Dhaka wants more information from Delhi on Tipaimukh damAugust 23rd, 2009 DHAKA - Ahead of Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni's visit to India Sep 7, Dhaka wants more information on Delhi's plan to build Tipaimukh dam in Manipur state, a senior official has said. Foreign Secretary Mirajul Quayes described last month's visit to India by a parliamentary team as "useful" and said the data supplied by India was being examined by a committee of experts, New Age newspaper reported Sunday.
Bangladesh seeks joint study on India's Tipaimukh damJuly 28th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh will insist on a joint study to determine any adverse impact on its ecology that a dam India proposes to build near its border, a senior politician said Tuesday. A day before a Bangladesh team's departure for New Delhi, former Water Resource Minister Abdur Razzak was quoted by bdnews24.com as saying that pending such a study, he would seek a assurance that India will not go ahead with the project, nor divert water from the river that is common to both neighbours.
25,000 Bangladesh visitors don't return home, says Indian envoyJuly 20th, 2009 DHAKA - Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty Monday alleged that 25,000 among the Bangladeshi nationals visiting India every year do not return home. Speaking at a seminar on 'Bangladesh-India Economic Relations', he claimed the number of Bangladeshis illegally staying in India would be even higher as many go unrecorded.
Hasina calls for unity to bargain better with India over Tipaimukh damJuly 19th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for political unity to be able to "bargain better with India" over the contentious Tipaimukh dam issue between the South Asian neighbours. "Tipaimukh issue is a national problem.
Bangladesh team to visit Manipur, assess hydel projectJuly 13th, 2009 IMPHAL/AGARTALA - A 10-member Bangladesh parliamentary delegation is expected to visit the Tipaimukh dam in Manipur this week in the backdrop of concerns over the project's possible ecological impact in that country. The Bangladesh delegation led by parliamentary standing committee chairman on water resources Abdur Razzak is likely to arrive in New Delhi on a week-long visit July 15, a Bangladesh government official told IANS in Agartala.
Tipaimukh dam could benefit Bangladesh, says ministerJuly 7th, 2009 DHAKA - India's plan to build the Tipaimukh dam on the Barak river could benefit Bangladesh, a minister has said, urging a patient approach by all concerned as Dhaka prepares to send a team to visit the project site. The delay in finalising the team was because the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was yet to nominate its members, Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen said Monday.
No impropriety by Indian envoy: Bangladesh ministerJuly 3rd, 2009 DHAKA - The Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh has not committed any diplomatic impropriety while speaking 'frankly' during a discussion on the Tipaimukh dam project, a minister has said. The Indian high commissioner had allegedly called Bangladeshi water resources specialists protesting India's Tipaimukh dam project "so called experts" June 3.
Zia can send her own team to see Indian dam: HasinaJune 25th, 2009 DHAKA - Opposition leader Khaleda Zia is free to send her own team to see the Tipaimukh dam project in India, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said while reiterating her decision to send an all-party parliamentary team to look it up. Accusing her political rival of seeking political mileage out of the proposed dam project on Barak river in India's Manipur state, Hasina assured that her government would study the reports submitted by both teams and decide "in the best interest of the country".
Withdraw Indian envoy: Dhaka oppositionJune 24th, 2009 DHAKA - The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has demanded immediate 'withdrawal' of the Indian high commissioner here after he allegedly called Bangladeshi water resources specialists protesting India's Tipaimukh dam project as "so called experts". The remark allegedly made by envoy Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty at a seminar in the presence of Foreign Minister Dipu Moni amounted to his interfering in Bangladesh's internal affairs, the BNP parliamentary party said.
Stop building Tipaimukh dam, Zia writes to Manmohan SinghJune 23rd, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh's main opposition leader Khaleda Zia has written a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that India should stop building the Tipaimukh dam in its north-eastern region. The Tipaimukh dam on the Barak river is in India's Manipur state.
Confident India will do nothing harmful on river project: BangladeshJune 20th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh has expressed confidence that India would do "nothing harmful" on a proposed river dam in Manipur state in north-eastern India, a minister has said. Dhaka would do "everything possible if the dam proves to be a threat to Bangladesh's environment", Foreign Minister Dipu Moni told reporters Friday.
Bangladeshi experts to visit controversial Indian dam projectJune 16th, 2009 DHAKA - A Bangladeshi team of parliamentarians and water experts is to visit an Indian dam construction project to assess its possible ecological effects on the country, a parliamentary panel said Tuesday. "We have decided to send a delegation to India to witness its Tipaimukh project," said Abdur Razzak, the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the Water Resources Ministry.
Dhaka to send lawmakers to study Indian river projectMay 27th, 2009 DHAKA - A team of lawmakers and experts from Bangladesh will visit the Tipaimukh project in India's northeast to study if it could adversely affect the flow of river Barak that is common to both the South Asian neighbours. The team was being dispatched by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following a proposal mooted earlier this month by India through its high commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty.
Industry body to invest $5 bn in BangladeshApril 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - City-based Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Monday announced that it will invest $5 billion in Bangladesh to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) aimed at attracting investments from India. An ICC delegation, which is now touring Bangladesh, has made this offer to officials of that country, the chamber said in a statement issued here.
Dhaka, Delhi set to renew water transit pactFebruary 14th, 2009 DHAKA - Dhaka and New Delhi are set to renew the inland water transit and trade deal shortly and may add Ashuganj as the ninth port of call for easy transport of Indian goods from Kolkata to Agartala through Bangladesh. With the addition of Ashuganj, Indian goods could move faster from Kolkata to Tripura in India's northeast through the Akhaura-Agartala railway route, New Age newspaper said Sunday quoting unnamed diplomatic sources.
July 4th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
With the emergence of Bangladesh People’s expectation & aspiration were for democratic system with arrangement of accountability in everywhere and fair law like TORT LAW to combat malpractices and repression of people.
But all are frustrating till date
Several Lac Suits / Litigations are pending in Court due to illegal occupation of land ignoring documents and title right by Miscreants, Government or Semi Government Organization like Railway Department, City Corporation or Municipality.
Such are happened in whole country and in DHAKA CITY also
Officials of Land Survey ,Settlement Office and their Subordinate Office are responsible for such activities as they prepare records & parcha in favor of land occupier ignoring deed & title right. depriving the actual s land owner.
It shall continue till TORT LAW are allowed as valid law in Bangladesh like USA, EUROPE COUNTR, INDIA & NEPAL .
TORT LAW also protect poor people becoming more poor due to repression
Correction of records & parcha through Court is matter of life long litigation & an expensive system ,which common people can not bear meantime the face of land changes.
MINISTRY OF LAND , MINISTRY OF LAW; HOME and LOCAL GOVERNMENT may take action at earliest possible time to abolish LAW OF POSSESSION RIGHT without any valid document or title right.
And shall also allow the application TORT LAW in Bangladesh without any delay to established accountability & prevent malpractices
And Government can know the pictures of the whole country if some Non- Government Organization like the NGO’s are permitted to conduct survey from Union level to the Dhaka City with arrangement of spot correction of the malpractices of Survey or Settlement Officials till date .
No extra fund will require for the Government ,but will create opening to know the anomalies or malpractice of the officials of the above Department.
It will be highly appreciated if you kindly circulate the above in all level for creating awareness among the people and international community as well as Patriot Political Worker. Leader or Intellectual Group, & Policy Maker of the Country .
The Peoples