YOU may harass me but YOU cannot defeat me
I am ready to fight because still I dare to dream. It may be my last note because a group of intelligence are reportedly trying to interrogate me following some remarks of the veteran freedom fighter Bangabir Kader Siddiqui, Bir Uttam on December 15 this year.
My news paper office ordered me to take his interview on December 14 . I failed to meet him at Tangail but coming back from his own town, I successfully took his exclusive interview about war crimes trial issue and some other related current issues at his Mohmmadpur residence on the morning of December 15.
I have both audio and video recording about his remarks . Let’s see what NEXT!!!!!!!
Habibullah Mizan
Reporter, The Daily Independent, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cell: +008801713171385,01675599609
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Justice at large, widow hits Facebook for help 6 months after her professor husband was killed in Sylhet, woman, now based near Dhaka, seeks justic
By Habibullah Mizan, The Daily Independent
DHAKA, Oct 14: Six months after her husband was killed, and with the authorities yet to “punish his killers”, a Sylhet widow is pinning her hopes on the Web world to help get justice. For almost four months now, Afroza Harun, wife of slain professor Harun-Or-Rashid, chairman of the Philosophy Department of Sylhet Government Mohila College, is seeking help by writing messages on the social networking site Facebook.
Here’s a sample: ‘’Today is the birthday of my only daughter. Her father was killed. Who will wish her now? Almighty, punish the killers of my husband… No one helps us get justice.’’
And this: ‘’The society is going rotten by the day; the consciousness of the people have about to destroyed (and) no one dares to protest even when an honest young professor of a government college gets killed in board daylight. And those who protest are doing it as eyewash only. No one cares how a helpless family is passing its days.’’
Harun-Or-Rashid was killed near his house on March 21 this year — incidentally, the month of their 18th wedding anniversary. Afroza now lives in a rented house near Dhaka city, but requested The Independent against disclosing the address or location due to reasons of security.
Talking to The Independent over telephone, she said, “I have lost everything. So many people, including ministers and eminent personalities, had assured me of all cooperation and help for my family in various ways but they did not keep their words. Even my close relatives do not bother to contact me; not even by calling up.”
Asked how and why she went on the social networking site in her mission to seek justice for her slain husband, Arfoza said, “One of my brothers-in-law taught me how to use Facebook. I already have more than 4,000 friends on Facebook — many of them are renowned journalists, several are student leaders, and some are law enforcement officers.
“There are others who work with senior government offices. And I believe hearing my appeal for justice, they will definitely help me ensure exemplary punishment to those who murdered my husband and their patrons.”
She claimed she did not receive any monetary aid from the government and is in deep financial crisis at present.
“I believe the killer (prime suspect Abdul Latif) is yet to be arrested because he has the power of money backing him. I met with the then Inspector General of Police at the Police Headquarters on July 6 and he ordered the local police either to immediately arrest or to send details about the prime accused so that they can request the Interpol to issue a global arrest warrant against the accused, wherever he is hiding.”
The arrest warrant through the Interpol is yet to be issued.
The Criminal Investigation Department has now taken charge of the investigations.
Afroza said she applied to the Home Minister on May 2 to include the case in the monitoring cell for a fair and speedy trail. “But I have not get any result yet,” she said, rage mixed with despondency in her voice.
Prof Harun was killed allegedly by Abdul Latif, alias Kawser, and Rashel Ahmed on March 21 on his way to his rented house near his college. While Abdul Latif, the prime suspect, is still at large, the elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) had arrested the co-accused. It was learnt from their interrogation that Latif had killed the professor after he rebuked two female students, Sujina Akhtar Munni and Safia Khatun Lipi (alias Lipi Begum), for their misconduct inside and outside the classroom.
Latif was purportedly enraged by this and stabbed Prof Harun to death.
(Source: The Daily Independent, October
15)
http://theindependentdigital.com/index.php?opt=view&page=3&date=2010-10-15
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Sheikh Hasina and Begum Khaleda Zia again minus!
Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) president Bangabir Kader Siddiqi Bir Uttam again wanted to ‘minus’ country’s top two most influential national leaders Begum Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina, two female bosses of the two largest parties in Bangladesh.
ASM Abdur Rab, one of the founders of the Jatiya Somajtrantik Dal, reiterated his suggestion of new ‘changed’ politics in the country being free from the current practice of ‘nepotism’ in the two major political parties.
Both of them came up with these hope and suggestion while addressing a Iftar Mahfil organized by Bangladesh Kallyan Party in a city hotel yesterday.
Kader Siddiqi said,‘‘ For the real changes in politics, we must minus both the Awami League and BNP along with their chief Sheikh Hasina and Begum Khaleda Zia from the politics.”
Abdur Rab, also the former vice-president of the Dhaka University Central Student Union said, ‘‘ If we really believe in a new ‘healthy’ politics for the betterment of the nation, we must free ourselves from the ‘nepotism’ politics of the Awami League and BNP.”
Bangladesh Kallyan Party chairman Major General(Retd) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim, Bir Protik in his special prayer prior to Iftar sought the ‘divine blessing’ from Almighty Allah to survive into country’s politics.
Though he mentioned many names of the Islamic clerics including Hazrat Shajajal of Sylhet and Khaja Mainuddin Chisti of India,very technically he did not mentioned any names of country’s late national leaders.
‘‘If we are qualified for country’s politics, Oh! Almighty Allah, kindly help us so that we can successfully survive in the national politics. And If we are not well qualified, please make us qualified,’’ he said in the combine special prayer which he himself conducted.
Kallyan Party chief hosted the Iftar and dinner party in the capital in the honour of top politicians and foreign diplomats and senior journalists, businessmen .
But no politicians from the ruling Awami League or opposition Bangladesh National Party attended the progarmme except the businessman turned politician BNP Chairperson’s advising council member Abdul Awal Minto.
Among the diplomats working in Bangladesh, the Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka was only present.
Only except the reporters who went to cover the event, no senior journalists replied the invitation of the former army officer who founded his party after the change over of the 1/11 when the army backed caretaker government took the state power in 2001.
Many such new political parties were formed during then Chief Advisor Dr Fakruddin Ahmed led caretaker government , whose allegedly tried to minus BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina from the country’s political scenario patronizing the newly formed parties.
All the new formed political parties reportedly supported the much talked political reforms of the caretaker government , targeting to minus the major politicians including Hasina and Khaleda.
However, most of the parties went out of scene after the last parliamentarian election held in December 29, 2010.
Islami Oikkya Jote Maulana General Secretary Abdul Latif Nijami, BKP Secretary General Abdul Malek Chowdhury ,organizing secretary Shahidur Rahman Tamanna, office secretary Md Nurul Kabir Pintu, among others, were present in the Iftar.
ASM Abdur Rab, one of the founders of the Jatiya Somajtrantik Dal, reiterated his suggestion of new ‘changed’ politics in the country being free from the current practice of ‘nepotism’ in the two major political parties.
Both of them came up with these hope and suggestion while addressing a Iftar Mahfil organized by Bangladesh Kallyan Party in a city hotel yesterday.
Kader Siddiqi said,‘‘ For the real changes in politics, we must minus both the Awami League and BNP along with their chief Sheikh Hasina and Begum Khaleda Zia from the politics.”
Abdur Rab, also the former vice-president of the Dhaka University Central Student Union said, ‘‘ If we really believe in a new ‘healthy’ politics for the betterment of the nation, we must free ourselves from the ‘nepotism’ politics of the Awami League and BNP.”
Bangladesh Kallyan Party chairman Major General(Retd) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim, Bir Protik in his special prayer prior to Iftar sought the ‘divine blessing’ from Almighty Allah to survive into country’s politics.
Though he mentioned many names of the Islamic clerics including Hazrat Shajajal of Sylhet and Khaja Mainuddin Chisti of India,very technically he did not mentioned any names of country’s late national leaders.
‘‘If we are qualified for country’s politics, Oh! Almighty Allah, kindly help us so that we can successfully survive in the national politics. And If we are not well qualified, please make us qualified,’’ he said in the combine special prayer which he himself conducted.
Kallyan Party chief hosted the Iftar and dinner party in the capital in the honour of top politicians and foreign diplomats and senior journalists, businessmen .
But no politicians from the ruling Awami League or opposition Bangladesh National Party attended the progarmme except the businessman turned politician BNP Chairperson’s advising council member Abdul Awal Minto.
Among the diplomats working in Bangladesh, the Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka was only present.
Only except the reporters who went to cover the event, no senior journalists replied the invitation of the former army officer who founded his party after the change over of the 1/11 when the army backed caretaker government took the state power in 2001.
Many such new political parties were formed during then Chief Advisor Dr Fakruddin Ahmed led caretaker government , whose allegedly tried to minus BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina from the country’s political scenario patronizing the newly formed parties.
All the new formed political parties reportedly supported the much talked political reforms of the caretaker government , targeting to minus the major politicians including Hasina and Khaleda.
However, most of the parties went out of scene after the last parliamentarian election held in December 29, 2010.
Islami Oikkya Jote Maulana General Secretary Abdul Latif Nijami, BKP Secretary General Abdul Malek Chowdhury ,organizing secretary Shahidur Rahman Tamanna, office secretary Md Nurul Kabir Pintu, among others, were present in the Iftar.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
The deadly and barbaric grenade attack on Awami League
Senior leaders of the Awami League yesterday observed a two-minute silence programme in a different manner.
Instead of No chief guest, no special guests, no traditional political speech or usual fixed seats for guests, a small, white and black cloth covered stage.
Only a simple, small sentence,‘ In remembering the Shaheed of 21 August, 2004’ written on the simple black banner.
All the ruling party activists along with some common people were looking very attentive and waiting for the whistle to formally start the scheduled two minute silence programme remembering the martyrs who sacrificed their highly valuable lives to protect the life of their favorite leader Sheikh Hasina, then the leader of the opposition, now the prime minister from the deadly grenade attack during the BNP-Jamaat alliance government.
When the momentum came, it was 5: 22 pm, Syed Ashraful Islam, the Secretary General of Awami League, also the LGRD minister, whistled to start the silence programme.
Most of the senior Awami League leaders especially Awami League presidium member Begum Matia Chowdhury were seen very emotional and a bit crying, removing tears by hand tissue during the silence programme.
Syed Mezbahuddin Ahmed, the central organizing secretary of Awami league said while crying, non but Almighty Allah save the life of our president, the killers tried to eliminate the full leadership in a very planned way.
The ruling party set up a stage with a very big pendle, which covered almost all the blank areas adjourning to the party office.
Ignoring the heavy raining outside the followers of Bangabandhu, Father of the Nation, and his daughter Sheikh Hasina, we came here to protest such barbaric attack by the high ups of the BNP-Jammat led alliance government, he said while walking out from the spot.
All people even the journalists who went to cover the event keep a complete silence till the Ashraf again whistled ending the progrmme.
Instead of No chief guest, no special guests, no traditional political speech or usual fixed seats for guests, a small, white and black cloth covered stage.
Only a simple, small sentence,‘ In remembering the Shaheed of 21 August, 2004’ written on the simple black banner.
All the ruling party activists along with some common people were looking very attentive and waiting for the whistle to formally start the scheduled two minute silence programme remembering the martyrs who sacrificed their highly valuable lives to protect the life of their favorite leader Sheikh Hasina, then the leader of the opposition, now the prime minister from the deadly grenade attack during the BNP-Jamaat alliance government.
When the momentum came, it was 5: 22 pm, Syed Ashraful Islam, the Secretary General of Awami League, also the LGRD minister, whistled to start the silence programme.
Most of the senior Awami League leaders especially Awami League presidium member Begum Matia Chowdhury were seen very emotional and a bit crying, removing tears by hand tissue during the silence programme.
Syed Mezbahuddin Ahmed, the central organizing secretary of Awami league said while crying, non but Almighty Allah save the life of our president, the killers tried to eliminate the full leadership in a very planned way.
The ruling party set up a stage with a very big pendle, which covered almost all the blank areas adjourning to the party office.
Ignoring the heavy raining outside the followers of Bangabandhu, Father of the Nation, and his daughter Sheikh Hasina, we came here to protest such barbaric attack by the high ups of the BNP-Jammat led alliance government, he said while walking out from the spot.
All people even the journalists who went to cover the event keep a complete silence till the Ashraf again whistled ending the progrmme.
Micro-credits have oppressed the poverty instead: Kholiquzzaman
Habibullah Mizan
Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation(PKSF) chairman economist Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman yesterday said the micro-credit did not drive away poverty from the country .
‘‘Micro-credits have oppressed the poverty instead,’’ he said criticizing the much talked micro-credit for which Grameen Bank and Prof Yunus were awarded the Nobel prize.
He was addressing as the chief guest in a discussion titled ‘Vision 2021: And Bangabandhu’s Economic Thinking’ organized by Society for Development and Cooperation at CIRDAP auditorium.
The noted economist urged the countrymen to launch a mass movement against the people who are involved in bribery corruption, keening and touting to implement the vision 2021 of the government.
Former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Khondaker Ibrahim Khaled presented the keynote while former BB governor Dr Mohammad Forusuddin, parliamentarian poet Robi Rahman, among others, addressed the discussion.
Ibrahim Khaled said,‘‘ By introducing the BAKSHAL, Bangabandhu had taken a revolutionary programme to build a oppression-free Bangladesh adding,‘‘ After the August tragedy in 1975 , all welfare and revolutionary initiatives of Bangbandhu were cancelled except the supreme power of the president of the republic.”
Later General Zia and General Ershad had benefited from that supreme power given to the president by the fourth amendment of the constitution , he added.
Dr Mohammad Forusuddin said Bangabandhu never separated economy from the politics and only to make the distressed and oppressed people smiling, he introduced the BAKSHAL.
‘‘Though many people criticize BAKSHAL, it was never a one party system he said adding ,‘‘It was inevitable on that perspective of the country.’’
Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation(PKSF) chairman economist Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman yesterday said the micro-credit did not drive away poverty from the country .
‘‘Micro-credits have oppressed the poverty instead,’’ he said criticizing the much talked micro-credit for which Grameen Bank and Prof Yunus were awarded the Nobel prize.
He was addressing as the chief guest in a discussion titled ‘Vision 2021: And Bangabandhu’s Economic Thinking’ organized by Society for Development and Cooperation at CIRDAP auditorium.
The noted economist urged the countrymen to launch a mass movement against the people who are involved in bribery corruption, keening and touting to implement the vision 2021 of the government.
Former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Khondaker Ibrahim Khaled presented the keynote while former BB governor Dr Mohammad Forusuddin, parliamentarian poet Robi Rahman, among others, addressed the discussion.
Ibrahim Khaled said,‘‘ By introducing the BAKSHAL, Bangabandhu had taken a revolutionary programme to build a oppression-free Bangladesh adding,‘‘ After the August tragedy in 1975 , all welfare and revolutionary initiatives of Bangbandhu were cancelled except the supreme power of the president of the republic.”
Later General Zia and General Ershad had benefited from that supreme power given to the president by the fourth amendment of the constitution , he added.
Dr Mohammad Forusuddin said Bangabandhu never separated economy from the politics and only to make the distressed and oppressed people smiling, he introduced the BAKSHAL.
‘‘Though many people criticize BAKSHAL, it was never a one party system he said adding ,‘‘It was inevitable on that perspective of the country.’’
Friday, August 20, 2010
Fake scented musk of deer was recovered in Bangladesh
Habibullah Mizan
Fake scented musk of deer was recovered on August 10 from Jessor bound bus near Sharcha Upazila by a patrol team of 22 battalion of the Bangladesh Rifles.
After raising confusion over the originality of the scented musk, local officials of the forest department sent it to Dhaka for advance examination.
Later a team under Dr Tapan Kumar Dey of the Dhaka office came to decide that it was a fake scented musk.
They said, such valuable rarely scented musk are only found in the musk deer living in Kashmir, Sikim and Nepal .
Some vested syndicates allegedly cheat the common people by this type of fake scented musk in Bangladesh, which are used in different treatment across the world.
Fake scented musk of deer was recovered on August 10 from Jessor bound bus near Sharcha Upazila by a patrol team of 22 battalion of the Bangladesh Rifles.
After raising confusion over the originality of the scented musk, local officials of the forest department sent it to Dhaka for advance examination.
Later a team under Dr Tapan Kumar Dey of the Dhaka office came to decide that it was a fake scented musk.
They said, such valuable rarely scented musk are only found in the musk deer living in Kashmir, Sikim and Nepal .
Some vested syndicates allegedly cheat the common people by this type of fake scented musk in Bangladesh, which are used in different treatment across the world.
Ensure passenger safety
Habibullah Mizan
Journalist Forum for Communication and Environment and Green Club of Bangladesh yesterday at a press conference demanded the safety of the launch passenger.
They also demanded the exemplary punishment against the authority of the Coco-4 launch , allegedly responsible for the deadly incident that killed dozens of passengers at Bhola ahead of the previous Eid-ul-Azha.
Besides the coast guard, highway police and Rapid Action Battalion(RAB), they suggested the government to conduct the mobile courts to ensure passenger safety in road, railway and rivers ways.
GCB president Nurur Rahman Selim, GFCE general secretary Ashis Kumar Dey, Hirok Pasha, Monuj Kumar and Sharafat Ali Hira of Nodi Rokkha Safath of Nodi Rokkha Shapat , among others, were present the press conference held at the Dhaka Reporter’s Unity.
Ahead of the all occasions, the ministers and the concerned high officials made pep-talk regarding sufferings of the passengers but charging of extra money from passengers , the dangerous accidents continue, alleged Ashis Kumar Dey.
He said,‘‘ the dishonest officers of the railway , Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, Sea Transport Directorate , Bangladesh Road Transport Authority are mainly responsible for the accidents.”
Replying to a question GCB president Nurur Rahman Selim claimed that the Chief Inspector of the Sea Transport Directorate illegally earns at least Tk 2 lac monthly.
Replying to a another question Hirok Pasha said, the authority yet to take action against ship surveyor Md Moynuddin Julfikar and ASM Najmul Haque, who were reportedly responsible as they had several times fitness provide fitness certificate in favour of Coco-4 though they knew the mechanical defaults of the Coco-4 .
The did not even serve a show cause notice against the two officers, he added.
Journalist Forum for Communication and Environment and Green Club of Bangladesh yesterday at a press conference demanded the safety of the launch passenger.
They also demanded the exemplary punishment against the authority of the Coco-4 launch , allegedly responsible for the deadly incident that killed dozens of passengers at Bhola ahead of the previous Eid-ul-Azha.
Besides the coast guard, highway police and Rapid Action Battalion(RAB), they suggested the government to conduct the mobile courts to ensure passenger safety in road, railway and rivers ways.
GCB president Nurur Rahman Selim, GFCE general secretary Ashis Kumar Dey, Hirok Pasha, Monuj Kumar and Sharafat Ali Hira of Nodi Rokkha Safath of Nodi Rokkha Shapat , among others, were present the press conference held at the Dhaka Reporter’s Unity.
Ahead of the all occasions, the ministers and the concerned high officials made pep-talk regarding sufferings of the passengers but charging of extra money from passengers , the dangerous accidents continue, alleged Ashis Kumar Dey.
He said,‘‘ the dishonest officers of the railway , Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, Sea Transport Directorate , Bangladesh Road Transport Authority are mainly responsible for the accidents.”
Replying to a question GCB president Nurur Rahman Selim claimed that the Chief Inspector of the Sea Transport Directorate illegally earns at least Tk 2 lac monthly.
Replying to a another question Hirok Pasha said, the authority yet to take action against ship surveyor Md Moynuddin Julfikar and ASM Najmul Haque, who were reportedly responsible as they had several times fitness provide fitness certificate in favour of Coco-4 though they knew the mechanical defaults of the Coco-4 .
The did not even serve a show cause notice against the two officers, he added.
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