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Saturday, November 3, 2012

[chottala.com] Buddhists point at police super

Buddhists point at police super


Buddhist leaders yesterday demanded removal of the Cox's Bazar
superintendent of police and immediate action against him for his
alleged inaction during the recent atrocities on the minority
community in Ramu.

They made the demand at a closed-door meeting with Prime Minister's
Foreign Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi in Ramu. The SP, Selim Mohammad
Jahanagir, was present.

The leaders handed over the adviser a seven-point charter of demands
to bring back communal harmony in the upazila.

Incensed apparently by a Facebook posting of a photo derogatory to the
holy Quran, religious bigots in Ramu destroyed 12 pagodas and more
than 50 houses on the night of September 29.

The charter held inaction of the police responsible for the atrocities
on the Buddhists. "Had the police played its due role, the situation
would not have been so grave."

The demands include immediate identification of the culprits, their
arrest and meting out exemplary punishment to them, formation of a
special tribunal for a fair and neutral probe into the atrocities,
engagement of senior and experienced investigators in the probe,
appointments of competent OC at Ramu Police Station and SP in Cox's
Bazar, better treatment for top monk Satyapriya Mohathero and
financial support to the family of Swapan Barua, who died of heart
attack after seeing the destroyed monasteries.

Later, addressing a citizens' rally on the Sima Bihar premises, Gowher
Rizvi said he went there to say sorry to the Buddhist community for
the atrocities.

Terming the Ramu incident a national disaster, the adviser said, "I
have lost my words seeing the level of the atrocities. Those who
unleashed the despicable violence have no religion, party and
humanity. They will be tried on the soil of this country."

The Ramu atrocities had nothing to do with politics and nobody should
do politics with the incident, he mentioned.

Speaking at the programme as the chief guest, Industries Minister
Dilip Barua asked, "Why the police are not arresting the culprits even
after a month of the attack?"

The minister warned of trying the people who are harbouring the culprits.

Special Public Prosecutor and Cox's Bazar Awami League Joint Secretary
Nurul Islam said the home minister, industries minister and inspector
general of police visited Ramu on September 30.

"How could fresh attacks be carried out in Teknaf and Ukhiya the same
day following their return to Dhaka? Who is responsible for this? Has
this not put the role of the local administration into question?"

Though the Ramu upazila administration organised the programme,
upazila chairman, upazila nirbahi officer and the SP did not speak due
to objection by the Buddhist leaders.

Monk Satyapriya Mohathero, Deputy Commissioner of Cox's Bazar Mostak
Ahmed Chowdhury, Buddhist leaders Nitish Barua, Tarun Barua, Awami
Swechchhasebak League leaders Rahul Barua, Sunil Barua and Hindu
community leader Babul Sharma addressed the programme, among others.

All the speakers blasted the police for their miserable failure to
check the savageries and demanded the authorities concerned take the
cops under the purview of law.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=256134


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[chottala.com] Wait and see: Indian envoys in Dhaka on outcome of Khaleda's visit

Wait and see: Say two ex-Indian envoys in Dhaka on outcome of Khaleda's visit

The taste of the pudding is in its eating. The old saying is
applicable to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's remarks made during her
interactions with Indian leaders here, according to two former Indian
High Commissioners to Bangladesh.

If the briefing by BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury is
anything to go by, Khaleda had, during her luncheon meetings with
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Minister Salman
Khurshid, conveyed to them that she wanted to make a "new beginning"
in relations with India.

The former Bangladesh premier, known for her strident anti-India
stance, sought to address issues of India's concerns relating to
security, connectivity and illegal migration, and indicated her
willingness to accept India's participation in building a deep sea
port at Sonadia. While in Delhi, she made all the right noises.

However, the big question is whether Khaleda or her party will be able
to follow through on the words and warmth expressed in the Indian
capital during her visit.

Bangladesh observers here would like to see if this is a genuine
change of heart on the part of the BNP or just another instance of
posturing.

According to Veena Sikri, a former Indian High Commissioner to
Bangladesh, it remains to be seen whether the BNP or its chief will
express the same sentiments on Khaleda Zia's return to Bangladesh or
will walk the talk if they come back to back.

Sikri told The Daily Star that the BNP had said the same things when
it was in power from 2001 and 2006, but "things on the ground were
completely different from their words at that time".

She, however, said Khaleda's visit to Delhi was a "useful exercise"
and it should be seen in the context of India's readiness to engage
all shades of opinion in the democratic polity of Bangladesh.

The former Indian diplomat pointed to serious incidents during the
BNP's last period of rule (2001-06), such as the massive arms haul in
Chittagong in April, 2004 which were meant for the north eastern
Indian insurgent outfit ULFA, the 2004 serial bomb attacks across
Bangladesh and the deadly August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League
rally in Dhaka, all of which showed how Bangladesh had become a happy
hunting ground for extremist elements.

Sikri said it remained to be seen if Khaleda's remarks made to Indian
leaders would be reflected in the BNP's manifesto for the 2013
parliamentary elections, and what action would be made on the ground
to match those remarks.

"Trust but verify" is the message from Dr Muchkund Dubey, another
former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh and India's ex-Foreign
Secretary, when he was asked to comment on Khaleda's remarks made in
Delhi.

Dubey told The Daily Star that while India had to take at face value
Khaleda Zia's remarks made in Delhi, "it must verify on the ground if
her words are matched by her actions in Bangladesh".

He said it was, however, "quite right" for the Indian government to
invite Khaleda and have talks with her "because in a democratic
system, there should be relationship with all mainstream political
parties. It is the right thing done by India".

The former envoy said it should not be India's strategy to help this
party or that party in Bangladesh as "this is totally misguided and
counter-productive".

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=256167


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[chottala.com] ACC spots Tk 3,500cr BASIC Bank loan scam

ACC spots Tk 3,500cr BASIC Bank loan scam

The Anti-Corruption Commission launched an inquiry of the alleged
embezzlement of Tk 3,500 crore from state-owned Bangladesh Small
Industries and Commerce Bank Limited, commission officials said.

The commission in the past week set up a four-member team to look into
the embezzlement of public fund allegedly by the bank's chairman
Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu, managing director Kazi Faqurul Islam and some
other directors misusing power and violating banking laws.

Commission officials said the fund alleged to have been
misappropriated from BASIC Bank, a specialised bank responsible for
giving loans to small industries, had come to light within months
after Tk 3,600 crore being laundered by the little-known Hallmark
Group and five other companies from Sonali Bank Limited, the largest
state-owned bank in Bangladesh, surfaced.

The commission's chairman Ghulam Rahman said that the commission would
take action if the allegations of fund embezzlement from BASIC Bank
were found to be true.
Ghulam told New Age on Saturday that he would not make further
comments on the inquiry that is under way. 'I will make further
comments after the team submits the report.'

The commission officials said that the Bangladesh Bank had given a
notice to the BASIC Bank board of directors about the irregularities
in June 2011. The central bank directed the BASIC Bank to take
necessary steps in this regard but the BASIC Bank did not follow the
directives because of political pressure, they said.

The officials said that the inquiry team had already held a meeting
over the alleged embezzlement committed through letters of credit,
inland bill purchases and forged documents.

Abdul Hye is suspected, they said, to have disbursed Tk 6,000 crore in
loans to different companies out of which Tk 3,500 crore was given in
breach of banking rules and regulations.

The inquiry team will focus on transactions of the branches at
Gulshan, Shantinagar and Dilkusha in Dhaka and the Rajshahi branch as
mainly these branches are said to be involved in the embezzlement.

Around Tk 1,600 crore was misappropriated through the Gulshan branch.
The branch manager, Shipar Ahmed, violated rules and sanctioned loans
to six fake companies. He was also allegedly involved in giving
unauthorised loans to nine companies between 2009 and August 2012.

The companies are S Suhi Shipping Line (Tk 45 crore), S Recourse
Shipping Line (Tk 65 crore), Shifan Shipping Line (Tk 50 crore), Amira
Shipping Line (Tk 90 crore), SFG Shipping Line (Tk 75 crore) and Green
Bangla Shipping Line (Tk 130 crore).
Commission officials said that Sheikh Shahriar Panna, brother of the
BASIC Bank chairman, had embezzled about Tk 730 crore.They said that
Tk 1,500 crore was allegedly embezzled from the bank's Shantinagar
branch.

The bank chairman took the larger portion of the fund which is about
Tk 400 crore. Some high government officials allegedly also received
shares of the so-called loan but the commission officials did not name
them.

An official said that the Shantinagar branch had given the suspected
loan to Nahar Garden (Tk 25 crore), Auto Define (Tk 163 crore), Syed
Traders (Tk 27 crore), Ahmed Faizur Rhman (Tk 55 crore), LR Trading
(Tk 35 crore), Fiez Auto (Tk 118 crore), Eco Brice (Tk 55 crore),
Noman Textile (Tk 110 crore) and Aristocrat (Tk 70 crore).
The Dilkusha branch gave about Tk 14,00 crore in loans to some
companies. It sanctioned loans to Balyet Navigation (Tk 70 crore),
Adib Dyeing (Tk 55 crore), Welltex (Tk 42 crore), Well Sweaters (Tk 25
crore), Syed Constructions (Tk 70 crore), Bay Navigation (Tk 55
crore), Alotec (Tk 28 crore), Apollo Constructions (Tk 65 crore) and
Emerald (Tk 55 crore).

The officials said that they would get primary information on the
Rajshahi branch in a few days.After the case of the Hallmark Group,
the commission is now looking into financial irregularities of more
than Tk 3,800 crore alleged to have been embezzled from the
state-owned banks such as Sonali Bank, Janata Bank, Rupali Bank and
Agrani Bank.

http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-11-04&nid=28950#.UJXJi2f0LSh


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