Finally, The Economist speaks!

[Galaxy]

The bottom line is - the AL is not very popular at the moment among common Bangladeshis. And it's not solely because of India as you are assuming.

I can understand But still no one can give Guarantee in Politics. No one can tell 50% Voters views. They decide @ End and they don't speak about their opinion. Only 50% are fixed voters. 10% Swing makes big difference. What is expected not always become reality. I am not commenting on AL as i really don't know her work. Just on Politics.

There are numerous example of this. Even everyone was supporting BJP in 2004 Still BJP lost badly. Why ?? I still don't know!! I thought BJP might lose state election in Uttrakhand in 2008, But BJP won and still ruling now. Today, Most of the people are supporting BJP you must have realised but will BJP will win 2014 election with Guarantee ? Can win but no guarantee. It happens everywhere.

 

[InFn-0]

AL are currently dangerously unpopular. The prime reasons being (1) Fascist mentality (2) Dr Yunus and (3) Price of Essentials.

 

[Dalai Lama]

Economic indicators were also good back in the BNP administration. Your point being? Bangladesh's energy requirements are still far from being fully fulfilled for the present and the future.

Again, whatever reasons the AL aren't popular at the moment, not EVERYTHING is to do with India. There are a whole host of reasons why they are disliked.

Read credible media sources like The Daily Star closely - especially the editorial section.

Please list some of those reasons for us. My perception from being on this forum is different.

 

[Zabaniyah]

Please list some of those reasons for us. My perception from being on this forum is different.

Try finding them out yourself. I have already mentioned many examples here.

 

[Dalai Lama]

Try finding them out yourself. I have already mentioned many examples here.

No need to be rude. I don't see any reasons here:

Beautiful. Just beautiful

They should also treat the AL thugs like what Bashar is doing in Syria in case they cause too much trouble after

With their current record, they won't honestly win the elections - guaranteed.

Question: Did you even read the article? It comes from a credible source. Not some Bangladeshi one.

The bottom line is - the AL is not very popular at the moment among common Bangladeshis. And it's not solely because of India as you are assuming.

Economic indicators were also good back in the BNP administration. Your point being? Bangladesh's energy requirements are still far from being fully fulfilled for the present and the future.

Again, whatever reasons the AL aren't popular at the moment, not EVERYTHING is to do with India. There are a whole host of reasons why they are disliked.

Read credible media sources like The Daily Star closely - especially the editorial section.

I was just curious to know.

 

[Zabaniyah]

No need to be rude. I don't see any reasons here:

I was just curious to know.

Mate, I wasn't being rude. It's just that there has been a lot of talk about the AL here on PDF already as to why the AL isn't popular in Bangladesh at the moment.

Basically, Hasina is trying to create a one-party state like her father tried (and died trying). The AL can be extremely childish. In my area, the previous BNP administration planted neem trees. When the AL came to power, they chopped them off and planted new ones. That's just one example.

The reasons behind the harassment of Muhammad Yunus are pathetic.

And there is the spiral of prices of basic food items. Yes, there is inflation in the world, but they raised it too much. The AL men intentionally manipulate them. Don't wanna sound desperate, but that's the ground reality. Of-course, it hits the lower and middle classes hard. And generally speaking, Bangladesh has a very weak middle class, even compared to India.

The AL claim to be Socialist, but all of their members are rich. Even their MPs. Back in the 90's, all of the government run industries were looted by AL men when the AL came to power.

Heavy politics going on everywhere in the country. Even the war crimes trails are politically motivated. The main problem is not the AL party itself, the big part of the problem is Hasina.

And as the article suggests, the AL are misusing history for their own benefit. Even positioning Mujib as a cult personality even though he is dead. Are supposed to worship a dead person like in North Korea? Sorry, but my god is Allah, not the AL.

They are even trying to approve the building of a $7.2 billion airport even though the current one in Dhaka is not fully utilized and more than enough to fulfill the country's requirements. There was violence over the issue as well. With that money, they can feed the country's entire population for 20 years.

The reasons for the increasing dislike of the AL among Bangladeshis are many. I have just listed a few.

 

[Roybot]

Govt takes up issue with Economist | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com

 

[BanglaBhoot]

I am glad that The Economist has settled the argument that Transit does indeed have a military component of supplying troops in the North East. TTT had denied this several times but now even The Economist agrees with me.

 

[Tshering22]

So what happens if AL comes back to power again in 2013? Are we going to have to endure 5 more years of whining from Bangladeshis or will you guys just give up?

Don't say that mate. Even we got this stinky government... they also need to be kicked out. But if BNP and NDA (has to) come to power again, boy! we are going to have a really animated Indo-Bangla border.

 

[Tshering22]

I am glad that The Economist has settled the argument that Transit does indeed have a military component of supplying troops in the North East. TTT had denied this several times but now even The Economist agrees with me.

Are you telling me that GOI doesn't pay GOB for transit rights of troop movement into our (NE) side of India? I don't understand why you want to keep economic side so India-free. Trust me, transit rights are a reasonably good source of revenue.

 

[LaBong]

how would be bjp be different than? they are quite reasonable fellows and would want maintain good relation with neighbours unlike bangladeshis.

yeah if bangladeshis indulgle in misadventure we can always shut farakka gate down.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Are you telling me that GOI doesn't pay GOB for transit rights of troop movement into our (NE) side of India? I don't understand why you want to keep economic side so India-free. Trust me, transit rights are a reasonably good source of revenue.

India will have to pay transit.

But Micky Munshi, who live in total fear of India, feel the transit will be for military purposes.

The poor man is divorced from reality of the subcontinent having just arrived from Blighty.

He think Bangladeshis are damned fools (remember he has just returned from the UK and so everything is wrong back home, fil.thy, corruption, chaos and what have you) and will not be checking what is going through. He has no idea of Customs, having made himself to believe that it is correct from BD to smuggle goods into India and vice versa).

 

[Skies]

UPDATE 01:

Bangladesh accuses Economist magazine of smear campaign

4 August 2011 Last updated at 07:07 GMT

Dipu Moni says the report undermined India-Bangladesh relations

Bangladesh's foreign minister has accused The Economist magazine of running a "smear campaign" against the country.

Dipu Moni was reacting to a report in the magazine which said that India had helped and funded the ruling party's election victory in 2008.

The magazine alleged that "bags of Indian cash and advice" had helped the Awami League to come to power.

Ms Moni told local website bdnews24 that the report was "disgraceful".

In a story titled Embraceable You, The Economist wrote that relations between India and Bangladesh had "blossomed" ever since "2008, when the Awami League, helped by bags of Indian cash and advice, triumphed in general elections in Bangladesh".

Ms Moni said the report had "undermined the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India".

"People know that the Awami League did not win the election [because] it got money or advice from any country, rather the people elected [it] to form the government," she said.

Ms Moni said the magazine had earlier opposed the International Crimes Tribunal to try those Bangladeshis accused of collaborating with the Pakistani forces and committing atrocities during the nine-month bloody war of independence in 1971.

"If we add up all of this, it seems they are campaigning against Bangladesh and the government," she said.

BBC News - Bangladesh accuses Economist magazine of smear campaign





UPDATE 02:

Bangladesh Outraged by Economist Article Alleging Indian Financial Help Put Awami League in Power

The foreign minister of Bangladesh is outraged by an article in The Economist magazine which alleged that India helped to finance the ruling party’s election triumph in 2008.

In an article entitled ‘Embraceable You,’ the magazine claimed that “bags of Indian cash and advice" helped the Awami League sweep to power.

Minister Dipu Moni accused The Economist of waging a “smear campaign” against the Dhaka government.

She told a news service the report was "disgraceful" and that it likely "undermined the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India".

"People know that the Awami League did not win the election [because] it got money or advice from any country, rather the people elected [it] to form the government," she said.

Moni pointed to possible bias at The Economist, citing that the magazine earlier opposed a move by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal to prosecute Bangladeshis accused of collaborating with Pakistani forces and committing atrocities during the 1971 war of independence.

"If we add up all of this, it seems they [The Economist] are campaigning against Bangladesh and the government," she said.

"It seems to me there is a smear campaign going on against Bangladesh.”


Bangladesh Outraged by Economist Article Alleging Indian Financial Help Put Awami League in Power - International Business Times

 

[kobiraaz]

"People know that the Awami League did not win the election [because] it got money or advice from any country, rather the people elected [it] to form the government," she said.
[/B]

as if we are

 

[Zabaniyah]

Bangladesh Outraged by Economist Article Alleging Indian Financial Help Put Awami League in Power - International Business Times

Nice to see their paranoia.