Tarek Zia's LAVISH WEDDING
Asif Choudhury
Bengali newspaper published in NYC.
The wedding gifts Tarek(prime minister's eldest son) received during
his wedding are mind boggling.
Industrialist Murshed Khan presented the couple with a TK 92 lakh
worth diamond set. The Beximco group presented Tarek with a Tk 72 lakh
Toyota Deluxe Crown. Zahirul Islam presented a fully furnished
apartment in Eastern Towers. Aziz Mohammad Bhai took care of all the
expenses for the couple's honeymoon in Europe. Monno Ceramic group
presented a dinner set bought from a famous store in Paris. Maulana
Mannan presented the couple with a Tk 10 lakh cheque. Two ministers
presented Tarek with 17(yes seventeen) suits bought from Harrods. The
couple received a total of 96 t.v. sets. AND the list goes on and on.
Flowers were brought in from India for the wedding decorations and all
shopping for the bride was done in Dubai. Apparently, this information
was printed in a newspaper in Dhaka. Two students were arrested under
Special Powers Act when they were caught distributing the papers in DU
campus. These arrests further fueled suspicions that the printed
information was in fact true.
Personally, I am disgusted even if half the information is true. Will
Bangladeshinever learn from history? In 1974 while the country was
suffering from a famine Sheikh Mujib had a lavish weeding for his son
and this turned public opinion against him. Khaleda and BNP has done
the same thing twenty years later. When will our political leaders
realise that government is the servant of the people and not the
master of the people?
ASIF
Asif Choudhury
Industrialist Murshed Khan presented the newly weds with a Tk 92 lakh
worth of diamond set. Beximco presented Tarek with a Toyota Crown
Deluxe worth Tk 72 lakh. Zahirul Islam presented a fully furnished
apartment in Eastern Towers. Aziz Mohammad Bhai is bearing all the
expenses for the couples honeymoon in Europe. Maulana Mannan presented
a Tk 10 lakh cheque to Tarek. Two ministers presented Tarek with 17
(yes, seventeen) suits from Harrods. A total of 96 T.V's were received
as gifts. The mind boggling list goes on and on.
The original article appeared in a newspaper in Dhaka. Two students
were arrested under Special Powers Act, when they were caught
distributing the papers in DU campus. This has fuelled suspicions that
the original article is valid.
Flowers were flown in from India for wedding decorations and all
shopping for the wedding was done in Dubai.
Personally, I am disgusted even if half the material printed in this
article is true. When will Bangladesh learn from history? In '74
Sheikh Mujib had a lavish wedding for his son when Bangladesh was
suffering from a famine. Sheikh Kamal's wedding was instrumental in
turning public opinion against his father. Even today people remember
Sheikh Kamal being crowned during his wedding with contempt. Twenty
years later Khaleda Zia has done the same thing. When so many things
in BD is in a disarray the idiot holds such a lavish wedding for her
son. Bangladesh cannot afford these kind of immature politicians to
run the country. When will the political parties in Bangladesh realise
that government is the servant of the people and not the master of the
people ?
Asif Choudhury
Rutgers University
Kawsar Ahmed
But we have to be practical is a sense that even in a "middle" class wedding the shopping is done from a contry than BD. As far as those gifts, I am sure that thos who gave them had selfish reason behind it. Aulthough we should keep an eye of the government, we should also bear in mind that our critisism have to be constructive and be rational. Along with the critisism we also have to give cradit for many things that was done right, like inviting the opposition leaders and the food arrengment etc.
best regards..
KA
Saif Ahmed
:The original article appeared in a newspaper in Dhaka. Two students
:were arrested under Special Powers Act, when they were caught
:distributing the papers in DU campus. This has fuelled suspicions that
:the original article is valid.
The original article was published in the form of a newsletter
published by a student run 'watchdog' group in DU. Naeem brought me a
copy of that newsletter. Apparently, the invitations that went out
asked people not to bring any gifts.
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Kazi Zahin Hasan
Asif Choudhury <asi...@er1.rutgers.edu> wrote:
>In 1974 while the country was
>suffering from a famine Sheikh Mujib had a lavish weeding for his son
>and this turned public opinion against him. Khaleda and BNP has done
>the same thing twenty years later. When will our political leaders
>realise that government is the servant of the people and not the
>master of the people?
To answer your question: maybe never.
Currently people go into politics and the BCS because opportunities
for graft make them much more lucrative than the private sector.
Hopefully, as the private sector grows, it will pay much higher wages
than government service, and the really avaricious people will stay in
the business world. It seems to me that this is what happens in the
rich countries.
The question, of course, is whether our society will ever reach that
level of affluence...
regards.
Zahin Hasan When a stupid man is doing something
ks...@columbia.edu he's ashamed of, he always declares
za...@occs.cs.oberlin.edu that it is his duty.
- George Bernard Shaw
ASIF SALEH
In article <Mar.21.13.31....@er1.rutgers.edu>, asi...@er1.rutgers.edu
(Asif Choudhury) writes...
>I do not know how authentic these informations are. I read them in a
>Bengali newspaper published in NYC.
>
>The wedding gifts Tarek(prime minister's eldest son) received during
>his wedding are mind boggling.
>
>Industrialist Murshed Khan presented the couple with a TK 92 lakh
>worth diamond set. The Beximco group presented Tarek with a Tk 72 lakh
>Toyota Deluxe Crown. Zahirul Islam presented a fully furnished
>apartment in Eastern Towers. Aziz Mohammad Bhai took care of all the
>expenses for the couple's honeymoon in Europe. Monno Ceramic group
>presented a dinner set bought from a famous store in Paris. Maulana
>Mannan presented the couple with a Tk 10 lakh cheque. Two ministers
>presented Tarek with 17(yes seventeen) suits bought from Harrods. The
>couple received a total of 96 t.v. sets. AND the list goes on and on.
>
>Flowers were brought in from India for the wedding decorations and all
>shopping for the bride was done in Dubai. Apparently, this information
>was printed in a newspaper in Dhaka. Two students were arrested under
>Special Powers Act when they were caught distributing the papers in DU
>campus. These arrests further fueled suspicions that the printed
>information was in fact true.
The information I have from a weekly from Dhaka is as follows:
Tarek got married to late Admiral M.A. Khan's daughter. The celebration
was very pompous. There was a quote from the famous Fakhruddin baburchi in the
article in which he said he had an order of 10000 people and he charged Tk 150
per person.
But the article had no info on the gifts. So I have no idea about that.
Still it is quite hard to imagine that Khaleda would be so foolish to accept
those gifts when there is such a strong opposition and a free media
waiting on the wings to grab such news--specially when there has been a
news report charging 17 ministers of financial wrong-doing.
ASIF (happy to know Sheikh Hasina was present at the wedding) SALEH
Ahmed R Osmani
In article <24MAR199...@sigma.tamu.edu>, s0a...@sigma.tamu.edu (AHMED, SHAMIM) writes:
>
> These parties and leaders are termed as the friends of the poor and our
> people. But when they assume power their real identity is exposed!!!
> Actually, I do not see any differences among AL, BNP, and JP. The same
> people in three different names are exploiting our people. AL was formed
> by those who came from Muslim league mainly. Then BNP was formed mainly
> by people from Muslim League and AL. And Jatiyo Party was formed from
> people from all those three parties. Those political prostitutes have been
> corrupting our politics for the last 23 years. I strongly feel that our
> people have the far-sightedness in choosing their leaders. And in the
> right time you will see the change in the quality of the leadership
> if democracy is given the chance to survive!!!!
>
> shamim
I love the way you don't mention another political party implying that
that is the most sacred and non-corrupt and most of all, a patriotic
political entity in Bangladesh. Well, I don't think we need to start up
another flame chain discussing why or why not we should vote Jamaat-e
Islami into power. But a good choice of words demonstrating the hint.
Riaz Osmani
NSSDC, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hughes STX
>In article <2n2p5u$l...@ysics.physics.sunysb.edu>,
>im...@ysics.physics.sunysb.edu (Hasan Imam) wrote:
>>
>> If all this is true,or even partially true,then Khaleda Zia should be
>> impeached ....can there be any doubt in any one's mind that Tarek Zia
>> has received these gifts because of his mother's political position
>> and that they are nothing but indirect bribes to Khaleda Zia?
>>
>> Truly disgusting.
>
> We all can see it and so can you I am sure. But question is what would you
> do if you are the Tarek Zia !!!
>
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>Mushfiqur Rahman
>University of Texas at Austin
>pa...@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
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Well, it is kinda obvious what the "gunodhor" Tarek should
do--he should give it all back to where it came from!!
Syed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
National Space Science Data Center Phone:(301)286-4136
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Fax:(301)286-1771
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Don't you just love those shiny buttons?
http://coney.gsfc.nasa.gov/www/sswg/style_page.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Syed S. Towheed >>>>>>>>
Ahmed R Osmani
I think people are reacting a little too hastily to Tarek Zia's wedding ceremony.
I think before jumping into conclusions we should find out about the authenticity
of the news item. I would like to know Probashi's sources. As Saif pointed out
the original news item was published in a student run newsletter. I will definite-
ly question its validity and its purpose. Without proper reportings from a respectable newspaper in Dhaka, I will have to dismiss the newsitem as baseless
propaganda. I would however defintely welcome anyone on the net to post articles
from well known newspapers in Dhaka confirming the original posting.
Riaz Osmani
NSSDC, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hughes STX
>In article <27MAR199...@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> tow...@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (NSSDC, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hughes STX) writes:
>>In article <pappu-270...@slip-2-43.ots.utexas.edu>, pa...@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Mushfiqur Rahman) writes...
>>>In article <2n2p5u$l...@ysics.physics.sunysb.edu>,
>>>im...@ysics.physics.sunysb.edu (Hasan Imam) wrote:
>>>> If all this is true,or even partially true,then Khaleda Zia should be
>>>>
>>>> Truly disgusting.
>>>
>>> We all can see it and so can you I am sure. But question is what would you
>>> do if you are the Tarek Zia !!!
>
>>
>> do--he should give it all back to where it came from!!
>>
>> Syed
>
>
>Excuse me! Do I hear a little jealous note in all these 'Lavish Wedding'
>posts ?
>
>Hey Towheed, we'll be watching to see what you do. When is that BTW?
>
>Regards.
>
>
>Shawkat.
When is what Shawkat?
Syed
P.S. Lunch is on Thursday at noon. Meet us in the parking lot at the
mail gate.
NSSDC, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hughes STX
Hey Dada, I know of people who went to the wedding. Infact,
I know of someone who gave a 72 Lakh Taka gift!!
Dada, when will Bangladeshis have the spine to stand up for
what is right?
Syed
NSSDC, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hughes STX
>In article <27MAR199...@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> tow...@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (NSSDC, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hughes STX) writes:
>>>In article <2n2p5u$l...@ysics.physics.sunysb.edu>,
>>>im...@ysics.physics.sunysb.edu (Hasan Imam) wrote:
>>>> If all this is true,or even partially true,then Khaleda Zia should be
>>>>
>>>> Truly disgusting.
>>>
>>> We all can see it and so can you I am sure. But question is what would you
>>> do if you are the Tarek Zia !!!
>
>>
>> do--he should give it all back to where it came from!!
>>
>> Syed
>
>
>Excuse me! Do I hear a little jealous note in all these 'Lavish Wedding'
>posts ?
>
>Hey Towheed, we'll be watching to see what you do. When is that BTW?
>
>Regards.
>
>
>Shawkat.
> Sorry Shawkat, already got married with only $20.00 and four
rakats of namaz and we couldn't be happier!
Mushfiqur Rahman
>
> In article <2n7cea$3...@snoopy.cis.ufl.edu>, m...@carp.cis.ufl.edu (Md Shawkat
> >
> >Shawkat.
>
>
> > Sorry Shawkat, already got married with only $20.00 and four
> rakats of namaz and we couldn't be happier!
>
> Syed
> >
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Syed S. Towheed >>>>>>>>
Thats because you are not son of ZIA.. if you were, you would have
same so called "Lavish Wedding".. No ?? :)
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Mushfiqur Rahman
University of Texas at Austin
pa...@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
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sohel
im...@ysics.physics.sunysb.edu (Hasan Imam) wrote:
>
> If all this is true,or even partially true,then Khaleda Zia should be
>
> Truly disgusting.
+ do if you are the Tarek Zia !!!
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+Mushfiqur Rahman
+University of Texas at Austin
+pa...@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
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Simple! If I was Tarek, I'd return the political and corporate "gifts".