Thursday, 3 November 2011

Butt, Asif, Amir jailed for spot-fixing

Butt, Asif, Amir jailed for spot-fixing

       Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt and bowler Mohammad Asif were jailed for 30 months and one year respectively on Thursday after being found guilty of taking bribes to fix parts of a test match against England in 2010.
Pace bowler Mohammad Amir, who pleaded guilty before the trial of his two team mates, was sentenced to six months in a case that prosecutors said had revealed rampant corruption at the heart of international cricket.
The three were part of a gambling-inspired plot to bowl no-balls at pre-arranged times during a test match at Lord's in London in August 2010.
Sports agent Mazhar Majeed, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to making corrupt payments at a pre-trial hearing, was jailed for two years and eight months at London's Southwark Crown Court.
Butt, 27, and Asif, 28, were found guilty on Tuesday of taking bribes to deliver pre-arranged no balls.
Amir, 19, admitted his part in the scam before the trial started and had also offered a heartfelt apology during the sentence hearing.
The trio have already been banned from playing by the International Cricket Council for a minimum of five years.

Threaten my men, face dire consequences: Shamim

Threaten my men, face dire consequences: Shamim 

 



Defeated mayoral candidate in Narayanganj City Corporation elections Shamim Osman on Thursday warned of dire consequences if anybody threatens his loyalists.

Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister of Bangladesh  Sheikh Hasina


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Sheikh HasinaHon'ble Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

  SHEIKH HASINA, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born on 28 September, 1947 at Tungipara under Gopalganj district. She is the eldest of five children of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder of independent Bangladesh.

    She graduated from the University of Dhaka in 1973. She was elected Vice President of the Students Union of Government Intermediate Girl’s College. She was a member of the students League Unit of Dhaka University and Secretary of the Students League Unit of Rokeya Hall. She actively participated in all the mass movements since her student life.

    Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with the members of his family was martyred on the fateful night of 15 August 1975. Sheikh Hasina and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana were the only survivors as they were in West Germany at that time. Later she went to the United Kingdom from where she started her movement against the autocratic rule in 1980. Sheikh Hasina was unanimously elected President of Bangladesh Awami League in 1981 in her absence, while she was forced to live in exile in New Delhi. Ending six years in exile, she returned home finally on 17 May 1981.

    In the parliamentary election held in 1986, she won three seats. She was elected Leader of the Opposition. She led the historic mass movement in 1990 and announced the constitutional formula for peaceful transfer of power through Articles 51 and 56 of the Constitution.

 Following the election of 1991 Sheikh Hasina became Leader of the Opposition in the country’s Fifth Parliament, She steered all the political parties in the parliament towards changing the Presidential system into the Parliamentary one.

    Sheikh Hasina created awareness among the people and waged a struggle for Non-party Caretaker Government to ensure free and fair polls. Her movement reached the peak after a non-cooperation movement in March 1996 and the provision for Non-party Caretaker Government was incorporated in the Constitution.

    At the call of Sheikh Hasina a large number of people of all walks of life expressed solidarity with the movement at the ‘Janatar Mancha’. In the Parliamentary election held on 12 June 1996, Bangladesh Awami League emerged as the majority party and she assumed the office of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on 23 June 1996.

    After becoming the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina adopted a number of pragmatic policies for overall development of the nation including poverty alleviation. During the last four years her government achieved laudable success including signing of the historic 30 year Ganges Water Sharing Treaty with India, signing of historic peace Accord on Chittagong Hill Tracts and inauguration of the Bangabandhu Bridge on the river Jamuna.

 Sheikh Hasina was conferred Degree of Doctor of Law by the Boston University of the USA on 6 February 1997 and Honorary Doctor of Law by the Waseda University of Japan on 4 July 1997. She was also conferred the Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Liberal Arts by University of Abertay Dundee of the United Kingdom on 25 October, 1997. She was conferred Honorary Degree of Desikottama (Doctor of Literature, honoris causa) by Visva-Bharati University of West Bengal, India on 28 January 1999. She was also conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, on the ground of her distinguished creative contributions in the service of society by the Australian National University on 20 October 1999. Dhaka University conferred Honorary 'Doctor of Laws' degree to Sheikh Hasina on 18 December, 1999 for her outstanding contribution towards peace and democracy. The World famous Catholic University of Brussels, Belgium conferred Honorary Doctorate degree (Doctor Honoris Causa) on Sheikh Hasina on 04 February, 2000 for her decisive role in establishing democracy, protecting human rights and peace. Sheikh Hasina has been conferred Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by the Bridgeport University, USA on 5 September, 2000.

    Sheikh Hasina has been awarded UNESCO's Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize for 1998 for her remarkable contribution to bringing peace through ending the 25 years of conflict in Chittagong Hill Tracts with political courage and statesmanship.
 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received prestigious Pearl S. Buck Award '99 on 9 April 2000 in recognition of her vision, courage, achievements in political, economic and humanitarian fields by Randolph Macon Women's College of USA. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been awarded the prestigious CERES' medal to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in recognition to her fight against hunger on 02 August, 1999. The All India Peace Council awarded her 'Mother Teresa Award' in 1998. The Mahatma M K Gandhi Foundation of Oslo, Norway awarded Sheikh Hasina ‘M K Gandhi Award’ for 1998 for her contribution towards promotion of communal understanding, non violent religions harmony and growth of democracy at the level of grassroots in Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina was named Paul Haris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. She was also given Medal of Distinction in 1996-97 and 1998-99 and Head of State Medal in 1996-97 by the International Association of Lions Clubs.

 She has authored several books including "Why Are They Street Children", "The Origin of Autocracy", 'Miles to Go", "Elimination of Poverty and Some Thoughts", "People and Democracy", "My Dream My Struggle" and "Development for the Masses."
She performed holy Hajj and Umrah several times.

  Sheikh Hasina is the Chairperson of "The Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust". She has been helping a lot of poor boys and girls for their education.

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, throughout her life has been a strong proponent of peace, freedom and democracy. From an early age, inspired by the lofty ideals and love for the people of her father, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the liberator of Bangladesh, she developed a strong sense of identity for the common people. She always spoke out against oppression and violation of human rights. This commitment has hardened over the years, particularly when her parents, brothers and scores of relatives were brutally assassinated by the misguided members of the military in 1975 soon after the independence of Bangladesh.

    Since that time her resolve for democracy and development for the teeming millions of Bangladesh has become firmly entrenched. She struggled for the return of democracy in Bangladesh and fought valiantly for its establishment in the country in every possible manner. She was committed to making Parliament the centre of all national activities.

    In 1996, the people of Bangladesh gave her a strong mandate as the Prime Minister of the country. Despite serious resource and constraints and recurrent natural calamity as well as widespread poverty, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, during the first two years of her government, has lived up to her unswerving commitment to the cause of peace, democracy, development and human rights.

    Her first act of peace within months of her assumption of office was the initiative for resolution of the long-standing water-sharing dispute with India through a 30-years treaty. This put an end to a very complex regional dispute.
    Her visionary idea of a business summit among the political and private sector leaders of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan has added a new chapter in the history of South Asia.
   
 Her dedicated leadership also made possible a peace agreement in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, thereby solving the 23-year old insurgency in the Hill districts of Bangladesh. This peace accord brought an area inhabited by nearly 5 million people out of violence and into a time of peace and development. Though the international media has not given much prominence to this accord, it is uniquely remarkable because the peace accord benefited such a large number of people and the whole area has been brought under development programs following the complete surrender of arms by the insurgents.

    Her quest for peace has taken her to India and Pakistan to talk to the leaders of these two countries soon after the nuclear test urging reduction of tension in the region.
    Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been a strong advocate for the Culture of Peace at global, regional and national levels. In many major conferences, she espoused the concept of the Culture of Peace, most recently in South Africa at the 12th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) which has a membership of 114 countries. Her initiative has resulted in the first-ever resolution by the Plenary of the United Nations General Assembly on the Culture of Peace. She also provided leadership for the declaration by the UN of the period 2001 to 2010 as the International Decade for Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World.

    Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s determination for the eradication of poverty, in particular through wide-ranging microcredit programmes, has been recognized world-wide. Her co-chairpersonship of the Microcredit Summit in February 1997 which resolved to bring 100 million families of the world out of poverty by 2005 focused world attention to her strong commitment to the eradication of poverty and enlistment of the poorest of the poor. She has been a champion of microcredit by spreading the message in major international forums. Her leadership led to the adoption for the first time by UN General Assembly a far-reaching resolution on the role of microcredit in the eradication of poverty.

 Along with poverty eradication, she has focused on the empowerment of women and has successfully completed legislation to ensure adequate representation of women in the local government bodies, leading to the election of more than 14,000 women to these bodies in 1997. She has taken major initiatives to stop violence against women and children.
She has also provided leadership in the field of education, particularly for the education of girls in her own country as well as advocating it for global support. Her government has greatly enhanced budgetary allocation for primary education focusing on girls’ education.

 To improve the quality of life of the people of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has particularly focused on human development, paying special attention to healthcare, family planning, nutrition, women’s rights and survival and development of children. At the UN and other forums, she has been a major voice in support of the cause of children and their rights.

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has, all along her life, defended human rights in every possible way. Her active promotion of the rights of women and children has drawn appreciation by both government and NGOs as well as international organizations. She has promoted the right to development as having centrality in the human rights regime. At the NAM Summit in South Africa in 1998, her proposal for a Convention on the Right to Development received welcoming endorsement of the Heads of State and Government. She initiated the establishment of a National Human Rights Commission and the office of Ombudsperson as well as Bangladesh’s recent accession to six major human rights instruments including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

 Her keen interest resulted in the signature by Bangladesh of the Statute for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and ratification of the Landmines Treaty, being the first country in South Asia to do so.

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s initiative resulted in the hosting of the first-ever conference of the Asian parliamentarians devoted to peace and cooperation in Dhaka in September 1999 which elected her as the first President of the Association of Asian Parliaments for peace established at the conference.

 At present, as someone who has lost so much personally and has been a victim of oppression and denial of freedom, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stands out as a messenger of peace, democracy, development and human rights. Her leadership of the eighth largest country of the world manifests her concern for the people, seen again during the worst-ever floods in Bangladesh in 1998.
  • Sheikh Hasina is the recipient of the UNESCO Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize for 1998 for her role in bringing peace in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh.
  • Sheikh Hasina has been awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Award for 1998 (Oslo, Norway) for her contribution towards promotion of communal understanding, non-violence, religious harmony and growth of grassroots democracy in Bangladesh.
  • She has been awarded 1999 CERES Medal for contribution to the agriculture development by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
  • She is the winner of the 1999 Pearl S. Buck Award for "your vision, your courage and your achievements in political, economic and humanitarian spheres capture the spirit of the award and of the woman who inspired it."
  • She has been awarded honorary Doctor of Liberal Arts by the University of Alberta Dundee in the United Kingdom in October 1997.
  • She has been conferred honorary Doctor of Laws by the Boston University in the United States and the Waseda University of Japan.
  • She has been conferred the degree of Desikottama (Doctor of Literature) by the Visva-Bharati University, India founded by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
  • She has been conferred honorary Doctor of Laws by the Australian National University in October 1999.
  • Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been conferred honorary Doctor of Laws by Dhaka University in December 1999.
  • She has been conferred honorary Doctor of Laws by the Catholic University of Brussels in February 2000.
  • Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been conferred by the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters for her contribution to world peace and development by the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut in the United States on 5 September 2000.

 Under her leadership her party Bangladesh Awami League led grand alliance to win a landslide victory in the 9th Parliament Election on December 29, 2008 with 262 seats out of 299 in the National Parliament.
 Sheikh Hasina took oath as Prime Minister of Bangladesh at a ceremony held at Banghabhaban on January 06, 2009. 

 Sheikh Hasina is married having one son and one daughter.

Train torched in protest of mayor murder

Train torched in protest of mayor murder



 

        Pickets set fire to an intercity train in Narsingdi town during hartal enforced by Bangladesh Chhatra League protesting the murder of municipality mayor Lokman Hossain.
The protesters set ablaze six bogies of a Kishoreganj-bound intercity train ‘Egaro Sindhu Express’ in Chinishpur area of the town around 10:15am, said Maran Chandra Das, Narshingdi railway station master.
Picketers also barred firefighters from reaching the spot to douse the fire, reports our Narsingdi correspondent quoting the station master.
Several passengers of the train were wounded as they jumped off the burning train, Maran Chandra said.
Pickets threw brick chips on a vehicle of Rapid Action Battalion when a team of Rab-11 rushed to the scene.
Lokman was shot by a miscreant at the Narsingdi town Awami League office on Sadar Road Tuesday night. He later died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Protesting the muder, Bangladesh Chhatra League enforced a 72-hour hartal from 6:00am on Wednesday.
Later in the evening, the hartal was withdrawn after an assurance from the government of arresting the killers immediately, said Narsingdi BCL leader SM Qaiyum.
About 12:15pm, the body of Lokman reached his Basail residence in Narsingdi town, where party leaders and activists gathered to see the deceased.
His first namaz-e-janaza was held on Narsingdi Mousluddin Bhuiyan Stadium premises around 5:15pm while second one at Narsingdi City Corporation Eidgah Maidan around 6:00pm.
He was buried at Narsingdi City Corporation graveyard.
Earlier in the morning, the leaders and activists of Awami League and its associate bodies brought out separate processions in the town.
Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway restored Wednesday afternoon. The protesters earlier put barricade in Narayanganj after hearing the attack on Lokman.
On the other hand, train communications on four routes – Dhaka-Kishorganj, Dhaka-Chittagong, Dhaka-Sylhet and Dhaka-Noakhali – remained snapped since 10:00pm Tuesday. The train service resumed around 5:00am Wednesday, which was disrupted again after the pickets set the train ablaze.
Narsingdi Superintendent of Police Dr Akkasuddin Bhuiyan said additional contingents of police, detective branch of police and Rab have been posted at different strategic points of the district to fend off any untoward incidents.
MH Nuruzzaman, additional deputy inspector of Dhaka range, and Lt Col Mostafa Kamal, additional DIG of Rab-11, reached the district Tuesday night after hearing the news of Lokman’s death.

Mother of Hillary died

Mother of Hillary died

 

       US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, her mother Dorothy Rodham, center, and her daughter Chelsea Clinton are seen in this file photo. The 92-year-old mother of Hillary died of old age complications early yesterday after her health took a turn for the worse.

Demonstration in Nepal

Demonstration in Nepal

 


        Nepalese riot police arrest Tibetan protesters near the Jwalakhel Refugee Camp in Kathmandu yesterday. More than 50 Tibetan exiles were arrested while demonstrating in support of monks from their homeland who have set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule.

Multimillion tax bill for Ai Weiwei

Multimillion tax bill for Ai Weiwei

Chinese authorities yesterday ordered artist Ai Weiwei to pay 15 million yuan ($2.36 million) in alleged back taxes in what the vocal rights activist called an effort to "crush" him.
The tax bill comes after Ai was released in June from 81 days in secretive police custody, a detention authorities said was over tax evasion but during which he said he was repeatedly interrogated over his calls for human rights.
"They gave a written notice today... there was no explanation whatsoever. We questioned where this figure came from -- they couldn't give a clear answer," Ai told AFP.
"The notice said I have 15 days to pay. That's about one million a day... if you don't pay they could put you in jail, maybe up to seven years. I really have no idea."
Ai, 54, a globally renowned conceptual artist who is famous for his part in designing Beijing's "Bird's Nest" Olympic Stadium, said he may be able to appeal against the tax bill, but only after it is paid.
Last month Ai was named the world's most powerful art figure by influential British magazine Art Review.
Ai called the tax an "injustice" and alleged it was a political move by the government to silence him.
"This is a signal that the state can seize anybody who has a different political opinion. They use tax or whatever reason to make them look bad or to crush them."
Ai said the tax was being charged to him as "the actual controller" of the Beijing FAKE Cultural Development Ltd, a company where he works but which is owned by his wife.
Ai's problems with the authorities started when he began investigating the collapse of schools in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and a 2010 fire at a Shanghai high-rise that killed dozens.

Palestinians aim to join 16 UN agencies

Palestinians aim to join 16 UN agencies

It's not just Unesco, the Palestinians' top envoy in Geneva yesterday said he believes that joining the UN agency for culture, education and science will "open the door" to joining 16 other UN agencies within weeks.

Ibrahim Khraishi, the top Palestinian envoy at the UN in Geneva, told the Associated Press that Palestinian diplomats are now planning to capitalize on Monday's landslide vote to allow the Palestinians into Unesco by preparing papers to join the other UN agencies and a variety of other international organisations.
The Obama administration cut off funding to Unesco after Monday's vote, and US officials warned of a 'cascade' effect at other UN bodies that might follow Unesco's lead.
Becoming a Unesco member could give the Palestinians an advantage in joining the UN World Intellectual Property Organisation, whose rules say membership is 'equally open' to those already a member of other UN specialized agencies.
But it's not clear whether that means membership is automatic, and Geneva-based spokeswoman for the organization Samar Shamoon declined to comment on that.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his inner cabinet yesterday to weigh a response, including possible punitive measures, to Unesco's decision to admit Palestine as a full member.
Israeli media reported that the so-called Forum of Eight would meet on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the best way to respond to Monday's Unesco vote, which handed the Palestinians a key diplomatic victory and angered Israel.
Assistant US Secretary of State Esther Brimmer emphasized Monday that Palestinian membership in the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), "could have serious implications for US leadership in this organization," which supports global infrastructure helping US companies to protect their business interests around the world, according to State Department briefing notes.
Fadela Chaib, spokeswoman for the World Health Organization (WHO), another Geneva-based UN agency, said any nation that is part of the UN can join. For those that are not part, she said, the annual World Health Assembly can approve membership by a simple majority vote if a written request is received at least 30 days beforehand.
Cutting US funding for WHO would hurt, she conceded.
"Of course we need it. The US funding is quite important, I guess for all the UN organisations," Chaib told reporters. "It's a vital funding need for WHO."

Saturday, 15 October 2011

Mona is my best friend

MONA
He is very Good boy. But his life is very very romantic. Because one girl destroy his life. Now his is not a simple................................???

Monday, 8 August 2011

 মিলন হত্যায় পুলিশের সহায়তা ছিল













নোয়াখালীর কোম্পানীগঞ্জে কিশোর শামছুদ্দিন মিলনকে পিটিয়ে হত্যার ঘটনায় পুলিশের সহায়তা ছিল। জেলার অতিরিক্ত পুলিশ সুপারের নেতৃত্বে করা প্রাথমিক তদন্তে এটা নিশ্চিত হওয়া গেছে। কমিটি গত রাতে তাদের খসড়া প্রতিবেদন জেলা পুলিশ সুপারের কাছে জমা দিয়েছে।
এদিকে কোম্পানীগঞ্জ থানার ভারপ্রাপ্ত কর্মকর্তা (ওসি) রফিক উল্লাহকে গতকাল প্রত্যাহার করা হয়েছে। এর আগে এ ঘটনায় সংশ্লিষ্ট থাকার অভিযোগে তিন পুলিশ সদস্যকে সাময়িক বরখাস্ত করা হয়।
এদিকে আমলি আদালতে করা মিলনের (১৬) মা কহিনুর বেগমের মামলা গত রাতে থানায় এফআইআর হিসেবে রেকর্ড করা হয়েছে। আজ মঙ্গলবার চট্টগ্রাম রেঞ্জের অতিরিক্ত ডিআইজি বিশ্বাস আফজাল হোসেন কোম্পানীগঞ্জে আসছেন।
গত ২৭ জুলাই সকালে কিশোর মিলনকে কোম্পানীগঞ্জের টেকেরহাট মোড়ে পুলিশের গাড়ি থেকে নামিয়ে জনতার হাতে ছেড়ে দেওয়া হয়। পুলিশের উপস্থিতিতে জনতা কিশোরটিকে পিটিয়ে মেরে ফেলে। পরে পুলিশ তার লাশ গাড়িতে তুলে থানায় নিয়ে যায়।
পুলিশ সুপার হারুন-উর-রশীদ হাযারী মুঠোফোনে প্রথম আলোকে জানান, অতিরিক্ত পুলিশ সুপার মাহবুব রশিদের নেতৃত্বাধীন তদন্ত কমিটির খসড়া প্রতিবেদনে মিলন হত্যাকাণ্ডে পুলিশের সহায়তার প্রমাণ পাওয়া গেছে বলে উল্লেখ করা হয়েছে।
গতকাল অতিরিক্ত পুলিশ সুপার মাহবুব রশীদের নেতৃত্বে গঠিত তদন্ত কমিটি প্রথম ঘটনাস্থল বেপারী বাড়ির মসজিদ এলাকা, টেকেরহাট বাজার, মিলনের স্কুলপড়ুয়া আত্মীয়ের বাড়ি এবং মিলনের বাড়িতে যায়। মাহবুব রশীদ প্রথম আলোকে জানান, ‘প্রতিটি স্পটে গিয়েছি। সংশ্লিষ্ট পক্ষগুলোর সঙ্গে কথা বলেছি। স্থানীয় লোকজনের সঙ্গেও কথা হয়েছে। বিচার-বিশ্লেষণ করছি, কেন ঘটনাটি ঘটল। এ ঘটনায় কারা কীভাবে দোষী।’
গত রাতে প্রতিবেদন জমা দেওয়ার পর অতিরিক্ত পুলিশ সুপার মাহবুব রশিদ প্রথম আলোকে বলেন, ‘চরকাঁকড়া ইউনিয়নের টেকেরহাট বাজারে পুলিশের কাছ থেকে নিয়ে মিলনকে পিটিয়ে হত্যার সময় পুলিশ যথাযথ ভূমিকা নেয়নি। এমনকি দায়িত্ব পালনে চরম গাফিলতির বিষয়টি তদন্তে বেরিয়ে এসেছে। পুলিশ তখন মিলনকে রক্ষায় কোনো উদ্যোগ নেয়নি বলেই তদন্তে প্রমাণিত হয়েছে।’
গতকাল ঘটনাস্থল টেকেরহাট বাজারে গিয়ে ব্যবসায়ীদের কয়েকজনের কাছে ওই দিনের ঘটনা সম্পর্কে জানতে চাইলে তাঁরা কেউই নাম প্রকাশ করে কথা বলতে রাজি হননি। নাম প্রকাশ না করার শর্তে কয়েকজন ব্যবসায়ী জানান, ওসি রফিক উল্লাহ ও স্থানীয় এক জনপ্রতিনিধি গত রোববার টেকেরহাট বাজারে গিয়ে ব্যবসায়ীদের পুলিশের গাড়ি থেকে কিশোর মিলনকে নামিয়ে দেওয়ার কথা তদন্ত কমিটির কাছে বলতে নিষেধ করেন। ‘ডাকাত হিসেবেই জনতা তাকে পিটিয়ে মেরেছে’—এমনটি বলতে বলা হয় তাঁদের। অন্যথায় গণপিটুনির মামলায় তাঁদের জড়ানো হবে বলে শাসিয়ে দেওয়া হয়।
সেদিন আসলে কী ঘটেছিল—জানতে চাইলে বর্তমানে থানার দায়িত্বে থাকা হুমায়ুন কবির প্রথম আলোকে বলেন, ‘স্থানীয় লোকজনের মোবাইল ফোনে খবর পেয়ে ঘটনাস্থল থেকে আটক মিলনকে থানায় নিয়ে আসতে এসআই আকরাম শেখকে পাঠানো হয়েছিল। পথে যা ঘটেছে বা হয়েছে, তা তো সবার জানা।’
কোম্পানীগঞ্জে ওই দিন ডাকাত সন্দেহে পৃথক স্থানে ছয়জনকে পিটিয়ে হত্যা করা হয় বলে পুলিশ দাবি করেছিল। এর মধ্যে টেকেরহাট মোড়ে মারা হয় তিনজনকে। তাদেরই একজন কিশোর শামছুদ্দিন মিলন। মিলনকে মারা হয় সকাল সাড়ে ১০টার দিকে, আর বাকি দুজনকে মারা হয়েছিল ভোরবেলায়। মিলনকে হত্যার পুরো ঘটনা উপস্থিত কেউ একজন ভিডিও চিত্রে ধারণ করেন। সেই ভিডিও চিত্র লোকজনের হাতে ছড়িয়ে পড়লে পৈশাচিক ওই ঘটনা ফাঁস হয়ে যায়।
এ ঘটনায় থানায় দায়ের হওয়া ডাকাতি ও খুনের মামলায় নিরপরাধ কিশোর মিলনকেও আসামি করা হয়েছে। তবে মামলার বাদী ডাকাতের গুলিতে নিহত রিকশাচালক মোশাররফ হোসেন মাসুদের বাবা রফিক প্রথম আলোকে জানান, তিনি কেবল সেই রাতে যে কয়েকজনকে চিনেছেন, তাদের নাম পুলিশকে বলেছেন। পরে পুলিশ ওই নামের সঙ্গে যারা গণপিটুনিতে নিহত হয়েছে, তাদেরও আসামি করেছে বলে শুনেছেন। মিলন নামে কাউকে আসামি করেছেন কি না, জানতে চাইলে তিনি বলেন, ‘আমি অশিক্ষিত মানুষ। তারা (পুলিশ) আমাকে কাগজ দিয়েছে, আমি স্বাক্ষর করেছি।’
মিলনের প্রতিবেশী আবদুল হাই জানান, মিলন বাচ্চা ছেলে। টাকার অভাবে লেখাপড়া করতে পারেনি। চট্টগ্রামে চলে গেছে কাজ শিখতে। ১৪-১৫ দিন আগে বাড়ি এসেছিল। তিনি বলেন, ছেলেটি কখনো এলাকায় কোনো অন্যায় কাজ করেছে বলে কেউ বলতে পারবেন না।
গতকাল চরফকিরা ইউনিয়নের চরফকিরা গ্রামে মিলনের বাড়িতে গেলে তার মা কহিনুর বেগম কান্নায় ভেঙে পড়েন। তিনি বারবার প্রথম আলোকে বলতে থাকেন, ‘সেই দিন (২৭ জুলাই) সকালে মিলন আমাকে ফোন করে বলে, “মা, কিছু লোক আমাকে বেপারী বাড়ির স্কুলের ঘাটলায় আটকে রেখেছে, তুমি...” এ কথা বলার পরই লাইন কেটে যায়। আমি বহুবার চেষ্টা করেও ফোনে আর কথা বলতে পারিনি। তা ৎ ক্ষণিক আমার ভাশুর জসিম উদ্দিনকে সঙ্গে নিয়ে সেখানে যাই। লোকজন জানায়, আমার নিরপরাধ ছেলেকে মারধর করে সঙ্গে থাকা টাকা ও মোবাইল ফোন নিয়ে জামাল উদ্দিন মেম্বার (স্থানীয় ইউপি সদস্য) ও মিজানুর রহমান ওরফে মানিক পুলিশের হাতে তুলে দিয়েছে।’
কান্না সামলিয়ে কহিনুর বলেন, ‘সেখান থেকে থানার উদ্দেশে যাওয়ার পথে টেকেরহাট বাজারে লোকজনকে বলাবলি করতে শুনি, পুলিশ এক ছেলেকে ডাকাত বলে পিটিয়ে মেরে ফেলেছে। পুলিশই তার লাশ থানায় নিয়ে গেছে। থানায় গিয়ে দেখি পাঁচটি লাশের সঙ্গে মিলনের লাশ পড়ে আছে। থানার ভেতর ঢোকার চেষ্টা করেও পুলিশের বাধার কারণে পারিনি।’
চরফকিরা ইউনিয়নের ৫ নম্বর ওয়ার্ডের চরফকিরা গ্রামের সৌদিপ্রবাসী গিয়াস উদ্দিনের ছেলে মিলন। চার ভাইয়ের মধ্যে মিলন সবার বড়। সে ২০১০ সালে স্থানীয় কবি নজরুল উচ্চবিদ্যালয়ে দশম শ্রেণীতে উত্তীর্ণ হয়। এরপর আর্থিক অসচ্ছলতার কারণে পরীক্ষা দেয়নি। মিলনের ছোট তিন ভাইয়ের একজন বর্তমানে একই স্কুলে দশম শ্রেণীতে পড়ে। বাকি দুজন (যমজ) জহিরুদ্দিন রুবেল ও সাইফুদ্দিন ফয়সাল উত্তর চরফকিরা সরকারি প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয়ে পড়ে।
মিলনের বাবা গিয়াসউদ্দিন প্রায় আড়াই বছর আগে পৈতৃক ভিটা (দুই শতক জায়গা) চাচাতো ভাইয়ের কাছে বিক্রি করে সৌদি আরবে যান। শর্ত ছিল, বিদেশে গিয়ে রোজগার করে টাকা পাঠাবেন এবং ওই টাকায় জমি কিনে বাড়ি করা পর্যন্ত তাঁরা এই ভিটায় থাকবেন।
লেখাপড়া বন্ধ হয়ে যাওয়ার পর প্রথম কিছুদিন কক্সবাজারে গিয়ে ছোটখাটো কাজ করে মিলন। পরে বাবা খবর পাঠায় ওয়েল্ডিংয়ের কাজ শেখার জন্য, তাহলে তাঁকে বিদেশে নিয়ে যাবেন। তিন-চার মাস আগে চাচা সাহাবউদ্দিনের সঙ্গে চট্টগ্রামের বহদ্দারহাটে গিয়ে ওয়েল্ডিংয়ের কারখানায় কাজ শিখতে শুরু করে মিলন। এর মধ্যে বাড়িতে পল্লি বিদ্যুতের মিটারে সমস্যা হওয়ায় এবং বাবার পাঠানো টাকায় কেনা জমি নিবন্ধনে মাকে সহায়তা করতে ১৪-১৫ দিন আগে বাড়িতে আসে সে।
মিলনের মা জানান, কিছুদিন আগে জমি কেনার জন্য এক লাখ ২৫ হাজার টাকা পাঠান মিলনের বাবা। ওই টাকায় ইউনিয়নের ৭ নম্বর ওয়ার্ডের কামাল মেম্বারের কাছ থেকে এক খণ্ড জমি কিনেছেন তাঁরা। সেই জমি রেজিস্ট্রি ও দলিল লেখানোর জন্য ২৭ জুলাই বাড়ি থেকে ১৪ হাজার টাকা নিয়ে সকাল সাড়ে আটটার দিকে বের হয়েছিল মিলন। আর ফিরল লাশ হয়ে।
কহিনুর বেগম বলেন, ‘শুনেছি, উপজেলা সদরে যাওয়ার পথে চরকাঁকড়ার বেপারী বাড়ির বায়তুল নূর জামে মসজিদের ঘাটলায় বসে মিলন অপেক্ষা করছিল চরকাঁকড়া একাডেমি উচ্চবিদ্যালয়ের ষষ্ঠ শ্রেণীতে পড়ুয়া তাঁর (মিলনের মায়ের) ফুফাতো বোনের মেয়ের সঙ্গে দেখা করার জন্য। স্কুলে তার পরীক্ষা চলছিল।’
মিলনের মায়ের করা মামলার আসামি চরকাঁকড়া ইউনিয়নের সংরক্ষিত নারী সাংসদ ফেরদৌস আরা বেগমের স্বামী মিজানুর রহমান মানিক বলেন, ‘অপরিচিত দেখে আমি ছেলেটিকে এখানে বসে থাকার কারণ জিজ্ঞেস করি। স্কুলে তাঁর আত্মীয়ের সঙ্গে দেখা করার জন্য বসে আছে বলে জানায় সে। বাড়ি কোথায় জানতে চাইলে সে জানায়, চরফকিরা। এর মধ্যে আশপাশের কিছু লোক জড়ো হয়। তারা ছেলেটিকে ডাকাত বলে সন্দেহ করে। কারণ, ওই দিন ভোর রাতে আশপাশের এলাকায় ডাকাত ধরে গণপিটুনি দেওয়া হয়েছিল।’
মানিক জানান, ওই সময় ঘটনাস্থলে স্থানীয় ইউপি সদস্য জামালউদ্দিন আসেন। তিনিও মিলনকে জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ করেন। এরপর আমরা পার্শ্ববর্তী স্কুল থেকে ওই মেয়েটিকে ডেকে এনে জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ করি। প্রথমে সে কিছু না বলে চুপ করে থাকে। সম্ভবত অনেক লোক দেখে চুপ করে ছিল। পরে আমি ধমক দিলে ছেলেটিকে তার আত্মীয় বলে জানায় মেয়েটি।
মানিক দাবি করেন, ‘এর পরও উপস্থিত লোকজন মিলনকে ডাকাত সন্দেহে হালকা মারধর করে। আমি এবং জামাল মেম্বার ছেলেটিকে মক্তবের ভেতর আটকে রাখি এবং থানায় খবর দিই। পুলিশ এলে তাদের কাছে সোপর্দ করি।’
চরকাঁকড়া একাডেমি উচ্চবিদ্যালয়ের প্রধান শিক্ষক জাহাঙ্গীর আলম জানান, ওই মেয়ে ছেলেটিকে তাদের আত্মীয় বলে স্বীকার করেছে।
মিলনের ওই খালাতো বোন গতকাল স্কুলে যায়নি। তার গ্রামের বাড়ি চরকাঁকড়া গ্রামে গেলে তার বাবা মিলনকে তাদের আত্মীয় বলে স্বীকার বা অস্বীকার কোনোটাই করেননি। তিনি বলেন, ‘আমার মেয়ের সঙ্গে দেখা করতে এসেছে বলে বলছে। আমি এ সম্পর্কে কিছুই জানি না।’ মেয়েটির সঙ্গে কথা বলতে দিতেও রাজি হননি তিনি।
স্থানীয় একাধিক সূত্রে জানা গেছে, এই পরিবারটিকে এ বিষয়ে মুখ না খুলতে কোম্পানীগঞ্জ থানার পুলিশের পক্ষ থেকে চাপ দেওয়া হয়েছে। পুলিশকে বাঁচাতে স্থানীয় এক জনপ্রতিনিধিও দৌড়ঝাঁপ করছেন বলে ওই সূত্রগুলো জানায়।

Friday, 15 April 2011

Rafique terms Khaled's remark "Seditious"

Rafique terms Khaled's remark "Seditious"





Dhaka: Khondoker Ibrahim Khaled's suggestion that only martial law can ensure trial of alleged stocks offenders has drawn fierce criticism from top lawyers who term his comments "seditious" and "irresponsible".

"It amounts to sedition because martial law is illegal, unconstitutional," said Barrister Rafique-ul Haque of Khaled's remarks in a TV report aired on Thursday.


The former attorney general, who has appeared in courts for both prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former prime minister Khaleda Zia, finds the comments provocative.

"He who is instigating martial law should also be punished," Rafique-ul Haque said, speaking to bdnews24.com.

"It's not easy to fast-track such trials. There are courts, and the court is always in favour of the accused," Khaled told the Banglavision reporter on Thursday. "The court is never in favour of the accuser."

"Only martial law can fast-track such trials," Khaled said in the interview. "You can take (them) into custody and hold summary trials. You cannot do that in a democracy."

Anisul Huq, another top lawyer who has led the prosecution at the Bangabandhu murder trial, lent support to the former attorney general. "It is a very irresponsible statement. And it is not at all true that the court is always in favour of the accused," Anisul Huq told bdnews24.com.

"And what he said about martial law only reflected his no-confidence in the entire judicial system. This is never expected of a responsible citizen like him."

"He should know there is nothing called martial law in a civilised society."

"It is very sad that someone like him has made such a statement. This amounts to him expressing no-confidence in the legal process.

"I think by making such statements he (Khaled) is only proving that the [inquiry] report he has done is not acceptable," Anisul Huq said.

Rafique-ul Haque referred to the Supreme Court judgment on the 5th Amendment and subsequent pronouncements from top judges: "Our court has repeatedly said martial law is illegal, (and that) anyone declaring martial law should also be punished.

"(This means) you want summary trials, you don't want rule of law," Rafique-ul Haque said.

"It (also) amounts to contempt of court," said Rafique-ul Haque of Khaled's criticism of the judicial process.

Khaled, who led a four-member inquiry team into the Dec-Jan stock market upheaval, submitted his report on Apr 7. The government decided not to publish the 300-page report immediately, leading to calls that the findings be made public. Three days later, bdnews24.com, which got hold of a copy, uploaded the report on its site.

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

দুমুঠো অন্ন যে জোগাড় করতেই হবে

                                                        দুমুঠো অন্ন যে জোগাড় করতেই হবে      মা-বাবা হারা শিশু সন্তানটি চলে যেতে পারে ব্যস্ততম রাস্তায়। যে কোনো মুহূর্তে ঘটতে পারে অঘটন। কিন্তু দুমুঠো অন্ন যে জোগাড় করতেই হবে। তাই প্রিয় নাতিকে দড়ি দিয়ে বেঁধে রেখে ভিক্ষার জন্য চলে গেছেন এক হতদরিদ্র দাদি। শাহবাগ মোড় এলাকার

Monday, 4 April 2011

এক ক্লিকে সব ড্রাইভ রিফ্রেশ

এক ক্লিকে সব ড্রাইভ রিফ্রেশ!

                                                                তারিখ: ০৫-০৪-২০১১
উইন্ডোজ অপারেটিং সিস্টেম ব্যবহারকারীরা ইচ্ছা করলে এক ক্লিকে কম্পিউটারের সব ড্রাইভ রিফ্রেশ করে নিতে পারেন। এ জন্য Start/All Programme/Accessories/Notepad-এ গিয়ে নো্টপ্যাড খুলতে হবে। এরপর নিচের সংকেত হুবহু নোটপ্যাডে লিখতে হবে।
Echo Off
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D:
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E:
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F:
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G:
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H:
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I:
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J:
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L:
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এখানে C, D, E, F, G, H, T, J, K, L, M, N কমান্ডগুলো আপনার কম্পিউটারের ড্রাইভের লেটার হিসেবে ধরা হয়েছে। এ ছাড়া যদি আপনার কম্পিউটারে আরও কোনো ড্রাইভ থাকে, তাহলে আপনি সেটি নোটপ্যাডে যোগ করতে পারেন। যেমন—S ড্রাইভ যোগ করতে নোটপ্যাডের শেষে লিখতে হবে: S:
Tree
এ ছাড়া আপনি ইচ্ছা করলে যেকোনো ড্রাইভ রিফ্রেশের তালিকা থেকে বাদ দিতে পারবেন। এ জন্য ওই ড্রাইভের লেটার মুছে তার পরের লাইনের Tree লেখাটি মুছতে হবে।
সংকেত লেখার পর File/Save as-এ গিয়ে ফাইলটি Refresh Drive.bat নামে সেভ করুন। খেয়াল করুন, Refresh Drive নামের নতুন একটি ফাইল তৈরি হয়েছে। তৈরি হওয়া Refresh Drive ফাইলটিতে ডবল ক্লিক করলেই কম্পিউটারের সব ড্রাইভ একসাথে রিফ্রেশ হবে। এখন থেকে এই ফাইলে ক্লিক করেই আপনি ড্রাইভ রিফ্রেশ করতে পারবেন।

গড়ে তোলা হূৎপিণ্ডে স্পন্দনের অপেক্ষা


গড়ে তোলা হূৎপিণ্ডে স্পন্দনের অপেক্ষা


 
যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের পরীক্ষাগারে বৈজ্ঞানিক পদ্ধতিতে গড়া হূৎপিণ্ড রেখে কম্পনের (বিট) অপেক্ষায় দিন গুনছেন বিজ্ঞানীরা। শিগগিরই এসব হূৎপিণ্ড সচল হবে বলে তাঁরা আশাবাদী। পরীক্ষাটি সফল হলে তা হবে মানবদেহের বাইরে নতুন করে গড়া কোনো হূৎপিণ্ডে কম্পন সৃষ্টির প্রথম ঘটনা। বিশ্বের কোটি কোটি হূদেরাগীর জন্য এটি হবে এক দারুণ সুখবর।
এই হূৎপিণ্ড তৈরির ক্ষেত্রে দান করা কয়েকটি হূৎপিণ্ড থেকে পেশিকোষ নিয়ে এর সঙ্গে রোগীর স্টেম সেলের সমন্বয় ঘটিয়েছেন গবেষকেরা। এরপর তাঁরা সবল হূৎকোষ তৈরির উপযোগী করে হূৎপিণ্ডগুলো রেখে দিয়েছেন বিশেষ স্থানে। এ ক্ষেত্রে বৈজ্ঞানিকভাবে এমন ব্যবস্থা করা হয়েছে, যাতে ক্রমে উন্নত পর্যায়ে গিয়ে আপনাআপনি হূৎপিণ্ডে স্পন্দন সৃষ্টি হয়।
গবেষণার সঙ্গে জড়িত বিশেষজ্ঞ মিনেসোটা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ডরিস টেলর বলেন, ‘এসব হূৎপিণ্ড পরিণত হচ্ছে। আমরা আশা করছি, কয়েক সপ্তাহের মধ্যে এগুলোর মধ্যে স্পন্দন দেখা যাবে।’ তিনি বলেন, ‘এ ধরনের একটি হূৎপিণ্ডকে পুরোপুরি কর্মক্ষম করার বেলায় অনেক বাধা রয়েছে। তবে আমি আশাবাদী, একদিন হূদেরাগে আক্রান্ত কোনো ব্যক্তির দেহে প্রতিস্থাপন করার উপযোগী হূৎপিণ্ডের পুরোটাই বাইরে থেকে জন্মানো সম্ভব হবে।’
ডরিস টেলরের ভাষ্য, হূৎপিণ্ড প্রতিস্থাপনের ক্ষেত্রে রোগীকে সাধারণত এমন কিছু ওষুধ খেতে হবে, যা পরবর্তী জীবনে তাঁর রোগ প্রতিরোধব্যবস্থার ওপর বিরূপ প্রভাব ফেলতে পারে। এতে ওই রোগীর উচ্চরক্তচাপ ও বহুমূত্র রোগ দেখা দিতে পারে; দেখা দিতে পারে কিডনি অকেজো হওয়ার মতো জটিলতা। কিন্তু রোগীর স্টেম সেল ব্যবহার করে বাইরে থেকে কোনো হূৎপিণ্ড তৈরি করে তা রোগীর দেহে প্রতিস্থাপন করলে এসব রোগের ঝুঁকি অনেক কমে যেতে পারে।
প্রতিস্থাপনযোগ্য হূৎপিণ্ড গড়ে তোলার ক্ষেত্রে গবেষকেরা প্রথমে দাতার হূৎপিণ্ড নিয়েছেন। এবার ওই হূৎপিণ্ড বিশেষ পদ্ধতিতে ধুয়ে কোষগুলো আলাদা করে মূল হূৎপিণ্ডকে এমন পর্যায়ে নিয়ে গেছেন, যা স্রেফ একটি আমিষের খাঁচা। গবেষকেরা এর নাম দিয়েছেন ‘গোস্ট হার্ট’। এবার এই গোস্ট হার্টের সঙ্গে যোগ করা হয়েছে হূদেরাগে ভোগা রোগীর স্টেম সেল। এভাবে এই হূৎপিণ্ডকে নতুন করে জন্মানোর সুযোগ দেওয়া হয়েছে। এর আগে টেলরের গবেষক দলটি ইঁদুর ও শূকরের হূৎপিণ্ড নিয়ে একই পদ্ধতিতে পরীক্ষা চালিয়ে এতে স্পন্দন সঞ্চারে সফল হয়েছেন। ডেইলি মেইল অনলাইন।

Monday, 21 March 2011

Framing the narrative of Libya

                              Framing the narrative of Libya
      Despite all the rhetoric, the Gaddafis bear the responsibility for the ills and misfortunes of their country.


               As soon as the UN-mandated international protection of the Libyan people got under way, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has rushed to condemn the new "Crusaders'" war against Islam and rally national sentiment against the "Western-led military assault".

These words might ring hollow today, but as he continues to prolong and escalate the war, Gaddafi hopes to turn his attempt to preserve a brutal regime into a national anti-colonial struggle.

Symbolism aside, how the battle over Libya is framed is paramount for the future of the revolution in the country and the Arab world beyond.

Since the first hours of the uprising in the eastern parts of the country, Gaddafi has tried to frame it as a criminal activity carried by hallucinating drug addicts and their pushers.

But as soon as the desire for change turned into a reality and the revolutionaries swept through a number of cities and took over state institutions, Gaddafi began to speak of serious offense against the republic by thugs and rats that must be crushed.

Later, he threatened to punish these foreign-instigated ''armed gangs'' for holding people hostage and threatening the security of the country.

And when finally Libya caught international attention beyond the dramatic changes in Tunisia and Egypt, the Libyan dictator changed his tune once again.

Bearing in mind Western public opinion, Gaddafi then advanced the ''war-on-terror'' framework where his regime is confronted by Al Qaeda and its Islamist affiliates.

As more and more officials, diplomats and military personnel began to defect in favour of the revolution Gaddafi warned against betrayal of traitors and of Libyan fifth column.

The regime's failure to stem the defiance of Libyans and their aspiration for change, prompted "Gaddafi junior" to threaten a civil war and "rivers of bold".

Anticipating Arab condemnation of the regime's use of excessive force against civilians, the Gaddafis took the righteous path, boasting of their ''great republic'' fight against reactionary Arabs whom they cursed and mocked at their [Arab] League.

And when, finally, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1973 that authorised the use of force and Western powers began to implement it, Gaddafi reverted to his favourite framework and preached a populist nationalist/Muslim struggle against Western/Christian colonial powers!

Make no mistake about it, the battle over Libya did take a turn for the worse with the international intervention to protect the Libyan people and impose no-fly zone among other measures.

The ongoing bombardment is and will remain a controversial subject that has already been criticised by the Arab league. Further escalation could lead to a backlash.

So who bears the responsibility for turning Libya into a war zone and an object of an international military intervention?

Could it be those who confronted a peaceful civil uprising for freedom with lethal force, and when it escalated into a full-fledged revolt, used aerial bombardments, heavy artillery to quell it?

Libya could have and should have gone Tunisia or Egypt's path of change. But while their militaries conceded the need for regime change, in Libya the family-led powerful militias, financed and groomed to defend the regime's "country estate", sided with their pay masters.

While the Gaddafis continue to show images of pro-Gaddafi demonstrators in Tripoli to offset the images of widespread anti-Gaddafi/pro-change, in reality, Libya is not divided between two visions for their country.

Rather between a majority that seeks free and prosperous Libya, and a mostly small heavily-armed minority that runs or benefits from a corrupt rule.

Alas, even the worse regimes in history have had following among their subjects that had a stake in the system.

Needless to say, Libyans in general deserve better than to see their country ruled like a ''family farm''. That''s why they insist on taking down the regime. But the Gaddafi dynasty would not have it, threatening to take the country down with them.

That is why despite all the inflamed rhetoric and populist propaganda, when all is said and done, it is the Gaddafis who bear the responsibility for the ills and misfortunes of their country.

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Points table

                                             Points table

 

ICC Cricket World Cup 2010/11 / Points table






 Group A
Teams Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR For Against
Pakistan 6 5 1 0 0 10 +0.758 1312/275.1 1155/288.0
Sri Lanka 6 4 1 0 1 9 +2.582 1336/218.4 882/250.0
Australia 6 4 1 0 1 9 +1.123 1181/218.5 1030/241.0
New Zealand 6 4 2 0 0 8 +1.135 1257/241.3 1156/284.0
Zimbabwe 6 2 4 0 0 4 +0.030 1288/288.0 1189/267.4
Canada 6 1 5 0 0 2 -1.987 1054/295.3 1582/284.5
Kenya 6 0 6 0 0 0 -3.042 932/300.0 1366/222.1
Group B
Teams Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR For Against
South Africa 6 5 1 0 0 10 +2.026 1595/292.3 1028/300.0
India 6 4 1 1 0 9 +0.900 1673/282.3 1505/299.4
England 6 3 2 1 0 7 +0.072 1600/298.4 1576/298.1
West Indies 6 3 3 0 0 6 +1.066 1299/262.2 1138/292.5
Bangladesh 6 3 3 0 0 6 -1.361 1017/290.2 1276/262.2
Ireland 6 2 4 0 0 4 -0.696 1393/296.5 1595/296.0
Netherlands 6 0 6 0 0 0 -2.045 1182/300.0 1641/274.1
Points by match: Group A
Result Date   Team Pts   Team Pts  
20 Feb 2011
New Zealand 2
Kenya 0 Table | Match


Sri Lanka 2
Canada 0 Match
21 Feb 2011
Australia 2
Zimbabwe 0 Table | Match
23 Feb 2011
Pakistan 2
Kenya 0 Table | Match
25 Feb 2011
Australia 2
New Zealand 0 Table | Match
26 Feb 2011
Pakistan 2
Sri Lanka 0 Table | Match
28 Feb 2011
Zimbabwe 2
Canada 0 Table | Match
1 Mar 2011
Sri Lanka 2
Kenya 0 Table | Match
3 Mar 2011
Pakistan 2
Canada 0 Table | Match
4 Mar 2011
New Zealand 2
Zimbabwe 0 Table | Match
5 Mar 2011
Sri Lanka 1
Australia 1 Table | Match
7 Mar 2011
Canada 2
Kenya 0 Table | Match
8 Mar 2011
New Zealand 2
Pakistan 0 Table | Match
10 Mar 2011
Sri Lanka 2
Zimbabwe 0 Table | Match
13 Mar 2011
New Zealand 2
Canada 0 Table | Match


Australia 2
Kenya 0 Match
14 Mar 2011
Pakistan 2
Zimbabwe 0 Table | Match
16 Mar 2011
Australia 2
Canada 0 Table | Match
18 Mar 2011
Sri Lanka 2
New Zealand 0 Table | Match
19 Mar 2011
Pakistan 2
Australia 0 Table | Match
20 Mar 2011
Zimbabwe 2
Kenya 0 Table | Match
Points by match: Group B
Result Date   Team Pts   Team Pts  
19 Feb 2011
India 2
Bangladesh 0 Table | Match
22 Feb 2011
England 2
Netherlands 0 Table | Match
24 Feb 2011
South Africa 2
West Indies 0 Table | Match
25 Feb 2011
Bangladesh 2
Ireland 0 Table | Match
27 Feb 2011
India 1
England 1 Table | Match
28 Feb 2011
West Indies 2
Netherlands 0 Table | Match
2 Mar 2011
Ireland 2
England 0 Table | Match
3 Mar 2011
South Africa 2
Netherlands 0 Table | Match
4 Mar 2011
West Indies 2
Bangladesh 0 Table | Match
6 Mar 2011
England 2
South Africa 0 Table | Match


India 2
Ireland 0 Match
9 Mar 2011
India 2
Netherlands 0 Table | Match
11 Mar 2011
West Indies 2
Ireland 0 Table | Match


Bangladesh 2
England 0 Match
12 Mar 2011
South Africa 2
India 0 Table | Match
14 Mar 2011
Bangladesh 2
Netherlands 0 Table | Match
15 Mar 2011
South Africa 2
Ireland 0 Table | Match
17 Mar 2011
England 2
West Indies 0 Table | Match
18 Mar 2011
Ireland 2
Netherlands 0 Table | Match
19 Mar 2011
South Africa 2
Bangladesh 0 Table | Match
20 Mar 2011
India 2
West Indies 0 Table | Match
The following points system will apply:
Win 2
Tie or no result 1
Loss 0
In the event of teams finishing on equal points in its Group, the right to play in the quarter-finals will be decided in the following order of priority:
  • The team with the most wins in the Group matches will be placed in the higher position.
  • If there are teams with equal points and equal wins in the Group matches then in such case the team with the higher net run rate in the Group matches will be placed in the higher position (refer below for the calculation of net run rate).
  • If following the net run rate calculation above there are teams which are still equal, then the team with the higher number of wickets taken per balls bowled in the Group matches in which results were achieved will be placed in the higher position.
  • If still equal, the team which was the winner of the head to head match played between them will be placed in the higher position.
  • In the highly unlikely event that teams cannot be separated by the above this will be done by drawing lots.
Quarter Final
  • If a quarter-final is tied, the teams shall compete in a one over per side eliminator to determine which team progresses to the semi-final. Refer to Appendix 7. here
  • If following a tie, weather conditions prevent the one over eliminator from being completed, or if the match is a no result, then the team that finished in the higher position in the Group stage shall proceed to the semi-finals.
Semi Final
  • If a Semi-Final is tied, the teams shall compete in a one over per side eliminator to determine which team progresses to the final. Refer to Appendix 7. here.
  • If following a tie, weather conditions prevent the one over eliminator from being completed, or if the match is a no result, then the team that finished in the higher position in the Group stage shall proceed to the final.
Final
In the event of a tied final, the teams shall compete in a one over per side eliminator to determine which team is the winner. Refer to Appendix 7. here. If weather conditions prevent the one over eliminator from being completed, the teams will be declared joint winners.
In the event of a no result, provided weather conditions permit, the teams shall compete in a one over per side eliminator to determine which team is the winner. If weather conditions do not permit, the teams will be declared joint winners.
Net Run Rate
A team‟s net run rate is calculated by deducting from the average runs per over scored by that team throughout the competition, the average runs per over scored against that team throughout the competition.
In the event of a team being all out in less than its full quota of overs, the calculation of its net run rate shall be based on the full quota of overs to which it would have been entitled and not on the number of overs in which the team was dismissed.
Note: Any play during a one over per side eliminator is excluded from these calculations.
Only those matches where results are achieved will count for the purpose of net run rate calculations. Where a match is abandoned, but a result is achieved under Duckworth/Lewis, for net run rate purposes Team 1 will be accredited with Team 2‟s Par Score on abandonment off the same number of overs faced by Team 2. Where a match is concluded but with Duckworth/Lewis having been applied at an earlier point in the match, Team 1 will be accredited with 1 run less than the final Target Score for Team 2 off the total number of overs allocated to Team 2 to reach the target.
In circumstances where a match (and the points for such match) is awarded to a team as a result of the other team‟s refusal to play, either by the umpires in accordance with Law 21.3 (a)(ii) or in accordance with the provisions of the relevant event agreements signed by the participating teams, the net run rate of the defaulting team shall be affected in that the full 50 overs of the defaulting team‟s innings in such forfeited match shall be taken into account in calculating the average runs per over of the defaulting team over the course of the relevant portion of the competition. For the avoidance of doubt the runs scored and overs bowled in such forfeited match will not be taken into account when calculating the net run rate of the team to whom the match was awarded.