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Late President Zillur Rahman

Late President, Freedom Fighter, Language Movement soldier Adv. Md. Zillur Rahman-19th President of Bangladesh

Rule of democracy was restored in Bangladesh last month as Sheikh Ha

sina Wajed returned to power leading a coalition to a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections. Zillur Rahman has done his great roll Mr. Md. Zillur Rahman, the 19th President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, was born in a respectable Muslim family under Bhairab Thana of Kishoreganj district on March 09, 1929. His father late Meher Ali Mian was a renowned lawyer, the Chairman of the then Mymensingh Local Board and the Member of the District Board. Mr. Zillur Rahman started his academic life at the district town of Mymensingh. He passed Matriculation from Bhairab K. B. High School in 1945 and obtained Intermediate of Arts (I. A.) certificate from Dhaka Intermediate College. In 1954, he got his M.A. with Honors in History and L. L. B. degree from the University of Dhaka. Mr. Zillur Rahman played an active role in the great Language Movement in 1952. He presided over a student gathering held in the historic Amtala (Mango grove) of Dhaka University on 19 February 1952 on demand of Bangla as the State Language. The work plan of 21 February was taken from here. Mr. Zillur Rahman was one of the prominent leaders among the 11 student-leaders who met at the pond-side between Fazlul Huq Hall and Dhaka Hall on 20 February 1952 and took decision to break the section144. In 1953, he was elected as the Vice-President of Student Union of Fazlul Huq Hall of Dhaka University uncontested. The University authority expelled him from the University and snatched his Masters Degree due to his active participation in Language Movement. However, facing intense mayhem by the students, the university authority compelled to return his degree. At the time of Jukto-Front (United Front) Election in 1954, he was made the Vice-Chairman of Election Steering Committee of the greater Mymenshing district. He also performed his duties as the President of erstwhile East Pakistan Awami Sechchhasebak League. He was the founder President of Kishorgonj Awami League in 1956. He was elected General-Secretary of Dhaka District Bar Association in sixties. Mr. Zillur Rahman came in close touch with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during his study in Dhaka Intermediate College in 1946, when he was engaged in publicity work on referendum inSylhet during the British regime. He took part in all mass-movements including the movement against military rule in 1962, six-point movement in 1966 and mass-upsurge in 1969 as a close associate of the Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In 1970, he was elected Member of the National Assembly (M. N. A.) of Pakistan. Mr. Zillur Rahman was one of the veteran organizers of our Liberation War in 1971. He was associated with the operation of the Sadhin Bangla Betar Kendro (a Radio Centre of Independent Bangladesh) and publication of newspaper named, JoyBangla, the mouth-piece of the then Mujibnagar Government . During the war of liberation, the occupying Pakistan Government sentenced him twenty-year imprisonment and confiscated his all properties by canceling the Membership of the National Assembly. In 1972, just after our victory in the war of liberation, he as a Member of Bangladesh Constituent Assembly actively took part in formation of the Constitution of Bangladesh. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) in 1973 and 1986 from his constituency.

In 1996, he re-elected as MP in the 7^th Parliament and became a Minister. He held the portfolio of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives. Besides, he successfully performed the duties of Deputy Leader in the Parliament till 2001. Mr. Zillur Rahman further elected MP in the 8^th Parliament in 2001. Mr. Zillur Rahman led the party in a very crucial time with courageous and farsighted after the arrest of Sheikh Hasina, the President of Bangladesh Awami League, on July 16 following the promulgation of State of Emergency on January 11, 2007. During her 11 month- captive life in Special Jail and six-month staying abroad for treatment, Mr. Zillur Rahman played vital role as the Acting President of the Party to keep the Party united and to revive the Democracy. Bangladesh Awami League won the landslide victory in the 9^th Parliament Election held in 29 December 2008. He became the Member of Parliament for the Sixth time. He has been playing pivotal role as the Deputy Leader of the Parliament before taking oath as the 19th President of the Republic in 1972, after the Independence, the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was elected as the President while Mr. Md. Zillur Rahman was elected as the General-Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League. He re-elected as the General-Secretary of the Party in 1974. He was the first General Secretary of Bangladesh Krishok Sramik Awami League in 1975. After the brutal assassination of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family in 1975, he was kept in prison for 4 years. In 1981, after the return of Sheikh Hasina, the elder daughter of Bangabandhu, from abroad to motherland, Mr. Zillur Rahman played important role as Presidium Member of Bangladesh Awami League. He was prisoned again in 1986 while he was a Member of Parliament. He was elected as General-Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League both in 1992 and in 1997. Mrs. Ivey Rahman, the beloved wife of the Hon’ble President Zillur Rahman and a veteran leader of Bangladesh Awami League died after two days following the brutal grenade attack on 21 August 2004 at a grand-rally of Bangladesh Awami League at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka. She was the Ex-President of Bangladesh Mohila Awami League and Ex-Chairperson of Jatio Mohila Songstha. Until her death, she was the Secretary of Bangladesh Mohila Awami League. Mr. Zillur Rahman is blessed with a son and two daughters. Mr. Md. Zillur Rahman sworn in of the office of the President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on 12 February 2009 as the 19^th President.

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Millionaire BNP Ministers

Summary: Corruption is the number one problem for Bangladesh. Transparency International in its annual report placed Bangladesh at the top of the list of most corrupt nations in the world. Certainly, it makes the politicians in Bangladesh, especially those in power, extremely uncomfortable and worried. It is apprehended that in the coming report of Transparency International, Bangladesh is going to be placed once again at the top. Although the ruling alliance in the country are making frantic bids in cleansing the image of Bangladesh, it is well understood that, international community are yet to be convinced to the fact that, Begum Khaleda Zia’s government is doing something in eliminating corruption from different section in the country. Only recently, an intelligence agency in the country identified 11 mid ranking officials with National Board of Revenue, who own 15 luxurious villas in countries port city of Chittagong, which costs US$ 2.5 million. It is important to mention here that, monthly salary of these officials is less than US$ 400 per month! Police and Customs (revenue) are the most corrupt departments in Bangladesh. Almost all the officers, on their retirement, emerge as multi-millionaire. They acquire wealth and properties in their own name of in the names of their spouses. It is almost an open secret in the country. Government also knows these facts, but is unable to take any action.

In recent days, names of some of the members of the BNP’s cabinet in Bangladesh come as the worst corrupts. They minted money like wild gambling. Sixty members of parliament rose complaint against a particular minister, while the Prime Minister Khaleda Zia did not take any action against him. It is also learnt that, many of the family members of Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia are becoming fabulously rich, by using state power. The most talked about corrupt figure in Bangladesh is Tareq Rahman, eldest son of the Prime Minister. TAREQ BECAME BILLIONAIRE JUST IN FEW YEARS, WHILE MANY OF HIS FRIENDS, WHO WERE PARTNERS IN HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITIES OR IN THE ADDICTION OF PHENSIDYL ALSO BECAME VERY RICH UNDER THE DIRECT PATRONIZATION OF THE SON OF PM BEGUM KHALEDA ZIA.

Tareq has established Hawa Bhaban, which is although considered as one of the offices of the ruling party. There are solid evidences of this office’s involvement in interfering in almost all the business and contracts in the country. Hawa Bhaban palls are considered as the most influential figures in Bangladesh. One of the Hawa Bhaban palls is Giasuddin Mamun, who is tareq’s closest friend too. Hailing from an extreme poor family in the southern part of Bangladesh, Mamun is today one of the richest men in Bangladesh through various corruption, smuggling and many other forms of illegal activities.

Surprisingly one of the assistant press secretaries of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, Touhidul Islam alias Ashik Islam is simultaneously working in the PMO as well in Hawa Bhaban as its spokesman. Moreover, this man is also involved with Tareq’s private television channel, Channel One. There are numerous allegations on Ashik’s involvement in a number of financial irregularities as well of misappropriating state money with various excuses, government did not take any action against this man, as he is considered to be one of the closest aides of Tareq Rahman. In the PMO too, Ashik is known as an womanizer, alcoholic, bribe taker and blackmailer. Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was notified several times about this man’s illegal activities by country’s intelligence agencies. But, she could not take any action against Ashik, as Tareq always stood behind him with fullest support.

Khaleda’a own brother, Sayeed Iskander, who is a sacked major of Bangladesh army, also turned into multi-millionaire by using the influence of his sister. Sayeed runs a company named dandy Dying, which is a mere camouflage of his other activities. Behind the mask of Dandy Dying, Sayeed is involved in minting fabulous amount of cash through kick backs or other means; as well he is virtually active as the unseen defense advisor to the Prime Minister. No posting or promotion in the army is possible without his blessings or recommendations. Sayeed Iskander placed a number of his course-mates and even some of his close relatives in the sensitive and important positions in Bangladesh Army. A man with high political ambition, Sayeed is known to be one of the key conspirators in seizing power from Khaleda by using his grip in the armed forces. His ultimate goal is to become the future Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Khaleda’s late husband President Ziaur Rahman sacked Sayeed Iskander from Bangladesh Army for his alleged involvement in a number of corruption charges. Zia was one of the few honest figures in Bangladesh politics, who did not allow any of the members of his family to make money using state power. Not only that, Ziaur Rahman was the man, who did not interfere when both of his sons were ousted from St. Joseph School, which is considered one of the most prestigious schools in Dhaka. Zia’s sons were to leave this school because they turned to be duffers and extremely inattentive to their education. Tareq and his brother requested their daddy to readmit them in St. Joseph, when angry Ziaur Rahman said, “I am not in power to support inattentive sons of mine”.

The present government will finish its tenure this October. Meantime, names of most corrupt ministers are already coming in circulation, with figures of cash they minted during the five-year term of the BNP government since 2001. The corrupt ministers are:

	Name of Minister	Amount Earned in U$
01	Barrister Nazmul Huda	0.5 billion
02	Mirza Abbas	43 Million
03	Begum Khurshid Jahan Haque (sister of PM)	40 Million
04	Tariqul Islam	38 million
05	Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan	35 million
06	Salahuddin Ahmed	32 million
07	Barrister Aminul Huq	31 million
08	Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf	30 million
09	Altaf Hussain Chowdhury	28 million
10	Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku	26 million
11	Dr. Khandekar Musharraf Hussain	25 million
12	Barkatulla Bulu	24 million
13	Abdullah Al Noman	23 million
14	Lt. Col Akber Hussain	22 million
15	Major (Retired) Qamrul Islam	21 million
16	Shajahan Siraj	20 million
17	Advocate Gautam Chakrabarty	17 million
18	Amanullah Aman	15 million
19	Ziaul Haque Zia	14 million
20	Jafrul Islam Chowdhury	13 million
21	ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon	11 million
22	Asadul Habib Dulu	10 million
23	Fazlur Rahman Patal	9 million
24	Advocate Ruhul Quddus Talikder Dulu	8 million
25	Lutfur Rahman Khan Azad	6 million

Finance Minister M. Saifur Rahman is although considered to be a clean man, his sons are engaged in minting money by using the influence of their father. His sons are involved in several businesses like multi-level marketing (a company, which just disappeared after taking a few million dollars from the innocent people), customs clearing and forwarding business (this company is handling most of the big businesses in the country, just because, finance minister’s sons are partners in the business), readymade garments (smuggling of narcotics are done under the cover of this business) etc.

Dr. Peter Snowman
34 Bay Side Ave
New York City
USA

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