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Friday, March 4, 2011

[ALOCHONA] Big Brother: The Orwellian Nightmare Come True



Big Brother: The Orwellian Nightmare Come True
 
Mark Dice
 
When George Orwell (pen name of Eric Blair) first published his famous novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, it was the year 1949, and it told a dark story of what he envisioned life may be like in the future-in the year 1984. His book, as well as his name, have become synonymous with privacy concerns involving technology and also an all-powerful, oppressive ruling elite that strictly governs the activities of the population with an iron fist.
 
Orwell's book is where we get the term Big Brother from, such as when people say "Big Brother is watching you." When people say this, they're referring to the omniscient surveillance system described in the novel that continuously watched and listened to people-even in their own homes. When we call something Orwellian to describe the invasiveness of certain technology or government policies, we are also referring to George Orwell's nightmarish vision he described in his novel. There are several other terms that Orwell himself coined in Nineteen Eighty-Four, such as doublethink, thoughtcrime, and memory hole, which have also become part of our vernacular.

Even if you have not read the book or seen the film, you are still undoubtedly familiar with the issues that make up the storyline, such as the high-tech surveillance system watching and listening to everyone in order to keep them in line with the government (called the Party in the novel). You are probably also familiar with the concept of a small elite ruling class (what Orwell calls the Inner Party) living in luxury and wielding unimaginable power over lower level citizens. In the novel, people have lost their freedom, their critical thinking skills, and even the ability to love due to the cultural depths society has sunk to as a result of Big Brother's control. The reason Nineteen Eighty-Four remains so popular, and the reason society has adopted vocabulary from the book, is because it serves as more than merely a fictional novel for the reader's entertainment. The novel served (and continues to serve) as a stark warning of what the future may hold if we don't resist invasive technology and oppressive government policies, or if the population at large becomes so lost in a world of pop culture, sports entertainment, or our own selfish desires, that we simply don't care. My new non-fiction book, Big Brother: The Orwellian Nightmare Come True, looks at technology that now exists or is under development and will exist in the near future, that threatens to make our world just as horrific or even worse than the world George Orwell described. I have assembled information from mainstream news sources, industry experts, and even patent numbers of the most invasive and sinister Orwellian devices anyone could dream of. We will also look at actual government programs and policies that seem as if they came right out of Orwell's dark imagination, such as the government secretly paying mainstream media reporters to act as gate-keepers and propagandists for the establishment, and the FBI illegally spying on and smearing peaceful political activists who were seen as problematic.

I am certainly not anti-technology. Technology is a fantastic tool which can benefit those who use it, or harm them, depending on the intentions of the person designing it or using it. Technology has brought us amazing inventions that would seem supernatural to civilizations that lived just a few hundred years ago. Arthur C. Clark, the author of 2001 a Space Odyssey, was correct when he said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." While this magical technology has brought us the convenience of calling our friends or family on our cell phones, allowing us to talk with them from virtually anywhere in the world, and given us the ability to watch events on the other side of the earth unfold live on television, and other wonders such as the Internet, DVR recorders, YouTube, Excel spread sheets, word processors, e-mail, Facebook, and more; it has also brought us identity theft, illegal wiretaps, Peeping Toms using hidden video cameras, cyber stalkers, and worse. If you have ever left your cell phone at home when you've left the house for the day, you've realized how much we depend on technology for what have become common and necessary activities. If you've ever been at home when the electricity unexpectedly goes out, you have also realized how much we take for granted in our modern world.

Unfortunately, with tremendous advances in technology often come unforeseen consequences. Nobody could have envisioned young teenage girls taking nude photos of themselves with their cell phone cameras and sending them to their boyfriends, and then having the boyfriends forward them to others, eventually ending up on the cell phone of someone over the age of eighteen, resulting in what is essentially child pornography in their possession. The music and film industries certainly didn't anticipate millions of Internet users downloading music and movies for free, sometimes before the products are even officially released. And when Albert Einstein was searching for the laws of physics to learn how our Universe functioned, he could have never imagined that his work would be used to design weapons capable of destroying the entire earth. It seems that the dark minds of men in power always strive to build sinister devices designed to enable them to hold onto their power, no matter how disastrous the consequences.

In my book I will show you some of the sinister inventions currently in operation, as well as the ones on the drawing boards, and the ones mad scientists are hoping to one day create. Facial recognition video cameras that can pick you out of a crowd of tens of thousands of people in a split second, machines that can read your mind, high-tech killer-robots, psychotronic weapons that can literally put voices in people's heads, and more. You will see beyond a doubt that George Orwell's description of Big Brother was chillingly accurate, and perhaps not as horrific as the reality we may one day face. Like a Pandora's Box, once much of this technology is created, there will be little hope of stopping it or even regulating it.

If one reads old Popular Mechanics magazines from the 1950′s, one can realize how wrong, and even silly, the techno-utopian dreamers were in the past. Many were led to believe that by the twenty-first century we would all be living lives of luxury like the Jetsons, with large blocks of free time to enjoy ourselves as we had most manual labor and menial tasks taken care of by robots and computers. Yet more than a decade into the twenty-first century, we still need to spend time cooking and cleaning, and commuting to work and raising the kids, and fixing up the house and countless other tasks and obligations that are required of us in our daily lives. Our cars must still continuously be maintained, the oil needs to be changed, the engine serviced, the tires rotated and replaced, and the average vehicle now costs as much as a house did for people just two generations ago. The grass still needs to be cut, the bushes need to be trimmed, and things around the house continue to break and need to be fixed or replaced. People are working longer hours, having less time with their families, having to retire later in life, and are having less savings than past generations. Where is this techno-utopia that so many had promised would come in the near future?

Instead of living lives of luxury and leisure, now many people can't escape their job even after they leave the office. Where once we left work and were outside of the reach of our boss, now he or she can call us on our cell phone at anytime, day or night, and expects a promptly returned phone call or e-mail.

People are being turned into numbers and statistics, and mathematical formulas are used by employers to determine whether an employee is being efficient enough. It's difficult to get a person on the phone when calling a company's customer service department, and social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace have turned everyone into their own favorite celebrity and supplement actual friendships and interactions. People don't need to get together for a dinner party to catch up on each other's lives anymore; we just monitor their newsfeed on Facebook from the comfort of our own home while sitting in our favorite chair getting fatter from lack of exercise and a poor diet. Where we once discussed politics and religion with our friends and neighbors, such topics have become taboo and are replaced with the enticing entertainment of celebrity news as most people feel that it is more important to know about who our favorite celebrities are dating than it is to know what bills are being introduced and voted on in the halls of Congress or our own city council. It's interesting that while people seem to be getting dumber, computers are getting smarter.

We are becoming a nation of morons who can't think for themselves, and are being dehumanized into nothing more than a mentally enslaved workforce who are constantly being monitored, databased, and kept in line by the fear of the omniscient Big Brother technology that has gotten so advanced and so cheap, that the watchful eyes of surveillance cameras are mass produced, almost as if they were disposable.

At a presentation at the 2010 DICE Summit (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain), an annual meeting of videogame executives, Jesse Schell, the former Creative Director of the Disney Imagineering Virtual Reality Studio, gave a speech on the future of gaming and talked about how in the future, "Before too long we're going to get to the point where every soda can, [and] every cereal box is going to be able to have a CPU, a screen, and a camera on board it, and a Wi-Fi connecter so that it can be connected to the Internet."

He concluded his speech by saying that our children and grandchildren will be able to know exactly what books we've read, what foods we ate, and practically everything we've done in our entire lives. He gave this speech not to warn people about these Orwellian technologies, but he was extremely excited about them, and looked forward to them.

"You have no idea what books your grandparents read, or where they went on a daily basis, but these sensors that we're going to have on us and all around us everywhere are going to be tracking and watching what we're doing forever," Schell said. He concludes by saying that because we will all be constantly watched and our actions and interests databased forever, that we'll possibly be better people and be nicer and make better decisions because of the fear of judgment from others. Is this the kind of world you want to live in? Well, it's the kind of world that's rapidly approaching.

Big Brother: The Orwellian Nightmare is meant to serve as a warning for what is already here, and what is soon to come. It is to encourage people to think about how to possibly prevent or minimize dramatic hazards to our lives by the very technology we have created. It is my goal to give you an accurate forecast of the coming storm so that you as an individual, and we as a society and species, may be better equipped to handle it when it hits. It is my hope that we do not lose our privacy, freedom, or our humanity in this 1984-style New World Order.

http://www.infowars.com/big-brother-the-orwellian-nightmare-come-true/



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Re: [ALOCHONA] 'Removal' of Yunus Grameen bins Muhith claims



Muhith's biggest mistake in life was joining hands with the Mujib clan. Today he has finally destroyed what remained of his reputation and credibility. A man of principle could not have allowed himself to be used in this way.

The Mujib clan is a cancer. Muhith is now infected and terminally so.

Shame.

Emanur Rahman | m. +447734567561 | e. emanur@rahman.com


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Subject: [ALOCHONA] 'Removal' of Yunus Grameen bins Muhith claims


Grameen Bank yesterday said it took prior permission from Bangladesh Bank for appointing Dr Muhammad Yunus as its managing director, rejecting Finance Minister AMA Muhith's claims that it had not.

The microlender also described Muhith's comments on Yunus as incorrect and said it did not disobey the law in appointment of the Nobel laureate.

Grameen insisted that Yunus had long been looking for a respectable way to leave his post and ensure a sustainable

future for the organisation at the same time.

Grameen's response came a day after Muhith explained his government's stance with diplomats and representatives of development partners at a meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat on Thursday. Grameen said the minister's comments did not reflect the real situation. Here is Grameen's full response.

1. In a written statement, the honourable finance minister mentioned that Grameen Bank is not a nongovernmental organisation, but a government institution. His statement is not totally correct. Because, according to the Grameen Bank Ordinance, 75 percent of the ownership of the bank belongs to the landless members of the bank while the rest belongs to the government. In fact, the capital provided by the government is only 3.5 percent. Besides, the finance minister himself has said in his written speech that Grameen Bank was established in 1983 through an ordinance with some unique characteristics. Grameen Bank is a unique bank. The closest example in nature is Asian University for Women.

2. The finance minister told diplomats that Prof Muhammad Yunus was formally requested to hand over the charge of the managing director to the deputy managing director during the review [of Grameen activities]. In an answer, Prof Muhammad Yunus had told the finance minister that his presence was important for the sake of the review work. He is the chief of the bank and has been working as its chief executive since its birth. He holds a big part of the memories of the organisation. It would not be proper to exclude him [from the organisation] during the review.

3. The finance minister has also said actions need to be taken to remedy the situation as Prof Yunus has been occupying the post illegally. Professor Yunus has always said that he obeys law and is holding the post of managing director in line with the law.

4. The finance minister said, "According to the Grameen Bank Ordinance, the bank's board of directors can appoint its managing director after taking prior approval from Bangladesh Bank. In this case, it was not followed. It was mentioned several times in Bangladesh Bank's audit report."

In fact, according to the ordinance, the board of directors of Grameen Bank had appointed Prof Yunus as the managing director after getting prior approval from Bangladesh Bank. The ordinance was not disobeyed in that case. Besides, the statement that "it was mentioned in Bangladesh Bank's audit report several times" was not true. In fact, Bangladesh Bank started auditing on the basis of 1997 accounts and continued it every year. Only once -- in 1999 -- the Bangladesh Bank team has raised an objection about the appointment of the managing director. For this, Grameen Bank sent a compliance report to Bangladesh Bank and it [BB] was happy with the report. Since then, Bangladesh Bank has never raised any question about the appointment of the managing director.

5. The honourable finance minister at the meeting said there was no proper evaluation of Grameen Bank's activities for 27 years. He also mentioned that Bangladesh Bank did not attach proper importance to the organisation's activities. In fact, Grameen Bank is, perhaps, the most intensely evaluated organisation among local organisations. The World Bank, research organisations, universities and individuals have conducted valuable researches [into Grameen Bank), and findings were published in books.

6. The remark made by the finance minister that Bangladesh Bank did not give much importance to the organisation's activities is not true either. Grameen Bank has been audited by Bangladesh Bank almost every year. Moreover, in recent years, representatives from Bangladesh Bank have participated in Grameen Bank's board meetings for reviewing the audit reports. The audit and compliance reports have been thoroughly reviewed in the presence of high officials of Bangladesh Bank. Besides, Grameen Bank has regularly been sending reports on compliance and management activities of the bank [to the central bank] willingly or being advised.

7. After Thursday's meeting, the finance minister said: "We had long been trying to find a respectable way of bringing changes to the management of Grameen Bank. When I informed Dr Yunus about the issue, he said the organisation will collapse without him." This statement of the finance minister is not correct. He only raised the issue in connection with the review committee. Before that, he had never raised the issue. In respect of the review, he proposed that Dr Yunus stay aside temporarily. Prof Yunus said a sudden decision like this would leave an adverse impact on the bank. Anything that may create panic among depositors and borrowers of Grameen Bank must not be done. Moreover, he did not feel it was necessary.

On March 15, 2010, Prof Yunus handwrote a letter to the minister mentioning a smooth transition. He also read and explained the whole letter to him. It was indicated that the minister liked the process. Now there should not be the slightest scope to doubt Prof Yunus' intention of handing over his responsibilities in a congenial environment (so that uncertainty is not created), ensuring a sustainable future for the organisation. As he approached 60 and 70 years of his age, he wished to leave, but it was opposed within Grameen Bank. So, he handed over his hand-written letter to the minister without telling anybody this time. He was waiting for the minister to initiate a process in order to prepare his colleagues mentally.

As the finance minister did not take any step to this effect, Prof Yunus first telephoned the secretary of the banking division of the finance ministry, requesting him to appoint somebody as chairman to Grameen Bank. On September 14, 2010, he sent a letter to the secretary for the same purpose, but the ministry did not respond. Later on December 19, 2010, another letter was sent with a request for an appointment of chairman/acting chairman to Grameen Bank's board of directors. No step was taken in 2010 to appoint a chairman.

8. After the meeting, the finance minister told journalists that Prof Yunus crossed 60 years in 1999, but Grameen Bank gave no response to this effect. This comment of the finance minister is not correct at all. It has already been mentioned that only once, in 1999, a question was raised in an audit report regarding the appointment of managing director, but the issue was settled after a response from Grameen Bank. Since then, Bangladesh Bank had never raised questions about it in its audit reports or any other letter.

YUNUS' LETTER TO MUHITH
Below is the full text of Prof Yunus' March 15 letter to Finance Minister AMA Muhith:

15 March, 2010
Dear Muhith Bhai,

Grameen Bank was created at your own initiative. Now is the time for the bank to move to its next phase. I will have to step down from the post of managing director of Grameen Bank. I'll hand over the responsibilities of this organisation to the second generation. But the handover process must be smooth. I am really fortunate that the responsibility of overseeing this transition has fallen on you.

The transition process may begin in the following way:

The tenure of the present chairman of Grameen Bank board, Mr. Tabarak Hossain, will end on 26 April, 2010. We can begin the transition process keeping this date in mind.

We can fill the position of chairman in one of the following ways:

Option I:
The tenure of Mr. Tabarak Hossain, the present chairman of Grameen Bank board, may be extended up to 31 December, 2010. At that time, I can step down from my post of managing director. I may be appointed as the chairman of Grameen Bank board on 1 January, 2011. This will ensure the continuity in the Bank remains. The staff and borrowers will not get scared by the suddenness of my departure.

In the past, I have tried on several occasions to step down. Each time I tried, it created a wave of panic everywhere within Grameen Bank.

Present deputy managing director of Grameen Bank may take over the responsibilities of managing director. Ms Nurjahan Begum is the present deputy managing director of Grameen Bank. She is an efficient and competent administrator and she has been with Grameen Bank since its birth.

Option II:
If there is any objection to extending Mr. Tabarak Hussain's tenure, one of the following persons mentioned below may be appointed as the chairman for one year. I present below the names of the proposed persons in order of my preference.
1) Mr. Syeduzzaman
2) Dr. Jamilur Reza Chowdhury
3) Mr. Khalid Shams
When their term ends in April, 2011, I can be made chairman. Nurjahan Begum can take over the responsibility of managing director.

I am looking for an opportunity to meet you to discuss this matter. Grameen Bank has grown over years with its own norms. The bank is directly linked with the lives of 40 million people. It is a big responsibility for us to ensure that there is a smooth and proper transition in this institution. I hope that with your cooperation we shall be able to carry out this responsibility in a befitting way.

Please accept my best wishes.
Yours truly,
Muhammad Yunus

http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=176460


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[ALOCHONA] Muhammad Yunus : You're fired. No, I'm not



The Economist
 
Muhammad Yunus : You're fired. No, I'm not
 
MUHAMMAD YUNUS, who won the Nobel peace prize in 2007 for founding Grameen Bank, insists that he is still its managing director. The public image of Grameen, a pioneering microcredit agency with 8m borrowers, is practically inseparable from Mr Yunus, the man. But on March 2nd Bangladesh's central bank announced that it had sacked him.
 
On March 3rd he was back in court, fighting to have himself reinstated. The most recent attempt to force Mr Yunus from the bank he founded more than 30 years ago is the culmination of three-month campaign of sustained media and legal harassment by the Awami League (AL) government. The siege began soon after a documentary was broadcast on Norwegian television broadcast last November. (Norwegians, naturally, take a special interest in the peace prizes's honorees.) The programme claimed that 15 years ago millions of dollars had "disappeared" from Grameen Bank.
 
Never mind that the Norwegian government's official inquiry found the documentary's allegations to be baseless. This provided Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's prime minister, with the perfect pretext for making good on a carefully nurtured vendetta.
 

Fourteen years ago, in Sheikh Hasina's first term of office the situation could not have been more different. In February 1997, as co-chair of the Microcredit Summit Council of Heads of State and Government, she declared that "We in Bangladesh are proud of the outstanding work done by Professor Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded."

He has demonstrated to the world that the poor have the capacity to productively use even a small credit and change their fate [sic]. The success of the Grameen Bank has created optimism about the viability of banks engaged in extending microcredit to the poor.

So one might have expected her to be pleased when, nine years later, Muhammed Yunus won the Nobel peace prize for those very achievements. But as it happens Sheikh Hasina had long before come to think that she herself was due the prize: not for microcredit-anything but for signing the Chittagong Hill Tracts treaty, also in 1997, which brought an end to almost two decades of fighting. Egged on by sycophants, she sent senior civil servants around the world to lobby for her nomination, unsuccessfully.
 
Instead, suddenly, Mr Yunus had become by far the most famous Bangladeshi in the world, usurping even the prime minister's late father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led the country to Independence in 1971. According to those who know her personally, this was a bitter pill for Sheikh Hasina to swallow.
 
Her resentment turned into open hostility when Mr Yunus announced, five months after he received his Nobel, that he was going to set up a political party. This came at the beginning of a two-year period of rule by a caretaker government installed by the army. The generals' hope had been to free the country's politics from the axis of sparring civilian women, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, round which it had been spinning unhappily. Mr Yunus stepped in with a call for a "complete emasculation of the established political parties" in order "to cleanse the polity of massive corruption".
 

Whatever Mr Yunus's actual intentions, Sheikh Hasina saw his intervention as personal affront against her and the AL. "She thought that he was involved with the army in trying to remove her from politics. That the army's plan to remove her was also his plan," said a former senior bureaucrat who knows the prime minister well.

The central bank, called the Bangladesh Bank, now claims that Mr Yunus has been holding the post of managing director illegally since 1999, when Grameen Bank's board last renewed his contract. The argument is that it never gave its "approval" to his reappointment.
 
This sounds like clutching at straws. Mohammad Zahir, a senior supreme court lawyer in Bangladesh, independent of both banks says that the central bank had understood perfectly well that Mr Yunus was Grameen's managing director. "If the Bangladesh Bank allowed Yunus to continue as managing director all these years, why should he not have assumed that it approved of his appointment?" Mr Zahir asks. But Bangladesh's courts have become increasingly supine when it comes to the government. It would be a brave judge, willing to forfeit promotion, say, who would dare give an order in support of Mr Yunus's position.
 
Perhaps, the most surprising thing in this whole saga is how much of its international reputation the government is willing to risk in order to remove Muhammad Yunus from Grameen Bank. It is difficult to see what there is to gain from Mr Yunus's removal, apart from the satisfaction in satisfying a grudge—unless, is it possible?—the government intends to take control of the bank, and use it for its political purposes.
 

Whatever the motive, Sheikh Hasina's government has chosen to join the ignominious little club of governments who turn against their own Nobel peace-prize-winning citizens.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/asiaview/2011/03/muhammad_yunus



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[ALOCHONA] Re: Pijus Da agei janten Bangladesh harbe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Every point I raised originally was a genuine and valid point to me. And in your second last reply you did not address a single one. In this your most recent reply you have sought to do so. Lets see.

I don't give a damn about Pakistan - it means nothing to me and I care nothing for it. It is a distraught and devastated nation from which we can learn nothing. Clear English. Straight up.

Mention the possibility of corruption in Bangladeshi cricket and you will undoubtedly mention Pakistan. And refer to Pakistan as 'our lord and master'. You did not mention the 1971 genocide but you are only a hairsbreadth away from doing so.

And you are at it again by addressing my assertion that the nation is on fire, wrong as it may be, by bringing up BNP and Jamaat. Because that is your job - you too are a batsman at the rotten stump of AL. No matter to you what AL does wrong.

In Bangladesh everything is connected. Everything. Those who argue it is not need to keep things separate lest the true picture of our nation is exposed. You think you are smart by saying keeping Felani and Yunus out of the pitch.

Sorry man.

Issues of injustice, corruption and murder belong in every avenue and every venue of Bangladesh - including the cricket pitch. We should not be allowed to escape our reality on the pitch. We should not let our sense of self, our dignity and our hopes reside on the movement of a puny red ball.

You counter the IFIC Bank billboard with billboards of Islamic banks. Typical, Deshi style dribble posing as argument. The point is that no bank - IFIC or Islamic or otherwise - should have a poster portraying the ICC tournament as a blessing or achievement of a politician. I know you agree - but its Hasina, so as usual, thats a different story for you. Maybe Hasina takes crores from Salman F Rahman who maybe part owns IFIC bank? No. We don't talk about such things. Yes - it is the single picture of Hasina that bothers me. Clear English.

We love cricket! Watch cricket?

You could not care less about Yunus or Felani and what they represent and how these issues are treated. Your only concern is how to dilute these issues. Thank God the cricket is here to divert people a bit from our woes eh?

Ah! But if your Nethri was hanging on that wire at the border you would have cancelled the whole damn tournament.

'Even if we cannot win the tournament...' Yeah right man.

Immature, easily excitable, childish and unfocused. Our cricket team cannot be blamed - it is simply a reflection of ourselves.

I know you feel bad about the result. Let me preempt you - why don't you look up Pakistan's record lowest result - it might help you.

Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait

VICTORY LEAD TO DREAM
DREAM LEAD TO SOMETHING
SOMETHING COULD BE ANYTHING

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, shafiq013@... wrote:
>
>
>
>
> And what genuine and valid point/points you raised was not answered. I
> say genuine and valid point/points. Why you and people like you are
> uneasy when "good" deeds of Pakistan are mentioned. Pakistan was
> referred to with prospective of cricket only. Go and see the track
> record or ask someone who knows. Man, I did not mention 1971 genocide.
>
>
> Yes, I understand how "sincere" you are to the cause of Yunus
> and Felani. So sincere that you cannot eat and sleep without mentioning
> Felani and Yunus. But for Heaven sake, keep them out of cricket stadium.
> Bangladesh is co-hosting the ICC World Cup for the first time in history
> and let us enjoy the game of cricket though we may not understand it
> fully. I am amazed by big live screen displays and running commentary on
> the radio in the streets of Dhaka, with people of all walks of life
> enjoying it.
>
> Regarding IFIC Bank billboard, I don't understand what is bothering
> you. Is it IFIC Bank, the tournament or single picture of Hasina? By the
> way Islamic Bank has put many more billboards with single picture of
> Hasina than IFIC Bank. Why not mention Islamic Bank? To be honest I have
> seen many from Islamic Bank but don't recall seeing one from IFIC
> Bank.
>
> And you mentioned that "the nation is on fire--------".
> Don't worry about it either. The nation will remain on fire till BNP
> and Jamaat comes back to power. But wait till the elections; don't
> put the nation on fire now.
>
> CATCH BANGLADESH, CATCH. Even if we cannot win the tournament, we will
> make a name.
>
>
>
> Shafiq Ahmad
>
>
>
>
> --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" <Ezajur@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yes Shafiq. If the nation was on fire but there was a game of cricket
> on
> > you'd be busy watching the cricket. You have avoided every single
> > point I raised and countered with references about Pakistan! It is
> > always a very comforting exit route for us – bring up Pakistan!
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for understanding how sincere I am to the cause of Yunus and
> > Felani. And Alochona is as good as any forum for me to express my
> > thoughts on these issues. Please direct me to the forums where you
> have
> > demonstrated your sincerity on these issues.
> >
> >
> >
> > Good news is that IFIC Bank put up a large billboard praising the
> > tournament with a single picture of Hasina. Bad news is that the
> Finance
> > Minister has to squirm in front of all his friends at the firing of
> > Yunus.
> >
> >
> >
> > Yeah man. Enjoy the cricket. As another giant billboard says,
> > advertising AL MP Lotus Kamal:
> >
> >
> >
> > VICTORY LEAD TO DREAM
> >
> >
> >
> > Go Bangaldesh!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, shafiq013@ wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > As I said in my first posting, these people are not cricketing; they
> > are
> > > playing some other game. They started with, "There is a rumor in
> > > Dhaka that Sheikh Hasina instructed Bangladesh to let India win."
> > > Then they started bringing in Felani's murder case though they may
> > > not even know who Felani was. Now Dr. Yonus is in picture. I wonder
> > what
> > > next and who next.
> > >
> > > But people do understand what is pinching them. They have very
> clearly
> > > indicated their displeasure as Bangladesh is co-hosting this world
> > cup.
> > > Apparently, they are disturbed because our old lord Pakistan was
> > barred
> > > from this honor.
> > >
> > > Man, just enjoy the game of cricket. There are other forums open for
> > you
> > > to harp Felani/Yonus song. We all understand how sincere you are to
> > > their cause.
> > >
> > > And as far as ball tempering is concerned, as far as temptations by
> > the
> > > gambling syndicates are concerned, leave it to our beloved Pakistan.
> > > They are specialized in that.
> > >
> > > Good news is that Bangladesh beat Ireland and Ireland beat England.
> > Bad
> > > news is that England is still a favorite to win Bangladesh-England
> > > match.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Shafiq Ahmad
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" Ezajur@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The point is that while you are busy enjoying the cricket like a
> > good
> > > > little Bangladeshi the dogs have fired Yunus. There are more games
> > > going
> > > > on than the cricket.
> > > > Please stick to cricket. Try to avoid assinine one liners to fend
> > off
> > > > developed argument. If you can't develop the argument please just
> > > > follow your own advice and just enjoy the game. I can't. Coz I
> know
> > > what
> > > > the damn bloody dogs are doing. If this is nitpicking man then I'm
> > > > picking the biggest nit you've ever seen in your life. Re:
> > > > [ALOCHONA] Re: Pijus Da agei janten Bangladesh harbe
> > > >
> > >
> >
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > 1
> > > >
> > > > What is the point of this assinine discussion. The nitpicking and
> > hair
> > > > splitting to make some idiotic point that escapes me altogether
> (but
> > > > them I am a renowned dumbass).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Just enjoy the game!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: ezajur
> > > > Sent: Mar 2, 2011 8:02 AM
> > > > To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: Pijus Da agei janten Bangladesh harbe
> > > >
> > >
> >
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > 1
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The rankings have nothing to do with any comment I made. An idiot
> > can
> > > > make a stupid decision on one issue and then make a stupid
> decision
> > on
> > > > another issue. In Bangladesh we like to keep the two issues
> separate
> > > > – it protects our vanity. But the two issues are connected by
> > the
> > > > same stupidity and the same idiot.
> > > >
> > > > I do salute our team. But what are you saying – there is no
> > > > possibility that the team would have been influenced? I was
> talking
> > > > about the possibility of influence. If you think it's impossible
> > > please
> > > > just say it. While you are at it you can also deny the
> > politicization
> > > > and corruption at the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Ah. What the hell.
> > > Let's
> > > > just watch the cricket.
> > > >
> > > > This is indeed the 21st Century. Let me know what else you think
> > goes
> > > on
> > > > in our country that fits the 21st century. Or is it just the
> opening
> > > > ceremony that fits a 21st Century Bangladesh? Put Sabina, Runa and
> > > > Mumtaz on the stage together to sing a rousing rendition of a song
> > > that
> > > > fires the soul of our people. Nah. These three are prima donnas.
> > We'd
> > > > rather they sang an Urdu song and a light pop hit.
> > > >
> > > > Bryan Adams was the only real man involved in the opening
> ceremony.
> > > Ask
> > > > the women in your family.
> > > >
> > > > Don't give the crap about Felani my friend. I expect that from the
> > > head
> > > > of Kuthagaon AL unit. Felani's murder is not condemnable and you
> > > insult
> > > > her by pretending it is. Not a single loyalist of AL, BNP, Jamaat
> or
> > > the
> > > > Army condemned it appropriately. You understand what this means?
> Can
> > > you
> > > > describe in words what this means? Or is understanding cricket
> more
> > > > important?
> > > >
> > > > But you go ahead and enjoy the cricket. We have much to be proud
> of.
> > > > From the few mosaic tiles and plastic flowers at the airport to
> the
> > > > grammatical mistakes on huge billboards to the commercialization
> of
> > > our
> > > > flag to adverts portraying Hasina. Did you go out and admire the
> > > > lighting at night? Yeah man. One thing we love is lots of little
> > fairy
> > > > lights. Suits us.
> > > >
> > > > And I can tell you that if you think that Australians, South
> > Africans,
> > > > Pakistanis (Indians and Brits too I'm sure) can be tempted by the
> > > > syndicates but Bangladeshis can't be then you are just another
> > > > delusional patriot who accepts everything and hopes for the best.
> > > >
> > > > All does look yellow to jaundiced eyes. But many would always
> rather
> > > > talk about the eyes than the jaundice. It's too comfortable.
> > > >
> > > > Enjoy the cricket. Go out and join the missil when Bangladesh beat
> > > > Ireland. Ah! But the ranking of Ireland is not so important is it.
> > > >
> > > > There is more to patriotism than supporting the national team.
> > > >
> > > > Are you enjoying the beautification of Dhaka? What about the
> > > > crappification of Dhaka in a few days?
> > > >
> > > > Enjoy your few days of cricket. Felani's ghost can wait. Let me
> know
> > > how
> > > > long you think she will have to wait for justice. Till after the
> > > > cricket?
> > > >
> > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=cU-rYQAGUtUJhyrX8bougf9EYYgZhzygTT6820qH4AK\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > BjV50jnvvgjUp88Hp36_4_dEb9DS7xDnjRsAy1vUP64vo> , shafiq013@ wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Well said. Very well said. So logical.
> > > > > For your info only though I know it is no good to explain, India
> > is
> > > > > ranked 2nd by ICC for ODI whereas Bangladesh is ranked 8th. Not
> > only
> > > > > "Pijus Da" everybody knew that all the odds were against
> > Bangladesh
> > > > > before the match. We, the Bangladeshis, irrespective of party
> > > > > affiliations, only hoped and prayed for Bangladesh wins, as
> > miracles
> > > > do
> > > > > happen in the game of cricket. Even the bookies had bet heavily
> > for
> > > > > India's win. We still salute our team as they managed to score
> 283
> > > > runs
> > > > > against a strong team like India.
> > > > > I like the logic. " I suppose an opening ceremony with such
> > > > performances
> > > > > from Sabina, Runa and Mumtaz was bound to have a weakening
> effect
> > on
> > > > our
> > > > > team ." I was wondering if this is 21 century. Man this is not
> > > Kuwait.
> > > > > It is a free world. Apparently, you have not seen the opening
> > > ceremony
> > > > > of last world cup.
> > > > > Enjoy the game of cricket even though you don't understand it.
> > > > Felani's
> > > > > murder is condemnable and should be discussed in proper forums
> and
> > > not
> > > > > in a cricket stadium. By doing so, you are just making fun of
> her
> > > > which
> > > > > of course she does not deserve.
> > > > > In the end, yes I say with full confidence that Bangladeshis
> > cannot
> > > be
> > > > > tempted by the gambling syndicates. Our old lords, the
> Pakistanis
> > > are
> > > > > honored for that and we want to honor them for rest of the time.
> > > > > Unfortunately but it is true, all looks yellow to jaundiced
> eyes.
> > > > >
> > > > > Shafiq Ahmad
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=I1vSz6PhJlbQ7ICsQZ-1FyW94v9aMexjtnblHsMVEFh\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > d0r8VjDSiVc2Js8jWm8VVuLBI8NMUJUI_o-wYgyhS3BcPiswL> , "ezajur"
> > > <Ezajur@>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Look at it this way -
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It is unlikely that anyone in the AL encouraged our team to
> lose
> > > (we
> > > > > are far to sophisticated to require prime ministerial orders for
> > > such
> > > > > straight forward foul play).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But though it is unlikely - is it impossible?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Why? Even a BNP government could encourage the same.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Why would you expect different? Or perhaps only Bangladeshis
> > > cannot
> > > > be
> > > > > tempted by the gambling syndicates :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A country where no party can condemn India for Felani's murder
> > is
> > > > > unlikely to enjoy perfect sportsmanship with India.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well. I suppose an opening ceremony with such performances
> from
> > > > > Sabina, Runa and Mumtaz was bound to have a weakening effect on
> > our
> > > > > team. What the heck - these three ladies are tougher and
> stronger
> > > than
> > > > > our cricket players ... and most Deshi men!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=HJdV0otstWPsmID1oi1XN6vkrgZnd1JdzWkGQOhcnXg\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > d9WsB2D_EIIs7bAfkDOqor-9rKeocRe_2J0AQ6c2y5g> , shafiq013@ wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Dear Gonsalves
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I don't think this is a joke. The guy seems very serious.
> But
> > > why
> > > > > > > worry and just ignore. This is expected from "very learned
> and
> > > > > > > informed" persons like SH. Thanks God he contained himself
> to
> > > say
> > > > > > > that "there is a rumor in Dhaka that Sheikh Hasina
> instructed
> > > > > > > Bangladesh to let India win. " He was short of saying,"
> Sheikh
> > > > > > > Hasina instructed _______________". Mind it that it was not
> > only
> > > > > > > the desire of Mr Pranab Mukherjee alone but desire of every
> > > Indian
> > > > > that
> > > > > > > India wins like it was desire of every Bangladeshi that
> > > Bangladesh
> > > > > wins.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > These very "learned and informed" persons are not aware the
> > ICC
> > > > > > > rankings of India and Bangladesh. For sure they are not
> aware
> > of
> > > > the
> > > > > > > match previews by different cricket pundits. To them Sachin
> > > > > Tendulkar
> > > > > > > and Ashraful have the same quality.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Surely, they are not cricketing but playing some other game.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Shafiq Ahmad
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=bKTMvo-9C8xV1a9tv4KGRIvb1tPF37hMn9-jXBVE2jL\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > R4EP49jgA64Yg3JaoTvDBw3NvCsN3iIAfuo2EBj07onHu8Ec> , Clifford
> > Gonsalves
> > > > <cliff_deba@>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > this is the best joke of the year so far!!!
> > > > > > > > Â Clifford GonsalvesÂ
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > ________________________________
> > > > > > > > From: Sajjad Hossain shossain456@
> > > > > > > > To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=S_ukmHJpKf41XcnWZcaZXsa3CIgpR6x8yiB7_QemdaI\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > ILPw9aYllCyvTAJYcnRF-ks5hQgI_7N0EUjVUaxYp84w4VQ>
> > > > > > > > Sent: Mon, February 21, 2011 11:46:11 AM
> > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Pijus Da agei janten Bangladesh
> > harbe
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > \
> > > > > \
> > > > > > > 1
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Â
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > There is a rumor in Dhaka that Sheikh Hasina instructed
> > > > Bangladesh
> > > > > to
> > > > > > > let India
> > > > > > > > win. It was also desire of Mr Pranab Mukherjee. If you
> read
> > > > Indian
> > > > > > > newspaper
> > > > > > > > after the match you could get an idea about this
> conspiracy.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > SH
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Â
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > ________________________________
> > > > > > > > From: Md. Aminul Islam aminul_islam_raj@
> > > > > > > > To: bangladesh@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=JtNCQs9I63wYfFKErxCW6yAkG4XorH8cqhjKcMt-BC2\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > PGC9D35T_mMYJhH64Cwr5nNUmjPUMTndS1cEH5QgwLQbYggqnIg> ;
> > > > history_islam@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=O5VKAi6yfW_aczs3GsNGr9jGMqKmLyl44WmmlsZCjW4\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > pq1bBZzm_wzdUFp0gYKTbnGCIdoSIuvS0QmxI77_r0cYVh1Fr3hnJ5A> ;
> > > > > > > > dahuk@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=2-Hn_aKJwl_zeM8Y6uXJDfhvAA25yAbZ4zpG-8rX5ds\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > YnXtx8HFAPsZlRTZ_ZNdzQWcf8eTc88Al0LHuBg> ;
> > banglarnari@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=f--S69StxFA5NzYXC3I_CY51Xqg461TZxky6f_-LCXA\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > WZeFvh85vGakyde0J_jYst1jYe312mIzZfsjdvI63RHThjg> ;
> > > > > > > khabor@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=AtOs68lVcQmg3ekUp3Bgc36iKyTqhCghIxtejcjmhlv\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > dsB8kcH3iTGNraBxTpH4Z71vWd_62hSEjIm_B_9qt5w> ;
> > > > > > > > Bangla Zindabad Bangladesh-Zindabad@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=-ZGeJS3bS7f8lJgSzJCI3GzUQh-Em_01Czm-hasQBMp\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > eHE5ibmLuzDviWPC0mNEqUnkNKyc6tFvP7TeNsqykQ26hsUbS25dJak8EeBmFMz8>
> ;
> > > > Sonar
> > > > > Bangladesh
> > > > > > > > sonarbangladesh@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=qgFdZGthisw6E7M8CbteSCa6MFfGeiOfVoPN-DalPXX\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > F09jSoEz8uT6DDDH6B6mbbf5NRQrSaGL04ZcrGETxVLdRwUWZWWR25A> ; bangla
> > > vision
> > > > > > > > bangla-vision@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=V-fuabcfOuvqweGM8ifmPzgbFSKtnmMMu1KyqfflKb6\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > 2QOA-7x7ZgxTR1SXldmmwL-6udZKZ2eY5d0c99ky406XcTGM8cniY> ; wideminds
> > > > > WideMinds@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=x8mJRr6m0UL7x-1132HlotQ2Sppkg967oh8giJMEKbB\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > RE9TPZkTGBdU76rz3E5_n8QeO3fqxZrC_ivv0_91tK-NN> ;
> > > > > > > vinnomot
> > > > > > > > vinnomot@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=DmkIO8vVNqnYvLPZ-dlJ6tdEg4ZQ02mWK-EOmd0AqzJ\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > fyaj9FzkOm6dl3OCIh4phj25s9T21aKMtL0XxwHcK5gyZjg> ; Dhaka Mails
> > > > dhakamails@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=3OKEmu9IrtYVC-pW35lWhwrNz9Sq5aBYPS09gqLdolO\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > EXnqM8-8_GeDkb6zc4M_48oWSo8yQWUoURUo19ZSIzErWMOncJA> ;
> > > > > > > alochona
> > > > > > > > alochona@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
> </group/alochona/post?postID=IM3nTURHcmH8_QdUJLOvME-sV9jT7Et9eRZcngi8ZL1\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > IwiV_MyX137O7pIzvl1UkaeDmj58oiMkjIFgAnvCp620> ; ayubi_s786@;
> > > > faruquealamgir@
> > > > > > > > Sent: Sat, February 19, 2011 11:30:28 PM
> > > > > > > > Subject: [ALOCHONA] Pijus Da agei janten Bangladesh harbe
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > \
> > > > > \
> > > > > > > 1
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Dear all,
> > > > > > > > Sakib Won the toss and elected to field.The decession was
> > > > > astonising
> > > > > > > to all.
> > > > > > > > It was clear india was wining.we only pave the path.
> > > > > > > > But more astonising was a talkshow participated by
> versatile
> > > > > tallent
> > > > > > > 'Pijus
> > > > > > > > Banerjy"(ajkal btv'r sob onusthanei pijus, natok ,
> alochona
> > > > ,nazul
> > > > > or
> > > > > > > tagore
> > > > > > > > sobkhanei ei pijus,mone hoi musulmander sunnote Khatna'r
> > upor
> > > > > alochona
> > > > > > > hole
> > > > > > > > sikhaneo take thakte hobe )
> > > > > > > > Just before the match the the talkshow aired.
> > > > > > > > Pijus said 'Amader porajoier jonno prostoot thakte hobe"
> > > > > > > > Any link between pijus,s remark and elected to field?
> > > > > > > > Pjus ki agei jenechilen Bangladesh harbe?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>


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[ALOCHONA] [Ovimot] Dr.Yunus: A Global Light House: Hasina Tries To Destroy [1 Attachment]

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Dr. Yunus: Global Lighthouse: Hasina Tries To Destroy
By: Abu Zafar Mahmood, et al., USA

Introduction: Dr. Mohammad Yunus is again the headline news of the World media with great honor. He drew the global attention for his visionary movement of supporting the poorest and most fragile class of the world through micro-credit,  and gave millions of women all over the globe self respect and confidence. Again he has become the global news headlines of late as the Head of  government of his own country spearheaded a vicious campaign to dislodge him from the very institution that he created and nurtured over the past 28 years, that brought immense fame and glory to our motherland unlike anyone else ever did.

After calling Prof. Yunus in derogatory names, and when the government could not pin any blame for corruption or mismanagement of funds on him, the Prime Minister Mrs. Sheikh Hasina directed the Bangladesh Bank to relieve Prof. Yunus of his position of Managing Director of the Grameen Bank on age issue,  required for mandatory retirement of Government officials.

Gramen Bank is not government owned bank!! The board of directors of the Grameen Bank and Dr. Yunus have separately challenged the government action in the high court, and a judgment is expected this coming Sunday. It is a well known fact and we have seen this in the past two years how politicized the Judiciary has become, and there will be no surprise if the High Court verdict is coerced to support the the government decision.

In the current situation, numerous countries including the US, EU, China, Islamic and other third world countries and various global leaders have expressed their dismay and deep concern for the mistreatment of the sole Bangladeshi noble laureate. It is interesting to note that we are yet to see any immediate reaction of the Indian Government!!

US Secretary of states Hilary Clinton has invited Dr.Yunus to meet with her in Washington DC on 8th March.  There were discussions about World Bank and several other countries  forming a micro-credit Bank, and Professor Yunus' name was mentioned as possible Head of it's management or the Board.

We have seen from the media report the reaction of the US ambassador Jim Moriarty after his meeting with the Finance Minister Mr. Muhit that the US Government is very much concerned with this development,  and we understand it was also conveyed to the government in no uncertain terms all the support given to the Awami League enabling them to come to power during the last election.  Yet our Foreign Minister, Ms. Dipu Moni tells the media the next day that she does not expect this incident to have any bearing in the US-Bangladesh relationship according to Daily Ittefaq.

There were plan to have a significant partnership with General Electric and Grameen in the healthcare area,  and it was expected that Mrs. Clinton was planning to attend the signing event along with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Now with this new development, it is unlikely that Mrs. Clinton will travel to Dhaka, and we will not be surprised if the entire deal unravels. 

Opinion with little analysis: Grameen Bank and Dr. Yunus is a regular news headline since March 2nd, 2011 in Bangladesh and abroad. Reports are based on the facts of the government's action and the legal affairs of the Grameen Bank. I am of the same opinion with the analysts who focus the entire operation of Sheikh Hasina as absolute political and her personal interest based on sheer bias and hatred. That politics has both a national and international overtone. Hasina loves to enjoy the unchallenged and safe kingdom where she will remain in permanent premiership with none to question her authority, and her son Sajib to follow her after her passing. She is the sole agent of Indian power in Wajed Joy Bangladesh where United States of America, EU, Muslim states and China-Russia will keep continue the relation with her through Delhi government. No one should desire the independent relation with Bangladesh. India needs Bangladesh under absolute domination as their buffer state and in future as it`s part in Indian map as it was before 1947.Hasina acts as if she prefers that Indian blueprint.

Sheikh Hasina has been ignoring to implement her commitment with the United States and playing as a political film gangster with the State department of U.S. She has been enjoying American support but serving Indian government interest far more then their expectations,  as confirmed by the New Delhi sources.  All her fake faces and games have now been exposed to the US Administration. Her blackmailing and dirty gambling are also well known to China and the Muslim Countries long time ago.

Let`s go for short points of Circumstances:
(1) Dr. Yunus contributed to tie up the close relation of Sheikh Hasina with the US government and their main policy makers, and arranged the US blessings for her and played vital role to elect her as premier with absolute majority in the national election in 2008.
(2) For the growing economy in Asia-Pacific region Bangladesh deserves strategic priority for its geo-political location. In that perspective United States decided to pick Hasina to serve their interests in Bangladesh. But she has been serving absolutely Indian interests, black mailing the US supports and confronting Bangladeshi interests of military security and economic interests in inside and abroad nakedly. That gradually has turned their relationship cold and growing far apart.
(3) Hasina is desperate to continue her loyalty with family and party followers to Indians as she believes RAW has brought her in    power and guides her in political and administrative designs. RAW for the first time manipulated the national election process of Bangladesh successfully and presented her a glorious victory.
(4) RAW already set up base network with payroll agents 260000 and 6326 are from so called educated group, out of total agents 64970.These operatives are active from capital city to Upazillas across the country.
(5) United States of America might support Dr. Mohammad Yunus as their next choice in Bangladeshi government or set him up as a staring adviser to future government as Hasina doubt lingers. Whereas she is dreaming to see her son S W Joy to follow her in    premiership after her retirement or passage. Because of this plan, she has already ousted the heavyweight leaders from Awami league leadership and has brought RAW listed operatives in key position of the government, like Dipu Moni. et al.
(6) Dr. Yunus might be the next alternative who proved himself as the model of honesty and an all rounder leadership and highly    respected throughout the world. BNP is painted as loyalist party to the Muslims and Fanatic Islamic group and Zia family lost    maximum of credibility in leadership for many reasons. The architect Army officers of one / eleven in Bangladesh might dramatically    sell their support as they did in the past though still their position is in the same as it was with India after a dramatic monetary deal    of almost $11 million US dollars as Delhi sourced.
(7) Prime Minister and her son have been planning to grab Grameen Bank`s ownership where as Dr. Mohammad Yunus is the major obstacle for them with his managing capacity and global reputation.
(8) Mr. Joy was found masked in Indian Airlines where he was disguised with the dress of Shikh before he got down from in Dhaka International Airport during Sheikh Hasina`s premiership that was witnessed by two European diplomats. Two faces of one VIP    passenger who appeared as mafia and special protocol that was provided by the Indian security Marshalls caused embarrassment    to the diplomats. However, such suspicious movement of Youngman Joy who has been privileged from the highest authorities of    both India and Bangladesh that was enough to frustrate them, undoubtedly.
(9) Mr. Joi also attended an IT conference in Bangalore last year, and made an under the table deal to enable Bharti Airtel to come to Bangladesh,  and currently acting as their local Agent and has pocketed handsome amount paving their way to Bangladesh. He is now involved with them in the second undersea fiber optic line,  and also making sure they do not need to participate in the 2G auction with Grameen Phone and other operators.
(10) In the recently held Telecom conference in Barcelona, Mr. Joi met privately with the CEO's of several Bangladesh Telecom    Operators "privately" to negotiate the upcoming 2G auction, and how they might leverage his "Consulting Services."
(11) Mr. Joi,  as the so-called self declared IT expert and IT Advisor to the Bangladesh Prime Minister is also very proactive to find    a partner, who can refine the requirement for a Satellite and develop and sell it to Bangladesh, by making him "Happy." He has a front man, named Mr. Rick Rahim from Virginia, USA, who acts on his behalf in all such deals!!
(12) Mr. Joi also joined Mummy Prime Minister during her trip to China in 2010,  but was busy meeting privately with clients who    later submitted bids for the Padma bridge and other Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Energy Tenders. He made sure    all Chinese clients understood, that they make him Happy, if they wish to win any tender bids in Bangladesh while AL in power.
(13) Mr. Joi was also instrumental in facilitating the sale of military hardware to Bangladesh Defense forces from Ukraine and    Russia, and in return they made him a Happy Man for his highly successful Consulting Services!! 

However, India, as it aims to be a growing super power and it is greedy to bring the weak neighbor Bangladesh under her dominion. They have selected the moment to conflict US interests in Bangladesh as US is engaged in the Middle-East and African turmoil. Interesting fact is that China-USA-Muslim world and European Union don`t accept Indian control over Bangladesh, and India wants an absolute control over Bangladesh for the need of the Deep Sea Port and transit through Bangladesh to its Eastern Provinces.  As done with the BDR shortly after her ascension to power, this latest episode with Dr. Yunus is part of a deliberate attempt on the AL Government to ensure there will be no one of world stature available to critique its eveil design in Bangladesh.  All Military officials who had questioned the Prime Minister after the BDR massacre, were quietly removed from the Services and put to Jail and they are still in solitary confinement. 

Conclusion: Professor Mohammad Yunus was awarded the Noble prize for Peace as Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. He is not a follower to any political leader. Prime Minister of Bangladesh and her political party have been campaigning for long time against Prof. Yunus. Dr. Yunus was targeted by the Marxist political groups, then after the Muslim fundamentalists for his micro-credit concept to give emancipation to the women and to the poor.  Now finally our Sheikh Hasina is after him, because she felt that she should be the rightful candidate to win the Peace prize after her work in the Tribal area.  There should be a limit to political vendetta and personal animosity,  and this should not be hatched at the expense of the country. Had Dr. Yunus wanted,  he could be the Prime Minister of Bangladesh today,  with full local and international support. But he simply wanted to serve his country and help the poor people of the world so they could live a dignity and self respect.

(The Writer is a free-lancer Journalist and analyst of global politics.
E-mail: azmnyc@gmail.com & rivercrossinternational@yahoo.com), and
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[ALOCHONA] Transit, not Teesta



Transit, not Teesta

India receives transit, but what about sharing Teesta waters?

by ALTAF PARVEZ, M M ALI and K MAHMUD

"Bangladesh will receive 5000 crore taka through transit/transshipment" (The Independent, 26 February 2011 )

The above statement bears serious significance given the prevailing socio-economic circumstances in Bangladesh. Readers will recall that not in the distant past the media was similarly used by quarters interested in the extraction and export of natural gas, coming up with headlines like: "Bangladesh floating on a sea of gas."

The fact that Bangladesh is not floating on a sea of gas is more than obvious to the consumers right now. In many households of the capital city, meals have to be cooked by the crack of dawn as the gas supply dwindles to nothing by the morning and stoves lie useless. Now, following the Bangladesh-is-floating-on-gas hype, quarters in the media are bent on reporting how Bangladesh can earn thousands of crores of taka by granting transit to India. What these quarters are failing to mention is how Bangladesh is being totally deprived of what is rightfully should be getting from India, and that is water.

Why has this particular time been selected to harp on the revenue supposedly to be gotten through transit? This period of March-April is a hard time for the people of the north-west and south-west regions of the country. Inflow of water is at an all time low in the shared rivers with India Though these rivers are of an international category, Bangladesh does not get its fair share of water from them. As a result, the regions through which these rivers run face immeasurable hardship during this period.

Though India and Bangladesh share a total of 54 rivers, over the last 40 years the two countries have only managed to reach an agreement on one river, the Ganges, through a 30-year treaty. And yet India has been holding talks on water and river-sharing issues ever since 1972. The Joint River Commission has had 38 meetings so far. Despite all this, the net result has been zero. Very little has been gained.

Bangladesh has moved far back even from the diplomatic aspects of the water-sharing issue. Even though no agreement may have been reached at least the water crisis was given priority during bilateral talks all along. Now that has been relegated to the back burner and the issues of transit and security have come to the forefront, issues in which Bangladesh's interests are not directly involved. A review of the policy-making level talks held between the two countries over the past two years reveals that all the decision that have been taken are related to transit and security. The other issues, including water, have been left hanging in limbo with the diplomatic politesse of "hopeful outcomes". In the joint declaration signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India in 2010, the issue of sharing River Teesta's water was relegated to 27th place.

The only water-related agreement between India and Bangladesh so far is the Ganges Treaty. The last time this treaty was signed was during the Awami League government rule of 1996-2001. Based on this, diplomats had thought that this time the water sharing issue would advance forward another step, particularly the Teesta issue.

In 2010, the Bangladesh government did submit to India a draft of an agreement related to Teesta. India's Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar also submitted a draft in this regard from his country's side. Neither country has made any public statement about the submitted drafts.

The source of the approximately 246-mile river Teesta lies in Northern Sikkim. Upon entering Bangladesh, Teesta continues for about 83 miles before joining Jamuna. During the ongoing dry season, Teesta's water falls to about 400 to 500 cusecs (1cusec = 1 cft per second). The reason of this unfortunate situation is the unilateral withdrawal of water by means of a barrage newly constructed in Gazaldoba, 50 miles upstream from Bangladesh's border. This barrage has two irrigation canals which diverts 20 thousand cusecs of water to West Bengal and Bihar, providing these Indian states with 10 thousand cusecs of water each for irrigation purposes.

When it comes to common rivers, Bangladesh is the downstream country and so with no water sharing treaty in place, the farmers have no idea how much water they will be receiving in the dry season and so invariably the cultivation in the river basin is severely affected. Additionally, as the population is rapidly increasing in the river basin regions, naturally the demand for water is increasing manifold too. However, the Greater Rangpur region of Bangladesh has never received the internationally recognized amount of water required on the basis of population and agricultural requirements.

So far the discussants have restricted their discussions to the volume of water, but the farmers of the river basin, particularly of the Rangpur region, also want the qualitative aspect of water to be brought to the table. After all, the rate that industries are being set up on both sides of the river upstream, by the time the water enters Bangladesh, it is almost unusable due to industrial pollution. The common consumers want the enforcement of the international laws for the qualitative aspect of shared waters.

Negotiations and bargaining concerning Teesta has been on since 1972. At the 20th meeting of the Joint River Commission a consensus had actually been reached to the effect that India would get 40% of Teesta waters, Bangladesh would get 40% and the remaining 20% would be kept in reserve.

Then in 1983 again this sharing was agreed upon by both sides in an ad hoc agreement. Bangladesh still adheres to this stand, but India now wants the entire flow to be shared, leaving nothing to maintain the normal flow.

The longer the water talks are stalled, the more the upstream country benefits. That is why in 1996 when the Awami League government signed the Ganges water sharing treaty, people welcomed it despite its limitations. However, this treaty hasn't been fulfilled even a fraction of the extent that the 1977 five-year treaty in this regard was fulfilled. The 1996 treaty may have come to an agreement about water sharing, but there is no guarantee of receiving that share of water. Even so, based on Awami League's diplomatic success of this treaty in 1996, from 2009 it has been heard that this government will be signing a Teesta treaty. This is not surprising because after staying away from the table for five long years, India finally agreed to participate in the 37th Joint Rivers Commission meet only after the present government came to power. In the meantime another meeting of the Commission has been held, but it is not known if anything has been finalized regarding the sharing of Teesta waters, or the waters of any other river for that matter.

It has been learnt that the visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Bangladesh is being delayed due to the delay in reaching an agreement regarding Teesta's water sharing. The Teesta treaty is to be signed during his visit.

So far it could be determined, the Teesta treaty is to be of a 15-year term for the time being and applicable in times of need. By means of such a treaty, there would be an increase in irrigation for 7.5 lac hectares of land in Rangpur region. After the Ganges Treaty if the Teesta Treaty is actually signed, then agreements could be reached more easily on the other shared rivers as these treaties would stand as models.

Other than the Teesta water sharing treaty, Bangladesh is also attaching much importance to reaching an understanding with India on advance flood warnings. Bangladesh wants to be informed 55 to 60 hours in advance when there are increased water surges upstream of the shared rivers. India is unwilling to provide flood warnings so much in advance. Yet they have that sort of treaty with Nepal where, since 1989, the ebb and flow of rivers in at least 42 places within Nepal is monitored.

In ninth clause of the 1996 water treaty between Bangladesh and India, it was stated that the two countries were in consensus about having water-sharing agreements concerning other common rivers, with equality, transparency and not harming each other in any way. But it is evident that India has no intention of adhering to the Ganges Water Treaty because a decade and a half since then, it has not come forward to sign any agreement concerning any other common river with Bangladesh. Yet when it raised the transit issue with Bangladesh, it is immediately being granted this facility.

While India may be reluctant to give Bangladesh its fair share of water, it has in the past satisfactorily implemented the Indus water sharing treaty with Pakistan (1960) and the sharing of the Mahakali and Koshi river waters with Nepal (1996). The World Bank provided technical cooperation in certain instances in this connection.

India is wholly involved in Nepal's Buri Gandhaki hydroelectric project. India has created the opportunity to produce 83 thousand MW of electricity from Nepal's rivers. When Bangladesh has proposed to work on the production of hydro-electricity on a tripartite basis, India refused. Yet now, with Bangladesh's approval, it plans to sell that same electricity to Bangladesh!

When Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited India last year, the people of Bangladesh were given the idea that if India was given transit, Bangladesh would be given electricity. But the draft agreement sent by India in February 2011 (see www.kalerkantho.com) shows that India wants to provide 250MW of electricity on condition that it will maintain control over disconnecting the line, determining the cost, increasing the cost and, if need be, extracting interest too. India's Central Energy Regulatory Commission would determine the price of electricity from time to time. Not only that, the electricity costs would have to be paid on quarterly basis, that too in advance. Even more shocking is that even though this electricity would be sold by India, Bangladesh would have to bear transmission costs and the risks of transmission. It is rare in the global context that the supplier has such a strong position in today's commodities' market. It is with such a commercial counterpart that Bangladesh is having to fight for its fair share of water decade after decade.

India has always refused for a third party involvement in these agreements so as to conceal this attitude. It always opts for bilateral treaties to extract its political and economic interests from the respective countries. For example, it refused to involve any third party when it comes to water sharing with Bangladesh, but in the case of transit, it is very eager to involve ADB and the World Bank. The Indus river treaty which India has with Pakistan for six rivers was assisted by the World Bank, but India has been accused of violating the treaty. According to the agreement, India would not be able to have any manmade structures on the common rivers. However, recently it has built the Navigation Project structure on the river Jhelum. Pakistan has protested vehemently. Yet when India builds similar structures on rivers shared with Bangladesh, the Bangladesh government, the civil society and the water experts remain mum.

It is ironic that while India itself is creating desertification in downstream Bangladesh through its dams and barrages, it protests loudly against China's Brahmaputra barrage construction.

It may be mentioned here that according to the UN Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Usage of International Watercourses (adopted in May 1997), there are three main compulsory requirements concerning the use of international river water. These are: the water must be used responsibly with acceptance of equal rights for all concerned; the normal flow of the river must not be hampered; and, if any project is to be undertaken on the rivers, all the countries of the river basin must be informed. Concerning the international rivers that flow through Bangladesh, the upstream countries are repeatedly violating this convention. Yet there is no awareness in this regard in Bangladesh, no discussions, no protest. And the Teesta Treaty which is around the corner has offer no solution regarding the barrages and dams being constructed.

Various Indian sources report that India is preparing to construct dams in six places in Sikkim and two in West Bengal in order to use Teesta's waters to generate electricity. In West Bengal, the proposed dams at Semco Ropeway and Coronation Bridge will be 27 metres and 39 metres high respectively. These dams will be used to generate 332 MW of electricity from Teesta.  During the dry season, these dams will cause drought downstream and during the monsoons when the floodgates are opened, the Greater Rangpur area will be deluged.

The writers are members of the non-political voluntary research organization, Transit Study Group (TSG).


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