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অপ্রকাশিত ইতিহাসঃ

২৯ এপ্রিল ১৯৯১ঃ বাংলাদেশের উপকূলে ঘূর্ণিঝড়ের তান্ডব। অন্যদিকে নতুন সরকারের কোষাগার শূন্য। গুদাম শূন্য। কর্ণফুলী সেতুর একাংশ ভেঙে ভেসে চলে গিয়েছে নৌবাহিনীর প্যাট্রোলের আঘাতে। চট্টগ্রাম এয়ারবেজের যুদ্ধবিমানগুলো উলটে পালটে ছড়িয়ে ছিটয়ে আছে।

সংবাদ পাওয়ার সঙ্গে সঙ্গেই বেগম জিয়ার মনে হল ৯ বছরের স্বৈরাচারবিরোধী আন্দোলনের সহযোদ্ধা শেখ হাসিনার কথা। লাখ জনতার সামনে দেওয়া প্রতিশ্রুতির কথা। গণতান্ত্রিক বাংলাদেশে সব রাজনৈতিক দল হবে একে অন্যের ফিল ইন দ্যা গ্যাপ।

শেখ হাসিনা হোলিকাপ্টার দাবী করলেন দূর্গত অঞ্চলে যেতে। তাই সঙ্গে সঙ্গেই বেগম জিয়া সংসদের বিরোধী দলীয় নেত্রীকে দুর্গত এলাকায় নিতে হেলিকপ্টার বরাদ্দ দিতে বললেন। এই নির্দেশের মাধ্যমে নবীন প্রধানমন্ত্রী।অজান্তে রুলস অফ বিজনেস ভঙ্গ করে বসলেন। কারণ প্রধানমন্ত্রী স্পিকার আর রাষ্ট্রপতির বাইরে কারো জন্য হেলিকপ্টার দেওয়ার নিয়ম নেই।

ঘোঁট বাঁধিয়ে বসলেন ফিরোজ নূন। তিনি নিয়মের একবিন্দু এদিক ওদিক করবেন না। একান্ত করতে হলে খালেদা ম্যাডাম যেন লিখিত অর্ডার দেন তাঁকে। শেষ পর্যন্ত স্পিকার সাহেবকেও ঐ কপ্টারে পাঠিয়ে রুলস অফ প্রায়রিটি ঠিক রাখা হল।

এই ভ্রমণে স্পিকার, ক্যাপ্টেন হাফিজ এবং তোফায়েল আহমদ ছিলেন শেখ হাসিনার সঙ্গে। শেখ হাসিনা হয়তো জানতেও পারলেন না কী হুলুস্থুল যাত্রার আগে হচ্ছিল।

মজার বিষয় এরপর জনসভায় তিনি বললেনঃ

'এই সরকার কুফা সরকার; তাই এরা ক্ষমতাই আসার সাথে সাথে ঘূর্ণিঝড়ে লাখ লাখ মানুষ মারা গেছে।

আজকের দিনে প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা কি এমন একটি উদাহরণ সৃষ্টি করবেন? তাঁর কাছে এমন এটিচিউড তাঁর দলীয় কর্মীরাও কি ভাবতে পারেন? কল্পনা করা যায়?

বেগম জিয়া সেদিন আইন ভাঙ্গতে বসে ছিলেন। অথচ অন্যজনের সেই আইনের অন্যায় প্রয়োগে জীবন মরনের সন্ধিক্ষণে পৌঁছেছেন বেগম জিয়া।

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Begum Khaleda Zia (b. 1945) served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for two terms, 1991-1996 and again 2001-2006. She was the first female head of a democratic government in her country, and the second in a Muslim-majority country.

During her time as Prime Minister, the GDP of Bangladesh increased considerably, and the country opened to international investment. Her government also worked to alleviate poverty and support female education.

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Bgum Khaleda Zia

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When the bail application of Khaleda Zia is delayed, the course of the program will be changed Political analysts are considered as turning point for the politics of Bangladesh after the verdict of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia's case.

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Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman

Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman was conceived at town Bagmari in the locale of Bogra on 19 January 1936. He was the second child of Mansur Rahman and Jahanara Khatun. His dad was a physicist who had some expertise in paper and ink science and worked for an administration office at Writer's Building in Kolkata. As a youngster Ziaur Rahman, nicknamed Komol, was saved, bashful, unobtrusively spoken, and extreme in numerous regards. He was brought up in Bagbari town, Bogra and concentrated in Bogra Zilla School.

In 1946, Mansur Rahman selected Zia for a short spell in one of the main young men schools of Calcutta, Hare School, where Zia considered until the disintegration of the British Empire in South Asia and making of India in 1947. With the Partition of India, Mansur Rahman practiced his alternative to end up a national of a Muslim lion's share Pakistan and in August 1947 moved to Karachi, the primary capital of Pakistan situated in Sindh, West Pakistan. Zia, at 11 years old, had turned into an understudy in class six at the Academy School in Karachi in 1947. Zia spent his immature years in Karachi and by age 16 finished his auxiliary instruction from that School in 1952.

While learning at D. J. School, Zia joined the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) in 1953 as a cadet. He was dispatched in 1955. In the military, he got commando preparing, turned into a paratrooper and got preparing in an extraordinary knowledge course. He battled valiantly as an organization administrator in the Khemkaran part in 1965 Indo-Pak War and in 1966 was made an Instructor at the PMA, Kakul. Around the same time, he joined the Staff College, Quetta. Towards the finish of 1969, he was sent to West Germany for preparing and later on put in a couple of months with the British Army. In October 1970, Major Zia was exchanged to the recently raised eighth EB Regiment at Chittagong. Following the crackdown on unarmed regular folks on the midnight of 25 March 1971, he drove the rebel against the Pakistan Army and later reported the notable affirmation of freedom in the interest of the dad of the country Bangabandhu Sheik Mujibur Rahman, from the Kalurghat radio station. Zia turned into an area leader of the freedom powers in April 1971 and raised the main Brigade of the Bangladesh Army at Raumari (in Kurigram locale) with the assistance of First, Second and Eighth Bengal Regiment Jawans. The Brigade came to be known as 'Z' drive. Zia was elevated to the position of Lt. Col. around the same time. For recognized administrations in the War, Zia was designed with the valor grant "Bir Uttam".

After freedom of the nation, Zia was elevated to the position of Colonel in February 1972 and directed a Brigade in Comilla. In June 1972, Zia was selected Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army. He moved toward becoming Brigadier in 1973 and on 10 October of that year was elevated to the position of Major General. On 25 August 1975, Ziaur Rahman, B.U., psc was elevated to the position of Lt. General and accepted the accountability of Chief of Army Staff. In an overthrow on 3 November 1975, he was, in any case, expelled from his order and was put under house capture. 'Sepoy-Janata Biplob' pursued this occasion on 7 November 1975, prompting Zia's discharge and reestablishment. He ended up one of the Deputy CMLAs, and on 29 November 1976 turned into the CMLA. The Chief Justice of SC, Justice Syed A. B. Mahmood Hussain on 21 April 1977, swore in Lt. General Ziaur Rahman as President of the Republic.

Late President Zia coasted another political gathering called the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on 1 September 1978. He turned into its Chairman. Race to Jatiya Sangsadn (National Assembly) was hung on 18 February 1979 and BNP won 207 seats out of 300. In the absolute first session of Parliament held in April, Martial Law was lifted (6 April 1979) after the entry of the Fifth Amendment Bill. Trusting in free stream of data, he likewise lifted all limitations identifying with printing and distribution of news and perspectives. Following his requests, the enrollment of ladies in the police constrain began on 8 March 1976. In November 1977, Zia began a program of waterway burrowing for expanding horticultural yield. He set up Women's Affairs Ministry on 11 December 1977. He likewise expanded the quantity of saved seats for ladies in the Jatiya Sangsad from 15 to 30 and raised the standard for ladies in government employments. In February 1980, Zia set up associations at town level called Gram Sarkar with the end goal of elevating the social and monetary state of villagers. An enemy of endowment act was additionally passed on 12 December 1980. Additionally, he set up the Ministry of Youth Development, which was later converged with the Ministry of Sports.

Ziaur Rahman revived the social existence of Bangladesh. In 1976, he presented the yearly 'Ekusay Padak' to offer acknowledgment to prestigious litterateurs, specialists, educationists and noticeable identities who had participated in the Language Movement and in different strolls of national life. In 1977 Swadhinata Puraskar (Independence Award) - the most elevated national honor - was additionally acquainted with perceive critical commitments of people/associations in different fields. He set up the Shishu Academy and Shishu Park.

He was the initiator of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which turned into a reality in 1985. Zia ended up one of the individuals from the Al Quds, Committee on the freedom of Jerusalem (1981) and an individual from the Peace Mission to end the Iran-Iraq War (1981). At home, he built up the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) in 1978.

Ziaur Rahman wedded Begum Khaleda Zia in 1960. Khaleda Zia is the Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). She had been the Prime Minister of Bangladesh twice. They have two children, Tareq Rahman, and Arafat Rahman.

Amid his term of intensity, Zia was scrutinized for merciless treatment of his military resistance. In spite of the fact that he delighted in general fame and open certainty, Zia's recovery of the absolute most disputable enemy of Bangladesh freedom men in Bangladesh stimulated savage resistance from the supporters of the Awami League and veterans of its Mukti Bahini. In the midst of theory and fears of agitation, Zia went on visit to Chittagong on 29 May 1981 to help resolve an intra-party political debate in the territorial BNP. Zia and his escort remained medium-term at the Chittagong Circuit House. In the early hours of the morning of 30 May, he was killed by a gathering of armed force officers. Likewise murdered were six of his protectors and two aides.Nearly two million individuals are assessed to have gone to the memorial service held at the Parliament Square.

Zia has been regarded by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation for his statesmanship and vision. Ziaur Rahman was additionally regarded with Egypt's most astounding state respect Order of the Nile; Order of the Yugoslav Star, the most noteworthy state respect of previous Yugoslavia and the Hero Of The Republic from North Korea amid his lifetime for his initiative. Zia has been the namesake of numerous open organizations, for example, in the past the Zia International Airport in Dhaka, which is the busiest air terminal in the country. Turkey has named a vital street in Ankara as Ziaur Rahman Caddesi after his passing to respect him.

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যাও এবার নাঁকে তেল দিয়ে ঘুমাও ২০০৫ঃ পদ্মাসেতুঃ জাপান এ্যম্বাসির বিশেষ বুকলেট https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B86xRu_aX45tdIOTUO-AWB-_QCVSMIZr/view?usp=drivesdk ২০০৫ঃ জাইকার ফিজিবিলিটি ষ্টাডিঃ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BAXGXYptuo8e8zHo7LbnQK36C-CfAuKv/view?usp=drivesdk এরপরেও যারা দন্তস্ফুট করবেন তাদের জন্য বর্তমান অর্থোরিটির আর্কাইভ। The Bridge Pride https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BDtBTukkrr-HbS4hdi7u95jfXq7dO9y-/view?usp=drivesdk Two years have passed since I assumed a responsibility as Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh in May, 2003. Since then, I have been enjoying visiting various parts of the country and meeting many people with various backgrounds. I have been expressing my thoughts and observations gained through such opportunities by making speeches on various occasions and writing essays in our Embassy's E-Bulletin. I am pleased that our Embassy issues this booklet "Making a Bridge between Japan and Bangladesh" on the special occasion of the visit of Her Excellency Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, to Japan from July 11 to 15, 2005. I hope that people who are interested and engaged in Japan-Bangladesh relations find this booklet useful in enhancing their understanding of the partnership between Japan and Bangladesh. Matsushiro Horiguchi Ambassador of Japan Dhaka, July 2005 মাগার আমরা অনলাইন এ্যক্টিভিষ্টরা কিন্তু তবুও ম্যাথর সম্প্রদায়। © Wasim Iftekharul Haque https://www.instagram.com/p/Cem7TKpPL5n/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Begum Khaleda Zia Biodata, Biography, and Family Details

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৯০ এর মাইনফিল্ডে বেগম জিয়া

বেগম জিয়া ঐক্যবদ্ধ আন্দোলনের তাগাদা অনুভব করলেন। কিন্তু এও বুঝলেন শক্তির ভারসাম্যে একক ভাবে দাঁড়ানো আপাতত অসম্ভব। দলের সামনে দুটি বিকল্প তখন।

১) ১৫ দলীয় জোটে যুক্তি।

২) নিজেই বিকল্প শক্তি কেন্দ্র হওয়া।

১৫ দলের ১১ দফার ভেতর ৭২ সংবিধান পুনরুজ্জীবন ছিল। ফলে এই জোটে যাওয়া ইডিওলজিগত ভাবে অসম্ভব। নেত্রী বিকল্প পথে হাঁটলেন। ১৫ দলের বাইরের অন্যান্য দল নিয়ে সমান্তরাল ৭ দলীয় জোট গঠন করেন। ফলে বিরোধী দল হিসাবে BNP'র আবয়ব মানুষের কাছে স্পষ্টতর হল। বেগম জিয়া তখন পর্যন্ত রাজনীতিতে কিছুটা পিছিয়েই ছিলেন। কিন্তু ৭ দলীয় জোট গঠন, ৫ দফা প্রনয়ণ ও ১৫ দলের সাথে সমঝোতার ভিত্তিতে যুগপৎ আন্দোলন করতে চাওয়ার দূরদর্শী সিদ্ধান্ত নিলেন তিনি।

ফলে দৃশ্যতঃ যে সামান্যটুকু পিছিয়ে ছিলেন তা প্রবলভাবে পার হলেন নেত্রী।

এই প্রেক্ষিতে এরশাদ সংলাপ প্রস্তাব করেন। কিন্তু বেগম জিয়ার দল সমঝোতা থোড়াই কেয়ার করে সান্ধ্য কালিন বিক্ষোভ কর্মসূচী বৃদ্ধি করেন। ফলে আরেকদফা পরীক্ষায় উত্তীর্ণ হন তিনি।

২৮ নভেম্বর ৮৩ তে বিক্ষোভ রাজনীতি বন্ধে সন্ধ্যা থেকে সান্ধ্য আইন জাড়ি হয়। বেগম জিয়া তখন তাঁর প্রতিরোধ পলিসি পালটে ফেলেন। সান্ধ্য আইন কার্যকর শুরু হওয়া সময়ের আগ পর্যন্ত টানা জনসভা, পথসভা করার মাধ্যমে সান্ধ্য আইনকে স্বৈরাচার এরশাদের হরিষে বিষাদে পরিণত করেন।

এই কৌশলী প্রতিবাদে জিয়ার উত্তরসুরী নেত্রী বেগম জিয়ার কারিশমা দেখে আবার আশাবাদী হয়ে ওঠে দেশের মানুষ। Morning Shows The Day.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (R) and opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia (L) sits at a wedding reception for Khaleda's second son's Arafat Rahman Koko. Dhaka, March 29, (1997) Photographer- Rafiqur Rahman. https://www.instagram.com/p/CLeh-VtjnKq/?igshid=1a1d2l0abkqbo

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আমরা আগেই উদ্বেগ প্রকাশ করে বলেছিলাম যে, বিচার বিভাগকে প্রভাবিত করে শেখ হাসিনা মিথ্যা মামলায় বেগম খালেদা জিয়াকে সাজা দেবার চেষ্টা করবে। আমাদের সেই আশঙ্কা সত্যি হয়েছে; এটা এখন প্রমানিত যে, প্রশাসন কর্তৃক পাতানো রায় দেয়া হয়েছে।

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In the previous two cases, the arrest warrant will not be released even after bail As the time goes on, the youth of the BNP has become angry with the lawyers. The majority of the BNP thinks that Begum Zia is involved with her lawyer.

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Khaleda is getting the green signal to go abroad for treatment?

Discussions are effective over between a number engagement in relation to the overseas treatment regarding BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, anybody was once released concerning a government rule among a trust between the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) case. It is animal spoke of as the problem is wight mentioned at the pinnacle degree about the regimen on the part about Khaleda Zia's family. That is in what no Faithful is visible. That is in what the BNP leaders operate now not necessarily according to speech whatever directly. However, that is realized so much the BNP chump wishes run overseas because cure at somebody epoch condition she receives the inexperienced signal beyond the government. On March 25, the government released Khaleda Zia over parole after suspending her conviction because of vii months appropriate to the coronavirus situation. The regimen determined in conformity with suspending his judgment concerning the condition as he acquires scientific therapy beside domestic and can't continue abroad. After her subject release, Khaleda Zia improved to Firoza, a rented residence between Gulshan. He is still there. At unique times, the leaders about the birthday celebration talked touching the therapy about the BNP chief abroad. Following this, BNP minister universal Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of July x at a virtual oppress convention highlighted the necessity because of Khaleda Zia's cure abroad. Then regarding July 11, Khaleda Zia's cousin sister Selima Islam also fowl in relation to the necessity for her therapy abroad. A vice-chairman on the BNP, whichever did no longer need to be named, told Jago News as Madam used to be no longer released appropriately according to the stress over the movement of the birthday party leaders than workers and he used to be no longer released due after the felony war of the party. The path he used to be released was by means of governance order. When it comes to active abroad, such perform stay kind of a liberation process. This performs stand a software yet anybody sordid ideal process, however not the most important one. Begum Khaleda Zia does go to London with the aid of an extraordinary plane agreement he receives the inexperienced signal beside the top-level concerning the government. Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Khaleda Zia's lawyer yet BNP agreement secretary-general, spoke of Begum Zia did now not arrive abroad concerning a court docket order. He came out with the aid of the executive rule over the government. Due to Corona's condition, the government launched him considering his health. Three fingers among the middle over his left extremity are bent. There are also problems including hypertension, diabetes, arthritis. But at last, he is not in a position in accordance with come therapy fit to Corona. "Since the rule has released him for a remedy however he has no longer been treated, the governance may additionally reflect on consideration on applying regarding party over his family," spoke of Mahbub Uddin Khokon. However, Selima Islam noted Khaleda Zia wished in accordance with going abroad because better treatment but suggested no closing selection had been instituted in conformity with appeal in imitation of the regimen after going after London. Asked whether or not Khaleda Zia had long gone overseas because medical therapy and whether or not that desired to apply, BNP minister standard Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, "No, no, like is no question,  I apply?" (Government) has devoted conditions. Now zero is occurring with these. So what intention remains the therapy on the chairperson? In a report in imitation of certain a question, Fakhrul said, "I cannot lecture it." It relies upon whoever is treating or concerning the government, or they choice look at that thing. We are making an attempt our best, like is no certain thing now. We will beg for his bail. Asked respecting the system by who Khaleda Zia execute pace abroad because of treatment, ACC attorney Mosharraf Hossain Kajal said, "There are pair legal methods because of medical treatment abroad." A legal process. That is, condition the accused has an alliance with the court, the court docket wish to determine whether the accused execute remain sent overseas then not. It has criteria. Will he return, yet does she need treatment? First, did the wood crave him because of cure abroad? "You bear viewed up to expectation Khaleda Zia's case has been repeatedly mentioned between the Supreme Court. Khaleda's attorneys could now not consign an exceptional announcement to the Chief Justice on the Supreme Court or ignoble judges. This is by what means each and every age they requested because of the trough for scientific therapy abroad, the courtroom did no longer agree. On the contrary, she bird on honest treatment in Bangladesh, according in accordance with as his remedy is current on. Secondly, Khaleda Zia used to be no longer released out of the penal complex regarding the orders about the court. He got here oversea as much per the instructions of the government. Now, the agreement headdress so such remedy is needed, those concerned perform decide. I can not lecture extra than as namely a lawyer, ”said lawyer Kajal.

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The lawyers sought the release of the Khaleda suspended

Eng News 24h The lawyers sought the release of the Khaleda suspended

The Nationalist Lawyer Forum has demanded the release of Khaleda Zia, who was sentenced to life imprisonment under section 3 (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, the convenor of the association, demanded that a press conference be held at the auditorium of Shaheed Shafiur Rahman of the Supreme Court Lawyers Association building on Thursday.

If the demand is not met, on Monday, January 7, he announced a protest program on Monday demanding the release and release of Khaleda Zia at all lawyers' associations in the country.

Khandaker Mahbub Hossain also said that former three-time Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has been jailed for two false cases due to political vendetta. She is an old, sick woman. Under conventional law, he deserves bail. The medical board reported from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical College Hospital that he needed advanced treatment in his present condition. But no action has been taken so far.

“We think this is an extreme expression of political revenge,” he said. It is to be noted here that under Article 1 (1) of the Criminal Procedure, the Government has the sole power to indefinitely postpone any punishment. We hope that the government can release Khaleda Zia for legal treatment by avoiding retaliation. That is the good will of the government. Therefore, we urge the government to immediately suspend the imprisonment of Begum Khaleda Zia and demand that she be given the opportunity at home or abroad.

Member Secretary of the Nationalist Lawyer Forum was present at the press conference. Fazlur Rahman Khan, joint convener AJ Mohammad Ali, Zainul Abedin, Nitai Roy Chowdhury, Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon, secretary of the Lawyers Association, joint convener Masud Ahmed Talukder, barrister Kaiser Kamal, Md. Farooq Hossain, Mohiuddin Mahim.

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A woman from the other political party

Because the issue is not feminism. Definitely not. Since I began with 'political party', I think I should mention a few. Take BJP & AAP for example. Both from India. Not only BJP has a woman wing, their radical Hindutva alliance and their main propagandist RSS too has a woman wing. Even a Muslim wing exists for BJP. I know some stories around this women. Right now, I'm typing on my keyboard, and putting down the words on a gmail draft - whatever is coming to my mind. As I remember, I was googling up that Congress woman this December. Renuka Chowdhury was holding  the Women's and Child Development Minister's post in Congress era, a while ago. Well, several years ago. Now, Renuka was a fierce lady. Whoever else I have seen in the Indian stage? I would, definitely mention Asiya Andrabi - because I was never a supporter of Mehbooba Mufti. I hated her, to be precise. Her Kashmiri political party, PDP - formed an alliance with BJP. Some times later, she resigned.

I support Asiya Andrabi, instead. Because she is the one fighting the colonial power. Mufti, along with Taslima Nasreen, Sushma Swaraj, Uma Bharti etc - are supposed to be written in a different record. I made an attempt to think up a name for that. Should it be 'The Indian Mademoiselles'?   Asiya Andrabi is a Muslim lady, called for death penalty for Islamophobes - which was a bit of 'too much Muslim fanaticism' on the TV screen. The Indian channels did broadcast what she was saying, to generate public views, needless to say - in favor of BJP. The fanatic Hindutva party from whom even Hindus are not safe, they kill Dalits because they are from lower caste, not Brahmins - which is still happening in our world. And they kill/ask the Bangladeshi Government to kill and burn and loot the Bangladeshi Hindus - to further their Hindutva agenda. We bear witness to all this claims. We know they are not allegations, they are real. But caste is a thing in our world. I'm allowing my words to flow on, to take whatever turns it wants. In Bangladesh, the lower cast is BNP, lowest is Jamat - the 'political pariah'. The Brahmin is Awami League, though BNP is the word which begins with a B. That is all BNP and Brahmin have in common. The Brahmin ideology is about inferior race and superior race. Everybody else is inferior if you're a Brahmin. However, we were supposed to talk about political feminism - not religion. There are things around women happening in Bangladesh. That is our politics. The two women - Khaleda Zia, and Sheikh Hasina. If we look at India, it's BJP and Congress. Sushma Swaraj vs whom? Renuka Chowdhury? Or Sonia Gandhi? Renuka is long out of news. But she was as fierce as Asiya, our Kashmiri Jihadist woman. Mamata Banerjee has been termed 'Jihadi didi' by BJP supporters, that J-word reminds me. She has a fan base in Bangladesh, since there are Bangladeshis who know too well changing the Delhi politics is probably the only way out for our stupid, unlivable, insufferable country. The fact is, Bangladeshis themselves are not a big fan of Bangladesh. I call it a ‘shit-hole’. We know our country is gone. Taken. India is in control. We wish we would still be discussing Benazir Bhutto and Reham Khan - but sadly, that is not what is happening. We are discussing Hasina-Khaleda, both of them has been put in the same bracket in world media, 'the two begums'. My talk is simple. If you want Indian women's rights in Bangladesh, you have to deprive Bangladeshi women of their rights. Yesterday, just after I wrote something on Facebook about Hasina's Gopalganj, I got a taxi driver named Sanjaya Gopal. Here in Malaysia. We talked a lot. Even he is aware of it. He knows how Indian crime lords are taking over the SAARC nations. Sanjaya's girlfriend is Bangladeshi, and he complimented me, sayin' you're a nice man, it's difficult to get foreigners like you these days. Back to the point. What are we looking for? Sushma Swaraj's rights? Will she vote in Bangladeshi election? Should she control the Pakistani politics? Is she the one to decide who will come in power in the White House? Donald Trump. Asra Nomani. Nomani is a Muslim reformer, who voted for Trump. Mina Farah is a Bangladeshi feminist who advocates Bangladesh Jamat-e-Islami. Farah voted for Trump.

Here again, this two trump voters are different. Nomani is rather from the Israeli table of the politics. I remember her Facebook post, asking to 'vote for Nazi'. Nazi was a Muslim woman, not the German Nationalsocializmus Party. The post was hilarious, more hilarious than the lady Clinton whose name begin with an H. Asra Nomani kept calling it 'Beloved Yoga'. Well, it's absolutely fine to love Yoga. It's an exercise. I completely understand the sentiment. I know how the flower smells like, if your Yoga seat is in the garden. But she was saying it at a time when Yoga was taking lives in Delhi, Gujarat and other Indian states. BJP used it in their poster, the way it uses classical Indian dance pictures to justify their fascism. We've been reading in the Bangladeshi media that Hilary should have been the President of United States solely because she's a woman. Is that enough? Does your gender auto-qualify you for a very crucial, very important post like that? I'm not saying things wouldn't have been better or worse if Hilary came to power instead of Trump. I'm saying that just because Virginia Woolf once fought for Women's rights and now feminism itself is a commodity in today's world doesn't mean your not-a-he identity auto-qualifies you for something. Trump's party itself has women as well. I'm not into American politics, so I'm skipping the hazard to find out their names for now. Back to the point again. Bangladeshi media is comparing Hilary Clinton with Sheikh Hasina, though Hilary is rumored to be a chief patron of Muhammad Yunus. Hasina was giving Yunus a not-so-enjoyable time a while ago. So, what are we looking for? The right of Indian women in Bangladesh? Or the right of Bangladeshi women in their country? There is no reason to think Bangladeshi women have a say in political affairs. They don't. Khaleda Zia was a Prime Minister because she was Ziaur Rahman's better half, her party chose her as their leader. Hasina is the Prime Minister because she is the daughter of Sheikh Mujib. That is all she has. Her father. That is the landscape and boundary of her world. Nothing else has a chance of existing there, unless it's about she and her father.   Other than Khaleda Zia, the Bangladeshi social media was having its women's hour where the women involved are BNP. There was Afroja Abbas, there was this 25-or-something-years-old Sansila Jerin Prianka - both complaining about how Awami men are treating them. Still I remember I joined a protest demanding Khaleda Zia's immediate release last year. The same day was Women's Day. The Awami-sponsored feminists did everything in their ability excepting physically attacking the BNP protesters. The Awami police was there to perform that job. Awami-sponsored firebrand women were right beside our rally. Their microphone was louder. They were shouting louder. It was Women's Day, and they were proving their point why Khaleda Zia should be kept in jail. By yelling in a higher pitch with their loudspeakers. That is as hilarious as it gets. 

But my point is different.

If you give Indian women what they want, you will have to deprive Kashmiri women of what they want.

If you give Israeli women what they want, you will have to deprive Palestinian women of what they want.

If you give BJP women what they want, you will have to deprive Congressi 'Jihadi didis' of what they want. Asiya Andrabi and Asra Nomani can not work together. Even if their names begin with the same letters. No matter how we wish for it, reality is something else. BNP itself had a woman candidate this time, Hasina Ahmed. Ahmed or whatever. Her name too, was Hasina. This Hasina from BNP too was attacked by Awami Hasina party.

So, who is our girl? Hasina or Khaleda Zia? If one stays in power, the other will stay in jail. It's as simple as that. The issue is definitely not about feminism. The 'Sarkari Feminism', which went to it's worst when Masuda Bhatti, a supporter of Awami League requested to arrest a man who was talking against the government - is all about 'Sarkari' women's rights. Sarkari means Government endorsed. The reality is, our world does have women who are not 'Sarkari', who talk against the Government. What about their rights? What about the Non-Sarkari feminists?

Sheikh Hasina was congratulated from her patron countries, which includes both India and Saudi. If it was not for her, I myself wouldn't have been talking about so many Indian women here. These Saudi fascists, who are treated as notorious in the world stage at the moment for killing Jamal Khasoggi, and those Indians from a different religion, hated in Bangladesh by the Bangladeshi people for ruining our democracy... They are clearly Hasina's favorite, and vice versa. They are aiding her to execute her plans. After the last 30th December, which was two days ago - we know Khaleda Zia is destined to take her last breath in jail. She will not live for long. She is not going to make it.

This systematic murder of the opposition party is happening right in front of the world. World does nothing about it. Bangladeshis have serious conclusions about the world media. Even when it criticizes Hasina, we know it is going to praise her sooner or later. Somebody in the media from either US or Britain has called it 'a choice between Freedom and Prosperity.' Freedom, being a mostly Israeli table's word these days, is about Khaleda Zia right now. Prosperity, is about Sheikh Hasina. This type of headlines gives Hasina the credit, which she doesn't deserve. There are beggars in Kuala Lumpur. But not a lot. However, beggars are a third world phenomena most of the times. Bangladesh, is full of beggars. What the BNP-Jamat women have gathered from recent events is, Hasina was bribing the corrupt police system in Bangladesh. After the election, it turned out that the Army is just as corrupt as police there. If Hasina makes them happy, she stays in power. She even said that loud, I'm quoting her exact words here: 'take bribe from Jamat-BNP, vote Awami'. This is her model of the country, which is Bangladesh. So, what about other women?

There are women in Bangladesh who hate their Prime Minister. Sharing the gender identity with her makes them feel more disgusted.

There are women in BNP.

There are women in Congress, though they too, have patronized Awami League, in historical times.There are women in PTI. Everybody is not a Reham Khan. Everybody doesn't talk negatively about their ex-husband if he becomes the Prime Minister.

There are women in Kashmir. Mehbooba Mufti, Asiya Andrabi and many others. They too are fighting each other to make Kashmir free from India.

There are women in Palestine who might not agree with Gal Gadot. If Gadot takes the lead role in 'Wonder Woman', that is definitely troublesome for the entire world. 

Fighting women with women, feminism with feminism, problem with problem - is rather difficult. In today's world, things are definitely changed. Today's world is not like what it used to be a hundred years ago. More or less, women have different kind of rights. But the world is not a gender war. Women are still getting engaged to men, bridal shops are still in business. Lesbian marriages are a different topic. We are fighting a war against fascism, which is definitely not about gender. Just because you are a man does not auto-qualify you for President's post in the White House, the same thing goes for Hilary with her gender. Everybody expected a surprise. Like Barack Obama was the Black President, the world thought we are going to get a female President. That will happen sooner or later, when you are more qualified than your male counterpart. In Hilary's case, the American people's votes went for Trump.

The Bangladeshi people's votes, everybody knew, were for Khaleda Zia this time. The whole election has been rigged, hilariously. BNP, the second largest political party in Bangladesh with at least 80 million supporters out of 180 something, barely got six seats. Hasina is back to the office again, like I saw in a youtube ad which was auto-promoted, 'the prosperity burger is back'. In reality, fascism is back. I saw that ad before the election and after reading that headline, which claimed it is a choice between freedom and prosperity in Bangladesh.

It's not a choice between genders.

It's not He vs. She.

That ‘gender war’, nobody is fighting. Excepting a few radical feminists. If women now eliminates men/the whole male species go extinct, the world will get destroyed. That will be the apocalypse day. But if the choice becomes She vs. She, which ‘she’ will you choose?

What about the other woman, from the other political party?

Asif Tamoso

02 January 2019

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শাহ্ আজিজুর রহমানের ক্ষমা প্রার্থনা

সাবেক প্রধানমন্ত্রী শাহ্ আজীজুর রহমান, মৃত্যুর পূর্বে অনুনয় বিনয় করে ম্যাডামকে একটা চিঠি পাঠালেন।

এখন রাজনীতিতে ফিরে আসার পরিস্থিতি আমার নাই। তবুও আমারে বিএনপি'র প্রাথমিক সদস্য পদ ফিরিয়ে দেয়া হোক। যেন মৃত্যুর সময় বিএনপি'র হয়ে মারা যেতে পারি।

জিয়ার মৃত্যুর পর দল ভাঙ্গনের মূল কারিগর শাহ আজিজের প্রতি স্বাভাবিক ভাবে ক্ষুব্ধ ছিল বিএনপি ও বেগম জিয়া। ক্ষোভ থাকা স্বত্ত্বেও বেগম জিয়া শাহ আজিজের বহিষ্কারাদেশ প্রত্যাহার করে নেন। বিএনপি'র প্রাথমিক সদস্যপদ ফিরিয়ে দেন। ফলে শাহ আজিজ তার ইচ্ছা অনুযায়ী জাতীয়তাবাদী দলের প্রাথমিক সদস্য হিসেবে মারা যান।।

অথচ ছাত্রদলে একটা জেনারেসানের এত গুলো ছেলে যারা জীবন যৌবনের ডেডিকেশান ও ত্যাগ দিয়েছে এ দলকে; তাদের বহিস্কারাদেশ এখনো তুলে নেয়া হল না।।