GOVERNANCE, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT & THE STATE OF CORRUPTION IN BANGLADESH
by Muzaffer Ahmad
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
The structural adjustment programme the Washington consensus claim is designed to eliminate distortions and elementary economics tells us distortions create allocative and distributive inefficiency. The programme was aimed to stimulate growth in developing economies most of whom stagnated due to effects of external and internal shocks......
Thursday, April 05, 2007
What is holding Bangladesh Back
What is holding us back?
Nurul Islam
Dramatic changes in the political power in Bangladesh in January 2007 require an understanding of why the country had to face a political crisis and decide, from first principles, as to what is the best future course of action for the nation.
Nurul Islam
Dramatic changes in the political power in Bangladesh in January 2007 require an understanding of why the country had to face a political crisis and decide, from first principles, as to what is the best future course of action for the nation.
The 150 million people of Bangladesh -- struggling to earn a decent living and survive in a ruthless world -- have shown, time and again, their dynamic and powerful presence, expressing in no uncertain terms that they are the masters of their destiny. The people created East Pakistan in 1947, fought an armed struggle to create Bangladesh in 1971, rejected the rule of the Awami League in 1975, overthrew Ershad's autocracy in 1991, discarded the rule of the BNP in 1996, evicted the AL from power in 2001, and rejected both the AL and BNP in 2007. All these events show that whoever neglects the people of Bangladesh in the equation of political power does so at his or her peril..........
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Jhumpa
OutLook Magazine
"It's Mira's Stamp On My Story"
As The Namesake, the film made by Mira Nair, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's novel, opened to critical as well as box-office acclaim in the West last week , Vibhuti Patel spoke to Jhumpa in New York about the film versus the book, her characters, her connections with her Bengali family, her relationship with Nair, and her new work. Excerpts from their conversation............
"It's Mira's Stamp On My Story"
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author on the film versus the book, her characters, her connections with her Bengali family, her relationship with Nair, and her new work. VIBHUTI PATEL
As The Namesake, the film made by Mira Nair, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's novel, opened to critical as well as box-office acclaim in the West last week , Vibhuti Patel spoke to Jhumpa in New York about the film versus the book, her characters, her connections with her Bengali family, her relationship with Nair, and her new work. Excerpts from their conversation............
Nation failed to recognise father
Daily Star, 28/03/2007
Nation has failed to recognise father of nation: Gen Moeen
Nation has failed to recognise father of nation: Gen Moeen
He will raise issue of prosecuting war criminals; it is time to fight corrupt politicians; proposes auction of seized cars to build hospitals for poorStaff CorrespondentChief of the Army Lt Gen Moeen U Ahmed yesterday said the country has not achieved its desired progress because of corrupt politicians and the time is now to wage a war against corruption, injustice, and thuggery that have pervaded all levels of the society. Lt Gen Moeen also said corrupt politicians smuggled their money overseas, including at least Tk 20,000 crore smuggled off shore from the energy sector alone............
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
A for AYODHYA
A For Ayodhya... B for Babri. C for Congress. D for Dynasty... yes,
Rahul Gandhi sure has gone to school and learnt the alphabet, but one is left wondering though if the country, or at least the Muslims of UP don't deserve something better than a cynical charade? HARSH V. PANT
Finally, the heir to the throne has spoken and given his people what they had been clamouring for long—his take on Indian politics. We were told that he is being tutored and for someone who has been to Cambridge and Harvard, his education seemed to be taking a lot of time, much to his courtiers' consternation. One is left wondering though if the country, or at least the Muslims of UP don't deserve something better than a cynical charade......
Rahul Gandhi sure has gone to school and learnt the alphabet, but one is left wondering though if the country, or at least the Muslims of UP don't deserve something better than a cynical charade? HARSH V. PANT
Finally, the heir to the throne has spoken and given his people what they had been clamouring for long—his take on Indian politics. We were told that he is being tutored and for someone who has been to Cambridge and Harvard, his education seemed to be taking a lot of time, much to his courtiers' consternation. One is left wondering though if the country, or at least the Muslims of UP don't deserve something better than a cynical charade......
Sunday, March 25, 2007
How all went wrong in Iraq
Mugged by reality
Mar 22nd 2007From The Economist print edition
How it all went wrong in Iraq
Mar 22nd 2007From The Economist print edition
How it all went wrong in Iraq
“NEMESIS” was the word The Economist printed on its front cover four years ago, when jubilant Iraqis, aided by American soldiers, hauled down the big statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Firdos Square. For a moment it looked as though all the fears that had accompanied the build-up to the American-led invasion had been groundless. The defeat of Iraq's army in three weeks turned out to be exactly the “cakewalk” that some of the war's boosters predicted. And in many places Iraqis did indeed greet the American soldiers as liberators, just as Ahmed Chalabi, Iraq's best-known politician-in-exile, had promised they would......
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
World's poor represent $5 trillion market: report
World's poor represent $5 trillion market: report: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's estimated four billion people who live under the poverty line represent an untapped global market worth $5 trillion in local purchasing power, according to a new report. "
Friday, March 09, 2007
The rise and fall of Tarique Rahman
Straight Talk, Daily Star
The rise and fall of Tarique Rahman
"Khaleda Zia is our leader
Ziaur Rahman is our philosophy
Tarique Rahman is our future"
The rise and fall of Tarique Rahman
"Khaleda Zia is our leader
Ziaur Rahman is our philosophy
Tarique Rahman is our future"
This particular gem that has been ubiquitous on walls in the capital Dhaka for the past five years encapsulates perfectly the cult of personality that had been created around the person of Tarique Rahman and gave us a strong indication of where Bangladesh was heading had the January 22 election been permitted to go forward as scheduled. More.....
Jalaluddin Rumi
Outlook India
Magazine| Mar 12, 2007
anniversary: year of Rumi
Ruminations On A Poet
All the world romances the 13th century Sufi on his 800th b'day
SHEELA REDDY
Not bad at all for a poet who belonged nowhere. At least 50 countries, including India, are laying claim to him, joining in the celebrations for his 800th birth anniversary this yearthe Year of Rumi, as UNESCO has declared it. Jalaluddin Rumi is an improbable poet laureate of the 21st century: he wrote in Persian, a world language that has long been overtaken by English. And he wrote on themes that modern poets would rather choke than write aboutdeep stuff like Soul and Union with God. But still, he's America's Number One bestselling poet today, the best known Sufi poet across the world, and if he's not already the world's most popular poet in any language, he will surely be by the time his birthday celebrations wind up by year-end..More....
Magazine| Mar 12, 2007
anniversary: year of Rumi
Ruminations On A Poet
All the world romances the 13th century Sufi on his 800th b'day
SHEELA REDDY
Not bad at all for a poet who belonged nowhere. At least 50 countries, including India, are laying claim to him, joining in the celebrations for his 800th birth anniversary this yearthe Year of Rumi, as UNESCO has declared it. Jalaluddin Rumi is an improbable poet laureate of the 21st century: he wrote in Persian, a world language that has long been overtaken by English. And he wrote on themes that modern poets would rather choke than write aboutdeep stuff like Soul and Union with God. But still, he's America's Number One bestselling poet today, the best known Sufi poet across the world, and if he's not already the world's most popular poet in any language, he will surely be by the time his birthday celebrations wind up by year-end..More....
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