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From February 2009, The Daily Star has published at least 10 stories along with in-depth information on the gas compressor issue - from cancellation of the tender for installation of gas compressors by Petrobangla's ex-chairman to awarding a contract to Chevron questionably. The last story in this regard came out on October 27.
Pakistan scene
Today the citizens in Pakistan are getting the taste of what happened in the then East Pakistan in 1971. The Muslim fanatics are killing fellow Muslims. In Bangladesh today, there is lack of genuine political leadership; and the leaders of the society are unable to channelise the political leadership into the right 'democratic' paths. One of the reasons could be the mere 9-month active struggle for independence. Are we paying all these decades in compound interest? If the foundation were not solid, wide and not strong enough, then the infrastructure would be weak. This we could judge from the interruptions in democratic rules from time to time, in Dhaka. The latest stop-gap arrangement was the invention of the non-political, interim caretaker government, to conduct the general elections. We are ruled by the heart and cannot use our good brains in public interest. Now the political parties' councils are being held after decades--the political regimes never bothered about the issue (internal democracy within the parties vs. the dynasty rules.) We are the victims of wrong institutions, or absence of the same. The compensation has to be paid cosmically--there is a timing for it. There are no short cuts in divine justice (regardless boycotting), the national issues are not being debated in public interest, and metropolitan Dhaka capital is dying due to too much centralization. Power is not being transferred to the elected Union Council Chairperson; the bureaucracy is throttled and the divisions and its headquarters are not developing or proving attractive for investment. The elected politicians consider themselves to be above the law, and encourage the breaking of law and order by the field workers. We have to wait till Nature takes its toll of the human evils. Climate change is a global issue; separate from the local political climate non-change.
Today the citizens in Pakistan are getting the taste of what happened in the then East Pakistan in 1971. The Muslim fanatics are killing fellow Muslims. In Bangladesh today, there is lack of genuine political leadership; and the leaders of the society are unable to channelise the political leadership into the right 'democratic' paths. One of the reasons could be the mere 9-month active struggle for independence. Are we paying all these decades in compound interest? If the foundation were not solid, wide and not strong enough, then the infrastructure would be weak. This we could judge from the interruptions in democratic rules from time to time, in Dhaka. The latest stop-gap arrangement was the invention of the non-political, interim caretaker government, to conduct the general elections. We are ruled by the heart and cannot use our good brains in public interest. Now the political parties' councils are being held after decades--the political regimes never bothered about the issue (internal democracy within the parties vs. the dynasty rules.) We are the victims of wrong institutions, or absence of the same. The compensation has to be paid cosmically--there is a timing for it. There are no short cuts in divine justice (regardless boycotting), the national issues are not being debated in public interest, and metropolitan Dhaka capital is dying due to too much centralization. Power is not being transferred to the elected Union Council Chairperson; the bureaucracy is throttled and the divisions and its headquarters are not developing or proving attractive for investment. The elected politicians consider themselves to be above the law, and encourage the breaking of law and order by the field workers. We have to wait till Nature takes its toll of the human evils. Climate change is a global issue; separate from the local political climate non-change.
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