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Bangladesh wants to buy fighters, helicopters and maritime patrol aircraft
By Leithen Francis
Bangladesh has vowed to buy a squadron of new fighters and has resumed efforts to purchase two maritime patrol aircraft.
Planning minister A K Khandker, a former chief of air staff at the Bangladesh air force, told the country's parliament that the government plans to buy a squadron of new fighters, plus an air-defence radar system.
Khandker says the nation is also in the process of buying two maritime patrol aircraft, as well as two helicopters for peacekeeping missions. The government aims to make all the purchases during the current fiscal year, he adds.
Industry sources say Bangladesh's navy issued the maritime patrol tender in 2009, and note that this follows a previous failed attempt launched in 2004.
The move to buy new fighters is part of a wider effort to modernise the capabilities of the Bangladesh air force. The service operates relatively old Chinese and Russian-sourced equipment, including 40 Chengdu F-7, Nanchang A-5 and RSK MiG-29 fighters, says Flightglobal's MiliCAS database.
http://www.flightglobal.com/article...fighters-helicopters-and-maritime-patrol.html
By Leithen Francis
Bangladesh has vowed to buy a squadron of new fighters and has resumed efforts to purchase two maritime patrol aircraft.
Planning minister A K Khandker, a former chief of air staff at the Bangladesh air force, told the country's parliament that the government plans to buy a squadron of new fighters, plus an air-defence radar system.
Khandker says the nation is also in the process of buying two maritime patrol aircraft, as well as two helicopters for peacekeeping missions. The government aims to make all the purchases during the current fiscal year, he adds.
Industry sources say Bangladesh's navy issued the maritime patrol tender in 2009, and note that this follows a previous failed attempt launched in 2004.
The move to buy new fighters is part of a wider effort to modernise the capabilities of the Bangladesh air force. The service operates relatively old Chinese and Russian-sourced equipment, including 40 Chengdu F-7, Nanchang A-5 and RSK MiG-29 fighters, says Flightglobal's MiliCAS database.
http://www.flightglobal.com/article...fighters-helicopters-and-maritime-patrol.html
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Bangladesh Army Chief Visits Leh
BY:OUTLOOK
Bangladesh Army Chief Gen Mohd Abdul Mubeen today visited Leh in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir state.
In Leh, he was briefed by 14 Corps Commander Lt Gen S K Singh about the deployment of Indian armed forces in high altitude areas, their operational characteristics and the terrains there.
Raised after the Kargil war, the Leh-based 14 Corps looks after the Army operations in Ladakh region along with the Line of Control with Pakistan and the Line of Actual Control with China.
However, Gen Mubeen’s planned visit to the Siachen Glacier could not take place due to bad weather.
In Leh, Gen Mubeen, who was accompanied by his wife Begum Syeda Sarifa Khanom and a delegation of four Bangladesh Army officers, was received by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 14 corps Lieutenant General S K Singh, a defence spokesman told PTI here.
The visiting General also visited Shanti Stupa, an iconic landmark in Leh city, where he interacted with the Head Lama who briefed him on the rich cultural heritage of the region and presented traditional Buddhist scarfs to the Bangladesh Army delegation, the spokesman said.
“This visit to Leh has played a significant role in promoting and strengthening the bonds of friendship, mutual trust and confidence between the two armies and the countries,” the spokesman added.
The Bangladeshi Army Chief is on a six-day visit to India from March 14 to 20.
During the visit, Mubeen has held discussions with the Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor and is likely to meet several other top political and military leaders in the next few days including the other two services chiefs.
He will also visit key military training establishments and field formations in Jaipur, Ajmer and Kolkata.
Later in the day, Mubeen returned to New Delhi and held a meeting with Defence Minister A K Antony at South Block where the two discussed issues of mutual interest, South Asian security situation and future areas of cooperation between the armed forces of the two nations, defence ministry officials said.
http://idrw.org/?p=893
BY:OUTLOOK
Bangladesh Army Chief Gen Mohd Abdul Mubeen today visited Leh in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir state.
In Leh, he was briefed by 14 Corps Commander Lt Gen S K Singh about the deployment of Indian armed forces in high altitude areas, their operational characteristics and the terrains there.
Raised after the Kargil war, the Leh-based 14 Corps looks after the Army operations in Ladakh region along with the Line of Control with Pakistan and the Line of Actual Control with China.
However, Gen Mubeen’s planned visit to the Siachen Glacier could not take place due to bad weather.
In Leh, Gen Mubeen, who was accompanied by his wife Begum Syeda Sarifa Khanom and a delegation of four Bangladesh Army officers, was received by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 14 corps Lieutenant General S K Singh, a defence spokesman told PTI here.
The visiting General also visited Shanti Stupa, an iconic landmark in Leh city, where he interacted with the Head Lama who briefed him on the rich cultural heritage of the region and presented traditional Buddhist scarfs to the Bangladesh Army delegation, the spokesman said.
“This visit to Leh has played a significant role in promoting and strengthening the bonds of friendship, mutual trust and confidence between the two armies and the countries,” the spokesman added.
The Bangladeshi Army Chief is on a six-day visit to India from March 14 to 20.
During the visit, Mubeen has held discussions with the Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor and is likely to meet several other top political and military leaders in the next few days including the other two services chiefs.
He will also visit key military training establishments and field formations in Jaipur, Ajmer and Kolkata.
Later in the day, Mubeen returned to New Delhi and held a meeting with Defence Minister A K Antony at South Block where the two discussed issues of mutual interest, South Asian security situation and future areas of cooperation between the armed forces of the two nations, defence ministry officials said.
http://idrw.org/?p=893
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Former Royal Navy Falklands' Patrols Sold to Bangladesh
Two former Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels built by Hall Russell in Aberdeen and which for years were on Falkland Islands service have been sold to Bangladesh's navy.
HMS Leeds Castle and HMS Dumbarton Castle entered service in 1982 and protected the fishing fleets and oil and gas fields in the North Sea before long-term duty guarding the Falkland Islands after the war. Ship repair yard A&P Tyne will overhaul the vessels and will train 66 Bangladeshi sailors to operate them.
The ships, fitted with flight decks capable of supporting Sea King helicopters, have been laid up in Portsmouth Naval Base since their retirement from service in 2005. They will be towed up to Tyneside next month to undergo a massive overhaul.
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Two former Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels built by Hall Russell in Aberdeen and which for years were on Falkland Islands service have been sold to Bangladesh's navy.
HMS Leeds Castle and HMS Dumbarton Castle entered service in 1982 and protected the fishing fleets and oil and gas fields in the North Sea before long-term duty guarding the Falkland Islands after the war. Ship repair yard A&P Tyne will overhaul the vessels and will train 66 Bangladeshi sailors to operate them.
The ships, fitted with flight decks capable of supporting Sea King helicopters, have been laid up in Portsmouth Naval Base since their retirement from service in 2005. They will be towed up to Tyneside next month to undergo a massive overhaul.
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Bangladesh Navy and Air force pics:
Includes Ottomat missiles for BNS Bangabandhu,L-39,Missile boat
Includes Ottomat missiles for BNS Bangabandhu,L-39,Missile boat
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Bangladesh army's advancing business interests
The Bangladeshi army has over the years played a key role in the country's political life, but it has now also emerged as a major player in the business arena, with interests spread across all the major sectors of the economy.
Following the example of the Pakistan army, it has been thriving under successive civilian governments. But there are now signs of unease about it within the force itself and within wider society.
Evidence of the army's wealth and influence is not hard to find.
The five star Dhaka Radisson hotel - which offers guests use of the nearby deluxe army golf course - is owned by the Bangladesh Army Welfare Trust (AWT) and was established on military land.
Commercial advantage
There are five other top hotels in Dhaka, but none can provide a package that exploits military real estate.
Capitalising on its success with the Dhaka Radisson, the AWT is now building another five-star hotel in the port city of Chittagong.
A leading hotelier who did not wish to be identified told the BBC that the use of cheaper military-land amid sky-rocketing land prices in Dhaka has given the army a clear commercial advantage against other players.
In addition to a recently-built fast-food shop aimed at the affluent middle class in Dhaka, the army's other big business these days is the Trust Bank. Set up under civilian rule, it has now grown into a fully-fledged commercial bank with about 40 branches nationwide.
In 2007, the military-backed caretaker government granted it exclusive rights to receive fees for passports.
Former senior civil servant Akbar Ali Khan says that this is against the government's procurement rules - and there should have been an open tender to ensure that the cheapest and best passport service was selected.
Impropriety denied
While bank officials say it played by the rules and received no special favours from the government, its audited accounts - first released in 2007 - caused much controversy.
They revealed that the-then army chief, Gen Moeen U Ahmed, got loans several times larger than the rules allow
At the time, he was chairman of the Trust Bank by virtue of the fact that he was head of the army. And Bangladesh was being ruled by an army-backed interim government.
Gen Ahmed denies any impropriety, arguing that questions over the size of the loan are an attempt "to malign" him.
And there are other parts of the forces which have their own banks. The Civil Defence Force runs the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party Bank - known as the Ansar VDP Bank. This bank, set up in 1995 by the government, has not yet received any banking licence and functions like a credit society.
But the army's interests do not end here.
Ice cream sales
If you are buying any ice-cream in rural areas of the country, you may be getting a product of an army-owned business, that of the Sena Kallyan Sangstha (SKS).
The SKS is a welfare foundation whose function is to care for the welfare of veterans and family members of servicemen.
Among other things, the SKS now owns concerns in food, textiles, jute, garments, electronics, real estate and travel.
It is now evident that the Bangladeshi armed forces have been largely following the business model developed so successfully by their Pakistani counterparts.
In Pakistan, the military's Fauji Foundation has a huge involvement in trade and industry.
Using the Pakistani model, the AWT was founded in 1998 during the previous rule of the Awami League led by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The irony is that military business interests have thrived more under civilian rule than under martial law regimes.
The growth of military involvement in commerce has had serious repercussions for the armed forces themselves.
The official probe into the country's worst ever mutiny by the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) border guards in 2009 - which left at least 68 high ranking military officials dead - bears this out.
Commission Chairman M Anisuzzaman Khan said that the mutiny was partly fuelled by resentment among the BDR's rank-and-file over the corruption of army officers engaged in the retail sale of consumer items.
It recommended that no forces - military or civil defence - should be allowed to engage in commercial or business activities.
''Law and order forces are meant for defending the country, they are not supposed to run factories or business units," Mr Khan said.
Unease
But an empire worth at least $500m is growing daily and becoming stronger. Plans obtained by the BBC reveal that the army's business ambitions include power plants and even the insurance businesses - no potential business sector seems out of its sights.
Although the army headquarters agreed to respond to the queries made by the BBC, our repeated requests for interviews did not materialise and no response was actually made.
But a number of retired generals have expressed their unease over the army's extensive exposure in the fields of trade and industry.
Lt Gen (Retired) Mahbubur Rahman - who entered politics few years back and served as the chairman of the standing committee on the Ministry of Defence in the previous parliament - told the BBC that the military "should keep within its charter of duties and not engage or get involved in any financial transactions - especially for business".
"We have witnessed how such activities can bring disaster,'' he said.
A number of leading figures in business and civil society have admitted that many army-owned businesses are virtually indistinguishable from other commercial enterprises in the way they operate.
But as its ambitions develop, it seems that the debate about whether or not the army should engage in such activities will also grow.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10801268
The Bangladeshi army has over the years played a key role in the country's political life, but it has now also emerged as a major player in the business arena, with interests spread across all the major sectors of the economy.
Following the example of the Pakistan army, it has been thriving under successive civilian governments. But there are now signs of unease about it within the force itself and within wider society.
Evidence of the army's wealth and influence is not hard to find.
The five star Dhaka Radisson hotel - which offers guests use of the nearby deluxe army golf course - is owned by the Bangladesh Army Welfare Trust (AWT) and was established on military land.
Commercial advantage
There are five other top hotels in Dhaka, but none can provide a package that exploits military real estate.
Capitalising on its success with the Dhaka Radisson, the AWT is now building another five-star hotel in the port city of Chittagong.
A leading hotelier who did not wish to be identified told the BBC that the use of cheaper military-land amid sky-rocketing land prices in Dhaka has given the army a clear commercial advantage against other players.
In addition to a recently-built fast-food shop aimed at the affluent middle class in Dhaka, the army's other big business these days is the Trust Bank. Set up under civilian rule, it has now grown into a fully-fledged commercial bank with about 40 branches nationwide.
In 2007, the military-backed caretaker government granted it exclusive rights to receive fees for passports.
Former senior civil servant Akbar Ali Khan says that this is against the government's procurement rules - and there should have been an open tender to ensure that the cheapest and best passport service was selected.
Impropriety denied
While bank officials say it played by the rules and received no special favours from the government, its audited accounts - first released in 2007 - caused much controversy.
They revealed that the-then army chief, Gen Moeen U Ahmed, got loans several times larger than the rules allow
At the time, he was chairman of the Trust Bank by virtue of the fact that he was head of the army. And Bangladesh was being ruled by an army-backed interim government.
Gen Ahmed denies any impropriety, arguing that questions over the size of the loan are an attempt "to malign" him.
And there are other parts of the forces which have their own banks. The Civil Defence Force runs the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party Bank - known as the Ansar VDP Bank. This bank, set up in 1995 by the government, has not yet received any banking licence and functions like a credit society.
But the army's interests do not end here.
Ice cream sales
If you are buying any ice-cream in rural areas of the country, you may be getting a product of an army-owned business, that of the Sena Kallyan Sangstha (SKS).
The SKS is a welfare foundation whose function is to care for the welfare of veterans and family members of servicemen.
Among other things, the SKS now owns concerns in food, textiles, jute, garments, electronics, real estate and travel.
It is now evident that the Bangladeshi armed forces have been largely following the business model developed so successfully by their Pakistani counterparts.
In Pakistan, the military's Fauji Foundation has a huge involvement in trade and industry.
Using the Pakistani model, the AWT was founded in 1998 during the previous rule of the Awami League led by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The irony is that military business interests have thrived more under civilian rule than under martial law regimes.
The growth of military involvement in commerce has had serious repercussions for the armed forces themselves.
The official probe into the country's worst ever mutiny by the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) border guards in 2009 - which left at least 68 high ranking military officials dead - bears this out.
Commission Chairman M Anisuzzaman Khan said that the mutiny was partly fuelled by resentment among the BDR's rank-and-file over the corruption of army officers engaged in the retail sale of consumer items.
It recommended that no forces - military or civil defence - should be allowed to engage in commercial or business activities.
''Law and order forces are meant for defending the country, they are not supposed to run factories or business units," Mr Khan said.
Unease
But an empire worth at least $500m is growing daily and becoming stronger. Plans obtained by the BBC reveal that the army's business ambitions include power plants and even the insurance businesses - no potential business sector seems out of its sights.
Although the army headquarters agreed to respond to the queries made by the BBC, our repeated requests for interviews did not materialise and no response was actually made.
But a number of retired generals have expressed their unease over the army's extensive exposure in the fields of trade and industry.
Lt Gen (Retired) Mahbubur Rahman - who entered politics few years back and served as the chairman of the standing committee on the Ministry of Defence in the previous parliament - told the BBC that the military "should keep within its charter of duties and not engage or get involved in any financial transactions - especially for business".
"We have witnessed how such activities can bring disaster,'' he said.
A number of leading figures in business and civil society have admitted that many army-owned businesses are virtually indistinguishable from other commercial enterprises in the way they operate.
But as its ambitions develop, it seems that the debate about whether or not the army should engage in such activities will also grow.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10801268
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Plassey to Bangistan dream to Bangladesh to Brohit Bengal
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Dhaka Diary: Bangladesh fights India's hegemony designs
lot of water has gone down the Brahmaputra since December 16th 1971 and August 14th 1975. After becoming a country in 1971 Bangladesh reversed course on August 14th 1975 and told the world that it did not want to become a colony of West Bengal, and did not want to be secular (euphemism for Hinduism light). The Bengali patriots who killed the Indian agent Mujib Ur Rehman informed the world that the 100 year struggle that began on October 24th 1906 for the creation of Muslim Bengal was alive. Konkkor Mushtaque and General Zia tore up the 'treaty of friendhip" with India and told Ne Delhi that it did not want to be a Sikkim. Today bangladesh is the major impediment to the hegemony designs of India
India wants hegemony over the region: says BD newspaper
A leading weekly newspaper of Bangladesh "The EkalerKatha" in its latest issue has strongly criticised India for its negative behaviour withneighbouring countries.The newspaper in its editorial said India extremely violates all norms of peaceful coexistence.In its June 17-23 issue, the weekly wrote, "Instead of coexistence withits neighbours with equal status and sovereignty India wants to forcibly realize submissive loyalty from its neigbours."
India shows such attitude, as if, other sovereign countries of South Asian region will have to act on whatever India may dictate them to act and they will formulate their internal and external policies, even defence arrangements, according to India's will and whims."
The weekly says, India desires its neighbouring counties will obey and do whatever and whenever India asks them to do. "It means the expansionists of New Delhi will determine the extent of independence and sovereignty their neighbouring countries will enjoy," it said.
Referring the recent comment of M K Narayanan, the weekly alleged, "India very recently bid to set such an example. India unjustifiably rebuked and scared Sri Lanka when she (Sri Lanka) expressed her desire to collect traditional, but effective, radars and other smaller equipments from Pakistan and China due to inability and failure of India-origin radars to detect air attacks of Tamil rebels."
"Ignoring and reputing Sri Lanka's sovereign and independent status, and violating all limits of shamelessness, M K Narayanan, India's National Security Advisor, on May 13, 2007, thundered out like a so-called superpower declaring, "We are the big power in this region. Let us make it very clear. We strongly believe that whatever requirements the Sri Lankan government has, they should come to us. And we will give them what we think is necessary. We do not favour their going to China or Pakistan or any other country.
"M K Narayanan more nakedly said, we will not give such strong deterrents and arms to Sri Lanka that will ensure superiority of the Sri Lankan Armed forces over the Tamil guerrillas. It means, India wants to continue Sri Lanka's war withthe Tamils so that India can sell arms bothto both the parties."
The weekly asked, "In what power and sense India expresses its intention to impose such disgraceful and shameful precondition on Sri Lanka that she will not be able to collect arms from other sources according to her own requirements and policy."
"India's such audacious threatening is also an awful warning to other sovereign and independent nations of the region. If the adventurous and audacious precondition that India designs to impose on Sri Lankais not responded befittingly with equal tone, India will tomorrow dare to impose such preconditions on other counties of the region as well," the weekly warned.
Referring to the urgency of defence factor among the neighbouring countries of India, the weekly suggested, "To deter India's aggressive attitude, all other countries of the region immediately should form a strong forum with strong military might. It is imperative to develop such strong and effective defence arrangement, so that India does not dare to extend its paw on any country of the region."
Moreover, to make international community aware of the situation, the issue must be raised in the international forums uncovering India's hegemonic designs that may irk unrest and violence, even war in the region, the weekly warned.
"No nation having minimum sense of prestige will tolerate or consume such insulting deliberation. So it is the responsibility of the international community to take initiative to bridle the expansionist paw of India and compel India to shun her aggressive and hegemonic design so that no evil shadow can overcast the region. No country in the region will accept the roar of so-called big power, named India," the weekly opined.
The daily said, the concerned countries of the region have already made it clear that they will not accept such bully in the region. "Sri Lankan government itself officially conveyed the message to India and all concerned that Sri Lanka reserves the freedom to acquire necessary and suitable equipments from wherever this was available, particularly in view of the fact India was unable to meet Sri Lanka's perceived needs.""The spokesman of Pakistan Foreign Ministry said, Pakistan would not accept the hegemonic tendencies from any country in the region and added, the matter primarily for Sri Lanka to decide," the weekly quoted Pakistan's reaction.
The weekly said, India's statement virtually questions India's attitude and policy to its neighbouring countries. "It is hoped good sense will develop in the mindset of Indian leadership. India for her own interest will shun its expansionist mentality and attitude and follow the policy of peaceful coexistence."
"Otherwise India will have to compensate heavy price for its policy," the weekly cautioned and added, "India should keep it in mind, the independent nations of this region will never accept Indian supremacy, i.e., slavery under any circumstances.
http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11073&Itemid=2"²
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Dhaka can buy naval ships from Seoul: Korea
11/9/2010 12:00:00 AM
DHAKA: Bangladesh and South Korea are in negotiations to purchase naval brigades from Seoul, South Korean ambassador Tai-young Cho disclosed in Dhaka Monday.
'There are some discussions between the defence ministries to buy more naval ships from Korea"¦ They have not yet reached any conclusion,' he said at a meet the reporters programme at the Dhaka Reporters Unity.
The ambassador said Bangladesh purchased a navy brigade from South Korea in 2000. 'I like to see dynamic exchanges in the field of defence between the two countries,' he told a questioner.
Asked about the volume of defence purchase from Seoul, the ambassador did not give any precise figure, saying: 'I guess it's not big.'
Asked about cooperation in the oil and gas sector, he said a Korean and an American company formed a consortium with Petrobangla and began exploration in the Bay of Bengal mainly to find gas. 'They are optimistic that they will find something,' he said.
About recruitment of Bangladeshi workers for South Korea, he said the recruitment quota for Bangladesh had been increased to 4,400 this year against 3,800 last year. This year some 1,850 low-skilled workers entered Korea against last year's number of 752.
Replying to a question the ambassador, however, admitted that lack of popularity of Bangladeshi workers among Korean companies fails to fulfil the annual quota for Bangladesh.
Asked about the reasons behind the lack of popularity, he said the Bangladeshi workers frequently shift their places of work for better pay, which causes unhappiness among the Korean companies. Besides, he said there was tough competition among the labour sending countries.
Cho said the Korean government could increase the quota but recruitment depends on the choice of the Korean companies. 'To increase the number you need to increase the popularity of the workers,' he noted.
Besides, he said some job seekers' illegal act of appearing for computer-based test with false ID cards and activity of brokers became a hurdle to the successful implementation of the Employment Permit System in Bangladesh.
The ambassador said going to Korea with false ID is a grave concern for Korea in terms of their national security. He expected that the Bangladesh government will crackdown on brokers of false ID cards.
Cho, however, said the Korean government was planning to undertake a project to train medical nurses here in response to a request made by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, during her visit to Seoul in May this year.
Asked about Korean investment, the ambassador said the Korean investors mainly focus on the garment sector, but his impression was that the Korean companies like to expand their investment to power generation including solar energy, small size ship building and the rice processing industry.
In 2009 total trade was $1,186 million of which Korea's export to Bangladesh was $1064 million and import was only $122 million.
Replying to a question, Cho said recently two business delegations visited Bangladesh to invest here and buy more from Bangladesh. Presently, 85 per cent of Bangladeshi products enjoy duty and quota free access to the Korean market and negotiations are on to allow the duty and quota free access for the remaining 15 per cent.
Korea so far invested more than $1 billion in Bangladesh, apart from providing $410 million as soft loans under EDCF till March 2010.
Besides, $36 million was provided as grant for Bangladesh from 1991 to 2009. He said Korean aid for Bangladesh will be increased next year.
DRU president Shamim Ahmad chaired the press interactions while its general secretary Pathik Saha made introductory remarks.
http://www.mediawitty.com/test/NewsDetail.aspx?group_id=43&folder_id=41&id=7409&Page_Title=Dhaka
11/9/2010 12:00:00 AM
DHAKA: Bangladesh and South Korea are in negotiations to purchase naval brigades from Seoul, South Korean ambassador Tai-young Cho disclosed in Dhaka Monday.
'There are some discussions between the defence ministries to buy more naval ships from Korea"¦ They have not yet reached any conclusion,' he said at a meet the reporters programme at the Dhaka Reporters Unity.
The ambassador said Bangladesh purchased a navy brigade from South Korea in 2000. 'I like to see dynamic exchanges in the field of defence between the two countries,' he told a questioner.
Asked about the volume of defence purchase from Seoul, the ambassador did not give any precise figure, saying: 'I guess it's not big.'
Asked about cooperation in the oil and gas sector, he said a Korean and an American company formed a consortium with Petrobangla and began exploration in the Bay of Bengal mainly to find gas. 'They are optimistic that they will find something,' he said.
About recruitment of Bangladeshi workers for South Korea, he said the recruitment quota for Bangladesh had been increased to 4,400 this year against 3,800 last year. This year some 1,850 low-skilled workers entered Korea against last year's number of 752.
Replying to a question the ambassador, however, admitted that lack of popularity of Bangladeshi workers among Korean companies fails to fulfil the annual quota for Bangladesh.
Asked about the reasons behind the lack of popularity, he said the Bangladeshi workers frequently shift their places of work for better pay, which causes unhappiness among the Korean companies. Besides, he said there was tough competition among the labour sending countries.
Cho said the Korean government could increase the quota but recruitment depends on the choice of the Korean companies. 'To increase the number you need to increase the popularity of the workers,' he noted.
Besides, he said some job seekers' illegal act of appearing for computer-based test with false ID cards and activity of brokers became a hurdle to the successful implementation of the Employment Permit System in Bangladesh.
The ambassador said going to Korea with false ID is a grave concern for Korea in terms of their national security. He expected that the Bangladesh government will crackdown on brokers of false ID cards.
Cho, however, said the Korean government was planning to undertake a project to train medical nurses here in response to a request made by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, during her visit to Seoul in May this year.
Asked about Korean investment, the ambassador said the Korean investors mainly focus on the garment sector, but his impression was that the Korean companies like to expand their investment to power generation including solar energy, small size ship building and the rice processing industry.
In 2009 total trade was $1,186 million of which Korea's export to Bangladesh was $1064 million and import was only $122 million.
Replying to a question, Cho said recently two business delegations visited Bangladesh to invest here and buy more from Bangladesh. Presently, 85 per cent of Bangladeshi products enjoy duty and quota free access to the Korean market and negotiations are on to allow the duty and quota free access for the remaining 15 per cent.
Korea so far invested more than $1 billion in Bangladesh, apart from providing $410 million as soft loans under EDCF till March 2010.
Besides, $36 million was provided as grant for Bangladesh from 1991 to 2009. He said Korean aid for Bangladesh will be increased next year.
DRU president Shamim Ahmad chaired the press interactions while its general secretary Pathik Saha made introductory remarks.
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Zia was a Pakistani Military officer.
If Mujib was an Indian agent, so was Major who Zia revolted and on 27 March, took control of the unit (2/5 East Bengal Regiment) and also the control of the Kalurghat radio station in Chittagong and declared independence of Bangladesh.
So Zia tore up the Treaty of Friendship with India as he did not want Bangladesh to be another Sikkim? Interesting to say the least. India did not desire to make Bangladesh, a Sikkim or any other State of India, for if she wanted, the Indian Army could have hung around (as the US is doing in Iraq) and left almost immediately.
A neat way these pro Pakistan papers and fundamentalist newspapers of Bangladesh can create 'history' and inflame the people!
India wished then and even wishes now that Bangladesh prospers and is not caught up in the wasting of precious time over what the fundamentalist elements want to happen in Bangladesh and instead use all their time and energy to make Bangladesh a vibrant and prosperous country.
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I would not want to fight any country even if the population was just one man!
In 1971, Bangladesh only had rifles and that too with the Mukti Bahini, which was trained and armed in India. Therefore, the comparison with the US is misplaced. I would not like to say any more on the issue. I hope you understand.
I am afraid you are not aware of the schemes that the Govt has underway which ensures that the so called poor get rozgar (work) and have some money. The Below Poverty Line people have subsidised rations and the children get midday meals. At the same time, I will say that not all schemes are implemented correctly since there is also corruption, as is in all developing Nations.
All I mentioned was the work of the fundamentalists who are trying to waste time and diverting Bangladesh from becoming a thriving and vibrant country, which it can, with or without help from anyone.
I wish you and your country well.
In India, the population that you talk about, do not eat bread. They take rice or chapatis.
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Exactly. WE never wanted Bangladesh to become our territory even after 1971. You got your freedom, we are happy for you. And please stop posting biased and false figures that are written by BNP-Jamaati papers who only aim to make India look like Bangladesh's enemy. Our official BPL figure is 18-20% of national population, not 50% or above. You are now a free country, free to pursue your own foreign policy and hence you should think pragmatically based on the concept of your first leader. Think about it; today Bangladesh, despite being smaller is far more prosperous than Pakistan; There is reasonable law and order, a state functioning machinery, a system (there's corruption but still 100 times better than Pakistan), your currency value is higher than Pakistan's etc.
All this was because you kept a friendly policy to everyone; China, India, SL, Bhutan, Nepal etc and didn't fall into the fundamentalist trap that Pakistan. This obsessive hate against us consumed them so much that they forgot to focus on their own development which after Cold war's end, came out in the open when US stopped managing their economy. You have some fine primary industries and our HUGE market to export stuff to. What's more, since we surround you all around, there's no need to worry for transportation hurdled costs etc. You can grow so much if more guys like you think of being good to us like you are good with others.
We are not Bangladesh's enemy; Don't listen to the fundamentalists. This same fundamentalism is the reason why Pakistan has become what it is today. No Pakistani can live in peace today because till yesterday what was attacking us has now started attacking them too. My advise as a Sikkimese Indian to you and other interested-supporters of idea that India is a threat; is that we are not the threat; fundamentalism is. Develop your country alongside us and let us join and develop and make East the powerhouse once it was again. Think about how good it would be to have very rich south Asia which can again help Southeast countries come up and expand ties along the lines of what EU have with each other in terms of economy and trade.
It is entirely your choice.
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Well, pretty optimistic. I don't hate India. I just hate the act of your govt. Like, you guys claiming a part of our water, and BSF killing our civilians almost every week. Kinda makes us feel bad. There are some issues that need to solved. You know that.Exactly. WE never wanted Bangladesh to become our territory even after 1971. You got your freedom, we are happy for you. And please stop posting biased and false figures that are written by BNP-Jamaati papers who only aim to make India look like Bangladesh's enemy. Our official BPL figure is 18-20% of national population, not 50% or above. You are now a free country, free to pursue your own foreign policy and hence you should think pragmatically based on the concept of your first leader. Think about it; today Bangladesh, despite being smaller is far more prosperous than Pakistan; There is reasonable law and order, a state functioning machinery, a system (there's corruption but still 100 times better than Pakistan), your currency value is higher than Pakistan's etc.
All this was because you kept a friendly policy to everyone; China, India, SL, Bhutan, Nepal etc and didn't fall into the fundamentalist trap that Pakistan. This obsessive hate against us consumed them so much that they forgot to focus on their own development which after Cold war's end, came out in the open when US stopped managing their economy. You have some fine primary industries and our HUGE market to export stuff to. What's more, since we surround you all around, there's no need to worry for transportation hurdled costs etc. You can grow so much if more guys like you think of being good to us like you are good with others.
We are not Bangladesh's enemy; Don't listen to the fundamentalists. This same fundamentalism is the reason why Pakistan has become what it is today. No Pakistani can live in peace today because till yesterday what was attacking us has now started attacking them too. My advise as a Sikkimese Indian to you and other interested-supporters of idea that India is a threat; is that we are not the threat; fundamentalism is. Develop your country alongside us and let us join and develop and make East the powerhouse once it was again. Think about how good it would be to have very rich south Asia which can again help Southeast countries come up and expand ties along the lines of what EU have with each other in terms of economy and trade.
It is entirely your choice.
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Could you elaborate how we claim your water?
If we exported out population to Bangladesh illegally under the cover of dark or steal your cattle or promote smuggling, would your BDR welcome them with a Bangladesh passport? If not, then the BSF is merely doing what it it supposed to do, Ensure the security of India.
Have you anything to say about why the BDR rebelled? They should not have done so, if they were good Bangladeshi who cared for Bangladesh. However, those who are corrupt only look after themselves and don't care a tuppence for the Nation!
I have all sympathies for Bangladesh and I sure hope it become a strong Nation, but if general statements are given without facts backing them, then it is propaganda. If it is propaganda, then, I will have to comment.
My roots are in Barisal and so I will confess that if Bangladesh does well, I should have reasons to feel good.
But BNP and Banglabhai type of brainwashing I cannot condone!
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Would you please clarify the bold part? Thanks in advance.
