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Saturday, September 24, 2011

[ALOCHONA] Where are Sultana Kamal, Prof Mizan,Barr. Sara, Advocate Adil?



Where are Sultana Kamal, Prof Mizanur Rahaman,Barrister Sara Hossain, Advocate Adilur Rahman Khan?

 

http://thenewnationbd.com/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=18206



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[ALOCHONA] Political uproar awaits Bangladesh



Political uproar awaits Bangladesh

Mahfuz R. Chowdhury

The contentious actions being taken by the government and the opposition's reaction to them would lead one to believe that another political turmoil is looming in Bangladesh.

Since 1991, Bangladesh politics and governance have been controlled by two dynastic families, who have for all practical purposes remained each other's sworn enemy. One family is led by the current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, the daughter of the leader of the liberation movement of 1971 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The other is led by the current opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia, the widow of renowned freedom fighter Gen. Ziaur Rahman.

Both Mujib and Zia ruled Bangladesh, but their iron-fisted rules were surrounded by many controversies and ended in their assassination while in office. The power vacuums following their assassinations prompted their die-hard followers to help establish the present dynastic rule by elevating the two women, the leaders' heirs apparent, to lead their respective parties -- Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party. The ladies have eventually assumed autocratic rule within their parties.

The two ladies have been head of government alternatively, and both administrations were marked by huge irregularities. They tolerated massive corruption and injustices by their party members and supporters. Their human rights violations were equally appalling. According to Amnesty International, the special police force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), established in 2004, has been implicated in the killing of at least 700 people despite repeated pledges by both ladies to end extrajudicial killings.

With equal grass root support or popularity, both parties in the past enlisted the support of the Jamaat e Islami Party. When Khaleda Zia was last in power, she maneuvered things to put down the opposition and bolster her own re-election prospects. The opposition led by Sheikh Hasina resorted to agitation, leading to political turmoil in 2006. What followed was an army-backed dispensation that lasted for two years.

The army backed caretaker government enjoyed rare popular support at the time, and it also initiated vital democratic reforms in the regulation of political parties, election, power decentralisation and judicial independence. But such valiant efforts all ended in utter failure. It handed over power to Sheikh Hasina after holding an election.

The opposition rejected the election result on ground of manipulation by India. An article in The Economist has backed this claim. The argument that Sheikh Hasina made secret deals with India gained traction after the article detailed India's benefits from its cozy relation with Bangladesh. In rebuffing the gain that Bangladesh could also expect in exchange for the transit facilities for India, the opposition uses the argument of water sharing fiasco that India created for Bangladesh.

Sheikh Hasina seems more interested in using her current parliamentary mandate to find a way to extend her rule by suppressing the opposition than addressing the critical problems facing the nation, such as runaway prices of staple foods, acute gas and electricity shortages, crises with regard to infrastructure, unemployment, rising crime rates, police brutality, campus riots, rampant corruption, and an ongoing stock market scandal.

To ensure her firm grip on power and to prevent any kind of dissent in her own party, Sheikh Hasina surrounded herself with loyalists by eliminating the moderate and independent party stalwarts from decision making. All vital decisions must now meet with her approval.

To reduce the power of her nemesis, Khaleda Zia, corruption charges were filed against her. Her two sons were indicted earlier on similar grounds by the Hasina administration. The charges against them may well be true, but they are not sitting well with the BNP supporters.

An amendment to the constitution to do away with the earlier agreed-upon system of caretaker administrations to oversee elections was enacted unilaterally by the Hasina administration. But no one expects the opposition to accept such a unilateral change to the constitution for fear of election manipulation.

Sheikh Hasina stripped Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus from his position in the Grameen Bank, which he had founded to promote microcredit among the rural poor, by using trumped-up charges and his age. His crime was that he was becoming too popular, and at the same time a potential rival in future elections.

These actions epitomise Bangladeshi politics, where personal vendetta has time and again overtaken national interests! As personal vengeance has now become more fierce and intense, the situation is getting even more precarious day by day.

Currently, there are four major players in Bangladesh politics, and each holds substantial power. They are: the two parties that the two ladies control, the Islamist group of which Jamaat e Islami Party is a part of, and finally the army. Given the intensity and scope of the present conflict, the ensuing power struggle is thus likely to turn ugly.

The actions of Hasina's administration are on collision course, and the response by the aggressive opposition, led by Khaleda Zia, is equally stern. The Islamist group, a formidable force, demonstrated its strength in 2005 by exploding over 400 bombs in 300 locations and killing judges, lawyers and policemen. It has been implicated in the notorious grenade attack in 2004 on a rally of the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina, which took the lives of 22 people.

Democracy never got a chance to flourish in Bangladesh. Its system of governance was always centered and built on individual leadership cult, which has now given birth to the dual dynastic rule.

If the country's past violent history and the present realities of the Middle East are any guide, the dynastic rules in Bangladesh will only bring more chaos and confusion where neither democracy nor economy would get a chance to prosper. As none of the key players seems to be prepared to give in, the world must wait for the next political turmoil in Bangladesh.

The writer teaches Economics at Farmingdale State College, New York.
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=203803


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[ALOCHONA] Re: Jogajog Montri's shafollo








http://amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2011/09/25/107651

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:

http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2011/09/22/106984


http://www.samakal.com.bd/details.php?news=13&action=main&option=single&news_id=193542&pub_no=820

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:


http://www.dailykalerkantho.com/?view=details&type=gold&data=Cook&pub_no=640&cat_id=1&menu_id=13&news_type_id=1&index=0



On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-08-20/news/179660

http://www.kalerkantho.com/?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=19-08-2011&type=gold&data=Airline&pub_no=617&cat_id=1&menu_id=13&news_type_id=1&index=0

http://www.edailystar.com/index.php?opt=view&page=1&date=2011-08-20

http://www.edailystar.com/index.php?opt=view&page=1&date=2011-08-19

http://www.edailystar.com/index.php?opt=view&page=2&date=2011-08-19

http://amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2011/08/19/100293


http://dailynayadiganta.com/2011/08/19/fullnews.asp?News_ID=295032&sec=1

http://www.jjdin.com/?view=details&type=single&pub_no=190&cat_id=1&menu_id=1&news_type_id=1&index=0

http://www.jjdin.com/?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=19-08-2011&type=single&pub_no=189&cat_id=1&menu_id=1&news_type_id=1&index=0

http://www.thedailysangbad.com/?view=details&type=gold&data=Food&pub_no=809&menu_id=13&news_type_id=1&val=75958

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:


http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=198980


http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-08-17/news/178815
http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-08-17/news/178816


http://jugantor.us/enews/issue/2011/08/17/news0956.htm
http://jugantor.us/enews/issue/2011/08/17/news0953.htm


http://www.samakal.com.bd/details.php?news=13&action=main&option=single&news_id=183283&pub_no=785




http://www.thedailysangbad.com/?view=details&type=gold&data=Jobs&pub_no=806&menu_id=13&news_type_id=1&val=75651



http://www.kalerkantho.com/?view=details&type=gold&data=Visa&pub_no=615&cat_id=1&menu_id=13&news_type_id=1&index=2


On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:


http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-08-16/news/178535
http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-08-16/news/178536

http://www.bd-pratidin.com/?view=details&type=gold&data=Loan&pub_no=470&cat_id=1&menu_id=1&news_type_id=1&index=0
http://edailystar.com/index.php?opt=view&page=20&date=2011-08-16
http://edailystar.com/index.php?opt=view&page=23&date=2011-08-16

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=198841
http://jugantor.us/enews/issue/2011/08/16/news0798.htm

http://www.samakal.com.bd/details.php?news=13&action=main&option=single&news_id=182994&pub_no=784

http://www.thedailysangbad.com/?view=details&type=gold&data=Book&pub_no=805&menu_id=13&news_type_id=1&val=75549

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:

AL MP Roni on communication minister

http://www.bd-pratidin.com/?view=details&type=gold&data=Mobile&pub_no=468&cat_id=1&menu_id=1&news_type_id=1&index=1

Peer Habib on communication minister

http://www.bd-pratidin.com/?view=details&type=gold&data=Mobile&pub_no=468&cat_id=1&menu_id=1&news_type_id=1&index=4

Tareque, Mishuk among 5 killed

Passenger bus crushes film-making unit on microbus at Manikganj; Tareque's wife Catherine among injured


http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=198549

'Break rules' now rules highways

About 4,000 people die in around 20,000 accidents a year for reckless driving

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=198551

Moon ride on another route stops

Transport owners suspend operation on Dhaka- Tangail highway for battered road condition



http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=198552http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-08-14/news/178046
http://www.thenewnationbd.com/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=14551

Potholed highways turn into death traps

http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/frontpage/29902.html
http://www.samakal.com.bd/details.php?news=13&action=main&option=single&news_id=182411&pub_no=782
http://www.kalerkantho.com/?view=details&type=gold&data=College&pub_no=612&cat_id=2&menu_id=19&news_type_id=1&index=1


http://www.jjdin.com/?view=details&type=single&pub_no=184&cat_id=1&menu_id=1&news_type_id=1&index=4


http://www.thedailysangbad.com/?view=details&type=gold&data=Loan&pub_no=803&menu_id=13&news_type_id=1&val=75349










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[ALOCHONA] Toxins and chemicals in food



Toxins and chemicals in food



http://www.jjdin.com/?view=details&type=single&pub_no=224&cat_id=1&menu_id=1&news_type_id=1&index=0



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[ALOCHONA] Investigation: Death of Lawyer



Death of Lawyer



Ahmed was tortured in police custody, Versions of witnesses, family contradict claims of cops

Contrary to police claims, The Daily Star found that pro-BNP lawyer MU Ahmed was tortured in police custody and he was in detention for at least three hours on August 11, during which he suffered a massive heart attack that led to his death on August 26.

Talking to Ahmed's family members, witnesses, police and other sources, The Daily Star came to know that MU Ahmed was picked up at his home between 2:30am and 3:30am on August 11.

The plain-clothed policemen started physically assaulting Ahmed when he was arrested at his Segunbagicha home. This continued as he was pushed into a police vehicle. Witnesses saw policemen slap and kick Ahmed. Before that the law enforcers also beat up two security guards of Ahmed's residence.

Ahmed had the heart attack in an intimidating and fearful environment created by the law enforcers.

He was then taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in a microbus at 6:25 in the morning. Doctors there diagnosed him with a massive heart attack and asked the police to take him to the National Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases (NICVD) in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. At this point, instead of moving Ahmed in an ambulance, the police used the same microbus to take him to the NICVD.

Police say that they used the microbus since they could not get an ambulance.

The Detective Brach (DB) of Police, in a press briefing had claimed that Ahmed was kept only for 30 to 40 minutes at its office before they took him to DMCH and that they did not assault him in custody.

Police arrested Ahmed at his Segunbagicha residence on August 11 in connection with assaulting police and obstructing them in discharging their duties on the Supreme Court premises on August 2 and 4.

SECURITY GUARDS' SAY
It was around 1:30am when 20 to 25 men appeared before the gate of Ahmed's flat building and started knocking violently, said manager of the security guards Mohammad Sohel quoting his colleagues.

When asked who they were, the men claimed that they were government officials and they needed to enter the building for official business.

Sohel said the security guards told the men that the building authority's permission is required to open the gate after midnight. The men then hurled abusive words at the guards and started threatening them with dire consequences if they did not open the gate.

Sohel said, "Within moments I went down from upstairs and opened the gate informing the building authority. On opening the gate some personnel swooped on me and my colleague Mujibur and dragged us into one of their vehicles parked in front of the gate.

"Police severely slapped and kicked us saying 'why did you not open the gate?' and they said we were under arrest.

"As we could not tell whether they were robbers or law enforces in plain clothes, we took a few minutes to take permission from the building authority for opening the gate."

Around 2:30am, they saw some angry policemen dragging Ahmed out by his neck towards the vehicle they were in, Sohel said, adding that the policemen then got them out and pushed and shoved Ahmed inside the vehicle.

The policemen left with Ahmed only.

FAMILY'S SAY
Ahmed's wife Selina Ahmed said, "Around 1:30am the policemen entered all the rooms simultaneously after the main door of my flat was opened and they started ransacking the flat including Almiras, wardrobes and beds in such a way that my two minor sons got panicked."

She claimed that after the incident her elder son caught a fever.

She said, "The policemen did not disclose their names or their unit, rather they misbehaved with me when I asked where Ahmed will be taken to."

Selina said the police arrested Ahmed on the second floor of the building where he was hiding and they took him away after 2:00am.

Following the advice of a few colleagues of Ahmed, she went to the DB office around 5:00am with his glasses and clothes but on duty policemen at the DB office gate refused to allow her in or have the clothes and glasses sent to Ahmed.

Selina returned home after waiting there for a while.

She said around 7:30am a security guard told her over the intercom of the building that Ahmed was taken to NICVD as his physical condition was not good.

Selina could not say how the security guard got the information that Ahmed was not well. She was also not informed that Ahmed was taken to DMCH first.

Selina said, "We immediately rushed to NICVD and found he was kept on life support and he could not speak." Ahmed slowly started talking around 8:00am on August 13, she noted.

Recalling what her husband told her in the hospital bed, Selina said, "Police dragged him into their vehicle after arresting him. They slapped and assaulted him inside the vehicle on the way." He was then taken to a dark room with no fans and was tortured by DB police at the DB office, she said.

When he was feeling as if he was being suffocated he asked for a fan, to which policemen threatened him that they would tie him up to the chair with a rope to give him electric shocks, she said, adding that that was when Ahmed fainted.

She said her husband did not have any heart, kidney or lung diseases and he did not suffer from diabetes even. Selina said Ahmed was in quite a good health when police arrested him.

TIME IN CUSTODY
Hours after Ahmed's death, Deputy Commissioner (DB South) Monirul Islam arranged a press briefing at the DB public relations office where he said Ahmed was kept only for 30 to 40 minutes at the DB office after his arrest. He said during this short stay he was not tortured.

However, a DB official, who was in the team that arrested Ahmed, on condition of anonymity said they arrested him at 3:30am and took him to Dhaka Medical College from the DB office in a microbus at 6:25am. The official said Ahmed was in DB custody for around three hours.

However, The Daily Star could not verify exactly when he was taken to DMCH as the DMCH does not record arrival of a patient who has not been admitted to the hospital.

The DB official said as Ahmed felt pain in his chest, he was rushed to DMCH in a microbus at 6:25am where doctors diagnosed him with heart disease and referred him to NICVD as there was no vacant bed at the Coronary Care Unit of DMCH.

The DB official said from DMCH they took Ahmed to NICVD in the same microbus.

NICVD register showed that Ahmed was taken there at 7:10am.

Doctor SM Siddiqur Rahman, associate professor (cardiology) of NICVD, said he started treating Ahmed at 8:00am and he was given life support as he had a massive heart attack.

Ahmed was later moved to Square Hospitals Ltd on August 16 after his wife got him released signing a bond. He died there on August 26.

AUTOPSY CONTROVERSY
Selina alleged that in the early hours of August 27, police took Ahmed's body from the Birdem mortuary without informing the family and had the autopsy performed at Dhaka Medical College morgue only to influence the post-mortem report.

DC Monir said they carried out the autopsy as Ahmed's family members and party colleagues accused the police of torturing him and causing his death.

Asked why the family was not informed about the autopsy, he claimed that they are not required to tell family members that they are doing an autopsy.

However, DC Monir in his briefing had said Ahmed's body was handed over to the family without any post mortem following the wishes of the family members.

Dhaka Medical College morgue sources said they did not find any torture marks on Ahmed's body. They, however, said it is almost impossible to find marks of slapping or electric shocks after around 17 days. They said both the kidneys and lungs were infected and the heart was a little bit larger than usual.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=203878


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Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: HEARTFELT GRATITUDES TO JOY AND PUTUL !!!!

attn. dr. Manik
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what has changed, since AL is in power?
why PM's sister gets so much publicity and photo-sessions FREE.

Is it legal?

khoda hafez.


From: Faruque Alamgir <faruquealamgir@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: HEARTFELT GRATITUDES TO JOY AND PUTUL !!!!

 
MAINKA  PAGOL KI KOY ????? PABNA  PABNA PABNA  HEMAYETPUR  HEMAYETPUR DUREY NOI KACHEY 

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:28 PM, ezajur <Ezajur@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
Dr Manik

So Digital Bangladesh is being led by Joy sitting in US and autism awareness is being led by Putul sitting in Canada.

And this why we have to be grateful to them?

The truth is you are grateful to them for their very existence - you need to follow a family member of Mujib otherwise you will be lost and scared.

You are incapable of dissent in your own grouping. So don't think you have made a point to anyone who is not a blind AL supporter by sucking up to Joy and Putul.

Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Muhammad Ali <manik195709@...> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
> Prudent , educated parent like Sheikh Hasina has produced quality offsprings like
> Sajib Wazed Joy and Saima Hussain Putul. We are proud of them. They have already contributed enormously to build MODERN BANGLADESH.
>  
> On the other side look at Khaleda Zia and her GOLDEN SONS !!!
>  
>      They are by-product of ILLETERACY AND CORRUPTIONS !!!!
>  
> Regards,
> Dr. Manik
> Atlanta, GA
>