Bastobota without reality chara

I think it is the first time; the Interim government enlarged its hand to arrest a Jamati Islami politician.

Former Jamaat lawmaker Maulana Shakhawat Hossain was arrested at his residence at Keshabpur. The joint forces picked up Shakhawat Hossain at around 7:45pm on charges of extorting Tk 92 lakh from some local people and taking bribe from a number of lecturers who were provided with jobs at Flight Lt Masud College.

The joint forces arrested the Jamaiti, affluent with chapatti, on extortion charges. Why not murder charges? I am sure he did much more bigger crimes than just extorting people.

Why is it that all be elected and selected governments had / have a hidden agenda that ultimately favors this killers. Before any other murder charges being vindicated in Baangladeshi courts, all Jamaitis should be brought under judiciary for their role in 1971.

Please do not insult the land and the nation with filing extortion charges against these people. Treat a killer as a killer. No less than that.

The Bangladesh Poet of Impropriety starts doing, what he is BEST of doing – writing poems. This majestic poet expresses his reaction on the current situation of Bangladesh:- 

Bangladesh 2007

I am not game to the cheap thrills
making its round as a ‘war on corruption’
nor do I applaud for military drills
and bids by soldiers and sanctimonious politicians
to rescue this beleaguered nation
from whatever ailed it –
ideas for good governance is never the exclusive purview
of the selected or ‘elected’ few,
democracy is only a pretension
a hangover from past dereliction

Our leaders of today and yesterday
or those of the yesterday of the day before
were all but conspirators
who hired Phensydyl soaked agitators
to ‘uphold’ their narrow ‘national cause’
political expediencies
led to dependency
needing only a handful
of men and women intermediaries
to grind this nation to a complete halt
organized mayhems and murders
walked hand in hand
with unseen power brokers
who all too often appeared
on a five minute news slot
their epic infamy on private TV
as straight faced innocent
save their fourteen annas of devilry

  Bangladesh 2007

Biman Bangladesh Airlines – Akashe Shantir nir

The vision statement of Biman highly contradicts with the service and attitude it shows to the passengers. Filled by corruption, the airline suffers from an ageing fleet, with some of its long haul aircraft banned in the US and EU member states on safety reasons. In the last couple of months, however, there were attempts to recover Biman from the big mess. Private companies are also coming up with new airlines. Even the ex Biman employees want to fly a private airline. Moreover, they want to use the brand name 'Biman'!

Existing pilots are moving out and joining foreign airlines.

Existing planes get frequently grounded for technical reasons due to its aging fleet which has aircrafts aged between 17 to 29 years, except only two.

Here is one chain e-mail I got couple of years ago:

Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is your Captain Mahmud. Welcoming both seated and standing passengers on board of "Biman".

We apologize for the four-day delay in taking off, it was due to engine problems and a part time job I have in a fast food restaurant in New York. This is flight 707 to Dhaka. Landing there is not guaranteed, but we will end up somewhere in Bangladesh. And, if luck is in our favor, we may even be landing in your village!

Bangladesh Biman has an excellent safety-record. In fact, our safety standards are so high, that even terrorists are afraid to fly with us.
We regret to inform you, that today's in-flight movie will not be shown as we forgot to record it from the television. However, for our movie buffs, we will be flying right next to Emirates Airline, where their movie will be visible from the right side of the cabin window. 

If you see water dripping from the top of your head, don't think it is raining outside, it could be AC, that is leaking water and if you notice that you are feeling so hot, that means the AC is not working, please feel free to ask the air hostess for a hand fan (fully manual).

In order to catch important landmarks, we try to fly as close as possible for the best view. If however, we go a little too close, do let us know. Our enthusiastic co-pilot sometimes flies right through the landmark!

Kindly be seated, keep your seat in an upright position for take-off and fasten your seat-belt. For those of you who can't find a seat-belt, kindly fasten your own belt to the arm of your seat. And, for those of you who can't find a seat, do not hesitate to get in touch with a stewardess who will explain how to fasten yourself to your suitcase."

"Thanking you all for choosing "Biman" to fly for the last time".

For the first time in the history of INS Shivaji (premier technical training institute of the Indian Navy), a foreign Naval officer has topped the course. Lieutenant Commander Kaosar Rashid of Bangladesh Navy topped the 63rd Marine Engineering Specialisation course, securing 81.95 % marks. In all, 30 Indian Naval, two Coast Guard and 12 foreign Naval officers passed out from the Centre of Marine Engineering Technology after successful culmination of 79 weeks of professional training.

It is happening in Dhaka, Ashulia, Chittagong and Sylhet highways.

Lucky – Lucky – Lucky

Today is July 7, the 188th day of 2007. There are 177 days left in the year. In short 7/7/7 – three sevens! People who noticed this 30 years ago, also observed 7/7/77 – four sevens. 

I heard it couple of years ago that Christians created this lucky seven and unlucky thirteen saga - seven symbolizes the seventh letter of the English alphabet – G (God); and thirteen stands for M (Muhammad). But, Muslims signifies seven as well. According to many believers, there are seven heavens. In Judaism, the seventh heaven is called ‘Araboth’ and is home to the Throne of Glory, which is attended by the Seven Archangels.

I tried to find whether any significant incidents occurred or not on 7th July 1907. Naa – nothing happened apart then some morons getting married. The trend continued this year as well. Good luck dudes.

Three IBA students won the "Best of the Best" Award at the Regional Finals of HSBC's Young Entrepreneur Awards in Hong Kong. In the process they beat the winning teams from Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Hong Kong to win the overall prize. They got an HSBC Business Development Fund 0.9 million taka; additional to the prize money they had won for the local Bangladesh competition.

Congratulations guys. Keep up the good work.

Hundreds of Bangladeshi textile factory owners failed to meet a government deadline to pay the workers even the minimum wage of 25 US dollars a month. Out of 2400 garment factories, 400 were still ignoring the rule as of June 30 - according to the Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association. In some factories, workers earn as little as 13 dollars a month. The minimum wage was fixed in 2006 after several deadly protests by the workers, who torched 16 factories and ransacked more than 300 others.

In Bangladesh, judges throw cases for money, bureaucrats sell jobs without hesitations, journalists blackmail general people, businessmen run strong-arm cartels, yet they all blame only the politicians for turning the country into a failed state!

Garments Sector -May 2006 write-up.

 

Thakte chai ke majha majhi?
Bertho hote raji / tobu uttor chai aj-e -
Bhobitshoth neye shopno dekhbo ki?

Desh jure cholche saja,
Ashami holo raja / bhanglo tar maja
Agami te keu raja hote chaibe ki?

        Chaibe / oboshoi chaibe
        Chor na shone dhormer kotha,
        poshu der to nei manusher matha
        Shono ni? Jei jai lonkai, she e hoi Rabon
        Jei ashuk noukai;ashbe abar plabon
                    (Porun -Durniti ebong shontrash)

Jara hoben bhobishot raja
Hon jodi tara baja / hobe bhaloi moja
Uttar-a-dhikar er din shesh hobe ki?

        Hobe na / mote o hobe na
        Chore na shone dhormer kotha,
        poshu der to nei manusher matha
        Shono ni? nikha kore ek ek neta / netri
        Drivar / shoshokari ebong gorosthan er Sentri
                                                    (Porun - Falu)

Shonskar neye baji,
Netri jodi-o na raji / ekta jobab chai aj-e -
Alo 'r poth tara dekhate parbe ki?

        parbe na / ek dom e parbe na
        Shob chatukar hothat holo shadhu;
        dekhabe na - jani kon jadu
        Shono ni? pipilikar pakha hoi moribar tore
        E shob kit potongo khotom hobe agamir jhore
                                            (Porun- Nirbachon)