Anyone who is following the events surrounding government forced split in BNP will know of the following events that happened yesterday and was in the news today. Yesterday’s events as they were published by most of the print media and reported by electronic media are:
1. Khondokar Delwar Hossain could be traced back at BIRDEM hospital and surprising every quarter, he remained as defiant as before. He claimed his legitimate authority as Secy general of BNP and termed the formation of the turncoat faction with Saifur Rahman and Major Hafiz as illegal. BNP office secretary Rizvi Ahmed had a press conference today and he categorically termed the Saifur- Hafiz fraction illegitimate.
2. Major Hafiz claimed the authority of the party citing that party constitution is not applicable all time. This turncoat faction also sent a team to EC to record their claim of the EC invitation of dialogue.
3. As a part of continuing suffocating pressure on Khondokar Delwar Hossain, who remained almost isolated and confined at BIRDEM hospital today, expectedly his son Paban was arrested in weapon and Yaba charges.
Most of the newspapers except two major dailies reported all the news mentioned above. Two dailies, the daily Star and Prothom –Alo reported part of the news.
Today’s edition of the daily Star had three banner headlines on this matter. Their first headline was “Saifur-led BNP all set to get EC nod. Given assurance to use party HQ, symbol”. This reporting was clearly an attempt to create an environment in favor of their wishful thinking reporting. Their second banner headline was, “Infamous Paban Captured.” The report started this way, “Akhter Hamid Paban, son of immediate past BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain, was placed on a two-day remand yesterday in an arms case”. In this rather long reporting Daily Star printed a long chronology of unsubstantiated allegations against Khondokar Delwar Hossain family and Paban, trying to depict him as the worst of the worst criminal. Surprisingly in this long reporting there is absolutely no mention of possible connection of Paban arrest and pressure on Khondokar Delwar Hossain to resign. and not to mention Daily Star qualification of Delwar Hossain as immediate past general secretary. In their 3rd first page report, a headline quoted Hafiz, the acting Secretary of turncoat faction as saying “BNP to go to power with Saifur at helm: Hopes Hafiz”, and gave extensive coverage to Hafiz press conference and reported a little bit about Rizvi press conference in the same reporting.
On the other hand Prothom-Alo went one step further. It had only two reports. One, again about creating an environment favoring EC recognition of turncoat fraction, is on Hafiz’s demand for EC recognition. The other is definitely the first page headline reporting of Paban’s arrest with plethora of unsubstantiated allegation against Khondokar Delwar Hossain family. In this reporting, as in Daily Star, there was not a single mention of the possible connection of this arrest with Khondokar Delwar Hossain’s refusal to give in to the demands of a military intelligence agency. And there was total blackout of any news about Khondokar Delwar claiming legitimate authority of BNP and Rizvi’s press conference declaring Saifur led faction as illegal.
Reading these two newspapers makes me wonder what kind of journalistic teaching these two editors had and what kind of standard they are creating? Why such a blind partisanship towards this military government? What favor really they want in return?
During 36 years of independence we have seen how successive governments have hired street thugs to disperse opposition processions, ransack meeting places, blockade opposition leaders’ trips or harass opposition activists. Now a days what these two editors are doing to harass opposition political leaders, weaken opposition political activism is little different from what those street thugs did in the past for their political masters.
October 31, 2007 at 11:59 pm
so u have noticed this !
Prothom Alo & Daily Star is always known to do such things. But I can mention them a bit puzzled, because buttering this regime did not helped them too much. I think you will remember Prothom-alo when they published a survey on their 1st page which shows less crime during this regime. But all these found worthless because hi stake of oil/butter couldn’t save their “onnodata” Latifur Rahman from getting beneath accusations of Anti Corruption Commission. Petty !!!
November 1, 2007 at 12:10 am
pardon my grammatical mistakes, I couldn’t remain calm after finding you have noticed same thing I did.
November 1, 2007 at 12:30 am
Etodina Kohila Orindom Bishaade!
From long before was metaphoring this two dailies, Daily star and Protom-Alo as DARK STAR and SHESHER ONDOKAAR respectively.
TYA.
November 1, 2007 at 9:35 am
Daily Star Journalist Fahim Munayeem is the Press Secretary of the chief advisor Fakruddin Ahmed and was just appointed Bangladeshi Highcommisoner to Canada.
Go Figure.
November 1, 2007 at 11:14 am
Very people who wrote volumes in blogs and advocated based on reports of Daily Star, Prothom-Alo and few of those similar news paper need to re-evaluate their sense of clearness in perceiving lies & truth. Believers of these news papers themselves were part of distributing lies
November 1, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Some secular pundits are close to flip on Turkey being the “The Moderate religious state”. As turkey embroils in to fight (not make of their own), local public sentiment are not favoring West. As it grows, western media bibles, Washington Post and Times has to defend West by defaming Turkey. It won’t be difficult since ‘popular’ words ‘Muslim and “Islam” ‘unfortunately’ part of Turkey, which they can not ‘get rid of it’. WP & T will work in phases. Phase 1 initiate doubts, phase 2 provide ‘facts’, phase 3 adding 2+2 and by 4th phase and having ‘gallop polls’ handy, Turkey will converge in a “liable state”.
“News Papers and their facts”!
Many Bangladeshi secularist finds Turkey as a symbol of what they perceive how religion should play role. If Turkey’s ‘religious state’ changes, it may be a blow.
November 1, 2007 at 1:37 pm
–Dialy star, Prothom-alo did not afraid to write agaist libaration collaborator, which was a main news of yesterday–
We all know, all the dailies are trying to save their a$$-Man- this is an emergency state to establish democracy, not like before! Question: do media express baseless things to save them?
lets come with an example-if an army Major slapes to a person without any reason, probably, that will not be reported in media now, however,if it happened by Paban(Dalwar’s son) definitely, will be reported in press. but if it happened before 1/11, things might be different…
But Looking at the background of 2 instances, I would say…Paban should be reported in both of the cases, because, he is the one who has been miss used power in the name of lawmakers’ son. Get his back groud- you would say yes!
This is the right time of media where the they are bound to report real corruption news to public as they are kind to force by the army…other hand bound to conceal some news which is against CG’s interest( like slaping by a Major).
if you see the cost and benefit point of view, the cost is miss-behave of a Major is considered, benifit is: thousand Paban who harmed the society for years after year, who were out of the range of govt-public-media…are brought into law…The cost is far less than the benefits that we’ll enjoy- our generation will enjoy.
FOI,chief cirme reporters of many medias are paid by many many criminals, they used to engineered news as mild as they can for long.
November 2, 2007 at 10:14 am
[...] are in place, it will suddenly be time for elections. Prothom Alo and Daily Star will joyously hail Moeen, the hero of the hour, for bringing democracy back to Bangladesh, just as he promised, and [...]
November 2, 2007 at 10:25 am
#7
Cost is entire BD under thugs are considered for years to come, benefit is: 200 Paban & likes who harmed the society for years after year are put away.
November 2, 2007 at 11:27 am
Oh man!!!
this Fahim Munaim ???
Did he work for The Daily Star…?
November 2, 2007 at 11:33 am
These two editors,
have now become two very proud flag-pole holder to ban Jamaet & religious politics.
From where their bucks & pennies come, from where the butter on their breads come, that India, it too have religious politics. Why don’t they talk to their master to stop it there? Oh no! they won’t do this because India is the master !!! master can hit them with a hunter !!!
November 2, 2007 at 1:48 pm
MUA was invited and had planned to visit India. It was scrapped. He recently went to US. Any one knows global politics need no explanation. Some ‘give & take’ is not so unlikely. During early months of this year many were skeptical and practiced ‘benefit of doubt’ towards CTG. Present CTG sure had flavor of ‘helping’ BD. KDH events and ‘rise’ of banning Islamic party is the continuation of a dynamic agenda. Reading Daily Star and Prothom-Alo are helping many skeptical to connect dots.
These hide & seek games are not uncommon from losers. Look MV’s few short months of power play and his wide smile. I am sure he and his family are not smiling any more. From power player, to a side player. He earned an unpleasant title in BD history that will disturb his peace for years, regardless what happens to KZ. So have Saifur and Hafiz. Look how hafiz zopps KZ now. He can not deliver a message to BNP followers with out mentioning his alliance to KZ.
November 2, 2007 at 2:57 pm
This one I have heard from one of my known guy at Daily Jai Jai Din, KZ has found all these “BNP Coup” craps in newspaper and remained unchanged.
“Ek magh-e sheet jay na”
BNP hijackers will never know what’ll hit them. d-)
November 2, 2007 at 9:20 pm
The Prothom Alo feature Chhutir Dine has some nice snippets of what editors used to be like in the 1960s, when Messrs Rahman and Anam had their political beginning.
November 6, 2007 at 11:15 am
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November 8, 2007 at 10:08 am
Khek, is it just me…or does the commenters here have oddly superfluous left-liberal avatars?