates were elected without any competition.In this election Azam's Jamaat won 14 of the uncontested seats.

Fleeing from Bangladesh

Ghulam Azam wrote some of his activities of 9 months of the war in his biography Jibone Ja Dekhlam (What I have seen in life). According to his book, Azam claims that he was on way to Dhaka from West Pakistan on 3 December when midway through the flight, the plane changed direction to Saudi Arabia because of the formation of India-Bangladesh joint force against Pakistan. A few weeks later East Pakistan emerged as newly independent country Bangladesh and Ghulam Azam along with his political party Jamaat-e-Islami was banned by new country's government and Azam's Bangladesh citizenship was cancelled.[citation needed] However, New York Times reported that Azam left East Pakistan due to his opposition to the independence movement.

Years in exile

After the war, the Bangladesh government declared the newly independent country to be secular, and mandated separation of religion from the state, and therefore sought to remove the influence of religious fundamentalists from national life, and religion based political parties were banned. In addition, the Jamaat and its leaders, because they were seen as guilty of collaboration with the Pakistan occupation forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War, were similarly restricted from participation in the new country's political scenario.
 
On 18 April, 1973 the government revoked the citizenship of Ghulam Azam and thirty-eight other collaborators of Pakistan Army. Azam refused an offer of amnesty from the then Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to return to Bangladesh and renounce Jamaat politics,choosing to live in exile in Pakistan and England until 1978, when
 
President Ziaur Rahman restored multi-party democratic system, Jamaat re-launched itself, seizing the opportunity, and soon Ghulam Azam returned to Bangladesh on a temporary visa. While in Pakistan, he was a leader of what was left of the Pakistani branch of the Jamaat.

Anti-Bangladesh Lobbying after 1971

After the victory of the Joint forces of the Indian Army and Mukti Bahini over Pakistan on 16 December, 1971 a new nation named Bangladesh was born. Azam continued his anti-Bangladesh and pro-Pakistan activities even after 1971. He tried to convince many political leaders of Middle-East and Pakistan not to support the new born nation. A complete description of these lobbies are found in the writings of Dhaka University Professor Anisuzzaman. Mr. Anisuzzaman submitted all the allegations against Golam Azam to the People's Court in 1992. People's Court was established as a mass movement to try war criminals and anti-independence activists by Jahanara Imam and others. Jahanara Imam held this unprecedented Peoples' Court as a symbolic trial of Ghulam Azam where thousands of people gathered and the court gave verdict that Azam's offences committed during the Liberation War deserve capital punishment.
 
According to Prothom Alo, three intellectuals submitted allegations of war crimes against Ghulam Azam. The activities regarading Bengali culture were submitted by Syed Shamsul Huq, alleged war crimes during 1971 were detailed by Borhanuddin Khan Jahangir and his pro-Pakistan lobbying after 1971 was detailed by Anisuzzaman. Notable pro-Pakistan lobbying of Ghulam Azam after 1971 are as follows:
  1. After the liberation of Bangladesh Azam, staying in Pakistan, created an organization named Purbo Pakistan Punoruddhar Committee (East Pakistan Revival Committee) along with anti-Bangladesh activists like Mahmud Ali. Azam tried to strengthen the international movement to re-establish East Pakistan. Accordingly he kept claiming himself as the Ameer of East Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami many years after the elimination of East Pakistan.
  2. In 1972, Azam formed Purbo Pakistan Punoruddhar Committee in London and conspired with others to replace Bangladesh with East Pakistan. In 1973, he lectured against Bangladesh in the annual conference of Federation of Students' Islamic Societies held in Manchester and conference of UK Islamic Commission held in Lester. In 1974, he arranged a meeting of Purbo Pakistan Punoruddhar Committee with Pakistanis like Mahmud Ali. As they had already failed to establish a Pakistan within Bangladesh, they decided to lead their movement towards the formation of a confederation combining Bangladesh and Pakistan. In this meeting Azam explained the necessity of working for the movement within Bangladesh though it was a bit risky then. In, 1977 in a meeting held in the Holy Trinity Church College, Azam expressed it again. He came to Bangladesh in 1978 with a Pakistani passport and Bangladeshi visa only to make his dream of Pakistan-Bangladesh confederation come true.
  1. Ghulam Azam participated in the International Islamic Youth Conference held in Riyad in 1972 and begged the help of all Muslim countries to re-establish East Pakistan. From 1973 to 1976 he met Saudi King seven times and asked him not to acknowledge Bangladesh and never to help this country by any means. He lectured against Bangladesh again in the international conference arranged by Rabeta-e-Alam Al-Islami in Mecca in 1974 and at King Abdul Aziz University in 1977.
  2. Azam lobbyied against the acknowledgment of new born Bangladesh in the conference of Foreign ministers of the Muslim countries held in Bengazi in 1973. In the same year he lectured in the Islamic Youth Conference held in Tripoli which was clearly against the independence and sovereignty of Bangladesh.
  3. In 1973 Ghulam Azam urged everybody to participate in the movement of combining Bangladesh with Pakistan in the annual conference of Muslim Students' Association of America and Canada held at Michigan State University.
  4. Azam lectured against Bangladesh again in 1977, in the international conference of Islamic Federation of Students' Organizations held at Istanbul.[5]

Rehabilitation in independent Bangladesh

In 1978, then Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman allowed Azam to return to Bangladesh. Ghulam Azam returned to Bangladesh on a temporary visa with a Pakistani passport.[But he had been living in Bangladesh from 1978 to 1994 as a Pakistani national without any valid visa to stay in Bangladesh.
Azam became the unofficial Ameer of the party while remaining in Bangladesh illegally, as he was denied Bangladeshi citizenship and had overstayed his visitors visa on his Pakistani passport. However, no attempt was made to restrain him, and he moved around openly. His citizenship was granted in 1994 by a decision of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, as the panel of Judges, with Habibur Rahman as the Chief Justice (later chief of the Caretaker government of 1996), decreed that by virtue of his birth he had right to Bangladeshi citizenship.
 
Though the Jamaat fell out with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the run up to the 1996 elections, it re-established its alliance creating a coalition of 4 parties prior to the 2001 elections. In conjunction with the Islami Oikya Jote and a faction of the Jatiya Party, Jamaat again allied with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the coalition emerged as the winning power.
 
Ghulam Azam announced his retirement from active politics in late 2000. He was succeeded by Motiur Rahman Nizami.
Ghulam Azam's party, Jamaat-e-Islami, has been widely accused different organizations as a patron of recently (2002-2006) rising militancy and behind a number of terrorist bombings
 
Courtesy of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Azam



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[ALOCHONA] Sahara says campus situation under control



Sahara says campus situation under control
http://www.newagebd.com/2010/feb/10/front.html

Shibir kills BCL man Cuts tendons of 4 others in RU
 
 
 
Islami Chhatra Shibir hacked to death a Rajshahi University unit Chhatra League activist and wounded 40 others, including policemen, early Tuesday, forcing the authorities to suspend classes for Thursday and to defer all examinations till February 17.
  
Twenty activists of the Awami League's associate body of students Chhatra League and four policemen were admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in a critical condition after being injured in the attack by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's associate body of students Chhatra Shibir on the campus from Monday night till early Tuesday, the police and hospital sources said.
   The university syndicate formed a five-member committee, led by botany teacher Golam Kabir, to investigate the incident.

   Chhatra League leaders said Shibir activists had cut the tendons of four BCL activists and stabbed 12 others. 'The Jamaat-e-Islami's associate body of students Chhatra Shibir has again started cutting of tendons which they started in 1993,' said a Chhatra League leader.
   Tuesday's victim was Faruk Hossain, a master's student of mathematics and son of Fazlur Rahman of Khordaspuna in Jaipurhut. He was also resident of the Shah Makhdum Hall.
   The police on Tuesday evening raided different city areas in Rajshahi and picked up more than 50 suspected Shibir activists, the sources said.

   Chhatra League activists vandalised offices of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami at Charghat and Bagha in Rajshahi and set fire to the furniture in protest against the killing on the campus.
   They also attacked the Islami Bank Medical College Hospital at Lakshmipur in the city. The Chhatra League also went out on demonstrations at Tanore and Baghmara.
   Police deployment was reinforced from neighbouring districts to stave off further untoward incidents, officials said.
   The police recovered Faruk's body from a manhole to the south of the Syed Amir Ali Hall about 7:30am. The body had a deep cut in the back, deputy police commissioner Nurul Amin told New Age.

   The police, quoting witnesses, said armed Shibir activists had killed Faruk in the television room of the Shah Makhdum Hall some time at night and dragged the body into the manhole about 300 yards away.
   The incident began with the Shibir activists beating up Chhatra League activists Asadur Rahman and Kawsar in the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall about 8:30pm. The both were admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
   The university administration, led by the proctor, Chowdhury Mohammed Zakaria, along with law enforcers, raided the Mujibur Rahman hall and arrested 16 Shibir activists after the two BCL activists had been beaten up.

   Activists of both the organisations started gathering in the residential halls and different points in and around the campus soon after the incident. A large number of policemen and Rapid Action Battalion personnel were deployed in residential halls and important points on the campus.
   Witnesses said more than 300 Shibir activists armed up with firearms, sharp weapons, bombs, iron rods and hockey sticks entered the campus from neighbouring Budhpara and Maherchandi areas about 1.00am on Tuesday.

   They held a brief meeting in front of the Syed Amir Ali Hall and vowed to take avenge the murder of Shibir leader Sharifuzzaman Nomani, who was killed on March 13, 2009 allegedly by Chhatra League activists, hall sources said.
   Shibir activists captured Chhatra League activists Badsha of the Habibur Rahman Hall, Ruhul Amin and Johny of the Amir Ali Hall, and Firoz living in a private mess at Binodpur and cut the tendons their legs and hands.
   Shibir activists then exploded crude bombs and fired into law enforcers and Chhatra League activists.
   Shibir activists then split into groups, broke into all the residential halls for boys and vandalised the office rooms of hall provosts and rooms of Chhatra League activists.
   They also burn the books and furniture in the rooms of Chhatra League activists in the Shaheed Suhrawardy Hall.

   The law enforcers, who were also attacked by the Shibir activists, fell back and fired teargas shells but failed to stop the armed Shibir men. Gunshots had been traded till 3:00am.
   Shibir men left the campus about 3:30am shouting Nara-e-Taqbir after which the police started searching the residential halls and, following blood stains, found the body of Faruk Hossain in the manhole.
   The hall residents said Shibir activists had dragged Faruk's body with a large number of lawmen being present at the hall gate.

   Some police personnel said they had left the hall gate as their officials had asked them to gather in front of the Shaheed Sohorawardy Hall when Shibir started firing into the law enforcers.
   The inspector general of police, Noor Mohammad, reached Rajsahi by road and visited the injured in the hospital. He then said he was aware of the allegation about police inaction. 'We will investigate the matter and take action if anyone is found guilty.'
   More than a half of the residential students have left the halls in the morning fearing further clashes although the university authorities had not asked them to vacate the halls.
   The university unit Chhatra League leaders claimed three of their activists had been missing.
   Jamaat-e-Islami amir Matiur Rahman Nizami came to Rajshahi on Sunday and the university unit Chhatra League president, Awal Kabir Joy, alleged Nizami had ordered Shibir activists to create such a situation on the campus.

   Faruk's namaz-e-janazas were held in the Rajshahi University central mosque and at Saheb Bazar in the city in the afternoon after the post-mortem examination in the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital morgue.
   The Rajshahi mayor, AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, acting city unit Awami League general secretary Shafiqur Rahman Badsha, former university unit Chhatra League president Ibrahim Hossain Moon and former general secretary Ayen Uddin and other leaders and activists attended the namaz-e-janaza.

   The Rajshahi mayor in a statement also blamed Matiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Muhammed Mujahid and Delwer Hossain Saydee for the killing and demanded their trail.
   The mayor said they would encounter the incident politically. 'If needed, we will give sticks to our BCL men for action against Jamaat and Shibir.'
   Furuk's body was sent to his parental village in a pickup for burial.
   The Chhatra League brought out a procession in protest at the killing from the Rajshahi Medical College campus and paraded city roads.
   The university authorities held an emergency syndicate meeting at 5:00pm and decided to suspended classes on Thursday. Wednesday is a holiday for educational institutions on the occasion of Akheri Chahar Shamba.

   The syndicate also deferred all examinations till February 17, the proctor, Chowdhury Mohammed Zakaria, said.
   Of the injured, Kawsar, Asad, Khokan, Firoz Mahmud, Nizam Uddin, Wasim, Golam Rabbani, Sayeed, Lutfor, Mashiur Rahman, Ruhul Amin, Munna, Shahidul Islam Jony, Rumi, Rashidul Islam, Shafiullah, Towfick, Sohan, Rahi and Badsha were admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.The police on Tuesday also seized six live bombs from different areas on the campus.

http://www.newagebd.com/2010/feb/10/front.html
 
 
10 injured as Bangladesh Chhatra League(BCL) groups clash at Dhaka College

About 10 students were injured in a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League, associate student body of ruling Awami League, on the Dhaka College campus yesterday.
Campus sources said that the activists of Tutul Group of the BCL college unit chased the rival Shihab group who resisted them on the college premises at about 11:30am resulting in the clash.

Both the groups chased each other and pelted brickbats during the half an hour long clash that left about 10 activists of both the factions injured.On receipt of the information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.The injured were taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.


Three murdered in city
  
Assailants shot dead a BNP ward commissioner at Bangshal and a rice trader at Babubazar while criminals killed an elderly woman during a robbery at Purba Goran at Khilgaon in Dhaka on Tuesday.
   The deceased were ward commissioner Haji Ahmed Hossain, also the Dhaka city unit (south) Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal president, rice trader Afil Uddin Miah, a resident of Gopinath Datta Road at Babubazar, and Rezia Begum, a resident of Goran. Afil was from Ailchara of in the Kushtia district headquarters.
   The Bangshal police officer-in-charge, Abdul Mannan, told news agency bdnews24.com Ahmed Hossain was shot about 8.30pm and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
   A physician at the hospital told the news agency the local BNP leader had died on his arrival but his family moved him to Square Hospitals where he had been put on life support for a short while.
   Life support was taken off about 10pm, Juba Dal leader Qayyum Chowdhury told the news agency.
   The BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, also leader of the opposition in parliament, later at night visited Qayyum's family in Square Hospitals.
   At Babubazar, a gang of three riding three motorcycles stopped Afil in front of his house in the area about 4:00pm, the police and local people said.
   The criminals indiscriminately fired at the trader as he tried to stop the gang from taking away the bag that contained money.
   The gangsters later managed to get away with the money. The amount of the looted money could not be immediately established, the police said.
   The bullet-hit Afil was taken to the emergency ward at Mitford Hospital where physicians pronounced him dead about 4:30pm.
   As the news of death spread, several hundred traders of the area took to the streets and had been out on demonstrations for hours after shutting down their shops. They brought out a procession carrying the body of the trader and demanded immediate arrest of the killers.
   In protest against the killing, they announced a series of programmes, including strike for today.
   A huge contingent of policemen and Rapid Action Battalion personnel reached the spot and controlled the situation. Deployment of law enforcers was reinforced in the Babubazar area to stave off further untoward incidents.
   The situation in the area remained tensed as the traders were continuing with their demonstrations till 7:00pm.
   At Khilgaon, a gang of robbers strangled Rezia when the group was committing a robbery in a flat at Goran.
   Khilgaon police subinspector Lutfor Rahman Sharif told New Age they had arrested Julhas also known as Delwar at the area for his suspected involvement in the incident.
   He said a gang of eight to 10 robbers had broken into the flat on the second floor of the three-storey building about 3:00am.
   'The robbers first attacked Rezia and strangled her as she tried to resist them,' he said, quoting the members of the family.
   The gang also looted 30 tolas of gold ornament, Tk 20,000 in cash and two mobiles after holding the family hostage at gunpoint, the subinspector said.
   The police sent the body to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for a post-mortem examination.
  


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[mukto-mona] My new book is available in Bangla Academy now



 
My new book is out. The Bangla name of the Book is Shomokamita - Ekti Boigganik O shomaj monostattik Onushondhan (Homosexuality - A scientific and socio-psychological investigation)- and it is being published by Shuddhashar. In this book, I have attempted to provide a scientific view and accessible account of homosexuality on several grounds. In the first half of my book, I explored historical and biological facts. There I tried to explain the scientific/biological bases for homosexuality, both from historical perspective and the extent to which modern science has been exploring its area of research.  Homosexuality in animal kingdom and in the mankind was being seen as "puzzle"  for the evolutionary biologists for a long time. This book backed by current biological and genetic research  provides a new insight from Darwinian perspective to tackle the issue.   In the second part, I addressed human rights issues and ongoing struggle of gay community in Bangladesh and the rest of the world. It is probably the first book in Bangla providing a detailed overview of the complexity of issues that surrounds the culture and involving the study of homosexuality. I have kept all the information about the book here:
 
 
The book will be found in upcoming Bangla Academy Book fair in February, 2010. There are some important discussion going on in some Bangla blogs as well, such as
Mukto-Mona:
 
 
Please send the message to your friends who are interested to collect the book. The book will be found in shuddhashar stall of  Bangla academy  Book fair in February, 2010.
I convey my gratitude towards all including you who were directly/indirectly involved with this book!
 
Thanking you
Avijit
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[ALOCHONA] OPEN DEMOCRACY: Bangladesh: a quest for justice



 

Bangladesh: a quest for justice

Jalal Alamgir and Tazreena Sajjad,

9 February 2010

OPEN DEMOCRACY

http://www.opendemocracy.net/jalal-alamgir-tazreena-sajjad/bangladesh-quest-for-justice

 

The search for accountability for the genocide in Bangladesh in 1971 needs international support, say Jalal Alamgir & Tazreena Sajjad.

 

About the authors

Tazreena Sajjad is a doctoral student at the American University, Washington DC

 

Jalal Alamgir is assistant professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

 

If asked to identify the five most known 20th-century genocides, most informed citizens would probably start with the Nazi holocaust and go on to name Cambodia, Rwanda, Armenia, and Darfur. There is little likelihood that they will include the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh - a tragedy that has become largely invisible in much of the world's public discourse about genocide.

 

It is an extraordinary act of forgetting. For the bloodbath in March-December 1971 - when the Pakistani army massacred a largely unarmed Bengali population in the then integral part of Pakistan's state known as "East Pakistan", in an effort to quash the region's demand for autonomy - was at the time the biggest story in the world's media.

 

The killing-spree began with the slaughter of around 10,000 civilians within three weeks; by June 1971, headlines in the Sunday Times and New Statesman in Britain were referring to "genocide". In a pattern familiar from earlier experiences of genocide, specific categories of people were targeted: non-combatant Bengali men and boys (who were killed en masse); Bengali intellectuals, prominent artists, and cultural icons (who were rounded up by Pakistani soldiers and local collaborators in door-to-door searches and taken away for mass execution); Hindus; and women. Ten million refugees sought safety in India.

 

The treatment of women was horrific. An estimated 200,000 to 400,000 were raped and sexually violated. Many, including girls below 10 years of age, were kept as sex-slaves in military camps.

 

An accurate count of the victims has never been established; but it is estimated that these nine months saw at least 1 million people slaughtered, and perhaps as many as 3 million. Even the lower figure would make Bangladesh among the fastest as well as the largest modern genocides - comparable to those in Rwanda (800,000 killed in May-June 1994) and Indonesia (between 1-1.5 million killed in 1965-66).

 

An elusive accounting

Bangladeshis achieved their independence in 1971, but in subsequent years they were unable to find psychological or emotional "closure" on the violent birth of the new state. Pakistan has not issued any formal apology for the atrocities its forces committed, although some elements of Pakistani civil society acknowledge the atrocities perpetrated against the Bengali people. India repatriated 90,000 Pakistani soldiers whom it had detained during the conflict, under the terms of the Simla peace accord; but neither they nor their commanders ever faced trial.

 

There was an initial effort to establish a process of accountability, when - within six weeks of independence - the post-liberation government announced the Bangladesh Collaborators (Special Tribunals) Order. This was followed in July 1973 by the passing of the War Crimes Tribunal Act which allowed for the prosecution of individuals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. In these early years of the new state, the government also arrested several thousand individuals suspected of war crimes. But in November 1973, amid fear of turmoil if the issue was pursued, prime minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman abruptly issued an amnesty order that released most alleged collaborators and made no further provision for ensuring accountability.

 

The decision to permit the re-entry of the Jamaat-i-Islami into Bangladesh's political scene was an additional blow to the prospects for justice over the events of 1971. The Jamaat had opposed Bangladesh's independence; it had organised the dreaded al-Badr and al-Shams death-squads that were responsible for mass killings; and it was led by people who had committed war crimes.

 

The party took advantage of its restored status to position itself as a kingmaker. It made an alliance with the rightwing Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), gained the support of key military generals, and in 2001 saw its leaders inducted into the ruling cabinet. It eventually became the third most powerful party in the country, and used its strong links to the middle east to import radical ideas into Bangladesh's national-political discourse.

 

The impunity of the collaborators had a profound effect on Bangladesh's politics over later decades. The 1971 genocide became an artifact, a constant if shadowy presence but something removed from actionable politics. Two linked developments disrupted the veneer of "collective amnesia": the Jamaat's arrival in government, and the recasting of Bangladesh's liberation war as a "civil war", in effect an event with limited casualties for which both "sides" bore responsibility.

 

The politically-driven attempt to minimise the scale and horrors of the genocide by those directly complicit was vigorously opposed by the combatants of the 1971 war and their frontline commanders. They launched a nationwide movement demanding trials for the war criminals, and won strong support from human-rights organisations, intellectuals, journalists, and families of the dead and disappeared. The centre-left Awami League (AL) endorsed the idea and included the prosecution of war crimes as a manifesto pledge in the December 2008 elections. Its landslide victory, and the crushing defeat of the Jamaat, provided an opportunity to reopen histories, memories and court proceedings (see "Bangladesh: a verdict and a lesson" (13 February 2009).

 

An unfinished history

Bangladesh's government has sought to deliver on its pledge to hold war-crimes trials, though it is facing renewed legal, political and logistical obstacles. Its current plan is to use the War Crimes Tribunal Act of 1973 (suitably amended) as a legal foundation for the establishment of domestic courts.

 

But a rushed and expedient process has brought problems. The government did not consider adequately the opinions of legal experts and advocacy groups which pointed out that the act's definition of key concepts (war crimes, rape, command responsibility) is incomplete or inadequate. There remain questions about procedural transparency, the independence and gender composition of the judiciary, and the expertise of prosecutors in criminal and international law. In addition, many survivors of the genocide are dismayed that the trials will focus only on local collaborators and will not allow the pursuit of Pakistani commanders.

 

Bangladesh does have competent lawyers and a legal system stable enough to initiate a domestic process; however, political volatility and the limitations of the 1973 act raise concern about whether an internal process alone can see the trials through to the end. Yet putting the trials on a solid footing is crucial to ensure that they will continue to have official political backing in the event that the Awami League is voted out of power when its term ends in 2013.

 

The international challenges are also daunting. The United Nations has pledged technical assistance, and recommended four of its war-crimes experts to work with Bangladesh's courts. But the act's provision for the death-penalty will reduce international support. The interests of states in the region will also come into play. Pakistan opposes the trials, and has sought to mobilise the Jamaat-e-Islami's allies in the middle east against them. India's backing for the process may be limited to rhetoric, as it has its relationship with Pakistan and the United States to consider. India also holds critical evidence that would assist court proceedings, and principled cooperation with Bangladesh would foster much-needed goodwill between the two countries.

 

The United States is both implicated in the genocide and uncomfortable in the process of establishing legal accountability for the crimes of 1971. Henry Kissinger, national-security adviser in Richard M Nixon's first administration, bears most responsibility for the US policy of backing its cold-war ally, Pakistan, in its brutal campaign. America should release all its official documents from that dark chapter in history.

 

Bangladesh needs support from friends and allies abroad if it is to bring the legal process to a successful conclusion. For there is an interest here that goes far beyond politics. The demand that those who perpetrated the crimes of 1971 should be brought to justice is a reminder that the policy of forgetting does not work because the victims always remember. True, a handful of trials will not vindicate the loss of 1-3 million lives and the sufferings of survivors. Many of those culpable of war crimes will, even in the most just outcome, never be found or punished.

 

Nonetheless, it is imperative that even limited justice is served for one of humanity's worst massacres. This will provide closure to a scarred populace; it will morally discredit entrenched policies of immunity; it will help strengthen the rule of law; it will mitigate persistent conditions for future conflict; and it will allow Bangladeshis at last to fulfill their core responsibility towards the dead - and the living.

 



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[ALOCHONA] Bangladesh and the big ones

China despite Communist hugged the Capitalists of USA by creating huge Free Export Zone stealing millions of jobs of Americans in 1979 and has become the country with the largest Foreign Exchange Reserves of the world with 7% a year GDP Rate consistently for last 30 years raising Per Capita Income higher than Pakistan's.
In the region, Bangladesh's Per Capita Income is only higher than Nepal now but no Export Free Zones. No, we have to hate all our neighbors and USA instead because our Hate feeds our Poor, not Food.
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--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, bdmailer <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> *Bangladesh and the big ones*
>
> As regional and international relations take on a fresh perspective in the
> global scenario, where does Bangladesh stand?
>
> In the present day matrix of global interactions, interdependence is the
> name of the game. All too often, though, the "inter" part of interdependence
> is obfuscated and the "dependence" part comes to the forefront. This is a
> cause of concern for the people of developing nations who find themselves
> caught up in the whirlpool of international political networking, and
> Bangladesh is no exception.
>
> *Make or break*
>
> Bangladesh is perched at a critical juncture of its existence, where fitting
> into the global jigsaw is as important as its hold on `sovereignty'. Given
> its strategic location on the Bay of Bengal and its proximity to both India
> and China, along with significant presence of mineral resources both on and
> off shore, Bangladesh is certainly not just an overpopulated poverty-ridden
> third world country. In recent years it has shown potential for palpable
> socio-economic growth, despite political ups and downs and natural
> calamities, and today it stands on the threshold of change. It's "make or
> break" time, say analysts.
>
> At this crucial point in time, it is the Awami League government which holds
> the reins of the nation. Riding the power on "winds of change", it has
> raised people's expectations high. However, the expectations are tinged with
> a degree of apprehension when it comes to international relation, regional
> relations in particular, as the Awami League government and its leader
> Sheikh Hasina, are yet to rid themselves of the pro-Indian label. Whether
> founded or unfounded, this stigma is there. Even if other governments have
> been accommodating to India's demands, somehow it is Awami League which
> always bears the brunt at home if the neighbour's overtures are too strong
> for comfort. And Sheikh Hasina's recent Indian trip, along with the deals
> signed during the visit, has given more grist to the mill; speculations run
> amok.
>
> *US-India nexus*
>
> Pundits of South Asian affairs in recent times have been watching with
> interest the strengthening nexus between India and the United States of
> America. This alliance, holy or unholy as it may be perceived, is a reality
> stretching from Afghanistan down to Myanmar and beyond. Bangladesh finds
> itself caught up in this plexus of interests and experts call for a honing
> of negotiating skills to ensure national interests are not sacrificed at the
> expense of others. "It's a matter of give and take, and we must make sure we
> take as much as we give, or at least get the best deal on the table," says a
> regional expert, discussing the present predicament of the country.
>
> Now that US-India ties are cemented in no uncertain terms, the relationship
> equations in Bangladesh have taken a new turn. While leftist leaders have
> long cried themselves hoarse against "US imperialism", they may find
> themselves faced with a confusing conundrum to contend with. Rather any
> overt presence as feared by many (in the shape of US marines swarming all
> over the place à la old Hollywood movies), the US is likely to use its
> regional ally India to do its job here.
>
> India, over the past years, has grown in stature and clout and all
> indications are that the US is very much behind strengthening India as a
> regional power. If India has the ability to emerge as economic and strategic
> super power in the region, and it is proving so, it has full blessings and
> backing of the US. After all, India has all the features which the US values
> – democracy, economic strength and more. In fact, among the emerging powers
> of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China), India enjoys a strong reputation
> for democracy.
>
> Analysts contend that the US is giving India leeway regarding Bangladesh.
> Whether it is its business interests or otherwise, it finds it more
> expedient to utilize India's services in this regard. After all, India and
> Bangladesh share a multitude of commonalities in culture, methods of
> business and transactions, etc. It is not as if the US is giving up its
> interests in Bangladesh, say analysts, it has long being eying the gas, oil,
> coal and other mineral resources of the country, as well as the deep sea
> port and more. It is likely to work to this end through consortiums with
> India and thus ensure its interests in Bangladesh.
>
> The US also wants to see a consolidation of Bangladesh's image as a moderate
> Muslim country. It has always portrayed Bangladesh in this light. This is
> perhaps a departure from the Indian propensity to identify Bangladesh as a
> haven for "Islamist militants" or "terrorists". But the US realizes that the
> sheer homogenous nature of Bangladesh's demographic composition is unique –
> to a greater extent it enjoys one language, one religion and one culture.
>
> Confirming US interests in Bangladesh, there are reports that US President
> Barack Obama is likely to visit Bangladesh at the end of this year or early
> next. This will be on the last leg of his scheduled visit to Afghanistan,
> Pakistan and India. He has reportedly met with seven Congressmen in the US
> concerning Bangladesh. Three points are supposed to have been highlighted
> during this meeting – Bangladesh's possible role as a moderate Muslim
> country; the relationship between the present government and Nobel Laureate
> Professor Muhammed Yunus; national unity and to what extend democracy is
> actually being practiced in the country. In the meantime, the Awami League
> government is lobbying hard to ensure Obama's visit to Bangladesh. If he
> does actually come, all pending issues between the US and Bangladesh will be
> finalized prior to the visit.
>
> *Inscrutable China*
>
> In the meantime, China may be maintaining its characteristic inscrutable
> silence, but it has its eyes wide open where regional developments are
> concerned.
>
> If there had traditionally been more than a degree of coldness and tensions
> between China and the US, things have relaxed to a great extent. Trade
> relations have stepped up and the vibes between the two powers are more
> positive than they have ever been in the past. However, it is not the same
> story where India and China are concerned. Tensions prevail and relations
> are strained. The borders between the two are more often than not on alert.
>
> It is the animosity between India and China that had made India all the more
> determined to strengthen its position in Bangladesh, whether through
> transit, use of the port, trade facilities or more. The US, on the other
> hand, would rather maintain its cordial bilateral ties with China. If
> interests conflict, says analysts, there is always India to do the needy.
> "With India and the US," elaborates the analyst, "It's a sort of `you
> scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' kind of deal."
>
> However, the equations may not be all that simple. India and the US may have
> conflicting agendas in certain areas where Bangladesh is concerned. India's
> actions concerning its insurgency-ridden northeastern states added to its
> present understanding with the Bangladesh government, may well result in a
> backlash in Bangladesh. The situation in Bangladesh could grow volatile and
> India has always propagated the idea of Islamist terrorism in Bangladesh.
> The US, on the other hand, is not against the Islamic forces in Bangladesh,
> be they Jamaat-e-Islami or other Islamic groups which represent the nation's
> moderate stand. They be want to see a Muslim majority sans the stigma of
> terrorism.
>
> Observers of the region feel that China is none too pleased with recent
> developments between Bangladesh and India. It is not happy with the position
> India is assuming in the region either. If its interests are threatened or
> hurt, China is not one to sit back and lick its wounds. Its power should not
> be underestimated. It is a dark horse, but has proven to the world that it
> is a force to contend with. And if India flexes its muscle in that
> direction, say analysts, China will show India exactly how powerful it is.
> The US, in the meantime, will be friends to all and reap the benefits.
>
> Hasina's government is also aware that proximity with India may rub China up
> the wrong way. This is not something that Bangladesh can afford. To appease
> the Chinese, Bangladesh is reportedly already planning all sorts of trade
> and business deals with China. Perhaps the construction of the deep sea port
> may also go to China. Other big infrastructural contracts with China are
> also in the pipeline.
>
> *The Myanmar factor*
>
> Another interesting development in the region was the recent tensions
> between Bangladesh and Myanmar. The maritime boundary issue had loomed large
> on the scene as casus belli, the cause of possible war being Myanmar's claim
> on nautical territory which Bangladesh considers its own. India has similar
> claims on the waters in the bay, territory rich in mineral resources. But as
> Indian influence grew in Myanmar and even the US took a softer stance
> regarding the Myanmar military junta, the border tensions defused. Some
> regional experts feel that India had stepped up pressure on Bangladesh, even
> through Myanmar, but released the pressure as it was getting what it wanted.
> Others see US intervention, as it has its eyes riveted on the oil and gas
> blocks in the bay and Bangladesh is its best bet.
>
> *Discontent *
>
> Meanwhile, within Bangladesh itself, discontent brews. Nationalist forces
> are going blue in the face crying foul over the deals with India. Their
> slogans about Bangladesh being sold out may sound like a broken record of
> clichés, but when the business community begins to protest, it is time to
> take notice.
>
> The trade deals and business agreements between India and Bangladesh have
> not made the business community happy this side of the border. There is a
> distinct sense of apprehension that the domestic market is going straight to
> the hands of Indian businessmen and industrialists. As it is, Bangladesh's
> poultry sector has been hit hard. If other sectors follow suit, the
> discontent may be manifest in more vocal and violent terms.
>
> *Dilemma over democracy*
>
> Despite degrees of dissatisfaction here and there, all seems to be going
> hunky dory particularly where the US-India collaboration is concerned. And
> the present government in Bangladesh, already in India's good books to all
> apparent appearances, seems also to be winning kudos from the American side
> too.
>
> However, the US has one particular concern and that is the matter of
> democracy. Whether through war or peace, the US has always prided itself as
> the champion of democracy. So when it comes to Bangladesh, it will be
> vigilant in its watch on democratic practice in the country.
>
> But just how is democracy faring in Bangladesh? Antagonism continues to brew
> between the ruling party and major opposition BNP. BNP remains away from the
> parliament and the government is hardly offering them an olive branch. In
> the meantime, government quarters talk of a ban on religion-based politics,
> meaning a blow to Jamaat-e-Islami. A prohibition on Jamaat may well lead to
> an aggressive outburst. It won't take much for its younger activists to turn
> from moderation to militancy.
> The US will not condone any such detraction from democracy. It has always
> maintained that if democracy is to survive, a robust opposition must be
> allowed to flourish. But will the Awami League government allow a forceful
> opposition to grow? And how will India view a consolidated nationalist
> opposition waiting in the wings for the next election? Analysts say that
> they would want to see the present government at the helm for another term
> at least, to ensure a continuity of their agenda implementation. But what
> about the US determination for democracy? Despite the intentions and the
> agenda, there is no foolproof guarantee that all will go according to plan.
> After all, "the best laid schemes of mice and men" are often known to
> backfire.
> http://probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=5764
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[mukto-mona] JAMAT/SHIBIR TERRORIZES RU CAMPUS BY KILLING!!!!



Readers,
Please see what JAMAT-SHIBIR gang are doing in the name of Islam. It seems they are getting deperate since current govt is preparing to try the war criminals of 1971. Regardless of our political affiliation, we all must take a stand against these criminals politically and socially if we are to have a prosporous Bangladesh. Yes BNP must wake up and stop backing these killers of 1971.

Please see the News from the Daily Ittefaq (Feb 10,2010)
http://ittefaq.com.bd/content/2010/02/10/news0732.htm

 
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[ALOCHONA] Sahara Khatun: Fast joining the rank of worst home ministers



Nothing surprising from die-hard BALists. Anyone had a blood lineage with Mujib-Hitlar will always demean human life, "either you are BAL, or, life is priceless".
 
Sahara Khatun is a cousin of Prime Minister Seikh Hasina. Sahara Khatun became Home Minister not because she is qualified to keep people safe, rather, Sahara Khatun wants to create Jatiyo Jubo-Rakhi Bahini to keep BAL-lovers safe. She is follwoing her premises.
 
Aslam son, looks like you are coming to your senses, at least you have some sense to accept the BAL fall-out. Hasina is blind-folded, she only sees blood & rajakars!
 
 


--- On Mon, 2/8/10, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
Subject: [notun_bangladesh] Sahara Khatun: Fast joining the rank of worst home ministers
To: "Khobor" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, "notun Bangladesh" <notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com>, chottala@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, February 8, 2010, 5:15 PM

 

Sahara Khatun: Fast joining the rank of worst home ministers

Feb 4, 2010

Just over one year ago, I asked:
How is Sahara Khatun any worse than Mohammad Nasim, "Allar mal" Altaf Hossain or Lutfuzzaman Babar?

I am sad to report that now we know the answer. Sahara Khatun is just as bad as Altaf Hossain, who, after the death of a baby, said "Allar maal Allah niyechen" (Allah has taken back Allah's property).

Prothom Alo reports:
শিক্ষাঙ্গনের সাম্প্রতিক ঘটনাকে 'বিচ্ছিন্ন ঘটনা' উল্লেখ করে স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী সাহারা খাতুন বললেন, 'এটা কোনো ব্যাপার না, এমন ঘটতেই পারে।'
গতকাল বৃহস্পতিবার আইন মন্ত্রণালয়ে অনুষ্ঠিত তিন মন্ত্রণালয়ের এক সমন্বয় বৈঠকের পর সাংবাদিকদের স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী এ কথা বলেন।
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে এক ছাত্রের মৃত্যুসহ সারা দেশে কলেজে ভর্তির ক্ষেত্রে সরকারি দলের সহযোগী সংগঠন ছাত্রলীগের সন্ত্রাসী কর্মকাণ্ডের বিষয়ে সরকার কী ভাবছে, জানতে চাইলে সাহারা খাতুন বলেন, 'সব বিচ্ছিন্ন ঘটনা। এটা কোনো ব্যাপার না। এমনটি ঘটতেই পারে। তবে আমরা কী পদক্ষেপ নিচ্ছি সেটিই বড় বিষয়।'"

A death is so mundane? A son of a poor family, one who had himself worked as a labourer, dies during the infighting between two factions of the home minister's party, and she just said "These things happen"?

Blogger ভাল্লাগে না said it best:
মাননীয় স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী আমার বিশ্বাস হয় না আপনি মানুষ
মাননীয় প্রধানমন্ত্রী আপনি নিজের পিতার হত্যার বিচার করেছেন নিজে ক্ষমতায় গিয়ে, সবার সে যোগ্যতা নেই। আপনার সন্তানের সন্তান হবে সেসময় আপনি নিজের মেয়ের পাশে দাঁড়াতে না পারার বেদনায় কেঁদেছেন, আমাদের খারাপ লেগেছে। ক্ষমতায় গিয়ে দয়া করে আপনার সংগঠনের রাজনীতির শিকার নিহত আবু বকরের মা'কে কাঁদতে মানা করবেন না। পাবলিক বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের হলে, পড়ার টেবিলে বসে থাকা ছাত্রের মৃত্যু আপনার কাছেও স্বাভাবিক বলে মনে হলে আপনি আপনার সন্তানদের মৃত বলে ঘোষণা দেন।

আর যদি মনে না হয়, তবে আপনার স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রীকে পদত্যাগ করতে বলুন। মানুষ নয় এমন কাউকে বেতন দিয়ে আমার দেশের লোকজনের নিরাপত্তার ভার আমরা দিতে চাই না।
সাহারা খাতুন আপনি মানুষ নন। যে এমন কথা বলতে পারে সে জানোয়ার।
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