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Friday, January 30, 2009

[chottala.com] Awami League heading for impending crisis

AL heading for impending crisis


Now that several weeks have passed since the national elections there
are several clear trends in the AL agenda that could ignite serious
opposition and which should be considered in the wider context of
national interest and security (see my article `A Nationalist Agenda
for Bangladesh'. The following list is the most serious and obvious
provocations of the AL thus far –

1. Creation of a regional taskforce with tactical operations
capabilities and extra-territorial functions could threaten the
internal stability of the country and make it a target for insurgents
and terrorists who had until now posed no threat to Bangladesh's
interests. The notion of foreign forces (particularly Indian) on
Bangladesh soil will be viewed with intense aversion by the public and
could give rise to strong and violent opposition. This proposal will
also be viewed with intense suspicion around the region and increase
tensions in South Asia.

2. Massive vote rigging, violence and intimidation during Upazilla
elections demonstrating an undemocratic state of mind and a deliberate
attempt to weaken local government.

3. Transit facilities without any prospect for wider regional
involvement and cooperation (i.e. China, Nepal and Bhutan) or proper
safeguards of our sovereignty and independence.

4. Reversion to the 1972 constitution with removal of Islam and a
return to `Bengali' as our national identity. This last had originally
sparked the CHT insurgency which was only countered after President
Ziaur Rahman amended the constitution and made us Bangladeshis which
is a concept based on territoriality rather than ethnicity clearly
separating us culturally and politically from West Bengal and India.

5. Attempts to repeal the 5th Amendment of the constitution which had
removed the highly unpopular BKSAL governance system established by
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The 5th amendment had also legitimized the
proclamations and proclamations orders issued during the martial law
regime of President Ziaur Rahman and which also ratified all actions
of the Martial Law authorities during that period.

6. Failure to fulfill election pledges of Tk. 10 per kilogram rice,
free fertilizer and employment for a member of every family in
Bangladesh. This will become harder to achieve as another global food
crisis is predicted for end of 2009 and which will extend well into 2010.

7. Reopening of events during the 2 year interim government of Dr.
Fakhruddin Ahmed especially possible investigation of the role of DGFI
and the armed forces. There is also likelihood of interference in the
military rendering it politicized, weak and dysfunctional. This
process appears to have already begun under Gen. Moin U. Ahmed and
will probably increase if he is granted a further extension for
`services rendered'.

8. Increase in criminality and particularly extortion of business
enterprises. There has also been intimidation and brow-beating of
business organizations and bodies to follow the government line on
policy matters which indicates a move away from free-markets and
capitalism. While restraining the natural inclination of business to
pursue increased profits in time of national emergency or economic
crisis can be justified this could under the AL government ultimately
take the form of scapegoating the entire business community for the
failures of government. This will probably become inevitable if the
global financial crisis takes a heavy toll in Bangladesh without
proper and effective measures and safety-nets being put in place due
to an incompetent and insensitive administration.

9 Campus violence that will gradually hamper our educational and
future potential to compete on a global scale.

9. Sidelining of opposition in parliament through controversial
seating arrangements and censoring of debates as broadcast on BTV.
Harassment of opposition party workers has already begun on a massive
scale.

10. Return to dynastic politics as members of the Sheikh's family are
exerting immense influence but without the responsibility or
accountability associated with their power which is exercised in a
largely unofficial capacity.

11. War Crimes Trials which is probably a ruse to distract from the
above failures and policies as any case will have to overcome the
amnesty given by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the tripartite agreement
between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh on the exchange of prisoners.
This is also an attempt in conjunction with points 4 and 5 to
undermine religion based politics in Bangladesh. This will probably
have the effect of promoting extremism and radicalism by pushing
Islamic parties underground and could pose a threat to democracy and
also the stability of the country.

While many of the above proposals and acts are not official policy of
the AL government the party being largely a monolithic entity and also
ideologically quite rigid it is entirely unlikely any initiative could
proceed without the tacit approval of the leadership hierarchy. While
individually the above proposals and acts may appear innocuous when
taken together they signal a reassertion of the undemocratic and
autocratic nature of the Awami League and an overweening dependence on
India. Some of the proposals and policy initiatives listed above have
the potential to spark a hostile and violent reaction without
combination with other issues and these should be identified and
firmly opposed at the outset.

The question remains as to whether the BNP alliance can capitalize on
AL difficulties and its glaring failures. While the BNP has taken
steps to reorganize itself from the grassroots level the same stale
leaders and advisors remain in their positions. Those who brought the
BNP to its present debacle in the national elections still hold
positions of influence within the party and unless they are removed
with utmost ruthlessness and haste the party is likely to become
another Muslim League with ever decreasing returns in elections. It is
important that if the nationalist agenda is to survive in Bangladesh
the BNP has to remodel and refashion itself and become more
democratized and responsive to the needs of the people and country.
The only other alternative is for a completely new party to emerge but
this seems very unlikely under present conditions and circumstances.
This is not to say that this could not happen especially if the BNP
continues to advocate meaningless policies such as impeachment of the
president or some such similar nonsense. The main problem for the BNP
is that it is a party without an ideology and in its place opportunism
and greed has become qualifications for party membership. It is no
longer enough that it is the party that stands against the AL it must
be the party that stands for something. Unfortunately the party lacks
the intellectual depth or analytical skills to carry out the necessary
internal restructuring. To rectify this deficiency the party has to
push forward an aggressive agenda to weed out the useless and
incompetent from amongst its ranks and to establish a new dynamic
leadership structure that can meet the challenges of the 21st century.

MBI Munshi

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[chottala.com] Imams from India deliver Ijtema sermons

Imams from India deliver Ijtema sermons
 
 
Sat, Jan 31st, 2009 1:45 am BdST
Gazipur, Jan 30 (bdnews24.com)— Two leading Imams from India delivered sermons Friday at the spiritual sessions on the first day of the Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims in the world after the hajj.

Maulana Ibrahim, the Imam of Delhi Jame Masjid, gave his Aam Boyan (Main Sermon) after the Jumma prayers.

Maulana Ahmed Lat, another leader of Tablig Jamaat from India, delivered his Aam Boyan after the Magrib prayers in the evening.

The Dhaka-Mymensingh Road choked with traffic as devotees began arriving ahead of the midday prayers.

Many just stood on the road to say their Jumma prayers as the Ijtema ground could not accommodate them.

Hafez Maulana Zubayer, the Imam of Dhaka's Kakrail Jame Masjid, led the Jumma congregation of hundreds of thousand.

Health minister AFM Ruhul Haq, minister of state for religious affairs Shahjahan Miah, AKM Mazammel Haq MP and Jahid Ahsen Russell MP were among the devotees.

The prayer over, the traffic management also collapsed on Tong-Kaliganj, and Abdulllahpur-Ashulia roads.

Launched in 1946, the three-day Ijtema, on the bank of the Turag river, will see nearly 2 million visitors this year from home as well as some 90 different countries joining the congress, before it ends with the final prayer Akheri Munajat on Feb. 1.

Devotees who have been preparing and gathering for weeks were met with fog on the morning of the first day, but the sun soon appeared bringing unseasonably warm weather. Last year's Ijtema was cut short after just one day due to inclement weather.

Railway officials said a total of 42 special trains have been launched this for devotees during the Ijtema.

Authorities have imposed restrictions on transport movement on several routes in and around the north of the capital city from Friday.

The roads include Pragati Sarani crossing-Tongi-Gazipur crossing, Abdullahpur-Ashulia-Baipail crossing road, Mirpur road-Beribadh, Mirpur Zoo-Beribadh and Pallabi eastern housing-Beribadh.

Around 10,000 law enforcers—8,000 police, 660 ansar and 800 RAB personnel—have been deployed for safety in and around the Ijtema premises.

Gazipur police super Abdul Baten said devotees have to pass five tiers of security to reach the central stage of the Ijtema.

Detective branch, special branch, crime investigation department and national security intelligence and directorate general of forces intelligence in plain clothes are also keeping a close eye.

The on-duty officer in RAB control room said there are 48 CCTVs set up in the Ijtema ground to ensure security in every nook and corner in the premises.

Two helicopters are also hovering in the sky over the Ijtema ground and its surrounding area, he added.

Despite all measures, there was some disorder on the first day.

As many as 5000 devotees had lost their mobile sets during the Jumma prayers, Nurul Islam, a mobile phone vendor at Tongi's Cherag Ali Market, said.

He said over 200 people came to get replacement SIM cards to his shop alone.

Tongi police said they had detained 49 pickpockets.

One devotee died of cardiac arrest on the Ijtema premises.

The dead was identified as Mohammad Aziz, 70, of Sarishabari Upazila in Jamalpur.

Another woman named Parvin Akhtar, 45, died at Kamar Para, adjacent to the Ijtema premises.

Their Namaz e Janaza took place on the Ijtema ground.

A total of 104 patients were admitted to Tongi General Hospital. Of them, 45 patients were described to be in a critical condition. Most of them were had old-age complications. Some complained of asthma.

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Message from Moyeenda RE: [chottala.com] Book: War Babies of 71

Dear Badal
              I hope everything is proceeding fine towards Ripon's impending marriage and you are not too much busy about it. Your Bhabi and I will certainly miss the happy wedding. However, we very much hope we will be able to visit coming January and by the grace of Allah we will be able to see your first grandchild's face then. However we will put our presence through a humble "something" in the wedding. Seema will take care of it.
              I am waiting for some good news from you about the progress in publishing "Bangaleer Samorik Oitijyo."
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               Take care. With doa to all
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Re: [chottala.com] Jalil alleges DGFI torture, demands probe

Politicians are nedded to remember...that
To get & to make  fair & neutral  Lawful Police Administration Lawful DGFI  Administration & Other lawful Government Administration or Private Organizations under the System of Lawful Service Rules It needs for the Politicians First to be honest lawful honest politicians under the System of Lawful Democracy & not to make  any Public Servant (police bdr dgfi & other government employees) for using to do activities as the political  party cadres..

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From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
Subject: [chottala.com] Jalil alleges DGFI torture, demands probe
To: "khabor" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, "notun Bangladesh" <notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com>, chottala@yahoogroups.com, reform-bd@yahoogroups.com, odhora@yahoogroups.com, "Amra Bangladesi" <amra-bangladesi@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, 30 January, 2009, 12:11 AM

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] As a champion in lying and breaking the promise.

Dear chottala readers,

Sheikh Hasina  after becoming Prime Minister by getting overwhelming majority seat in the parliament deviated from her promise given to opposition that they will be given deputy speaker post. Though the opposition did not ask for it at all. It was her own version from her own mouth. But when she saw she has more than two third seats in the parliament, she forgot all her promise. It is not for the first time she is deviated from her promise.

In 1987 she declared if anybody join with Ershad in his election will be regarded as Jatio Baiman. Later on it was found Sheikh Hasina herself broke the promise and joined with Ershad in the election and proved herself as the Jatio Baiman.

During her regime once in the parliament she requested everybody not to do any hartal. She further told if she is also in the opposition, she will not do any hartal in future. Immediately after that when BNP won the election with overwhelming majority seat she started again hartal with Logi Baita.

This time when she has occupied  the throne her boys (sonar chelera) came to their original form of before 1/11 and started rampage in the hall with her silent support and indication of go ahead policy. Sheikh Hasina just like the snake change her skin every now and then.

When there is a popular demand of finishing the student's politics Sheikh Hasina is not willing to stop the student's politics. She wants to utilise them as her soldiers though her son from the very beginning were in foreign countries and were studying abroad. She wanted her own son Joy should be untouched, on the other hand the common public's son should die in the street like cats and dogs.

Sheikh Hasina's husband Dr. Wajed as a researcher in a govt job in Bangladesh, the salary which he used to get was not sufficient to open a dollar market in USA. Now Joy is the owner of more than a "million dollar market" shop in USA. From where these money transferred from, to open such a "million dollar market shop" in USA? Is it from Aladin's magic lamp owned by Joy as a gift from Gene? So many times Sheikh Hasina used to tell she can sacriice everything even her life for the sake of the people. No necessity to sacrifice her life, just to returned her dollar market shop purchased in USA by the looted Bangladeshi taka the actual owner of which is the people of Bangladesh?

Over all studies it is found Sheikh Hasina is a Prime Minister of our People's Republic of Bangladesh with the following qualities:- 

  1) Not to keep her promise and always breaking the promise

  2) Jatio Baiman

  3) Introducing Logi Baita to her "SONAR CHELEYDER"

  4) Looter

  5) As a number one liar

  6) Purchaser of multiple fake doctorate degrees by spending millions of Bangladeshi taka as a degree lover

  7) Visiting mostly non official, 63 times visit by spending millions of Bangladeshi taka to USA during her last Prime Ministership to see her ailing daughter

  8) To write public property Gono Bhaban and other govt Bhaban in her and her sister's(Sheikh Rehana) name

  9) Bharat pooja and Dada pooja

10) To become champion in number one corrupted nation in the world during her tenure of Prime Ministership from 1996 to 2001     

With all those qualities mentioned above she came successful and claimed herself as a most popular leader and our people voted for her overwhelmly. If any of my learned chottala readers can mention her any good qualities which came as of great use and benefit for our country in the past during her premiership I will be happy to learn that.    

Dowllah.

 



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[chottala.com] Re: [notun_bangladesh] Re: [reform-bd] Hasina's son defends 'controversial appointments'

Mr. Ayubi
 
You are right !
Up until now, Sajeeb Joy's only qualification is that he is
the son of  Sheihk Hasina. ...
Sajib's bragging "I've a masters degree in
Public Administration from Harvard University" does not prove
any point, but only proves his own inept immaturity, dwarf mind and
shallow understanding of the sociopolitical processes in Bangladesh ....
 
The seminar was essentially a flattery in the guise of a seminar by some
vested people, sychophants and bounty hunters.........
 
BTW,  Bangabandhu' B.A. degree is not from Dhaka University.
He obtained his B.A. from Islamia College, Calcutta in 1947 
[under Calcutta University].
 
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Education:
High School - Matriculation (10th grade): Gopalganj Missionary School (1942)
College Intermediate (12th grade) : Islamia College, Calcutta (IA certificate, 1944)
University: BA, Islamia College (1947)
 
Syed Aslam
 
On 1/30/09, Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo.com> wrote:
Sajeeb Joy's only qualification is that he is the son of Prime Minister. If he was not her son, then no one would even look at him not to speak of inviting him in a seminalr like the one he attended. There is nothing great about having a masters degree  from Harvard. He is not the firt Bangladeshi to get his degree from Harvanrd and he surely is not the last. There is nothing to brag about it. Bangabandhu had a simple degree from Dhaka University.
                Ayubi
On 1/30/09, Syed Aslam <syed.aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
Mr. Enayet Ullah
 
Your comment is a total distortion of the fact.
Harvard does not have any correspondence
courses or degree available  ... In order to
get a degree from Harvard one has to go
through a prescribed program and maintain
the required standard ..... there are no "may be",
"ifs" or "buts".... 
 
Harvard education is costly,but only
"enough money" can not bestow a Harvard
Masters degree  ..... one has to pass
the exams and fulfill the requirements for the
degree.
 
As a matter of fact, Sonia Gandhi's son Rahul
Gandhi attended Harvard but dropped out in
1993 failing to receive the undergraduate degree.
 
Mr. Enayet Ullah,  please be credible and base your
comment on fact not on some  ficticious "may be"s  ...
 
BTW, Hasina Sheikh does not have a single PhD ,,,
she holds a B.A. (hons) degree from prestigious
Dhaka university in Bangladesh.
 
Sajib Wajed Joy's father Wajed Miah was a world-class
physicist and has a PhD degree in physics.
Sajib is a triple major in Physics, Mathematics and
Computer Science from St. Joseph's College and
has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
from University of Texas in Arlington and finally
earned a Masters degree in Public Administration
from  Kennedy School of Government [2008].
 
Whereas, our great Madam Khaleda Zia is a
Matric-fail Soshikkito lady ... her sons, Koko
and Tarek's academic backgrounds are
big question marks .....(??????????????).
 
FYI,
The organizers at the seminar sponsored by 
Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced
International Studies and US Bangladesh Business
Advisory Council in Washington.described
Sajib Wajed as "an advisor to Her Excellency
Sheikh Hasina". not as an official Advisor of the
Prime Minister of Bangladesh as you have said.

Thanks for expressing your insidious interests and
conspicuous comments.
 
Syed Aslam
 

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From: Enayet Ullah <enayet_2000@yahoo.com>
Subject: [reform-bd] Hasina's son defends 'controversial appointments'
To: reform-bd@yahoogroups.com, khabor@yahoogroups.com, "notun Bangladesh" <notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com>, "Amra Bangladesi" <amra-bangladesi@yahoogroups.com>, chottala@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 11:01 AM

Well, if you have enough money, one can get a Masters degree from Harvard, there are various correspondence courses available. Harvard is a well-known famous educational institute, but, not all Harvard graduate bestow the same quality!

Mr Sajib Wajed Jr, like his mother Seikh Hasina with 10 Phd, may well obtained his degree in a similar manner! It does not make him any qualified to be an Advisor of the Prime Minister. Moreover, Sajib has no knowledge about Bangladesh, he has not lived in Bangladesh for long time. I thought Awami League will rule differently this time, they will abandon the politics of hate and politics of heredity! Apparently, they are cajouling with both symptomps!

It's just sheer conspicuous!




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From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@ gmail.com>
Subject: [khabor.com] Hasina's son defends 'controversial appointments'
To: reform-bd@yahoogrou ps.com, "khabor" <khabor@yahoogroups. com>, "notun Bangladesh" <notun_bangladesh@ yahoogroups. com>, "Amra Bangladesi" <amra-bangladesi@ yahoogroups. com>, chottala@yahoogroup s.com
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 3:10 AM

Please comment:
 
 
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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In The Energy Construct book by Ben Cipiti, PhD (Nuclear Engineering), which is a detailed survey and assessment of the latest renewable energy technologies (Solar, Geothermal, Wind, Biofuels, etc.), the chapter on Fusion Energy starts with "The joke I learned in my first year as a grad student doing fusion research is that fusion is always 30 years away."
 
How right he was. That was true in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, ... That is true now 2009 - 30-year constant!
 
As a mathematician, I always give a proof. So here it is.
 
The huge project International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER with currently about 3,500 scientists working on it), after two decades of negotiations and $15B already spent by several countries including the U.S., the European Union, Russia, China, India, Japan and South Korea (but the U.S. finally decided to terminate its effort in 1997-98 after spending over $360M, the winding down effort alone is almost $2M), although finally being constructed still has its target in 2035 again the almost 30-year constant!
 
The National Ignition Facility, or NIF, under construction at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in Livermore, California, started in 1997 (note the coincidence with the U.S. termination in ITER) according to Wikepidea: "Construction started in 1997 but was fraught with problems and ran into a series of delays that greatly slowed progress into the early 2000s. Progress since then has been much smoother, but compared to initial estimates, NIF is five years behind schedule and almost four times more expensive than budgeted. By August 2007, 96 of the lasers (out of a planned 192) had been completed and commissioned, with a further 48 (for a total of 144) nearing completion. As of June 2008, construction of the NIF is estimated to be completed in March 2009 and that ignition (more energy coming out than is put in) can be achieved by 2010. Its price of over $4 billion and its role in nuclear weapon research have made it a controversial project."
Yours truly intentionally highlighted some very optimistic projections which in all probability will be much, much later (factor in the 30-year constant!) and much more expensive! So take note President Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu (my previous colleague at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey).
 
But another constant from these largest undertakings to the others (1. General Fusion and 2. Tri Alpha, funded in part by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, etc.) is the sizable amount of money that is necessary even to build a prototype.
 
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[chottala.com] Re: Mr. Enayet Ullah's comment on Sajib Wajed's Harvard Masters degree !!!

Mr. Enayet Ullah
 
Your comment is a total distortion of the fact.
Harvard does not have any correspondence
courses or degree available  ... In order to
get a degree from Harvard one has to go
through a prescribed program and maintain
the required standard ..... there are no "may",
"ifs" or "buts".... 
 
Harvard education is costly,but only
"enough money" can not bestow a Harvard
Masters degree  ..... one has to pass
the exams and fulfill the requirements for the
degree.
 
As a matter of fact, Sonia Gandhi's son Rahul
Gandhi attended Harvard but dropped out in
1993 failing receive the undergraduate degree.
 
Mr. Enayet Ullah,  please be credible and base your
comment on fact not on ficticious "may be"s  ...
 
BTW, Hasina Sheikh does not have a single PhD ,,,
she holds a B.A. (hons) degree from prestigious
Dhaka university in Bangladesh.
 
Sajib Wajed Joy's father Wajed Miah was a world-class
physicist and has a PhD degree in physics.
Sajib is a triple major in Physics, Mathematics and
Computer Science from St. Joseph's College and
has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
from University of Texas in Arlington and finally
earned a Masters degree in Public Administration
from  Kennedy School of Government [2008].
 
Whereas, our great madam Khaleda Zia is a
Matric-fail Soshikkito lady ... her sons, Koko
and Tarek's academic backgrounds are
big question marks .....(??????????????).
 
FYI,
The organizers at the seminar sponsored by 
Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced
International Studies and US Bangladesh Business
Advisory Council in Washington.described
Sajib Wajed as "an advisor to Her Excellency
Sheikh Hasina". not as an official Advisor of the
Prime Minister of Bangladesh as you have said.

Thanks for expressing your insidious interests and
conspicuous comments.
 
Syed Aslam

 
On 1/30/09, Enayet Ullah <enayet_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

Well, if you have enough money, one can get a Masters degree from Harvard, there are various correspondence courses available. Harvard is a well-known famous educational institute, but, not all Harvard graduate bestow the same quality!

Mr Sajib Wajed Jr, like his mother Seikh Hasina with 10 Phd, may well obtained his degree in a similar manner! It does not make him any qualified to be an Advisor of the Prime Minister. Moreover, Sajib has no knowledge about Bangladesh, he has not lived in Bangladesh for long time. I thought Awami League will rule differently this time, they will abandon the politics of hate and politics of heredity! Apparently, they are cajouling with both symptomps!

It's just sheer conspicuous!




--- On Thu, 1/29/09, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
Subject: [khabor.com] Hasina's son defends 'controversial appointments'
To: reform-bd@yahoogroups.com, "khabor" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, "notun Bangladesh" <notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com>, "Amra Bangladesi" <amra-bangladesi@yahoogroups.com>, chottala@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 3:10 AM

Please comment:
 
 
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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