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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Re: [chottala.com] Law minister should not open up an ideological war- we flooded with many other problems



The people's requirement is good honest skilled active administration for facing their problems & solving the problems. But it is the culture of Bangladesh politicians that is not to follow the rules of democracy & the rules of service code administration either in power or not in power.

They are when in power  doing looting work's politics & using the public servants the police the courts  all the government administrations even the education & commercial sections for doing politics in favor of them and  they are  not when in power are doing destroying works closing & burning works to creating nation wide disasters for the people of Bangladesh. 

 

The couture of the media people in Bangladesh is not for circulating correct news but the making news for circulating to creating confused situation
--- On Wed, 8/4/09, Enayet Ullah <enayet_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Enayet Ullah <enayet_2000@yahoo.com>
Subject: [chottala.com] Law minister should not open up an ideological war- we flooded with many other problems
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From: khabor@yahoogroups. com [mailto:khabor@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Shamim Chowdhury
Sent:
Sunday, April 05, 2009 5:15 AM

S Chowdhury writes:
"What the law minister said has no forceful innovation. Democratically elected parliament constructed 1972 constitution on the other hand inclusion of Islam as state religion, faith in Allah, inclusion of Bismillah and allowing religion to be used as tool for politics rather then worshworshiping; Allah was not constituted by parliament rather proclamation by undemocratic military regime."

Mr Shamim Chowdhury, lets bear in mind, President Zia was the elected president of Bangladesh. During the ruling of dictator Mujib, there were no other suitable alternatives but to forcefully revolt against dictator Mujib, you need to rewind and relearn the history with bitter pill, it's very hard for you to swallow. But, lets hear the
true historical facts, no matter how unpleasant it could be! There were great unrest in the Army subsequent days as event unfold, and General Zia came to power. But, Zia was the most pragmatic and populist president of Bangladesh until his death of
29th March, 1981.

About the constitution, any countries can be ammended by certain measure. There were some constitutional ammendendments after the election of 1977, giving the shape of Islamic nation while 95% population is muslim. I see nothing wrong here! Even in America, every president swear in Bible, even in American Senate, we say, 'In God, we trust'. What is different saying 'Bismillahir rahmanir rahim' as a part of our faith? Mr Chowdhury, are you ashamed  to be a Muslim?

I understand there is a discothomy in 'Sharia law' in modern day ascendary. There is a greater need to revolutionaze Islamic Laws as a part of rule of law, which need to happen gradually. Its a challenge for everyone to struggle our life in light of religion. I am not denying the fatcs, but, the good-will should continue. Let me say it clearly, I do not favor a Taliban-country, that is unprecedently premedeavel, unsustaible in for any modern day foreign policy.

Mr Chwodhury has  a big rant, and looks like he got few big fans with snoopy-dogs. Its dubious for Mr Chowdhury to write as Muslim sympathizer while his underlying motive is to banish Islam or support Awami Mantra.  

In certain measure, there is a derision about religion, there is a discontent about faith. But, America, most powerful of G20, is the most religious country. Tolerance, not secularism, should be our ideological mantra. We can be a proud muslim, while we respect all inhibitants of Bangladeshis of all religions. We should teach our future generation and in our text books, about faith. And certainly, it plays a very positive role in our life, to be successful here and hereafter. We should fight to erdicate ignorance, not religion. We should fight to erdaicate corruption, we should fight for social justice. Mr Chowdhury, secularism is not a choice, if you really understand what secularism truly means, do you?








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Re: [chottala.com] Hasina, Khaleda face off - Daily Star



It is the culture of Bangladesh politicians that is not to follow the rules of democracy & the rules of service code administration eithe in power or not in power.
They are when in power  doing looting work's politics & using the public servants the police the courts  all the government administrations even the education & comercial sections for doing politics in favor of them and  they are  not when in power are doing destroying works works closing & burning works to creating nation wide disasters for the people of Bangladesh.    

--- On Wed, 8/4/09, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
Subject: [chottala.com] Hasina, Khaleda face off - Daily Star
To: "Khobor" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, "notun Bangladesh" <notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com>, chottala@yahoogroups.com, reform-bd@yahoogroups.com, "Amra Bangladesi" <amra-bangladesi@yahoogroups.com>
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Hasina, Khaleda face off

Opposition creating unrest; unhappy with success of govt


Staff Correspondent
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday accused the opposition parties of attempts to plunge the country into chaos.
Frustrated by their election debacle, she said in parliament, the BNP-led opposition is making 'incendiary' remarks about the BDR bloodbath to 'create unrest'.
Speaking on the thanksgiving motion on the president's speech, Hasina said she wants to know if new schemes are being hatched to destabilise her government.
She urged the opposition to wait till the next election for people to decide who should be in power. "Please cooperate with us. Don't do anything that might tarnish the country's image."
She also said she wants to patch things up with her archrival and work together in the interests of democracy.
Refuting Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia's allegations with regard to the government's handling of BDR crisis, she said, "Perhaps, she is unhappy that the situation did not lead to a civil war and overthrow of the grand alliance government."
The prime minister asked where "she [Khaleda] went in a car with tinted windows shortly after the mutiny broke out at Pilkhana".
She said she wonders if the vicious killings of the army officers were a reprisal for the armed forces' role in ensuring a free and fair conduct of the December 29 election.
"They (armed forces) worked neutrally and tirelessly to create an atmosphere conducive to holding a credible and peaceful election. It was them who prepared a new voter roll weeding out over one crore ghost voters."
About government measures to end the Pilkhana mutiny, she said, "I took each and every step in consultation with chiefs of the three forces, and my colleagues in the cabinet and party."
Mentioning the BDR carnage, Hasina observed that only those who patronise war criminals and the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman can commit such atrocities.
She warned the opposition leader against making statements that might influence the investigation.
Citing the caretaker government's ban on her return from abroad, the premier said former adviser Major Gen (retd) MA Matin called her and asked not to fly back home.
"When I enquired why, he said they were doing a great job, they are trying to send Khaleda into exile. I protested the move and eventually got back home defying the government restrictions."
She said the BNP chief would have been forced to go abroad, had she [Hasina] not returned to the country braving all odds.
At that point, Speaker Abdul Hamid said it seems to him that the two leaders in fact helped each other indirectly.
In over one-hour-long speech on the concluding day of the current parliament session, Hasina described the previous AL-led government's success in different sectors.
She said she considers presidency an institution and so she is in favour of thanking the president (Iajuddin Ahmed) for his address to the ninth parliament.

Govt failed to handle BDR massacre; CG rulers should be tried


Staff Correspondent
Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia yesterday in parliament asked the government not to behave in ways which push the opposition to take 'tough decisions'.
Saying that the Awami League-led government failed to tackle the BDR massacre in Pilkhana, Khaleda raised questions on whether Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina should continue to hold the portfolio of the defence ministry.
Taking part in the discussion on a thanks-giving motion on former president Iajuddin Ahmed's speech, Khaleda demanded trial of the members of Fakhruddin Ahmed-led caretaker government for their 'misdeeds' in the last two years.
Strongly criticising Fakhruddin government, Khaleda said 'engaging the forces of BDR in controlling commodity prices was a mockery, which resulted in the recent mayhem in the border security force headquarters'.
Appearing in the JS after a long break, the opposition leader said, "With a limited number of lawmakers, we are trying to make parliament functional and uphold multiparty democracy, therefore we are continuing to extend our cooperation to the government."
"I don't know how much longer we will be able to keep continuing our efforts, as the treasury bench lawmakers are hurling epithets in foul languages at the opposition lawmakers," Khaleda said during her one-hour and forty minutes speech.
"It's not possible for any decent person to perform his or her duties, if the situation continues to remain the same," the BNP chief said adding, "It seems they [treasury bench] want an opposition free House."
"I urge the government, so we are not forced to take any tough decision," added the leader of the opposition.
The opposition leader said Fakhruddin Ahmed-led caretaker government presided over a 'barbaric rule for two years, besmirched politicians, and labelled them as bad persons'.
"The caretaker government which had no public mandate should be tried for giving the country a bad name," Khaleda said.
Without mentioning anyone's name, the opposition leader said 'it is clear who is linked with the BDR mutineers'.
Khaleda Zia blasted Army chief General Moeen U Ahmed 'for not taking any initiative to save his officers in the BDR headquarters during the massacre'.
The BNP chief said the December 29, 2008 general election pushed the country into a deeper crisis, as the desire of the public turned into disappointments within three months of the election.
The opposition chief said the armed forces were not behind 'the evil deeds and the injustices committed during the immediate past caretaker government', whom the BNP chief blamed for 'destroying the country'.
"The border security force BDR was engaged in businesses and shopping in a bid to control prices of essentials," Khaleda said.
"Recently we observed with pain the long-term serious bad effect that mockery had on the force," Khaleda said.
The BNP chief harshly criticised former president Iajuddin Ahmed, accusing him of violating the country's constitution by postponing the January 22, 2007 election, and by appointing Fakhruddin Ahmed as the chief of the immediate past caretaker government.
She also accused Iajuddin, who was appointed as the president by the last BNP-led government, of not keeping his presidential oath.
"He should have resigned, if he had failed to perform his duty," Khaleda said.
Khaleda urged the House not to pass any thanks giving motion on the former president's speech.
 

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[chottala.com] Law minister should not open up an ideological war- we flooded with many other problems



From: khabor@yahoogroups. com [mailto:khabor@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Shamim Chowdhury
Sent:
Sunday, April 05, 2009 5:15 AM

S Chowdhury writes:
"What the law minister said has no forceful innovation. Democratically elected parliament constructed 1972 constitution on the other hand inclusion of Islam as state religion, faith in Allah, inclusion of Bismillah and allowing religion to be used as tool for politics rather then worshworshiping; Allah was not constituted by parliament rather proclamation by undemocratic military regime."

Mr Shamim Chowdhury, lets bear in mind, President Zia was the elected president of Bangladesh. During the ruling of dictator Mujib, there were no other suitable alternatives but to forcefully revolt against dictator Mujib, you need to rewind and relearn the history with bitter pill, it's very hard for you to swallow. But, lets hear the
true historical facts, no matter how unpleasant it could be! There were great unrest in the Army subsequent days as event unfold, and General Zia came to power. But, Zia was the most pragmatic and populist president of Bangladesh until his death of
29th March, 1981.

About the constitution, any countries can be ammended by certain measure. There were some constitutional ammendendments after the election of 1977, giving the shape of Islamic nation while 95% population is muslim. I see nothing wrong here! Even in America, every president swear in Bible, even in American Senate, we say, 'In God, we trust'. What is different saying 'Bismillahir rahmanir rahim' as a part of our faith? Mr Chowdhury, are you ashamed  to be a Muslim?

I understand there is a discothomy in 'Sharia law' in modern day ascendary. There is a greater need to revolutionaze Islamic Laws as a part of rule of law, which need to happen gradually. Its a challenge for everyone to struggle our life in light of religion. I am not denying the fatcs, but, the good-will should continue. Let me say it clearly, I do not favor a Taliban-country, that is unprecedently premedeavel, unsustaible in for any modern day foreign policy.

Mr Chwodhury has  a big rant, and looks like he got few big fans with snoopy-dogs. Its dubious for Mr Chowdhury to write as Muslim sympathizer while his underlying motive is to banish Islam or support Awami Mantra.  

In certain measure, there is a derision about religion, there is a discontent about faith. But, America, most powerful of G20, is the most religious country. Tolerance, not secularism, should be our ideological mantra. We can be a proud muslim, while we respect all inhibitants of Bangladeshis of all religions. We should teach our future generation and in our text books, about faith. And certainly, it plays a very positive role in our life, to be successful here and hereafter. We should fight to erdicate ignorance, not religion. We should fight to erdaicate corruption, we should fight for social justice. Mr Chowdhury, secularism is not a choice, if you really understand what secularism truly means, do you?









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[chottala.com] PLANTED IN A POLITICAL MINEFIELD



Sheikh Hasina's approach towards the Anup Chetia case will determine how the new regime is judged in Bangladesh, writes Sanjib Baruah

Less than a week before the mutiny broke out in the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles in Dhaka, it was widely reported that the Bangladeshi authorities were about to hand over to India the United Liberation Front of Asom leader, Anup Chetia, who has been held in a Bangladeshi prison since 1996.

As things slowly return to normal in Bangladesh, many now expect the government, led by Sheikh Hasina Wajed, to attend to its ambitious domestic and foreign policy agenda. When asked by journalists in Delhi on April 1 about Chetia, the new director general of BDR, Mainul Islam, said, "Some time is needed for the new government to walk the talk." But the handover, he assured, will take place soon.

Expectations that the new government would move quickly on matters that concern India may be premature. The government has extended the deadline for the completion of the official inquiry on the mutiny for a third time. But even before all the facts are in, one lesson of the mutiny may already be quite apparent to Sheikh Hasina. Addressing issues concerning India will use up significant political capital. She will have to carefully weigh those costs while making each and every decision.

The question of Chetia's handover was more than a sideshow in the recent developments in Dhaka. The distinguished Bangladeshi political commentator and former ambassador, Harunur Rashid, while trying to provide the political context for the mutiny, cited the Chetia handover as one of the "crucial decisions" that had angered "influential groups" in his country.

Placed alongside the decisions to restart the murder trial of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the trial of those charged with war-crimes in the 1971 war, the importance attached to the Chetia case would seem astonishing. A letter written in December 2008 by Chetia's lawyer to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in support of Chetia's application for political refugee status describes him as a "freedom fighter" — the term that the former prime minister, Begum Khaleda Zia, once used to describe insurgents from India's Northeast when she was the leader of the opposition. Bangladesh, she had then argued, should extend support to these groups and not try to limit their activities.

Chetia had asked for political asylum in Bangladesh as far back as 1998. After a number of appeals to the government went unanswered, a writ petition was filed in the high court on his behalf by an NGO with high-level political connections. In response, the court, in August 2003, asked the government, then headed by Khaleda Zia, to explain why the application could not be acted upon expeditiously, and ordered that Chetia and his two colleagues continue to be held in prison for their safety until the issue of political asylum is settled.

Citing that pending case, Chetia's lawyer in his December 2008 letter to the UNHCR said that "a covert move possibly emanat[ing] from the terrible pressure created by Indian Government" was afoot to hand over Chetia to Indian authorities "without considering the legal and political status of [his] client". How the Sheikh Hasina government approaches the Chetia case may have become a test by which the new regime will be judged vis-à-vis its dealings with India — the most sensitive of questions in Bangladeshi politics.

Since the Awami League's opponents portray the party as India's stooge, Sheikh Hasina can hardly appear too eager to please India. It is not only radical Islamists who would make hay of anything that could be portrayed as caving in to Indian demands; Bangladeshi nationalists of all stripes also care as deeply about how their government deals with India. In spite of her huge mandate, Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister, will have to consider seriously how her actions vis-à-vis India are interpreted by various domestic constituencies — by her enemies as well as by friends.

Indian leaders will do well to keep the Bangladeshi street in mind when making statements about putting pressure on Bangladesh. Tough talk on Bangladesh sheltering Indian insurgents or on the role of Bangladeshi Islamist outfits in the Mumbai terror attacks, or on the Guwahati blasts, or warnings to Bangladesh that good relations with India are in its long-term interests — as the home minister, P. Chidambaram, has said — can easily backfire. As the December elections have proved, efforts to portray Bangladesh as a failed State full of jihadi militants are both misguided and counter-productive. They are deeply resented by most Bangladeshis — not by Islamist radicals alone — especially when the charges originate in India. The spread of the news of the apparently imminent release of Chetia, and the Bangladesh government's reaction to it during the week before the mutiny, give us some clues to the politics involved. The source of the news was an interview with an Indian television channel of Bangladesh's state minister for foreign affairs, Mohammed Hassan Mahmud, together with an article in a Bangladeshi online newspaper by the Indian journalist who interviewed him.

Apart from saying that New Delhi and Dhaka had "mutually agreed" on handing over Chetia, Mahmud spoke of previous Bangladeshi governments nurturing terrorist organizations. He addressed the question of cross-border linkages of terrorist groups while referring to the Mumbai terror attacks, and the possibility that the banned Harkat-ul-Jihadi-Islami could still have "underground pockets" in Bangladesh. Not surprisingly, such comments, coming from a top Bangladeshi official, became breaking news in India, Bangladesh and beyond. Perhaps equally unsurprising was the clarification on behalf of the minister that immediately followed. The minister claimed he was misquoted. On the Chetia matter, it was said that "the report of decisions and so-called promises made with regard to handing over specific individuals" was both a misrepresentation of what the minister said and also factually inaccurate. On the exchange of terrorists, we are now told that there is apparently no more than consultations regarding a South Asian regional mechanism to facilitate the exchange of convicted criminals and a Bangladeshi initiative on a regional cooperation and coordination mechanism to prevent linkages and cooperation amongst the terrorist elements in the region.

In a January 2009 review of the new edition of India Doctrine — a 2007 book that is highly critical of India and popular in Bangladeshi political circles — the reviewer advises Bangladesh's new government to "adopt a more cautious attitude to New Delhi since our own history shows that a two-thirds majority in parliament is no guarantee of longevity or permanence in power especially when deeply held views about our national interest are constantly and arrogantly offended." It seems that in spite of Sheikh Hasina's landslide victory, her government would have to be extra careful in making any decision that concerns India so that her critics cannot accuse her of compromising national sovereignty and equality. The Chetia case is now part of this political minefield that she must negotiate.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090407/jsp/opinion/story_10769701.jsp



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