Oh dear! AL intellectuals please do something quickly! Oherwise Hasina will lose out on the Nobel Prize again next year. Its bad enough she wasn't among the 3 who shared the Prize this year.
Intellectuals! Where are you?
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> Govt refutes Larma's allegations
>
> The government has refuted allegations by Parbatya Chattagram Jana
> Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) chief Santu Larma that it has failed to
> implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts peace accord, even 14 years after
> it was inked.
>
> "We have implemented most of the accord," hill tracts affairs
> secretary Naba Bikram Kishore told journalists on Thursday. "Some
> issues are yet to be settled -- for example, the settlement of land
> disputes is yet to be realised due to its complexities."
>
> "A proposal on how to make changes in the law has been drafted and
> forwarded to the land ministry -- they will finalise the issue," Naba
> Bikram said at a press meet organised at the Secretariat to give
> details on programmes undertaken to mark the accord's anniversary.
>
> Criticising the government, Santu Larma had said on Wednesday that
> though the accord was signed 14 years ago, there has been "no
> progress" in its implementation so far. "They have broken our trust
> and their failure has meant no basic development is taking place in
> the hill tracts," he had said.
>
> Admitting that the government has not made any progress plan on
> resolving the CHT issue, Naba Bikram said each clause in the deal
> would be realised one after the other.
>
> But he pointed out that control of 21 of 31 issues that were to be
> handed over to local councils have been given to them. He also said
> some 235 army camps have also been removed from the region.
>
> On the issue of not holding Parbatya Zila Parishad polls, Naba Bikram
> said, "The number of Zila Parishads is being increased after amending
> existing laws. It is not possible to hold any polls in the area now
> since there still remains complication about the right to vote."
>
> He also said a ministry cell had been formed to investigate
> allegations that many private oragisations are involved in crimes
> against the nation. "Measures will be taken if the allegations against
> any organisation are proven," Bikram said.
>
> Meanwhile, various programmes have been chalked out to mark the 14th
> anniversary of the peace accord, including a festival highlighting
> cultural diversity of the area from December 5-9. Prime minister
> Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the programme at Osmani Memorial
> Auditorium at 4 pm on December 4.
>
> The festival will remain open from 10 am to 8 pm every day, and will
> feature 120 stalls selling products by members of small ethnic tribes.
> A special art competition will also be organized on the occasion, it
> was disclosed.
>
> http://bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=212672&hb=1
>
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