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Bite as a Snake and Heal as a HealerPrime minister Sheikh Hasina has asked opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia not to bite as a snake and heal as a healer. She also asked her rival not to play games with the lives of the people of this country. The prime minister warned that nobody will be allowed to play games with the life and fate of the people. Hasina was speaking at the 40th anniversary of Chhatra League at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center when she said she was determined to protect the march of democracy achieved at the cost of a great struggle. She reminded that she and her party stood beside the victims of Ramu right after the attack, but the opposition leader did not visit them until after 41 days. |
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Modasser’s Behavior was UnusualThe parliamentary subcommittee for the Finance Ministry has found that prime minister’s adviser Modasser Ali’s repeated visits to the Rupashi Bangla branch of Sonali Bank and his intimacy with Hallmark managing Director Tanvir Mahmud were undesirable and unusual. Committee convener Tajul Islam told reporters during a press briefing after the committee finished interrogating Modasser Ali. Islam further said, “The committee does not think that the advisor’s visits to the Rupashi Bangla branch of Sonali Bank was a normal practice.” |
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Khaleda Zia’s Crocodile TearsHome minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir said that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia went to visit Ramu accompanied by Jamaat leaders to shed crocodile tears. He further resented that those BNPJamaat leaders who went to wreak havoc in the Buddhist villages now went to show their sympathies. |
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Chhatra League Lynching ProgramState minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku has expressed his support for Chhatra League’s lynching program to resist the anarchy being created by Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Shibir. He said, “The decision to lynch the Jamaat and Shibir leaders and workers by Chhatra League is apt and necessary. This is actually the right step.” Tuku was addressing a meeting organized by Chhatra League in front of Awami League office at Bangabandhu Avenue. He urged everyone to be on guard until the war crimes trail is completed so that the Jamaat-Shibir axis cannot create any disruptions. |
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My Job is Not to Look for Jammat ShibirJubo League chairman Omar Faruk Chowdhury has responded to a call from the home minister that Jubo League should resist Jamaat-Shibir forces. The home minister urged Jubo League workers to resist wherever Jamaat-Shibir is found disrupting communal harmony. The Jubo League chairman in his reply said, “Do I work for DB (Detective Branch)? I am doing politics. It is not my job to look for Jamaat-Shibir. My responsibility is to organize public opinion.” |
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Dr Yunus is Our Only ProblemFinance minister AMA Muhith has accused Nobel laureate Dr Muhmmad Yunus of campaigning against Bangladesh in foreign countries. Claiming that there is no truth in what Yunus has been telling, he called the Nobel laureate as the only problem for the country. But within a few days’ time he praised Yunus as the “apple of our eyes” when he apologized to another Nobel laureate Amartya Sen
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A New Day for ScandalsJatiya Party chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad wants to introduce a new day to mark scandals. He said since so many days are already observed in the country, he would like to dedicate one day to all the scandals if his party comes to power. Ershad said that this single day would reflect all the scandals that have happened in the country including share market manipulation, Destiny scandal, Hallmark scandal, grenade attack scandal, killing of 18 farmers, Sagar- Runi murder and the black cat scam.
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Mohila Awami is Enough for Jamaat ShibirAwami League presidium member Kazi Zafarullah has warned that Mohila Awami League is enough to resist Jamaat-Shibir threat. He was speaking at a meeting of Mohila Awami League at National Press Club when he also said, “Jammat-Shibir are using the same method to attack members of the law-enforcement bodies with which they had killed people in 1971. No matter how hard they try to stop it, the trial of the war criminals will be completed in due time.”
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Drinking Water that Washed Yunus’ FeetBangabir Kader Siddiqui has observed that if investment in the country is declining because of Dr. Muhammad Yunus then the government should drink the water that has washed his feet. Siddiqui was speaking at a meeting of Feni Samity when he further added that the government should either do that or shoot Yunus to death. He then also said that if it is really true that foreign investment has gone down because of Yunus, the government should have used his services so that it did not happen.
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Dipankar and Bir Bahadur are TraitorsChairman of Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council Jyotirindra Bodhipriya (Santu) Larma has once again termed Dipankar Talukdar and Bir Bahadur, parliament members elected respectively from Rangamati and Bandarban constituencies, as “national traitors, corrupt and scoundrels”. Santu accused them of being busy to fulfill their own interests and carry out the orders of the ruling class. He also blamed the two lawmakers for creating United People’s Democratic Front and the reformist faction to disrupt the implementation of the peace agreement by terrorist means.
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Finance Minister Does Nothing but LaughFBCCI president AK Azad complained that there is dearth of electricity and gas supplies in the country, and the entrepreneurs, who have imported machineries, are sitting on their hands because they cannot start their factories without electricity and gas connections. He also said that the country has 38 banks but one cannot borrow money for investment because the banks are not willing to lend since the Hallmark scandal became public. “Finance minister Muhith is doing nothing to solve these problems, but he is laughing all the time,” Azad resented.
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No Resolution without a ClashWhile talking about abrogation of the caretaker system and the opposition’s demand for election under a neutral government, veteran journalist ABM Musa said that he did not think the matter was going to be resolved short of a clash. He was talking at a seminar organized by law reporters, when he emphasized that no crisis can be resolved without a confrontation. Musa argued that national conflicts are always resolved on the street, not at discussion tables or on talk shows.
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