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Head lines Hasina's call to unseat Govt thru' mass upsurge
The Bangladesh Observer
Chittagong, Sept 10:– Opposition leader Sheikh Hasina today
urged the people to unseat what she called corrupt, terrorist and
bribe-taker BNP-Jamaat coalition government through a mass upsurge, saying
that the time is now ripe for the changeover, says UNB.
“This government is governing this country by means of terrorism... one day, the war of liberation was started from this Chittagong. Now I urge the people of Chittagong to initiate a mass uprising against the misrule of the government,” she said. The Awami League President was addressing a mammoth rally at the historic Laldighi Maidan, organised by the Chittagong City Awami League, in the afternoon.
Her party faithful started converging on the Laldighi
grounds since 3pm, in tens and hundreds. Crowds spilled over onto the
streets from New Market to Andarkilla while traffic came to a halt in and
around the area in the port city. During her nearly 22-minute speech,
punctuated with passionate slogans by her supporters, the Leader of the
Opposition said people’s life in Chittagong became unbearable today amid
rising crimes and abduction scare.
In this context, the AL chief referred to the
much-talked-about kidnap of businessman and BNP leader Jamal Uddin Ahmed
Chowdhury. “Jamal has been held hostage for last 48 days and he is yet to
be rescued though the Home Minister declared that he would be rescued
within 48 hours,” she said. Hasina told the huge gathering that she wanted
to visit Jamal’s home today. “But the kidnappers phoned Jamal’s residence
to say that the businessman was still alive, but if I visit their
residence, the family members would have to receive his `dead body’”.
“Now she (Khaleda) is taking revenge through creating unrest at Mahalchhari…she will have to account for it,” Hasina cautioned. The former Prime Minister said her previous Awami League government had wanted to develop the port city of Chittagong to the commercial capital of the country, but the alliance government destroyed “commercial possibilities” of the city. Chaired by Chittagong City AL President MA Mannan, the rally was also addressed by party Presidium member Begum Motia Chowdhury, Ataur Rahman Khan Kaiser, AL general secretary Abdul Jalil, Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, City unit general secretary and Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury and Moslehuddin Ahmed.
Strong security
step for CPA confce in Oct
Staff correspondent, The Bangladesh Observer
Bangladesh is likely to host Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association (CPA) conference in the next month taking the burden of
expending millions of Taka though the organisation has lost its earlier
charisma for various reasons.
Officials of concerned ministries refused to disclose the
sources and information of getting the 'fund' to arrange the conference. A
confident source said Parliament Office has arranged Taka 50 million (5
crore) for the same purpose.
A highly placed source in the Ministry of Home disclosed
that it will cost millions of Taka for the implementation of international
standard special security measures including deployment of counter
terrorism squad for the safety of about 600 foreign dignitaries whom are
expected to attend the conference.
Over 600 dignitaries including Speaker and MP ranking about
600 delegates from 51 countries of 54-member Commonwealth Nations are
expected to join the conference. A senior official of the Foreign Ministry
requesting anonymity said that it is nothing but a get-together or like a
picnic party. Most of the delegates might come along with their wives.
An official of Parliament affairs said that after the end
of the "Cold War", the organisations such as NAM and CPA have lost their
importance. Specially, the CPA is less important and lost its dignity
among the democratic member countries as none of them likes to remember
its former colonial image under British rule.
Moreover, some countries like as Pakistan and Zimbabwe were suspended from the Commonwealth a few years ago, which also created a sensation among the member countries. Sources said different ministries such as the ministry of Communication, Shipping ministry, ministry of Works and Housing, LGRD ministry, Foreign ministry, ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, ministry of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has been arranging the ever biggest programme of the country's history with out earlier experience, which will be held from October 4 to 12.
Excluding the highly cost security set up, the hosting
country is going to spend a huge amount of money for pleasure trips,
cultural and different programme, inaugural and closing ceremony with pop
and grandeur. The authority has arranged several pleasure trips including river cruising for the foreign guests during the conference days while Cultural ministry will arrange cultural functions and dramas.
Different ministries have planned to throw dinner and
cocktail parties in honour of the participants of CPA conference. IMF tells AL of political consensus for better economy Staff Correspondent, the Daily
Star The AL however observed that growth and poverty reduction cannot take place in the present state of lawlessness and instability under the BNP-Jamaat-led coalition government. There has been a general lack of confidence in the government's ability to govern, the AL delegates said. The IMF team emphasised making parliament functional to discuss all the issues. Former finance minister SAMS Kibria led the AL team at the invitation of IMF mission chief Chanpen Puckahitkom to get to know the opposition's views on different economic issues and the IMF role. At the meeting at a city hotel, the IMF delegates asked for the AL opinion about its recent credit of $490 million in loan for Bangladesh. The AL regretted that neither the government nor the IMF consulted the main opposition party before the loan agreement was reached. Even it was not debated in parlia-ment. And so, the party is not aware of the understandings reached between the government and the IMF on the loan. It also observed that the government not only failed to take the opposition into confidence in discussing the conditions tagged with the loan, it also kept a vast majority of people in the dark about the whole affair. The AL leaders also told the IMF that they came to know about the conditions for the loans from newspaper reports, which makes its commenting on the issue all the more difficult. But, it welcomed the loan, saying achievement of the poverty reduction programme depends on successful preparation of sectoral plans and efficient implementation. If the record of the coalition government is anything to go by, then one cannot be optimistic that resources will be utilised for poverty reduction since gross corruption takes place in the government, the opposition observed. The opposition delegates said prices of essentials are on the rise, foreign and domestic investment has declined and many industries have been shut down without taking into account the impact on the economy or employment situation. The AL delegates alleged repression on political opponents by the ruling coalition, leading to violence in the country. They said due to direct governmental intervention the judicial system has been destroyed. AMA Muhit, Dr. Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, Kazi Zafarullah MP, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Syed Abul Hossain MP, Faruk Khan MP and Dr Abdur Razzak MP were present at the meeting. |
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