Bangladesh’s military-backed interim government seems hell bent in preventing a former woman Prime Minister from returning from her US visit. while preparing to exile the other former woman Prime Minister to Saudi Arabia.
“Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been denied permission by British Airways to travel to Dhaka, prompting a prominent British peer to call it a violation of human rights,” reports The Hindustan Times.
“Hasina was on a private visit to the US when the government slapped murder and extortion charges. She said she was flying back home to fight the charges and ‘face the consequences’.
“The drama in London was unfolding even as Hasina’s rival, another former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was trying to resist being exiled to Saudi Arabia. Media reports in Dhaka Saturday said the government was trying to fly her out to Jeddah by Sunday so that it can deal with Hasina thereafter…”
The Manila Times has this to say…
To know more about Bangladesh as a country…click here…
To read an in-depth article “Bangladesh: Caretaker Government Targets Dynastic Politics” please click here… “It is possible that the present steps are taken by the caretaker government to free the country from both leading political leaders who have been engaged in endless political hostility.
“At the same time, it is equally possible that the military is deliberately trying to create a void so that it can conveniently step in as has been done by Musharraf in Pakistan…”
Swaraaj Chauhan describes his two-decade-long stint as a full-time journalist as eventful, purposeful, and full of joy and excitement. In 1993 he could foresee a different work culture appearing on the horizon, and decided to devote full time to teaching journalism (also, partly, with a desire to give back to the community from where he had enriched himself so much.)
Alongside, he worked for about a year in 1993 for the US State Department’s SPAN magazine, a nearly five-decade-old art and culture monthly magazine promoting US-India relations. It gave him an excellent opportunity to learn about things American, plus the pleasure of playing tennis in the lavish American embassy compound in the heart of New Delhi.
In !995 he joined WWF-India as a full-time media and environment education consultant and worked there for five years travelling a great deal, including to Husum in Germany as a part of the international team to formulate WWF’s Eco-tourism policy.
He taught journalism to honors students in a college affiliated to the University of Delhi, as also at the prestigious Indian Institute of Mass Communication where he lectured on “Development Journalism” to mid-career journalists/Information officers from the SAARC, African, East European and Latin American countries, for eight years.
In 2004 the BBC World Service Trust (BBC WST) selected him as a Trainer/Mentor for India under a European Union project. In 2008/09 He completed another European Union-funded project for the BBC WST related to Disaster Management and media coverage in two eastern States in India — West Bengal and Orissa.
Last year, he spent a couple of months in Australia and enjoyed trekking, and also taught for a while at the University of South Australia.
Recently, he was appointed as a Member of the Board of Studies at Chitkara University in Chandigarh, a beautiful city in North India designed by the famous Swiss/French architect Le Corbusier. He also teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students there.
He loves trekking, especially in the hills, and never misses an opportunity to play a game of tennis. The Western and Indian classical music are always within his reach for instant relaxation.
And last, but not least, is his firm belief in the power of the positive thought to heal oneself and others.