Bastobota without reality chara

The time proclaims, this is not the time about winning or losing. It is about achieving the best possible outcome. Most / if not all, must realize, IT IS the time to stop abusing opponents and start working together as long as national interest is in stake. Making a compromise surely will save a lot of stress, a lot of time and a lot of energy.

We are stronger when we all team-up and fight the odds.

'I am losing interest in reading the dailies about the corrupt politicians in our jails waiting for 'due process of court'. It is like watching ice melt in North Pole. More painful than being executed by a spoon,.....yes spoon !! ...so ineffective, indeed. Take for instance the Huda-Sigma story...does anyone care or doubt that they are not guilty. Shameful, such educated and renowned family of our Sonar Bangla have their hands stained with greed and corruption.

But more importantly, what happened to the smaller evils...yeah, the shorty, Mr. Tofail !!! Hey, as far as I remember, he was quite active in all fronts...though wearing a Mujib coat and white panjabi  from time to time bought him back to earth. Lets ask the government to act now and - GET SHORTY.

Also, has anyone thought about our other child, pun intended...aka Sadeq Hossain Khoka. Don’t tell me he was clean? And Kojak has hair! Let us all ask for a TRUE Clean up ...from our CA and his government, otherwise we should be back to square one or should I say position ONE as the world's most corrupt country ....that too in no time.

It makes me wonder why we are seeing all these overseas party fronts/offices saying they will be back in power!  Yes, both BNP and AL overseas chapters strongly feel all that has been done is unfair and all the corruptions by their fellow political leaders are just made up. How naive can you get!!???

So my request remains simple...and 'Calling ALL Pro Bangladeshi's to demand swift execution of the law and spare NONE!'

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 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.

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.