[ALOCHONA] Fw: Re: [bd_journalists] Understanding Bangabandu and his BKSAL Strategies

--- On Tue, 11/24/09, abid bahar <abidbahar@yahoo.com> wrote: Intellectually, I think it was Munshi Bhaiès India Doctrine that put us together to see the big picture within the subcontinent. And the US, Israel and India connection has been going on far a long time and the idea is not new to me but Zaglul Bhaiès bold expreessions about this made me think twice about Global politics in our contemporary time and its remifications for Bangladesh. I think we are doing ok and should continue to move forward as a think tank group. By the way, the three people listed above are also from a closely related group I am working with, having similar views are  from Montreal. In the below I am pasting a letter from one Badrul Islam requesting me to send my articles to some place. In addition, he talks about two more trials and certain other things you should all know. Regards AB -------------------- Dear Dr.Abid Bahar, Your three articles on Mujib(Murder or Mutiny,Tajuddin and Understanding BAKSAL) recently published in the various forums(of which I am also a Member and have also a yahoo account) are indeed very interesting and you desreve credit for such bold writings. I have been corresponding with Mr.Shah Mohammad Saifuddin who is the founder of the Bangladesh Strategic Development Forum and he has confirmed to me that you are also their forum member. He can only publish the three articles, provided you send them directly to him, because protocol wise he cannot publish your articles sent by third person. He has to be sure you want it published. You may ba aware that two more trials are on current list:BDR and WAR CRIME while there is also the agenda of visit to New Delhi to finalize some deals and I have forwarded you my article on this national issues. There is many seminars too voicing for public consensus and unity between Political parties for national decision but I believe that our efforts here wouldnt materialize. I am asking you as I have asked BSDF owner; through international contacts(journalists,parliament members etc) can anything be done to make this present administration think twice and really go for National consensus? Is there anyway we can exert influence on the 0pposition leader to discussion  openly, through debate( as they dont want to go to parliament) and arrange for a referendum on these issues? Your kind response would be highly appreciated. Best wishes and Eid Mubarak, in advance. Badrul Islam From: MBI Munshi <MBIMunshi@gmail.com>     On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Zoglul Husain <zoglul@hotmail. co.uk> wrote:   Thank you, Abid Bahar Bhai, for appreciating again my political views. I have been reading your pieces on Mujib with much interest. It would be nice to read the whole thing in the book, which you intend to publish.   Mujib regime killed, according to many, more than 30 thousand patriots, who opposed plunder by India and by the BAL, and through the regime's misrule and plunder, along with Indian plunder and conspiracy, they caused the man-made famine of 1974, in which 3 to 5 hundred thousand people perished, according to reports. Mujib suppressed all democratic rights and unleashed a reign of terror. In the above circumstances, according to some, Bangladesh faced extinction as an independent nation and was about to become a vassal state of the Indian hegemonists. The coup of 15 August 1975 saved the situation to a large extent and it was widely supported by the people.    However, at the present time, we are again facing threat against our independence and sovereignty, our national interest and our national resources, from the same hegemonist and expansionist India, which, in stead of the then Soviet (which became imperialist by then) backing  during the Mujib regime, is now  backed by the US imperialism, a more pernicious and a more sinister force. We, therefore, have to organise peaceful political resistance for our survival.    Many coups, uprisings and armed-struggles  have been hailed most gloriously in the world. The 15 August 1975 coup, at least, according to many, saved Bangladesh from extinction and stopped the ruthless massacres and man-made famines and created conditions for bringing back democracy.    About our judiciary, do we have anything except for Kangaroo courts and travesty of justice? Can a coup, participated by tanks and sections of army, be treated as an ordinary murder case, especially when the coup saved Bangladesh from extinction and rescued the people from massacres, terror, plunders, famines and fascist repressions of a dreadful and terrible autocratic regime? Shortly before one-eleven 2007, the Awami thugs ransacked part of the high court and launched arson attacks in its premises. This high court has not yet been able to seek justice for itself about that attack! They carried out Moeen U's orders in the recent past and are now carrying out Hasina's. We must pledge anew to save our country. There can and should be unity between the patriots, irrespective of the political spectrum, Left, Right or Centre. It is our national task today to organise peaceful political resistance at the grassroots.   Our history written by Indian hegemonists and their lackeys are full of lies, deceit and falsehood. I hope your great efforts will help people recover the true history.   With very best wishes Subject: Re: [bd_journalists] Understanding Bangabandu and his BKSAL Strategies   Thank you Munshi Bhai and Saidul bhai for your generous support.As I have mentioned earlier, inspired by Zaglul Bhaiès revolutionay spirit, lately I have been working very hard to understand Bangabandu Mujib. Abid Bahar From: Saidul Islam <msaidul@gmail. com> Dear Abid Bhai: I totally agree with what Munshi bhai said. I read your piece with utmost interest, and I'm really impressed with the depth of knowledge you have and the analysis you made. BALists (who are either ignorant or agent, and bereft of any rational thinking but ironically claim to be the most rational ones) will attack you from different fronts, but at the end of the game your analysis will triumph and prevail. The analogy between Mujib and Mussolini is not only impressive but also appropriate and timely. I wish you all the best on your book project, and I'm sure it will be a ground-breaking contribution. Said Singapore On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:01 AM, MBI Munshi <MBIMunshi@gmail. com> wrote:   Another brilliant series of articles Abid bhai. I am truly impressed with your knowledge and analysis. I am sure your ompleted book will stir a renassiance in thinking in Bangladesh and bring the nation to a true understanding of its history. Keep up the good work.    Munshi From: abid bahar <abidbahar@Yahoo. com>   Understanding Bangabandu and his BKSAL Strategies Abid Bahar (Adapted from A book in progress: The BKSAL Legacy of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Part 1:Is President Sheikh Mujib's Death a Murder or a Mutiny? A Tragedy for the Daughter Indeed! Part 11: President Sheikh Mujib's Death: Tajuddin's Prophecy already published, Now part 111:Understanding the BKSAL rule of "My Way or no Way"and Hasina's Logi boitha) I have been a believer of the "rule of law" in politics as a sure way to development but surely not the "my way or no way" to get to power. President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was honored with the title " Father of the nation." In understanding Bangladesh politics, I have been researching  on the life and time of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In addition to receving vulgar criticism to my work, I was being threatened numerous in different fashions. I believe readers must be curious to know despite the disadvantages,  why I have been pursuing my search on Bangabandu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in minute details. The answer is not because I am a member of any particular political party. In fact I was a Mujib devotee and meet him several times; once in a one to one encounter but many more times in the pages of history books. At the time I was a Mujib supporter, like many Mujib hero worshippers, in my slumber I also found it difficult to accept the criticisms by people against Mujibur Rahman. It was as if like a fan fever. That was in the past. I consciously tried to understand this irrational phenomenon. The present query is for a personal and a professional reason, it is primarily because I myself as a Bangladeshi by birth and in the role of a researcher, in this journey, I am curious to know Bangabandu Mujib to understand some of the core Bangladeshi national issues that persist till today related to the Bangabandu phenomenon. I am certain, there are many like me who would like to know who the real Mujib was. Here we will be dealing mostly with his political techniques.   1.Who was Sheikh Mujibur Rahman? Mujib was a prominant student leader worked with Shohrodurdy became the leader of the AL and founded BKSAL. Many consider Mujib as the violent figure in politics. Records shows that he preched violence. The question to ponder, is it a good idea to select a violent person as a model father of the nation? President Mujib could be chosen as the father of the AL or the BKSAL not the father of the entire nation. On record for his despotic rule even some of his democracy loving AL followers and some Bangladeshi freedom fighters killed him. Indirectly his despotic actions against the nation also caused the death of some of his family members as well. Tajuddin, a Socialist even predicted a massacre. It bothers me and many other nonviolent people I talked to that it is difficult to accept Mujib as the father of the entire nation. Personally, many people are against the use of violence all through their lives. If I consider myself as one of them I don't want a violent person to be chosen as a fatherly symbol of my country that for its liberation I was about to be killed by the razakars. Tofozal Hossain Manik Mia who knew Mujib personally and very well, in his book documets things in specific details about Mujib. It says about him during the Jukto Front years that young and ambitious Mujib was using fistfights with his rival constituents to win in the election. Mujib was also using lies to blackmail the opposition, which means he was not honest or shall I say a bit too dishonest in politics? If Bangladesh cherishes the ideal of nonviolence in politics, why should we accept Mujib as the father of the nation considering that Mujib was not the Gandhi and Mujib had been using violence in politics all along? If considering him as the symbolic father of the nation to promote the ideal of peace and progress, does he fit into the ideal category?    2. Mujib didn't also have any strong ideological foundation.  Mujib was not an intellectual. He didn't have an ideology. Tajuddin was a Socialist and was the key person behind the formulation of the 6 points demand. Under the circumstances what was it that inspired Mujib? It appears that it was his personal ambition. He was not even in favor of breaking Pakistan. What was it that he had which could inspire others? He was a very powerful demagogue. He was a "charismatic and forceful orator." He also realized the importance of propaganda to win his agenda. It is repeatedly observed that in times of trouble however, he preferred to surrender and to stay in jail.  3. Against  the Opposition  I also wondered why he had problem to tolerate opposition. In opposing the BKSAL one party system, Tajuddin said to him, it would be the breaking of the promise Mujib and him gave to his countryman all through the Pakistan period. Tajuddin prophesized that it will kill many of "us."  But still why Mujib did it? He was an autocrat by nature.   4. Mujib was an ambitious and clever politician My research findings show that although Mujib was not an intellectual, but he was a clever politician. He was not at all foolish to do the things he did. From early on his career shows he had developed a patron -client relationship with his followers. In exchange for loyality to him he rewarded them with favor in matters of tender distribution, the promise of nomination in the election, sending an unfair request for a job that a person doesn't deserve, asking to release a criminal from jail even in some cases a murder suspect. Joinal Hazari, as an example was not a Hasina recruit, he was a Mujib recruit. This type of technique made Mujib powerful and made his party powerful but concomitantly it weakened the state.  In this rising trend, bureaucracy as state machinery and a rational system was always an obstacle in Mujib's path. Thus on record Mujib always hated bureaucracy. As we know in the long process Mujib was slowly building his latent fascist (autocratic) power base which only became manifest in the post liberation BKSAL period.. 5. Mujib was a Powerful South Asian Fascist. "The features of Fascism found in Mussolini and in other similar leaders were their brand of ultra nationalism, use of Socialism to justify authoritarianism, the deployment of many paramilitary forces to put down opposition, the leader's charismatic leadership, favoritism as a tool of demanding party loyalty, the demagogy, introduction of party uniform imitating the leader, the Fascist followers intolerance to the criticism of the leader, and the leader's extreme personal devotion to his party interest over his country."(1) In his fascist devotion to his party, he was really kind to his cadres but always remained oppressive to the opposition. In his formal speech however he showed his immense kindness to the masses as well. His short rule showed he was a tyrant and very much represented his party but not the state even when he knew he was elected by his countrymen. As an intelligent person when he confidently figured out his source of power he carefully nurtured it through his "bhai culture" of favoritism, which in the end was against the state machinery, development, and the rule of law.   6. Ibsan's Drama the "Enemy of the people" It appears that from the time Mujib became the leader of the AL party, politics was no more to serve people but personally for Mujib to grab power and for his followers to make profit. It seems Hasina's politics of favoritism, tender distribution, the favoritism in politics and the Logi Boitha revolution is a dangerous continuation of Mujib's politics of violence. Imagine! Hasina being the ex Prime Minister calling for a logi boitha revolution during a democratically elected government in power and in the presence of police, the AL workers in open day light killing people further confirmed the continuation of violence in politics. If it were in Europe or even in India (herself as if Ibsan's drama the "Enemy of the people" basing the protagonist's success through propaganda) in this worst scenerio she would be in jail on murder charges.    7. AMI RAJNITI KHRINA, KORI KINTU PITRI HOTYAR PROTISHODDH NABR JONYOI (I hate politics; but just only for taking revenge of my father's killing,) The recent SC judgement is a welcome thing from most Bangladeshis, for, the court helped to uphold the rule of law. But details show it was all staged to get rid of the negative stigma on Sheikh Mujib's BKSAL rule and establish Mujib as the father of the nation. Not long ago Hasina said 'AMI RAJNITI KHRINA, KORI KINTU PITRI HOTYAR PROTISHODDH NAER JONYOI RAJNITITE ESHECHI' (I hate politics; but just only for taking revenge of my father's killing, I have taken up to do politics).It seems that was primarily Hasina's wishes fulfilled through her appointed judges. But the point is, if the same court that was set on fire by the AL workers in the pre 1/11 days will serve justice to those who in the similar way as Hasina's, lost their dear ones to Hasina's logi boitha violence in an open day light on 28th October in 2006 . It was not even a wartime event. 8. The 28th October in 2006 Logi boitha Massacre  If those victims of logi boitha of the 28th October in 2006 were Bangladeshis, which they were they should have similar access to law to send Hasina to the court of justice. I am sure they will not have the power to appoint judges but one cannot deny that they were Bangladeshis.   9. Hasina's Bangladesh Now if justice for the victims of 28th October were not served, what Bangladesh will have to say to the world? Is it that justice has double meaning? It brings to mind what Martin Luther King once said: "You suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year old daughter why she cannot go the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Fun town is closed to colored people." So it is as if Hasina is happy it was advertised on TV about hanging of her father's killers. But what about justice for the other little children's fathers killers? 10. Case against Hasina If justice is not served for the open day light killing, people will question, are there two types of Bangladeshi people, one who are ALs, rich and powerful and the others who are poor and the SC wouldn't care? Surprisingly, "Logi-boitha (pole-oar) is closely associated with AL and boat, its election symbol" See the youtube: AL's logi boitha attacks and the blackmailing and deceptions that followed: http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=hjWhLD1- JLk&feature= player_embedded These are Hasina's slippery slope to authoritarian rule. But the cracks are on the wall now. When justice is served to hang the 1971 freedom fighters like Faroque and the others who killed President Mujib is a matter of murder not a mutiny, why not justice be served for the others, the dead and the parents/ wives and children of the 28th October massacre? What harm did these people do to the AL's for them to get a lesson through a show of terror? Joy Wazed says, These charges are too flimsy to hold up in court … They have underestimated my mother.(2)  THE LINGERING TRADITION OF FASCISM The question is how long will we continue our Bangabandu BKSAL tradition - it is "either my way or no way?"In my search I found this use of force as a strategy very much present in fascist traditions, we know fascism a human problem in leaderships across the globe. My endeavor is to not celebrate but to educate people against this national malice.  In the past such forces captured state power in Europe, and it is now in Africa and in the Middle East. In Europe they identified and condemned in textbooks. To me Bangabandu was a very powerful fascist leader of South Asia killed by not by the anti liberation forces. Unfortunately he was removed violently as fascism was removed in Italy, Germany and Spain.   The use of violence in politics is a dangerous game. Can we afford such a trend to continue to kill our leaders, our ordinary people without trial? Can we allow it to continue by Hasina, the supreme leader of a great political party as the AL that was first founded by Maulana Bhasani and continues to lead the nation till today? For the sake of saving our beloved nation, is it time to come to our senses and make changes? For such changes can only make things shine for the AL, Bangabandu, Hasina and our Bangladesh nation! Because it says, "rule of law" is a sure way to development but surely not the "my way or no way" to get to power to make profit. Using the same logic of the SC can we now demand  "Justice For the Victims of Logi Boitha?" Will the SC repeat a similar precedence of the boitha killing and set an example to bring Hasina to face the court? We will wait to see justice served for all. References: (1) Abid Bahar, Bangabandu Mujib and Benito Mussolini: Striking Similarities, http://bangladesh- web.com/view. php?hidRecord= 218125 | (2) Sheikh Hasina  http://sajeeb. blogspot. com/2007/ 04/charges- against-sheikh- hasina.html ------------ --------- -- (Abid Bahar Ph.D. teaches in Canada on Ethics of Leadership) Md. Saidul Islam Singapore Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr!

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[ALOCHONA] Re: US Ambassador Moriarty advocates equal rights for 'Biharis'

The Biharis are compelled to live a very very inhuman life.many people live in  a small room ,insufficient toilets are there.They need more space more toilets.

But nobody come forrowed rather they face fire several times at their camps.  i came to know that some political mastans r behind the fire!

 THe UN should do smething for them.Thanks to Moriaty and thanks to brother Anis ahmed

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To All;

 

As a Bangladeshi American, I fully support US Ambassador to Bangladesh Mr. Moriarty's advocacy and the Bangladesh Supreme Court ruling on "Biharis" issue. Bangladesh Government must comply with this if it respects human rights and the judgment of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

 

If all Bangladeshi Americans and American Bangladeshi can expect and enjoy equal rights like all other US citizens in the USA, all Biharis and their children born in Bangladesh should have equal rights as Bangladeshi citizen in Bangladesh.

 

For detail information about the US Ambassador Moriarty's advocacy, please visit the following linkage http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=147598&hb=5

 

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[ALOCHONA] Daily Ittefaq and Dainik Bangla on Bangladesh in the early 70s

Daily Ittefaq and Dainik Bangla of 13-14 September and 30 October 1975 on Bangladesh in the early 70s   http://www.amardeshbd.com/dailynews/detail_news_index.php?NewsID=247355&NewsType=bistarito&SectionID=home

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[ALOCHONA] Tariff payment to USA four times American aid

Tariff payment to USA four times American aid The import tariff revenue that the US administration realised in 2008 from Bangladesh was four times higher than its aid to the country, a US Senate hearing was told.    International development organisation Oxfam argued before the Senate's Ways and Means Committee that by imposing high import duty on the goods from Bangladesh and other LDCs, the US administration prevents poverty elimination in those poor countries.    'Bangladeshi exporters paid $573 million in tariff to the USA in 2008 and received only $151 million in aid,' Paul O'Brien, vice-president of Policy and Advocacy, Oxfam America, told the Senate.    Highly placed sources in the government told New Age that Oxfam's testimony was placed before the subcommittee on trade of the House Committee on Ways and Means on November 17.    'Similarly, other LDCs and poor countries paid tariffs for exports that were many times more than what they received in aid,' Paul noted.    He pointed out that though the average tariff rate on imports into the United States is 1.7 per cent, Bangladesh pays more than 15 per cent while France, the UK and Saudi Arabia pay average tariff of less than one per cent.    'Bangladeshi exporters pay more than twice as much in tariff to the United States than the UK, even though the value of Bangladeshi exports is only one-tenth the value of UK's exports,' he said.    'Of all the tariff revenue that USA collected from the LDCs in 2008, Bangladesh paid 58 per cent and Cambodia 40 per cent,' Paul told the Senate.    Oxfam sought preferential and quota-free access to USA's market for all goods from LDCs that are suffering from poverty, hunger, disease and lack of economic opportunity.    'Such human tragedy is now magnified by the global economic crisis. Even as the global economy begins to recover, developing countries continue to face increased hardship with mounting food insecurity and soaring unemployment,' said Oxfam.    Oxfam noted that only 0.2 per cent of USA's imports from Cambodia and 0.6 per cent from Bangladesh currently receive preferential market access.    Oxfam pointed out that the exclusion of important manufacturing [mainly readymade garments] and agricultural products from preference programmes means that Bangladesh and Cambodia gain very little from their exports.    'Improving US preference programmes by making them more inclusive, accessible, reliable and easy to use can aid the LDCs in their recovery and growth,' Oxfam argued.    Oxfam recommended that the USA should provide 100 per cent duty-free and quota-free market access for all products from all the LDCs.    According to the Senate's statement, the hearing was arranged for evaluating the operation and impact of the USA's preference programmes.    The hearing, announced by the trade subcommittee's chairman Senator Sander M Levin, was witnessed by three Senators including Jim McDermott.    Tim Reif, general counsel of the USTR, and Sandra Polaski, deputy undersecretary of the USA Department of Labour, attended the hearing.    Cham Prasidh, Cambodia's Minister of Commerce, attended the hearing but no representative from Bangladesh's government or industry was there despite the fact that Bangladesh will be the top beneficiary of any positive decision taken after this hearing.    Bangladesh exported products worth $3.75 billion to the USA in 2008, which was more than one-fourth of the amount of its entire export.    Bangladeshi textile and readymade garments, the export of which amounted to $3.54 billion, are subjected to high duty along with other major exports like textile, frozen shrimp and footwear.    Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association's president Abdus Salam Murshedy said that they were not aware of the Senate hearing as the Bangladesh mission in the USA had not informed them.    'It would have been better if representatives of the government and industry were there,' he admitted.    Najma Akhtar, a leader of garment factory workers, felt sorry over the absence of any representative from Bangladesh's government or industry in the Senate hearing.    'This is sheer irresponsibility on the government's part. It should know that benefits from the USA never can be achieved by delivering speeches in Dhaka,' said Najma who represented workers in the 2006 tripartite committee formed to review the wages of RMG workers. http://www.newagebd.com/2009/nov/25/front.html#1

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[ALOCHONA] Women workers in ME being abused

Women workers in ME being abused Majority of Bangladeshi females who work as domestic aides in the Middle Eastern countries face physical and sexual abuses at the hands of their employers. Subject to mandatory scrutiny they are deported when they test positive for HIV, UNDP study report revealed at a hotel yesterday. Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Minister for Labour and Employment, Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment was present as the chief guest at function on "HIV vulnerabilities faced by woman migrants: from Bangladesh to the Arab states". Caitlin Wiesen, Regional Programme Coordinator of UNDP in Colombo and Shakirul Islam, chairman of OKUP presented the report.The findings showed 85 per cent of Bangladeshi migrant woman workers are subjected to physical abuse while 20 per cent sexually abused. The findings were based on almost 250 interviews that include female migrant workers who experienced undocumented migration and faced vulnerable situations such as sexual abuse and deportation on grounds of testing HIV-positive. About 60 per cent migration took place through private channels while 40 per cent through government channels. Migrants tested for HIV before departure constitutes 100 per cent. There are 65 lakh Bangladeshi migrants working abroad of which one lakh are women, the function was told. Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain expressed his dismay over the UNDP revelation. He said the study report was an eye-opener and the matter will be looked into seriously as it is considered as a big problem. "Initially we will appoint an officer in Bangladesh missions in countries where maximum Bangladeshi female workers are employed to deal with their problems," he said. He, however, said that earlier most of the Bangladeshi woman workers used to be trafficked abroad or sent illegally by brokers and many of them faced various vulnerabilities. He said Bangladeshi overseas workers who go through government channels are imparted three weeks' training to equip them with the know-how to face various challenges, including preventive measures to various diseases, legal help and overcoming cultural shocks . The recommendations in the study report include promoting interregional dialogue and coordination for protection of the rights, health and well being of woman migrant workers, developing effective holistic mechanism for the return and reintegration of migrant workers, including proper referral to HIV counseling and testing, treatment, care and support services that uphold standard of confidentiality. Recommendations for countries of origin include advocacy for bilateral or multilateral agreements with host countries to standardise contracts and conditions of work for migrant workers. The recommendations also include designing and augmentation of effective HIV awareness and prevention programmes during the pre-departure orientation, ensuring safe and informed migration and advocating better social acceptance of migrant woman workers. Elias Amed, acting secretary of the Expatriate Welfare Ministry and Stefan Priesner, Country Director of UNDP and Dr Salil Panakadan, UNAIDS Country Coordinator, among others, were present. http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/11/25/news0447.htm

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[ALOCHONA] Book on BDR mutiny launched

Book on BDR mutiny launched Fahmida Amin, mother of Shaheed Lt Col Inshad Ibne Amin, and other Shaheed family members hold copies of an illustrated book titled 'Shraddhanjali' (Tributes) at its launching ceremony at Brac Centre Inn on Monday. Photo: Courtesy Colonel Mojib Trust launched a book on BDR carnage at a function in the city on Monday, says a press release. The illustrated book titled 'Shraddhanjali' (Tributes) was written and compiled on the professional as well as personal lives of the martyrs who made supreme sacrifices for the country. It highlights martyred families' agonies and provides glimpses into the professional and personal lives of the martyrs where they have remained as affectionate fathers, caring sons, close friends, sincere colleagues and loving husbands. The book aims to unveil the dignified and simple life the martyrs lived and uphold the glory and sacrifice with which the national heroes departed forever. Fahmida Amin, mother of Shaheed Lt Col Inshad Ibne Amin, unveiled the cover of the book at Brac Centre Inn. She said, "I hope [that] people of this generation and young officers will learn patriotism, higher concept of honour and human dignity from the lives and philosophy of the martyrs. These heroes have taught us how to love our country and serve the people." "This publication is an insignificant effort to show our respect to the heroes and record our heartfelt tributes in full recognition of their worthy lives and work," said Md Inamul Haque, chairperson of the trust. Anwara Begum, mother of Maj Mahmud Hasan, and member of Colonel Mojib Trust M Emamul Haque also spoke on the occasion. The programme was attended by the family members of the martyrs, including a number of distinguished guests. The book in the form of photo album includes a brief write-up on each martyr and compiled historical pictures of the martyrs as well as their families. The book will be available at all outlets of Hallmark shops in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet.   http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=115515

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[ALOCHONA] Re: [Dahuk]: Can an Execution Help Heal Bangladesh?

IN  ONE WORD  A  BIG  " NO ". UNLESS THERE IS A  START OF POLITICS OF TRUTH,JUSTICE N MAINLY TO UPHOLD THE DIGNITY N HONOUR OF THE "LAL  SABUJ PATAKA" N OUR MANCHITRA SHUN POLITICS OF HATRED/KILLING/ COERCION N COVER THE GOONS ABOVE THE LAW.

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Can an Execution Help Heal Bangladesh? By Ishaan Tharoor  Nov. 20, 2009 The home of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, sits down a tree-lined street in an affluent corner of the capital, Dhaka. Tourists and locals file into the compound daily to view its insides and his personal belongings — a dressing gown, old books, his favorite pipe. But they also come to see signs of his death. On Aug. 15, 1975, soldiers rushed into the house at dawn, shooting indiscriminately, killing Mujib — as he is known — and 19 others. Traces of the blood that splattered the staircase where he fell are preserved beneath panes of glass, as are bullet holes on the opposite wall. But while Bangladeshis have gathered here often over the years to mourn Mujib's passing, it has taken more than 30 years for some of his assassins to finally face justice. On Thursday, with the backing of the government led by Mujib's daughter, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Bangladesh Supreme Court rejected the appeal of five former army officers convicted of killing him and participating in a coup that toppled his rule 34 years ago. They had been sentenced to death in 1996, but a change in government led to the case being stymied in court. Now, the five are to be hanged. (Seven others who were convicted in absentia in 1996 remain fugitives overseas, although one is thought to be dead.) Thousands cheered the verdict outside the court, while some lawmakers broke down in tears of triumph. "The judgment ... is a new milestone for the nation," hailed an editorial in the Daily Star, a leading Dhaka-based English-language daily. (See pictures of Bangladesh.) To outsiders, this celebration of a justice long deferred may seem a bit too rapturous. But it cuts at the heart of the political traumas that have plagued Bangladesh since its bloody independence from Pakistan in 1971. Mujib had been President of the new country for just four years before a coup hatched by disgruntled military officers, some of whom harbored Islamist or pro-Pakistani sentiments, led to his assassination and the installation of a military government. Since then, Bangladesh has endured a succession of army-run regimes, as well as a period of dysfunctional democratic rule marred by corruption and partisan bickering. "What you're dealing with is a very fractured, highly politicized society," says Ali Riaz, chair of the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University. The case against Mujib's suspected killers only moved forward when his daughter Hasina rose to power in 1996 as head of the secular, center-left Awami League party he had founded. Hasina's government lifted the legal ordinance put into place by Mujib's usurpers that protected the coup's conspirators. But in 2001, Hasina was ousted in an election by her bitter rival, Khaleda Zia, the widow of Ziaur Rahman, a general who ruled Bangladesh not long after Mujib's death and who was also killed by a group of rebellious army officers. The case fell into legal limbo, and the feuding between the two women and their political parties grew so rancorous over the years that the military once again stepped in, throwing both Hasina and Zia temporarily into jail. (Read: "Keeping Dhaka's Ghosts Alive.") This time, though, the generals relented and democratic elections were held in late 2008. Hasina took office again with a massive mandate, giving many Bangladeshis hope that the country could finally put its destructive, divisive politics behind it. Years of political upheaval, analysts say, have damaged the rule of law in Bangladesh and created a culture of impunity for both powerful politicians as well as for a military that has often acted as a law unto itself. The Supreme Court verdict was a sign, says the Daily Star editorial, "that the wheels of justice have finally rolled." Still, much more needs to be done in a country beset by corruption and wracked by poverty. While Hasina's government now intends to pursue the other fugitive army officers convicted of killing Mujib — they are rumored to be in countries like Libya and Zimbabwe — it has also gone about shielding some of its own leaders from charges of graft, an ominous return to past practices. More worryingly, it has done little to rein in the military, which was accused earlier this year by Human Rights Watch of participating in extrajudicial killings, torture and disappearances. (See pictures of political high tension in Zimbabwe.) Some suggest that true stability will never exist in Bangladesh as long as an incident even older than Mujib's assassination remains buried. When Bangladesh — then East Pakistan — split from West Pakistan in 1971, the Pakistani army embarked on a killing campaign, leaving as many as 3 million people dead. Many Bangladeshis who abetted and served alongside the West Pakistani army remained in key positions of power in the years following Mujib's death. Now, there's a growing call for the government to launch an inquiry into those suspected of war crimes and eventually set up tribunals. It's unclear whether Hasina's government will risk reopening the country's many old wounds by ordering a fresh investigation into the killings. "Still, to make progress, you have to address the past," says Riaz. "They have to do it for the sake of Bangladesh." http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1941224,00.html

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Re: [ALOCHONA] AK-47 seized from Mahila AL leader in Kushtia

The sensational news of the "Baghi Netri" of BB's BAL has been buried under the ice very calculatively by the criminal Hindu Staaan funded n controlled "Sahrmeo Jibis n yellow journalist.
As they did to cove the inhuman bestial acts of Hasinas own man the Viagra man Zainal hazari,Haji mokbool,haji selim, taher of noakhali n the CENTURIAN RAPIST BABA  MANIK OF JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY( who was rewarded by being employed in Bangladeshi Mission to carry on his rape activities there !!!!!)

Had this been a case during the BNP govt. these quislings of HINDUSTAAN would have flooded the media both print n electronic(talk shows) with the song tuned by the master BAL/RAW.
The people remember in one interview Maluka Begooom told that she wakes up in the midnight seeing dream of being raped by BNP led goon( after Yasmin was raped n killed by policemen one of them was Hindu as well) n 1995-96.But this Maluka did not see any dream when his sonbrother raped 100 girls of JU. These are nothing but shameless Hindu Staani agent to create a situation to malign n taint Bangladeshis.

But these quislings must remember that people of Bangladesh are no more fools that they can be betrayed again. They will surely hoot out the HINDU  STAANI or PAKISTANI agents from the holy soil of Bangladesh.

Faruque Alamgir

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AK-47 seized from Mahila AL leader in Kushtia   17 modern firearms seized in Jhenaidah   The police in Kushtia arrested the district Mahila Awami League general secretary and four others in possession of an AK-47 Rifle Monday night and the Jhenaidah police seized 17 modern firearms and arrested two others on Tuesday.    Senior police officials in both the districts said the arrested were involved in gun running.    In Kushtia, the New Age correspondent said, the district unit Mahila Awami League general secretary, Taslima Khan Ankhi, also a ward commissioner, was arrested when she was carrying the AK-47 Rifle, a shotgun and ammunition.    Taslima's associates — Daulatpur unit Awami League leader Abdur Razzak, party activist Rani and microbus driver Shahin — were also arrested when the police intercepted their microbus at Trimohani near the entrance to the Kushtia town.    The police also found 66 AK-47 bullets and 16 shotgun bullets Taslima was carrying by fastening them to the body.    Tipped off, a police team about 11:00pm stopped the microbus in which the four were going to the district town from bordering upazila of Daulatpur.    The police said the arrested were involved in trading in illegal arms with extremist group Gana Mukti Fauz.    Immediately after the seizure, the police and the Rapid Action Battalion raided different places at Daulatpur and arrested one Akkas Ali suspected of being involved in illegal arms trading.    The Kushtia police superintendent, Shahabuddin Khan, at a briefing on Tuesday said the arms that were seized were brought to carry out political killings and tender-related violence in the district.    Taslima, wife of former Kushtia ward commissioner Kohinoor Khan, is accused in the killing of Kushtia Juba League leader Jamirul Islam in her house. She was arrested on October 30, 2006 and was released on bail in a week.    The correspondent in Jhenaidah said the police Tuesday morning arrested two others suspected of being involved in arms trading in possession of 17 modern firearms at Arappur. They were headed for Rajshahi in a bus from Jessore, the police said.    The arrested are Azad Hossain, and Saidul Islam, residents of Andulia at Chowgachha in Jessore.    The police superintendent, Rezaul Karim, said a contingent of police, tipped off, intercepted the bus at the Arappur bus stand and seized the arms.    The Jhenaidah police officer-in-charge, Matiur Rahman, said the arrested were involved in illegal arms trade.    The arrested, now in police custody for further interrogation, were involved in manufacturing firearms used by extremist groups in the locality, the police superintendent said. http://www.newagebd.com/2009/nov/04/front.html

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[ALOCHONA] Fw: The Guardian - InfoLadies of Bangladesh

Two-wheel triumph

Davinder Kumar

The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/journalismcompetition/professional-two-wheel-triumph

 

Armed with a netbook, medical supplies and a bicycle, Bangladesh's InfoLadies are giving millions of poor people access to crucial information on their doorsteps that will improve their chances in life

 

Luich Achter gets on her bike to take information to people in rural areas, helping with a whole range of social, economic and educational issues. Photography by: Abir Abdullah/EPA

 

Barefooted, some even stark naked, the kids follow her as if she were the Pied Piper of Hamelin. As boisterous cheers announce her arrival the women abandon their chores and elders jostle for attention. The men are on their best behaviour, teeming with a welter of anxious faces.

 

In the impoverished hinterlands of Gaibandha district in northern Bangladesh, a frail young woman on her bike is having a dramatic effect. And Luich Akhter seems to perpetuate her spell with perfection. In the sweltering post-monsoon heat that transforms the flooded nation into an open-air sauna, the 24-year-old looks immaculate as she negotiates her way through paddy fields, cows and mosquito-breeding ponds on a weekly visit into Panchpeer village.

 

In a place where women dutifully give birth in dingy huts, the men know of little outside their fields, and the world revolves around the local mosque; the sight of a "modern" woman visitor astride her bike is a spectacle. The more so as Akhter zaps around with gadgets like a netbook, GSM mobile, blood pressure monitor and pregnancy kit, all deftly packed in her shoulder bag. "It was a scandal when I started my rounds two years ago with just a mobile phone", says Akhter. Now it is more of a phenomenon. She is treated like a champion by people whose lives she's shaping with once "scary machines".

 

Akhter belongs to a motley band of "InfoLadies," who are piloting a revolutionary idea - giving millions of Bangladeshis, trapped in a cycle of poverty and natural disaster, access to information on their doorstep to improve their chances in life.

 

"Ask me about the pest that's infecting your crop, common skin diseases, how to seek help if your husband beats you or even how to stop having children, and I may have a solution," says a confident Akhter.

 

"An InfoLady's netbook is loaded with content especially compiled and translated in local Bangla language," says Mohammed Forhad Uddin of D.Net, a not-for-profit research organisation that is pioneering access to livelihood information. "It provides answers and solutions to some of the most common problems faced by people in villages." In Bangladesh this means nearly three-quarters of the nearly 160 million that live in rural areas. From agriculture to health, sanitation and disaster management, the content follows simple text, pictures and engaging multimedia animations to include all users, many of whom are illiterate. "I love the cartoon that tells about brushing teeth and hygiene," says 10-year-old Shamshul.

 

It took a just a brief meeting with an InfoLady for 60-year-old Nahar Hossain to finally identify the pest that destroyed his rice fields year after year. "She matched the picture of my crop with the one on her TV [netbook] and recommended a certain pesticide. I haven't had problems since," says Hossain, who had spent a lot of time and money seeking government help to no avail.

 

Corruption and prejudice

The success of the InfoLadies is making the failure of the state more noticeable. "We have corruption and political interference in every sector," says Gullal Singha, a state executive officer of Sagatha sub-district. Sagatha is severely affected by soil erosion and is home to the poorest of the poor. "Even the ultra-poor entitled for food relief are segregated as Bangladesh Nationalist Party poor or Awami League poor," says Aziz Mostafa, an elected representative of a local civic body.

 

This explains why thousands of Bangladeshis have embraced InfoLadies and their laptops, which are making lives easier and arguably better. "In most cases I'm able to provide an instant solution using my database," says Luich, who is educated to secondary school level. For skin infections, she sends the patient's picture to her organisation's call centre in Dhaka, where experts help with diagnosis and advise hospital referral if required.

 

"In many places there are no doctors for miles, and fatalities for easily curable diseases are very high. An InfoLady can save lives," says Shahadat Hossain of NGO Udayan Sabolombi Shangstha. Government statistics show Bangladesh has only three doctors per 10,000 people.

 

The 2009 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report says over 36% of the country's population lives on less than US$1 a day, and almost every second child under five is underweight. Women are far worse off as they remain at the bottom of the heap in religiously conservative rural societies. According to Unicef, nearly 90% of women in Bangladesh give birth at home without medical assistance, and half of them never seek any antenatal care.

 

"The access to information campaign is strategically fronted by women to bridge this divide", says Munira Morshed of Bangladesh Telecentre Network, an umbrella organisation for all telecentre networks in Bangladesh. The tactic has worked well. "Women feel free to discuss their gynaecological problems with me, which they don't even share with their husbands," says Somunu Akter Labony, an InfoLady from Sagatha. The 20-year-old, herself a mother of one, is aware of religious and social sensitivities and provides confidential contraception advice to women.

 

Finding a confidante in an InfoLady, victims of domestic violence are also coming forward to seek help, says Akhter. "I inform them about their rights and warn their husbands they could go to jail," she says. The impact is palpable as every man she rides past in the village nods his head in acknowledgement. "She is a terror - the men are scared of her; even the clerics fear her," says Najma Begum, the Chandipur telecentre manager.

 

Now the government is waking up to Digital Bangladesh. "We will use the existing telecentre network for delivering information and public services through public-private-partnership," says Mohammed Mahfuzur Rahman, executive director of Bangladesh Computer Council. This approach for development without perpetual subsidy has found some support. UNDP policy expert and adviser to the Bangladeshi Prime Minister's Office Anir Chowdhury says: "The power of ICT is it can actually generate income. Communities can run it in financially and socially profitable models".

 

Chowdhury's optimism is not unfounded. The InfoLady and telecentre models are successfully trialling self-sustenance by providing ancillary services. "It cost me 150 Taka [£1.30] in travel and charges to get my blood pressure checked in town," says Mohamed Monir, a Saghatha resident. "Labony does it at home for five." And Sadnul Hossain is happy to pay 1,000 Taka (£13) for a crash-course in MS Office applications at Sagatha telecentre to improve his job prospects. "Before I had only seen computers in books," he says.

 

There is also concern that the profitability of the InfoLady model and her superwoman-style avatar is being hyped as a panacea for all of Bangladesh's ills. Farzana Naim, of Manusher Jonno Foundation, which promotes good governance, insists the state must lead - not just find private partners for NGOs to make access to information a sustainable business. "NGOs have piloted the project, but they are not in a position to replicate this all over the country."

 

The army of InfoLadies, however, is turning the corner regardless. They are busy telling people how to save their crops or send violent husbands to jail. It's hard work for young women who are new to their own freedom. So are there any problems? "Just that after 6pm I change my sim as I get calls from angry or besotted men," says Akhter. "They are scared of me in the daylight, but they all want to marry me after six."

 

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Subject: [ALOCHONA] BNP body proposes more power for chairperson

The chairperson of every party in Bangladesh has too much power without checks

and balances. This in turn created the minus two theory. It not the other way

around. Everyone knows this except for those who engage in 'hit and run'

commentary.

Even if there was no minus two theory party leaders still seek to consolidate

their stranglehold on their part via their agents and proxies - while pretending

to be victims of public demand.  Disgusting.

The last people to complain about too much power being vested in their party

leaders are traditional party operatives - like Mahathir. even if there was so

minus two theory.

The consolidation of politcial power in the personages of Hasina and Khaleda

means that the minus two theory is necessarily alive and taking its next shape.

Few things are as wretched and despicable as Bangladeshis defending the status

quo within their politcial parties.

Ezajur Rahman

Kuwait

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Mahathir of BD <wouldbemahathirofbd@...> wrote:

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> usual reaction to   minus two  formula.

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> The test of patriotism is not a one-off event for anyone, let alone the

political quarters, that once passed is passed for ever. It is rather a

perpetual process, especially for the ruling political quarters that have to

pass it every moment- Nurul Kabir , Editor , The NewAge

> 

> --- On Thu, 11/19/09, Ezajur Rahman <Ezajur@...> wrote:

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> From: Ezajur Rahman <Ezajur@...>

> Subject: [ALOCHONA] BNP body proposes more power for chairperson

> To: alochona@yahoogroups.com

> Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 2:14 AM

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> BNP body proposes more power for chairperson

> Staff Correspondent Courtesy New age 16/11/09 

> The opposition BNP's sub-committee on the amendment to the party constitution

and the manifesto on Sunday night submitted a  40-point amendment proposal to the

standing committee consolidating the authority of the party chairperson.

>    The sub-committee convener, Tariqul Islam, also a vice-chairman of the

party, at a briefing in the party chairperson' s office at Gulshan said they had

submitted about 40 amendment  proposals to update the constitution in the light

of the present-day requirement and 'some bitter experience' of the past.

>    The committee members at the briefing declined to detail the proposals.

Tariqul only said the ideals and spirit of the constitution would remain

unchanged and there  would be some addition to some chapters of the constitution.

>    Joint secretary general Nazrul Islam Khan said they had proposed not to

allow a person to hold more than one post in any tier of the party. The standing

committee will evaluate the proposals and they would be placed in the national

council session for approval, he said.

>    Party insiders said the amendment proposals related to the election of

the secretary general

>    in the national council session and expansion of the central executive

committee.

>    Both the chairperson and the secretary general will, according to a

proposal, be elected by councillors and both of them will be elected for three

years, sources in the committee said.

>    The sub-committee has proposed formation of advisory  committees at all

tiers of the organisation, increasing the number of joint secretaries general to

11 and introducing five more divisional secretaries for women affairs.

>    Keeping in mind the October 29, 2007 meeting at the house of the

standing committee member Saifur Rahman, the  sub-committee proposed a provision

that will allow only the chairperson to convene standing committee meetings.

>    The proposals include expanding the central executive committee to 351

members from the existing 251 to incorporate more leaders into the central

level. All units of the party  will have new posts of secretaries for religious

affairs, freedom fighters' affairs, human resources affairs, law affairs, and

science and technology affairs.

>    If members of the party contest in any election in violation of the

party decision against candidates nominated by the party, they  will be expelled

from the party, the proposals said.

>    It also made it mandatory for activists to take permission from

respective committees for the use of portraits of the party founder, the late

president Ziaur Rahman, chairperson Khaleda Zia, and the party's senior  joint

secretary general Tarique Rahman in posters or leaflets.

 

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