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Saturday, October 29, 2011

[ALOCHONA] Troops Request Ignored: EC proven weak

Troops Request Ignored: EC proven weak

By refusing to deploy the army in the Narayanganj City Corporation
polls, the government seems to have gone against its oft-preached
political stand of making the Election Commission (EC) stronger to
hold the next parliamentary polls without reinstating the caretaker
government system.

One may argue that it is a local government body election and the
matter should not be linked with national politics. But how can one
ignore the bare fact which has emerged on the surface -- that the
government has shown a very dismissive attitude towards the EC?

If the government behaves this way in a local government election, how
will it behave if it remains in office during the next parliamentary
election? How will people keep confidence in the government's ongoing
campaign for making the EC able to conduct national polls under a
political government?

By declining to meet the EC's requirement for army deployment in the
NCC polls, the government has clearly ignored the constitutional
provision that gives the EC a guarantee of all assistance from all
executive authorities to perform its functions.

It has been proved once again how the EC faces hurdles in performing
its functions independently when a partisan government is in office.
The chief election commissioner has rightly said the government has
set a bad precedent by refusing at the last minute to deploy the army
in the NCC polls.

And the incident took place at such a crucial time when the two rival
camps, led by the ruling Awami League and opposition BNP, are now at
loggerheads over the question of a caretaker government system before
the next spate of parliamentary elections.

Many political analysts say this has been a glaring instance for the
BNP to justify its demand for the restoration of the CG, which will
provide all sorts of assistance to the EC for holding free and fair
parliamentary polls.

The constitution declares that the EC shall be independent in the
exercise of its functions -- ensuring free, fair and impartial
elections -- and be subject only to the constitution and to the law.

To provide the EC with a guarantee of its performing independently,
Article 126 of the constitution says: It shall be the duty of all
executive authorities to assist the Election Commission in the
discharge of its functions.

The Local Government (City Corporation) Act made by the present also
clearly provides a legal framework for deployment of the army in the
NCC polls. The act includes the army, air force and navy under the
definition of law enforcement agencies, along with police, armed
police battalion, Rab, Ansars, Battalion ansars, Border Guard
Bangladesh and Coast Guard.

So, once deployed in election duties, members of the armed forces can
exercise the powers of the police in arresting anyone without a
warrant within a 400-yard radius of a polling station.

But what has happened in reality? The EC on October 16 sent a letter
to the Armed Forces Division (AFD), asking it to deploy four companies
of army personnel for five days from Friday morning to maintain law
and order in the election areas.

The home ministry on October 20 issued a circular on the security of
the polls, saying that four companies of army men would be deployed in
Narayanganj city areas. The circular said details about the deployment
would be given later.

The government did not care about its constitutional obligation to
deploy the army for the NCC polls as per the EC requirement. It not
only refused to meet the EC's requirement, but also completely ignored
it, and did not even show the courtesy of communicating with the EC
about the matter. In fact, the EC was completely in the dark until
Friday morning, when its leading figures disclosed that the government
had made no move to deploy the army.

It annoyed and frustrated the EC. But not for the first time has this
happened. The government did not meet the EC's requirements for army
deployment at the by-elections in Habiganj-1 and Brahmanbaria-3
constituencies in January this year.

None should think the past BNP government was a saint. It was the
BNP-led government that refused to entertain the EC's request for army
deployment in union parishad and municipal elections in 2003 and 2004.

Neither did the government respond to the EC's requirements for army
deployment in all polling centres at the by-election in the Dhaka-10
constituency in 2004.

And back in 1994, when the BNP was in power, the ruling party men
rigged a by-election in Magura with the assistance of the government
machinery, making the EC unable to prevent it due to the
non-cooperation of the then government. The then EC's inability in
turn strengthened the then opposition's movement for the introduction
of the caretaker government that was scrapped in June this year.

Therefore, making the EC unable to perform independently will in no
way help build public confidence, not to speak of the confidence of
opposition political parties, in the government's letting free and
fair national elections take place.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=208528


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[ALOCHONA] Our judiciary: Biman's flight delayed for altercation on plane

Biman's flight delayed for altercation on plane

Departure of a Singapore-bound flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was
delayed yesterday by 37 minutes at Shahjalal International Airport due
to a chaotic incident on the plane over seating in business class of a
member of the higher judiciary who had an economy class ticket.

As a cabin crew requested him to take his assigned seat in the front
row of the economy class, he gave his identity and allegedly insisted
on sitting in the business class, said passengers and crew members of
the flight.

He was going to Singapore on a personal medical trip.

Hearing the commotion, officials of Biman's traffic department rushed
to the plane and requested him to take his seat in the economy class,
but he allegedly got furious and shouted out that he would convene an
impromptu mobile court on the plane and send the traffic officials and
the captain of the plane to jail, said some of the passengers.

He also allegedly asked the traffic department officials to make a
phone call to the Biman managing director and upgrade his ticket to
business class. The officials said they were not high- up enough in
the official hierarchy to make phone calls to the top boss of the
airliner.

At one stage of the altercation, the cockpit crews and the traffic
officials tried to arrange scheduled departure of the flight, but they
failed as he allegedly ordered all not to leave the aircraft and not
to close the door.

He also ordered the cabin crew to go tell the captain of the flight BG
084 that the member of the higher judiciary wants to see him.

As the captain delayed coming out of the cockpit, he allegedly
threatened the captain with issuance of a contempt of court charge on
his return from Singapore.

Hearing about the altercation, top Biman officials rushed to the scene
and immediately upgraded the ticket to business class. Finally, the
Boeing 737 left for Singapore at 8:02am, 37 minutes behind schedule.

"We've received a written complaint about the incident from the crew,"
a Biman top official told The Daily Star.

Wishing anonymity a top Biman official said that on a previous
occasion, they had upgraded the ticket of the same person to business
class on his trip to London as there was a request through proper
channel. But this time there was no such request and they were not
informed about his visit.

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Re: [ALOCHONA] Bdeshi delegates

deser manus ar ager moto boka nai. tara sobe dekhe ar buje.
BNP paise 32 ta seat.
AL pabe 23 ta sean.
wait and see.....

On 10/27/11, Desh Bondhu <desh_bondhu@ymail.com> wrote:
>
>
> A State Sponsored Picnic !!!
> Joy Hasina!!!
> Joy Ma Durga!!!
>
>
>
> Desh-Bondhu,
> 'Desher Kotha Bolay'
>
> On 27 Oct 2011, at 00:43, probashi M <meghna1900@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Thursday, October 27, 2011
>> Front Page
>>
>> Hasina flies to Australia to attend CHOGM
>>
>> Diplomatic Correspondent
>> Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina flew last night to Australia to attend the
>> Commonwealth Summit, leading
>> a 55-member Bangladesh delegation.
>>
>> ==========================================================================
>>
>> how much benefit the delegates will bring to the country?
>>
>> who will pay for their shopping-spree, luxurious hotels and other
>> expenses?
>>
>


--
Muhammad Anwarul Hoque Khan
(নিজে স্বপ্ন দেখি আর সবাইকে স্বপ্ন দেখাতে চাই…)
ই-মেইলঃ mahkbd@gmail.com (always online)

have you clicked http://mahkbd.blogspot.com today???

ধারাবাহিক বিজ্ঞান-কল্পকাহিনি "রুনের ঘটনাপঞ্জী" পড়ুন
(ভাল কিংবা খারাপ অথবা বিরক্তিকর যা-ই লাগুক আপনি মন্তব্য করুন। আপনার
মন্তব্য আমাকে আরও ভাল কিছু লিখতে উৎসাহ দিবে।)


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[ALOCHONA] 10-taka rice.....

Clash in VGF rice queue, 1 dead

At least one person was killed and eight injured in a clash over
queuing for rice during the Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme
in Gopalganj.

Delwar Hossain, 40, alias Dilu Sheikh, from Panchkahani area at
Tungipara died in a Khulna hospital early in the morning on Friday.

Police and local people said Dilu, a rickshaw-trolley puller, was
taken to a hospital in Tungipara and later transferred to the Khulna
hospital after he had been injured in the clash on Thursday afternoon.
Tunigipara police chief Shyam Lal Nath said seven people were arrested
in the morning on Friday over the incident.

The detained are Islam Sheikh, Russel Sheikh, Lablu Sheikh, Ebadul
Sheikh, Aiyub Sheikh, Kalam Sheikh and Noor Islam Sheikh, he said.
"Our drive is on and a case will be filed," he added.

Witnesses said Yunus Sheikh, a guard of Tungipara Municipality, had a
scuffle with Hafiz Sheikh and Nuru Sheikh over queuing for VGF rice.
The scuffle later turned into a violent clash, they said.

http://bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=210099&hb=3


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Re: [Dahuk]: Re: [ALOCHONA] TRANSIT = Duty Free, Road Free, Truck Free, Flooding of BD




Friends


90% of the populace will echo the same sentiment of what Mr. MH has said. Our sovereignty is now very much questionable n we are farid that our coveted "LAL  SABUJ  PATAKA " will go down under the fascist "Chakra ".

THE BASTARD HIDU  STAAAN HAS BEEN GIVEN ALL THE RIGHT DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AS THEY DO WITH THE SEVEN SISTERS ??????

Faruque Alamgir

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:28 PM, MH Enayet <mhenayet@hotmail.com> wrote:
 

What Transit ? Hasina says there is no transit, and also it was not discussed and approved in the parliament. Still will you want to brand it as transit? Where is the deed of transit  and are the clauses of transit? Still will you call it transit? They want it and they are operating. Who will say no? Still if you say your country is sovereign, I will say you live in fools' paradise. I'm sorry I do not mean you. MH  


 

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From: faruquealamgir@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:02:45 +0600
Subject: [Dahuk]: Re: [ALOCHONA] TRANSIT = Duty Free, Road Free, Truck Free, Flooding of BD

 
BANGLADESH  IS UNDER THE LOVING FEETOF THE ONLY AND THE ONLY FRIEND THAT BANGLADESH COULD PERHAPS ACHIEVE BY SHEDDING BLOOD OF 3 MILLION MARTYRS 

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:58 PM, kg <kgazi@cox.net> wrote:
 

What Transit ? Hasina says there is no transit.

Meanwhile Indians are taking Duty Free, Transit Free, Road Free, Truck Free, Trial Free rides across BD, and in 2 weeks have flooded the BD landscape with Indian junk.

http://thenewnationbd.com/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=21281







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[ALOCHONA] Untraceable



Untraceable
 
Sadiqur Rahman investigates into the growing incidents of enforced disappearances in the country and how despite repeated allegations against some of the law enforcement agencies, the government remains silent

 
 
It was 8:30 in the morning on September 29. Shameem Akhter just prepared his
son Tazbir Khan Dipto for school. Dipto's grandmother will drop him to school. After getting Dipto ready, Shameem called a rickshaw for the two. When Dipto's grandmother, Zohra Khatun returned from school, Shameem was not home. It has been nearly a month since AKM Shameem Akhter, a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra Union, went missing from his 12/4 Purana Paltan residence. Still there is no knowledge about his whereabouts.
 
At Savar, unidentified persons barged into Dhaka district Awami League leader, Haji Nur's house on October 20. They locked up Nur's daughter-in-law, Maksuda Begum and four other rooms of tenants from outside. On hearing their cries, neighbours rushed to the place and opened the rooms. When Maksuda looked for his father-in-law, Nur was not there.
 
***
 
Upon returning from school on September 29, when Zohra Khatun did not see his son, she became concerned. Shameem's mobile phone was home, surfacing all the more reasons to worry. She informed Shameem's wife Jharna Khanom, who was at work at the time. Jharna, a human rights defender at Ain O Salish Kendra, rushed home after hearing the news. While looking out for Shameem, she learned from locals that some plainclothes armed personnel dragged Shameem towards a vehicle and drove him away.
 
Babul Hossain, a grocery vendor and an eyewitness of the incident tells Xtra, a group of about seven to eight people picked Shameem up in his fatua and loincloth at about 9:00 in the morning. 'The abductors put a red tape on his mouth and forced him into a microbus,' says Babul.
 
Shameem's family members suspect, plainclothes members of law enforcement agencies are behind his abduction.
 
Shameem returned home about a year ago after living in Malaysia for three years. Jharna tells Xtra that Shameem was implicated with criminal charges that were politically motivated. The cases were lodged when Shameem was not in the country. 'For whatever allegation it is, Shameem has to be produced before the court if he is arrested and we have the right to know about him.'
 
Family members of Haji Nur suspect the same has happened with him. The Awami League leader's son-in-law Jahangir Alam claimed that the locals identified two vehicles of the Rapid Action Battalion among six cars parked outside the house while picking up Haji Nur.
 
***
 
In less than two years, at least 35 incidents of enforced disappearances were reported. Three of them were later found dead. The recurrences of these disappearances put public safety at stake as human rights groups fear, this maybe the new form of extrajudicial killing in the dark. Most of the persons abducted are either politician, businessmen or suspects with criminal charges.
 
The abduction of a Dhaka City Corporation ward councilor and a leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Chowdhury Alam (66) was one of the much talked about incidents last year. Alam's relatives and colleagues repeatedly told the media that law enforcers were behind his abduction.
 
On June 25, last year, Alam was abducted from in front of the Metro Garden on 75, Indira Road in the city. Alam's chauffer at the time, Ashim Chandra Bhowmick witnessed some seven to eight armed personnel taking him away on a microbus. They identified themselves as members of the law enforcement agencies to Bhowmick.
 
There were attempts to abduct Alam even before, says Abu Syed Chowdhury Himu. 'Following our complaints, the police arrested one Billal Hossain,' he says adding, 'Billal was later rescued by members of the intelligence agency he worked for.'
 
Following a petition filed at the High Court on 19 July, 2010, the court ordered the chiefs of Police and RAB to immediately investigate the matter and take effective steps. Sixteen months after his disappearance, there has been no headway in finding Alam.
 
Torture, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing by country's law enforcers are contrary to a democratic country. 'These trends are exercised by military dominated states,' says Adilur Rahman Khan, secretary of Odhikar. He continues, 'In spite of a democratic ruling in Bangladesh, law enforcement agencies have been repeatedly accused of such unlawful exercises.'
 
The human rights defender believes that the frequency of enforced disappearances in the country and no recoveries thereafter indicate the state's indulgence into such practices.
 
***
 
According to media reports, Rafiqul Islam of Shahjahanpur of the city was allegedly picked up by the RAB on February 15 this year. Whereabouts of Tarek Uddin, a businessman of Sutrapur, could not be known since April 8, after he was allegedly picked up by RAB.
 
According to Odhikar, RAB has been suspected in at least nine of the 17 people abducted this year. The law enforcement agencies including RAB, however, deny their involvement in any of the disappearances.
 
Towfiq Ahmed, a Stamford University student was reportedly taken away by RAB personnel from in front of the Dhaka Central Jail gate on May 13. Towfiq's father Khabir Uddin later filed a case accusing two officials of RAB and two officials of central jail with the chief metropolitan court.
 
Delwar Hossain (30), a trader of scrap materials, was allegedly picked up by plainclothes men at around 9:30pm on June 23 from Gachbaria market of Mostofapur boat terminal of Madaripur. Eyewitnesses identified the men as RAB officials.
 
On August 3, 2011 Tapon Das, a businessman of old Dhaka, was allegedly picked up by the DB police from KB Road at Gandaria.
 
Shumi Das, wife of Tapon Das says, 'Tapon and his friend Gobinda Das were returning home when plainclothes men stopped them.' 'At around 8:00pm, a white microbus stopped them and asked for Tapon. When Tapon responded, the police picked both Tapon and Gobinda, blindfolded them, and drove off to the office of Detective Branch at Mintu Road,' Shumi learned from Gobina, who was later released. During the drive, the police questioned about Gobinda and his connection with Tapon. Convinced, the men released Gobinda before entering the DB office.
 
On August 5, 2011, police recovered the bodies of Mizanur Rahman (25) and Jewel Rana (20), at the roadside of Narayanpur bypass lane in Gazipur. Another body identified as Rajib was recovered from the Dhaka-Mawa highway at Nimtala under Sirajdikhan Upazila in Munshiganj district the same day.
 
Rajib was a cousin of Jewel. The families of the three deceased men alleged that they were arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of Police on July 31 from Sharat Gupto Road. Jewel's father Salam Sardar, still clueless about why his son was abducted and later killed, says to Xtra, 'Had there been any charges against my son, I would have been convinced but I have no clue why he was taken.'
 
On October 6 this year, two unidentified men picked up Dr Rashid Ahmed from a private medical college hospital in Sylhet. Four other Indian students were picked up by plain clothed men from the same spot. The students, who were later released the next day early in the morning, disclosed that law enforcers picked them up for interrogation about the Delhi High Court blast. Indian media reports mentioned the Indian National Investigation Agency picked the Kashmiri students up with tacit collaboration of the Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion for questioning the bomb blast.
 
***
As incidents of enforced disappearance continue in the country almost rampantly, with no explanation from the government about their recurrences, Mizanur Rahman, chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) expressed concern about the situation. He said to the media that panic has gripped the people of the country at the news of enforced abduction committed by the RAB and police. 'This is a heinous violation of basic human rights,' says the human rights commission chief.
 
The country still bears the terrible memories of great sacrifices of the country's intelligentsia during the liberation war of 1971. Anti-national groups forcibly abducted teachers, journalists, students and many professionals who had been supporting the freedom fighters.
'Although some of the persons abducted have criminal charges and allegations against them, nonetheless, they all of have the right to be tried under the judicial procedures of the country,' says Shaheen Reza Noor, organiser Projonmo Ekattor, the eldest son of martyred journalist Sirajuddin Hossain.
 
Sirajuddin was forcefully abducted by Pakistani collaborators on December 10, 1971. Shaheen adds, 'Our national heroes freed this country from the Pakistani occupation forces so that every citizen of this nation can enjoy their freedom and right.'
 
However, successive governments have failed to ensure the freedom and have rather been involved in curtailing people's freedom. Instances of disappearance continued even after the independence of the country. Noted filmmaker and freedom fighter Zahir Raihan's disappearance on December 30, 1972, has remained a mystery with the apprehension that he might have been killed by Pakistani collaborators.
 
During those periods political opponents were often subjected to torture by law enforcers and political cadres and many political activists had been abducted. On March 23, 1980, Mahfuz Babu, a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader was abducted by unknown persons. His whereabouts has since been unknown.
 
Kalpana Chakma, former general secretary of Hill Women's Federation, disappeared on June 12, 1996. Her disappearance is another example in the history of the country's enforced disappearances. Kalpana, a vocal activist of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) was picked up by army personnel from near her residence at Lallyaghona village in Rangamati. Her whereabouts since then has not been known.
 
Another incident of missing businessman Jamal Uddin of Chittagong had created huge suspicion among the nation. Jamal Uddin was abducted on July 24 in 2003 while returning to his Chandgaon residence in the city from his business office at Chawk Bazar. His skeleton was later found from a remote village in Fatikchhari upazila after two years.
 
***
In many of the incidents reported, when family members of the missing persons reported to the police, in some cases the police refused to register cases and instead received only general diaries. Members of the law enforcing agencies denied their involvement in all of the cases reported. General diary under the Bangladeshi legal measure is only a notification to the police of a possible crime which does not bind the police to investigate until they consider necessary. It holds lesser gravity than a police case.
 
Shumi Das, wife of disappeared Tapon Das, says to Xtra, immediately after her husband was abducted, she along with other family members went to the Shyampur Model Police Station to file a general dairy. The duty police officer refused to accept it. 'They eventually received our paper but technically made it look like Tapon was not abducted but was just missing,' recalls Shumi.
 
Jharna Khanom, wife of Shameem Akhter also tells Xtra that the police refused to file Jharna's general dairy three times. Police refused to register a case about Mizan's killing when his elder brother Monir Hossain went to the Gendaria Police. He was instead asked to file a general dairy only.
 
Abu Syed Chowdhury Himu recalls that after repeated attempts to file a case about his father's disappearance with the police, they considered the issue. Twenty-two days after his father disappeared, the High Court ordered the Police and RAB chiefs to immediately investigate the matter and take effective steps. The court also ordered for a report to be submitted on Mohammad Chowdhury Alam's abductors. Himu tells Xtra, that since those orders, there has been no follow-up to the case.
 
***
 
Odhikar secretary, Adilur Rahman Khan says that it looks like the law enforcement agencies in the country have the state's full support to detain any person without being answerable for their atrocities and forceful detention. 'Such impunity is dangerous.'
 
'The law enforcement authorities cannot avoid the allegation against them,' says the NHRC chief adding that the onus is on the government to find the abductors.
 
Shaheen Reza Noor says, 'The government must take the situation seriously. Otherwise, he fears that the anti state elements can take its advantage.'
Hassan Mahmood Khandker, Inspector General of Police, refused to comment about the incidents of enforced disappearance. 'I have no clear information about the number of forced disappearance that Odhikar published,' he says.
 
Denying allegations brought against the law enforcement agencies, he says, 'Abduction or disappearances are not new in this country. Police have rescued many abducted and disappeared persons till date,' Hassan says. That enforced disappearances committed by law enforcers are not the same as disappearances committed by criminals is something the police chief clearly passed from explaining. By the frequency of enforced disappearances, human rights defenders fear that, this is the new face of extrajudicial killing.
 
http://www.newagebd.com/newspaper1/magazine/content.php?date=2011-10-28



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