Overseas FFs demand judicial body to probe killings
From Fazle Rashid | Monday, 2 March 2009
NEW YORK, March 01: Bangladesh Freedom Fighters Overseas Forum in a meeting held here last evening demanded constitution of a high powered judicial committee to probe into the dastardly killing of over 100 army officers and to find out the conspirators involved in the killing and give them exemplary punishment.
Speakers at the protest meeting reached near unanimity stating that inexplicable intelligence lapses led to the gruesome killing of army officers and total collapse of the Bangladesh Rifles as a paramilitary force to guard Bangladesh's porous border. The speakers, all of whom took part in Bangladesh's liberation war, expressed dismay and anguish over the border remaining unprotected threatening country's security and sovereignty.
They were critical of the failure of the concerned authorities to prevent this mayhem and spilling of blood of army officers.
The speakers at the protest meeting gave vent to anger over major lapses in intelligence gathering. It is all the more surprising that Peelkhana carnage took place only a day after the annual parade of the riflemen. The intelligence network should have been able to read that troubles are brewing there.
The speakers asked how could more than 14000 riflemen leave Peelkhana without being noticed by law enforcing agency.
An earlier report also by Fazle Rashid said: Fears of financial instability in central and eastern Europe and economic nationalism in the west are expected to dominate the summit of the European Union leaders. Western European governments are alarmed that apart from the strains the financial emergency is imposing on the eurozone's unity, the contagion threatens to spread into their banking systems and economies from crisis ridden East Europe, a reputed paper said.
The summit beginning on March 01 will be informal and is not expected to take decision. In the USA the next formal summit is billed for March 19-20 and will take binding decisions. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced that it would impose on banks an emergency fee and enhance insurance premium to beef up its fast depleting reserve caused by the collapsing banks. The number of problem banks those viewed at risk of failure has risen to 252 from 171 in the fourth quarter.
The US Congress is in no mood to vote for more money to bail out beleaguered financial institutions , a reputed paper quoted Barney Frank chairman of the House of Representatives' financial services committee. The committee oversees US banking system. The partial nationalisation of the Citigroup will give the government a 36 per cent share in troubled banks. The Citibank operates in 130 countries.
Speakers at the protest meeting reached near unanimity stating that inexplicable intelligence lapses led to the gruesome killing of army officers and total collapse of the Bangladesh Rifles as a paramilitary force to guard Bangladesh's porous border. The speakers, all of whom took part in Bangladesh's liberation war, expressed dismay and anguish over the border remaining unprotected threatening country's security and sovereignty.
They were critical of the failure of the concerned authorities to prevent this mayhem and spilling of blood of army officers.
The speakers at the protest meeting gave vent to anger over major lapses in intelligence gathering. It is all the more surprising that Peelkhana carnage took place only a day after the annual parade of the riflemen. The intelligence network should have been able to read that troubles are brewing there.
The speakers asked how could more than 14000 riflemen leave Peelkhana without being noticed by law enforcing agency.
An earlier report also by Fazle Rashid said: Fears of financial instability in central and eastern Europe and economic nationalism in the west are expected to dominate the summit of the European Union leaders. Western European governments are alarmed that apart from the strains the financial emergency is imposing on the eurozone's unity, the contagion threatens to spread into their banking systems and economies from crisis ridden East Europe, a reputed paper said.
The summit beginning on March 01 will be informal and is not expected to take decision. In the USA the next formal summit is billed for March 19-20 and will take binding decisions. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced that it would impose on banks an emergency fee and enhance insurance premium to beef up its fast depleting reserve caused by the collapsing banks. The number of problem banks those viewed at risk of failure has risen to 252 from 171 in the fourth quarter.
The US Congress is in no mood to vote for more money to bail out beleaguered financial institutions , a reputed paper quoted Barney Frank chairman of the House of Representatives' financial services committee. The committee oversees US banking system. The partial nationalisation of the Citigroup will give the government a 36 per cent share in troubled banks. The Citibank operates in 130 countries.