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Monday, April 20, 2009

[chottala.com] Open Letter to Honorable Prime Minister of the People Republic of Bangladeshto Reconstitute Implementing NGO (INGO) Selection Criteria for UNICEF Supported BEHTRUWC Project



Dear all,

Global Action Week for Education is started from 20-26 April 2009, but what is happing in Bangladesh education sector specially in NGOs run NFE and others and what would be soultion. I enclosed a open letter to honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh. If you agree with the points please send it to  info@pmo.gov.bd or feeedback@pmo.gov.bd for action.

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Open Letter to Honorable Prime Minister of the People Republic of Bangladesh

to Reconstitute Implementing NGO (INGO) Selection Criteria for UNICEF Supported Basic Education for hard to Reach Urban Working Children(BEHTRUWC).

 

Honorable Ma'am Prime Minister,

As we are making your kind notice that Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has been implementing BEHTRUWC project at various city corporations of the country and accordingly BNFE invites EOI from NGOs through newspapers on last February 24, 2009 at Daily Star. We have clear concern about the TOR for selecting the NGOs which is mentioned below for your consideration and action please; 

  1. We have seen that "Have programme on vocational/livelihood skill training in a minimum of 2-3 divisional cities for at last 05 years" We have express our worried to this point, because by this clause last 07 years DNFE become down as BNFE and most the contract maintained unfair business. Few selected NGOs who have closed contact with PIMU and also ruling government parties have got priority and make syndicates and monopoly in NGO sector. BEHTRUWC is a campaign to eradicates illiteracy amongst the working children and ensure CRC in the society. But under the above-mentioned clause few big & business NGOs based in Dhaka got priority to select as partner NGO, handle and control the entire funds and that will be encourage the syndicates & monopoly business. Last 07 years a few NGOs got contract from UNICEF supported BEHTRUWC Project, naturally others NGOs will disqualify through this point.
  2. We are also demanding to introduce NGOs should not be limited with in 2-3 in one city, it must be 10-15 per cities. In last Awami League Resume under this project 30-35 NGOs were recruited in one city. But now it concentrates in 2-5 NGOs only and they are doing monopoly the whole fund. If we give opportunity to more NGOs there will be a positive competition for better performance.
  3. In the advertisement, it is mandatory to have set up at divisional cities, but existing working NGOs have no set up, some of them are finishing their project duration. If we give opportunity to local NGOs, these types of situation must not be arisen.
  4. What we have seen last 07 years, inactivate the NGOs apex body ADAB, a few big NGOs represent NGOs in subvention committee and site by sites they are also contesting the bidding and holding most of the Government Funds. As a result same person bidder and granted money? This was happen by bureaucrats and they formulate NGOs representative nominated by the President of the Committee, but others will nominated by themselves. By these few NGOs who have good contact with ruling Government and bureaucrats are holding most of the fund. If ADAB should represent as apex body of NGOs this will not be happen.
  5. The criteria, marking and others procedures were fixed up to select their pre-selected NGOs from Dhaka and ensured their rights in procurement policies, as a result none NGOs were able to qualify. Bidding is just for eye wash. To protect this, NGO selection criteria, marking and procedure policies should be fixed through consultation with NGOs and ADAB should be in this process for ensure small NGOs rights, more emphasis should be given to local initiatives, where the project be implemented.      
  6. Last 07 years many NGOs become corporate houses and some of them become magnet in NGOs sector. So there is creation a major discrimination in NGO sector. Now the criteria and proceedings are fixed to create bar to participate in the bidding process of right based and progressive NGOs, those NGOs who are deprived in last 7 years. It should be stop, through changing NGO recruitment policies and created level playing field in NGOs sector in Bangladesh.
  7. Now NGOs are recruited through Public Procurement Act 2008, which is also applicable for all others business firms also. The process is corruption, profit and business oriented. We are not agree the points NGOs will not make money, but as per your clauses, it force to do business and treated as goods. Now some of the NGOs are become skilled on this process who are mostly involved in profit oriented. So, we are demanding separate procurement policies for social sector.
  8. To breaking the monopoly and syndication of NGOs, it should be changing recruit 2-3 NGOs and it 15-20 NGOs per city under this project.

 

ADAB raised the issues to ADB, World Bank and MoPME and appeal to reconstitutes this clause and NGOs must be selected through open biding process and capacity, skill and have past working experience with the community & have set up in the working locations will be given preference. Local initiatives must gives priority and more then 15-20 NGOs should have opportunity to work with in 01 City corporation and local NGOs must included in the package.    

 

The MoPME claimed as sometime desired by the donor and some times Project Proposal (PP) approved by the ECNEC. It was well reputed the 1st phase of BEHTRUWC 1st phase has lots of mismanagement and irregularities to recruits NGOs. All the NGOs selected in 1st phase from Dhaka for all over Bangladesh due to easy for transecting unfair money.

 

If 3-5 NGO will be selected in per city corporation other NGOs will deprived & few NGOs will influence the whole project activities, making unfair business, there will be no checks and balance for quality of works, none will be created movement for eradication of illiteracy and these were happened in last 6 years in NGO sector, NGO monopoly business groups was holding maximum fund and maintained unfair business and a few ill-motivated Government officials benefited from the process and NGOs are treated as business and some times blaming for corruption. If non local NGOs will select, they will not quit their set up after end of the project and there will big question for sustainability and follow up of the project activities. If any NGO invest money for getting contract or providing bank guarantee, band draft etc, they have must be trying to gain profit. But through the clause the Government trying to NGOs becomes commercial firms, which is unexpected.  

 

ADAB has also demanding the present NGO procurement procedure is not suitable  for NGOs and have opportunity to misuses of power, corruption involvement and monopoly by few business NGOs holding maximum funds. Same public procurement regulation act 2008 not be applicable for NGOs and at the same time to business people, and it demanded to develop separate procurement policy for NGOs and social sector.

 

The present NGO selection process can easily maintain unfair business for selecting NGOs, involved a-large amount of money handling for NGO selection. If they select more NGOs it is difficult to continue unfair business, so rather size number is a few is good to do so.

 

As you may aware, last 4-party resume ADB, World Band and other donors were suspended fund for ex-DNFE project for corruption in NGO selection and DNFE become down BNFE but they are still following bad practices of last Government.

 

Due to absence of ADAB as NGO apex body was blocked & restrained to act as coordinating body for NGOs by the last 4-party alliance government resume and its allies big business NGOs, they can easily continue their monopoly business smoothly.

 

You have seen in other projects i.e NNP project of MoHFW, they have invited EOI and showing NGOs selection procedure maintaining transparent and credibility. After end of the selection process, we have seen the existing NGOs who were selected in last 4-party ruling government resume are selected. The VGD programme under MoWCA, CDMP under MoFDM, and PLCHED project under MoPME supported by ADB and World Bank, GFATAM Malaria Control Programme under WHO and health ministry etc maintained same system to select as NGOs.

 

There are so many potentials NGOs have capacity and past working experience to carryout the said project activities. They are not awarded due to not afford the unfair business. NGO selection now maintaining Public Procurement Act 2008, which is treated NGOs as business party and NGOs will select through analyzing asset, fund and liaison basis. As a result many local and small NGOs become helpless, not able to support local community. If any project implement by the local NGOs and through local people, the result will sustain and cost will minimize and they have social responsibility & obligation to the local people.

 

At present what we have to seen to selecting NGOs for Government projects in Bangladesh;

§         NGOs based in Dhaka or have set up Dhaka

§         NGOs have large amount of micro credit fund

§         NGO have multistoried building, asset, modern equipment & communication facilities

§         NGOs have good contact & liaison with ruling government parties

§         NGOs have capacity to handling cash money or have partnership with PKSF, banks etc

§         NGOs have liaison with government officials, who making unfair business.

§         NGO have to willingness to provide large amount of Bank draft/DD/bank guarantee which is create barrier to small NGOs

§         A few big NGOs making syndicates and control whole NGO oriented GoB projects.

§         Same NGOs are selecting in many projects at a time in many places and it maintaining a chain that is easy to transecting money & continue unfair business.

§         No real NGO representative in project selection committees,

§         Corporate NGOs awarded & promoted, instead of humanitarian or right based and progressive NGOs

 

So this is our appeal to save our NGO sector and please give direction to;

-          reconstitute the NGO selection criteria under BEHTRUWC under BNFE

-          develop separate procurement policy for NGO, stop NGO selection by PPR-2008

-          activate ADAB as NGO coordinating body who protect rights of local NGOs

 

Otherwise all local humanitarian initiatives & philanthropy will fall down and there will be big social uncertainty, unrest will hamper the whole social and human progress of the nation.

  

Yours sincerely,

 

 

S M Nazer Hossain

Chairperson, ADAB Chittagong Chapter &

EC Member, ADAB Central Executive Committee

 

Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh(ADAB)
Chittagong Chapter
House # 339, Road # 14, Block-B Chandgaon R/A, Chittagong-4212
Tel: 880-31-670302, 01713-110054 (chair)
E-mail:
adab.chittagong@yahoo.com



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[chottala.com] EX AMBASSADOR WALIUR RAHMAN'S THEORY OF ISLMAISM IN OUR DEFENCE FORCE



EX AMBASSADOR WALIUR RAHMAN'S THEORY OF ISLMAISM IN OUR DEFENCE FORCE


Sajeeb Wajed Joy invented the theory at first and now during his visit in Bangladesh Mr.Waliur Rahman ex Ambassador started promoting the theory with new vigour and strength.

As a conscious (to many BAL activists / cult member I may be unconscious) citizen of Bangladesh I want to raise following questions:

Latest theory given by Mr.Waliur is that at present 35% soldiers of our Armed forces are Madrasha recruit and Islamist which was 5% in the year 2001. If we consider every year intakes and recruits will the figure match? Is it statistically possible even if we consider during the period 2001 - 2006 100% intakes were from Madrasha background???

Why the Defence institution is not clarifying the issue officially and burying the controversy once for all???

For whose benefit these baseless (till now no proof has been submitted) theories are promulgated???

Why the responsible persons of the soceity are desperate to defame our Defence Institution??? already some vested corners are successful by ruining our proud Border Patrol Force and seriously denting the morale of our professional armed force.

What good it will bring to our country if the theory of Islamism in Armed Forces is really established???? Who will benefit???

The peoples who are promoting this issue are they "Desh Premik"? "Shadinotar Sophokkher Shoktii:?? or real Razakar????

Why the so called sushil somaj, conscious journalists, intellects etc such as Kabir Chowdhury, Shahriar Kabir, Mozzamel Babu and others keeping quiet on the issue???? are they only Pro-AL intellect? and everything Netri does or her party conforms is right and can never be wrong???

Bangladesh Govt never disclosed what discussions were held between Indian Foreign Secretary Menon and our PM. All protocols were violated during the surprised visit but when Indian Newspaper reported that Menon actually went to apprise PM firsthand against the plotting of assasination against her our Govt said all security measures beefed up after the report. Do we need to proact (react) based on Indian newspaper report??????


Will I ever get the answers on above questions????

Sometimes my blogs are not posted in this group hope this one gets through



May The Almighty Allah saves our country from evil conspirator













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[chottala.com] Re: [reform-bd] Re: [Amra-Bangladesi] Fake Sunita Paul: The International (Wo)man of Mystery - A Shada Kalo blog



Sunita Paul's accusations only depict her inane psychosis


Habib Siddiqui
 
Sunita Paul claims that AL sympathizers are very disturbed about her write-ups on the Peel Khana massacre, asking her to refrain from writing. She even discloses two such letters from two sympathizers, although we truly don't know if these were not cooked-up letters to deceive her readers, something that is quite habitual with her. After all, she has not answered my question as to how did she come to learn of what was discussed between Joy and Sohel Taj. Her first-hand narrative of what the two individuals had discussed in their meeting is simply too unbelievable for any rational intelligent being to take her seriously.

 

Of pressing interest to us is her claim that on April 14 she received a letter from an ex-ambassador of Bangladesh. In this one, unlike the two previous notes, she does not share the name of the individual writer. Given her history of lies, deception, deceit and rumor-mongering, how seriously can we take her on this matter? She claims that the ambassador wrote: "I have gone through some classified documents related to the BDR massacre from the investigation files of probe committees, which evidently show that, mostly Jamaat and BNP leaders were behind this massacre." Her concoction cannot go any better! I have difficulty in believing that such "classified" information on investigation is now made available to an ex-ambassador, whoever he was. Interestingly, Sunita herself is not unaware of this inanity, and as such to dilute our doubt to her make-believe story, she also questions how the ambassador could have seen those "classified" documents related to the BDR massacre from the investigation files of probe committees? Well tried to guess our doubts, but no cigar yet!

 

It is said that liars like thieves leave their trails behind. There are too many loose ends left by Sunita Paul, too! Just ponder on the last paragraph where the ambassador presumably threatens her: "Moreover, for the sake of national security, Bangladesh government may enforce ban on the online editions of those newspapers publishing your write ups, if you will not please start writing and reporting the truth. For such gracious help, not only Awami League and the present government shall be grateful but, we shall even be ready to duly compensate your valued cooperation in due course of time." How believable are the above claims? Earth is flat! How does the ex-ambassador know that government will enforce ban on on-line publication? More importantly, how about the promise of duly compensating Sunita as a hush money? Such accusations sound too silly, too unbelievable to take her seriously!


Sunita is obviously angry with all individuals that disagree with her yellow journalism, including those who had unmasked her true evil self. She writes, "Some of the people term me as a ´plagiarist´ whiles some as ´fraud´ or ´liar´.. Why? Just because, I am not bowing down to the immoral proposal by the ruling party in writing in exchange of money. These blogger are hired ´web terrorists´ of the ruling regime in Dhaka." Silly conclusions by a dumb-headed person! First, she fails to offer any refutation against the charge of plagiarism that was made against her by blogger Mashuqur Rahman in his Daily Star article. And then she brands everyone that questioned her veracity as being 'web terrorists' for the ruling party! Such a charge is not only ludicrous it is also insolent and absolutely false. She wants us to believe that all those who unmasked her are upset for her not bowing down to money. Please, spare us from such self-applauding! Why not Sunita disclose who the gentleman was that had offered to buy her silence?


Sunita is very upset about my questioning the reliability of her so-called interviews and meetings with others. I questioned her interview with Kazi Azizul Huq of the Khilafat Andolon (http://bangladeshkhelafatandolan.blogspot.com/2008/06/interview-with-sunita-paul.html) since for a dumb and deaf person it is very difficult to conduct such without letter (or email) correspondences, which usually take a few exchanges to and fro to complete. I am interested to know from Mr. Huq how the interview took place.

 

I am also very intrigued by the Khilafat Andolon's website. Not only does this post Mr. Huq's statements, but also some exchanges with Mr Benkin, a pro-Israeli Zionist propagandist with very negative feelings about Muslims (http://bangladeshkhelafatandolan.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html).

 

In the same link, you will also notice a letter from Sunita published that was sent to Mr. Huq, where she writes a letter of condolence for the death of Hafez Hamidullah. In that she writes, "May G-d reward him for his life long dedication towards humanity and good to this world." Note that the word God is spelled as G-d, a common practice among the Jewish people! So, what is the true religious identity of Sunita?

 

As to Sunita's blog site, she now claims that it was a false blog with which she had no connection. However, such is news to me. Contrary to her claim, on a thorough search in the Internet, I could not find a single citation where she had denounced the site herself. The only information we have on that site is through the courtesy of Mr. Benkin, who in a letter to Ranjan Chowdhury, wrote, "Ms. Sunita Paul has very angrily refuted the post in her name.  She claims that the blog was started by an imposter, not her." ( http://daily-khabor.blogspot.com/2009_02_15_archive.html) So, the matter was probably limited to those two persons and not shared broadly.

 

The readily available materials point out that Sunita is working in cahoots with groups whose primary motivation is to weaken our national unity for the Israeli interest. Her own writings have shown that she is an anti-Muslim bigot who holds negative feelings against Bangladeshis. Truth, sagacity, honesty and trust are not in her vocabulary. She cannot be trusted with anything to do with our people. Naturally, she is hostile to anyone that questions her immoral intent, and conveniently dumps him/her as an anti-West person, and of course, a Jew and Christian hater. No, I am not surprised by such false accusations from a literally summum, bukmun and oom'yoon!

 

Like a loser and moron, she mistakenly assumes that I am licking feet of western people for survival. That is utter nonsense! I feel pity for her! Surely, we can't blame someone who prostitutes her intellect to make a filthy living, who has not known any better. With her low intellectual prowess, she can't think better. She assumes everyone must be doing her kind of professional (or lack of intellectual) prostitution. For her information, it is the corporate America that has been licking my feet for the past quarter century to solve their complicated problems, to lead and guide them so as to function better, to execute change -- something that it could not do on its own. My expertise in various areas of specialization has been highly sought out and valued in corporate America. No wonder that until quite recently I have held the covetous position of a Director with one of the largest global companies. Let me repeat, unlike habitual liars like Sunita Paul that give bad names to journalism, I don't have to depend on anyone's handouts. One simply wonders: whose blowjob this Monica is doing! Shame on her psychosis!

 End notes:

http://sunitapaul.blogspot.com/2008/09/salah-uddin-shoaib-choudhury-rapist.html

http://www.tolpar.com/categoryblog/600-salah-uddin-shoaib-choudhury-the-rapist.html
http://www.tolpar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=31&Itemid=46
http://daily-khabor.blogspot.com/2009_02_15_archive.html

http://interfaithstrength..blogspot.com/2009/02/fault-dear-brutus-lies-not-in-stars-but.html

http://www.bangladeshihindu.com/author/richard/

http://interfaithstrength.com/images/IDP2.htm

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/05/indian_conservatives_struggle.html

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/71564



On 4/20/09, Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo.com> wrote:


Syed Sahib,
                 How can I  teach you new technic when your mind set is BAList. Like a typical BAList you target the author and not his/her writings.  Instead of character assassination would you please counter her writings that we would love to see. We do not do not appreciate mud slinging at the authors if it foes against BAL. It really aint fair.
                     Ayubi
 


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Subject: [Amra-Bangladesi] Fake Sunita Paul: The International (Wo)man of Mystery - A Shada Kalo blog

Sunita Paul: The International (Wo)man of Mystery

Apr 12, 2009

Sunita Paul:

  • Deaf
  • Dumb
  • Born in an affluent family in Kochin
  • Twice masters (what the hell is that?)
  • A Fraud
  • A Plagiarist, and
  • A Liar
The first 4 are very easy to prove. Let's see what "Ms." Paul put up as her biography on American Chronicle, a website that regularly publishes her writing.

Wondering why I included an image instead of just linking to her bio? Because "Ms." Paul's bio has a mysterious habit of changing, just like some of her writing has a habit of disappearing (more on that later)

Can we agree on the first four items in my description of Ms. Paul? Then lets move on to the other three.

Sunita Paul: Fraud
Rest assured, I do not call Ms. Paul a "fraud" without any basis. First, a little lesson in American identity, and usage of English. I have spent half of my life in the USA, and people never, ever, describe someone in a publication with reference to their family background, simply because it is considered [a] rude and [b] having no bearing on a person's ability to perform. "Affluent family" is a strangely Asian affectation. Calling a mute person "dumb" is also typically an Asian trait. Lastly, no native speaker of English would also use the phrase "Twice masters" to describe two masters degrees--the common usage is "double masters" or simply "two masters." So we can safely conclude that this description was not written by an American who works for American Chronicle.

Question is, did "Ms." Sunita Paul write this? And if "she" did not write this, did "she" never see a glaring inaccuracy in her own bio on a site where she regularly publishes?

I am, of course, referring to the wonderful town of "Kochin" where "Ms." Paul was allegedly born.

See, this has been nagging me for a while. Paul is a Bangla last name. There is no rule that a Bangali from India could not be born in Kerala, where "Kochin" is located, and there is no reason why it could not be an established and "affluent" family there. But seemed a little unusual. But I dug a little, and to understand the implications of the results, let's play a little game. Raise your hand if you know the name of the town you were born in. Keep it raised if you don't know how to spell it, and lower it if you know how to spell it. How many hands do you have up?

Turns out our dear "Ms." Paul, this "twice masters" in Political Science and Journalism, would have one hand up in the air. Because there is no city/town/hamlet/ village in India called Kochin. There is, however, a famous city called "Cochin", since 1967 called "Kochi." However, in its many incarnations, it has never been spelled "Kochin."

Could this be true that "Ms." Paul does not know how to spell the name of her city of birth? Conclusion: "she" has never been to Kochi/Cochin- -only heard it mentioned in conversation and decided to use that as the birthplace of "her" fictional persona. "She" did not do any research, but just started using that in the fictitious bio.

Verdict:

Sunita Paul: Plagiarist.
Mashuqur Rahman, a blogger who has done ground-breaking research into the genocide of 1971 by the Pakistani Army against the civilians of Bangladesh, broke a story about the Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Army being involved in transactions at an Army-owned bank that clearly violated banking regulations. His writeup on this was published in 2007, and was picked up by the media.

Mashuqur wrote in October of 2007:
Not only are General Moeen and his brother, Iqbal, on Trust Bank's board of directors, they are also borrowers of large sums of money from the bank. According to a prospectus filed by Trust Bank before its IPO, General Moeen had a loan with an outstanding balance of Taka 9,969,215 at the end of 2005. By the end of 2006, the outstanding amount had been reduced to Taka 3,315,323.




Sunita Paul wrote in 2009:
General Moeen and his brother, Iqbal, on Trust Bank´s board of directors, they are borrowers of large sums of money from the bank. According to a prospectus filed by Trust Bank before its IPO, General Moeen had a loan with an outstanding balance of Tk. 9,969,215 at the end of 2005. By the end of 2006, the outstanding amount had been reduced to Tk. 3,315,323.

Notice the usage in the first sentance. After the 2nd comma, Mashuqur's sentence continues with a "they" and it fits perfectly.
Not only are General Moeen and his brother, Iqbal, on Trust Bank's board of directors, they are also borrowers of large sums of money from the bank.
"Ms." Paul's writing contains the same "they" after the same comma, but it makes no sense. The pronoun appears out of nowhere.
General Moeen and his brother, Iqbal, on Trust Bank´s board of directors, they are borrowers of large sums of money from the bank.
Compare other sentences in the same paragraph for word-for-word, punctuation- for-punctuation, similarity.

I could cite other examples, but I will leave it to you, dear reader, as an exercise.

Conclusion: "Ms." Paul lifted this from the post by Mashuqur Rahman, made a minor change and did not bother fixing the grammatical error resulting from "her" change. She is a plagiarist-- a thief and a cheat.


Are you wondering where the article by "Ms." Sunita Paul is, and why it is not linked in the quote above?

Funny you should ask. Since Mashuqur Rahman accused "Ms." Sunita Paul of plagiarism, the article, titled "Ruling party getting set to try Bangladesh Generals" has vanished from the American Chronicle site. But due to the wonderful Google Cache, the bane of existance for all online liars, it still lives on. You can find it here, and see the Google result here. "She" actually tried to destroy the evidence when accused of being a plagiarist.

But wait.. what is this I see? Oh my! "Ms." Paul may have been able to remove the article from American Chronicle, but it is also on Global Politician, Priyo.com, and some other sites. So you would be able to make the comparison after all.

Sunita Paul: Liar
In "her" hatchet job trying to defend the plagiarism allegation, "Ms." Paul launched a vicious ad hominem attack against Mashuqur Rahman, that mostly revolves around Mr. Rahman's alleged allegiance to Awami League. While saner readers may ask what Mr. Rahman's political philosophy has to do with "Ms." Paul's plagiarism, it is obvious that such plain logic escapes "Ms." Paul.

Mr. Rahman may actually be the first to agree that he has questioned the transparency of General Moeen's finances, or criticized certain mainstream newspapers and their editors. After all, "Ms." Paul cites examples of Mr. Rahman's harsh criticism of New Age:
Mashuqur Rahman is also a harsh critic of Bangladeshi press. Commenting on Dhaka´s prominent English language newspaper, The New Age, he wrote "most progressive English language newspaper in Bangladesh, The New Age, published an editorial yesterday that offered no support to the cartoonist and backed the government´s decision to jail the young man for retelling a joke that even Islamists themselves have published before."
What does that have to do with the price of tea in China, I mean, the documented allegation that "Ms." Paul is a plagiarist? Had she cited Mr. Rahman falsely accusing others of plagiarism, then at least "she" could establish a pattern.

Let's see if we can parse this logic. Mashuqur Rahman criticized the press and the Army chief in Bangladesh. Ergo, his statement that Sunita Paul is a plagiarist is [a] True, or [b] False.

You would be correct in concluding that "Ms." Paul being a plagiarist has nothing to do with what Mr. Rahman thought of certain newspapers and their editors. Obviously, at least the Daily Star seems to take the criticism in good grace--they just published Mr. Rahman's op-ed where he charges that "Ms." Paul is a plagiarist and a cheat.

So while "Ms." Paul is trying to defend the Daily Star from Mr. Mashuqur Rahman's criticism, they themselves are publishing Mr. Rahman's article about Sunita Paul. Oh, the irony.

"Ms." Paul ends "her" rant with this graph:
Mashuqur Rahman calls me a plagarist and cheat. He did not cite one example behind such nasty allegation. I have never violated any copyright of any publication, ever. Wherefrom he invented this plagarism theory? Why he terms me as a 'cheat'? Just because I am not also one of the lap-dogs of Bangladesh Awami League like him?
Mr. Rahman cited chapter and verse, including links to the actual articles that he wrote in 2007, and "Ms." Paul plagiarized in 2009. "Ms." Paul lied outright in the above paragraph.


So we resolve that "Ms." Paul may not have "twice masters" and may never even seen the city of "Kochin" with her own eyes, let alone be born there, but she is a "thrice masters": Fraud, Plagiarist and a Liar.











14 comments:

tanoydutta said...

It is a great write up J Bhai

April 13, 2009 5:30:00 AM EDT  
Nazim Farhan Choudhury said...

If I'm not mistaken I had read an article by Ms Sunita Paul in the Bangkok Post (or was it The Nation, Thailand) talking about how great then minister Lutfurzamman Babar was.

I was also forwarded another article by her praising Barrister Moudud Ahmed's political poweress.

If I had a beard, I'd be scratching it now!!

April 13, 2009 7:23:00 AM EDT  
Anonymous said...

I did the same! This morning forwarded an article of Mrs. Paul to my friends regarding Nanok's illness and leaving Bangladesh to avoid inquiry commission!
I should think once again to do the same in future. Thank you for such writing.
Saki. Germany.

April 13, 2009 8:21:00 AM EDT  
Zafa Noor said...

Can't thank you enough J.

This worm named Sunita Paul needs to be stopped. For years (s)he had been trying craps about Bangladesh and making bizzare allegations without any evidence.

Sunita Paul is a liar, a plagiarist a fraud.

His/her writing has always been in the same tune with another scum named Salahuddin Shoaib Chowdhury - who's on the payroll of the zionists and handles by Richard Benkim.

April 13, 2009 9:10:00 AM EDT  
rayhan rashid said...

This has been bugging us for a while. Cannot really thank you enough (echoing Zafa) for this real public-interest post. We must ensure this is circulated as widely as possible. We will do our best:

http://www.nirmaaan .com/blog/ rayhanrashid/ 3386#comment- 1768


Cheers.

April 13, 2009 10:07:00 AM EDT  
M H said...

Whoever (s)he is, I find her commentary to be much more interesting and incisive than what is available from other sources.

I notice a sudden rush to attack the messenger. What about the message? Her message appears to be non-partisan and she discusses issues openly what everyone in Bangladesh should be discussing.

The fact is Bangladesh "Democracy" thus far has been a farce hoisted upon the people by the criminal mafia organizations. Crime has skyrocketed in 3 short months! In 3 months Awami League criminals are making up for lost time. Just a few days ago ministers nephew was caught with counterfeit money and then released!

Which other democratically elected political organization has so many family members calling the shots behind the scene? One can argue the AL has turned into a crime family working under guise of politics.

Is there any competent political party? NO. there is NONE. Please let's talk about that. Stick to the message. Bangladesh is a failed state. Democracy has shown itself to not be an option to alleviate the massive poverty and corruption.

What is the solution to Bangladesh's ills? Let us discuss that instead of engaging in unfounded nationalism.

April 13, 2009 11:07:00 AM EDT  
Zia said...

She is one (wo)man opposition party who is keeping the Govt in line. She may be many things other than a journo, but she is doing a hack of a job which the opposition party can not do - like opposing bad decisions and at least trying a little to get justice for slain officers.

April 13, 2009 12:37:00 PM EDT  
Anonymous said...

MH ,

Look from your comments that you are

not from Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a failed state? is it that every one is telling Pakistan is a failed country . so you are become jealous and spreading venom about Bangladesh.

April 13, 2009 12:45:00 PM EDT  
Iftheker Mohammad said...

I think this is Shafiq Rehman, no one else.

April 13, 2009 2:29:00 PM EDT  
M H said...

@ Anon April 13, 2009 12:45:00 PM

Excessive Nationalism is a mental sickness that keeps the nationalist from making cogent decisions.

Nationalism is a sickness clearly evident in most Bangalis. We see it in the 2 illiterate women leaders of the 2 major political organizations.

These mentally sick women spout nationalistic rhetoric to placate the masses, and then spend all of their time collecting bribes and figuring out how to damage the other party. They don't know anything about nation building.We see it in the Student political parties killing each other. It's everywhere.

How many of Bangladesh politicians are honest? how many have the minimum level of education required to deal with the needs of modern governance? Maybe one or two.

Just 2 days ago a ministers nephew was caught with few million counterfeit Taka. And then released. A mass murderer is now minister. A corrupt illiterate woman is PM. Not to mention ALL circumstantial evidence points to several politicians of the current government being involved in the killing of its own military leaders! These are all hall marks of a failed state.

Outside of rampant criminal activity/corruption /extra-judicial killings/incompeten ce, maybe you can educate us on what is functioning in Bangladesh government.

Please stay on topic. Let's discuss the message, not the messenger. Sunita Paul writes about the very issues Bangladeshis need to surmount. As in Afghanistan, Bangladesh is functioning solely because of grass roots organizations. No need to get emotional about reality.

April 13, 2009 9:24:00 PM EDT  

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April 14, 2009 1:09:00 AM EDT  
Sarkar said...

I strongly suspect Salah Uddin Shoaib Chowdhury of Weekly Blitz behind this fraud "Sunita Paul". This character is nothing but a new sinister game by deceitful right-wing cirle.

April 14, 2009 2:03:00 PM EDT  
Fariha said...

MH

There's nothing wrong with being non-partisan. But you can't seriously expect all of us to not take an anti-bangladesh, plagiarist, liar and possibly a fictitious character masquerading as a journalist to task. That's all that the bloggers are trying to do.

PLus on most occasion she writes trash. Does anyone remember her post on army wives?

April 14, 2009 4:42:00 PM EDT  
Zafa Noor said...

MH finds her commentary to be "much more interesting and incisive than what is available from other sources".
Sure. Becasue (s)he steals from other people's hard worked literary pieces/articles and pass on as hers.

The fraud pretending to be one 'Sunita Paul' has plagiarized from top notch world class news papers like New York Times. She will soon be charged for violating Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
What would you say if/when Sunita Paul decides to talk nonsense about you – just because someone was paying her lots of money to do that or that she decided one day she did not think you are good for Bangladesh anymore?
If you think you're being cogent by sticking your head in the sand –make that your sole problem – not a national one. You say "Please stay on topic." If you are literate enough to comprehend the post – it is all about fraudulence of one mysterious Sunita Paul (not Bangladeshi politics).

Zia, by 'she' if you mean Sunita Paul you are being delusional.
'She' is like a hired gun – writes mostly for the Zionists. And she'd write for anybody against abybody if (s)he liked the money amount. And writing is easy for her because she does not do her research or analysis she just copies from highly acclaimed writers and bloggers.
She is worse than the criminals 'she' supposedly 'writes' against.

Sarkar, you are not the only one having this nagging suspicion. That worm SSC has been charged with sedition couple of times. But his handler Richard Belkin got him loose every time.

Fariha, thank you for your sound wisdom dear. Most of the comments above was getting me frustrated.

April 14, 2009 6:54:00 PM EDT  

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