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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Murders, repression: Bangladesh government must tighten security and let civil society breathe






Times of India editorial


The horrific spate of murders of intellectuals, bloggers and activists by Islamists in Bangladesh continues apace. In the latest killings Rajshahi University professor Rezaul Karim, editor of an LGBT magazine Xulhaz Mannan, and theatre artiste Mahbub Tonoy were hacked to death in two separate incidents. While the Islamic State terror group has claimed Karim’s killing, a branch of al-Qaida has taken responsibility for the Mannan and Tonoy murders. However, the Bangladeshi government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina continues to deny the presence of the transnational terror groups in the country and blames the violence on home-grown extremists.


That’s cold comfort when the government is unable to control the spate of killings. Even more bizarre is Hasina’s and her ministers’ repeated assertions that secular writers and bloggers should refrain from hurting religious sentiments. The victims cannot be blamed for bringing the attacks upon themselves. Taken together, an impression is growing in Bangladesh that the Hasina administration is in denial about ground realities and giving in to autocratic tendencies in dealing with criticism. The filing of sedition cases against Mahfuz Anam, respected editor of the Daily Star, for publishing stories critical of Hasina eight years ago exemplifies this point.


Add to this the fact that there’s no real opposition in the Bangladesh parliament today – the official parliamentary opposition Jatiya Party has three members in the Hasina cabinet. This has allowed criticism of Bangladesh’s ongoing 1971 war crimes trials as targeting leaders of only the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami – the actual opposition to the ruling Awami League. It’s in this situation that groups like IS are threatening to turn Bangladesh into their hub for launching attacks even inside India. To counter this Hasina must rein in her government’s autocratic tendencies, enforce law and order and permit pluralism. That’s what New Delhi ought to be telling her as well.


Wednesday, April 27, 2016

āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļে āĻĒāϰিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒিāϤ āĻšāϤ্āϝাāĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄেāϰ āϘāϟāύা⧟ āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘেāϰ āωāĻĻ্āĻŦেāĻ—

āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļে āĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻŽāϤাāĻŦāϞāĻŽ্āĻŦীāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻĒāϰিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒিāϤāĻšāϤ্āϝাāĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄেāϰ āĻļেāώ āĻĻেāĻ–āϤে āĻĒাāϚ্āĻ›ে āύা āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘ। āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļে āϘāϟে āϝাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻāĻ•েāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻĒāϰিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒিāϤ āĻšāϤ্āϝাāĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄেāϰ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖে āωāĻĻ্āĻŦেāĻ— āϜাāύি⧟েāĻ›ে āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘ।

āϰাāϜāϧাāύীāϰ āĻ•āϞাāĻŦাāĻ—াāύে āĻŽাāϰ্āĻ•িāύ āĻĻূāϤাāĻŦাāϏেāϰ āϏাāĻŦেāĻ• āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽāĻ•āϰ্āϤা āϜুāϞāĻšাāϏ āĻŽাāύ্āύাāύāϏāĻš āϜো⧜া āĻ–ুāύেāϰ āϘāϟāύা⧟ āωāĻĻ্āĻŦেāĻ— āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļ āĻ•āϰে āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘেāϰ āφāĻŦাāϏিāĻ• āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāύিāϧি āφāϜ āĻĻে⧟া āĻāĻ• āĻŦিāĻŦৃāϤিāϤে āĻāχ āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āĻ•āϰেāύ।

āĻŦিāĻŦৃāϤিāϤে āϤিāύি āĻŦāϞেāύ, āĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻŽāϤাāĻŦāϞāĻŽ্āĻŦীāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āφāϰো āĻāĻ•āϟি āύৃāĻļংāϏ āĻšāϤ্āϝাāĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄে āφāĻŽāϰা āĻļোāĻ•াāĻšāϤ। āϏāĻŽাāϜāĻ•āϰ্āĻŽীāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻ•্āϰāĻŽাāĻ—āϤāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦে⧜ে āϝাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āφāĻ•্āϰāĻŽāύেāϰ āĻ•োāύো āĻļেāώ āĻĻেāĻ–া āϝাāϚ্āĻ›ে āύা। āϏāϰ্āĻŦāϏাāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ• āϘāϟāύা⧟ āϏāĻšিংāϏāϤা āĻ“ āϚāϰāĻŽāĻĒāύ্āĻĨাāϰ āĻļিāĻ•াāϰ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›েāύ āϜুāϞāĻšাāϏ āĻŽাāύ্āύাāύ āĻ“ āĻŽাāĻšāĻŦুāĻŦ āϤāύ⧟।

āĻŦিāĻŦৃāϤিāϤে āĻŦāϞা āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļে āĻ…āϏāĻšিāώ্āĻŖুāϤা āϏংāĻļ্āϞিāώ্āϟ āϏāĻšিংāϏāϤা āĻŦে⧜ে āϝাāϚ্āĻ›ে। āϏংāĻ–্āϝাāĻ—āϰিāώ্āĻ  āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻŽāϤে āϏাāĻĨে āĻŽিāϞ āύেāχ - āĻāĻŽāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻĻেāϰ āϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āϤুāϤে āĻĒāϰিāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে। (āϜুāϞāĻšাāϏ āĻšāϤ্āϝাāĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄেāϰ) āĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āĻĻুāχ āĻĻিāύ āφāĻ—ে āϰাāϜāĻļাāĻšী āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞ⧟েāϰ āĻ…āϧ্āϝাāĻĒāĻ• āϰেāϜাāωāϞ āĻ•āϰিāĻŽ āĻ–ুāύেāϰ āϘāϟāύা āĻāϰāχ āĻĻৃāώ্āϟাāύ্āϤ।

āĻāϤে āĻŦāϞা āĻšā§Ÿ, āϏāĻšিংāϏāϤা, āύিāĻĒী⧜āύ āĻ“ āĻŦৈāώāĻŽ্āϝāĻšীāύāĻ­াāĻŦে āϏāĻŦ āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻŦাঁāϚাāϰ āĻ…āϧিāĻ•াāϰ āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āĻ•āϰা āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘেāϰ āύীāϤি। āĻ—āϤ āĻ•ā§ŸেāĻ• āĻĻিāύে āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļে āϝে āϏāĻšিংāϏāϤা āĻ“ āύৃāĻļংāϏāϤা āφāĻŽāϰা āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝāĻ•্āώ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ি - āϤাāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āϏāĻŦ āϰাāϜāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻĻāϞ āĻ“ āϧāϰ্āĻŽী⧟ āύেāϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻŦাāĻĻ āϜাāύাāύো āωāϚিāϤ। āĻĻোāώীāĻĻেāϰ āφāχāύেāϰ āφāĻ“āϤা⧟ āφāύāϤে āφāχāύ-āĻļৃāĻ™্āĻ–āϞা āϰāĻ•্āώাāĻ•াāϰী āĻŦাāĻšিāύীāϰ āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•āϰ āĻ“ āĻĻ্āϰুāϤ āϤāĻĻāύ্āϤ āĻ•āϰা āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύ। āĻĻোāώিāĻĻেāϰ āĻĻা⧟āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤি āĻ…āϏāĻšিāώ্āĻŖুāϤাāĻ•ে āφāϰো āĻŦা⧜ি⧟ে āĻĻেāĻŦে, āϝা āĻ āϧāϰāύেāϰ āϘāϟāύা āφāϰো āϘāϟāϤে āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšিāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŦে।

āĻāĻ›া⧜া āϝুāĻ•্āϤāϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰ, āĻŦ্āϰিāϟেāύ, āϜাāϰ্āĻŽাāύি, āĻ…্āϝাāĻŽāύেāϏ্āϟি āχāύ্āϟাāϰāύ্āϝাāĻļāύাāϞ āĻ“ āĻ•āĻŽিāϟি āϟু āĻĒ্āϰāϟেāĻ•্āϟ āϜাāϰ্āύাāϞিāϏ্āϟ āϜুāϞāĻšাāϏ āĻ“ āϤāύ⧟ āĻšāϤ্āϝাāĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄেāϰ āύিāύ্āĻĻা āϜাāύি⧟ে āϘāϟāύাāϰ āĻĻ্āϰুāϤ āĻāĻŦং āϤāĻĻāύ্āϤে āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύী⧟ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āύে⧟াāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļ āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āφāĻš্āĻŦাāύ āϜাāύি⧟েāĻ›ে।