Bangaldesh Hartal

[integra]

History repeats itself.....................
Hasina and Khaleda yin yang to death.

 

[InFn-0]

These Arab uprisings have been taking away the limelight of political chaos from us, it is time we take back what is rightfully ours(best political chaos award).

 

[InFn-0]

Well there is a concept of lesser evil in Islam, so in that respect supporting Md. Yunus is acceptable.

 

[Zabaniyah]

There is no question of lesser evil.

Al Fakira claims he is a pious Muslim and follows Islam to the letter.

Therefore, supporting usury is totally haram and there can be no lesser evil about that!

You are a Muslim and so maybe you want to help him to weasel out, but even so, you cannot change the religious tenets!

Usury is haram.

That is why Islamic countries are changing to Islamic Banking.

By no stretch of imagination, al Fakira's canditate Md Yunus for President is undertaking Islamic banking. Yunus is indulging in pure and simple usury!!

A true Muslim would rather abstain than support someone indulging in haram!

Well, unlike Hasina and the other AL scumbags now, Md. Yunus has done SOMETHING.

And do you honestly think that the historical and today's oppression of the AL is "Islamic"? Mind you, I am not a great fan of Jamaat and the likes.

Muslim countries already use the interest system. Islamic banking is an option, and has a growing market. Are you saying that all Muslim-majority countries are hypocrites?

It is equal exchange, you save, you get interest. You apply for loan, you pay interest. Equivalent exchange more or less.

From what I understand, the main point as far as interest goes in Islam is that it is unequal exchange. The basic point is: why borrow and pay more in return?

Today's standards and standards of ancient Arabia are not the same.

Today, many people, especially retired senior citizens rely on getting interest receivables from their bank savings. That is how they make a living. I don't see any harm there.

If Grameen had not charged interest rate, it would not have been profitable and reach where it is now. Many of Grameen's stakeholders and stockholders were the poor people who took loans from it. They also get share of profit.

Islamic banking follows very complex models, but has a growing market.

I don't know why so many Indians here dislike Md. Yunus. Don't know about general Indian opinion.

The bottom line is, Md. Yunus did something, and gave Bangladesh a global image in something worth fighting for.

Regardless of what Hasina and the Indians say, I'll always fight for Md. Yunus. I don't care if they are a million times stronger than me.

Yeah, put out Yunus's Nobel Peace Prize Award out in the open, Hasina will gladly steal it and claim it as her own.

Its a shame that an intelligent person you sympathize with thieves.

So much for anything "Islamic" about being a thief. You know, the punishment for theft in Islam is pretty harsh.

 

[desioptimist]

Dont know about other countries, but it is absolutely necessary for Bangladesh that there is a Caretaker Government or there is just no way elections will be remotely fair.

@desioptimist : The head of the caretaker government is the Chief Justice. If there is one person in the country that is trustworthy then it should be that guy, unless it has been chosen by AL ofcourse, lol.

I am not specifically talking about AL decision, I am talking in general about democratic precesses, when TTT wanted it to be implemented in India. As you yourself pointed out, the caretaker system can be subverted by appointing chief justice of your choice.

In the end it is easier to throw out an unpopular AL govt by popular vote, remember anti incumbency works against them when they are in power. In populous countries like India and BD, it is not so easy to subvert the whole electoral process, when foreign media is watching you too.

Appointing an unelected person to head your country is not wise even if it is for a few days. It is lame duck govt, and wont be able to react to disasters.
And what if that person captures power and stays on with help of army.
Countries where democracy has not taken deep roots should be very wary giving power to somebody even for few days.

 

[kobiraaz]

 

[Al-zakir]

^^^
Wow! Unreal. Where are the people at? What is your opinion about the yesterday's Hartal? Do you think people of Bangladesh supported BNP against Awamis fascist decision?

On lighter note, perhaps we should call for Hartal every day. At least Dhaka would be clean and traffic jam free.

 

[Al-zakir]

BNP announces 2-day agitation
80 held during hartal

Police cordon off BNP’s Naya Paltan office in the capital during the nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal on Sunday.

Photo: STAR/Palash KhanStar Online Report

The BNP announced a two-day protest programme which includes countrywide demonstration, as a nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal passed off almost peacefully on Sunday.

Announcing the programme in the afternoon, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, acting secretary general of the party, said they will stage a rally in the capital on Monday and countrywide demonstrations the next day to protest “the attacks and mass arrests” of their men during the strike.

Police picked up at least 80 leaders and activists of BNP and its party wings from the capital and elsewhere in the country during the shutdown.

Three cocktails were exploded near BNP’s Naya Paltan office and Mirpur.

BNP and its key ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami enforced the hartal since 6:00am demanding the caretaker system must stay in place for holding parliamentary elections. Other constituents of the four-party political alliance and like-minded parties extended support to the hartal.

Police detained 30 activists of BNP and its party wings, including a former Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader of Dhaka University, when they tried to enter BNP’s central office at Naya Paltan, which remained almost cordoned off by police since the morning.

Mirza Fakhrul, also senior joint secretary general of the party, and many other leaders were also present there.

Police dispersed the leaders and activists at around 11:05am after two cocktails were exploded on a road near the BNP office.

The law enforcers also held 14 BNP men from Mohakhali crossing in the morning while they were trying to bring out a procession.

Meanwhile, three JCD men were picked up in front of Raysaheb Bazar in old part of Dhaka city at about 10:45am as they were attempting to bring out a procession.

A cocktail was exploded in front of Mukto Bangla shopping complex in Mirpur-1 at about 10:30am, leaving a rickshaw-puller seriously injured.

A number of motorised vehicles were seen plying in Mirpur and Pallabi as the activists and leaders of Awami League and its associate organisations riding on around 50 motorcycles were patrolling the areas to prevent picketing in the morning.

In Chittagong, police captured three people from Dewanhat and two others from Ek Kilometre area of Chandgaon in the city when they were picketing at about 9:30am, reports our staff correspondent.

Our Noakhali correspondent reports, police held 14 people from different parts of the district during the hartal hours.

They shot 15 rounds of bullets to bring the situation under control when pro-hartal activists ransacked five trucks at Afania Bazar in Begumganj upazila at about 10:00am.

Rtv district correspondent Monir Hossain and cameraperson Moshiur Rahman sustained injuries in an attack by pickets while they were taking pictures’ of police action on them.

Police charged batons on a BNP procession at Dattarhat at about 9:30am, injuring 10 people.

Our Narayanganj correspondent reports, 10 BNP men were injured when police charged batons on their procession at DIT commercial area in the town at about 6:30am.

Police picked up nine people, including BNP joint secretary of town unit Moksudul Alam Khandakar Khorshed and District Jubo Dal President Mamun Mahmud, from the spot.

In Narsingdi, 20 people were injured during a chase and counter chase between police and BNP activists at Bazirmore in the town. Police held five people from the spot.

At least 30 BNP men were injured in separate clashes with cops in Kaliajuri upazila and Netrakona town.

Faruque Ahmed, JCD general secretary of Barhatta upazila, was arrested during the hartal, reports our Netrakona correspondent.

The announcement for the simultaneous programme came from separate press briefings held by BNP and Jamaat on June 1 to protest what both parties said the government move to scrap the provision for caretaker government system in the constitution.

Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) and Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ), two other components of the BNP-led four-party alliance, extended support for the hartal.

Two other like-minded parties -- Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP) and National Democratic Party (NDP) -- also suppotred the hartal call.

The announcement of hartal came hot in the heels of a political debate brewing over the dissolution of the CG system by the Supreme Court.

The Appellate Division on May 10 in a verdict declared the caretaker government system unconstitutional and void, but observed that the system may be practiced for holding two more parliamentary elections for the sake of "safety of the state and its people".

On Monday, the premier did not give consent to continuation of the interim government system when the parliamentary special committee on constitutional amendment, at a meeting with the PM, proposed two different models of caretaker government for two more general elections.

It is the fifth hartal of BNP. Earlier, BNP observed four hartal programmes on June 27, November 14 and 30 last year and February 7 this year to realise it’s various demanded.

 

[Roybot]

Some interesting photos from the hartal.

 

[Al-zakir]

These Awmai police faces should be noted. They has been acting like Awamis cadres. Strong punishment await them.

 

[Zabaniyah]

The AL are evil people.

 

[Roybot]

These Awmai police faces should be noted. They has been acting like Awamis caders. Strong punishment await them.

Awami police force?

 

[kobiraaz]

Awami police force?

yes. After c0ming to power Sheikh Hasina made huge changes in police department. . . Now all the important position/persons in the police department are controlled by Awamileague. . . They are just like Gangsters in uniform. Lol. BNP will do the same if they come to power next. .

 

[Roybot]

But the belting is justified man. I don't know whats wrong with people from sub continent. Hartal can easily be done without burning and vandalizing public property. They don't realise that its their tax money which is going down the drain. But then again most of these hartalis are probably illiterate goons who don't pay taxes anyways so why should they care eh?

P.S: Doesn't Dhaka look gorgeous without all that traffic and people milling about.

 

[Al-zakir]

P.S: Doesn't Dhaka look gorgeous without all that traffic and people milling about.

Yes it does. Dhaka infrastructure isn't that bad. The main problem is it's too crowed.