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Thursday, January 29, 2009

[chottala.com] FW: [reform-bd] India - a new East India Company??

Dear All,

Our situation with India is somewhat like Mexico and Canada to USA, with a striking difference that USA is continuously helping by all means to uplift the situations of the neighbors such that someday USA can enjoy a status of good neighborhood as well as can save time and efforts diverting from them on the own business. Aiming at these goals, USA crafted NAFTA and similar other treaties with the neighbors. Providing huge number of employments for the citizens of those countries. A lot of US citizens are not happy about it because the resources are being drained to the neighbors as opposed to be wholly on them. But US goal is great clean and long term. Mr. Enyetullah is extremely disheartened and displeased and I see the real reasons why he is so. I have quite sympathy for him. He has also become quite alarming, indicating that Bangladesh always works for India and someday India will swallow Bangladesh like octopus. By my opinion, Mr. Enayetullah is quite wrong in saying that Bangladesh always works for India. In the past, Bangladesh has denied a number of attempts of India. Please see about Mexico and Canada, what they do. Compared to them, Bangladesh did not do any bits for India, regardless of what party ruled Bangladesh.

Big fishes always try to eat the small fishes provided the small fishes are considered as the diets of the big fishes. Not all big fishes are very kind enough to spare the small fishes, and not have theior diets. However, there are kind big fishes too like USA to the neighbors but certainly not India to her neighbors. It completely depends on the character of the big fish, and also the advantages and disadvantages from both sides.

India is the nearest neighbor of Bangladesh, covered on three sides. Animosity with India is not at all worth it. Also, we can not take the country elsewhere to get rid of the grabbing scope of India. So, how can we protect our country? United we stay, divided we fall. Courtesy costs nothing but buys everything. Look before you leap. Get other stronger friends behind you. Remain democratic. Increase mutual trade and commerce as maximum as possible. Stop doing strife and incursions. Build maximum friendship but not at the cost of self, society or country. Give them the posture that we are friends not foe. Participate in mutual exchanges. However, do not allow transit type of endeavors. These are few things we can do.

Most of all we have to become stronger, resourceful, and determined. When India will see a neighbor like this, she will think twice to deal with us the way she does with Bhutan or Sikkim.

So, let's try to build us leaving behind just criticisms and apathy.

Thanks,
KR


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From: enayet_2000@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:05:32 -0800
Subject: [reform-bd] India - a new East India Company??

Well, History will repeat itself!
 
1601, Remember East Inida Compnay  and that sly, low Lord Clive? Mr Clive first visited India as a part of East India Company to start trade with wealth-rich India, most demandingly for cotton. Before defeating Nawab Sirajouddola, shrewed CLive traded with India for a while, until the opportunity came to colonize India for 200 years.
 
India, a large neighbor has the similar aspiration, it may not show the true color today, but, like sly Clive, it will show its color when needed. Those who think India helped us secure independance during liberation, and its time to pay debt like all BAKSAL lovers, they are fool!.
 
Surely, India helped to separate eastwhile two Pakistans to benefit its own agenda. A weaker Pakistan and Bangladesh is always work for India's advantage. Even for Sri Lanka, India actively helping LTTE for last 20 years, sympathasizing with Tamils, most causing pain & weakening its neighbor and destroying Sri Lanka's economy.
 
India has a global aspiration to be a super power, probbaly within next 20 years. Bangladesh, a small neighbor, will be just  a pawn. I guess we don't have much choice!
 
Maybe, in future, like octopus, India will swallow all its little little friends. It would not be so bad, afterall, we are all same people, aren't we?
 
Good luck Madam Seikh Hasina, this is your chance to finish the rest of your dream! We have been dreaming for last 37 years, whay wait?
 

--- On Tue, 1/27/09, Md. Shamim Iqbal <shmm777@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Md. Shamim Iqbal <shmm777@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [khabor.com] Transit issue revisited
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com, "alochona" <alochona@yahoogroups.com>, "bangla-vision" <bangla-vision@yahoogroups.com>, "Amra Bangladesi" <amra-bangladesi@yahoogroups.com>, "chottala" <chottala@yahoogroups.com>, "dhakamails" <dhakamails@yahoogroups.com>, "notun_bangladesh" <notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com>, reform-bd@yahoogroups.com, "ShoCheTon" <ShoCheTon@yahoogroups.com>, "sonarbangladesh" <sonarbangladesh@yahoogroups.com>, "wideminds" <WideMinds@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 12:18 AM

something must be wrong with those, who considers allowing "corridor" to india is the best choice for bangladesh to develop.
 
below message says, "TRANSIT will create huge jobs and healthy infrastucture, includes building of Deep Sea port which is much reqd for BD to combat against JANGIBAD(Presumably part of Digital Bangladesh campaign) and apparently looks like many unemployment young lads having trends towards Terrorism work"
--------"corridor" and "deep sea port" can fight terrorism? "what an idea sir ji" .
--------terrorists are being produced in bangladesh? sounds like "voice of india".
--------an unemployed person receives salary by turning into a terrorist? if i am not wrong, some indian policemen were involved in malegaon and other attacks, thus one interpretation can be, in india people are employed to become terrorist.
 
it also says, "Muslim dominated countries do have very less study-based think tanks and few which remains are being cornered"
--------QUIZ: which group this writer belongs to?
option A. very less study-based think tank
option B. few which remains are being cornered

--- On Mon, 1/26/09, Chowdhury Ranjan <captchowdhury@ yahoo.ca> wrote:
From: Chowdhury Ranjan <captchowdhury@ yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: [khabor.com] Transit issue revisited
To: khabor@yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 8:42 AM

TRANSIT will create huge jobs and healthy infrastucture, includes building of Deep Sea port which is much reqd for BD to combat against JANGIBAD(Presumably part of Digital Bangladesh campaign) and apparently looks like many unemployment young lads having trends towards Terrorism work (Ex Embassador Mr Walliur Rahman is going to publish a sensitive document within June'09 as quoted).
Pakistan is an unique example...Threat to sovereignty is EYEWASH and ANTI INDIAN PROPAGANDA...we are simply fool..No resource with Huge Population in a country where we need to improve our economy..Transit and geographically well located sea port are the key indication of development of country which we are lagged behind for 35 yrs.(Worth to quote here Muslim dominated countries do have very less study-based think tanks and few which remains are being cornered )Antwerp(Belgium) , Rotterdam(Holland) , Singapore are the example where they have shown remarkable growth on their economy thru Sea/Land based transit  
 
Marine Consultant


--- On Sun, 1/25/09, Md. Shamim Iqbal <shmm777@yahoo. com> wrote:
From: Md. Shamim Iqbal <shmm777@yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [khabor.com] Transit issue revisited
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Received: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 4:23 AM

are we missing something? india is asking for a "transit" which is a "corridor" actually. "transit" is mentioned to deceive the people of bangladesh. one day india may agree to allow bangladesh "transit" to nepal and/or bhutan in exchange of "corridor" to north east indian states. this imbalance exchange will not benefit bangladesh as much as it will benefit india. eventually, INDIA WILL HAVE ITS GATES ON BOTH SIDES OF BANGLADESH, this is an extreme threat to bangladesh's sovereignty. i would like to know if there is any such "corridor" allowed to any country.

--- On Sun, 1/25/09, M.B.I. Munshi <MBIMunshi@gmail. com> wrote:
From: M.B.I. Munshi <MBIMunshi@gmail. com>
Subject: [khabor.com] Transit issue revisited
To: khabor@yahoogroups. com
Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 8:47 AM

The Bangladesh Today - 25th January 2009

Every government of Bangladesh - elected or not - feels its incumbent
upon itself to bring up the issue of transit to India but in the end
nothing really gets done except talks which inflame the passions of
the people of this country, moving them to resist any moves by any
government to offer infrastructural facilities to India such as
transit and the use of ports. This has been going on for the last 2
decades but in the last couple of years it has assumed urgent
proportions for India because of their need to get to their states
bordering Bangladesh to the north and east, it being much more time
consuming and costly to travel all the way round than through
Bangladesh. Consider, for example, the fact that right after the
Emergency was declared on 11 January 2007, the Indian Government
invited the Chief of Army Staff to India and gave him a "royal
treatment" in order to elicit some form of commitment regarding the
transit issue - it is of note that the Indians did not invite the
President or the Chief Advisor but the man holding the gun and the
power who got all the attention. Similarly, even before the 29
December election, the Indian Ambassador in Bangladesh was busy
shuttling between the BNP and AL, hedging his bets. When the AL won
the election, the Ambassador came on strongly setting up a visit by
the Indian Foreign Minister whose main agenda undoubtedly would be the
transit, the port and the off-shore exploration of gas in the Bay of
Bengal.

Much has been talked about the issue of transit and there is nothing
new to add as far as the perceptions and view points of the people of
Bangladesh are concerned. On 14 July 2008, The Bangladesh Today
carried a commentary on the issue; it would be worthwhile to reproduce
the major aspects of it here.

The Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh, HE Pinak Ranjan
Chakravarty, spoke to the press on 10 July 2008, after his meeting
with our Foreign Advisor. Mr. Chakravarty had this to say: "We are
raising the issue at every forum but it is yet to come into effect.
Bangladesh considers the issue as political but it is not that; we
don't see it as political. Both the countries should consider the
issue of transit facility for the development of the overall economy
and trade". Well, from this statement its pretty clear what India
wants and why but perhaps India and its High Commissioner (HC) are yet
to understand what Bangladesh wants and why. So let's get down to the
crux of the business.

Starting with the economic aspects on which the Indian HC seems to be
so insistent, we would like to mention that both Bangladesh and India
have access to each other through various land, river and sea routes
and therefore trade and commerce between the two countries can go on
and increase to any extent that the two countries want. As a matter of
fact India has a huge trade surplus over Bangladesh, which means that
India is exporting far more than importing from Bangladesh. Therefore
it is difficult to see how a "transit" through Bangladesh is going to
further improve the economic aspects, when trade is already heavily
weighted in favor of India.

India has to bear tremendous costs to get to its south-eastern states
all the way round; a transit through Bangladesh would make that access
easier both economically as also militarily because these
south-eastern states are all plagued by insurgencies of one type or
another. No, Mr. Chakravarty it is not Bangladesh which is going to
benefit from the transit - except for the paltry sums to be realized
for the passage through - it is India which is going to benefit,
leaving Bangladesh with a permanent security hazard much like the 25
years Indo-Bangla treaty signed just after the independence of Bangladesh.

While we are on economic issues, what about equitable distribution of
river waters which India is denying us, turning huge tracts of our
agricultural lands into deserts during the dry seasons; what about
damming of rivers upstream and releasing those waters during monsoons
turning the whole of Bangladesh into an ocean; what about trying to
grab some of our Exclusive Economic Zones in the Bay of Bengal; what
about denying our people access to many of our "enclaves" in India and
finally what about flooding our Country with Indian phensidyl, drugs
and intoxicants of all sorts.

Coming to the far more important political and security aspects which
the Indian HC is so keen to downplay, we would like to mention that a
"treaty of transit" is certainly going to include clauses for
guaranteed continued access to the transit routes by India. Should
those guarantees fail at anytime, India would not hesitate to march in
with its military forces to ensure that transit, citing reasons of
"national interest" much like they did in Sikkim, Maldives and Sri
Lanka. So, Mr. Chakravarty, every Bangladesh Government understands
these things and that's why India never got the transit and it never will.

If India wants transit through Bangladesh, we want transit through
India to Nepal and China - this makes more economic sense to us. So by
all means let's have transits, both through Bangladesh and India with
equal guarantees and conditions of access through these routes. Better
still, let's have the historical "Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Assam" in
one powerful Nation-State of Bangladesh so that India doesn't have to
bother about transit to those areas.







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[chottala.com] Book: War Babies of 71

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[chottala.com] Heart Attack -Interested reading





 

 
Heart Attacks And Drinking Warm Water





This is a very good article. Not only about the warm water after your meal, but about
Heart Attacks . The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water, maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating.

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

Common Symptoms Of Heart Attack...

A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting . Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line .
You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.


A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this message sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this & Send to a friend. It could save a life. So, please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.

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[chottala.com] Jalil alleges DGFI torture, demands probe

Jalil alleges DGFI torture, demands probe
 
 

Thu, Jan 29th, 2009 11:19 pm BdST

Dhaka, Jan 29 (bdnews24.com)—Awami League general secretary Abdul Jalil MP on Thursday came down hard on the military spy agency DGFI, alleging torture and demanding that its activities be restricted only to defence forces.

"We have fought for human rights. But we have an agency which fails to treat human beings with dignity. The name of this agency is DGFI," Jalil said, speaking in parliament.

"It makes fun out of politicians and undermines them. They do not care about anyone," said Jalil, who alleged officers of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence arrested him blindfolded and detained him for five days.

"I do not want to talk about the kind of torture that I went through during my interrogation," Jalil said.

"I demand punishment to those who interrogated me unlawfully—so that such incidents do not happen in future," he said, demanding a parliamentary probe to investigate the torture done to him by the DGFI members during the state of emergency.

"I propose formation of a parliamentary probe body headed by the speaker to find out those responsible," Jalil said.

"They did not give me the respect I deserve as a politician, a former minister and freedom fighter," he said.

"I was humiliated by the release of a CD (containing the audio record) of my interrogation."

"The CD was released to create misunderstanding between me and the (now) prime minister. It was claimed that I spoke against her."

In a voice choked with emotion, the former cabinet minister said: "At the age of 70, I have been dragged far off my normal track of life. I want justice."

He said he was detained on May 28, 2007 and taken away blindfolded from his Mercantile Bank office. He said he spent five days on remand.

"While in jail, I was made to pay for my medicines. I had to pay LabAid (Hospital) Tk 19 lakh as charges and Tk 5 lakh as medicine expenses.

"They made me fall sick through the interrogation. Again, they forced me to pay for the medical expenses," said Jalil.

The Awami League general-secretary also demanded removal of chairman of the Anticorruption Commission Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury for his alleged partiality in investigating corruption charges.

"He is partial. He asked for my wealth statement, but did not ask Syed Iskander (brother of BNP chief Khaleda Zia) who plundered people's money."

The Awami League frontbench MP, who was given floor to speak on the thank-you motion for President Iajuddin Ahmed's speech, said "I cannot thank the President. Rather I am in favour of his impeachment."
He burst into tears as he finished his speech. Rashed Khan Menon MP of the Workers Party went over to the AL leader and consoled him.

The leader of the House, prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was not present when Jalil spoke.

bdnews24.com/krc/sum/rah/2305hrs

 
Clip DGFI wings: Jalil
 
 
Thu, Jan 29th, 2009 10:38 pm BdST
Dhaka, Jan 29 (bdnews24.com)—Awami League general secretary Abdul Jalil MP on Thursday came down hard on the military spy agency DGFI and demanded that its activities be restricted only to defence forces.

"We have fought for human rights. But we have created an agency which fails to treat human beings with dignity. The name of this agency is DGFI," Jalil said, speaking in parliament.

"It makes fun out of politicians and undermines them. They do not care anyone," said Jalil, who alleged DGFI officers arrested him blindfolded and detained him for five days.

bdnews24.com/krc/sum/rah/2234hrs
 
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[chottala.com] The Kidney Mission, Inc. and the Chittagong Project


First of all I must thank the members of Chottola for their valued contributions for the research project which we had undertaken. The numerous research materials have helped us in great magnitude. Special thanks to Mr.Mohammed Rakibul Hassan, Dhaka,  for his continued support and information.

 

The project is completed and ready for submission to USAID and other agencies for funding and hopefully we shall soon see the beginning of ground work in Chittagong.

 

The Launching Event, held of January 22, 2009, at Artesia, California was also a great success and the credit goes to Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed of Drexel University, PA, Dr. Maksud Chowdhury of NY,  Dr. Merlyn Halder of AZ, Dr. Shahe Paswayan of CA, Dr. Prodip Chowdhury of CA, Dr. Abinash Roy, University of Utah, Dr. Scott Rosgon, Director of Kaiser Permanante, CA, Mr. Anwarul Huq (Microbiologist) PA and Mr. Mohammed Asgar for their contributions and support.

 

The highlights of the event was as follows:

1
. Mayor Sally Flowers, of the City of Artesia, gave endorsed our project and have assured us that she will push the County of Los Angeles, to provide us with suitable machines to be shipped to Bangladesh. She will also help us raise funds from businesses in the city of Artesia and promote our mission.
 
2. The City of Norwalk was represented and assured us their support whenever needed and have also assured us the use of their hall free of cost for any future events.
 
3. Ms. Janice Lee, Social Worker of DiVita (Largest Dialysis Operator in California) have assured us the support of DeVita to acquire machines and give technical support.
 
4. Dr. Pradip Chowdhury, LA County Association of Nephrology, has assured us their full support and further assured that on every visit to Bangladesh, he will render free services and training to our center in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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5. Mr. Jalil Khan, Engineer Caltrans and Relations Officer, has assured us a plot of land in Khulsi, Chittagong, free of cost, to set up the clinic.
 
6. The family of A. K. Khan, Mr. Sadruddin Khan (Bobby), Director of A.K. Khan Group of Industries, Chittagong, has assured us their full support and cooperation in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
 
7. Ms. Raisa Haider and Ms.Bipasha have performed Bangladeshi dances to promote Bangladeshi culture which was highly appreciated by the audience.
 
8. Ms. Banu, teacher of Yoga and Classical Indian dances, have committed a contribution once a month from all students, and also assured us that she will perform for all our shows in future.
 
9. Ms. Lucy Lee, (Bangladeshi Chinese) owner of Lucy Beauty Parlor, will contribute all her earnings of one day each month, for our cause.
 
Dr. Merlyn Halder M.D.(Mrs) of Phoenix Baptist Hospital, Arizona, has agreed to represent us in Arizona and will help us to secure machines from the State of Arizona.
 
Ms. Brittney Cox of New Mexico, has confirmed that she would join our organization and represent our interest in the State of New Mexico, she assured that she would do her best to collect funds, organize events and try and collect machines from N ew Mexico.
 
Dr. Abinash Roy, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Utah, assured us his cooperation and support.
 
Mr. Nurul Khan, Mr. Shaheen and Mr. Manzur of Chittagong Association in Los Angeles, will be hosting a Special Dinner Event to promote our cause and raise funds.
 
Bangladesh Unity Federation in Los Angeles, has agreed to make a special float, for the Bangladesh Parade to be held on March 26, 2009 in Los Angeles.

 

Without the kind support and cooperation of the above it would not be possible for the project to be materialized.

 

Should anyone be interested to learn more about the project please feel free to contact me or write to KidneyMission@hotmail.com

 

Thanks and regards.

 

 



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[chottala.com] Parliament adopts resolution on trying war criminals

BREAKING NEWS
JS backs trial of war criminals
 
 
Thu, Jan 29th, 2009 8:35 pm BdST

Kamran Reza Chowdhury and Sumon Mahbub
bdnews24.com senior correspondents

Dhaka, Jan 29 (bdnews24.com)—Parliament on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution on the "immediate" trial of war criminals.

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina urged the speaker to adopt the resolution as the property of the House.

"I categorically say we must try war criminals. It is our election pledge," said the PM.

Speaker Abdul Hamid placed the resolution, proposed by Mahmud-us-Samad MP for Sylhet-3, into vote.

All the ruling party lawmakers shouted "yes" in favour of the resolution.

It was passed in the absence of the main opposition party BNP and its allies, against whom there are allegations of war crimes. The opposition MPs boycotted the House on the day over a dispute on seating arrangements.

"The proposal on the trial of war criminals has been accepted unanimously by the House," Hamid announced.

http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=75077&hb=0

Parliament adopts resolution on trying war criminals

The parliament today unanimously adopted a resolution on the trial of war criminals, amid the boycott of the opposition on a row over seating rearrangement.[Daily Star]

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[chottala.com] Hasina's son defends 'controversial appointments'

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Hasina's son defends 'controversial appointments'
 
 
Thu, Jan 29th, 2009 1:22 pm BdST
By Arshad Mahmud in Washington

Washington, Jan 28 (bdnews24.com)—Sajeeb Wajed, son of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has said that comparison between him and Tarique Rahman, son of former PM Khaleda Zia, was unfair as "I've a masters degree in Public Administration from Harvard University".

Sajeeb made the comment in an apparent effort to avoid a direct response to a question posed by bdnews24.com about whether he would declare unequivocally that unlike Tarique, and Khaleda's younger son Coco, he would not become involved in any business deal during the tenure of the current Awami League-led government.

His comment came during the question-answer session at a seminar on "The Bangladesh elections and beyond: Democracy, Security and Development", jointly organised by the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and US Bangladesh Business Advisory Council in Washington on Wednesday.

He was one of the four panellists at the seminar, which provided an opportunity for the first time for many in the audience to hear directly from the prime minister's son, since the Awami League-led alliance won a landslide victory in last month's election.

The organisers described him as "an advisor to Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina".

Sajeeb's presence obviously generated a lot of interest among the audience, who were eager to learn more about the election and the country's current and future course.

Not surprisingly, most of the questions were directed to him and that prompted the moderator Walter Anderson, director of the South Asia Programme at SAIS, to intervene repeatedly in an effort to give the other three panellists a chance to answer some questions.

The other three were Joshua White, a PhD student at SAIS, Imtiaz Habib, a board member of USBAC, and Peter Manikas, Asia Director of the National Democratic Institute. White and Manikas recently visited Bangladesh as election observers.

Smart and articulate, Sajeeb made a generally good impression at the start, but his answers to some of the questions appeared to disappoint many in the audience, especially when he was trying to defend the controversial appointment of Toufiqe-e-Elahi Chowdhury as an adviser to the prime minister.

The PM's son was asked directly: "Why do you think the prime minister appointed such controversial figures as Toufique-e-Elahi, who was in jail recently on corruption charges, as advisers while there's no dearth of clean and respectable people in Bangladesh?"

Sajeeb said he didn't see anything wrong in such appointments. "Some people may say that Toufique-e-Elahi is controversial but there are others who say he is not".

About his recent incarceration on corruption charges, Sajeeb said the caretaker government imprisoned many innocent people without any credible evidence and "my mother was one of them".

The seminar was attended by Bangladeshi-Americans, diplomats, academics and others interested in Bangladesh.

Ambassador Humayun Kabir made a brief introductory statement at the seminar about the recent election and future prospects of Bangladesh.

http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=1&id=74992

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