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Leftist parties Organized join rally
CPB and other left-leaning parties and progressive political forces on Tuesday staged a joint rally at Muktangan and took out a procession and decided to initiate united movements against the Awami League-led government in order to press home 11-point demands. Leaders intend to build up an alternative force that is outside the axis of Awami League and BNP. Justice Mohammad Golam Rabbani read out the declaration of the rally and said the united movement of the leftist political parties would create a new dimension in the politics of Bangladesh.
‘It will also turn into the second war of independence in
the country,’ said Golam Rabbani.
Communist Party of Bangladesh’s president Monzurul Ahsan
Khan, General secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim, presidium member Haider Akbar
Khan Rano, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal’s general secretary Khalequzzaman,
Jatiya Gana Front’s coordinator Tipu Biswas, Revolutionary Workers Party of
Bangladesh’s general secretary Saiful Huq, Democratic Revolutionary Party’s
general secretary Mushrefa Mishu, Ganasanghati Andolan’s coordinator Zonayed
Saki, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal’s acting president Abdul Matin Talukdar,
Workers Party (Reconstituted) of Bangladesh’s general secretary Abdus Sattar
and others took part in the rally and procession.
Govt has failed to tackle water and power crisis: Manzur The Communist Party of Bangladesh president, Manzurul Ahsan Khan said the government had failed to take short- and long-term measures to resolve the crisis of water, power, gas, price hike of essentials and traffic congestions in the city. He was addressing a party rally, on April 3, 2010, chaired by Abdul Kader, at Muktangan in the city to press for implementation of the party's 12-point charter of demands. The CPB President said the government was patronising the rich, protecting corrupt elements, tender manipulators and extortionists and had made people's life miserable.
'The government has
surrendered to the syndicates involved in price hike, instead of introducing
rations for the low income group,' Manzurul Ahsan Khan said. He said the government which failed to resolve the daily crisis of the people had no right to stay in power. The party presidium member Haider Akbar Khan Rano, Dhaka Committee general secretary Ahsan Habib Lablu, party leaders Zahid Hossain Khan, Jolly Talukder and Kartik Chakravarti also addressed the rally.
62nd founding anniversary Observed Call to Strengthening Left unity
Party organised the reunion at Engineers' Institute in the capital to mark 62nd founding anniversary. Many age-old people, who were engaged in CPB actively, along with hundreds of the party leaders, their well-wishers and supporters from different walks of life thronged the institute and shared their thoughts.
The institute premises and its surrounding areas were
decorated with colourful banners and festoons with socialist slogans for
building an exploitation-free society. General Secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim said there is no alternative but to getting united all the leftist democratic political parties. "Government comes and government goes but the fate of poor people in the country does not change. We, all the leftist political forces, should work jointly to materialise the rights of poor people," he added. Presidium Member Haidar Akbar Khan Rono placed a keynote paper at the programme upheld the legacy of the Communist movement. "Despite strong movements were launched for changing the social structure, the communist party had failed to lead the country from the front," he said. "The united force of the left-democratic parties is a must to save the country from the ongoing crisis," he said.
The leaders also called for a change in the political field
by stepping out of the spheres of influence of the two major political
parties. Azizul Islam Khan of Ganatantri Party, Bimal Biswas of Workers Party, Pankaj Bhattachariya of Ganaforum, Samyabadi Dal general secretary Dilip Barua, Mozaffar Hossain Paltu of Awami League, Ganaforum leader Shamsuddoha, Justice Ghulam Rabbani, columnist Syed Abul Maksud and Mohila Parishad leader Maleka Banu Leaders of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal, Biplobi Workers Party and Sammilita Sangskritik Jote expressed their solidarity with the programme. Different cultural programmes were also held on the occasion.
CPB starts women’s
awareness march
A Great step towards Left Unity
The leaders of the two left-wing political parties with had their origins in the ideological differences between Moscow and Beijing in the 1960s, announced the merger at a joint press conference at the CPB central office after separate meetings of the central committees of the two parties. Leaders of the unified party called for launching a common platform of the left and democratic political forces. The CPB central committee elected Haider Akbar Khan Rano as a presidium member and Mohammad Habibur Rahman and Shahrier Mohammad Firoj as central committee members of the party. The joint declaration was read out by general secretary of the CPB, Mujahidul Islam Selim, which said the political parties serving the interests of big bourgeoisie had failed to solve the problems of the people.
Unity of
left political parties is the aspiration of the people who look forward to a
left alternative force to address the crisis facing the country.
The
president of the CPB Monzurul Ahsan Khan termed the merger of the two major
left-wing political parties as a victory of the leftist political forces.
The
convener of former Workers Party of Bangladesh (reconstituted), Haider Akbar
Khan Rano said that he was involved with the CPB before it was divided 44
years ago and today he was happy that the two parties had unified again. CPB’s central leaders Jasim Uddin Mandol, Shah Alam, Sahidullah Chowdhury, Syed Abu Zafar and Shahadat Hossain were present at the press conference. CPB Paid Homage to the Language martyrs
CPB for action against anti-liberation forces
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) have urged the government to take tougher action against the anti-liberation fundamentalist forces. Addressing a public meeting at Muktangon in the city on Monday (February 15, 2010), the CPB leaders alleged that the anti-liberation Jamaat-Shibir was involved in conspiracies to make the country unstable in a planned way. The CPB organised public meetings and processions across the country to press home its various demands including banning politics of cutting tendon in the name of religion, checking of pro-Pakistani politics and stopping admission trade in the educational institutions. Party Central leaders MM Akash, Ruhin Hossain Prince and Ahsan Habib Lablu spoke at the Muktangon meeting. President of CPB Dhaka City Committee Abdul Kader presided over the meeting while Qazi Sajjad Zahir Chandan conducted it.
Alert to the Ill-motive of a communal Forces on Tipaimukh issue : CPB The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) called upon the people of the country to remain alert to the ill-motive of a communal and militant quarter in the name of bringing out a long march on the issue of Tipaimukh dam of India. In a statement on 25 December, CPB president Manjurul Ahsan Khan and general secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim said a communal quarter had announced a three-day programme in the name of long march. But, they said the statements made from the rally at Muktangan on Thursday on the issue of Tipaimukh dam exposed that their aim was to raise mainly communal slogans in the name of anti-India campaign. "Such a programme is being observed with a bad political intention," the CPB leaders said.
The CPB
leaders added that they had chosen such a path frantically in self-defence
at a time when the demands for immediate execution of the verdict in
Bangabandhu Murder Case and the trial of war criminals had already gained
popularity. "The long march of the communal forces would weaken the people's movement," they said calling upon the people not to fall in the trap of political touts and carry forward the real movement for stopping construction of the Tipaimukh dam.
CPB forms human chain against house rent hike
The Communist Party of
Bangladesh formed a human chain on 25 December, 2009 demanding immediate
measures against abnormal increase in house rents. Central leaders of the party Ruhin Hossain Prince, Kartik Chakrabarty and Mushfiqul Islam, among others, spoke at the rally.
The CPB leaders said
abnormal increase in house rent had multiplied the sufferings of the city
dwellers, particularly of the low and fixed income groups. The CPB leaders urged the government to take steps to implement the house rent law to ease the sufferings of city dwellers. They also urged the DCC authorities to take effective steps to curb mosquito menace, start repair work of the damaged roads, cleaning of the city drains. Earlier, a procession was brought out by the CPB Segunbagicha unit urging the government to solve all the problems of the city dwellers.
The Communist Party of Bangladesh, Other Political parties, Mass organisations issued condolence messages and expressed grief at the death of a veteran communist leader. CPB’s president Monzurul Ahsan Khan and general secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim, in a condolence massage, said his contribution to the anti-British movement, the country’s struggle for independence and all democratic and anti-communal movements would be examples for others to follow. ‘He fought throughout his life for the emancipation of labourers and farmers,’ they said. Bangladesh Krishak Samity, Bangladesh Students’ Union, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Workers Party of Bangladesh, Communist Kendra, Gono Forum, UDICHI, Sammilito Samajik andolon, Bangladesh Youth Union in separate condolence messages mourned Barun’s death. Corade Barun Roy was born in Sunamganj on 10 November, 1922 in an aristocratic zemindar (landlord) family. He joined the Student Federation, a progressive student organization, and got membership of the communist party in 1942. He was jailed several times for participating in pro-democratic movements. He was elected a Member of the Local Assembly of East Pakistan in 1954 and a Member of Parliament in 1986.
CPB demands judicial probe, punishment to culprits of destruction of green forest belt Sitakunda upazila unit of Community Party of Bangladesh (CPB) here demanded judicial probe into the destruction of green forest belt at Sonaichhari coast and exemplary punishment to the persons involved. The Local leaders leaders at a press conference held at Chittagong Press Club also put up several other demands, including immediate introduction of set of rules for developing ship-breaking yards of international standards in a planned way without harming the coastal green belt. At the press conference they said the coastal embankment and forest belt that started developing following cyclonic storms and tidal upsurge of 1960 and 1970 saved lives and properties at north Sitakunda during the cyclonic storm of 1991. But, in absence of specific rules, an ill competition was on to set up ship-breaking yards reportedly through grabbing land and destroying green forest belt along the coast that exposed lives and properties of coastal people of the upazila to different cyclonic storms and tidal surges, they said. They wanted to see full implementation of the timely speeches the prime minister recently made at the Commonwealth Summit and other international forums to protect the environment. The other demands include restoration of razed forests and re-afforestation at coast and hills of the upazila in a planned way, stopping unplanned construction of highway, roads and industrial units through acquisition or purchase of coastal and cultivatable lands, construction of alternative highway on coastal embankment, building railway link to every container yards and transportation of goods through railway wagons, introduction of commuter train service from Chittagong to Feni and required renovation of Dhaka-Chittagong railway tracks. CPB Sitakunda upazila unit President Md Masihud Dowla read out the written statement at the press conference where CPB Chittagong district unit President Comrade Mrinal Sen, General Secretary Comrade Md Shah Alam, Comrade Uttam Chowdhury and Sitakunda upazila unit General Secretary Comrade Advocate Zahir Uddin Mahmud replied to different queries of the journalists.
Manzur Calls for Effective Unity of Communists Allover the World 11th International Meeting of the Communist and Workers Parties in New Delhi
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) President Manzurul Ahsan Khan has called on Communists allover the world to forge effective unity and act globally. He also stressed on co-operation at regional level. He was addressing the plenary session of the 11th International Meeting of the Communist and Workers Parties in New Delhi, India on November, 20. The main theme of the international meeting was, 'The International Capitalist Crisis, the workers and people's struggle, the alternatives and the role of the communist and working class movement'. It was sponsored by the Communist Party of Greece and hosted jointly by the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M). Rrepresentatives of 56 parties from 48 countries have discussed a draft Delhi Declaration on the main theme of the meeting for over three days. Among the participants of the meeting were delegates from the communist parties of Bangladesh, India, Britain, Ireland, USA, China, Palestine, Cuba, South Africa, countries of Latin America, Hungary, Iran, Guyana etc.
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CPB concerned over visit by US military officers The Communist Party of Bangladesh on expressed concern over the proposed visit by United States military commanders in Bangladesh. The party president, Monzurul Ahsan Khan, and general secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim in a press statement said America was trying to increase military operation in South Asia considering its geo-political position. Referring the press report that three US army commanders will visit Bangladesh, the CPB leaders said the United States was trying to increase their military dominancy in the area for a long time. The military presence in Bangladesh in the name of regional stability, controlling terrorism, facing threats in the offshore may be threat to the sovereignty of the country, the left leaders said. The United States opposed the independence of Bangladesh in 1971 and sent Seventh Fleet in Bay of Bengal, they said. The CPB leaders called on the people to be vocal against any imperialist step of America and called on the Awami League-led government to stop strategic military relation with America.
CPB Called to refrain from signing TIFA The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) has called on the government to refrain from signing the proposed Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with the United States. The party’s president Monzurul Ahsan Khan and general secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim, in a press statement termed the TIFA as controversial and asserted that it is against the national interest. The US government is putting pressure on the AL-led government to sign the controversial agreement, which was rejected by the people of Bangladesh earlier, said the CPB leaders. The imperialist US is trying to establish absolute control over Bangladesh and its resources and service sectors, said the CPB’s leaders. It will be tougher for other countries to invest in the service sectors of Bangladesh if the TIFA is signed, they claimed. The clauses of the proposed deal are favourable for only the United States. Moreover, if Bangladesh signs the deal it will be isolated from other least developed countries, said the CPB’s leaders. The BNP-Jamaat government and the military-controlled interim government tried to sign the TIFA deal but backed out because of strong opposition from the left-leaning and progressive political parties. The CPB’s leaders called on the government to announce the rejection of the proposed deal immediately. Otherwise, the CPB will launch movements to resist the unnecessary, unequal and unacceptable deal with the USA, threatened the CPB’s leaders.
Roundtable on 'National Education Policy-2009' Call to fast implement after necessary amendments Academics have termed the proposed education policy as erroneous and inconsistent and urged the government to fast implement it after making necessary amendments. They were speaking at a roundtable titled 'National Education Policy-2009' hosted by Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) at Moitri Auditorium of Mukti Bhaban in Purana Paltan of Dhaka on October 15, 2009. Jahid Hasan Chowdhury, assistant professor of political science department at Dhaka University, presented the keynote paper at the roundtable chaired by Professor Safiuddin Ahmed. The educationists alleged that though the education policy speaks of secularism in line with the constitution, it reeks of compromise with a particular section. Religion education retains its previous position without much qualitative change in it and English medium education has been completely spared, they alleged. Former Bangla Academy director general Syed Anwar Hossain said, "Though it was said that the education policy would reflect the spirit of liberation war, it will widen the existing disparity leading to utter chaos in the education sector." Terming it as a partial draft, he said, "The erroneous and inaccurate policy is not worth implementing." Bangladesh College and University Teachers' Association president Akteruzzaman said, "The government has turned a deaf ear to the demand of progressive teachers for a modern, scientific education policy of world standard."
Necessary changes to the policy can be brought after
launching the policy, he said. "It is full of inconsistencies as it does not reflect the economic and political commitment of the government." "The draft is marked by self-contradiction and it is not possible to dream of universal society keeping discrimination alive." Professor of Bangladesh Agriculture University Nur Mohammad said, "It is not clear whether it is a programme or an education policy." He urged the government to start launching the policy focusing on the positive aspects of recommendations and to address the incongruities gradually. In the keynote paper, professor Jahid called on the government to resolve inconsistencies and self-contradiction by conducting a thorough analysis.
He demanded the proposal on introducing religious education
at pre-primary level be cancelled.
Comrade Farhad's Death anniversary observed
Comrade Farhad died on October 9 in 1987 at Mosco at the age of 49. Born in Dinajpur in 1938, Farhad played a vital role during different movements in the country, including the Language Movement, Education Movement in 1962, Mass Upheaval of 1969, liberation war and the anti-autocratic movement. During his 35-year long political life, he had suffered a lot for the sake of humanity. During the Pakistani regime and the reign of Zia and Ershad, he was put behind the bar on several occasions. He was one of masterminds of the special guerrilla forces jointly formed by the Communist Party, NAP and Chhatra Union during the liberation war.
CPB observing countrywide 'Demand Week' The Communist Party Of Bangladesh (CPB) is observing countrywide ‘Demand Week’ form October 9 to 15 to underscore some immediate and urgent demands which include reducing the price of essentials, introducing mass rationing system across the country for the poor, strengthening the activities of the TCB and stopping extortion cancellation of lease of gas blocks on terms which go against the interest of the people of the country, starting the trail of war criminals, fulfilling the demand of farmers, peasants, agricultural workers and professionals reintroduce the fundamental basis of the constitution of 1972. Read More
CPB Central leader Comrade Morshed Ali speaking in a discussion meeting To mark the 22nd death anniversary of Comrade Mohammad Farhad at party central office on Thursday.
Raising questions about ’72 Constitution is tantamount to disowning the liberation war: Selim
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) General Secretary
Mujahidul Islam Selim said, “Raising questions about the 1972 constitution
and its framing process is tantamount to disowning the war of liberation and
Bangladesh's independence”. He CPB GS was addressing a joint workers' meeting on October 3, 2009 at Zillur Rahman Municipal Auditorium in Bhairab. Selim said the 1972 constitution was the direct outcome of the great war of liberation and it was framed upholding the continuity and spirit of the liberation war. The 1972 constitution was framed with four state principles -- nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism. It was not done with any political transactions or covert consultations. He said the 5th amendment to the constitution had undermined the spirit of the liberation war, as it axed secularism and socialism- two important state principles. The High Court (HC) judgment declaring illegal the 5th amendment has paved the way for reviving the spirit of the liberation war alongside accelerating the pace of strengthening the democratic system. If any political party or individual stands against the HC judgment on the 5th amendment, they will be identified as an anti-liberation element by people, he added. The CPB leader underscored the need for unity among the pro-liberation forcers for implementing the HC verdict. Presided over by CPB Narsingdi district committee president Abdul Aziz, the meeting was also addressed, among others, by CPB central leader Sajjad Zahir Chandan, Kafi Ratan, Mohammad Hanif, Chandan Saha Roy, Kishorgonj district committee president Sayed Nazrul Islam, Bramhanbariya district committee GS Mahmud Pasha, Narsangdi district committee Acting GS Azimuddin Mastu, Bhairab Upjela committee president Abu Taher Master and youth leader Lokman Hossain.
free services in Public hospitals The Communist Party of Bangladesh has protested against the government’s decision to stop free medical services in the public hospitals. Party president Monzurul Ahsan Khan and general secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim, in a press statement, said that the Awami League-led government had made commitments before the election to meet the basic needs of the common people. But instead they are following the path of blanket commercialisation. They said that depriving the poor people of free treatment in the government hospitals was a reflection of the government’s anti-people policy. The party reminded the government that according to the Constitution it was the responsibility of the state to meet the basic needs of all citizens. The government is extending the privatisation policy to the service sectors according to the prescription of the multinational companies, they said. They called on the government to immediately scrap the policy of privatisation of the service sectors.
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports has organized a march towards the Prime Minister’s Office demanding cancellation of the decision to keep export provision in the production sharing contracts on September 8, 2009.
Govt leases out gas field, ignoring people's interest : Selim General Secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Mujahidul Islam Selim has said that the government has leased out three offshore gas fields to foreign companies neglecting the interest of the people of the country. "When people are waging peaceful movement to protect the interest of the country the government is trying to thwart their movement through torture and oppression. But the government should not forget that torture or oppression cannot stop people from waging movement to protect the country's interest," Selim said while speaking at a rally at Muktangan in the city on September 5.
The rally was
organized as part of the countrywide demonstration programme to realise
7-point demand including reducing the price of essential goods, controlling
violent activities, cancelling lease of three offshore gas fields and trial
of war criminals. Many of the garment factory owners follow the means of tricks and deception before Eid not to pay the salary and bonus of the workers and already they have started the same tricks as the Eid is coming closer, he added. "Before the start of the Ramzan the finance minister had said many tall talks about keeping the price of essentials under control. But the minister did not keep his word and the prices of consumer goods have gone beyond reach of the people," Selim said. President of the CPB, Dhaka committee Abdul kader presided over the rally, Central leader Ruhin Hossain Prince, GS of Dhaka committee Ahsan Habib Lablu, Jahid Hossain Khan, Joly Talukder, among others, speak.
CPB stages a demonstration at Muktangan protesting the approval of oil and gas exploration bids for three offshore blocks to foreign companies.
Party protests Gas price increase The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) protested against a further hike in gas prices for domestic and industrial consumption. The president of the party Monzurul Ahsan Khan and general secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim, in a statement said government's decision to increase the prices of gas is imprudent. The prices of essential commodities have gone down a little after the assumption of power by the Awami League-led government. But it is still too high for the common people, whose incomes have not risen proportionally. The increased prices of gas would further augment their suffering. The CPB leaders said the government is facing a huge loss in gas sector as Bapex is purchasing gas from foreign companies double the price of actual production cost. CPB has asked the government to capture black money rather than to raise price to development the gas sector. Party leaders called on the government to end corruption and wastage in energy sector.
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The
Workers Party of Bangladesh (reconstituted) and Communist Party of
Bangladesh has been unified on February 26, 2010 vowing to strengthen the
left alternative political force and operate independently of the influence
of the two large political parties – Awami League and BNP. The name of the
party will remain Communist Party of Bangladesh.
Communist
Party of Bangladesh (CPB) paid homage to the language martyrs at central
Veteran
Communist Leader, 
The
22nd death anniversary of Comrade Mohammad Farhad, former general
secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), was observed on October 9,
2009.
