The Economist’s falsehood on Bangladesh

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Jamal Uddin
Published : 02:00, Nov 16, 2018 | Updated : 10:35, Nov 16, 2018

A report in the Asia edition of The Economist’s Nov 8 edition ran a story titled, ‘Bangladesh ruling party appears to be easing up ahead of the election’. The report says that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has hounded political opponents and made many enemies, losing her moral ground.
Another part of the report says that four decades after independence, Hasina amended the constitution to take those, who opposed her father Bangabandhu Sheik Mujibur Rahman, to court.
About the report, political analysts say that while the piece spoke about development under the Hasina administration, some parts of it were fabricated and concocted.
“It’s a fundamental issue of Constitution to ensure justice for any killing,” former Dhaka University vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddiqui says.
The indemnity law to safeguard perpetrators of the Bangabandhu assassination was contrary to Constitution, he added.
“It sullied the Constitution and Sheikh Hasina restored its sanctity by scrapping the indemnity law.”
Jagannath University Vice-Chancellor Dr Mizanur Rahman says, “Those who opposed Bangabandhu were not tried, those who killed him were taken to court.”
Such biased reports are made by some civil society members of the country and they have no relation whatsoever with the reality, according to him.
Describing the people who wrote the report ‘ignorant of the facts’, senior Awami League Mahbubul Alam Hanif said, “The trial of Bangabandhu’s killers has given absolution to the nation.”
The ruling party joint general secretary said those who wrote the report “either do it without knowing the facts or to serve any purpose.”
One has to question the ethics of such journalism, he added.

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