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Thursday, July 8, 2010

RE: [ALOCHONA] BONDE MATAROM GROUP Staged "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" drama in Dhaka



Islam is for all times and places. God informs us clearly in the Quran that some people will hesitate to believe in Him even when clear proof is placed before them.

 

There is not much difference between the logic forwarded by the 7th century Arab pagans and the modern day North American pagans when confronted with the message of Islam.

 

If one could undertake an independent intellectual journey through Islam then he/she could see the beauty of Islam and realize that it is Islam which provides true humanism. But to fully realize this fact one has to sincerely study and reflect on the message sent down in the Quran and through the Sunnah.

 

Will the influence of Islam shrink in magnitude and the world come under the domination of a system of life outside Islam? No one has an answer to that question. Only God Almighty has the answer.

 

The reasoning that Islam is responsible for illiteracy and backwardness in science and technology is weak. Islam has no qualm and quarrel with science and technology. As a matter of fact millions of Muslims are scientists, engineers, doctors, writers, journalists, attorneys and sportspersons through out the world today as has always been.

 

Actually the reason Muslims are backward, poor and miserable has more to do with their leaders than Islam. In most cases the leaders are corrupt, lazy and politically motivated.

 

 

Aziz Huq


 

To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
From: akbar_50@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 13:32:41 +0000
Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] BONDE MATAROM GROUP Staged "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" drama in Dhaka

 

I know many people can't make a connection between my name and my views. The synthesis is that a person with a Muslim name is not allowed to talk free and differ from your views which is dogmatic and does not sit in the couch as science and logic does. If blind faith is the foundation of your views our debate will be stagnant and boring. In the 7th century Muhammad was right for his times but in 21st century you are wrong for your times.  The time of the pagan Arabs have passed a long time ago, human knowledge have advanced beyond any limits, therefore those 7th century fables are completely obsolete now. If you stick to those dead ideas it's your personal freedom, no sensible and pragmatic person will share your perceptions.

 

The notion of worshipping is a superfluous act. But people use it to acknowledge their limits based on their depth of emotion which is again based on helplessness. A piece of land where you live and grow your food to survive does not deserve to be praised, as you have said. Jono gono mono adhinayaka, Pak sar zameen saad baad, or Amar sonar Bangla or in our Canada, O Canada, what to do with all these songs? How Bande ma taram is different than those songs?

 

On a philosophical note I would tell you that an epoch is fast approaching when all the institutionalized religions will merge into one and that will be based on humanism. The posterity will call us ignorant if we do not realize this sure eventuality. The story of Gabriel, Muhammad's ascension to the heavens, Jesuse's heavenly conception and birth all will be bed time stories. By sticking to these fables and by ignoring the importance of logic and science we do not help the progress of knowledge.  My name is not an obstacle in this process; it's the immovable position of people like you who are trying to stop the march of time.

 

It's an unpardonable crime to divide the humanity in the name of faith.

 

Akbar Hussain


 




To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
From: qrahman@netscape.net
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 23:55:28 -0400
Subject: Fwd: [ALOCHONA] BONDE MATAROM GROUP Staged "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" drama in Dhaka

 

" Once I told a Muslim friend of mine that worshipping the Shiva Linga and kissing the Black stone in the house of Kaba is nothing different"He could not gather any logic to answer me

I request you to use your "Indian" name in this forum. The Arab smelling name you are using probably not your "Real" name............[ This is an old Indian trick in the net]
 
I will advise people like you to be generous in your perceptions and view thing in a wider perspective.
 
There is a another hypothesis that, you were talking to a coconut and imagining it as your friend. Muslims with average knowledge of religion should be able to explain the difference. I am being generous with two possible views as per your request!!
 
With due respect to you ( Whatever your name is) I have serious doubt about your knowledge of Islam or Hinduism. Kissing black stone has NO religious significance to Muslims [ Yes I can produce religious texts if you like to learn more]. However Shiva Lingam in Hindu custom is a whole different game!! [ To put it mildly]. It is a deity!!
 
Muslims [ During time of prophet Muhammad(PBUH)] used to stand on Kaba's and gave Azan [ Call to prayer]. People can easily finish their Hajj without physically kissing the black stone. By kissing the stone we show our love for Prophet Abraham and Muhammad (PBUT). Nothing more than that.
 
I may disagree with some views of Farida Majid but I respect her. She is sincere in whatever she stands for. I agree with her in many areas like empowerment of women and increase tolerance in our soceity.
 
Reverting to "Bande matarom" for a minute. I am well aware that, most people do not see it as communal song. Mostly it is used to show love for "Mother India". Which is fine.
 
However if you go by the words of that song and analyze them according to religious scriptures, knowledgeable Muslims would be troubled by it. According to Islam, we should ONLY worship Allah. "Bande" urges us to worship motherland and it goes against the core spirit of monotheistic Islam [ All Abrahamic faiths( Islam, Judaism and Christianity) teaches us that]. We can surely love,praise and protect our respective lands of birth but Muslims consciously cannot take part in "Worshipping"[ Bandana] land or similar rituals. Muslims can freely praise and pray to God who gave us our motherlands and other bounties of life.
 
Actually it is a small difference. We praise God who gave us countries we love instead of praise a piece of land which does not have life of its own [ Or any genuine feeling]. At least God knows when you are thanking God. A lifeless land have no way of appreciating your love for her [ According to Islamic logic----no disrespect to different customs. Just want to explain the differences].
 
Shanti & Shalom.
 
--qr
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Akbar Hussain <akbar_50@hotmail.com>
To: alochona group <alochona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Jul 2, 2010 12:58 am
Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] BONDE MATAROM GROUP Staged "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" drama in Dhaka

 
Very well said Mr. Islam,
 
To understand Farida Majid you have to travel a long way from the 7th century Arabia to India, the land where our forefathers were born and raised. Your culture, food, language and your features are all Indian but you love to think to be an Arab. Your motherland's praise makes you hateful but you love to kiss the hand of a Saudi mullah. Joy Bangla is a Hindu word to you but Zindabad makes you happy. Your mother tongue smells infidel to you but an Arabic word takes you to the heavens. What a miserable ignorance, what a mean interpretation? What a narrow understanding?
 
 A few weeks before I met an Indian Muslim man in full Saudi dress. I asked him if he was an Arab. He said no' but this is my Islamic dress. I reminded him that Muhammad's sworn enemies such as Abu Zahel also wore the same dress as Muhammad but to you why this dress has become so holly? He declined to answer because a fool can't understand logic. Once I told a Muslim friend of mine that worshipping the Shiva Linga and kissing the Black stone in the house of Kaba is nothing different. He could not gather any logic to answer me. I will advise people like you to be generous in your perceptions and view thing in a wider perspective.
 
If you have the courage to respond to my comments come on but do not ignore me by taking me as an enemy of Islam. Ignorance and dogmatism are the most powerful and potent enemies of Islam, it's not me or Farida Majid.
 
Akbar Hussain
 



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From: aminul_islam_raj@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:05:26 -0700
Subject: [ALOCHONA] BONDE MATAROM GROUP Staged "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" drama in Dhaka

 

Dear All,
I am familiar with the name of one farida majid. I went through many of her postings.She said that "Bonde Matarom is not a comunal Slogan.But it is clear that she is hard core anti muslim.
This Farida majid and his like minded people staged a  "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism"  drama in Dhaka
 
Attorney William Sloan, a foreign delegate, addresses the International Conference on Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism at the Osmani Memorial Hall in the capital yesterday. Speakers at the conference urged international community for extending support to the process that Bangladesh government has initiated to try the war criminals. Photo: Shawkat JamilStaff Correspondent
The MSSK Trust, Forum for Secular Bangladesh and Trial of War Criminals of 1971 and South Asian People's Union against Fundamentalism and Communalism jointly organised the conference titled "The International Conference on Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" at Osmani Memorial Auditorium.
In the resolution titled "Dhaka Declaration", the conference also called on international community for extending support to the process that Bangladesh government has initiated to try the war criminals.
The resolution was adopted at concluding session of the conference following daylong discussions attended by delegates including human rights activists, lawyers and experts from 11 countries.
The resolution said the trial of war criminals in Bangladesh would discourage the culture of impunity and urged international community "to unite against the culture of impunity to prevent genocides and war crimes from recurring."
Countries affected by terrorism and regional extremism were also urged to support the proposed regional taskforce, a taskforce proposed by Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, to combat religious extremism and terrorism.
The resolution also emphasized strict measures to check money laundering for what they said, "fundamentalist organisations across the world are using different NGOs, Banks and various financial institutions to finance militancy and terrorism through money laundering."
Building a domestic and regional secular humanist network by civil societies and governments across the world was also urged upon.
The conference also called upon Pakistan to take effective measures to curb and eliminate religious militancy, repeal anti-Ahmadiyya laws and blasphemy laws.
Earlier, during its inauguration, speakers from home and abroad urged all countries to form an inter-continental network based on secularism.
"Religious fundamentalism in many forms and faces has become a great problem. There is no time to lose. With cooperation from all we must cut it out globally before it is too late. Otherwise humanism will be in jeopardy," said Prof Kabir Chowdhury, president of the advisory committee of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee.
"If there are Muslim fundamentalists in Pakistan, there must be Hindu fundamentalists in India. If there is Hindu fundamentalists in India, there is no way to resist Muslim fundamentalists in Bangladesh," said former speaker of India PA Sangma.
Former speaker of Nepal Daman Dhungana said that democracy couldn't be achieved without overcoming religious extremism.
"Individually it is tough to overcome this, but globally it can be done," he added.
Prof Shafaraj Khan from Pakistan, Prof Maxim Dubayev from Russia, terrorism expert Chris Blackburn from UK, Cecilia Wikstrom, member of MEP, Sweden, Parvin Najfgholi Ardalan, human right activist from Iran and Attorney William Sloan also spoke in the inaugural session. Journalist Shahriar Kabir conducted the programme.
Speakers also discussed Jamaat-e-Islami's link with international terrorist organizations.
"Trial of war criminal is necessary for strengthening the foundation of democracy. It is a matter of great shame that collaborators were reinstated in Bangladesh politics," said Dr Peter Custers from The Netherlands in his speech during inaugural session.
He also mentioned that European countries politically support this effort of war crimes trial and suggested taking assistance from international lawyers.
"It's never too late for justice. Time is always now. It is always the right time to punish crime against humanity," said William Sloan.




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[ALOCHONA] Fatwa illegal : HC rules against all extra-judicial punishments upon writ petitions




The High Court in a verdict yesterday declared illegal all kinds of extrajudicial punishment including those made in the name of fatwa in local arbitration.The court directed the authorities concerned to take punitive action against the people involved in enforcing fatwa against women.Anyone involved, present or taking part in or assisting any such conviction or execution would come under purview of the offences under the penal code and be subject to punishment, the court observed.

It also observed infliction of brutal punishment including caning, whipping and beating in local salish [arbitration] by persons devoid of judicial authority constitutes violation of the constitutional rights.The court said the people's rights to life and equal protection have to be treated in accordance with the law.As per the rules of the Constitution, the citizens will not be subject to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment, the HC said.

The HC bench of Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore came up with the verdict in response to three separate writs. The petitions were filed by rights organisations -- Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, BRAC Human Rights and Legal Services, and Nijera Kori, and four Supreme Court lawyers -- Advocate Salahuddin Dolon, Barrister Mahbub Shafique, Advocate AKM Hafizul Alam and Barrister Imaran-ul Hye.

The rights organisations filed a writ last year and the lawyers filed two separate writs this year with the HC, seeking necessary directives from the court to stop extrajudicial punishment in the name of fatwa.The petitions were filed following several newspaper reports and investigations by the petitioners into violence inflicted on women in the name of fatwa by local religious leaders and powerful corners.

It was alleged in the petitions that a number of deaths, suicides and incidents of grievous hurt of women were reported arising from punishment given in salish, but the law-enforcement agencies took no action to prevent those unlawful actions.Such kinds of conviction and punishment do not have any legal basis, they said.

The petitioners referred to international obligation under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984 and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1979.

Earlier on August 25 last year, the HC directed the secretary to Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, officials of the law-enforcement agencies and the chairmen of union parishads and municipalities to take immediate measures against extrajudicial penalties in salish.It also issued a rule asking them to show cause as to why their failure to prevent such illegal acts in compliance with their statutory obligations should not be declared illegal.

Barrister Sara Hossain appeared for the petitioners and Deputy Attorney General Ekram Hossain Manju for the state.Meanwhile, ASK Executive Director Sultana Kamal told The Daily Star 10-12 incidents of extrajudicial punishment took place in the name of fatwa across the country in last one year."As far as I know, six such indents including an incident of caning in Bancharampur in Brahmanbaria have taken place in different areas this year," she said.

Sultana Kamal, also a former adviser to the caretaker government, said repression against women in the name of fatwa will decrease following the HC verdict.Women who want to control themselves as per their choice will get the right to protect themselves, she said, adding that perpetrators cannot impose their religious and cruel concepts upon them.

The HC bench of Justice Mohammad Gholam Rabbani in 2001 in another verdict declared fatwa illegal, although an appeal is pending with the Appellate Division in this regard.Petitioner Barrister Mahbub said yesterday's verdict is wider than that of 2001, since the latest one declares illegal all kinds of extrajudicial punishment, whereas the previous verdict declared illegal only fatwa.

Yesterday's verdict has asked the law enforcers to remain vigilant against extrajudicial punishment and report to the court about such incidents, he added.

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[ALOCHONA] The myth of micro -credit:the other half of the moon



The myth of micro -credit:the other half of the moon


by Audity Falguni

'Thanda's wife takes two or three loans at a time. But, she cannot build even the roof of her house. She has to go here and there to collect the instalments on time and consequently borrow the money from another source which gets her in a vicious circle of loans. Sometimes she has to spend all her earnings to pay her (weekly) instalments. What happened to the money?' 'I think taking loan from mahajans (local money lenders) is better than an NGO as there is no obligation to pay a weekly instalment. It is an easy system. They even excuse us in times of crisis and do not insult us. But, NGOs never excuse us in any situation. We are tortured both physically and mentally. We remain bound to pay instalments at any time at any costs.'


photo by Prito Reza

What is micro-credit? Is it the fabulous Aladin's Lamp of the Arabian Tales that can make the poor rich overnight? Or is it some vast empowering scheme to emancipate rural women in Third World countries by the thousands and millions? There are lots of arguments both on behalf of and against micro-credit. Kasia Paprocki, a young Research Affiliate of USA-based research institution Goldin Institute, however, observes, `In the contemporary debate on micro-credit, the voices of those whose lives it affects on a daily basis are conspicuously absent.'

   Readers, now you might easily wonder that how an American woman can so easily make a comment on the situation of micro-credit in Bangladesh or Third World countries at large? In reply to your curiosity, Kasia is a genuine and field-bound researcher, who has worked extensively from May to August 2007, within rural poor and female micro-credit recipients at Joyrampur-Anwar village of Pairaband (from where Begum Rokeya, the first feminist writer and thinker of Bangladesh emerged) Union, Rangpur and revisited Bangladesh and the village in particular on the last week of March this year, for a further follow-up on her study. This contributor met Kasia during her revisit to Pairaband as an interpreter and had the opportunity to go through her original study findings and also interact with the female micro-credit recipients at village level, along with her. Some really interesting revelations on micro-credit came about!

   'I visited and worked in Bangladesh around three years ago for the first time, as a Research Affiliate of Goldin Institute to work with our two Bangladeshi partner NGOs, namely Nijera Kori and Unnayan Onneshon. My study, titled 'Improving Microcredit Programs: Listening Recipients', was about bringing recipients' experiences and opinions into the global debates on micro credit. In doing this, we adopted a strategy known as 'oral testimony', which relies on extended semi-structured and unstructured interviews to let recipients tell their own stories in their own words,' Kasia explained.

   'Often, oral testimony research is coloured by implicit power-dynamics between researchers and subjects. Within these dynamics, answers to questions are often pre-determined by what each party expects to get or hear from others. 'We decided we would address this by using a ''community-based approach'', where recipients would interview each other about their experiences. In such a context, we hoped the content of the interviews would be shaped by mutual dialogue, rather than by top-down agenda,' she elaborated.

   It was learnt from Kasia that in order to do that, she, with support from the officials of two of her host and local partner NGOs in Bangladesh, trained a group of villagers of the Joyrampur-Anwar village, to interview their neighbours about their experiences with micro-credit. The result was open-ended, conversation-style interviews in which, the interviewee participated in directing the discussion by framing conversations through stories, life experiences and their own personal histories with micro-credit lending organisations.

   Thus, a researcher's group was formed from within the so-called 'poor' and 'illiterate' villagers. This contributor had the opportunity to meet some of those researchers like Hosne Ara, Keshab or Kohinoor Begum, who live their lives as simple agricultural day labourers or rural housewives. Is it not really amazing that these data collectors' conducted over 150 interviews from July to August of 2007 and are now getting prepared to initiate the second phase of research on impacts of micro-credit!

   In the words of Kohinoor Begum, one of the data collectors: 'Every one had so many things to tell! I loved hearing people's stories, their sorrows and their history. It is always interesting to know how people live. I wish I could do this work in my village my whole life.'

   A quick glance at Kasia's report of 2007 told me that no fewer than 5,000 NGOs, in Bangladesh, recently applied to the government for approval to become micro-credit lenders. The proliferation of micro-credit in rural areas has also crowded out other services which NGOs used to provide in the past including healthcare, grants or other services.

   Although one of the most consistent arguments about micro-credit is that it helps people escape cycles of debt by providing them with ways to accumulate assets that will serve as the foundation for entrepreneurial activity, the surveyed villagers described an absolute sense of dependency on micro-credit agencies. After taking loans, most are caught in a cycle of debt from which they are unable to escape, taking new loans from other agencies and village money lenders to repay the original loans.

   'I don't want to take micro-credit loans any more,' one villager told, `but at times of serious food crisis, we have no other way.' A number of villagers explained that many loans are taken during the Monga season or the period of seasonal food insecurity between harvests that is particularly severe in North Bengal, where the research had been conducted.

   A woman villager told, 'During the Monga, for the three months, we maintain our need for food with a loan. But, if any member of this loan programme is not able to pay an instalment in time, just after the deadline, the NGO workers come to her house and ask for the loan very inhumanly. They force us to pay at any cost.'

   Another strong advocacy on part of micro-credit is that providing loans to women permit them to contribute more central roles in a range of household decisions from family budgeting to family planning. But, surveyed female villagers of the Joyrampur-Anwar village narrated their experiences of being used as conduits to credit by their husbands.

   'Women take micro-credit as their husbands order them to do so. When their husbands fail to pay the instalments, then NGO workers abuse the women a lot. Women have to bear the pressure coming from both sides,' said a female villager.

   One of the more alarming discoveries is that micro-credit is strengthening the dowry system in the village. Stories about women were heard, who, after spending a year or more in their in-laws' homes after marriage, were sent back to their parents' homes with demands of taking another micro-credit loan as additional dowry. Another woman, who took a loan to pay for her daughter's dowry was forced to give up her home to NGO officials, when she had no way to repay the loan.

   It is alleged by the villagers that to ensure job security, field workers of micro-credit lending NGOs often take harsh measures like unauthorised repossession of assets, destruction of property and even violence and sexual abuse.

   However, villagers of Joyrampur-Anwar suggested that as long as they are dependent on micro-credit agencies, it could well serve their purpose if they could repay their loans during the harvest seasons rather than paying instalments within one week of getting the loan.

   'If they (the NGOs) provide some facilities such as medical treatment, monetary help for the education of children, and become more liberal about the weekly collection of payments, I think, it would be better for us,' the villagers recommended.
 


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[ALOCHONA] Custodial Deaths, Crossfire : Home mum, HR commission vocal



Custodial Deaths, Crossfire : Home mum, HR commission vocal


The National Human Rights Commission yesterday decided that dealing with extrajudicial killings and custodial deaths will be its top priority. The same day the parliamentary standing committee on the home ministry however glossed over the issue, which has been much-talked about following three recent deaths in police custody.

A Jatiya Party lawmaker raised the subject at the JS body meeting, but members of the ruling Awami League including Home Minister Sahara Khatun showed no interest to have a discussion. When JP lawmaker Mujib-ul-Haque Chunnu wanted to know why and how the deaths occurred, the home minister and home secretary kept mum, said meeting sources.

On the other hand, the human rights commission at its meeting acknowledged the gravity of the issue and decided to pursue an end to extrajudicial killings, disappearance and torture of people in custody. After the meeting, first since its reconstitution on June 22, the commission said if the government fails to address the problem, it will initiate its own investigation to identify the persons responsible and file cases against them, if necessary. "From now on, we will press the government to act immediately in case of any extrajudicial killing or death in custody," NHRC Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman told The Daily Star. He also said NHRC's top priorities for the next year would be working against violation of human rights of women and children and citizens in detention.

JS PANEL MEET

At the parliamentary committee meeting, only Inspector General of Police Nur Mohammad gave a little hope, saying the House body would be briefed about the issue at its next meeting.Major Gen (retd) Abdus Salam, chairman of the committee, told reporters that they would seek to know in detail about the three alleged custodial deaths once the probe is over.

Jamiruddin Sircar, lone member from the opposition BNP, was not present at the meeting attended among others by AL lawmakers Mirza Azam, M Mujibul Haq, M Habibur Rahman, M Nurul Islam Sujan, Sanjida Khanam and M Shafiqul Islam. Lock-up deaths have recently caused concern among people and rights organisations at home and abroad.

Against this backdrop, the High Court on Monday came down heavily on police and issued a set of directives for the government to stop custodial deaths.It also asked the government to conduct an independent probe into such deaths.

Last year, 229 people died in custody of law enforcement agencies, according to a report of rights group Ain O Salish Kendra. At least 23 people died in Rab and police encounters and two in 'shootouts' involving the joint forces, the report said.n the first six months of this year, 61 people were killed by law enforcers. Of them, 26 were killed by Rapid Action Battalion. During the same period, 41 people died in custody.

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[ALOCHONA] ICDDR,B restructuring won'thelp local scientists



BLATANT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BANGLADESHIS

ICDDR,B restructuring won'thelp local scientists
 
Shamsul Huda
 
Despite the required eligibility of the local scientists to get their due promotion to higher position at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B), over the decades no mentionable promotion took place there. This is a violation of the Ordinance regarding the ICDDR, B that was promulgated ever since its inception which clearly lays down that both the local and foreign skilled scientists shall be allowed to lead the institution.
   
Besides, it allows an expatriate to stay for two terms (three years each). But in Dhaka the expatriates stay more than two terms by defying the rules in the Ordinance. Though the Bangladeshis are allowed to stay the entire time during job in their posts they do not get the facilities that the expatriates enjoy. Rules are relaxed in case of foreigners but these have been strictly followed in case of the Bangladeshis.
   
Only the foreigners are leading this institution over the decades despite having more qualified local scientists and experts. The expatriate officers are in the important posts. The overall activity of the ICDDR, B is governed by a 17- member Board of Trustee (BOT); of them, only three are nominated by the Government of Bangladesh. At present, Sheikh Altaf Ali, secretary for the ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, secretary for the Economic Relations Department and renowned biochemist Professor Dr. Md. Suhrab Ali are representing the Bangladesh government to the ICDDR, B's BOT.
   
Dr. Alejandro Cravioto, executive director (ED) of the institution, who has been working for consecutive two terms, is going to restructure the present administrative frame that would create more deprivation among the local scientists and employees. At present, local scientists and general employees are not getting the facilities as stipulated in the Ordinance like those of the foreigners.
   
   Local IT cos. bypassed
   Under his leadership the Restructuring and Strategic Plan 2020 work is awarded to a company named Delloit & Touche and another company named Price Water Corporation was given contract for Hospital Management Software through the mediator of an Indian citizen Aniruddho Neogi, the finance director. These two companies got the job for restructuring without international tender bypassing the participation of the local IT expert companies. The Health Minister said to the journalists that he had informed the matter to the Prime Minister's adviser Dr. Modasser Ali who said that investigation and action would be taken according to international rules as ICDDR'B is not a local organisation.
   
According to the new restructuring plan the local and other developing country scientists are to obtain funds on their own from the foreign sources for their respective projects that would definitely put the local scientists in difficulties and make them dependent on the funding authorities and abide by their instructions, said a senior scientist of the Centre. If it is implemented, local scientist's 80 per cent salary will depend on their collection from the research fund that is absolutely uncertain.
   
   Rules violated
   The local scientists who discovered the life saving oral saline in this organisation do not get due honour and privileges when they visit the centre, while the others who are foreigners get all the facilities and privileges. The local scientists have been removed from their higher posts and replaced by foreigners without complying the rules and regulations.
   
The Bangladeshi BOT members have no role except attending the meeting. So far, six EDs before Alejandro worked here. Present discrimination is going on in a wider scale. As an instance, many senior physicians are serving at the Clinical Science Division of the centre. The executive director's division took control of this division by employing a British physician who was working at the Lamb Hospital in Dinajpur and does not have experience on diarrhoeal disease management. The centre has become a dumping place of the foreigners' family members with various missions in Bangladesh. The ED office has introduced many administrative positions for the foreigners' spouse like the Head of Travellers' Clinic, the Director of Infrastructure, Head of Quality Assurance and others. All these positions are paid from the core fund. These positions were previously running with reputations by Bangladeshi scientists and experts with national grade salaries.
   
The Cholera Research Laboratory (CRL) was inaugurated in the year 1960 with SEATO Military Act. In the year 1974 the then president took initiative to extend its facilities to an international status. In the year 1978, the then CRL was named as ICDDR, B and was declared an international organization by an ordinance of the Government of Bangladesh. Nowhere the ordinance says that a Bangladeshi would not be capable to be the Executive Director of the ICDDR, B.
   
The board chairman is always a foreigner. All four divisions namely HSID-Health system and Infectious diseases division, PHSD- Public Health sciences Division, EDD-Executive Director's Division, which is directly supervised by the ED himself, and he is also responsible for Human Resources division, Finance division and IT division with individual directors of each and LSD-the Laboratory science division are headed by directors.
  
 The director positions of HSID and PHSD are vital scientific positions for facilitating research of the working scientists. Although the directors of these two divisions left the centre long time ago, Alejandro is not hiring scientists, rather he is running all these divisions himself even without nominating any Bangladeshi as division director. This situation is decelerating scientific research in the competitive world of science and technology.
   
   Detrimental restructuring
   Sources doubt, the restructuring can be renamed as re-establishing the foreigners who are working now in the centre bypassing the Ordinance. On the contrary, the criteria that has been set for scientific track career of the Bangladeshi nationals is totally impossible to reach within the set timeframe and hence to be fulfilled by foreigners. This will not only create problems for the scientists working at the centre, it will also have a nationwide negative impact on medical and biological research, and would hamper the activities in a wide range of research objectives from laboratory to the community level, diarrhoeal diseases to infectious and chronic diseases, demographic surveillance to climate change, diagnostic service to quality assurance and biosafety etc. with modern facilities and collaboration with many national institutions.

   The plan of dissolving divisions to specific programmes will squeeze the work area and training facilities of trainees from various national institutions.It is important that the three Bangladeshi BOT members should be aware of the activities of the management how the centre is running without following the ordinance. It is clear violation of the Government directives and also looks carefully how the bilateral money is being used by the centre. Question is always raised whether such money is used for facility development, scientific achievement or for giving only salary to the non-scientific foreign staff or used for travelling of these expatriates. The deprived scientists and employees demand immediate action by the legal authority of the Government of Bangladesh against blatant discrimination.
   
There were attempts to contact Mr. Alexandro Cravioto, ED, and his secretary Loretta Saldanha, but they did not respond. They suggested the Holiday correspondent to talk to a senior scientist named Dr. Abbas Bhuiyan who too was unavailable.


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[ALOCHONA] BB Governor pursues Tk 600cr digital plan for a private company



BB Governor pursues Tk 600cr digital plan for a private company

Abdur Rahman Khan
 
Though the Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor deserves appreciation for promoting the proposal to set up 10,000 digital centres for providing monetary transaction services at the grassroots level, question has arisen about the very intention in selecting a particular private business enterprise having no previous experience of handling a huge financial transaction but a dismal record of failure in a pilot digital project of preparing voter's ID card.

   Terming it "a visionary project", Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman said the digital centres will be set up under SME programme, which have raised some vital questions regarding the whole programme.
   The Governor, having some special fascination for the project promoter, apparently was in a hurry to call the meeting on a weekly holiday, Saturday, July 3, 2010, to convince the Deputy Managing Directors and SME heads of all banks and non-banking financial institutions in mobilising Taka 600 crore for Digital Centre project as pursued by Digital Technologies Limited, a private business enterprise.

   Engineer Mozammel Huq, Chief Executive Officer of the Digital Technologies Limited, who also identifies himself as a columnist and ICT specialist, presented the concept paper in the gathering of financial leaders claiming that the Prime Minister's office "has given recognition" to his idea as "the need of the hour" and offered necessary cooperation.
   He also claimed that Bangladesh Bank has provided the Digital Technologies with necessary approval to establish the Multi-Bank Electronic Payment Network (MBEPN) with the "moral consent" to refinance the project at 5 per cent interest rate.

   Mozammel Haque, the project designer, has also mentioned in his presentation that Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has provided his company with necessary permission to operate digital payment and information network while the Local Government Ministry "has agreed" to allocate land for establishing Digital Centres in the business and growth centres.
   According to the proposal, Digital Centre is a "Social Business Model" and a "Nationwide Service Delivery Network" (NSDN) designed by Digital Technologies Ltd (DTL) to implement the vision of "Digital Bangladesh". The Digital Centre for each 15,000 people on an average will be established in phases by 2011.
   Digital Centres will deal with all money payments from government to the people (G2P), people to people (P2P) and people to government (P2G) including salary payment, pension payment, freedom fighters' allowance, food for works payment, students' scholarship, all utility bill payment, and foreign remittance disbursement.
   The minimum monthly income of each Digital Centre will be Tk. 54,000 against the monthly expenditure of Tk. 44,000 leaving an operational surplus of Tk 10, 000 per month, the project proposal mentions.
   
   Pilot project
   Aftab-ul-Islam, chairman of SME Foundation, suggested setting up the centres as pilot project-based programme to review and evaluate its output.
   The minimum monthly income of each Digital Centre will be Tk 54,000 against the monthly expenditure of Tk 44,000 leaving an operational surplus of Tk 10, 000 per month, the project proposal mentions.
   "If all these monetary operations are to be conducted through a these Digital Centres, then what would be the use of 6,000 to 7,000 SME branches of all the banks in the country, questioned one of the bankers who participated in the seminar on Digital Centre.
   There are efficient NGO's like BRAC, Grameen Bank or ASA who have been doing well over the decades in credit handling business. Why the government do not try to involve them in these centres, he posed a question.
   
   Others ignored
   There are many reputed IT companies in the country who have not been involved in the programme. When asked, the executive Director of Bangladesh Computer Council said he has gone through the news item but the council is in no way involved in the project.
   The government at local level is developing the union information centres to provide IT-based facilities at the grassroots level which also can be used to function as digital centres, said an official.
   Aftab-ul-Islam, chairman of SME Foundation, suggested that to test the viability of the project, it should be started as a pilot project first and then evaluate the outcome before going for a country-wide operation.
 


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[ALOCHONA] Vitamin E Protects the Lungs from Deadly Diseases



Vitamin E Protects the Lungs from Deadly Diseases
 
(NaturalNews) In the year 2000 it was estimated that approximately 16 million people suffered from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a progressive disease that hinders breathing. In the same year, COPD was responsible for the death of 2.74 million people. This number comes from the World Health Organization (WHO) statistics for the year 2000. While it is not the leading cause of death in the United States, it is among the deadliest. It shares 4th and 5th places with HIV/AIDS as a cause of death throughout the world. According to WHO predictions, it will be ranked 3rd by 2020. A new study has thankfully linked vitamin E to the protection of the lungs, and the subsequent prevention of COPD.

In this study, women over the age of 45 were given therapeutic amounts of vitamin E through supplementation. The aim of the study was to see if the vitamin e would cause any reduction in COPD severity, or even decrease the chance of being diagnosed with COPD. The results showed that consistent use of vitamin E over a long period of time is indeed effective in preventing COPD. In this large, randomized controlled trial, people who were supplementing with vitamin E were shown to have their COPD risk cut by 10%. What is even more shocking is that the benefits were found in smokers and non-smokers alike.

Although COPD is still more common in smokers than non-smokers, more and more people are being diagnosed with COPD due to the increased amount of air pollution. Supplementing with vitamin E can help curb the onset of COPD and is vital in such a polluted environment that we live in.

Supplementing with vitamin E is safe and easy to do, and it will cost you a lot less than any hospital bills. Most people take low-grade vitamins, chock full of toxic synthetic vitamins. In addition, the soil that we use to grow our produce has become depleted of its nutrients, yielding nutrient-deficient crops. Because of this, it is difficult to get all the essential daily nutrients from eating alone. Even many supplements do not deliver enough high quality vitamin E. When supplementing with vitamin E, it's important to take natural vitamin E in the form of d-alpha tocopherol. The synthetic version of vitamin E is dl-alpha-tocopherol.

In addition to supplementation, you should consume some foods rich in vitamin e every day. Here is a short list of foods containing vitamin e:

Almonds
Apples
Broccoli
Carrots
Kiwi
Peanuts
Spinach
Sunflower Seeds
Vegetable and Seed/Nut Oils (sunflower oil, almond oil, olive oil, palm oil, peanut oil, etc.)

One last thing to consider when supplementing with vitamin E is the dosage. Because too much vitamin e can be harmful for your body, it's important to take notice of how much is being consumed in a day. There is some dispute as to how much vitamin e should be taken daily, but many professionals believe anywhere from 300-800 IU/day can be taken safely and without concern.

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[ALOCHONA] Re: Fwd: Happy youth: 42% wants to leave the country

They are happy because most of them have given up on having higher expectations of Bangladesh. As with many things in life - one can be happier if one cares less. This disengagement is NOT from world trends. They want to go out and meet world trends head on. Their disengagement is from trends in Bangladesh.

They want to leave the country not because of ignorance of the outside world but because of their knowledge of the world inside Bangladesh.

You could not last 5 minutes in an argument with a youngster determined to build a life abroad. And you needn't worry. As a nation we don't want or encourage young talent to stay. Which is why no one gives a damn that every year thousands of our best young people leave.

This is the Bangladesh created by the older generation who support the crimes and lies of AL and BNP. And now this same generation blames the younger generation. No wonder our youth have disengaged.

Political activists aren't worth the spit of our young people. Our young people go abroad and lead more productive lives in safer environments with a better ethical setting.

Parents and grandparents don't encourage their kids to return even if it breaks their hearts.

Because of our politics.

Even all the AL who faint at the sight of Joy know that what they like about Joy would not be there if Joy had spent his life in Bangladesh mixing in AL circles. Dhekthe hobeh na kar nathi? Ji na. Dhekthe hobeh kuthai manush hoilo.

42% want to leave their country - its a good sign. It indirectly shows the rejection of the Bangladesh of AL and BNP.

Even AL and BNP activists abroad don't return to Bangladesh when their party wins power!


--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> ------ Forwarded message ----------
> From: Javed Ahmad
>
> They are 'happy' because they are not aware of many of the world trends
> and events that is taking shape and how they might affect them. And they
> 'want to leave the country' because they do not know what 'freedom' means as
> the world is gradually turning into a prison. Our present young generation
> are the believers of "ignorance is bliss". Soon they would come to know the
> truth and will be totally clue less. Perhaps then they would come to
> understand that this life is not a bed of roses.
>
> --- On *Sun, 6/13/10, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Isha Khan <bdmailer@...>
> Subject: Re: Happy youth: 42% wants to leave the country
> To:
> Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 2:28 AM
>
>
> *Most youths are happy, but half of them want to go abroad*
>
> *British Council* survey reveals
>
> Eighty eight per cent of young people in Bangladesh are either happy or very
> happy while 42 per cent young people want to go abroad, said a survey report
> conducted by the British Council.
>
> On the findings of the study, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said: "The total
> number of young people in Bangladesh is around 55 million. Among this 88 per
> cent are happy or very happy while 1.6 per cent are unhappy. It's a positive
> sign for our country. As the young generation is happy they can bring a
> better future for the country."
>
> She said 76.5 per cent of youth believe women should play a greater role in
> decision making affecting their community while 73 per cent of them own a
> mobile phone. Both are good signs as we are going on our way of fulfilling
> Vision 2021, she added.
>
> The foreign minister said this while speaking at the launching ceremony of
> the survey report titled "Bangladesh: The Next Generation" at a city hotel
> on Saturday.
>
> British High Commissioner Stephen Evans said: "This survey demonstrates the
> need and opportunities offered by mobilising one of the Bangladesh's
> greatest assets--the 55 million young people between the ages of 15 and 30
> and pointed to the significance of active citizenship in building
> communities and improving livelihood to take Bangladesh forward."
>
> British Council Director Charles Nuttall OBE recognised the transformational
> power of young Bangladeshis and added: "We hope the report will promote
> discussion on how the immense social and human capital that Bangladeshi
> youth have to offer can be harnessed."
>
> The survey involved hour long interviews with 2,167 males and females aged
> between 15 and 30, which the British Council claims were representatives of
> the demographics of young people in Bangladesh.
>
> The survey found that young people had an overall positive view of the
> country's progress - with 79 percent believing that "the country is heading
> in the right direction". However, 60 percent of the interviewees said that
> they felt that corruption will or may get worse in the next five years.
>
> They ranked bribery as the second most important factor, next to education,
> in securing a job- with 12 percent believing it to be the major factor.
>
> It also found that only 15 percent thought that student politics is a good
> thing. Another 36 percent said student politics has a detrimental effect on
> educational institutions.
>
> http://fe-bd.com/more.php?news_id=102985&date=2010-06-13
>
> On 6/13/10, Isha Khan
> <bdmailer@...<http://mc/compose?to=bdmailer@...>>
> wrote:
> >
> > *British Council* survey on bangladesh youth
> >
> > http://www.dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=15&dd=2010-06-13&ni=21648
> >
>


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Re: [ALOCHONA] 26 rare artifacts stolen, museum mum



Dear Editor of Alochona

 

What big words used by Faruque Alamgir aka Hakka Hua Shial? in addition to being a poet, writer and a world class flag waiver our shial alochock is a DNA expert. So SMART ! Just look at the complex thoughts he has produced. I think he should bronzed and statue erected of him

 

Let the seat of power betray the cause of the blood of the Mukti Jodhdhas(which is their genetic character) but we the mass should not allow the sacrifice of our sons,brothers,daughters,sisters who dreamt a shiny future for us and gave away their life to go in vain.
Hell with HINDU  STAAANI Paa Chata Dalals n Paki Janwar's Doshors <--- (wow what a complex description paa chat a dalals in Paki Janwar)
Akash Batash Nodi Prantor", Lal Sabuj Pataka (<---- So romantic Shial with Mrs Shial on the Padaa nodi holding hands and singing, so much in love, I am so touched I could cry)

 

BANGLADESH  ZINDABAD
ZINDABAD 
BANGLADESH ZINDABAD  (AND A champion flag waiver- Oh baby i cant restrain myslf)


-----Original Message-----
From: Faruque Alamgir
Sent: Jul 8, 2010 2:49 PM
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com, wideminds , "Md. Aminul Islam" , Anis Ahmed , "Dr. Abid Bahar" , Ayubi , Sonar Bangladesh , Bangla Zindabad , Sattabadi Nagarik , serajurrahman@btinternet.com, farhadmazhar@hotmail.com, zoglul@hotmail.co.uk
Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] 26 rare artifacts stolen, museum mum

 

Friends


After being throned by HINDUSTAAAAAN BAL has replaced in almost important sectors which deals with security,development and heritage by their henchmen. This has been done to ease the traffic of the vile from across the border to subdue our national spirit and patriotism.BASTARD HINDUSTAAAAAN wants full control over  all aspects of our national life.

The theft is nothing important to  that of the theft of our security and sovereignty and freedom as an independent entity. The killing of Bangladeshis like cats and dogs on daily basis ,stopping international waters,occupying our land and intermittent attack on the border out post and snatch our harvest or mineral resources are the indication that bestial Hindustaaaaan will take everything they want and give us Lolly Pop through only and the only sole agent of "Chetona" n Shadhinata to chew.

People of Bangladesh should open their eyes and better start weighing the allegiance of the "Chetona Dharis" and their acts to undo our national spirit and raise serious voice to stop these once for all.

Let the seat of power betray the cause of the blood of the Mukti Jodhdhas(which is their genetic character) but we the mass should not allow the sacrifice of our sons,brothers,daughters,sisters who dreamt a shiny future for us and gave away their life to go in vain.

Let the heroic sacrifice of the Martyrs remain ever glowing in the "Akash Batash Nodi Prantor" of BANGLADESH  n the Lal Sabuj Pataka to fly high with right dignity n honour forever n ever.

Hell with HINDU  STAAANI Paa Chata Dalals n Paki Janwar's Doshors

BANGLADESH  ZINDABAD
ZINDABAD 
BANGLADESH ZINDABAD

Faruque Alamgir



On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
 

26 rare artifacts stolen, museum mum
 
Dhaka, July 4 (bdnews24.com)-- At least 26 medals and coins of History and Classical Fine Arts Department under Gallery 21 of National Museum have been stolen.

The museum's deputy keeper Nure Nasrin, assistant keeper AKM Saifuzzaman and three security personnel have been temporarily suspended over the incident.

Museum secretary Alam Ara filed a case with Shahbagh Police Station on June 26 though the case did not specify when the theft took place.

On June 2, the museum filed a general diary with Shahbagh police citing that 26 artifacts have been stolen but then the GD also bore no date of occurrence.

Allegations are there that the museum is trying to maintain strict secrecy to hush it up.

When asked about the matter, security chief Sultan Mahmud and head of History and Classical Fine Arts Department Swapan Kumar Biswas pleaded their ignorance saying that they have been asked not to talk about the matter.

Museum's director general Prakash Chandra Das was not available at his office despite having an appointment with this correspondent.

Investigation officer of the case and Shahbagh police sub-inspector Abdur Rahim told bdnews24.com that investigation would end soon. He declined to elaborate in the interest of the investigation.

Rahim said no one has been arrested.

bdnews24.com understands that the museum has formed a three-member probe committee, which had been asked to report within seven working days.

In the report, the committee after watching an obscure and incomplete video footage of 2005 mentioned that the number of stolen medals and coins were about 26.

But they could not say the 'exact number'.

The History and Classical Fine Arts Department did not provide any relevant authentic information to the probe committee. On top of that, the report stated that the information was not available with the records of the security branch.

Sufi Mostafizur Rahman, professor of Department of Anthropology at Jahangirnagar University, told bdnews24.com, "The account of the museum's collection is usually kept at several places. There is no scope to say that it is missing. And in the case of the National Museum, it is unimaginable."

The probe report blamed deputy keeper Nure Nasrin, assistant keeper AKM Saifuzzaman for their negligence.

The bdnews24.com correspondent found that the Gallery 21 on the first floor had collection of coins dating back to 1985-1942 in its 3462 showcase but some niches were found empty.

There was evidence of coins having been deliberately removed from the niches.

Professor Rahman said, "All collections of museum are priceless. They cannot be purchased in exchange for money."

"Considering their importance, the museum's collections have to be properly preserved as the valuable treasures once lost cannot be regained," Rahman said.




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