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[ALOCHONA] Threats to the National Security of Bangladesh



Threats to the National Security of Bangladesh

Major Faruk Ahmed (Retd)

Introduction

1.   We have achieved an independent country through the Liberation War in 1971. Since the Independence, we have been experiencing forceful extraction of our resources, proxy war in CHT (Chittagong Hill Tracts), military aggression on the border, killings of our citizens in bordering areas, deprivation of water and creation of artificial floods every year by inundating larger part of the country, capturing of our market and also conduct of orchestrated hostile propaganda warfare against our nation.

2.   Because of the geographical location of our country and hostile attitude of the big neighbor, we need to identify potential threats to our national security so that we can undertake necessary measures to safeguard our national security.

3.   Attempts taken in this essay to briefly highlight followings:

a.   Meaning of threat.
b.   Forms of threat.
c.   Identifying external threats faced by Bangladesh.
d.   Identifying internal threats and problems.
e.   Indentifying own defence potentials.

What do we mean by 'threat' to our country?

4.   By 'threat', here we mean - any action or policy of either external or internal force which is likely to:
a.   pose danger or cause harm to the lives of our citizens;
b.   harm or challenge country's territorial integrity;
c.   affect country's independence or sovereignty;
d.   hamper country's social and political stability;
e.   effect country's nature and environment;
f.     obstruct exploration or utilization of natural resources;
g.   oppose nation's persuasion of independent domestic or foreign policy;
h.   affect nation's culture, morale and communal harmony; challenge nation's internal and external trade, finance and economy;
i.     hamper country's production, marketing or infrastructure;
j.     affect or challenge nation's peace, socio-economic and political stability etc.

What may be the forms of threat ?

5.   Threat may be any one or combination of following actions by external or internal force:

a.   conduct of subversion, sabotage, intimidation and propaganda;
b.   conduct of physical aggression;
c.   violation of country's border and water/air space;
d.   killing citizens or assassination of key personalities;
e.   occupation of island or bordering areas.
f.     damage, destruction, demolition of property/facility/infrastructure;
g.   conduct of psychological warfare against our nation;
h.   hostile diplomacy by potential adversary against our country's interests or image;
i.     deprivation of natural resources, flow of water in international rivers;
j.     binding the govt in secret treaties detrimental to national interests.
k.    use of own territory, air space and water by external forces.
l.     influencing national politics.
m. Causing social crimes by allowing smuggle of drugs and arms.
n.   bcapture of own market and laying obstruction to trade.
o.   patronizing separatist groups.
p.   conducting hostile intelligence operation in our country.

External Threats faced by Bangladesh:

6.   Threat to Sovereignty.

a.   Killing Bangladeshi citizens at Border. In 2009-67, 2010-60, 2011- 30(+) killed.
b.   Use of Bangladesh territory: Another country will use our land, road, railways, rivers, sea ports, airports etc. None knows for how many years this will continue and under which clauses- it will be terminated.
c.   Giving pressure to select route for international highway as per other's demand. The proposed Asian Highway cannot be turned into a multiple transit route through Bangladesh. Asian Highway should follow a single route through India-Bangladesh-Myanmar.
d.   Kidnapping, abduction, rape and torture on BD citizens. This has become everyday-reality at border area, our govt is unable to protest and protect citizen's lives.

7.   Threat to Territorial Integrity.

a.    Raid on border posts. Raid on Roumari BDR post.
b.   Arming, inspiring and sheltering separatist group. Armed group of CHT's PCJSS got arms, training and shelter.
c.   Claim within our maritime boundary and capture of Talpotti Island. India captured this island in the Bay of Bengal which belongs to Bangladesh.
d.   Construction at Zero Point. Going on in different areas.
e.   Retention of our land occupied. As per Indira-Mujib Treaty, our Tin-Bigha corridor is not returned in exchange of Berubari enclave.

8.   Threat to internal security and stability.

a.   Creating extremist groups under religious-cover. All extremist so-called Islamist groups are working as agents of outer forces.
b.   Creating separatist group in CHT. Hundred of arms were given to JSS terrorists to conduct killings and sabotage in CHT. 
c.   Facilitating Smuggle of Drugs. Phencidil is allowed to be smuggled into Bangladesh causing addiction to millions of youths and crimes in the society.
d.   Facilitating Smuggle of illegal arms. Thousands of smuggled arms are in the hands of criminals.
e.   Providing safe-heaven to criminals. Most of the top black-listed criminals have been sheltered in West Bengal.

9.   Threat to political stability.

a.   Foreign patronization to certain political parties.  Even the foreign media (The Economist) recently exposed how a known political party was helped with bags of money and advice by neighbouring country.


10. Threat to Economy and Trade.

a.   Capturing our market. Truck, car, motor cycle, CNG Taxi, white cattle, fish, clothes etc have captured our market.
b.   Smuggle of Indian products. Goods worth more than 3 billion USD are smuggled into Bangladesh every year.
c.   Looting of BD wealth after Independence. All armaments left by Pakistani Forces belonged to Bangladesh but India took away all.
d.   Imposing barrier to BD products. By imposing heavy tax and restrictions, India obstructs export of BD products to her.
e.   Huge trade deficit. In year 2009-2010, India exported to BD goods worth 3014 million USD, but BD exported to India goods worth only 304 million USD.

11. Threat to Culture.
Dozens of Hindi channels being run in Bangladesh earning more than 1000 crore Taka per year, more than 200 programs organized with Indian artists since January 2009. World Cup inaugural ceremony and Tri-nation Concert demonstrate domination of Hindi culture.


12.Threat to Education Sector. Crores of text books have been printed in India depriving own publishers. Indian writers' books are taught in schools which do not preach our own culture.

13.Threat to Communication Sector. Mobile communication sector is almost taken over by foreign mobile operators. HIS (Hostile Intelligence Service) is easily capable of hacking the conversations of our ministers, intelligence department and military commanders, business and political leaders etc.

14.Threat to History.

a.   Distorting our achievement in Liberation War. India claims that she defeated Pakistani Forces in 1971 denying the fact that lacs of Freedom Fighters and 7.5 crore people fought against the occupation forces inflicting heavy casualty and shattering their morale. Defeat of Pakistani Forces was a matter of time only. But India hijacked our victory by making the Pakistani Forces to surrender to Indian Forces.  

b.   Denying the reality behind creation of East Pakistan along with West Pakistan based on religious discrimination. It is propagated by the vested group that the creation of East Pakistan (today's Bangladesh) in 1947 was not right based on religious issue. Fact is, today we got an independent country based on the separation in 1947 as per Lahore Resolution; otherwise, we would have been mere a state of India as West Bengal.

15. Threat to Environment.

a.   Diversion and deprivation of natural water through Farakka Barrage. Most of the River beds are raised due to siltation making it difficult for water transports to ply.
b.   Inundating vast land. Released water from Farakka point cannot be contained by rivers and submerges vast land both sides.
c.   Creation of new dams at Tipaimukh. Tipaimukh and several other dam construction project is underway.
d.   Desertification and arsenic. Due to lack of water, northern part of BD is almost desertified and millions of people are affected by arsenic.

16. Threat to national image. Known vested quarter always propagate that BD is a failed country. They always try to depict Bangladesh as a country full of Islamist extremists.

17.Threat to Diplomacy.

a. 7 Point Treaty. According to Tazuddin Ahmed's secret agreement in 1971, India wanted that new Bangladesh would not have any independent foreign policy and the Armed Forces of Bangladesh shall be an extension to Indian security system. (5th clause of the agreement says: Foreign policy of Bangladesh must be compatible with and conform to that of India.)
b.  Obstruction to SAARC. Many a times, India has created obstruction to SAARC by posing different demands.

18.Threat to Media. Editors of our national dailies  were invited to India; aim was to brain wash them and gain their support in favour of transit and other demands on Bangladesh. After that, maneuver by some editors in creating popular support to transit and full implementation of anti-state CHT Treaty etc has been observed by the nation.

Internal Threats and Problems:

19.Internal threats faced today:

a.Weakly guarded Border. Phencidil, illegal arms and goods are smuggled into BD due to lack of adequate border security forces.
b. Unguarded Border in CHT. In many areas, there is no demarcated and identifiable border.
c.Vulnerability to subversion, sabotage and intimidation due to lack of motivation. Due to propagation of subverted intellectuals and politicians, people are easily misguided about the impact of transit, CHT Treaty etc.
d.Probable impact of transit on national defence plan. Use of own territory by Indian Forces and transports will seriously hamper imbalance national defence plan.
e. Impact of Indian Army's domination on our Armed Forces. Indian Army Chief was allowed to take salute at newly commissioned Army Officers' graduation ceremony- causing impact on their morale and motivation.
f.Impact of foreign assisted extremists. We experienced coordinated bomb attack in 362 districts, bobm blast at Ramna Botomul etc.
g.Surrendering  govt's sovereign rights and people's constitutional rights on CHT. Foreign inspired terrorist group JSS have been awarded ruling power on 1/10th portion of Bangladesh.
h.Geographical location. Vulnerable to be attacked from all directions.
i.Probable invitation by vested political parties for foreign intervention. During Pilkhana Massacre, Indian Para brigade was kept stand by at Agartala for interference if requested.
j.Cultural aggression. Since 2009, more than 200 Indian artists came to Bangladesh and dozens of Hindi channels earn more than 1000 crore Taka per year.

20.Our internal problems:

a.Poor combat efficiency. Poor logistics (arms, ammunition, equipment, ration, transport facilities and production capabilities etc.), lack of modern anti-Tank and anti-Aircraft defence system, incompatible arms and training, lack of intelligence about potential adversary, affected morale and lack of national defence strategy etc are causes of poor combat efficiency. 
b.Weak Intelligence. Weakness in Intelligence sector has been displayed during: 21 August Grenade attack on the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina's meeting; 10 trucks arms smuggling; Pilkhana conspiracy and execution of the massacre; 1/11 coup plot etc.
c.Weak Counter-Intelligence. Where intelligence capability is weak; counter intelligence capability is unthinkable. Our lackings in this aspect is displayed:  In countering the bomb blast at 62 districts coordinated by foreign intelligence agency; In countering the BDR conspiracy inspired by foreign intelligence.
d.Shattered morale of Armed Forces. Due to Pilkhana massacre.
e.Poor weaponry and weak training
f. Dependence on imported arms ammunition for continuing prolonged war.
g.Lack of modern anti-aircraft and anti-tank defensive weapons.
h.Training strategy leading to surrender ultimately.
i. Wrong defence plan based on Dhaka Bowl.
j.Absence of offensiveness and proxy war policy.
k.Absence of motivation and training for incorporating millions of youths in national resistance.
l.Confusion in identifying perceived enemy for conducting motivational training.
m.Government's attitude of surrendering national interests.
n.Influence of Govt's surrender attitude on the Armed Force's morale.
o. Difference among political leaders on ideas of sovereignty.
p. Political leaders' motive for foreign awards. We must guard against surrendering country's interest by any leader for the motive of gaining any foreign award.
q.Dependence in educational sector. Our text books are printed in India depriving own publishers.
r. Dependence for daily commodities. What Not is imported from India ?
s.Lack of patriotic values and poor media. Patriotism and use of own product is not promoted strongly by our media. Maximum women from middle class families are addicted to Hindi programs for entertainment. Indian Lehengas are sold from 3000.00 to 35000.00 Taka in our modern markets and shops.
t.Subverted Intellectuals. Many of our intellectuals' allegiance is not towards BD but another country. Their writings and speeches are not to preserve national interests but surrender it to another country.
u.Poor motivation in the Armed Forces. When military profession is taken as career building opportunity rather than a dedicated service for defending national security.
v. Subverted political leaders. Our national vital infrastructure such as sea-ports, river route, highways and railways can be leased in exchange of 'Kichu Ekta'.

Defence Potentials of Bangladesh

21. In spite of all the above mentioned problems and limitations, Bangladesh remains a 'Paradise for Defence' because of the following factors:

a.  Few lacs of trained military and para-military persons.
b.  Vast number of youths dedicated to defend.
c.  Ideal land for prolonged defensive operation.
d.   Proximity to vulnerable territory of potential adversary. If invaded, this will facilitate extension of operational area beyond own border.
e. Religious motivation on sacrifice for motherland.
f. Proximity to 3rd country and the sea
g.Support of friendly countries.
h.Support of international organizations/forums.
i. Nation's experience in war of resistance during Liberation War.

Conclusion

22. Once the external and internal threats are identified, necessary measures need to be undertaken to counter and foil those threats. Accordingly, internal problems also need to be solved as those are working as security holes.

23. Though, territorially Bangladesh is a small country, but we are the 7th largest nation in the World due to our huge population. In spite of all the threats and problems we are facing to-day; by the blessings of the Almighty, our strong patriotism, resilience and the defence potentials (mentioned above) will work, more than a nuclear defence shield, against any potential threat to our national security.

Email: farukbd5@yahoo.com
Dated: 11 August, 2011

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[ALOCHONA] BCL men go on rampage



BCL men go on rampage

Vandalise Rajshahi AL, Jubo League offices after fellow activists assault pro-AL doctor; 5 BCL men held


http://amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2011/08/13/98984


Rapid Action Battalion members inspect a pistol recovered with other arms, ammunition and weapons (not seen in the photo) from a dormitory of Rajshahi Medical College during a drive from Thursday night to early hours of yesterday.

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of Rajshahi Medical College unit vandalised the offices of city Awami League, Jubo League and BCL at Laxmipur and set ablaze two rooms of the college hostel on Thursday night.

The incident happened around 11:00pm, an hour after some city unit BCL and Jubo League men stormed the private chamber of Muhibul Hasan, general secretary of Rajshahi chapter of Bangladesh Medical Association, and beat him with sticks and iron rods, police said.Muhibul alleged former president of city Jubo League Asaduzzaman Asad and administrator of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industries Ziaul Haque Tuku were behind the attack on him, as he refused to give them Tk 1 lakh in extortion.

Also the general secretary of Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad (Swachip), a pro-AL body, Muhibul was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, doctors said.

Following the vandalism and arson, Police and Rapid Action Battalion raided the Pinku Hostel of the medical college and recovered a foreign pistol loaded with two bullets, one revolver and a huge number of sticks, iron rods and iron pipes from different rooms.Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Commissioner M Obaidullah, who was present during the two-hour drive till around 3:30am yesterday, confirmed the seizure.

Police also picked up 12 BCL men from the hostel. Seven of them were later released while the five others were shown arrested in two cases filed for the attacks and the arson.The arrested are Tanikur Rahman Titu, Mahabbat-e Zakaria, Mizanur Rahman Saurabh, Ashish Kumar and Rakibul Islam -- all activists of RMC unit BCL.The cases were filed with Rajpara Police Station accusing some 152 people including Muhibul, said Mokarram Hossain, officer-in-charge of the station.

Sources said a group of BCL and Jubo League men attacked Muhibul in his chamber -- Micropath Diagnostic Centre at Laxmipur -- around 10:00pm.Following this, his supporters in RMC unit of BCL ran amok, vandalising the offices of AL and its affiliated bodies in the same area around 11:00pm.

They also brought down the portraits of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from the wall of the AL office and flung to the ground, said Mahfuzul Alam Loton, vice president of city AL.The group entered the RMC campus around 12:00am and first vandalised and then set fire to the room of Sohel Ahmed, a follower of Asaduzzaman. They also set fire to another room and vandalised yet another.

However, Asaduzzaman and Tuku, the administrator of Rajshahi Chamber, refuted the allegation of demanding money from Muhibul or being involved in the attack on him."If the attack [on Muhibul] were carried out for money, why did they [Muhibul's supporters] attack the party offices?" asked Asad.He said Muhibul used his cadres in the attacks on AL offices and RMC campus, as some AL activists recently protested his "unscrupulous activities".A three-member committee headed by medicine department Chairman Saifuddin Ekram was formed to probe the incident within three days.

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[ALOCHONA] AL MP Enamul Huq



AL  MP  Enamul Huq




http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-08-13/news/177791



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[ALOCHONA] The Economist again criticises Bangladesh



The Economist again criticises Bangladesh



http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2011/08/13/98970

A week after inviting the government's ire, The Economist has now come up with two more articles on Bangladesh.

This time, however, there is no mention of 'bags of Indian cash and advice' in either article, appearing in the London-based magazine's August 13 edition and also uploaded on its web site on Friday.Banyan, a regular column on Asia, focuses on Bangladesh's politics this week with the heading 'In the name of the father: An obsession with Bangladesh's past may explain its prime minister's growing intolerance'.

The other report, under the head 'The poisonous politics of Bangladesh' indicates from the outset that it is not going to be laudatory.

The Banyan starts with commending the country's state of economy. 'The economy, with annual output of around $100 billion, grows by nearly 7 per cent a year and is fuelled by the world's third-largest clothes-export industry. Aid money gushes in, and good things are done against poverty.'

This stability in economy, the write-up points out, is hardly reflected in the state of the country's politics with new corruption cases filed against opposition chief Khaleda Zia, arrest warrants against her elder son Tarique Rahman and indictment of the other son Arafat Rahman.


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On the other hand, the courts in the country have quashed corruption cases against Awami League figures, the first article says.The relationship between Hasina and Khaleda is termed one of 'legendary mutual animosity'.

With a general election in a few years, the article says that Sheikh Hasina could have tried to embed democracy to become the first person to be re-elected to the office of Bangladesh's prime minister.'Sadly, judging by her recent behaviour, she seems to seek instead to crush the opposition and provoke an election boycott, silencing pesky critics as she goes.'

Referring to rumours, The Economist article says Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus was 'resented for his high international profile, which threatened to eclipse the sacred memory of Sheikh Hasina's father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led Bangladesh to independence'.

According to the article, Yunus's other sins included his accepting the Nobel peace prize that 'Sheikh Hasina felt should have been hers, failing to commiserate after an assassination attempt on her in 2004, and being ungrateful for the help she gave Grameen'.

Mentioning a new constitutional requirement declaring Sheikh Mujib the Father of the Nation and ordering all offices in the country to display his portrait, the UK-based magazine says, 'Hasina wants her father to be revered'.

It questions the Awami League government's move to try war crime suspects, saying that the government has made a 'mess' of it.

'Even sympathetic outsiders say it has bungled forthcoming war crimes trials of seven men over their alleged role in the war and massacres of 1971,' the article reads.

The magazine also criticises the recent amendment process. 'Most troubling is the hasty rewriting of the constitution on June 30, especially the scrapping of a provision for caretaker administrations to run elections.'The Supreme Court in a verdict on May 10 suggested keeping the provision for two more elections, to avoid provoking social strife.

'Sheikh Hasina herself had insisted on the arrangement when in opposition. In office, she heedlessly went ahead and junked it. That bodes ill for fair and peaceful polls in 2013.

'Nor do Orwellian touches inspire confidence. The constitution, or at least most of it, shall not be amended in future. Anyone who dares criticise it may be prosecuted for sedition. Mrs Zia has already been warned for having complained about it. Merely to back such a complaint is now illegal. Thought-crime may be next.'

The article says Sheikh Hasina's dream for Bangladesh 'differs profoundly from that cherished by her countrymen'.'She hopes to emulate not Indonesia or India today, but the country imagined by her father before his murder in 1975.'

Though it fails to fulfil a promise to restore his founding constitution's commitment to 'secularism', the new version is mostly loyal to his vision, complete with dated pledges to socialism, The Economist says.

'By attacking opponents, his daughter settles scores with those who opposed Sheikh Mujib. And, as Orwell knew: who controls the present controls the past. And who controls the past controls the future,' the web site reads.

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[ALOCHONA] Jogajog Montri's shafollo



Jogajog Montri's shafollo


http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=198254
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=198257
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=198427
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=198333


http://jugantor.us/enews/issue/2011/08/13/news0419.htm
http://jugantor.us/enews/issue/2011/08/13/news0420.htm


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http://www.samakal.com.bd/details.php?news=17&action=main&option=single&news_id=182046&pub_no=781

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=198438


http://amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2011/08/12/98771


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[ALOCHONA] FW: [Alapon] Nice article




                I agree that it is an article that has the courage to speak against the trendy sanctimonious tone of the "critics" of the Govt.
 
Let me remind everyone once again: in a Democracy, we have one Govt. at a time.  We should be supportive of that Govt. and criticise its actions and policies only when we find correctible flaws and only in terms of maximum good for the maximum no. people.
 
               Farida Majid

To: alapon@yahoogroups.com
From: bolonhome@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:26:59 -0400
Subject: [Alapon] Nice article

 
Dear sir,
Please click the below link, you may read the nice article.
Thanks,
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প্রিয় অপ্রিয় : সত্যদর্শী] মাঝে মাত্র তিন সপ্তাহের মতো দেশের বাইরে ছিলাম। ফিরে এসে মনে হচ্ছে একশ্রেণীর মানুষের মধ্যে বড্ড অসহিষ্ণুতা। সবকিছুতেই বড়ো অধৈর্য তারা। এই মুহূর্তে, এক্ষুণি তারা সবকিছুর সমাধান চান। তাদের সঙ্গে কথা বললে বা তাদের কথা শুনলে মনে হয় দেশে যেন সমস্যা ছাড়া আর কিছু নেই। বিদ্যুত্ নেই, অস্বাভাবিক দ্রব্যমূল্য, হত্যা,খুনাখুনি,পুলিশের অমানুষিক নির্যাতন, যানজট,দুর্ঘটনা,শেয়ার বাজারের বেহাল অবস্থা, দেশ বুঝি ডুবতে বসেছে। এই 'গেলো গেলো আর নাই নাই ওয়ালাদের'কথা শুনলে মনে হয় কোথাও আর কিছু নেই, সব যেন অচল হয়ে পড়েছে। সমাজ, সংসার,ব্যক্তিজীবন কোনো কিছুই চলছে না। একশ্রেণীর মিডিয়াও সুকৌশলে এই হতাশাজনক নেগেটিভ চিত্রটাই তুলে ধরছে। তাদের মূল প্রতিপাদ্য দেশ অচল, সরকার কিছুই করতে পারছে না। এই তত্ত্বই বগল বজিয়ে প্রচারও করছে। একশ্রেণীর সুশীলদের এই কোরাসের সঙ্গে বুঝে না বুঝে কোনো কোনো রাজনৈতিক নেতাও সুর মিলিয়ে গলা ফাটাচ্ছেন। কেউই ভাবছেন না এই হতাশা ছড়ানোর পরিণতি কী, কাদের এতে লাভ হচ্ছে?
অস্বীকার করি না দেশে সমস্যা নেই, বিদ্যুত্ সংকট নেই, অস্বাভাবিক মূল্যবৃদ্ধি নেই, কোনো কোনো ক্ষেত্রে পুলিশের বাড়াবাড়ি বা অন্যায় নেই, অপরাধের বিস্তার নেই, শেয়ার বাজারের অনিয়ম ও অব্যবস্থা নেই, দুর্নীতি নেই, যানজট নেই। একটি রাষ্ট্রে, বিশেষত আমাদের মতো একটি উন্নয়নশীল রাষ্ট্রে যা যা থাকে আমাদের দেশেও কম-বেশি তার প্রায় সবই আছে। থাকাই স্বাভাবিক। এতে এতো হতাশ বা অধৈর্য হওয়ার কী আছে? কবে, কখন আমাদের দেশে সমস্যা ছিলো না? আমরা সোনার বাংলা বলি, সে আমাদের স্বপ্ন, আমাদের ভালোবাসা, তার অর্থ এই নয় যে, এখানে দুঃখ-দারিদ্র্য ছিলো না বা নেই। সেই সপ্তদশ শতাব্দিতে ফরাসি পর্যটক বার্নিয়ের ও তার কিছু পরে তাভার্নিয়ের এসেছিলেন এদেশে, তখনও তারা এ দেশে অভাব-দারিদ্র্য দেখেছেন, ভালোর পাশাপাশি খারাপও দেখেছেন, অর্থাত্ কখনোই এখানে একেবারে দুধের নহর, ক্ষীরের সাগর বয়ে যায়নি। সব সময়ই মানুষের জীবনে দুঃখ-কষ্ট ছিলো। প্রশ্ন উঠতে পারে, সেই দুঃখ-কষ্ট, সমস্যা কি বেড়েছে না কমেছে? নিশ্চয়ই উত্তর হবে সেই সমস্যা, সেই অভাব, সেই দারিদ্র্য বাড়েনি, যতো সীমিতভাবেই হোক, প্রয়োজনের তুলনায় তা যতোই নগণ্য হোক, সেই দারিদ্র্য, দুর্দশা ও সমস্যা কমেছে। এতো সমস্যা ও সংকটের মধ্যে মানুষের জীবনযাত্রার মান বেড়েছে, গড় পরমায়ু বেড়েছে, শিক্ষার হার বেড়েছে, নারীশিক্ষার প্রসার ঘটেছে, জাতীয় বাজেটের পরিমাণ বেড়ে হয়েছে লক্ষ-কোটির উপর, এই ভয়াবহ লোডশেডিং ও বিদ্যুত্ সংকটের মধ্যেও বিদ্যুত্ উত্পাদন ও বিদ্যুত্ ব্যবহার বেড়েছে বহুগুণ, এই দরিদ্র পশ্চাত্পদ সমাজ জীবনেও যুক্ত হয়েছে আধুনিক প্রযুক্তি, মানুষের স্বাস্থ্য সচেতনতা বেড়েছে, প্রত্যন্ত গ্রামাঞ্চলেও দোকানে দোকানে পাওয়া যায় বোতলের জল, সাধারণ দরিদ্র মানুষদের হাতেও দেখা যায় শত শত মোবাইল ফোন । এগুলোকে যদি অগ্রগতি ও উন্নতি না বলি তাহলে কি উন্নতি মানে রাতারাতি দেশ একেবারে স্বপ্নপুরী হয়ে যাওয়া ? অভাব, অনটন, দারিদ্র্য সবই আছে, কিন্তু সেই অসহনীয় দারিদ্র্য যদি সহনীয় পর্যায়ে নেমে আসে, দুঃখ-কষ্ট ও দ্রব্যমূল্যের দুর্ভোগের মধ্যেও মানুষ যদি দু'বেলা খেতে পায়, তার জীবনমানের সামান্য হলেও উন্নয়ন ঘটে, তাহলে সে কি উন্নতি নয়, আমাদের সুশীল পন্ডিতেরা কী বলেন?
সমস্যা নেই কোন্ দেশে, স্বর্গলোকের কথা জানি না। আমেরিকা-ইল্যাংন্ডের মতো বিত্তশালী উন্নত দেশেও সমস্যা ও সংকট কিছু কম নেই। আমেরিকার মতো বিপুল অর্থবিত্ত ও সম্পদের দেশেও জাতীয় বাজেট মেলাতে কীভাবে সরকারকে হিমশিম খেতে হচ্ছে আশা করি তাও কারো অজানা নয়। লন্ডন শহরের টটেনহামেও দাঙ্গা-হাঙ্গামা-গোলযোগ এই তো মাত্র দুদিন আগে শুরু হয়। লন্ডনের এই ভয়াবহ দাঙ্গায় পুড়ছে যুক্তরাজ্যের ছবির মতো সুন্দর এই নগরী। দাঙ্গাবাজরা বাছবিচার না করে ঘরবাড়ি,ঐতিহ্যবাহী সব স্থাপনা, গাড়ি, শপিং সেন্টারে নির্দয়ভাবে আগুন লাগিয়ে দিচ্ছে। একশ-দেড়শ বছরের পুরনো বিখ্যাত অনেক ব্যবসা প্রতিষ্ঠান,ডিপার্টমেন্টাল স্টোর পুড়ে ছাই হয়ে গেছে। ছবিতে দেখতে পাচ্ছি এনফিল্ডে একটি ডিস্ট্রিবিউশন সেন্টারে কিভাবে দাউ দাউ করে আগুন জ্বলছে। শুধু লল্ডন নয়, যুক্তরাজ্যের বার্মিংহাম, লিভারপুল ও ব্রিস্টলেও এই দাঙ্গা-হাঙ্গামা ঘটছে। মাত্র দুই সপ্তাহ আগে আমি লন্ডন থেকে ফিরেছি। এই দাঙ্গা-হাঙ্গামার খবর দেখে মনটা বড় খারাপ হয়ে গেল। লণ্ডনে আমার কত ঘনিষ্ঠ ও প্রিয়জন আছেন। কী আনন্দেই না তাদের সঙ্গে অনেকগুলো দিন কাটিয়ে আসলাম। যে এনফিল্ড, টটেনহাম, বার্মিংহামে আমি গেছি, বিশেষ করে এনফিল্ডে এতোবার গেছি যে, এই দাঙ্গার ঘটনায় মনটা বড়ো বিচলিত হয়ে পড়ছে। ঘনিষ্ঠ বন্ধুদের কথা মনে পড়ছে খুব। সারা পৃথিবীর অবস্থাই এখন এ রকম। সমস্যা,সংকট,অশান্তি,অস্থিরতা। নিরবচ্ছিন্ন শান্তি বোধহয় আজ আর কোথাও সম্ভব নয়। প্রকৃতপক্ষে জীবিত মানুষ কখনোই সমস্যার বাইরে নয়। সমাজ, সংসার, জীবন, দেশ, রাষ্ট্র সম্পূর্ণ সমস্যামুক্ত হওয়ার নয়, আশাও করা যায় না। সম্পূর্ণ সমস্যামুক্ত আদর্শ জীবন বা আদর্শ সমাজমাত্রই ইউটোপিয়া। আমাদের খুব কাছের শহর, বিমানে আধঘণ্টারও কম দূরত্ব, সেই কলকাতার জনজীবন,রাস্তাঘাট,প্রাত্যহিক জীবনযাত্রার দিকে তাকালেও কমবেশি একই চিত্র চোখে পড়ে। বৃষ্টিতে রাস্তাঘাটে জল জমে জনজীবনের দুর্দশা, কোনো অঞ্চলে আমাদের মতোই পানীয়জলের সংকট, মূল্যবৃদ্ধি,কর্মসংস্থানের অভাব, দারিদ্র্য, অসংখ্য আশ্রয়হীন মানুষ। অথচ বর্তমানে ভারত ব্যবসা-বাণিজ্য, শিল্প-প্রযুক্তি, শিক্ষা ও অর্থনীতির দিক থেকে একটি উন্নত দেশ, তার গণতন্ত্র ও গণতান্ত্রিক ঐতিহ্যও দীর্ঘদিনের। সেখানে সমস্যা আছে, সমস্যার পাশাপাশি উন্নতি ও অগ্রগতিও আছে। সমস্যা ও সংকট মানেই সবকছুি স্তব্ধ হয়ে যাওয়া নয়, শেষ হয়ে যায় না ।
আমাদের দেশের একশ্রেণীর বুদ্ধিবাদী ও এলিটেরা এই বাস্তব সত্যটা বুঝতে চান না কিংবা বুঝলেও স্বীকার করতে চান না। তারা সবকিছুর মধ্যে কেবল হতাশার ছবিই দেখতে পান। বুদ্ধিবাদীদের নেগেটিভিজম বা নেতিবাদের কথাটা অশ্রু কুমার শিকদার তাঁর 'নবীন যদুর বংশে' ভালোভাবেই ব্যাখ্যা করেছিলেন। তিনি বলেছিলেন, সমসাময়িককাল বুদ্ধিবাদীদের চোখে কেবলই ধূসর, কেবলই অন্ধকার। দেশ নানা সংকটের মধ্যে দিয়ে যাচ্ছে। গণতান্ত্রিক শাসন ও গণতান্ত্রিক সমাজ গড়ে তোলা খুব সহজ কাজ নয়। তার উপর আছে দীর্ঘ স্বৈরশাসন ও সর্বশেষ ১/১১ জঞ্জাল দূর করে মানুষের মৌলিক অধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠার কঠিন কাজ। গণবিরোধী বহু ব্যবস্থার বিরুদ্ধেও এই সরকারকে সক্রিয় পদক্ষেপ গ্রহণ করতে হচ্ছে। দেশের উন্নয়ন, জনজীবনের দুর্ভোগ মোচনের এসব কাজও করতে হচ্ছে। তার মধ্যেও আছে প্রশাসন ও আমলাতন্ত্রের নানা জটিলতা ও অপকৌশল। এসব সমস্যা কাটিয়ে এ মুহূর্তেই দেশের সব সংকট দূর করা অসম্ভব না হলেও নিঃসন্দেহেই দুরূহ কাজ। সে কাজে সুফল যেমন আসবে তেমনি কখনো কখনো হয়তো প্রাথমিকভাবে বিফল হওয়াও একেবারে অস্বাভাবিক নয়। দ্রব্যমূল্য, বিদ্যুত্, যানজট এক মুহূর্তেই দূর করা যাবে না। দ্রব্যমূল্য নিয়ন্ত্রণে কোনো কোনো অসত্ চক্রের দুরভিসন্ধি ও সিন্ডিকেটও কাজ করছে। সরকার ইচ্ছে করলেই দেশের সব দুঃখ-দৈন্য একেবারে দূর করে সমাজকে সুখের সাগরে ভাসার মতো ব্যবস্থা করতে পারবে এরূপ আশা করা বোধকরি দুরাশারই নামান্তর। আর তা না হলেই দেশ ও সমাজ উচ্ছন্নে গেলো, কিছুই হলো না, সরকার কিছুই করতে পারলো না এমন মনে করা বা এমন কাল্পনিক ছবি তুলে ধরা সমাজের কেবল ক্ষতিই ডেকে আনবে, গণতন্ত্রের ভবিষ্যত্ই কেবল বিপন্ন হবে । যারা গণতন্ত্র ও গণতান্ত্রিক সমাজ চায় না তারাই এর সুযোগ গ্রহণ করবে। এই সঙ্গে সরকার ও সরকারের দায়িত্বশীল পদে যারা নিয়োজিত তাদের ও দেশের মানুষের দুঃখ-কষ্ট হূদয় দিয়ে উপলব্ধি করতে হবে এবং সব সমস্যা সমাধান করতে না পারেলও তাদের মধ্যে এই আস্থা বোধ তৈরি করতে হবে যাতে তারা অনুভব করে তাদের দুঃখ-দুর্দশায় রাষ্ট্র তাদের পাশে আছে, সরকার তাদের পাশে দাঁড়াচ্ছে। তাদের নিরাশ হওয়ার কিছু নেই। কিন্তু মানুষের দুঃখ-দুর্দশা ও দারিদ্র্যের প্রতি সমবেদনা ও সহানুভূতির পরিবর্তে এমন কোনো উক্তি বা এমন কোনো আচরণ করা কারো জন্যই শোভন ও সংগত নয় যাতে মানুষের মনে কোনো আঘাত লাগে তারা দুঃখ পায়, অসম্মানিত বোধ করে।
কোনো কোনো ভাবুক বা চিন্তাশীল ব্যক্তি যে বলে থাকেন সব সমাজের একদল মানুষ থাকে যারা সব সময়ই সমস্যা সৃষ্টি করতে চায়। তাদের কাজই ইস্যু খোঁজা। যখন কোনো বড়ো সমস্যা বা বড়ো ইস্যু না থাকে তখনো তারা কৃত্রিম সমস্যা বা কৃত্রিম ইস্যু তৈরি করে সাধারণ মানুষকে বিভ্রান্ত করতে চায়। এই সুবিধাবাদী সুযোগ সন্ধানীদের ব্যাপারে সতর্ক দৃষ্টি রাখা কর্তব্য। আমাদের গণতন্ত্র নানা চড়াই-উত্ড়াই ও বাধা-বিপর্যয়ের মধ্য দিয়ে যাচ্ছে। গণতন্ত্রের শত্রুরা নানাভাবে সক্রিয়। যে কোনো অজুহাতে গণতন্ত্র ও গণতান্ত্রিক সমাজ ব্যবস্থাকে বিপন্ন ও বাধাগ্রস্ত করাই তাদের লক্ষ্য। এজন্যই গণতান্ত্রিক সমাজ ও গণতন্ত্রে যারা বিশ্বাসী তাদের সকল উস্কানি ও হঠকারিতার মুখেও গণতন্ত্রের অগ্রযাত্রা অব্যাহত রাখা ও গণতান্ত্রিক ব্যবস্থাকে সমুন্নত রাখার জন্য সর্বোচ্চ ত্যাগ ও সংযমের পরিচয় দিতে হবে। গণতন্ত্রের শিক্ষাই হচ্ছে সংযম ও সহনশীলতার শিক্ষা। মনে রাখতে হবে উন্নয়ন ও উন্নতির জন্য গণতন্ত্র ও গণতান্ত্রিক শাসনব্যবস্থার কোনো বিকল্প নেই । বর্তমান বিশ্বে আজ তা আরো বেশি করে অনুভূত হচ্ছে। নিয়ন্ত্রিত সমাজ ও অর্থনীতিতে বিশ্বাসী দেশগুলোও আজ গণতন্ত্রের শক্তি ও তার সমৃদ্ধির সম্ভাবনা দেখে এসব নিয়ন্ত্রিত সমাজেও যতো সীমিতভাবেই হোক গণতন্ত্রের চর্চাকেই প্রাধান্য দিচ্ছে, বহু যুগের অবরুদ্ধ সমাজজীবনের মধ্যে মুক্ত ও খোলা হাওয়া বইয়ে দেয়ার নীতিকেই গ্রহণ করছে।
আমাদের দেশে যেমন সমস্যা-সংকট আছে তেমনি সম্ভাবনাও আছে। এ দেশের তরুণেরা অপার প্রাণশক্তির অধিকারী। তাদের বিপুল সম্ভাবনাও বিদ্যমান। দেশে-বিদেশে নানাক্ষেত্রে তারা সাফল্য ও কৃতিত্বেরও পরিচয় দিচ্ছে। সুতরাং আমাদের হতাশ বা নিরাশ হওয়ার কিছু নেই। যারা এই হতাশা ও নৈরাশ্য ছড়ান মনে রাখতে হবে ইচ্ছা করেই উদ্দেশ্যপ্রণোদিত ভাবে তারা এই কাজ করছেন। তাদের লক্ষ্য ও উদ্দেশ্য হচ্ছে গণতন্ত্র ও গণতান্ত্রিক সমাজকে বানচাল করা, আমাদের এই গণতন্ত্রের অগ্রযাত্রাকে ব্যাহত করা এবং গণতন্ত্র যাতে প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক রূপ নিয়ে শক্ত ভিত্তির উপরে দাঁড়াতে না পারে সে ব্যবস্থা করা। হতাশা ও নৈরাশ্য ছড়ানোর মধ্য দিয়ে সুকৌশলে তারা এই গণতন্ত্রের বিকাশকেও বাধাগ্রস্ত করার চেষ্টা করছে। দেশে সমস্যা ও সংকট থাকা মানেই সবকিছু ধ্বংস হয়ে গেছে, কিছুই অর্জিত হয়নি, এমন চিন্তা বা এমন অপপ্রচার কেবল দেশকে আরো গভীরতর সংকটের দিকেই নিয়ে যাবে। কোনো ভালোই যাদের চোখে পড়ে না, যারা কেবল অন্ধকার দেখে, যাদের চিন্তা ও বুদ্ধি জরাগ্রস্ত, তাদের কাছে সহানুভূতি,সহমর্মিতা ও সুবিচার প্রত্যাশা করা যে অরণ্যে রোদন ও পণ্ডশ্রম মাত্র তা বলাই বাহুল্য। তবু সত্ ও শুভবুদ্ধির কাছেই হয়তো আমাদের এই মানবিক আবেদন। না, সবকিছুই ব্যর্থ হয়ে যায়নি আমাদের, আমাদের অনেক সাফল্য আছে, অর্জন আছে, অগ্রগতি আছে। আসুন সমস্যা ও সংকটের পাশাপাশি আমরা এই হতভাগ্য গরিব দেশটির একটু একটু করে এগিয়ে যাওয়াকেও স্বাগত জানাই, উত্সাহিত করি। এ-ও তো সত্য যে, আছে দুঃখ, আছে মৃত্যু, বিরহদহন লাগে। তবুও শান্তি, তবু আনন্দ, তবু অনন্ত জাগে।'




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[ALOCHONA] In the name of the father



The Economist

 Banyan

                        In the name of the father

An obsession with Bangladesh's past may explain its prime minister's growing intolerance.

 
 Aug 13th 2011 | from the print edition
 
 
         

 
ASK well-connected Bangladeshis which country they dream of emulating and they usually name one of two big Asian democracies: populous and largely Muslim Indonesia, for its moderation, growing wealth and stability; or India, for its job-creating, increasingly urban economy. Wretched Pakistan is dismissed with the scorn of a divorcee rejecting her abusive ex.
Compared with Pakistan, from which Bangladesh split bloodily 40 years ago this December, life does indeed look better. The country is stable: few of Bangladesh's 160m-odd citizens are Muslim fundamentalists. The economy, with annual output of around $100 billion, grows by nearly 7% a year and is fuelled by the world's third-largest clothes-export industry. Aid money gushes in, and good things are done against poverty. And, since two years of army-backed rule ended in 2008, the generals have been tucked up securely in barracks.
All this should leave the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina—whom civil servants are said to address as "sir"—feeling confident. Her Awami League romped to an electoral win in December 2008. Her popularity has since dipped, but not disastrously. Nearly half the respondents to an AC-Nielsen survey in January, the most recent one, thought her government did a good job. Few backed the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which spurns parliament, calls public strikes and is remembered for the brutality and corruption of its rule in 2001-06.
Facing a general election in a couple of years, Sheikh Hasina might hope to embed democracy and persuade voters to re-elect her—a first for the country. Sadly, judging by her recent behaviour, she seems to seek instead to crush the opposition and provoke an election boycott, silencing pesky critics as she goes.
The mutual animosity between the prime minister and the opposition leader is legendary. Legal attacks on Khaleda Zia, admittedly an unsympathetic figure, are in full flow: an anti-corruption body charged her on August 8th; the same day a court issued a warrant for her exiled elder son over bribe-taking; in June a younger son was sentenced, in absentia, to six years in another graft case; in November she was evicted from her home. Each of these steps may be legitimate; together they look like vengeance.
More surprising was Sheikh Hasina's attack on Muhammad Yunus, thrown out of the Grameen Bank he founded. His most obvious mistake came in 2007, during the two-year interregnum, when he flirted for a while with launching a political party—a "third force" to break the old duopoly. Rumours swirl in Dhaka, however, that Mr Yunus's other sins included his accepting a Nobel peace prize that Sheikh Hasina felt should have been hers, failing to commiserate after an assassination attempt on her in 2004, and being ungrateful for the help she gave Grameen.
In brief Mr Yunus was resented for his high international profile, which threatened to eclipse the sacred memory of Sheikh Hasina's father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led Bangladesh to independence. Sheikh Hasina wants her father to be revered. A new constitutional requirement declares him father of the nation and orders all offices in the country to display his portrait.
One consequence of the cult surrounding their dynasty is that few institutions are trusted as independent. The courts, for example, have seen corruption cases against Awami League figures quashed. Those against BNP types proceed apace. Opposition leaders report violent ill-treatment. Mahmudur Rahman, a newspaper editor who served in the BNP government, describes being "tortured, handcuffed, blindfolded, stripped naked, starved".
Harping on such matters is seen by Sheikh Hasina's defenders as a "smear campaign". Human-rights groups who point to dreadful practices, such as routine killings of criminals by police, are told how much worse things were before. Outspoken critics, such as Odhikar, a human-rights and election-monitoring group, say new government controls on the way they spend money may be a step towards being "strangled". Trade unions fret that their leaders are threatened and harassed. The government pooh-poohs them all.
The kindest view of the government is that it is clumsy to the point of self-harm. Even sympathetic outsiders say it has bungled forthcoming war-crimes trials of seven men over their alleged roles in the war and massacres of 1971. The goal of holding wrongdoers accountable now risks being subsumed by a partisan witch-hunt. Some of the accused have been held for months without relevant charges. Only opposition figures will be tried.
 
The Sheikh of things to come
Most troubling is the hasty rewriting of the constitution on June 30th, especially the scrapping of a provision for caretaker administrations to run elections. The Supreme Court suggested keeping the set-up for two more elections, to avoid provoking social strife. Sheikh Hasina herself had insisted on the arrangement when in opposition. In office she heedlessly went ahead and junked it. That bodes ill for fair and peaceful polls in 2013.
Nor do Orwellian touches inspire confidence. The constitution, or at least most of it, shall not be amended in future. Anyone who dares criticise it may be prosecuted for sedition. Mrs Zia has already been warned for having complained about it. Merely to back such a complaint is now illegal. Thought-crime may be next.
All this suggests Sheikh Hasina's dream for Bangladesh differs profoundly from that cherished by her countrymen. She hopes to emulate not Indonesia or India today, but the country imagined by her father before his murder in 1975. Though it fails to fulfil a promise to restore his founding constitution's commitment to "secularism", the new version is mostly loyal to his vision, complete with dated pledges to socialism. By attacking opponents, his daughter settles scores with those who opposed Sheikh Mujib. And, as Orwell knew: who controls the present controls the past. And who controls the past controls the future.
 
Source:       http://www.economist.com/node/21525908


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[ALOCHONA] Latest_Two More Blows To Sheikh Hasina



Readers:
 
Two more latest blows to Sheikh Hasina, the powerful female ruler on earth:
 
Articles published in The Economist in the August 13 and 11, 2011 issues: please read
 
1. In the name of the father: http://www.economist.com/node/21525908
2. The poisonous politics of Bangladesh; http://www.economist.com/node/21525897
 
 
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[ALOCHONA] Re: 12th out of 12




First, Seventh or Twelfth position does not make any difference when total number is twelve and counted from the head of the governments or state only. Hillary Clinton or Sonia Gandhi is not considered in the “power” rating at all.
 
Any sensible person can easily understand that Sheikh Hasina will never be close if Hillary and Sonia are accounted in the power rating. Hasina’s Seventh (or even First) position will not award her anything even the sensible donkey (ass) dream Noble Prize for her like Dr. Mohammed Yunus or victimize him (Dr. Yunus) by virtue of “power” and out of jealousness.
 
India and Bangladesh Embraceable You
 

 
It dose not take the whole village to find out an idiot, an idiot usually identifies himself as an idiot.

Sheikh Hasina is not number 12 among Top 12 Female Leaders around the World but number SEVEN.
 
 
 
Mr. Anis, think before you ink, some people over and over proved their reputation as a low caliber prophet of falsehood.
 
Thanks,
Shamim Chowdhury
Maryland, U.S.A
 
Thanks,
Shamim Chowdhury
Maryland, U.S.A


--- On Thu, 8/11/11, anis.ahmed@netzero.com <anis.ahmed@netzero.com> wrote:

From: anis.ahmed@netzero.com <anis.ahmed@netzero.com>
Subject: 12th out of 12
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Date: Thursday, August 11, 2011, 5:32 PM

Dear All:
 
A father tells his village people loudly and proudly about his son’s success as he secured third position in the class. One asked the father about the number of students in the class who took the exam. Father responded, 3 students.
 
Readers, you all know how many females are in this world who are currently holding powerful positions in their respective governments. Everyone knows not more than 12. Sheikh Hasina became the 12th powerful lady in this world among the 12 female rulers.
 
  1. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
  2. Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel,
  3. President of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,
  4. President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff,
  5. Prime minister of Australia Julia Gillard,
  6. President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,
  7. Prime minister of Iceland Johanna Sigurdardottir,
  8. President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla,
  9. President of Finland Tarja Halonen,
  10. President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite.
  11. Prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar,
  12. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh.
  13. No more.
 
I am really proud of my Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina!
Wouldn't you?


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