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[ALOCHONA] Intellectuals on closure of schools, CNG...



 Intellectuals on closure of schools, CNG...
 
 
 
 


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[ALOCHONA] Law, order deteriorates all over country : Establishing supremacy, extortions by ruling partymen responsible



Law, order deteriorates all over country : Establishing supremacy, extortions by ruling partymen responsible


The law and order has deteriorated seriously across the country for establishing supremacy and collecting tolls ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr in recent times adding to the concern of the people.Establishment of supremacy by the men of the ruling party and their extortion have also assumed a serious proportion in the length and the breadth of the country, police said.
 

Meanwhile, maximum forces of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police were deployed for maintaining the law and order in the month of Ramzan and ahead of Eid.

In recent times, at least five people were shot dead, and 20 others killed in the mob beating much to the concern of the people for absent of law enforcers.
 

Dhaka Metropolitan Police sources said on an average 400 to 500 cases of snatching, extortion and robbery were taking place in the capital every month. Dhaka had already been turned into a most risky city, the sources added.
The ruling party cadres throughout the country had been extorting money from the business and industrial sectors at random. They were being shielded by influential leaders in the government, police said.'
 
Awami League leader Ibrahim Ahmed died when an MPs pistol bullet suddenly went off on his mouth at Topkhana Road in the capital Friday night. Ibrahim Ahmed, 38, an AL activist of Ward 56 of Dhaka City Corporation, was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with bullet injuries on his mouth. The doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Ibrahim, a resident of Topkhana area, was a Ward Councillor aspirant, claimed his relatives.According to police, Juba League leader Ibrahim Ahmed died when he was handling a pistol licensed to Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon, the recently elected MP of Bhola-3.
 

A bullet from the firearm went off on Friday night in front of the MP hostel, inside the jeep that Shaon uses. Jeep driver Kamal Hossain's statement to the police says that the bullet went off by itself, presumably accidentally as Ibrahim himself was holding it and playing with it in the jeep.

Meanwhile, a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader of Gazipur district, who suffered stab wound on August 3, succumbed to his injuries at DMCH on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Mizanur Rahman, former organising secretary of the district unit of BCL.

Alleged extortionists shot dead a contractor in the capital's Moghbazar area on Thursday night and also injured a pedestrian.The deceased, Mohammad Swapan, 35, was riddled with four bullets as he went to buy medicine from a pharmacy near his Ambagan residence in Moghbazar around 8:30pm.

The injured, Nur Mohammad Nuru, 27, of the same neighbourhood was in line of fire as he went to buy cigarettes. He suffered wound to his lower back.The deceased's uncle Abdul Kader said last week some extortionists demanded Tk 50,000 from Swapan. They might have shot Swapan as he refused to pay the money, said Kader.Officer-in-Charge of Ramna Police Station Shiblee Noman told The New Nation that some assailants had shot Swapan a few months back. Some of them were arrested but later released on bail, he said.

Shah Paran, activist of the ruling party was killed by the mob beating in Hazaribagh area on July 15. Police filed an unnatural death case in this regard.Source said, for establishing supremacy in the area local terrorists Halim, Abed and Jashim beat him mercilessly and he died on the spot. Police still did not put up their names for being involved in the killing of Shah Paran.

In another incident, six police were killed by the mob beating in Gazipur area few days ago. Six police were killed allegedly for their involvement in robbery. Muggers snatched Tk 5.12 lakh from two traders, injuring them with bullets and bomb in the process, in separate incidents in the city's Mirpur and Sutrapur areas on August 1.
 

In Mirpur, Hasan along with his younger brother Qayyum Talukder withdrew Tk 5 lakh from the Mirpur Branch of Prime Bank at Rokeya Sarani at about 3:30 pm. Muggers snatched the money and fired them when they tried to resist.

In another incident, the vegetable trader Saidul, while returning to Mohammadpur by a rickshaw van loaded with vegetables from Shyam Bazar at about 12:30 P.M on Saturday, the muggers attacked and injured him by gun shots. The muggers fled the scene after snatching Tk 12,000 from Saidul. He was rushed to the DMCH.
 


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[ALOCHONA] MP beats up Sharsha OC



MP beats up Sharsha OC
 
Jessore, Aug 15 (bdnews24.com) – Sharsha police chief Enamul Haque has been severely beaten by ruling Awami League MP Sheikh Afil Uddin. The police official filed a general diary on Sunday afternoon with the police station over the incident against Afil and his cadre Musa Mahmud.

Enamul said that he went to Afil's office in the afternoon as Afil called him with the files of the murder case of one Abdul Hamid, a BNP activist. He said, "Afil slapped me and his man Musa beat me severely afterwards." "Afil threatened to kill me if I did not leave Sharsha," said Enamul.

Sub-inspector 'Asad', who was present during the beating, admitted that Afil beat Enamul. "Musa also tried to hit me as I protested. But I managed to leave the place with Enamul," said Asad.

The Jessore MP, however, denied beating the police official. He said, "I just asked Enamul why he had charged innocent Awami League men in the murder case." Jessore police superintendent Didar Ahmed visited the police station in the evening following the incident. He said, "I have heard about the incident. But I have not heard that it was a beating."



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[ALOCHONA] Fwd: Millionaire BNP Ministers



------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Zoglul Husain
Ref: Millionaire BNP Ministers by Dr. Peter Snowman.
 
There is not much doubt that this list was produced by RAW using the name of the writer as Dr. Peter Snowman (i) to demolish the BNP-JI alliance, (ii) to build support for the alliance of BAL, JP, etc. and (iii) to launch the one-eleven 2007 operation with the pretext of eradicating corruption. The actual objectives of one-eleven 2007 was to snatch our independence and sovereignty, to trample our national interest for the interest of India and to plunder our national resources.
 
They have not produced a millionaire-list of BAL, JP or other parties, Govt officials, industry and trades people, professionals, NGO's, RAW operatives etc. While the corruption list has neither been proved nor disproved in the Kangaroo courts (which the courts were turned to be, since one-eleven 2007. Albeit there were problems before then, but they were not quite Kangaroo courts), people generally believe that all the Governments we so far had since independence, were thoroughly corrupt, with Mujib regime's corruption and terror surpassing all, when 30 thousand patriots were brutally and illegally killed and the Govt and the ruling party corruption, grabbing and terror produced the man-made famine of 1974 in which three to five hundred-thousand people perished.       

The BNP millionaire's list was published by Muktadhara.net, the link being http://muktadhara.net/bnpministers.htm (no date is given except for a copyright of 2001). It was also published in the News From Bangladesh (NFB) on 1 December 2006, please see the report in http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=139870 and also another report in the NFB on the same date and by the same writer, http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=139888.
 
It is also interesting that the email address of the writer of the present report, Dr Peter Snowman of NY, has been given in muktadhara.com report as "Email: anita.mathur@yahoo.com". This Anita Mathur claimed to be a journalist from Kolkata and wrote in the NFB with the same email-address on 23 March 2007 as follows: Ref: 'US Congress resolution on Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury: Generating curious interest to look behind the mysterious shadows!'-Comments: Please see the link: http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=155060.
 
Now, your readers, I think, can see the spider web of this intelligence report quite clearly. Like the Govts of the US and India, and probably like all Govts in the world, BD Govts have their corruptions and, perception-wise for BD, they may be the most, or one of the most, corrupt Govts, but there are also huge networks of foreign intelligences, which heavily influence the Govt actions of BD. Many believe that Mujib assassination was instigated by the US, Zia assassination was instigated by India and, likewise, one-eleven 2007 was engineered by India-US(Bush).
 
The above are only some traces of those huge conspiracies. We must oppose Indian hegemony over Bangladesh.  
  

Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:05:22 +0600
Subject: Millionaire BNP Ministers
From: bdmailer@gmail.com


Millionaire BNP Ministers : Hawa Bhaban was headquarter of the corruption of BNP-Jamat
 
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: <haque@berlin.com>
 
Summary: Corruption is the number one problem for Bangladesh. Transparency International in its annual report placed Bangladesh at the top of the list of most corrupt nations in the world. Certainly, it makes the politicians in Bangladesh, especially those in power, extremely uncomfortable and worried. It is apprehended that in the coming report of Transparency International, Bangladesh is going to be placed once again at the top. Although the ruling alliance in the country are making frantic bids in cleansing the image of Bangladesh, it is well understood that, international community are yet to be convinced to the fact that, Begum Khaleda Zia's government is doing something in eliminating corruption from different section in the country. Only recently, an intelligence agency in the country identified 11 mid ranking officials with National Board of Revenue, who own 15 luxurious villas in countries port city of Chittagong, which costs US$ 2.5 million. It is important to mention here that, monthly salary of these officials is less than US$ 400 per month! Police and Customs (revenue) are the most corrupt departments in Bangladesh. Almost all the officers, on their retirement, emerge as multi-millionaire. They acquire wealth and properties in their own name of in the names of their spouses. It is almost an open secret in the country. Government also knows these facts, but is unable to take any action.
 

In recent days, names of some of the members of the BNP's cabinet in Bangladesh come as the worst corrupts. They minted money like wild gambling. Sixty members of parliament rose complaint against a particular minister, while the Prime Minister Khaleda Zia did not take any action against him. It is also learnt that, many of the family members of Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia are becoming fabulously rich, by using state power. The most talked about corrupt figure in Bangladesh is Tareq Rahman, eldest son of the Prime Minister. TAREQ BECAME BILLIONAIRE JUST IN FEW YEARS, WHILE MANY OF HIS FRIENDS, WHO WERE PARTNERS IN HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITIES OR IN THE ADDICTION OF PHENSIDYL ALSO BECAME VERY RICH UNDER THE DIRECT PATRONIZATION OF THE SON OF PM BEGUM KHALEDA ZIA.

Tareq has established Hawa Bhaban, which is although considered as one of the offices of the ruling party. There are solid evidences of this office's involvement in interfering in almost all the business and contracts in the country. Hawa Bhaban palls are considered as the most influential figures in Bangladesh. One of the Hawa Bhaban palls is Giasuddin Mamun, who is tareq's closest friend too. Hailing from an extreme poor family in the southern part of Bangladesh, Mamun is today one of the richest men in Bangladesh through various corruption, smuggling and many other forms of illegal activities.

Surprisingly one of the assistant press secretaries of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, Touhidul Islam alias Ashik Islam is simultaneously working in the PMO as well in Hawa Bhaban as its spokesman. Moreover, this man is also involved with Tareq's private television channel, Channel One. There are numerous allegations on Ashik's involvement in a number of financial irregularities as well of misappropriating state money with various excuses, government did not take any action against this man, as he is considered to be one of the closest aides of Tareq Rahman. In the PMO too, Ashik is known as an womanizer, alcoholic, bribe taker and blackmailer. Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was notified several times about this man's illegal activities by country's intelligence agencies. But, she could not take any action against Ashik, as Tareq always stood behind him with fullest support.

Khaleda'a own brother, Sayeed Iskander, who is a sacked major of Bangladesh army, also turned into multi-millionaire by using the influence of his sister. Sayeed runs a company named dandy Dying, which is a mere camouflage of his other activities. Behind the mask of Dandy Dying, Sayeed is involved in minting fabulous amount of cash through kick backs or other means; as well he is virtually active as the unseen defense advisor to the Prime Minister. No posting or promotion in the army is possible without his blessings or recommendations. Sayeed Iskander placed a number of his course-mates and even some of his close relatives in the sensitive and important positions in Bangladesh Army. A man with high political ambition, Sayeed is known to be one of the key conspirators in seizing power from Khaleda by using his grip in the armed forces. His ultimate goal is to become the future Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Khaleda's late husband President Ziaur Rahman sacked Sayeed Iskander from Bangladesh Army for his alleged involvement in a number of corruption charges. Zia was one of the few honest figures in Bangladesh politics, who did not allow any of the members of his family to make money using state power. Not only that, Ziaur Rahman was the man, who did not interfere when both of his sons were ousted from St. Joseph School, which is considered one of the most prestigious schools in Dhaka. Zia's sons were to leave this school because they turned to be duffers and extremely inattentive to their education. Tareq and his brother requested their daddy to readmit them in St. Joseph, when angry Ziaur Rahman said, "I am not in power to support inattentive sons of mine".

The present government will finish its tenure this October. Meantime, names of most corrupt ministers are already coming in circulation, with figures of cash they minted during the five-year term of the BNP government since 2001. The corrupt ministers are:
Name of Minister Amount Earned in U$
01 Barrister Nazmul Huda 0.5 billion
02 Mirza Abbas 43 Million
03 Begum Khurshid Jahan Haque (sister of PM) 40 Million
04 Tariqul Islam 38 million
05 Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan 35 million
06 Salahuddin Ahmed 32 million
07 Barrister Aminul Huq 31 million
08 Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf 30 million
09 Altaf Hussain Chowdhury 28 million
10 Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku 26 million
11 Dr. Khandekar Musharraf Hussain 25 million
12 Barkatulla Bulu 24 million
13 Abdullah Al Noman 23 million
14 Lt. Col Akber Hussain 22 million
15 Major (Retired) Qamrul Islam 21 million
16 Shajahan Siraj 20 million
17 Advocate Gautam Chakrabarty 17 million
18 Amanullah Aman 15 million
19 Ziaul Haque Zia 14 million
20 Jafrul Islam Chowdhury 13 million
21 ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon 11 million
22 Asadul Habib Dulu 10 million
23 Fazlur Rahman Patal 9 million
24 Advocate Ruhul Quddus Talikder Dulu 8 million
25 Lutfur Rahman Khan Azad 6 million
Finance Minister M. Saifur Rahman is although considered to be a clean man, his sons are engaged in minting money by using the influence of their father. His sons are involved in several businesses like multi-level marketing (a company, which just disappeared after taking a few million dollars from the innocent people), customs clearing and forwarding business (this company is handling most of the big businesses in the country, just because, finance minister's sons are partners in the business), readymade garments (smuggling of narcotics are done under the cover of this business) etc.

Dr. Peter Snowman
34 Bay Side Ave
New York City
USA
 



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[ALOCHONA] Bangladesh Army's business interests are now $500M and growing



Bangladeshi army on manoeuvres The army is becoming increasingly involved in business activities

The Bangladeshi army has over the years played a key role in the country's political life, but it has now also emerged as a major player in the business arena, with interests spread across all the major sectors of the economy.

Following the example of the Pakistan army, it has been thriving under successive civilian governments. But there are now signs of unease about it within the force itself and within wider society.

Evidence of the army's wealth and influence is not hard to find.

The five star Dhaka Radisson hotel - which offers guests use of the nearby deluxe army golf course - is owned by the Bangladesh Army Welfare Trust (AWT) and was established on military land.

'Commercial advantage'

There are five other top hotels in Dhaka, but none can provide a package that exploits military real estate.

Dhaka Radisson The military's interests include the hotel and hospitality trade

Capitalising on its success with the Dhaka Radisson, the AWT is now building another five-star hotel in the port city of Chittagong.

A leading hotelier who did not wish to be identified told the BBC that the use of cheaper military-land amid sky-rocketing land prices in Dhaka has given the army a clear commercial advantage against other players.

In addition to a recently-built fast-food shop aimed at the affluent middle class in Dhaka, the army's other big business these days is the Trust Bank. Set up under civilian rule, it has now grown into a fully-fledged commercial bank with about 40 branches nationwide.

In 2007, the military-backed caretaker government granted it exclusive rights to receive fees for passports.

Former senior civil servant Akbar Ali Khan says that this is against the government's procurement rules - and there should have been an open tender to ensure that the cheapest and best passport service was selected.

Impropriety denied

While bank officials say it played by the rules and received no special favours from the government, its audited accounts - first released in 2007 - caused much controversy.

They revealed that the-then army chief, Gen Moeen U Ahmed, got loans several times larger than the rules allow.

Dhaka shopping complex The army's business empire is thought to be worth around $500m

At the time, he was chairman of the Trust Bank by virtue of the fact that he was head of the army. And Bangladesh was being ruled by an army-backed interim government.

Gen Ahmed denies any impropriety, arguing that questions over the size of the loan are an attempt "to malign" him.

And there are other parts of the forces which have their own banks. The Civil Defence Force runs the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party Bank - known as the Ansar VDP Bank. This bank, set up in 1995 by the government, has not yet received any banking licence and functions like a credit society.

But the army's interests do not end here.

Ice cream sales

If you are buying any ice-cream in rural areas of the country, you may be getting a product of an army-owned business, that of the Sena Kallyan Sangstha (SKS).

The SKS is a welfare foundation whose function is to care for the welfare of veterans and family members of servicemen.

Among other things, the SKS now owns concerns in food, textiles, jute, garments, electronics, real estate and travel.

It is now evident that the Bangladeshi armed forces have been largely following the business model developed so successfully by their Pakistani counterparts.

In Pakistan, the military's Fauji Foundation has a huge involvement in trade and industry.

Using the Pakistani model, the AWT was founded in 1998 during the previous rule of the Awami League led by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The irony is that military business interests have thrived more under civilian rule than under martial law regimes.

The growth of military involvement in commerce has had serious repercussions for the armed forces themselves.

The official probe into the country's worst ever mutiny by the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) border guards in 2009 - which left at least 68 high ranking military officials dead - bears this out.

Commission Chairman M Anisuzzaman Khan said that the mutiny was partly fuelled by resentment among the BDR's rank-and-file over the corruption of army officers engaged in the retail sale of consumer items.

It recommended that no forces - military or civil defence - should be allowed to engage in commercial or business activities.

''Law and order forces are meant for defending the country, they are not supposed to run factories or business units," Mr Khan said.

Unease

But an empire worth at least $500m is growing daily and becoming stronger. Plans obtained by the BBC reveal that the army's business ambitions include power plants and even the insurance businesses - no potential business sector seems out of its sights.

Soldiers distributing Soya bin Oil Critics argue that the army should concentrate on serving the country

Although the army headquarters agreed to respond to the queries made by the BBC, our repeated requests for interviews did not materialise and no response was actually made.

But a number of retired generals have expressed their unease over the army's extensive exposure in the fields of trade and industry.

Lt Gen (Retired) Mahbubur Rahman - who entered politics few years back and served as the chairman of the standing committee on the Ministry of Defence in the previous parliament - told the BBC that the military "should keep within its charter of duties and not engage or get involved in any financial transactions - especially for business".

"We have witnessed how such activities can bring disaster,'' he said.

A number of leading figures in business and civil society have admitted that many army-owned businesses are virtually indistinguishable from other commercial enterprises in the way they operate.

But as its ambitions develop, it seems that the debate about whether or not the army should engage in such activities will also grow.



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[ALOCHONA] Re: Koko Matters: Tip of the iceberg - US Department of Justice filed forfeiture Action to Recover ~ $3 Million bribes paid to Arafat "Koko" Rahman......





On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Syed_Aslam3 <syed.aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
Koko Matters: US Department of Justice filed forfeiture Action to Recover ~ $3 Million in Illegal Proceeds from bribes paid to Arafat "Koko" Rahman......  
 
US Department of Justice Press Release:
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Department of Justice Seeks to Recover Approximately $3 Million in Illegal Proceeds from Foreign Bribe Payments

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice has filed a forfeiture action against accounts worth nearly $3 million that are alleged to be the proceeds of a wide-ranging conspiracy to bribe public officials in Bangladesh and their family members in connection with various public work projects, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced today.

The forfeiture action was filed Jan. 8, 2009, in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia against funds located in Singapore held by multiple account holders. The forfeiture complaint relates primarily to alleged bribes paid to Arafat "Koko" Rahman, the son of the former prime minister of Bangladesh, in connection with public works projects awarded by the government of Bangladesh to Siemens AG and China Harbor Engineering Company.  According to the forfeiture complaint, the majority of funds in Koko's account are traceable to bribes allegedly received in connection with the China Harbor project, which was a project to build a new mooring containment terminal at the port in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

"This action shows the lengths to which U.S. law enforcement will go to recover the proceeds of foreign corruption, including acts of bribery and money laundering," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich. "Not only will the Department, for example, prosecute companies and executives who violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, we will also use our forfeiture laws to recapture the illicit facilitating payments often used in such schemes."

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Siemens AG), a German corporation, and three of its subsidiaries pleaded guilty on Dec. 15, 2008, to violations of and charges related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Specifically, Siemens Bangladesh admitted that from May 2001 to August 2006, it caused corrupt payments of at least $5,319,839 to be made through purported business consultants to various Bangladeshi officials in exchange for favorable treatment during the bidding process on a mobile telephone project.  At least one payment to each of these purported consultants was paid from a U.S. bank account. 

According to the forfeiture complaint, the bribe payments from Siemens AG and China Harbor Engineering Company were made in U.S. dollars, and the illicit funds flowed through financial institutions in the United States before they were deposited in accounts in Singapore, thereby subjecting them to U.S. jurisdiction. Money laundering laws in the United States cover financial transactions that flow through the United States involving proceeds of foreign offenses, including foreign bribery and extortion.

In August 2006, the President announced a National Strategy to Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy to fight high-level corruption around the world. This strategy combines the policy and law enforcement tools of several federal agencies, including the Departments of Justice, Treasury, State and Homeland Security. 

The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Chief Linda Samuel and Trial Attorney Frederick Reynolds of the Criminal Division's Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section. Additional assistance was provided by the Criminal Division's Office of International Affairs. The case was investigated by the FBI's Washington Field Office in cooperation with Bangladeshi law enforcement.

 

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/January/09-crm-020.html

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    [ALOCHONA] East India Company returns



    East India Company returns after 135-year absence
     

    An Indian entrepreneur is relaunching the famous East India Company with the opening of a luxury food store in London on Saturday.The event takes place on the same day that - more than 135 years ago - the company was dissolved.

    At the height of its power, the East India Company controlled large parts of India with its own armed forces.But it was disbanded after soldiers of the company's own army rose in revolt against the British in 1857.A tiny rump of the company lived on, however, consisting of its trading name and a small tea and coffee concern.

    This shadow of what was once a global trading power was acquired in 2005 by Indian businessman Sanjiv Mehta, who has turned it into a consumer brand focused on luxury foodstuffs.He told the BBC that the project was not simply a commercial venture - there was an emotional connection too. 

    "It is a dream come true to build a business like this and to acquire a brand like this to own the company," he said. Mr Mehta dismissed fears that the reappearance of a company long associated with colonialism would open old wounds, insisting he had been inundated with messages of support from his compatriots. "It's a disproportionate joy, [I have received] more than 15,000 e-mails [of support] from various Indians across India, even from Barbados to Fiji to Canada to Boston."

    The entrepreneur, who moved to Britain around 20 years ago, says that he has acquired a 400-year-old brand already known to millions of people around the world.At its peak, the company employed a third of the British workforce and was responsible for a huge tranche of global trade.Mr Mehta hopes eventually to make a return to India to tap the market for luxury goods in one of the world's fastest expanding economies.

    The company was created by the granting of a charter from Queen Elizabeth I in 1600 and given a monopoly on English trade to Asia. Its early business activities focused on cotton, silk and tea.Mr Mehta's shop in London is stocked with 350 luxury products, including 100 varieties of tea, chocolates, spices and mustards developed by the company from across the world.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10971109



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    [ALOCHONA] Iran invites Bangladesh to join cross-border gas grid



    Iran invites Bangladesh to join cross-border gas grid


     
    Iran has shown interest to involve Bangladesh in its planned cross-border gas pipeline, which will guarantee supply to energy-deficient Pakistan and India, officials said Saturday.

    In a recent letter to the Finance Ministry's Economic Relations Division (ERD), the Iranian ambassador in Dhaka said Bangladesh could join the IPI pipeline project to be built to supply natural gas from Iran, the officials said."We have forwarded the letter of Iranian envoy to the energy division. The division will now chart its own course," a senior ERD official told the FE.He said since the tri-nation gas pipeline is supposed to reach up to the Indian city of Kolkata, Bangladesh can be linked to the grid to secure gas supply by Iran.

    In 1995, Iran had signed a deal with Pakistan to export gas, but subsequently Tehran tapped Pakistan's nuclear rival India to participate in the trilateral grid scheme. In 2000, Iranian government launched talks with officials of India and Pakistan on the possible routes, modes of transport, and geopolitical situation.

    Dubbed the "peace pipeline," the gas pipeline would traverse over 2,775 kilometres from Iran's South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf through the Pakistani city of Khuzdar, with one branch going on to Karachi and a second branch extending to Multan and then on to India.

    According to the Oil and Gas Journal, Iran has an estimated proven natural gas reserve of 1,045 trillion cubic feet (tcf), second only to Russia. Russia is the top reserve holder in the world with its 1,680 tcf of proven natural gas reserve as of January 2010, the Oil and Gas Journal said.

    The ERD official said Iran has indicated that the pipeline may stretch up to Kolkata and urged Bangladesh to explore the possibility of its inclusion.He said, "It is really a great opportunity for Bangladesh as the country's recoverable gas reserve would start drying up from 2013."

    At present, Bangladesh has a shortage of nearly 300 million cubic feet (mcf) of gas supply per day against total demand of 2300mcf of gas.Nearly 87 per cent of Bangladesh's electricity is generated from natural gas-a scarce resource Petrobangla said could deplete by 2015.

    A senior Petrobangla official said the government should diversify its import sources in view of the country's limited reserves of 12-tcf and the demand for energy that is surging past 8.0 per cent a year. He said, "I think gas import from Iran is a viable option for Dhaka." He said that the government should join negotiation with Iranian, Pakistani and Indian government for the proposed IPI pipeline."Kolkata is very close to Bangladesh. It will be easier for the government to bring the pipeline to our border."


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