Opinion
Accountability and Bangladesh
The News, Karachi, pakistan
Thursday, May 03, 2007
By Ikram Sehgal
…… what of the character of the mother, Khaleda Zia, who looked the other way while her sons were robbing the country blind, what about her responsibility to the electorate that made her prime
minister? And why should we give Tariq Rahman special treatment because his mother brought [...]
An apology to Tarique Rahman
The Daily Star, September 07, 2006
How dare we talk about ‘honest candidates’ for the next election?
Mr Tarique Rahmn, senior joint secretary general of the BNP, has most rightly castigated the civil society initiative for organising countrywide discussions for electing honest candidates in the coming election. Since The Daily Star is part of this initiative, along [...]
Tarique Rahman’s sleepless nights
Hasibul Haque, Blogger News Network
January 27, 2007
According to reports , former Prime minister Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman, who is alleged to have been involved in many corruptions, is terrified of the current army-backed interim government as it continues its anti-corruption drive which has so far arrested many mid-level operatives of his Bangladesh nationalist party.
He [...]
The rise and fall of Tarique Rahman
Zafar Sobhan, The Daily Star, March 09, 2007
“Khaleda Zia is our leader
Ziaur Rahman is our philosophy
Tarique Rahman is our future”
This particular gem that has been ubiquitous on walls in the capital Dhaka for the past five years encapsulates perfectly the cult of personality that had been created around the person of Tarique Rahman and gave [...]
