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Thursday, February 7, 2008

[chottala.com] Our CA and his military backers should learn

Thailand junta admits failure, ends its role
Published: Friday, 8 February, 2008, 01:27 AM Doha Time
BANGKOK: Thailand’s military junta that staged a 2006 coup officially ended its role yesterday, admitting that it had failed in its political objectives and promising to avoid further coups.
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[chottala.com] Re: [khabor.com] Islami Chattro Shibir men run amok in Carmichael College

 
 
Here you go again Mr. Hannan !
 
Both Islami Chattro Shongho and Islami Chattro Sibir are Student fronts
of Jamate Islami... No matter how you try to disguise or package  Islami
Chattro Sibirm is the Islami Chattro Sangho with a new mask ---the same 
old wine in a new bottle. The Jamate Islami decided to change the name
of it's "student front" now defunct Islami Chattro Shangho, this organization
was the main accomplice of Pakistani Junta in the Killing Fields of 1971.
As per your own admission last year, you had been a Islami Chattro Shagho
cadre during your student day at Dhaka University. Now you are trying to
defend Islami Chattro Sibir. Do you think that the people of Bangladesh
are so novice that they would not understand the connections.
 
Has the collaborators of a Foreign Occupation Army (i.e Pakistan Army)
become patriots of today? The ideological perversions of these groups
of religion-traders still exist. They needs to be exposed and isolated
for the sake of real progress and freedom of Bangladesh.
 
BTW, till today the Pakistan Islami Jamiat e Tulaba proudly describes
the role of their counter part Islami Chattro Shangho, ( the predecessor
of Mr. Hannan's favorite Islami Chattro Sibir) for their Jehadi efforts
to save Pakistan in 1971 .... 
 
 
Syed Aslam
 
PS: Can Mr. Hannan honestly explain the real scenerio behind Sangho's
       name change to Sibir?
 
 
 
On 2/7/08, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> wrote:

Dear members,
 
Assalamu Alaikum.I am surprised at the report of the Daily Star blaming a single student party.Even Prothom Alo has not reported the incident in this manner.Their heading is "Attack on Residence of Principal and A Teacher"
 
In daily Amar Desh report by Shushanta Bhowmic from Rangpur the heading is "Procession and Breakage for making Karmaichel college an University."Ther is no mention of Shibir in the report.
 
In this context the Daily Star report is indeed very parochial.
 
Further Syed Aslam sb in his report below has presented history of Chatra Shibir that it was established in 1941.Like most of the other things  in his additional material forwarded ,the year of founding  is also wrong,  is not 1941, it is 1977 in Dhaka.
 
Even in Pakistan Islami Jamiat e Tulaba was established around December 1947 and in the then East Pakistan Islami Chatra Sangha was established around 1955.
 
The whole report below  attached by Syed Aslam sb is essentially propaganda against Islamic forces.This is a part of propaganda war unleashed against educated Islamic forces.
 
Shah Abdul Hannan
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Syed Aslam
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:53 PM
Subject: [khabor.com] Islami Chattro Shibir men run amok in Carmichael College

 

Shibir men run amok in Carmichael College
Ransack house of principal, set fire to house of a teacher; college closed indefinitely
Our Correspondent, Rangpur

Rangpur Carmichael College was closed indefinitely yesterday as Islami Chhatra Shibir activists rampaged through the campus, torched the house of a teacher and a power substation, ransacked the college principal's house and vandalised several motor vehicles.

The Shibir workers roamed around the campus for nearly five hours since 10:00 in the morning and set fire to the house of Dr Hafizur Rahman, a professor of Mathematics and secretary of academic council of the college. They also ransacked the house of Dip Chandra Roy, the principal of the college, and vandalised his car.

The mob vandalised at least ten automobiles and set a power substation on fire. They also ransacked the academic building, damaged the furniture in it and destroyed official records of the college.

At around 3:00 pm in an emergency meeting presided over by Principal Dip Chandra Roy, the academic council of the college decided to suspend all classes of the college sine die and vacate all dormitories.

At the meeting, a number of teachers complained that a few teachers of the college have been aiding and abetting Shibir violence on the campus, said sources.

Principal Roy told The Daily Star, "Such violence on the campus is unprecedented and incidents of this sort did not take place here even during the Liberation War."

Male residents of the dormitories have been asked to leave the campus by 6:00pm yesterday while females by 8:00pm the same day, he added.

According to eyewitnesses, several hundred rioting Shibir activists led by Emdad, Abdullah Al Mamun, Rezaul Karim Rana and Mohammad Tareque brought out a procession on the campus, demanding that Rangpur Carmichael College be upgraded to university.

Police intercepted the procession at Lalbagh as it came out of the campus and headed towards the office of the deputy commissioner. The activists at this point locked in a clash with the police, injuring six police personnel including Additional Superintendent of Police Asaduzzaman and SI Saidul Islam, and four pedestrians.

Police lobbed ten rounds of tear shells near Modern point to disperse the agitators.

The police later raided the dormitories of the college and arrested at least 60 students -- most of whom were activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir.

Five cases were filed against the agitators under Emergency Power Rules.

Expressing his resentment over the violence on the campus, Dr Rezaul Hoque, former principal of Rangpur Carmichael College, said, "The people of Rangpur want an autonomous and full-fledged university. They don't want Carmichael College to be upgraded to university."
 
 
Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS)

Base of Operation: Bangladesh

Founding Philosophy: Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) is the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, the largest Islamic political party in Bangladesh. Although ICS is legal, and a member of legitimate organizations such as the International Islamic Federation of Student Organisations (IIFSO), Islami Chhatra Shibir is extremely militant and has been linked to numerous acts of violence over the years. In addition, the group has also been linked to a number of larger terrorist organizations both in Bangladesh, and internationally.

Islami Chhatra Shibir was founded in 1941, along with the establishment of its parent group, the Jamaat-e-Islami. Today, the group has grown to be one of the largest Islamic student organizations in the world. Like the Jamaat-e-Islami, the ICS is an Islamic fundamentalist organization that seeks to establish an Islamic state in Bangladesh. The ICS has its main base of power in the universities of Bangladesh, most notably at Chittagong and Rajshahi. Furthermore, the group has a great deal of influence in the large madrassa (religious school) system throughout Bangladesh.

Despite claims of legitimacy from the group, the ICS is undoubtedly a militant organization. The violence perpetrated by the ICS can generally be put into two categories. The first category involves inter-fighting between ICS and other student organizations on university campuses. The ICS's main rival on campuses is the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of the Awami League, a political opponent of Jamaat-e-Islami. Clashes between the BCL and ICS have caused numerous deaths over the year, most notably in July 2000 when suspected ICS members killed 6 BCL activists in a shooting attack in Chittagong. The second category of violence includes general terrorism beyond the borders of educational institutions. The ICS has been blamed for numerous terrorist attacks throughout Bangladesh, including the bombing of an Awami League rally in July 2001 that killed over 20 people. Although an ICS activist was arrested in connection with the incident, the man was later released, and ICS was never directly impicated.

ICS has also been linked to several larger terrorist organizations. Many officials and news sources allege that the group is nothing more than a recruiting ground for Bangladeshi terrorist groups such as Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami and Jamatul Mujahedin, while others simply view ICS as a front for Jamaat-e-Islami terrorist operations. The ICS has also been linked to international groups such as the Taliban and al-Qaeda, but concrete linkages have never been proven, and these accusations usually come from Awami League politicians. In any case, Islamic militancy in Bangladesh has exploded over the past few years, and it does not seem far-fetched that ICS might have, or soon have, affiliations with these groups.

Current Goals: ICS is an active student-militant organization with a large, but unknown amount of members. The group is currently dedicated to the establishment of an Islamic system of education in Bangladesh, and the foundation of an Islamic state in greater Bangladesh. Although the group enjoys legitimacy and support from many Bangladeshis, the ICS has shown no hesitation to use violence to further its aims.

  resources header

Further Reference

"Is religious extremism on the rise in Bangladesh?," Jane's Intelligence Review, 01/01/2002
"Bangladesh: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2001," U.S. Department of State, 03/04/2002
"Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS)," South Asia Terrorism Portal
"Bangladesh: Next Afghanistan?," Hiranmay Karlekar, 12/13/2002, The Pioneer (New Delhi, India)

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Knowledge Base Directory > Groups > Ideology > Religious
Knowledge Base Directory > Groups > Location > South Asia

 

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[chottala.com] Re: Building a hub economy - re-export is an important phenomenon.

Re: Building a hub economy - re-export is an important phenomenon.
 
An important development in the right direction. See the following news item about a Dubai firm Tejari, the leading online B2B marketplace for global emerging markets, having signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI).
 
We hope that our local businessman will use this change to learn from Dubai business practices - specifically how they are making UAE into an emerging hub economy. The members of the DCCI should use this opportunity to connect the producers of the seven sisters, Nepal and Bhutan to the buyers of the Middle East, in addition to connecting the Bangladeshi producers to the buyers in the Middle East. From an economic analysis, this makes sense. If Dhaka can become an intermediate hub which connects the rest of the Eastern South Asia and a portion of China/Asean to the rest of the world, it would provide the economies of scale in the export/re-exporting business that can change the economic face of the region.
 
Learn from Singapore and Dubai. Mix that learning with the lessons from Japan and Netherland. You will get the next vision for 21st Century Bangladesh!
 
 
 If you thought some of the ideas are worth of your reading time, please forward it to others. If you have an ear to the columinsts in regular traditional media, please forward it to them. If you have an ear to the journalists and news editors of the electronic media, discuss it with them. Hope they would look at the suggestions and give due diligence. 
 
 
Thanks for your time,
Innovation Line
 
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Dear readers, also, if you thought the article was important enough so it should come under attention of the head of the government please forward the message to them. Email address for the Chief Advisor: feeedback@pmo.gov.bd or at http://www.cao.gov.bd/feedback/comments.php . The more of you forward it to them, the less will be the need to go back to street agitation. Use ICT to practice democracy. It is already proven that this government responds to the feedback.
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Tejari Signs up With DCCI to Boost Trade Between Bangladesh and the Middle East

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, February 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- 5,000 Companies in Dhaka to Join the Online Trading Platform

Tejari, the leading online B2B marketplace for global emerging markets, has signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI), Dhaka's largest Chamber of Commerce. This deal will facilitate an innovative trading platform between companies in Dubai and Dhaka by moving commerce online and providing members of the Chamber of Commerce with access to a large and established buyer network in the UAE and across the region.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080207/292460 )

This strategic partnership will significantly enhance trade between Bangladesh and the Middle East. Originating as a transparent trading platform from the Emirate of Dubai, Tejari offers proven technology, first class consulting services and e-readiness training programs. DCCI provides the opportunity for thousands of qualified suppliers to develop trade links across key industry sectors in Bangladesh, including pharmaceuticals, textiles, leather and fisheries.

"The agreement with DCCI represents a powerful new platform for connecting Bangladeshi sellers with Middle Eastern buyers. Bangladeshi sellers can now reach new markets and increase their sales not only within the UAE, but across the Middle East region, where Tejari is proud to have the largest online buyer network," said Omar Hijazi, Tejari CEO.

Hijazi added, "This partnership represents a significant step in boosting trade between the Middle East and Bangladesh and also highlights our increasing presence on the global stage. Exporting the Dubai spirit of innovation and leading the global shift towards online trading, Tejari represents the future of B2B commerce. With its proven trading technology and track record for facilitating international business links, Tejari is helping overseas businesses to be "e-ready" for electronic trading opportunities that transcend borders and bring together emerging markets across the globe."

One of the key components of the agreement is the development of an online trading community; an e-Exhibition private-label community. DCCI companies can upload their company profile on the portal, showcase their products, issue promotional trade leads and above all, have access to a trading floor where they can interact with potential buyers or sellers across a global network. This trading portal allows all members of the DCCI to exhibit their products to the world 24x7 round the year, available from April 2008. Additionally, companies will participate in e-readiness training programs to receive certification and the eReady(TM) mark, demonstrating that the company and individuals have been trained and certified by Tejari, to conduct business transactions online.

Hossain Khaled, President, DCCI said: "As we enter into our 50th anniversary, it is fitting that we look to the future and introduce our member businesses to new and innovative methods of trading. E-commerce is rapidly transforming how business is conducted across the world. The new online trading portal and e-readiness training will help connect our members to the global marketplace , opening up an unprecedented number of export and import opportunities, especially for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs)."

As it fortifies its global reach, Tejari looks forward to establishing more partnerships as it penetrates into other emerging markets such as South America, Africa and CIS regions in the future. Encouraging commercial growth, innovation and transparency, over 70,000 tenders worth $4 billion, have already been conducted on Tejari.com since inception. The site now boasts a 100,000-strong online member community worldwide


--- "Innovation Line" <innovation_line@...> wrote:
>
>
> Building a hub economy - re-export is an important phenomenon. It can
> also be an important tool to fight Monga
>
> There is usually a great need of capital investment for this kind of
> businesses to flourish. Government can mobilize NRB money to raise
> capital through securities and funds to create four re-export zones in
> Sylhet, Dinajpur, Chittagong and Khulna.
>
> The position of Bangladesh within the global map makes it a natural
> candidate to become a regional hub economy. However, the globe wouldn't
> come to it unless it aligns itself to become a hub. We have written on
> the same topic before about how to make sure that Bangladesh becomes a
> regional hub that smoothens the interaction of three Asian Engines
> (China, India and ASEAN).
>
> Today, we want to focus on a specific aspect of a hub ecnonomy. That is
> Re-Export. World's two best known hub economies are Singapore and
> Hong-Kong. They are well known around the world. A recent new competitor
> to these two city states is United Arab Emirates.
>
> However, re-export has a big promise for the economic development of
> Bangladesh. It also has the potential to facilitate trades for land
> locked Nepal, Bhutan or other land-locked Indian provinces in the
> North-East.
>
> Government of Bangladesh should immediately start a process of raising a
> fund to build several re-export zones authorities where companies or
> traders will be provided facilities to assemble, minor value add and
> brand products before they are reexported. It has an immense potential
> for Bangladesh.
>
> The region of North Bengal promises to be the focus region to become a
> re-export processing zones of Bangladesh. Specifically, this is suitable
> when the government is looking at the big picture and solve the problem
> of so-called Monga in several northern districts. However, it should be
> ackknowledged that re-export zones will need shorter time to ramp-up
> (compared to the EPZs), but most often, REZs involve more capital and
> human skills than EPZ. Keeping that in mind, government will have to
> actively engage the private sector to facilitate this. It can also
> invite other experts in Hong Kong or Singapore to come here and take
> advantage of the natuaral settings and government policies.
>
> Bangladesh should immediately establish a number REZs in different
> corners of the country. REZ stands for Re-Export Processing Zone. We are
> familiar with EPZ (Export Processing Zones) and SEZ (Special Economic
> Zones). In addtion to these two, we need a third kind of zones are are
> Re-export Zones.
>
> Following are some information regarding Re-Export ranging from
> definition to news articles. Enjoy.
>
> If you thought some of the ideas are worth of your reading time, please
> forward it to others. If you have an ear to the columinsts in regular
> traditional media, please forward it to them. If you have an ear to the
> journalists and news editors of the electronic media, discuss it with
> them. Hope they would look at the suggestions and give due diligence.
>
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Innovation Line
>
>
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> ==========================
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> based forums. This column is open for contribution by the members of new
> generation, sometimes referred to as Gen 71. If you identify yourself as
> someone from that age-group and want to contribute to this column,
> please feel free to contact. Thanks to the group moderator for
> publishing the article.
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>
> Noun: reexport ree'ek`sport
>
> Any commodity <http://mail.google.com/mail/COMMODITY> reexported
>
> Verb: reexport ree'ek`sport
>
> To export <http://mail.google.com/mail/EXPORT> again, as what has been
> imported <http://mail.google.com/mail/IMPORTED>
>
> Derived forms: reexports, reexporting, reexported
>
> Re-Export Zone (REZ)
>
> About UAE re-export take a look at this:
>
> Dubai most active re-export hub after Singapore, Hong Kong
> http://uaeinteract.com/docs/Dubai_most_active_re-export_hub_after_Singap\
> ore,_Hong_Kong/15638.htm
> <http://uaeinteract.com/docs/Dubai_most_active_re-export_hub_after_Singa\
> pore,_Hong_Kong/15638.htm>
>
> posted on 21/03/2005
>
> Dubai's exports were valued at about Dh44 billion from the third quarter
> of 2003 to the third quarter of 2004, a trade group said. The statistic
> forms part of a study released by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and
> Industry (DCCI), according to the "Gulf News."
>
> Dubai is recognised as the third most active re-export centre in the
> world, after Singapore and Hong Kong, the DCCI report said. The trading
> sector contributed an average of 85.2 per cent of Dubai's exports (this
> includes re-exports) during the period under review. Manufacturing
> contributed about nine per cent on average during the same period.
>
> The services sector represented 3.9 per cent, while the construction
> sector represented just 0.6 per cent of exports. About 87 per cent of
> export-oriented companies operating in Dubai are located in Dubai
> proper, while the remaining 13 per cent are located in Dubai's various
> free zones, the DCCI report said.
>
> This is based on DCCI's certificate of origin database. Free zone
> companies contributed 44.6 per cent of total exports recorded, even
> though they are smaller in number than the total number of Dubai-based
> exporting companies.
>
> Exporters located in Dubai proper represented 55.4 per cent of total
> exports, despite their superior numbers. The export share of the free
> zones declined from 50 per cent in the third quarter of 2003 to 41 per
> cent in the second quarter of 2004, the report said.
>
> The majority of exporting companies employ less than 10 workers, the
> DCCI report said. On average, these companies accounted for 58.6 per
> cent of total exports. Companies with between 50 and 249 employees
> accounted for 18.3 per cent of exports. Firms employing between 20 to 49
> employees represented 10.3 per cent of total exports.
>
> These figures also refer to the period starting in the third quarter of
> 2003 and ending in the third quarter of 2004. The number of exporting
> firms increased during the last four years, DCCI representatives said.
>
> A selective breakdown of the data works out as follows: Companies which
> have been open for less than five years account for 33.8 per cent of
> Dubai' s exports. The export share of 10-19-year-old firms came to 19.3
> per cent. Firms operating for 20-29 years claimed 11.4 per cent. Firms
> operating for 30 years or more represented just 2.4 per cent of total
> exports. (The Emirates News Agency, WAM)
>
> Here is another UAE sourced link:
>
> http://www.uae.gov.ae/Government/trade.htm
>
> Rr-Exports <http://www.uae.gov.ae/Government/trade.htm>
>
> A report by Emirates Industrial Bank (EIB) issued in May 1999 ranks the
> UAE as the third most important re-export center in the world (after
> Hong Kong and Singapore respectively). Re-export trade forms a
> substantial one-third of the entire trading sector in the UAE. In Dubai,
> where a large part of the re-export trade is concentrated, it forms an
> even greater proportion of that emirate's total income. The re export
> strength of the UAE lies in bulk purchases, low taxes, good
> infrastructure and an historical concentration of traders. Reduced
> delivery lead times are also a major reason for the success of the
> trade. Although Iran (machinery, textiles, vehicles) and India (silver,
> silver jewellery) feature prominently as destination countries there is
> a fairly even spread of re-exports across at least 35 countries. After
> expanding very rapidly in the mid-1990s, there has been a slowed own in
> the growth of re-export trade in recent years, due in part to an
> economic decline in key destination countries. Overall re-exports in the
> 1990s have grown at a much faster rate than imports. Currently more than
> 25 per cent of imports are for re-export, compared with less than 17 per
> cent as recently as 1994.
>
> For an example, take a look from the Saudi Arabia
> <http://www.reexport.com/Zones/bonded.htm> :
> http://www.reexport.com/Zones/bonded.htm
> <http://www.reexport.com/Zones/bonded.htm>
>
> Dammam Bonded & Re-export Zone was created with the aim of developing
> imports and exports, thereby encouraging commercial activities and
> attracting investors and investments to the area. To enhance the
> handling capabilities at King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam, Saudi Arabia
> and to increase the competitiveness of our clients products and services
> in the Saudi market and abroad by offering a state of the art
> infrastructure, well designed services and a full management support and
> care.
>
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