Comments on: Even a brick has a soul

By: Altaf Ali

Altaf Ali — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:07:55 +0000

The conspiracy hatched by the war criminals Jamaat-e-Islami and their allies BNP soon after the Awami League won a landslide victory in December, 2008 is underway. The BNP is now a lackey of the Islamic terrorist organisation Jamaat-e-Islami. BNP can no longer survive without criminal killer Jamaat’s blessings and sustenance. It now owes its survival to the heinous killer Jamaats. These are nothing but murderers that engineered each and every terrorist acts in Bangladesh and abroad.

The first target is creating unrest in the Dhaka University.They have already burned private cars and public property yesterday.

In spite of heavy endorsement of the management of the economy by the British ambasssador the other day BNP and evil killers Jamaat-e-Islami have started using ill-gotten ISI money which include counterfeit currencies flooding Dhaka to destabilize the sound fundamentals of the economy. Jamaat is also activating their Taliban-Al Qaeda-like sleeper cells within the government to embarass the government. The BDR mutiny was their creation. With what the bastard killers did in 1971 they will do anything to foil the hanging of the self-confessed assassins of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and bring in not ten but tens of thousands of truckloads of illegal black market weapons through their ISI operatives very much active in Bangladesh. They will even try to fly in the death sentenced assassins hiding in Pakistan and other countries.

This time their backbone must be broken once and for all at any cost.

The war criminals of 1971 must be tried and hanged this time starting with bastards Golam Azam and Nizami.The people have given that mandate to the Awami League.

By: Shahriar Javed Arun

Shahriar Javed Arun — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:16:41 +0000

“If there is any hope for the long term success of democracy, it will be if people agree to listen to and try to understand their political opponents rather than simply seeking to crush them”. Andrew Olmsted

The PM’s India visit has been a grand success. Indo-Bangla relations have reached a new height. The PM is soon going to Beijing to link Bangladesh with China and Southeast Asia through Burma. Consequently, because of Hasina’s foresight future generations will remember as a visionary who globalized Bangladesh to the rest of the world.

What a moment it shall be when we can go up north to India and Nepal and Bhutan and the Tibetan plateau and China and in the southern part of Bangladesh head into Burma and go further up to Kunming by car.

India phobia is a political ploy by Khaleda to destabilize the country so that they can get away with their heinous crimes of the past. They just don’t want The Awami League government to find out more criminal acts perpetrated by the BNP-Jamaat during their midrule.

Opening up the major ports to our neighbors is the right decision. The ports will soon become world class. I am sure there will be huge investment in infrastructure development. I can see an elevated superhighway connecting Bangladesh’s North to South in 5-10 years. I am sure the Indians and the Chinese will invest billions of dollars into infrastructure and port development

By: Engr Khondkar Abdus Saleque( Sufi)

Engr Khondkar Abdus Saleque( Sufi) — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:45:34 +0000

The author has given an accurate commentary of the development of events post Bangabandhu killing on 15th August 1975.Bangladesh could be so different if Bangabandhu was alive till now.Bangladesh propelled in reverse gear. The defeated force of 1971 slowly infiltrated everywhere .All gains of liberation war were blown away.
BNP & JP ( Beneficiary parties of Bangabandhu killing)even could not be born even if some ungreatful evils did not kill Bangabandhu.There were very little possibility that Hasina or Khaleda would have come to politics.
After 75 Army Ruler -ambitious Zoiaur Rahman being a freedom fighter himself sponsored killers and collaborators of 1971 and 1975.Zia forgot ideals of liberation war. His unfortuate killing in 1981 was the consquence of all his wrong doings. Autocrat Ershad took over. There was very little difference except Ershad apart from being sponsor of killers was personally a very corrupt and characterless person. He was toppled down by mass up surge. But the gains of peoples movement in 1990 were also swept away by misrule and corruption of Khaleda government. Hsina led Awami League formed government 1n 1996.She very honestly tried to repair damages. But some of his men also indulged in corruption and mis governace bringing back BNP-Jamat government agin in state power in 2001. Time 2001-2006 was the darkest period in Bangladesh history. Khaleda’s sons, her PMO and most of the ministers made Banglades the happy hunting ground for corruption, terrorism and anarchy.Country reached on the brink of collapse.Eventually 1/11 brought undemocratic government.In the name of corruption hunt a ceratin group of ambitious uniformed persons made their fortune.Real criminals and corrupt persons got off the hook. But somehow a credible election brought mahajote government to power with lanslide manadate. But the posioned beuracracy , very weak and sick SOEs in one year could not create enabling environment for PM Hasina government to proceed smoothly on her percieved vision.
PM Hasina must objectively analyse the pains and gains of the last one year and try to set up a proactive administration of tlaented commited professionals to turn around.

By: Imran Zaman

Imran Zaman — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:13:32 +0000

A crucial test for Sheikh Hasina is in play at this moment. We shall see how well she handles the opposition in tackling their thorny & beligerant attitude toward the deals that were penned in Delhi.

Similarly, we will watch Khaleda Zia as to how she interacts with the government in the coming days on the Delhi issues. Will she give priority to national interests or personal & party interests will dominate her moves? Will she involve the people by debating these issues in parliament, where their 30 or so MPs’ have been sent by the people. Will she sideline the hardliners in her party or listen to the voice of reasons in BNP? Will she show who runs the BNP, the elected representatives or the one’s that were rejected by the people in the most free & fair election in the history of Bangladesh.

As the ruling party has a duty to engage the minority opposition, in parliament, to hash out issues, so does the opposition a responsibility to debate issues through their elected representatives inside our Jatiya Sangsad.

The next four years will reveal how much “positive” impact the undemocratic 1/11 government’s activities has had on our two leaders, Sheikh Hasina & Khaleda Zia.