tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020199532585823252024-02-18T19:47:10.825-08:00Jagorook BangaleeMicro Analysis of events unfolding in BangladeshJAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-37405401708755280392009-04-01T01:12:00.000-07:002009-04-01T01:17:11.038-07:00WAKE UP BANGALEE<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">F</span>ew very well organized and well coordinated army nuclei are active in the cantonments and are spreading rumour and inflammatory comments in news papers, blogs and websites to foment hatred and mistrust against this government and democracy. They are closely liaising with Rashid-Dalim clique, divulging classified information to the clique staying abroad and effectively spying on government to find the most opportune moment to execute their next preemptive attack to dislodge this government much before Bangabandhu killers’ trial or Razakaar trial can see daylight. </span></strong>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-49005163064987550172008-06-28T23:49:00.000-07:002008-06-29T00:03:43.871-07:00Yellow Journalism challenges democracy<strong>Jaundice tainted journalism serenades Manna, Ershad, Moeen and <span class=""> so on</span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.satrong.org/content/miscellaneous/peerhabib_JM.pdf"> …</a></span></strong><br /><strong>A mirror image of decadent journalism<span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.e-bangladesh.org/2008/06/23/yellow-journalism-challenges-democracy/">…..</a></span></strong>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-61073901882039628312008-05-19T00:24:00.000-07:002008-05-19T22:42:27.977-07:00Dr Yunus: The liability of our pride<strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Report of Norwegian Newspaper <a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/english/business/article2422108.ece">Aftenposten</a> on Grameen Phone<br />exploitation of workers<br /></span></em></strong>Grameen Phone, the milk-cow of Dr. Yunus, is in fact bilking it’s poor workers. The documentary, made by Danish journalist Tom Heinemann and to be aired on Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) Thursday evening, reveals shocking working conditions at the firms supplying Grameen Phone. Employees were shown working with hazardous chemicals and heavy metals virtually without any safety protection. This recent finding of labour scandal of Grameen Phone and Telenor consortium has cast a shadow on already controversial image of Dr Yunus.<br /><br />Nobel Prize, particularly in peace has often been tainted with political intrigues which can be likened, in the context of Bangladesh, with the action plan of DUDAK. DUDAK is using it’s anti-graft campaign as a strategy to achieve it’s goal to decouple politics from public. Nobel Peace Prize, often seems to have a political agenda behind it’s peaceful façade. It gets mired in further controversies when an economist, instead of getting recognition for his giant contribution in economics, gets a peace prize.<br /><br />Henry Kissinger has been indicted for war crime and bloody political conspiracies in Vietnam, Cyprus, Cambodia, Chile, East Pakistan and Bangladesh. He was the architect of ‘Operation Condor’ which unleashed killing, execution, disappearance and torture of hundreds of thousands of left political activists and intellectuals throughout Latin America in 70s. He received Nobel Peace Prize in 1973. Menachem Begin, in 1945 had dead or alive bounty of ₤10,000 on his head by British Imperial Administration in Palestine, won Nobel Peace Prize in 1978 with Anwar Sadat of Egypt for Camp David Peace treaty. The peace treaty has ever been collecting dust in the shelf of White House. Nobel Prize in Peace, literally, gave him the license of heinous crime to invade Lebanon and to slaughter hundreds of thousands of men, women and children in Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.<br /><br />These are the few examples to expose the nobility and novelty of the Peace Prize. Dr. Yunus has joined the hall of fame of the global capitalist elites for turning poverty into a lucrative commodity for capital. To unmask his other face, take a snapshot of his recent choreography on our political stage when the curtain dropped to a mysterious end. But truly that is not the end. He is still lurking in the murky water of our post one-eleven politics. Remember, when DU campus exploded against present regime and then military sledge hammer came down ruthlessly on the teachers and students of DU, in frugally worded single sentence, our guardian angel expressed his reaction – ‘everything is going fine.’ During his recent visit to USA, Dr Yunus gave a keynote speech in front of the august audience of Commonwealth Club of California. Next day, he was speaking to a selected gathering of glamour-struck, myopic gold-fish Bangali community in USA. Please listen to these two speeches, if you can, which will help you diagnose the diabolic bipolarity of our Nobel Laureate Dr. Yunus.JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-85671538911492552262008-05-04T02:25:00.000-07:002008-05-04T02:27:11.859-07:00DR. KAMAL: A POLITICAL CANNIBAL<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Recent comment of Sheikh Hasina on whitening black money by Dr. Kamal has created few ripples in the frigid political lake of Bangladesh. Public perception has, long ago, dumped Dr. Kamal as a politician. But we, the educated class, the sour milk of Civil Society, could not discover his duplicity until the nation was struck by the one-eleven conspiracy. <br /><br />In fact in every critical juncture of our nation, his role has been largely obscured in mystery and often in conflict with his projected image. In 60s, as a rookie politician, he was parachuted into Awami League politics by an alliance of national and international interest groups to derail the forward march of Bangalee nationalism saturated with socialism and secularism. His role in 1971, 1975 and most recent pre and post one-eleven political contradictions bare his true political fangs. His latest joint venture political ploy, with prolific partners like Badruddoza, Sirajul Alam Khan, Ershad, Yunus and the civil-military bureaucracy, stokes public fear of lethal future of our democracy. He is the team lead to design and develop a greenhouse democracy which will be grown in the garrison and harvested by the army Generals. In this new role he had emerged as a ‘political cannibal’ by spearheading conspiracy of eliminating Awami League from political landscape of Bangladesh. <br /><br />He is undoubtedly a much respected professional figure which gave him leverage to earn huge fortune. A list of his national and international corporate clientele would not only manifest his professional acumen, but also would help one map his political clout in international arena. Evading tax is corporate culture and Dr. Kamals are paid heftily to give this culture legitimacy. While he himself became a tax dodger, Badruddoza, his political partner, found no foul play in it. It is statistically true that Dr. Kamal is a merely a mole with respect to Giasuddins.<br /><br />As opposed to his ever flourishing legal career, his political career in democracy has reached nadir. Geriatric reality, negligible public support and craving for throne; either one or all of these factors have persuaded him to ride on the Trojan horse to gallop to power. <br /><br />Bangabandhu used to confide in Dr. Kamal. So did Bangabandhu in Mushtaque as well, while distancing himself from Tajuddin. Due to those political lapses of Bangabandhu, misfortune not only struck him and his family, it devoured the whole nation. The saddest reality is, the architects of our national calamities, like Dr Kamal, can be likened to mythical Chameleon, who can escape every national crisis unscathed and emerge from each crisis in new color and vigour. </span></div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-39004133678638763562008-04-15T22:20:00.000-07:002008-04-15T22:54:49.737-07:00BANGA KANYA - THE DAUGHTER OF BANGLADESH<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZo62rSVzq_Pig1vFgxhHvWfYuoEtJvUCVIxj62-agYstBTlb7NK_gFnpydFVKDDHVanVFO-GvXPiVCouYB_F7gpHVrs_RmAyzcafzTKrz5Ida91ZAu0NCqfwAxHGOJG2BXPJSIvI2uM/s1600-h/Motia+Chow1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189709033717041394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZo62rSVzq_Pig1vFgxhHvWfYuoEtJvUCVIxj62-agYstBTlb7NK_gFnpydFVKDDHVanVFO-GvXPiVCouYB_F7gpHVrs_RmAyzcafzTKrz5Ida91ZAu0NCqfwAxHGOJG2BXPJSIvI2uM/s320/Motia+Chow1.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Motia Chowdhury: ‘Banga Kanya’, The Daughter of Bangladesh</span></strong> </div><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">A<span style="font-size:100%;"> nation, developed, developing or underdeveloped, can boast a few patriots of Motia’s calibre. For Bangladesh, it is only Motia, a loner and the brightest in her orbit which is unparallel. She is humble and serene like the nature of Bangladesh, yet so feisty like a monsoon river on the street of protests. When patriotism and honesty were traded for comfort and wealth by the once valiant heroes of our political past, they gradually lost their moral shelter and repugnantly transformed into a herd of rats, bats and mules. But to Motia, virtues and reasons are the irreversible concept of life. That concept lures her to the street, gives her strength to barricade the goliath of evils for the protection of her kinfolk. Every starved person of her country is her kin. Therefore when she stands in the line for rice and waits for hours oblivious of scorching sun and weariness of recent ailment, she reflects one of the millions, famished. Will the children fall asleep hungry tonight – that is her only agony now. She is Motia, the ‘Agni Kanya’ evolved through age and experience to become ‘Banga Kanya’, the daughter of Bangladesh.</span> </span></p>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-53192874040989984862008-03-11T22:23:00.000-07:002008-03-11T22:25:43.973-07:00RITON AND HIS WALTZ WITH THE WOLF<strong>Bangla Academy Literary Award for Riton and His Waltz with the Wolf</strong><br /><br />Lutfur Rahman Riton received Bangla Academy Award 2007 on juvenile literature. This award earned him kudos and criticism as well. The timing of give and take of this award churned a cloud of suspicion in many minds including mine, more apolitical less literary and a long time admirer of Riton. A recent poetry of Riton, a posthumous tribute to the greatest pen-warrior Wahidul Huq, helped me see Riton at a much higher ground, much beyond his limericks and spoofs. His sudden arrival in Canada couple of years ago, as a political exile, had created a huge inertia of excitement among his fans and local Bangalee literary hubs. That also has decimated in a relatively short time, and his initial presence at the centre of every arty and literary podium has now reduced to living room sizzling adda. His life in Ottawa gliding on odd jobs was not uncommon for a starter in Canada, but certainly a huge plunge from his immediate velvety past as a diplomat. His diplomatic assignment in Japan is found as critically inappropriate but hefty dividend of his earlier political investments, thanks to Awami League’s brief respite from street to the power.<br /><br />However, the timing of Riton,s open <a href="http://www.shaptahik2000.info/issues/2007/year-10/issue_06/pdf/kc20070622.pdf">letter</a> to General Moeen U published on June 22, 2007 in ‘Weekly 2000’ with a shrill of appreciation for the General left many of his fans and comrades like me flabbergasted. Particularly, when the time, tune and the turf have been too hostile for an aficionado of democracy to waltz with the wolf. .In his open letter to the General, Riton articulated his total alliance, punctuated by a feeble request to stop liaisons with war criminals, with the mesmerising ambitions of the General on political reforms and corruption cleansing. Riton’s emotional aberration went further in cajoling the General to pay him eighty dollar that he spent on overseas calls for his abortive attempt to contact the General for a live chat and to whisper his love for his agendas. General did not falter to seize the opportunity and precisely after a month on July 22, 2007, in an <a href="http://www.bddiscussion.com/generals-moeen-u-ahmeds-interview-t297.html">interview</a>, in a befitting response to his new found ‘beau politico’, he assured him bounty much more than mere eighty dollar.<br /><br />Riton often used to complain about a bus ticket to Toronto that his pedestrian life in Ottawa could not afford him. Last month, all of a sudden, he found a magic carpet to fly him in luxury to Bangladesh. Public radar got the blips from Dhaka of a floral reception and goose step honour on red carpet and a ceremonial handover of a ‘lifetime ladder’. The first step of the telescopic ladder took him to the podium of Bangla Academy. A prestige envelope with a point One Million Taka cheque was the first consignment of humble payback from the General in response to a meagre demand of Dollar Eighty. And a certificate, which Riton undisputedly deserves but not from this Bangla Academy, was an untimely harvest of his life long cultivation.JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-3997540979989459882008-03-06T22:35:00.000-08:002008-03-11T20:33:21.321-07:00TODAY IS MARCH 7<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">MARCH 7, 1971</span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><strong>A <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JY2sPiiZuY"><span style="color:#3333ff;">DREAM</span> </a>THAT BANGALEE HELD FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS CAME TO REALITY</strong></span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyxWPeEPWmqiqx_w0NavGHHqZ_67CfMkjE-cGuy5zzUZOnzykT_GP4JGISiwyeigO7aTc6JN1zOE8EH1lJ7seY5ZPCgui23joLOmf_1P_GSp5WdUvILjZnaTspzs9zsUMZDPz7fVXD6A/s1600-h/Bangabandhu3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174887500333275170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyxWPeEPWmqiqx_w0NavGHHqZ_67CfMkjE-cGuy5zzUZOnzykT_GP4JGISiwyeigO7aTc6JN1zOE8EH1lJ7seY5ZPCgui23joLOmf_1P_GSp5WdUvILjZnaTspzs9zsUMZDPz7fVXD6A/s320/Bangabandhu3.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#330033;"><strong>INDEPENDENCE OF BANGLADESH WAS PROCLAIMED BY </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>BANGABANDHU</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#330033;">THE FATHER OF BANGALEE NATION</span></strong> </div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-65499604801759127342008-03-01T22:40:00.000-08:002008-03-01T22:47:08.332-08:00A clarion call to save a Freedom Fighter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-_WlaTjoHrG4AMuHTD2j1H9anAp2ZnQN8xPXllmw_eCzOQY83RNgPS-_HpiE7goJmW3nFTjhIK7W2UL_0VOPunOi8D7_7gWQ30sU6ddDkiS6Wi-dnIfGs_ShpTovVeP2hZ6kgKHmN2k/s1600-h/Jalil+-02.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173031050716591554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-_WlaTjoHrG4AMuHTD2j1H9anAp2ZnQN8xPXllmw_eCzOQY83RNgPS-_HpiE7goJmW3nFTjhIK7W2UL_0VOPunOi8D7_7gWQ30sU6ddDkiS6Wi-dnIfGs_ShpTovVeP2hZ6kgKHmN2k/s320/Jalil+-02.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">P</span>lease save a Freedom Fighter of 1971. His name is Abdul Jalil. He is clinging to his life in a hospital prison cell. His kidney is not functioning. His heart is failing. His blood is not having enough haemoglobin to keep him alive. He is in the prison without any trial. It is not fair. It is not human. Please do something before the life of this freedom fighter comes to an end. A freedom fighter, who directly fought for this country, does not deserve a death in the prison cell without proper treatment, in utter negligence and humiliation. I feel so helpless, so much frustrated that I myself do not know how to request or demand the release of Abdul Jalil to the present Government. I am asking your conscience, please keep your intellectual discussions and debates aside for a while, please think for a moment about Abdul Jalil, who fought for the freedom of our country, how can he spend his last days of life with honour and respect that he deserves and can die as a freeman in his country. Please mobilize and use your every resource you have to save Abdul Jalil, it is an imperative to every Bangalee now.</span></strong> </div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-33008666741165827402008-01-28T23:32:00.000-08:002008-02-05T23:55:51.481-08:00Enemy of our Democracy<div align="justify">It is heartening that we can now call a spade a spade. We have finally found the appropriate synonym ‘<strong><em>cocoon of terror’</em></strong> for Dhaka Cantonment and Bangladesh Army could never be defined better than a ‘<strong><em>killing machine’</em></strong>. It is further encouraging; Bangalees have started drawing strategy about how to put this demonic genie back into the bottle and for good. Ultimately truth triumphs fear.<br /><br />To clip the wing of this vulture we can take lesson from Venezuela. In 2002, millions of unarmed slum dwellers, supporters of civilian President Hugo Chavez, thwarted a well orchestrated army coup by laying barricade around the cantonment of Caracas, not allowing a single army individual or their transport rolling in to or out of the cantonment. This is the recent glorious example of victory of unarmed people against the military and their perpetual mighty mentor USA. It was only possible as the civil government was steadfast in developing awareness and mobilising public support against agents of external and internal enemies of democracy.<br /><br />In Bangladesh, future political government must come out of their past jittery, ambiguity and falsehood and confront head on with this power-hungry beast and sole enemy of democracy. If you notice, while referring to the heinous crime of August 75 committed by the Bangladesh Army, even AL and pro-democracy intellectuals as well always elude the fact by chorusing that it was the work of <strong><em>few derailed elements</em></strong> in the army. It is true, army sometimes participates in helping calamity stricken people, but it is superficial and mostly photogenic for propaganda, often exaggerated out of proportion even by our politicians and intelligentsia. This chronic symptom of timidity and hypocrisy help these <strong><em>narcissist morons</em></strong> gain strength to incessantly conspire and sabotage democracy under any artificially enlarged or false pretext.<br /><br />Enough is enough. Time has come; we must turn around and fearlessly announce the facts about this army to the public, their ceaseless effort to undermine our democracy, political institutions, spirit of 71. We must expose to public the highly secret statistics of financial corruption of army. We must not fail to explain public that Tareq, Babar, Falu of BNP were merely the pawns and left-over scavengers of this army’s ill-gotten booties and bounties and as such gratefully unrolled red carpet for the pirates to cake-walk to power.<br /><br />We must unequivocally stipulate in our constitution the provision of trying army individuals in the civil court and of highest punishment for sedition against democracy and illegal meddling in politics. Our progressive politicians and intellectuals (not <strong><em>YAK-</em></strong>Yunus, Amu, Kamal type) must start thinking of reshaping our army commensurate to our actual need and replacing our army’s infatuation for Paki spirit and ambitions with unflinching loyalty to our heritage and history. We must make a civil-counter-intelligence system in place with legal and logistic capability of penetrating deep into military intelligence to pre-empt any furtive move against civil rule. Every extrajudicial target-practicing by the army on human beings must be brought to justice. Instead of keeping this huge force as unproductive and perilously national burden, we must continuously engage them to build our national infrastructure and other vital national constructions. This action will bring them close to the people and to the soil. An equivalency of perks and benefits must be established between army and civil ranks.<br /><br />We must develop solidarity with fledging democracies of Latin America and Africa and launch an international drive to adopt a UN resolution to declare military grabbing of civil power as a war crime tantamount to declaring war against own civilians and can be tried in international war tribunal . You might as well guess in advance, who will oppose this UN move for protecting nascent democracy of nations – ironically none other than the self-appointed chieftain of global democracy, USA. But that should not stop the march of people and democracy.</div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-43376019982230050062008-01-13T09:45:00.000-08:002008-01-20T01:40:41.503-08:00One-Eleven Anniversary Check list<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTCWaeE0HV3YOL07N5MOAe8ISwA8XPlj_Dqb8LI8UXjLPhPcY7s427yhhGhM8Zk0WK-Oi5PcTMUBbEiFeLusEp2qGyRPw86kVHsg9WYkYhXlrzoZL7Uzb0h76Zyyl_uVz0VaogREMjwro/s1600-h/Coluge5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157491266267920434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTCWaeE0HV3YOL07N5MOAe8ISwA8XPlj_Dqb8LI8UXjLPhPcY7s427yhhGhM8Zk0WK-Oi5PcTMUBbEiFeLusEp2qGyRPw86kVHsg9WYkYhXlrzoZL7Uzb0h76Zyyl_uVz0VaogREMjwro/s320/Coluge5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><p align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></strong></p><p align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></strong></p><p align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Deluge of despair inundates landscape of hopes</span></strong><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Promises/ Hopes – 01/11/07<br /></span></em><span style="color:#000000;">Angst/ Despair – 01/11/08<br /></span><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Winch back derailed democracy<br /></span></em>Generals in uniform define democracy. Center of state power has already been shifted to Cantonment. Army takeover is matter of time<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>A free and fair election in shortest possible time</em></span><br />No optimism of any election in 2008 or one without intervention of military<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>A perfect voter list</em></span><br />In progress but at a much slower pace than expected<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Jihad against corruption<br /></span></em>Conviction of Hasina on corruption charges is imminent.<br />End of publication of Janakantha is imminent.<br />No trial for Khaleda-Tareq as yet.<br />Saeed Eskander, brother of Khaleda and co-brother of General Masud, and his family have left country in broad day light.<br />Khoka, Mannan, ZI Khan, Saifur, Nizami, Mujahedi, Rezakul are not corrupt.<br />Brother of General MoeenU is the MD of army owned Trust Bank<br />Fakhruddin is having undisclosed properties and assets abroad.<br />Nasim, Zalil, Obaidul, Atikullah, Mahiuddins are the icons of corruption.<br />DUDAK (allegedly under total control of ISI) is using corruption as tool to eliminate secular, pro-71 politics and overall depoliticising the country and making inroad for military rule.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Restoration of Law and Order<br /></span></em>Extra judicial killing in Government custody and in nefarious ‘crossfire’ by army/ RAB has been intensified. Coercing and torturing detainees are regularly practised while all the legal rights of individuals are cancelled under emergency rule.<br />Venerable teachers and students of the Universities are convicted for rally but no charge against Islamic fundamentalists for the rally.<br />Government overrides HC and SC order and keeps Babul in detention against law<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Independent judiciary</span></em><br />Judiciary has been declared independent after ensuring total allegiance to the present quasi-military government. It still remains a Kangaroo court<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Independent public media</span></em><br />Government has not only retracted from their commitment, under emergency act, they have clamped down censorship on privately owned electronic media and newspaper. The illegal detention of Atiqullah and Babul is to demoralize free press and publications.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Independent Election Commission</span></em><br />Election Commission has not been made independent as yet; it was a fundamental commitment of the Government though. EC is virtually a rubber stamp of the Generals. Their snail-speed progress compounded with new controversial decision of redefining constituency map declared by the army representative in the EC has given public enough reason to be sceptical about the roadmap to election 2008.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><em>Public Perception:</em></strong></span></p><br /><ul><br /><li>A free and fair election in 2008 is a forlorn dream. Web of terms and conditions of EC will make it impossible for political parties to participate in the election. As the only alternative, either, army will stage an election theatre with the help of <strong>BNP-Jamaat-YAK</strong> (Yunus-Amu-Kamal) clique and form a military government with civilian façade. Or, army will directly take over state power. In any event, USA will support army move as a step towards building democracy in Bangladesh. </li><br /><li>The life of Sheikh Hasina is at great risk in the prison and the highly probable tragedy will be, as usual, labelled as the work of a few so called wayward soldiers. With Sheikh Hasina, will disappear secular, progressive, pro-liberation politics and Bangladesh will be a perpetual virtual Pakistan.</li><br /><li>After myriad of sacrifices and arduous journey on the blood soaked path, democracy may come back to Bangladesh in a decade or so. Politicians may also get back to the power. Ascending the throne, instead of fighting and eliminating permanently the root cause of repeated failure of democracy, politicians will be busy forgiving and pampering this menacing liability of nation (military) again as our politicians never learn from their mistakes.<br /><br /></li></ul></div></div></div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-71775491602908388332007-12-25T14:47:00.000-08:002007-12-25T15:02:47.488-08:00When Politicians falter Vultures swoop in<div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">When politicians fail, political system gets dead and rotten within, and then starts the partying of vultures. That is what happening in Bangladesh now. Pugnacious politicians made democratic governance dysfunctional. They have made Bangladesh the most corrupt country in global context. They have augmented ‘Caretaker Government’ proviso in the constitution highlighting politicians’ inability or unwillingness to rotate power among political parties responding to people’s choice. Above events constitute a manifesto of doomed politics and politicians are being squarely blamed for all these. Who will rescue the nation from this insanity and chaos? The saviour is very familiar to us; military. Our holy military will suddenly appear from behind the bush to rescue our people and our nation from political Hannibal and cancerous corruption. But, when we analyze the root cause of failures of our politicians, then this sweet singing cockatoos turns out to be a stinging vulture in guise. Political system in our country; is it supposed to have inherent suicidal tendency? Or, euthanasia drug is always externally induced to force it to die? And then the vultures swoop in to feast on the carcass of politics. As opposed to so-painted criminal politicians, how holy and clean are our military Generals morally, financially and politically? Our defaced politicians of the pro-liberation camp, the targeted victims of every martial law stampede, so far has failed to raise this very vital issue leaving this organized thugs in a vantage position with a <em>‘sanctified basil leaf’</em> image. But the issue has surprisingly popped up in public radar this time.<br /><br />Mid-August 1975, politics of the nascent country experienced a seismic shift. That was the true and tragic end of the sojourn of democracy in Bangladesh. Bangladesh was forced to bypass 1971 and was surgically re-connected with the immoral martial law legacy of Pakistan. General Zia, the chief architect of 75 tragedy and currently national hero, as defined by the present Junta, pledged to bring about prosperity, true democracy and to make politics difficult for politicians. Since then, politics, democracy, economics, commerce, sociology, theology, culture, history; truly, every component of the Republic of Bangladesh is being controlled by the Oligarchs sitting in the cantonment. <em>Red to kill Red.</em> A mediocre Sector commander of our liberation war, General Zia, whose message from Kalurghat Radio Station on March 27, 1971 added enormous impetus to our liberation struggle in those early difficult days, got swayed by Saudi-American temptation, agreed to take the charge of abattoir to butcher the genesis of Bangladesh, to wipe out freedom fighters and to shred the constitution written by the blood of millions. He went on to eliminate four foundation pillar of the state; democracy, secularism, Bangalee nationalism and socialism. He, breaching constitution, reinstated Jammat-E-Islami and thus cultivated and nurtured poison ivy of faith based politics in the political landscape of Bangladesh. BNP is his brainchild incubated in the Cantonment. It is more of an anti-thesis of politics, fascist platform with eclectic collection of left-right politicians, derelict freedom fighters, anti-71 intellectuals, former and in-service army officers and bureaucrats. Zia injected enormous amount of money, received from the Middle East, in our political market and bartered loyalty of mostly Bhashani followers and rightist pro-Pakistani politicians for money. Thus very skilfully Zia masterminded confrontational politics between two perpetually opposed ideological camps of the war; one clinging to the spirit of our political legacy emanating from our liberation war, and the other is the physical and spiritual resurrection of the defeated forces of 1971, being mentored by Pakistan-Saudi-USA nexus. Political travail has been continuing ever since.<br /><br />The entry of General Ershad into our national politics was creepy, clownish and surreptitious as opposed to Zia’s, which was marred by revengeful bloodshed. Like his guru General Zia, Ershad also initially reiterated to the nation his nil ambition in politics. He scripted his agenda to rid Bangladesh of corruption, to correct democratic institutions, to utilize army in a more meaningful way for national reconstruction. Most of the Maoist politicians like Toaha, Enayetullah, political scientists like ASM Rab and Zalil, intellectuals like Dr. Abu Mahmud of Dhaka University invented virtues in Ershad’s paradigm and extended tacit support to the Junta. Ershad, a debauch debonair in personal life, validated Islamic politics in the constitution and blanketed whole nation with corruption and deception. Ershad patented a unique elixir of politics with the ingredients of power, religion, business, literature and romance, which kept him virile to rule the country.<br /><br />General Moeen, apparently next martial President in the line, is not as much clean and modest as his predecessor Generals used to look like in first year of their ascension to power. General Zia has exited leaving behind nearly nothing in material except his nymphet woman and two star sons imbued by his ideology. If you remember the modest beginning of the career of General Ershad as a martial law junta riding bike to office. The end of his career is another history though. General Moeen’s debut into politics is truly identical to his predecessors; self-appointed head of national crisis management team, lots of stunts and demagogy on democracy, politics and annihilation of corruption and politics. But already rumour is spreading like fire; he has acquired using his clout a loan of about Taka 10 million from Trust Bank. He has unlawfully appointed his brother Iqbal as MD of the same bank while he is the Chairman. He is steering the furtive operation of multi million dollar business and transaction of Army without any credible check and balance.<br />The failure of our politicians is that inherited from our patriarch politician Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib, to identify and to eliminate national villains and enemies. Without removing poison teeth petting a Cobra is suicidal, our politicians recurrently failed to realise that. When our army was easily infiltrated and was being exorcised by Paki martial spirit through repatriated army officers, the then Government of Bangabandhu knew it. Bangabandhu,s conversation with journalist-politician Nirmal Sen (Mr. Sen disclosed it to the writer) on their way back to Dhaka attending passing out parade at Comilla Cantonment clearly hinted that Bangabandhu knew about the undercurrent and percolation within our nascent army. Then why he failed to act immediately? Was it his false confidence, his magnanimity, his ego or his miscalculation? The result brought a catastrophic end of short political life of independent Bangladesh and gave our turn-coat army a permanent handle to control our politics keeping democracy and democratic forces chronically hostage. In 1995 through another engineered election and with a futuristic long term plan, Sheikh Hasina was given a slim victory to form a minority government in alliance with General Ershad, thus burying the massive crimes and corruption, our army individuals and the organization have committed till the fall of Ershad. Sheikh Hasina, hanging at the edge of power, had very little choice other than courting this army and their cohorts in bureaucracy, in judiciary, in police, in religious institutions (Qari Obaed and like), in fact in every layer of the state. The Hasina Government even failed to see, in long five years in power, the normal passage of judicial system and execution of the court verdict against the killers of her own father, mother and all brothers. Nothing more is required to substantiate how little power Sheikh Hasina or her government could really wield. During Sheikh Hasina’s rule, I had the opportunity to meet hundreds of army officers and non-commissioned individuals who were deployed abroad on a UN peace mission. It is tragic, but true, I did not find a single officer or a Sipoy who has supported directly, indirectly or even mutely Sheikh Hasina. Rather, often, Hasina and even Mujib used to be blasted mercilessly in the discussions in loud and bitter words. The hatred was unanimous but causes were diverse, often vague and sometimes beneath taste – from Indian agent to ugly looking compared to her rival political figure. I remember spending sleepless nights discussing at length politics with our ex-chief of Army General Haroon, BP (then a Colonel on a foreign assignment). I was often frustrated as we had never concurrence of opinion, not even on liberation war. Now, would you still blame Hasina for not doing enough to reinstate and revitalise institutions and spirit of our liberation war while she was in power! Yet I still find it a very relevant debate, whether it was worth for Hasina staying in power for five years with eyes blindfolded, hands tied and face muzzled. Probably in 1999, I met AL leader Dr. Mustafa Jalal Mahiuddin in Mina, Saudi Arabia while performing Haj pilgrimage. Time and place were very much inappropriate though, but interest of both of us soon dragged us into brief political discussions. In reply to this question, the plain truths in his answer sounded very much logical to me. But, soon after, again the role of AL as an opposition political party did not support the idea that their short honeymoon in power and long experience of arduous and tragic political journey have taught them to develop any strategy to identify and to wage popular fight against enemy. None other than AL knows better the killer of democracy, killer of the spirit of liberation war, killer of our national history. Yet instead of writing obituary they always eulogise the direct culprits. In a country where self-confessed killers of minor child, pregnant woman and handicapped citizen can not be tried and executed in three decades, there, fear factors may brutally overpower national obligations of politicians. Therefore, while trumpeting the legendary corruption of Zia family and of erstwhile BNP government, Hasina, or her party, leave alone our left pundits, ever failed to pronounce the names like General ZI Khan, General Rezakul Haider or the octopus like DGFI who were the main architects and sole source of unlimited power which converted these individuals into Frankensteins of corruption. Ironically, this army, which invented and publicly spread the myth of modesty of General Zia, illegally allowed and protected Zia’s family to exercise political and financial activities living in the opulence of the palace in the cantonment. And, after twenty five years, the Zia family has been sadly abandoned in the dungeon, this time, publicly spreading partial legend of corruption (so far the wealth of mythical proportion of Tareq, Eskander and Shamim in Canada in Prairie and Toronto did not blip the radar of DUDAK) because of the political need of the same army.<br /><br />Good indications for Zia family against all odds; Eskander fled Bangladesh along with family in broad day light, Zia is still revered as father of martial law in Bangladesh and as national hero, under the shroud of historical fallacies, at par Bangabandhu. Therefore a slight change in the direction of political wind and angles of stars will soon gracefully bring back all power and fortunes that Zia family has lost temporarily under the influence of orbiting Saturn. Democracy and democratic political forces will be the real casualties. Left puritans will certainly face extinction. And then, never-ending partying and feasting of vultures will begin.<br /><br /></span></div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-72145772490833935162007-12-09T17:24:00.000-08:002007-12-09T17:29:50.481-08:00TEACHERS PUNISHED BY KANGAROO COURTThe court verdict against teachers of Rashahi University primarily implies the degree of independence our judiciary has been granted under the boots of the Generals. This verdict further dictates, from now on in Bangladesh, knowledge must bow to the muscle, narcissism will rule civility. And the verdict is the final manifesto that Bangladesh was created by the Generals and for the Generals and under God, the Generals are the sovereign and invincible, beyond the reach of any earthly law and their wishes are the legal bindings on all the citizens of Bangladesh.JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-10300264883873550112007-10-28T19:07:00.000-07:002007-10-28T19:07:41.352-07:00YouTube - Bangladesh Genocide: Rape Victims<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwPbkyZVJo">YouTube - Bangladesh Genocide: Rape Victims</a>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-4475808767732678972007-10-10T00:08:00.000-07:002007-10-10T00:18:07.782-07:00A TRIBUTE TO CHE<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaepZyH_MXz4yn_J9SvH0yODOEnubNJ7R9PelH58Kh7BN7XLzNU-Dip-iteCpyHASmQcI0SoPHYiRS_u5QTSBZngDB6TOAxXwQcCuuBQg9rF8-wJeMHzbNvEmlmqQ_BbKWRLbdAbVVbw/s1600-h/che3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119603023247567474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="169" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaepZyH_MXz4yn_J9SvH0yODOEnubNJ7R9PelH58Kh7BN7XLzNU-Dip-iteCpyHASmQcI0SoPHYiRS_u5QTSBZngDB6TOAxXwQcCuuBQg9rF8-wJeMHzbNvEmlmqQ_BbKWRLbdAbVVbw/s320/che3.jpg" width="320" border="0" /></a> OCTOBER 09, 2007<br />Four decades have passed. Che, I see you occasionally; on the cover of an old Latin book, a withering portrait in a gift shop or on the tee of a young man prances by me, oblivious about himself. You are cool to many, an icon of style. If any of them would know a bit about you, Che. Now here is fall. Leaves are turning red, your favourite color. The color of revolution. The sky is glum today, October 09, 2007. I am sitting in a park, a sky of shining memories barricaded by the mundane and marginal existence of present. The wind still blows around me churning a hope within me. Che, I can see thousands of young souls prance by me singing in unison: </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>'We all are Che…We shall overcome someday….’ </strong></span></div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-34481435368453079532007-10-08T23:28:00.000-07:002007-10-08T23:37:40.533-07:00ONE AND HALF MILLION DOLLAR MAN: FAKHRUDDIN AHMED<div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></em> </div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></em> </div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></em> </div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">Fakhruddin Ahmed, the chief of Care Taker cohort is not as holy as you can see him in the photo, or as he sounds as an anti corruption crusader. Is he a Bangladeshi citizen? This question has come fore in the global discussion of Bangalees. His debut was very modest and holy, the chief adviser of caretaker government with constitutional mandate to hold a free and fair election within three months. Then he said corruption is the stumbling roadblock to hold election in three months. He declared election to be held in two years after eradication of corruption. Then he launched infamous ‘political reform’ with most corrupt and saleable political culprits in the forefront as the gravedigger of real politics. His musk started cracking. Chief of army Moeen U started delivering sermons on democracy. And slowly, the tentacles of this octopus and it’s local and international power base became ominously visible to Bangalees. At this point of time Bangalee started seeing the real dreadful face of a conspirator under the musk of an economist gentleman. If he is not a Bangladeshi citizen, or if he is a dual passport holder, can he legally hold this position! If he is Bangladeshi citizen, has he declared his assets and bank account to the Bangladesh Government agencies, or has he paid tax for his assets abroad. Please see hereunder the legal valuation document of one single property of Fakhhrudin Ahmed close to Washington DC which costs ONE AND HALF MILLION US DOLLAR. Will he ever be tried for his undeclared hidden wealth abroad. His masters, the Bangladesh army has always been elusive to law for their myriad of nefarious crimes; political assassinations, killing democracy, criminalizing politics and for amassing illegal fortunes through corruption</span></em>. </div>THE VALUATION DOCUMENT<br /><br /><br /><br /><a name="Document0zzSDUNumber1"></a>REAL PROPERTY TAX ASSESSOR RECORD<br /><br />Tax Roll Certification Date:12-31-2006<br />Owner Information Current Through:08-08-2007<br />County Last Updated:08-24-2007<br />Current Date:09/24/2007<br />Source: TAX ASSESSOR MONTGOMERY, MARYLAND<br /><br />OWNER INFORMATION<br /><br />Owner(s): AHMED FAKHRUDDIN<br />Ownership Rights: TRUST<br />Absentee Owner: YES<br />Property Address: 10808 BRICKYARD CT<br />POTOMAC, MD 20854-1788<br />Mailing Address: 10722 PINE HEAVEN TER<br />ROCKVILLE, MD 20854<br /><br />PROPERTY INFORMATION<br /><br />County: MONTGOMERY<br />Assessor's Parcel Number: FP21-0000-0000-0000D-0020<br />Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE - TOWNHOUSE<br />Land Use: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE<br />Zoning: RE2<br />Lot Size: 87120<br />Lot Acreage: 2.0000<br />Municipality: 10<br />Subdivision: POTOMAC RANCH<br />Plat Recording: Book 12316,<br />Legal Description: POTOMAC RANCH<br />Block Number: D<br />Lot Number: 20<br /><br />TAX ASSESSMENT INFORMATION<br /><br />Tax Year: 2006<br />Land Value: $704,000.00<br />Improvement Value: $800,670.00<br />Total Value: $1,504,670.00<br />Valuation Method: MARKET<br />Tax Amount: $10,416.99<br />Tax Code Area: 42<br /><br /><br />BUILDING/IMPROVEMENT CHARACTERISTICS<br /><br />Building Type: RS0<br />Number of Buildings: 1<br />Year Built: 1995<br />Living Square Feet: 7773<br />Number of Bathrooms: 6.00<br />Full Baths: 5<br />Fireplace: YES<br />Garage Type: ATTACHED BRICK<br />Number of Stories: 200<br />Style/Shape: CON<br />Construction Quality: EXCELLENT<br />Exterior Wall Type: BRICK<br />Heat: HA0<br />Sewer: PUBLIC<br />A/C Type: AC SPLIT SYSTEM<br /><br />LAST FULL MARKET SALE INFORMATION<br /><br />Sale Date: 05/28/1993<br />Seller Name: GOODMAN HOMES<br />Sale Price: $305,000.00<br />Consideration: FULL<br />Deed Type: GRANT DEED<br />Type of Sale: SUBDIVISION/NEW CONSTRUCTION<br />Recording Date: 06/08/1993<br />Recording Book/Page: Book11442, Page656<br /><br />PREVIOUS TRANSACTION INFORMATION<br /><br />Recording Date: 09/08/1989<br /> <br />Call Westlaw CourtExpress at 1-877-DOC-RETR (1-877-362-7387)<br />to order copies of documents related to this or other matters.<br />Additional charges apply.<br /><br />END OF DOCUMENTJAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-63711769899811780582007-09-26T08:41:00.000-07:002007-09-26T08:53:20.462-07:00DGFI RUNNING PARALLEL GOVERNMENT<div align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Please read the following to understand what is going on in bangladesh<br /></span></strong><br />Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), an Invisible Government Within Care Taker Government Has Become Prime Barrier in the Road to Democracy, Independent of Judiciary, Economic Activities & Protection of Human Rights in Bangladesh Since 11 January, 2007.<br /><br />Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) is an intelligence unit of Bangladesh Arm forces under the command of Maj. General Golam Mohammad as Director Genaral and Director (i) Brig. General Fazlul Bari (ii) Brig. General Amin. They are based in Dhaka Cantonment with cantonment wise network all over the country. Officially they have no legitimacy to interfere in to politics. But after August 15, 1975 the killing of democratic leader Bangabundhu Sheikh Muzibur Rahman army was in power under general Ziaur Rahman and Lt Genaral Hossain Mohammad Ershad and DGFI started to play vital role on behalf those army rulers to form kings parties like BNP of Ziaur Rahman and Jatio Party (JP) of Ershad. In forming those king parties the DGFI searched for corrupt politicians of various other political parties, brought them to their torture centre, put them in to threat of torture and institution of false cases against them unless they are joining the kings’ party. That was how Bangladesh nationalist Party (BNP) and Jatio Party (JP) were formed by the DGFI. In the present context the Army backed care taker government is actually led by Army. The army Chief Gen. Moyeen U Ahmed is announcing the state policies in various public forums. In the Background the DGFI is formulating those policies. The two persons of DGFI Brig. General Bari and Brig. General Amin are known as the hard core of those policy makers. Brig. General Bari is well known as a pioneer of extrajudicial killing of Rapid Action battalion (RAB) while he was Director of RAB and Mr. Anwarul Iqbal, Present Adviser of care taker Government was Director General of RAB. Both Brig. Gen. Bari and Amin are known as strong supporter of Jamat-E-Islami and closely linked with its Amir, Motiur Rahman Nizami.<br /><br />The attitude of Present government clearly shows that they want to form an alliance of Jamat, Progressive Democracy Party (PDP), dissident factions of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Awami Leauge etc. The whole process is being manifested by those two Brig. Gen. of DGFI. They are abducting politicians, businessmen, lawyers and important personalities, putting them under severe torture to make statement as their own will and fabricating false cases against the targeted politicians specially Sheikh Hasina who is considered to be the only obstacle in the road to their evil design of breaking political parties to form their obedient alliance to promote Jamat-E- Islami in to power.<br /><br />In the face of the demand of national and international communities the chief advisor Mr. Fakruddin Ahmed on 09.09.07 announced unconditional withdrawal ban on indoor politics. Immediately after the announcement of chief advisor some 11 points precondition on indoor politics were announced by Mr. Mainul Hossain, the law Advisor restricting in door politics all over the country except Dhaka. It is a common opinion of most of conscious citizen that those conditions were re-imposed by DGFI under the spokesman ship of the law advisor.<br /><br />The design of such re imposition of the restriction is to stop the voice of root level leaders and worker of AL and BNP against the desired reformation of minus two theories by some selected central leaders. The economic activities have been damaged due to fear of illegal arrest and false cases against businessmen by the DGFI men on fabricated charges.<br /><br />The judiciary is also put under threat in the name property statement called by Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) which is also headed by an ex army Chief Lt. Gen (rtd). Hasan Mashud Chowdhory, another pioneer of extra judicial killing in name of operation clean heart, while he was the army chief in 2003-05.<br /><br />The DGFI is so much so exerting their unauthorized power that nobody knows when in the midnight whose doors are knocked and abducted to unknown destination at least for a few days before handing over to the police, then to jail for indefinite period without bail. The eminent professor of Dhaka University and Rajshahi University could not be saved from such allegation, late production to police and detained to jail for indefinite period.<br /><br />To protect democracy the un-authorized political interference of DGFI must have to be stopped and emergency should be withdrawn immediately to create congenial atmosphere of political activities.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Note from Jagorook:</strong> This article proves how dreadful our army is. It also tells that elections in Bangladesh held in the past were all engineered by DGFI and ones will be held in future will also be engineered by DGFI. Time is ticking out to raise your voice against this ruthless GESTAPO, Bangladesh version. </span></div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-89603489204813577042007-09-23T11:10:00.000-07:002007-09-23T11:26:20.477-07:00The rise of a Mule from the ashes of a Phoenix<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtQ9sK6yZd_wp5jFYfUu6hv-fU7mi5WDTAxnN96E-oTxOjQzmDtWEJ9r1O6dHcWKdTKsURmDnSPd3DuY2mxnwyRK6ydUF5V6aKNU7I23AhC2CGOplIIXvwW8YedfpBEcSNJ_eFW4uTMI/s1600-h/Matiur1.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113464912235467634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtQ9sK6yZd_wp5jFYfUu6hv-fU7mi5WDTAxnN96E-oTxOjQzmDtWEJ9r1O6dHcWKdTKsURmDnSPd3DuY2mxnwyRK6ydUF5V6aKNU7I23AhC2CGOplIIXvwW8YedfpBEcSNJ_eFW4uTMI/s320/Matiur1.bmp" border="0" /></a> <div align="justify"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Matiur Rahman of Prathom Alo and Matiur Rahman of Ekata</span></strong><br /><br />Time has changed. So is this world. Some changes have linkage with past. Others are so rapid, so much opposing, that past can not hold the present. And, present can not recognize the past. The latter is Mr. Matiur Rahman, the editor of Prathom Alo and a stranger to his own past. His change is no less dramatic and devastating than the change that tore Soviet Union into pieces. The reasons of such incredible change of Matiur and of Soviet are the same, ‘Glasnost’, ‘Pestroika’, and the death of communism as an ideology. When communism was in vogue globally, then Matiur was the young communist intellectual, lives modestly in the poor suburban swath, splitting his time in organizing industrial workers and editing a weekly newspaper, enviably brave and enticing red “EKATA’. If any staff of Ekata, may it be a proof reader or an artist, is arrested, thousands of workers, with red flag afoot from Demra and Tongi, would seize Paltan square until the staff is released. If any congenitally Razakar or Khatib would dare raise his derelict finger against ‘Ekata’, the razor sharp words of Matiur would crash that dirty finger at ease.<br /><br />Today, time has changed, mono-centric world is evolving around free market; moral strength, honest thinking and working class are the lethal enemy of capitalism. Once friend of poor, sheathe and spade; Matiur now is a skilful designer of sceptre, throne and crown. He cultivates his intellectual seeds in Prothom Alo, the elite newspaper of civil society which is steering the country towards the graveyard of democracy. And today, when a petty staff of Matiur, cartoonist Arifur Rahman, is unlawfully yanked from Prathom Alo office by police and thrown into dungeon, Matiur,s silence dreadfully contradicts his own past. The cry of handful of religious bigots compelled his conscience to walk to Islamic Foundation together with Barrister Goebbels, propaganda machine of third military rule in Bangladesh, sit on his knees and tearfully pleading mercy and forgiveness to Razakar Khatib of Baitul Mukarram. The lustre of a glorious past thus succumbs to the lust of a glamorous present. </div></div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-28845869949317698482007-09-16T23:04:00.000-07:002007-09-17T09:47:17.038-07:00A tribute to Awami League<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4hR08jZwDI-lZnVlBZTSSepSXpvMxA7nMsqs4gmrucxQsY4K7unoc1QnBqAG7OTnGmPGSfttYlSmoyCittR9hfv0bsHdx1bEqYfKQD2q0gLdMHIcRlr1MosKV8oA-Umkd0zrY8tXfW8/s1600-h/Banglar+Mookh2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111073604451385026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4hR08jZwDI-lZnVlBZTSSepSXpvMxA7nMsqs4gmrucxQsY4K7unoc1QnBqAG7OTnGmPGSfttYlSmoyCittR9hfv0bsHdx1bEqYfKQD2q0gLdMHIcRlr1MosKV8oA-Umkd0zrY8tXfW8/s320/Banglar+Mookh2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p></p><div align="left"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>A</strong></span>wami League now can proudly deserve a hat off salute from the nation as the over-half-century old political institution has again proved it’s painstaking adherence and consistent pursuit to it’s principle it set out the day it was born. The cry of it’s birth was for democracy. The journey, ever since, has never been a honeymoon experience to AL; often deadly minefield that the AL leadership and it’s supporters have been treading on. Democracy is the oxygen for it’s life while people are it’s heart bit.<br /><br />Democracy when falls victim to conspiracy, domino effect first hits AL. Historically, AL is the perpetual enemy to the enemy of democracy. ‘Slaughterhouse democracy’; ‘Greenhouse democracy’, ‘Fundamental democracy’, ‘Winch back democracy’; we, the public of Bangladesh, have been experiencing variety of designers’ democracy since Pakistan era till today. These artificially flavoured politics with back up of guns, goons and money trail have always been doomed to failure due to straight public rejection. Lords of these conspiracy game plans have always found their inevitable destiny in the dang waste bins of history. These power hungry political mercenaries, whenever tried to devour democracy and dig grave for AL, public response was steadfast and fatal for these cliques. AL has been branded as enemy of the state, enemy of Islam, enemy of elites, enemy of reds. It suffered terror and conspiracy from outside and from surreptitious Mirzafars-in-disguise within the party, but all these vicious schemes have always boomeranged back to the conspirators, rather helped AL gain public confidence exponentially. When AL has been attacked, public perception makes no mistake to understand that our democracy is in peril.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Relentless persecution and endless torments have turned a Sheikh Mujib of AL to Bangabandhu of Bangalees to lead the nation to freedom. The brightest stars in the galaxy of Bangalees; Bangabandhu, Syed Nazrul, Tajuddin Ahmed, Mansur Ali, Qamaruzzaman, Moezuddin, ASM Kibria, Ivy Rahman – and myriads of known and unknown martyrs, by laying down their lives in different phases of our national struggle, have taught AL to cling to the root, to the people and to their struggle. AL studiously and faithfully learns from the people and uncompromisingly remains pledged to it’s genesis.<br /></strong></span><br />Since AL was born 58 years ago, it remained in power for only 8 years. The history of the rest 50 years is of sacrifice and of struggle for the people and alongside the people. And thus, in 58 years of journey, AL has become the lighthouse to the Bangalees in the stormy nights, the mirror of the nation, yet to bring home her spring harvest.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtKo2x3VE9N73yahRG0CbCX2XRXqJCYNR8Wpqu29FwGJMPMUkLwoydei5jTMPs4NXzw-8OQUjRwlUGwOgO-4NDAlMm1QWZQp8BsxA3pMbONzorHVQO7QemARXYpED1Ad0CREwd6GVGaY/s1600-h/Banglar+Mookh3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111071534277148338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 590px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 83px" height="55" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtKo2x3VE9N73yahRG0CbCX2XRXqJCYNR8Wpqu29FwGJMPMUkLwoydei5jTMPs4NXzw-8OQUjRwlUGwOgO-4NDAlMm1QWZQp8BsxA3pMbONzorHVQO7QemARXYpED1Ad0CREwd6GVGaY/s320/Banglar+Mookh3.jpg" width="645" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMO_zh2uzdqmqUhMZhGiClVodGNgqS01ypCUXZZliWWQxP8cZAD7VTqyqG4P0kcEnPIMt1dLQiGM0YqXwcc3zwETQIFjl6XPLaJ83yY2OwcayBaQmuZOsjO2JYcJpYLLLoWZ1OQgte-w/s1600-h/Banglar+Mookh2.jpg"><br /></a><br /></div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-88332034686358127722007-08-31T01:06:00.000-07:002007-08-31T01:08:17.319-07:00EC DIALOGUE PROPOSAL: A CHEESE LADEN MOUSE TRAPElection Commission (EC) has proposed a dialogue. AL leadership and other members of 14 party alliance have consistently declared their participation to dialogue is subject to removal of government sanctioned muzzle from indoor politics. Then political liabilities like Amir Hossain Amu, Mukul Bose are crying foul and trying to transplant themselves in the shoes of Mirzafars and Mushtaks. The survival strategy of Mr. Amu, with his popularity to his constituents in mind, is correct. The reality, that constantly haunts him, is that it is eternally absurd for him to walk through the threshold of Shangshad Bhaban as an elected representative. Therefore he is on the right track of getting some Halua Roti by licking his neo-master’s boot. The present Government has created a very congenial turf for the Mirzafars to play their skills. And the native dogs are also acting very hyper under the influence of early autumn.<br /><br />Main stream left politicians have been playing a very constructive role so far. I think, now, they are treading wisely to remain close to the people. The fall of this army government will bring about an existence crisis for fundamentalists and army-bred green house parties like BNP, JP etc. and will open a new vista for anti-imperialist progressive forces in Bangladesh. It is now imperative for the left to get out of their hermetic strategy and to join a broad based coalition with Awami League and other pro-liberation political and socio-cultural organizations with a view to bringing about a permanent layout of democracy in our politics.<br /><br />After August 19, when US, World Bank and IMF threw their support behind this Government, the so called self-tagged civil society remains hypocritically silent about violent lawless reaction of the government against public. Civil society, according to political science, remains integrated with national politics and acts actively in the event of national crisis. To the contrary, our civil society conspicuously paved the way for this government to power and their current imbecile nature indicates their hands in gloves in the conspiracy to destroy democratic institutions, bypass election and to install martial law in civilian outfit.<br /><br />Since August 19, the present government is acting like a chameleon, changing identity from caretaker to interim to national to army placebo and then veers back to care-taker. The real identity of this government is that it is an un-constitutional government. It has granted itself time till end of 2008 to present the nation a fair election. As politics is being designed in Cantonment, so will be the election in 2008. Therefore no patriotic political force, under any situation, should swallow this lethal bait of EC. Rather we should precisely draw a roadmap and strategy to move forward and intensify our national struggle for the everlasting democracy in Bangladesh.JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-22633176660236906642007-08-28T01:59:00.000-07:002007-09-15T19:45:01.851-07:00‘Evil Force’ in the mind of chief commandant General Moeen U<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2M9XIE1bvyCNtZhXscc6VftIIxoA4ROIcclOu5sXgL5-hNZuU1CmIKakgZCGG-6xp4w9rMv5zxZiSc9TuAdztJlRep6LR5ywEtoOD-z4sBxFrraGZ8FhMcgwLQXnE5654l0_EMdUUqM/s1600-h/Moeen1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103674016886054514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2M9XIE1bvyCNtZhXscc6VftIIxoA4ROIcclOu5sXgL5-hNZuU1CmIKakgZCGG-6xp4w9rMv5zxZiSc9TuAdztJlRep6LR5ywEtoOD-z4sBxFrraGZ8FhMcgwLQXnE5654l0_EMdUUqM/s320/Moeen1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div><strong>A wrath to Democracy</strong><br /><br />The de facto chief of present government in jungle fatigue General Moeen in his first sermon at Shariatpur, since the popular student public massive uprise, has postulated conspiracy theory and invented hands of ‘evil force’ behind the mass protest who intended to destabilize the present government. This vocabulary is not unknown to Bangalees who heard or read about the legends of the Generals Ayub, Yahya, Zia and Ershad, the killers of democracy and ushers of martial law.<br /><br />My first question, what are you doing in Shariatpur? Was it a relief operation or a political blitz? If it is apolitical, have you trespassed law and service code and are you treating the state as your own property? If it is humanitarian, can we demand the account; how much money spent for your flight to Shariatpur and for your security and reception versus the worth of your relief operation (in monetary scale)?<br /><br />Mr General, life will not always be a bed of roses or like a honeymoon flight as it appears now. You have to reply all these questions sooner or later to the public. I have been receiving information from Bangladesh everyday. The style of raiding and breaking doors of civilian homes can be aptly described as “<strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">71 revisited</span></em></strong>”. I urge public to escalate action against all these barbaric incidents and knock the door of legal system nationally and internationally. While the government has sued 87000 individuals, public must sue this government for atrocities inflicted on each individual. Barrister Amiruls and Rokonuddins have cowardly surrendered to this government, but there are thousands of patriotic lawyers who will fight for the cause of distressed ones in every corridor of law and justice.<br /><br />Now Mr. Moeen, let us talk about your spitting venom “evil forces tried to destabilize present government”, I have concurrence with your view. And at the end of this discussion you will see as I can see you are spitting venom vertically up in the air and your venom is likely falling back right on your head. That is the universal law of gravity. The only mandate of this Interim Government was to hold a viable election at the shortest possible time. They expanded their agenda and touched a very vital and critical issue ‘fight corruption’ which instantly swept the Government to the pinnacle of popularity. General Mashhud after assuming the position of chief of ACC went to Pakistan ironically to get trained on how to fight corruption. Public believed that Pakistan as the regional trail blazer could train best on ‘how to perpetuate martial law’ and least on anti-corruption crusade. Public shrugged off scepticism and were clapping the holy warriors who were sending Czars and knights of corruption behind the bar. But public scepticism about the intention of the Interim Government started crystallizing when co-brother of General Mashhud, Major Eskander along with full family flew out of Dhaka, Queen mother of all corruption remains free, unscathed along with her one star-corrupt prince son, brother Shamim, nephews etc. The main architects, who turned politics dysfunctional through corruption, terror and confrontation, were the chief of DGFI and few other Generals. They are enjoying life after mission accomplished, immune to the wrath of ACC or the holy war of the Government. Finally people opened their eyes in total disbelief seeing that old familiar hand again slowly extending it’s lethal fingers to strangulate the democratic political system of Bangladesh. This is the hand of Marshal Ayub Khan who branded Sheikh Mujib as ‘<em>traitor</em>’, '<em>corrupt</em>' and <em>'agent of foreign force'</em>. This is the hand of General Yahya who termed Mujib as ‘<em>obstinate</em>’. This is the blood soaked hand of General Zia who collaborated in killing of Mujib to make <em>'politics difficult for politicians'</em> and to turn Bangladesh into a Pakistan’s satellite . This is the slimy hand of General Ershad who has finally buried morality, decency along with the spirit of liberation war. </div><div></div><div>Mr Moeen U, now you are controlling this government with much visible strings and baton. If this government fails, general people will loose democracy. Then you will grab the throne as martial king III surrounded by your military henchmen and civilian pet dogs like Mainul and Matin and moron like Gitiara. Therefore using principle of simple mathematics, martial law will come, you will win, democracy will retreat, people will be defeated. For how long, it will be yet to see. Therefore the question, who is the evil force to destabilize this government. Is it the public who sacrifice their blood flesh and souls to pull the chariot of democracy through the ups and downs of our history, or is it parasitical power-hungry leech which does not survive in democracy, to the contrary breeds and thrives in darkness of garrison, in swamp of corruption and intimately with fundamentalism, guns and goons. Now my friend, put your hand on your head. You will certainly find the venom of ‘evil force’ nesting there.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">A friendly warning to you, millions of Venezuelans cordoned the cantonments and frustrated a military take over in Venezuela in 2002. I can see that percolation in public sentiment today. Your prisons will have no space and so will be your silky routes to Ganabhaban, swarmed by the millions of vanguards of democracy. Then my friend Moeen, will you be able to take a U turn!!</span></strong><br /><br /></div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-78142385346599584042007-08-26T14:15:00.000-07:002007-08-26T18:53:06.409-07:00ICONS OF PEOPLE MILITARY RELATIONSHIP & JOURNEY TO DEMOCRACY<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQt-l1tF4yZf8ryBd6Utg0CTgI2vqSRjTlVNVAkTMzuGa_65NPBvK6gb0bIKPOkDhW_Pa3mVc4tI2qEgWFzycowul7n-Jo8G111Nup7bD3Lsgj7QKwknGsrBdexg5psINEer2LtcjnEZ4/s1600-h/Mohakhali1.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103191941166816866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQt-l1tF4yZf8ryBd6Utg0CTgI2vqSRjTlVNVAkTMzuGa_65NPBvK6gb0bIKPOkDhW_Pa3mVc4tI2qEgWFzycowul7n-Jo8G111Nup7bD3Lsgj7QKwknGsrBdexg5psINEer2LtcjnEZ4/s320/Mohakhali1.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCudp3froIBqVKeRIEeLWpsjq9SgkWvG70PCuuCJxF-PInFDZecxwc3pQstpBU2uIgykGJZfU1IwURj9Itb9aZBnKZiGmlQrJ01sVfAcst9OyF7gqLocOeM8SMOHL6OY0RVIzUTmS01Rk/s1600-h/DU+Campus10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103191799432896082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCudp3froIBqVKeRIEeLWpsjq9SgkWvG70PCuuCJxF-PInFDZecxwc3pQstpBU2uIgykGJZfU1IwURj9Itb9aZBnKZiGmlQrJ01sVfAcst9OyF7gqLocOeM8SMOHL6OY0RVIzUTmS01Rk/s320/DU+Campus10.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHGZkQAEGL1os_UBcaT_CO7fpOPe6wh_RJHbIMSCz3Z5yeqGpXeOy1oWU5LwPED_Q4sy3BGO1PxKbdQQbP_qgv_VvbVCAglgBbePsUFD7P2XtS7YoV9TS8Uun7MVmSa6RDhMOHFs3ltc/s1600-h/Coluge3.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-76246153584214468182007-08-11T16:23:00.000-07:002007-08-15T21:10:49.341-07:00Hope winks in the abyss of despair<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64jOz7HhFH-tS46KreR7OjuDkLCIKHkuWUiFByt_V0ztJU6KuAexHefp80DXxV5NtOfo6CkatbYI7MQCEk7mg1EsozXJIEqfbQIz8_c5h6C2amCU-pSA-J2jChLxs39YAVfFivR0EPHg/s1600-h/CJ1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097587993672759586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64jOz7HhFH-tS46KreR7OjuDkLCIKHkuWUiFByt_V0ztJU6KuAexHefp80DXxV5NtOfo6CkatbYI7MQCEk7mg1EsozXJIEqfbQIz8_c5h6C2amCU-pSA-J2jChLxs39YAVfFivR0EPHg/s320/CJ1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Chief Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin: SC to rescue nation from any crisis</span></strong><br /><div><br />The Daily Star<br />Vol. 5 Num 1139<br />Sun. August 12, 2007<br /><br />Front Page<br />SC to rescue nation from any crisisCJ says freedom of judge's mind a must for independent judiciary; political divide in judiciary deploredStaff CorrespondentThe Supreme Court judges will weigh in for sure to rescue the nation from any crisis, asserted Chief Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin yesterday.<br />"I want to assure the nation that we will come forward. The Supreme Court played a role in the past at the critical juncture of the nation. It is doing so at present and will do so in future to pull the nation out of mire," the chief justice responded to concerns expressed at a seminar over prevailing crisis including call for reforms in judiciary.<br />But he said judges couldn't be compelled to work independently by enacting laws. "It has to be in their culture. If a judge is not committed to work freely, law cannot make him/her independent," Ruhul Amin told a seminar-- Judicial Reform and Independence of Judiciary-- attended by a host of judicial heavyweights including a former chief justice, leading jurists and judges.</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><em>RESPONSE</em></span></strong></div><div><br />The Daily Star</div><div>Vol. 5 Num 1140<br />Mon. August 13, 2007<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">My Lord, we beg to differ</span></strong></div><div><span style="color:#cc9933;">But we share CJ's vision for a better higher judiciary</span></div><div>Mahfuz Anam</div><div>Chief Justice (CJ) of Bangladesh Mohammad Ruhul Amin said in a speech on Saturday, "The Supreme Court played a role in the past at critical junctures of the nation. It is doing so at the present and will also do so in the future to pull the nation out of mire." We most humbly beg to differ. Yes, there are many grand examples of the Supreme Court serving the nation in times of crises. However, there are just as many examples of when it did not. May we suggest with all due respect your high office demands and deserves, that if the Supreme Court had played such a role in the recent past then we would not be where we are today. Why after 15 years of democracy, however flawed, we needed an emergency to bring about the reforms that the nation needs so badly, which regrettably are becoming increasingly doubtful? <em><a href="http://thedailystar.net/2007/08/13/d7081301033.htm">Detail</a></em>......<br /></div><div> </div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-86639810977831360262007-08-10T00:41:00.000-07:002007-08-21T00:39:56.855-07:00EYE OF THE STORM<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">SPREAD STRUGGLE OF DEMOCRACY FROM TEKNAF TO TETULIA</span></strong></div><div align="center"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtMOLU0hO2HX_YEZNfdxwzbxGiWn1qPjAFO9pVdhkgLciq0jHcO4Cy_UIod05HA744tLOUlslLqqxfyRaCfub83fV6JYpWMVfs1AXO7VnpASYj9p3OZEwPKYw_l11PbuYmTsz875avHQ/s1600-h/Police+Attrocity-05.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101048675176701490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtMOLU0hO2HX_YEZNfdxwzbxGiWn1qPjAFO9pVdhkgLciq0jHcO4Cy_UIod05HA744tLOUlslLqqxfyRaCfub83fV6JYpWMVfs1AXO7VnpASYj9p3OZEwPKYw_l11PbuYmTsz875avHQ/s320/Police+Attrocity-05.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Intensify resistance to Martial Law - DU Campus takes the lead again....</strong><a href="http://thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=895"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Detail</em></span></a><br />Also see Video footage of our heroes fighting the Army Police Invaders in the Campus---<span style="font-size:85%;"><em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoixhGF9Nb0">Detail <br /></a></em></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdcT6IzQ4sPEVilRMHnUx4H692FjaotOoy9aNcmCCi_KwtODG2csyt1pH0RmFFNbSAIdv3m0IVFT0rPwTPONoHTOw2aOZ3AAosc7bzXuvW-tmxwfkSIlVOWZA0hsDlwGrlhQTUExznzc/s1600-h/Coluge2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096982600852519186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdcT6IzQ4sPEVilRMHnUx4H692FjaotOoy9aNcmCCi_KwtODG2csyt1pH0RmFFNbSAIdv3m0IVFT0rPwTPONoHTOw2aOZ3AAosc7bzXuvW-tmxwfkSIlVOWZA0hsDlwGrlhQTUExznzc/s320/Coluge2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Amin Jute Mill<br /></span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9qMfSyOKVRal0HIctzQKHl0cN-oRqgbZ1ro5tzsOrWgEfR2CYhWY9NChc1g2f3TFhmp4YqL_mfqxM5VbEbh1SCMrytP_B3t9QtMUh1K5gQkZVQZpBJvJChWjk-Ual1HOjxRrjmk3fCM/s1600-h/Coluge2.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-63862039654104234152007-08-09T11:08:00.000-07:002007-08-09T19:56:26.427-07:00Work for final burial of martial law and everlasting democracy in Bangladesh<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAChHLkkJxCdK1sezDFDHF2LbJOdzqj1QQ7GJExlvYgf7RmVJY08Av_f883BIILCXQPvc5kv5PklvSqvElc4gU9Pn3TIBX2du3P9sMHg4kAqYKJmFOlF_HD_bJLScpfBXFIb-WlykVys/s1600-h/payam.akhavan"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096764485233359058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAChHLkkJxCdK1sezDFDHF2LbJOdzqj1QQ7GJExlvYgf7RmVJY08Av_f883BIILCXQPvc5kv5PklvSqvElc4gU9Pn3TIBX2du3P9sMHg4kAqYKJmFOlF_HD_bJLScpfBXFIb-WlykVys/s320/payam.akhavan" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Payam Akhavan</span></strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Associate Professor - Faculty of Law<br />McGill University</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Professor Akhavan is representing Sheikh Hasina and taking her case to the Human Rights Commission of UN. We must work together globally to stage the final funeral of the Military Frankenstein in Bangladesh which lives on gulping democracy, secularism and human rights and breathes poison of communalism, corruption and imperialism.<br /></span></div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402019953258582325.post-52502037830391609882007-08-08T23:07:00.000-07:002007-08-08T23:12:34.888-07:00Help marooned lives; not the Military & PuppyA vast part of Bangladesh is inundated by flood water. Millions of marooned lives are threatened by starvation and waterborne diseases. Please extend your all out help to these distressed souls in need through local and international NGOs and UN agencies. General Moeen U and his puppy Fakruddin are busy doing photogenic relief operations and sending aid to them will help strengthen this anti-democracy clique. Please do not send your help to the illegitimate hands of this government. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgXEVLA3DghFV_3hJ0YMK5qJiMWzd1xfPG8kaAstnP4IcrUPcGBR9fd5zSSMym4GZlxDJTfvoxXC80mLEB2B-0jNjIbHL3xE4FAD9QfLJ5E8FwD8eNhJ568VHT4nW61hNsxuSvmPVHxo/s1600-h/Flood2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096578551804147906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgXEVLA3DghFV_3hJ0YMK5qJiMWzd1xfPG8kaAstnP4IcrUPcGBR9fd5zSSMym4GZlxDJTfvoxXC80mLEB2B-0jNjIbHL3xE4FAD9QfLJ5E8FwD8eNhJ568VHT4nW61hNsxuSvmPVHxo/s320/Flood2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>HELP THE NEEDY NOT THE HYPOCRITES</div>JAGOROOK BANGALEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00265201767280689735noreply@blogger.com0