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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

[ALOCHONA] Premier Show in DC: Third Person Singular Number



 



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[ALOCHONA] Re: [khabor.com] Staged stoning at Daily Star



They are champion of making news belittle the image of Bangladesh n Muslims . if there were a a Nobel prize for false baseless and concocted report it would certainly go to prothom alu d star .There slogan "bodle jao bodle dao"

--- On Tue, 2/23/10, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com>
Subject: [khabor.com] Staged stoning at Daily Star
To: dhakamails@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 6:25 AM

 
Staged stoning at Daily Star

Ayesha Kabir


Believe it or not, but yesterday on the rooftop of Daily Star's office at Kawran bazaar there was a photo shoot of a woman being stoned following a fatwa by fundamentalists. This was a completely staged photoshoot and one of Star's young woman staff dressed up in a sari (village style) and posed as if she was being stoned. This is supposed to be the cover for the Friday Star weekend magazine. It is unfortunate to see the length we go to prove Bangladesh to be a hub of "Islamist fundamentalism"! 
 
Who needs enemies when we have ourselves!
 



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[ALOCHONA] Fw: [bangla-vision] Re: [Bangladesh-Zindabad] Re: [khabor.com] Staged stoning at Daily Star





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Subject: [bangla-vision] Re: [Bangladesh-Zindabad] Re: [khabor.com] Staged stoning at Daily Star

 

Dear Readers,

 

Don't be bluff by STAGED BOMB BLASTING by BNP in front of Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office.

Dr. Manik




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Subject: [Bangladesh- Zindabad] Re: [khabor.com] Staged stoning at Daily Star

 

Dear All:
 
Only Awami League and anti-Islam minded group or people can manufacture, doctor or fabricate any fact or story by staging photo shoots like the following one. Every patriot Bangladeshi worldwide should read the following message sent by Isha Khan.
 
Thanks to Isha Khan for sharing the factual message with us.
 
Anis Ahmed
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Isha Khan
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:25 AM
Subject: [khabor.com] Staged stoning at Daily Star

 

Staged stoning at Daily Star

Ayesha Kabir


Believe it or not, but yesterday on the rooftop of Daily Star's office at Kawran bazaar there was a photo shoot of a woman being stoned following a fatwa by fundamentalists. This was a completely staged photoshoot and one of Star's young woman staff dressed up in a sari (village style) and posed as if she was being stoned. This is supposed to be the cover for the Friday Star weekend magazine. It is unfortunate to see the length we go to prove Bangladesh to be a hub of "Islamist fundamentalism" ! 
 
Who needs enemies when we have ourselves!
 

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[ALOCHONA] Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men at it again-Woman affairs officer assaulted for not granting loan



Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men at it again-Woman affairs officer assaulted for not granting loan
 

Bangladesh Chhatra League men beat a woman affairs officer after failing to get government loans meant for the poor and ransacked her office at Durgapur upazila here yesterday.The victim was identified as Fatema Begum, 40.(The Daily Star )
Witnesses said, a group of over 30 BCL activists led by upazila BCL president Azahar Ali stormed into Fatema's office around 1:00pm.

Following a scuffle over granting loans, the activists hurled abuses at Fatema, beat her up, damaged chairs and tables, and tore telephone line, they said. Later, locals rescued Fatema and admitted her to the upazila health complex.

According to sources, at least 38 women applied for the government allocated loans amounting to Tk three lakh to be distributed among the poor in the upazila but only 19 women fulfilled the loan criteria.

Fatima told The Daily Star those who failed to certify that they do not have any loan elsewhere, were refused by the office but BCL men were pressurizing her to approve some of them.

Her gold chain, ring were also robbed off during the attack, she claimed.When contacted, Azahar refuted the allegations and said he didn't go to the office.

BCL vice president Faruk Hossain said the woman officer was falsely accusing the BCL activists for the incident as they went to the office to protest her wrongdoings. Mahbubul Islam, OC of Durgapur Police Station and Upazila Nirbahi Officer Altaf Hossain Sheikh visited the spot.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=127809


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[ALOCHONA] Employer/Employee relations in Saudi Arabia



 

Maid sentenced for mixing urine in food
By ARAB NEWS
Published: Feb 22, 2010 12:51 PM
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article20781.ece?comments=all

 
JEDDAH: A Jeddah court sentenced an Asian maid to 200 lashes and a year in prison after being found guilty of mixing her urine into the food of the family she works for. The maid's sponsor complained and accused her of performing black magic. The maid reportedly claimed she was getting back at the family for bad treatment. The woman did not appeal the verdict.



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[ALOCHONA] DOCUMENTS OF BRUTALLITY & KILLING SPREE OF BNP-JAMAT ALLIANCE ( 2001-2006 )



Respected Readers,
You can not compare the BRUTALLITY & INHUMAN TORTURE
of BNP-JAMAT alliance during 2001-2006 with any period of  history Bangladesh!!! The link below will justify my points.
 
 
Regards,
M. Ali


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Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 9:22:21 PM
Subject: [notun_bangladesh] REVOLUTION & MASS RESIGNATION IN ISLAMI CHATTRO SHIBIR !!!!

 

Dear Readers,
Good senses have arrived in Shibir !!!
Open the link for details -------
 
http://prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-02-24/news/44632
 
Regards,
M. Ali


--- On Mon, 2/22/10, Mo Assghar <moassghar@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: Mo Assghar <moassghar@yahoo. com>
Subject: [notun_bangladesh] Hasina's music!
To: Bangladesh-Zindabad @yahoogroups. com, notun_bangladesh@ yahoogroups. com, probashivoice@ gmail.com, khabor@yahoogroups. com, Diagnose@yahoogroup s.com, WideMinds@yahoogrou ps.com, "bangla vision" <bangla-vision@ yahoogroups. com>, "alochona" <alochona@yahoogroup s.com>, sonarbangladesh@ yahoogroups. com
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Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 10:08 AM

 
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=jYKch23wj- E

Dr Manik dada,
(Phd, Joynal Hajari University, Tungipara)

Why don't you watch this video?
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=jYKch23wj- E

Very entertaining! How hasina and Logi-Boitha brutally killed an innocent man! Must watch and tell me if your blood does not boil and how inhuman it could be?





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Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: Drunken driving, unlicensed gun and Joy




Well, Tariq was half-king and Joy is nothing more than a prince.
Difference is obvious.
 
If you have time, check my blog:
 
 


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[ALOCHONA] Re: [Bangladesh-Zindabad] Re: [khabor.com] Staged stoning at Daily Star



Dear Readers,

 

Don't be bluff by STAGED BOMB BLASTING by BNP in front of Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office.

Dr. Manik




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Sent: Wed, February 24, 2010 12:49:57 PM
Subject: [Bangladesh-Zindabad] Re: [khabor.com] Staged stoning at Daily Star

 

Dear All:
 
Only Awami League and anti-Islam minded group or people can manufacture, doctor or fabricate any fact or story by staging photo shoots like the following one. Every patriot Bangladeshi worldwide should read the following message sent by Isha Khan.
 
Thanks to Isha Khan for sharing the factual message with us.
 
Anis Ahmed
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Isha Khan
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:25 AM
Subject: [khabor.com] Staged stoning at Daily Star

 

Staged stoning at Daily Star

Ayesha Kabir


Believe it or not, but yesterday on the rooftop of Daily Star's office at Kawran bazaar there was a photo shoot of a woman being stoned following a fatwa by fundamentalists. This was a completely staged photoshoot and one of Star's young woman staff dressed up in a sari (village style) and posed as if she was being stoned. This is supposed to be the cover for the Friday Star weekend magazine. It is unfortunate to see the length we go to prove Bangladesh to be a hub of "Islamist fundamentalism" ! 
 
Who needs enemies when we have ourselves!
 

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RE: [ALOCHONA] Re: STOP SHOUTING FOR BANNING RELIGIOUS BASED POLITICAL PARTY IN BANGL ADESH




Mr. Shamim
 
First of all you try to learn Islam. Islamic political system is better than any other political system in the world.
 
Your voice "Ban religious based political party" - tell me who to ban? who has that suprime power to ban? constitutionally? constitution will be changed again after the fall of poisonous Awami league.
 
The universal fact is that people in Bangladesh are not living under anyone's jamidary.
 
 
 
M.Ramjan


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[ALOCHONA] Politically Motivated Arbitrary Arrests Hamper Impartial Investigation Of Campus Violence



Bangladesh: Politically Motivated Arbitrary Arrests Hamper Impartial Investigation Of Campus Violence
 

The government of Bangladesh must refrain from arbitrary mass arrests, which appear to have been directed only at the opposition student activists. Criminal investigations must be impartial, regardless of the suspect's political affiliation or party membership. Moreover, the authorities must ensure that the detainees are brought promptly before a court and allowed to challenge the legality of their detention, that they are not at risk of torture or other ill-treatment, and that they have access to their lawyers, families, and proper medical care.

Last week more than 300 supporters of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of the opposition party Jamaat-e-Islami, were arrested in Dhaka, Rajshahi, Chittagong and other cities. The majority of them were picked up from dormitories or rented accommodation in and around university campuses. It is not known if any of them have been charged with a recognizable criminal offence.

The arrests followed a wave of violence at major university campuses in Bangladesh, where rival student activists of the ruling Awami League party and opposition parties have fought each other over control of university halls of residence. At least four students, one from Dhaka, two from Rajshahi, and one from Chittagong universities have been killed in the midst of these clashes since early February.

The death of the first student on 2 February at Dhaka University was due to violent clashes between two rival factions of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the Awami League. No members of this group appear to have been investigated for his death. The government's apparent reluctance to investigate in this case further highlights the political motivations underlying its response to the violence at the universities.

Bangladesh Chhatra League members have also been involved in clashes with the Islami Chhatra Shibir at Rajshahi, Chittagong and other university campuses. While members of the Islami Chhatra Shibir have been the main targets of the mass arrests, Bangladesh Chhatra League activists have continued to clash and attack opposition supporters, with no accountability.

Amnesty International acknowledges the responsibility of government authorities to prevent violence at the university campuses and bring those responsible for the killings to justice. However, the one-sided manner in which the police have carried out the arrests so far indicates that criminal investigations into the violence are unlikely to be impartial or fair.

Raids on student residences have been carried out at random and any Islami Chhatra Shibir supporters found there have been detained. People have reportedly been arrested arbitrarily as police have made no efforts at the time of arrest to separate ordinary student members of the Islami Chhatra Shibir from those suspected of involvement in the attacks.

The majority of the detainees are being held in jails. More than 70 of them are detained at the Dhaka Central Jail; up to 100 at the Rajshahi Central Jail; and up to 70 at the Chittagong Central Jail. More students have been picked up from other cities. According to reports, lawyers were not allowed to meet them, so they have effectively been deprived of the right to appoint legal counsel and apply for release on bail.

Between 30 and 35 of the Islami Chhatra Shibir detainees are reportedly in police custody under interrogation. Torture in police custody is widespread in Bangladesh. Detainees in police custody have no access to lawyers or family visits during the period of their remand even though there are legal provisions for such access.

The government's politically motivated response to the violence has allowed attacks by members of the ruling party's student wing to continue, including against news reporters covering these attacks. Bangladesh Chhatra League activists attacked and injured 11 journalists working for different Bangladeshi dailies who were covering Bangladesh Chhatra League's incidences of beating of other students on the Rajshahi university campus on 11 February.

Background

Violence at university campuses is a frequent occurrence in Bangladesh. Groups involved in the violence are student wings of the main political parties. These student groups are mainly Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL, affiliated to the Awami League, which has the majority of seats in Parliament but rules in coalition with 13 much smaller parties); Islami Chhatra Shibir, (Shibir, affiliated to Jamaat-e-Islami, currently in opposition), and Bangladesh Chhatra Dhal (BCD, affiliated to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, currently in opposition). These groups have in the past reportedly kept arms and have used violence leading to deaths and injury of people. Political parties have pledged, but failed, to disarm them. None of the political parties has condemned the violence carried out by their own members, while often only blaming their opponents for the violence.

South Asia Team
Any correspondence should be sent to:
amnestyis@amnesty.org
http://www.amnesty.org
 


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[ALOCHONA] 10 BCL men rape girl



We should keep in context that Bangabandhu called the 1971 victims of rape his daughters. I know its not much consolation but it is still some consolation and we should not forget it...

 

 

 

10 BCL men rape girl

Farcical arbitration let 16 culprits get away with fine of Tk 10,000 each; victim's poor father dares not to file case

Sohrab Hossain, Patuakhali, Daily Star Sep 2009

 

Ten activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) allegedly gang-raped a teenage girl Friday night and were later handed down mere punishment at village arbitration arranged to ensure their escape by local Awami League leaders.

Family sources say the AL leaders compelled the victim's father not to go for legal action and also took their signatures on three blank sheets to stop any future move to that end.

Police also released two of the accused held on the spot while handing the victim over to her father early Saturday morning.

A band of 16 youths kidnapped the girl, a class VII student of Pakhimara in Kalapara upazila, Friday night when she was returning home on a rickshaw from a Puja mandap with her cousin Nasir Uddin.

The BCL men beat up Nasir, drove him away and took the girl to a nearby garden. Ten of them raped the girl until her relatives with police rushed to the scene to rescue her around 2:00am.

Sub-inspector Kabir Hossain of Kalapara police station held two of the culprits -- Rajib and Sohag -- from the spot but freed them later after handing over the girl to her family.

Later on Sunday, local AL leaders including Kalapara upazila unit Secretary Rakibul Ahsan and Upazila Parishad Vice-Chairman Sultan Mahmud arranged the arbitration at Kalapara Girls' School in the evening.

The village arbitration in a farcical judgement fined all the 16 Tk 10,000 each and that they all be whipped 100 times each.

But four days into the grisly incident the victim's father, a poor farmer, still does not dare to file a case.

He said, "Rakibul (AL leader) and his men took signatures of me and my daughter on three blank sheets asking us not to seek justice anywhere else."

Rakibul Ahsan denied the allegation. He claims, "The youths did not rape the girl, they just made an attempt. We punished them so that they don't indulge into such activities in future."

The Kalapara AL leader also denied their political identity as BCL activists dubbing them as "spoilt brats".

Contacted, Kalapara police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Ishaq Ali said they released Rajib and Sohag as the victim's father did not file any complaint.

He says he does not know anything about the village arbitration, adding the police would not file any case of their own and "take legal steps if any complaint is filed".

The gang members were identified as Rajib, Rubel, Ratul, Pobitra, Mojibur, Omer, Rana, Sohel, Regan, Lalu, Jewel, Sohag, Bappi of Nayapara, Saiful and Munim of Madrasa Road in Kalapara upazila town and Al-Amin of Dhankhali.



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[ALOCHONA] CMC suspends four BCL men on rape charge



CMC suspends four BCL men on rape charge
Courtesy New Age 24/2/2010 Staff Correspondent, Chittagong

The Chittagong Medical College authorities on Tuesday suspended the studentship of four Chhatra League leaders and activists on charges of raping an unnamed girl on the campus on Sunday night.
   Sources in the college administration said the academic council at a meeting in the afternoon decided the suspension amid a daylong demonstration by the students who demanded punitive action against the Chhatra League men.
   The students who were suspended are the college unit Chhatra League joint secretaries Asibul Islam Limon and Kazi Mohammed Foysal and activists Sohag and Rabbi. The college unit Chhatra League also expelled them on the same charges after a meeting held on Monday night.
   The college principal, Professor Selim Mohammad Jahangir, told New Age they had decided to suspend the studentship of the four after a discussion and the disciplinary committee would make the final decision after further investigation.
   The college unit Chhatra League general secretary, Fahad Nasif, said they had expelled the four from the organisation as the allegation brought against them was proved after preliminary investigation.
   Students of the college earlier brought out a procession at the campus demanding punishment for the persons responsible for the incident. A human chain was also formed, a rally held and sit-in staged in front of the principal's office to push for the demand.



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[ALOCHONA] Ah, here is your democracy, brother!



Superb...

 

 

Ah, here is your democracy, brother!

Courtesy Daily star 23/2/10

 

Dedicated practitioners of democracy?Photo: Shawkat Jamil

A good number of "highly democracy-minded" talk-show experts should be feeling mighty happy to see the matinee show of democracy ... the free flow of blood in the free-for-all show that is going on all over the country. It's a blockbuster, indeed.

So, here is your democracy, brother, that you have been waiting for and canvassing for, since the fall of the "un-democratic, autocratic government of General Ershad."

So, you must be happy now! Democracy let loose at last. Democracy gone berserk. From parliament to robber-infested parks, democracy is being practiced in full gusto in this country.

The deaths, you ask? Fallout of democracy, perhaps? You see, the more there is death, the more solid would democracy become. That is a popular notion here. It is the ladder made of dead bodies that takes politicians to the citadel of power, isn't it? So, some faceless people will have to die. No big deal. They would die anyway ... in road accidents .... in launch capsizes ... of tuberculosis. Then, why not for the party?

The beauty of politics here is that people are made to believe that there is glamour in dying for a cause like democracy. It would earn them the short-lived status of a hero, with photos coming out in newspapers for a couple of days. And electronic channels would show interviews with their wailing parents for the city audience. All for democracy, brother. Our right to know is ensured.

Come to think of it, in their oppressive and lacklustre life, violent death on the altar of politics is a big achievement. They get such massive coverage! But, wait a minute. Where was this beautiful, blood-spattering, all-problem-solving, all-disease-healing panacea called democracy all these years? Why didn't we have the opportunity of seeing those hand guns, knives, cutters, bamboo clubs, bricks and stones and the filmy-style action in real life fights and real deaths for some years?

Oh, I remember now! There was a lull for two years when the "most villainous," "non-political," "corrupt," "inefficient," "opportunistic," "ambitious," and "illegal" caretaker government had ruled the country. They had the audacity to deny us our "democratic" rights and stop the wonderful and exciting shows; the real fights on the streets with blood-chilling calls to become "Gazi" or "Shahid" ... that we watched from the safe distance of our office windows.

Today, the whole world looks on in amazement at the demonstration of Bangladeshi brand of democracy. We may brand it "DemoBangla" or "Banglacracy," if you agree. It is indeed unprecedented ... unparalleled ... unbelievable ... and unheard of. The entire world sitting around the coliseum cheers the show of brute courage as party supporters club opponents to death ... the spilling of blood ... the chase and counter-chase on campus by over-aged student leaders and their supporters ... the eviction of one group from student halls by another ... and so on. All so familiar!

Don't these remind us of those democratic days that existed before the caretaker government? The days of exploding bombs in 64 districts ... blowing up courtrooms ... killing judges ... cracking skulls of opponents ... discovering Hindu-Islamic militants ... bricks and stones flying ... police batons breaking ribs ... mass arrests of ordinary workers going home ... and last but not least ... the inevitable "bibriti of Babor"?

Oh! How we missed everything! Thank you, God, that you have listened to our prayers and given us our wonderful democracy back once again! We were kind of suffocating in the state of tranquillity ... in the state of no action ... no excitement during the caretaker government. They were such spoilsports, really. But now, after long 2-3 years, tendon cutters ... throat slitters ... suicide bombers ... black-marketers ... river grabbers .... graveyard robbers ... forest eaters ... toll collectors ... religion peddlers et al are back in business.

Now why shouldn't students of public universities do all these? Many of the senior politicians, especially those who were in student politics, have been unabashed toll collectors ... or indirect extortionists ... collecting monthly chanda from industrialists of Tejgaon, Tongi and Narayanganj and from those in their localities. Chandabaji had started on day two after our independence and it continues today.

These politicians and student leaders of yester-years were also great beer-buddies (Hotel Intercontinental later Sheraton, Ruchita, Nightingale, Chalet etc) of corrupt businessmen who made them drunk every night and then gave them bag-full of money to get an import licence for TCB, Tibet, BCIC, BADC, BTMC, BJMC quota/allotment. Those licences and quota/allotments used to be sold in the black market. Oh, sorry, you can't touch them because now they are big guns and big goons in some big political party ... hence above the reach of the very weak hands of law.

Is the term "reform" in politics synonymous with "blasphemy" in this country? If religious edicts could undergo reforms, why can't stale, age-old political system do so for the good of the country? How long shall we remain hostage to this debilitating "politics"?

To march forward in the 21st century along with other developed and developing nations of South Asia, we need a modern, vibrant, inclusive, pro-people and pro-development politics to be carried forward by a new crop of educated and enlightened politicians who never did chandabaji.

Shahnoor Wahid is a Senior Assistant Editor of The Daily Star. He can be contacted at shahnoorwahid@yahoo.co.uk.



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[ALOCHONA] Whose Ekushey?



 

 

I was getting myself into the spirit of Amar Ekushey. Bangalis of the neo-consumerist age, our best stories are coming from colourful ads on TV. I whirled through all the channels, to catch the cream, the best ones on constant repeat.

Oh look, a white girl in a sari, standing in front of Shahid Minar. The camera pans back and it's a pseudo-UN congregation on the steps. We are the World. I switch over and there's a gorgeous restaging of all the classics of Bangla literature: Satyajit, Rabindranath, and ...cut to Shahid Minar. Ekushey in the era of "Brand Bangladesh." Phenomenon of cultural marketing and ad agencies.

I'm getting myself ready for Boi Mela, Probhat Feri, or at least the obligatory kurta pajama. But my SMS and email accounts are rudely interrupting with some reality doses. The news comes in drips, pushing through a rigid media blackout. Bengali settlers attacking Jumma (Pahari) homes in Sajek.

The same Sajek that was the scene of anti-Pahari arson rampages in 2008. Now the damage was even more widespread. Two hundred homes burnt in one day. A Buddhist temple allegedly burnt as well.

And then, sometime during the day, security forces fire on demonstrators. Later, the media tells us they fired on Paharis fighting with Bengalis. How odd then, that all the dead and wounded are Pahari. Why aren't there are any Bengali settlers who were hurt?

The narrative keeps changing, as the media spin cycle begins. But none of the spin is on the side of the Paharis. ATN Bangla's first report says: "One killed in Pahari-Bangali feud. 15 injured including 4 army officers. Homes burnt." RTV says: "Pahari-Bangali clash. 1 killed." The language is clever, a feud and a clash is between two equal parties. If you read these reports only, and never visit CHT, you would never have any idea how much muscle is on the side of the Bengalis.

Only later, the next day, do the newspapers begin to admit that the dead are all Pahari, and most of the wounded as well. I kept scanning the media, thinking that someone somewhere would say at least one word about the fact that, we Bengalis may have been the aggressors in this and other cases.

Perhaps there was some extra caution on this day. It's Ekushey. There are four names to remember, and a red letter year. Salam, Barkat, Rafiq, Jabbar. 1952. How inconvenient to have to add Buddhabati, Laxmi, Liton, Bana Shanti, and Nutunjoy Chakma. 2010. Bengalis killing non-Bengalis. On Ekushey February. It won't match with that beautiful national narrative. There's sponsorship money at stake, get your priorities right.

Watching some senior journalists has been very instructive. They seem to be bending over backwards to see things only from the Bengali settlers eyes: "Things were not clear," Pahari "miscreants" attacked us, state forces had been "forced" to fire, etc. Aggressors paint themselves as Victims.

I was almost convinced that the Paharis must have been in the wrong. It didn't seem to matter after reading our media, that they were facing a historic thirty year process of land grabbing by Bengali settlers, backed by the muscle and money of the state. It didn't matter that the dead and wounded were overwhelmingly Pahari. According to our fearless and neutral media, the Paharis must have started it. There could be no other version of this story.

I remember veteran journalists who had always been critics of the abuse of state power in the recent past. Why was it so difficult for them to believe, now, that the Paharis could be the victims of decades of marginalisation and racism? That Bengali racism has repeatedly created flash points and nightmares like Sajek. And in the absence of implementation of the 1997 Accord (still waiting after 13 years), the Paharis will continue to face onslaughts of Bengali muscle power.

But hey, maybe all this myopia was temporary, just for Ekushey. Maybe tomorrow, we'll start looking in the mirror again.

Naeem Mohaiemen has written about ethnic and religious minorities for the Ain o Salish Kendra annual human rights report.


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[ALOCHONA] 1 killed in AL BNP lash over wreaths at Noakhali Shaheed Minar



Well whats the big deal!

Businessman dies in AL-BNP clash

Courtesy Daily star 22/2/10 A Correspondent, Noakhali

A man died and nine others were injured early yesterday in separate clashes between Awami League and BNP activists over placing wreaths at Amishapara Shaheed Minar in Sonaimuri, Chatkhil and Hatia upazila of Noakhali.

The deceased was identified as Shah Alam, 42, a local trader at Amishapara Bazar.

Both local Awami League and BNP leaders claimed Shah Alam belonged to their party and was killed by rivals' attack.

The clash erupted over who would be the first to place wreaths at the Shaheed Minar.

On return from Shaheed Minar, agitated activists of both parties went on rampage, looting and setting ablaze several shops at Amishapara Bazar, eyewitnesses said.

They hit Shah Alam with iron rod as he resisted the angry mob from ransacking his shop, said sources.

Critically injured Alam was rushed to a local hospital where the doctor on duty declared him dead.

Talking to reporters, BNP Joint-convener Mohammad Selim and AL General Secretary AFM Babu of Sonaimuri upazila claimed that Shah Alam was their party activist.

Sonaimuri police recovered the dead body of Shah Alam yesterday morning and sent it to Noakhali Hospital for autopsy.

No case was filed till filing of this report at 8:30pm yesterday. A tensed situation was prevailing in the area over the incident.

Besides, AL activists interfered the BNP activists in placing wreaths at Kabirhat Shaheed Minar leading to a scuffle that injured BNP men Liton, 32, Dulal, 35, Selim, 27, Tafazzal, 32, Shamim, 35, and Nur Uddin, 22.

In another incident, AL activists assaulted Anwar Hossain, Convenor of BNP Chatkhil Upazila and a local BNP leader Shamsul Arefin Shamim while they went to place wreaths at the local Shaheed Minar in Chatkhil early yesterday.

Jubo Dal leader Noman of Hatia upazila was also assaulted while he went to place wreaths at Sagorika.



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[ALOCHONA] Sahara claims 'certain quarter' out to create instability



Ah! The mystical, magical "certain quarters".

The traditional, conventional "jeh ba jarra"

As if certain quarters are scared fo the Government when it is too scared to even name them!

 

Certain idiots!

 

 

 

 

Sahara claims 'certain quarter' out to create instability

Bss, Dhaka 21/2/10

Home Minister Sahara Khatun yesterday claimed that the law and order is far better than any time in the past but a certain quarter is hatching conspiracy to destabilise the country.

"A certain quarter is out to create instability when we are beginning the trial process of the war criminals. But none of the conspirators would be able to obstruct the trial process."

The minister was speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural function of a conference of regional and branch managers of Ansar-VDP Development Bank at Krishi Bank Training Institute in the city's Mirpur.

The government is working for ensuring financial stability alongside improving law and order of the country, she said adding that now the stock market is setting records in daily transactions and even the foreign currency reserves are all-time high.

The government is working to turn Bangladesh into a middle-income country by 2021 and a stable environment is necessary to this end.

Additional Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party Brig Gen ABM Tayeful Islam and Managing Director of the bank M Nurul Huda Chowdhury also spoke on the occasion. Chairman of the bank Rear Admiral (retd) A Taher presided over the function.

In 1996 the Ansar-VDP Bank was set up for the welfare of members of the Ansar-VDP. Now the bank is providing service for 56 lakh Ansar-VDP members.



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