Robin Left For UK

Robin, widely known among us as Potla has started for United Kingdom this morning (August 15). His Emirates flight was at BDT 1000HRS. He will be passing a transit period of 6 hours at Dubai & is expected to reach London’s Heathrow International Airport at BDT 0400HRS (GMT 2200HRS). Nayeem & I went his home at Priyo Prangon Apartments at Poribagh at 7:30AM to say goodbye. Robin has become the second of our friends to leave Bangladesh for higher education. Abid was first to leave to Australia.

Robin has got admitted in London Metropolitan University in Electronics & Communication University(ECE). He was with me at North South University ETE. Most hopefully Robin will take less than four years from now for completing the graduation.

Sickness spreads in South Asia floods

Air-drops of food and medicine try to ease suffering in Bihar

Thousands of people are falling sick as flood waters recede across South Asia, with health workers struggling to cope with inadequate medical stocks.

Ponds of stagnant water are creating breeding grounds for disease.

Thousands have been treated for diarrhoea in India’s Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states and a doctor in Bangladesh called his medical center a “war-zone”.

About 28m people have been affected by the floods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. More than 400 people have died.

Thousands of villages are still under water and although many countries have pledged aid, many areas are desperate for food and clean drinking water.

 

 

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The rains have halted in most parts of South Asia but with the water receding after two weeks of floods, health workers are now faced with increasing cases of water-borne diseases.

At Bangladesh’s biggest diarrhoea hospital in the capital, Dhaka, doctors said they were working round the clock to cope with the rush of flood victims.

“It’s like a war-zone situation. Some patients are very ill but the treatment is extremely effective,” Dr Alejandro Cravioto told the AFP news agency.

In Uttar Pradesh, LB Prasad, a senior health official told Associated Press that doctors had treated more than 1,500 people for diarrhoea in 22 flood-affected districts in the past 10 days.

However, a private group of doctors in the state says that around 20,000 people there are suffering from water-borne diseases.

“Paramedics visiting affected villages don’t have adequate supplies of medicines,” Dr Ramadan Ray said.

More than 2,000 villages in the state remain flooded, and an equal number of medical camps have been set up to cope with any outbreak of disease.

THE ASIAN MONSOON   Monsoon winds blow north-easterly for one half of the year, and from the south-west for the other half South-westerly winds bring the heavy rains from June to Sept Winds arrive in southern India six weeks before the north west Annual rainfall varies considerably What is the monsoon? Washed away in Nepal

 

 

Unicef has begun inoculation programmes in the state, particularly against measles.

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Good Bye to My Fifth Semester at NSU

Finally my fifth semester at North South University has got waved good bye. Comparing to others, this semester has been a little tight, we don’t know why. My courses this semester, ETE341, ETE132, ETE283 & MAT240, fortunately or unfortunately I have got all of these courses at ST schedules, my luck!

In last classes, my fellow classmates (myself included unfortunately) have been found to cheer up a bit and laughing all along the “bidaye muhurto” instead of grabbing each other with tears. Such a thing to regret! I believe we should have dropped some tears at least as a showdown (I laughed more than others).

Bunch of photos have been taken on this last day and and for my fellow classmates, I have uploaded them here, in this site. You people can click here to get those pics at once.

Hell !! is Trishan Bhai crying or something ???

Crooks Have Forgotten 1983

Finally crooks have made their move. Finally crooks have showed up with their veiled back ups. Finally they have passed the message to all nationalist people of Bangladesh that, they are here just because of this ill fated regime is backing them up. Today they have made it very clear to this nation that, the reformist segment of Bangladesh Nationalist Party is a such ill fated type of political cult, which type has been familiar to people of this world since very beginning of history. It won’t be needed to think hundred years back. Bangladesh after her liberation had also this kind of political round up. Let us look back in 1983. What happened then? Didn’t we see the unlawfully formed presidium by Shamsul Hooda, M.A. Matin, K.M Obaidur Rahman? Didn’t we see the BNP Office to be taken over by crooks? Yes, we saw. Similar to present situation, a General was running the regime at that time. Under his loyalty, many big leaders deserted BNP, betrayed the spirit of Zia. These deserters were backed up with all resources from governmental organizations. Police was there dudes; secret agencies helped them to inspire other leaders to betray. And some of brave souls like Col. Oli at that time, was in hide out & remained under loyalty spirit of Zia. On the other hand, deserters backed up by military took over the presidium, denying the name of Zia. But what was the outcome? How was the reply to those traitors? That adverse turmoil gave birth of a new generation of BNP supporters. It did nothing but build up a stringent position for BNP for the time when the ill fated regime was pulled down with its tails. Why this crooks get no lesson from their predecessors? Their predecessor K.M. Obaidur Rahman was back as a “re registered soldier” under Begum Zia’s loyalty, but never got back the popularity to BNP supporters & never could wash up the spots on him. Other predecessors were lost, forgotten and dumped. Why they don’t understand that assault on turncoats is nothing new for BNP. It has been doing such job since 1983. Today’s Rizvi Ahmed was an elderly student leader at that time acted as a brave soul at that time. Today’s Dr. Asaduzzaman Ripon, Habibunnabi Sohel, these charecters were played by Amanullah Aman, Abdullah Al Noman, brave souls like Abdus Salam Talukder, Gayeshwar Roy at that turmoil. As a result, Bangladesh Nationalist Party came to power in 1991 & overthrew Ershad with all his bloody disciples.

 

Today, crooks have taken over the office with thousands of their relatives and people who has been paid in from downtown slum areas. The mayor may be managed some pieces of shits from his city corporation slums. Hafiz, Saifur has been covered by many civil dressed federal agents, the total drama has been played with presence of thousands of police personnel. Just like 1983, exactly as 1983. Our information says that Major Hafiz was leading a campaign of communicating all of his relatives from last week. Sources say, Hafiz asked for manpower to his close relatives & also asked them to keep in touch with him. Other leaders like Mayor Sadek Hussain Khoka, ex Deputy Mayor Abdus Salam, other ward commissioners were also given the assignment of gathering crowd, to offer money if needed. This is how they showed up with today’s crowd. All of faces around Hafiz, Saifur were found very relaxed after earning a smart sum of pocket money for the appearance at Paltan. Specially a middle aged bulky guy, wearing a tight green t-shirt, jeans trouser & was wearing a sunglass, is a direct cosine to Maj. Hafiz. I never heard of him to be somehow related to BNP politics. But he has showed up & may be other cosines, nephews, nieces, uncles & aunts of those crooks where waving to them & welcomed them to the place which neither belongs to them, nor they belong to the party. Sources claim that some of executives of various secret agencies were present there.

 

Let them use the office, let them claim the proxy of mainstream BNP, let them claim the sole agency of the party, let them claim to be loyal to Begum Zia, let them do all these. But what will happen when their masters at cantonment will quit? What will happen when Begum Zia will be out of unlawful detention somehow? What will happen when they will have to go for election? Who will vote for them?

 

These questions were asked to the crooked presidium which took over in 1983, they couldn’t answer. We will wait for these crooks, in present.

 

STOP MISUSE OF SECRET AGENCIES & AGENTS

“…I’ll reason with him…” -Don Corleone

The book which is taking the total attention of mine right now is “The Godfather” written by Mario Puzo. I can’t remember myself reading a book with all along focus of mine like I am doing to “The Godfather” now. This is a real awesome book where Mario Puzo has put down all of his efforts to make it a real attraction to readers fond of thrillers. I have already done almost thesis on three parts of the movie “The Godfather” which has been made by Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo. Now when I came to read the book, it feels me very familiar about the characters as I am not facing too much trouble during visualizing all of incidents in the book. The novel is simply far more precise than the movie as many incidents has been detailed in the novel where the movie shows just the incident. If you read the novel then you can justify that Coppola as well as Puzo should be rated top for their extraordinary casting skill. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, all of these actors have been very well synthesized and that’s why “The Godfather I,II,III” have been found the most entertaining and  as the best choice of many fans since 1974. Though the story tells about pre-war & post-war (World War II) mafia arena according to that time’s style, you will find many of characters of our present society and will realize that the world has not gone through a mass change. The underworld is as it was before.

::CAST::

Marlon Brando as Vito Andolini Corleone “The Godfather”

Al Pacino as Michael Corleone

James Cann as Santino Corleone

Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen “The Consigliere“

Diane Keaton as Kay Adams 

Richard S. Castellano as Peter Clemenza

Al Lettieri as Virgil Solozzo“The Turk” 

Richard Bright as Al Neri

 Mario Puzo has been deeply inspired by the  Sicillian mafia arena especially Puzo got his instrumental inspiration for the novel “The Godfather” from the real life crime family of Vito Genovese, who was the most powerful underworld don among New Work crime families to his arrest in 1969, Puzo too published this novel in 1969. Many of elements of this book has been simulated to the testimony of Joe Valachi, who was a ‘button’ (or, member/soldier) of the Genovese crime family of New York in 1965. A character has also made in the novel according to Joe Valachi’s testification infront of the Senate. That character was Frank Pentangeli who was presented to the court by FBI to testify against Michael Corleone. In real life story, the entire Genovese family was hooked down after the testification of Valachi, but the novel shows Frank Pentangeli refused to testify against Michael Corelone and later committed suicide.

I just can make a comment for people who haven’t read “The Godfather” & haven’t watched the movie, that is, “you never know what you’ve missed”.

 Vito Genovese