Hardly any witty joke! Please confine yourself to write your opinions rather than ants/elephants stories.
The problem with Dr. Yunus is that he should stay above the politics than wrestling with politicians. It is a poor choice from his side. Good day to you!
-SD
--- In mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com, Abid Bahar <abid.bahar@...> wrote:
>
> Joke: An Elephant and Hasina's Dilip Barua in a soccer game!
>
> Abid Bahar
>
> It was a boring Sunday afternoon in the jungle so Hasina the leader of ants
> decided to challenge the Elephants to a game of soccer. The game was going
> well with the Elephants beating the Ants ten goals to nil. The Ants' star
> player Barua was dribbling the ball towards the Elephants' goal; Ashraf was
> next to Barua. Sadly, the Elephants leader Yunas's' left back came
> lumbering towards Barua. It trod on the little ant, killing him instantly
> and the excited Ashraf seriously injured. The referee stopped the game.
> "What the do you think you're doing? Do you call that sportsmanship,
> killing and injuring other players?" The elephant replied, "Well, I didn't
> mean to kill him; I was just trying to trip him up."
>
>
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@...>wrote:
>
> > Mr.Dilip Barua has been foing left politics for long. But he can't even
> > win a Union Council Membership vote. I can challenge that.
> > I don';t know whjayt quailfy him to become a full minister in Hasina's
> > digital cabinet. In a sense he is an 'othorbo' minister.
> > He doesn't even know how to offer political speech. What is his Mamur jor
> > ? After becoming he thnks himself as"Ami Ki Honu
> > Re". Even he can't become a clerk of the Industry Ministry without any
> > recommendation from Mamu(Uncle)
> > How dare he compares himself with a noble laurate who earned his Doctorate
> > from a prestigeous U.S. University.
> > He should nbe ashamed of his comment about honorable Dr. Yunus and
> > apoligise as soon as possible.
> > It is understandable that he, did such coimment to please his Netri. In
> > doing so he even betrayed his party 'Sammyobadi Dol" the
> > party has no single member in Bangladesh Parliament ever.
> >
> >
> > ---------- Original Message ----------
> > From: Isha Khan <bdmailer@...>
> > To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> > Subject: [notun_bangladesh] Dilip Barua
> > Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 12:57:53 +0600
> >
> > **
> >
> >
> >
> > *Popularity? Ask Barua*
> >
> >
> >
> > It was none but technocrat Minister Dilip Barua who has urged Prof
> > Muhammad Yunus and Sir Fazle Hasan Abed to join politics to test their
> > popularity before speaking about the country's politics.
> >
> > He might have forgotten his own popularity, public support behind him and
> > tried to please the prime minister by blasting the two iconic characters
> > for their suggestions for restoration of caretaker government for peaceful
> > parliamentary polls at a meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
> > in Dhaka.
> >
> > It is usual that Barua will remain grateful to Prime Minister Sheikh
> > Hasina as she made him a fortunate man. In his long political career, Barua
> > was never elected an MP and even could not contest the December 29
> > parliamentary polls in 2008 as Awami League had picked its own leader to
> > contest the battle of ballots from the constituency from where Barua sought
> > to contest.
> >
> > Hasina inducted him as a minister in her cabinet and gave portfolio of the
> > industries ministry, giving much priority over Rashed Khan Menon and
> > Hasanul Haque Inu, chiefs of Workers Party and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, two
> > components of the AL-led alliance.
> >
> > He does not face any difficulties to continue as a technocrat minister
> > thanks to destruction of the spirit of the original constitution of 1972
> > which would compel a technocrat minister to get elected as an MP within six
> > months of being sworn in.
> >
> > In return of the favour he got, Barua, chief of Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal
> > (M.L.), apparently tried to please the premier by blasting Yunus and Abed
> > in line with the ruling AL's stance against the caretaker government system
> > which was abolished last year.
> >
> > Barua on Friday just joined the chorus as before him Finance Minister AMA
> > Muhith and AL General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam
> > bitterly criticised Yunus and Abed. And Muhith and Ashraf spoke in line
> > with the stance of Sheikh Hasina who earlier on several times criticised
> > Yunus.
> >
> > But the way the industries minister castigated Yunus and Abed and urged
> > them to join politics first to speak about politics looks indecent. Barua
> > might have forgotten his own popularity when he was throwing a challenge to
> > Yunus and Abed to test their popularity by stepping in politics.
> >
> > Since restoration of democracy in the country in 1990 through a mass
> > upsurge against autocratic ruler HM Ershad, Barua contested three
> > parliamentary elections. The Election Commission's reports on previous
> > polls speak the reality of his polls performances.
> >
> > He contested from Chittagong-1 parliamentary constituency on ticket of
> > Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal and bagged only 1,552 votes out of 129,105 votes
> > cast in 1991 parliamentary polls. The result? Barua's security deposit was
> > forfeited.
> >
> > He contested the 1996 parliamentary polls and obtained only 511 votes,
> > one-third of the votes he obtained in 1991. His security deposit was again
> > lost. He however did not feel frustrated with his performance. He contested
> > the 2001 polls from the same parliamentary constituency and bagged 307
> > votes, almost half he got in 1996.
> >
> > The results show how Barua's popularity declined in over two decades. But
> > he was fortunate as AL needed name of his party in its strategy to
> > politically isolate past BNP-Jamaat-led alliance and to wage street
> > agitations against the then regime.
> >
> > His life sketch posted on the industries ministry website proudly claims
> > he was one of the architects of the 14-party alliance led by AL. He was one
> > of the frontline leaders to launch movement against Khaleda Zia and Matiur
> > Rahman Nizami's government. The life sketch contains detailed information
> > about Barua's long political career since his student life. But it did not
> > cite any single information about his participation in the three
> > parliamentary polls and his performance in those battles of ballots.
> >
> > He might have felt embarrassed to cite the information in his life sketch
> > on his popularity test.
> >
> > http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=234218
> >
> > *I'm different than Yunus: Dilip hits back at Rafique*
> >
> > http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=234099
> >
> > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=231152326994417&set=a.129085430534441.23963.100002989534098&type=1&theater
> >
> >
> > *Barrister Rafiq on Ministers.....*
> >
> > http://www.amadershomoy2.com/content/2012/05/12/middle0468.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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