THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
A pick of historically significant events of the corresponding week as reported in Bangladeshi newspapers of the time
Compiled by: Mohiuddin Alamgir
The Bangladesh Observer,
June 17, 1975
Newspaper (Annulment of Declaration) Ordinance promulgated
Four Dailies, 122 periodicals will continue publication
The government has promulgated the Newspaper (Annulment of Declaration) Ordinance, 1975 by which declaration all newspaper in Bangladesh except “The Bangladesh Observer” and “Dainik Bangla” and 122 weeklies and monthlies stand cancelled from June 17, reports BSS.
Immediately after the promulgation of ordinance the government announced its decision to publish two daily newspapers namely “Daily Ittefaq” and the “Bangladesh Times” from Dacca. Consequently, except the above mentioned four dailies and 122 periodicals, nothing shall be published in Bangladesh except with the permission of the government.
Simultaneously the government promulgated another ordinance called the Government owned newspaper (Management Ordinance 1975) for the management of Government owned newspaper.
The government also announced its decision to publish in the near future one daily newspaper from Chittagong, one from Khulna and another from the management of Government.
New Age, June 17, 2004
Bangladesh brushed
aside in OIC sweepstakes
Turkey’s Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
becomes secretary general
Dhaka has expressed its utter disappointment at its debacle in the just-held election to the secretary-general’s post of the Organisation of Islamic Conference.
All hopes of the Bangladesh candidate Salauddin Quader Chowdhury were dashed when Turkey’s Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu came out successful in Tuesday’s OIC ballot in Istanbul with a margin, Dhaka thought, that could be counted on its eight fingers, or at its worst on six.
The Foreign Office, always on the high road, was happily counting 30 birds in the hand, ultimately ending up with 18 in the bush and having a dozen in the end.
“We are disappointed at the result,” Reaz Rahman, advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said when journalists wanted to know the government’s reaction.
Dhaka lobbied with gusto for over a year, leaving no stone unturned and very few capitals unvisited.
Reaz, however, declined to point any finger at any reason behind the failure. An amount of around Tk 20 crore was spent on the campaign.
New Age June 12, 2007
Rain-triggered
landslides kill 86
Early monsoon downpour wreaks havoc on Chittagong, air traffic, port activities suspended
A string of landslides triggered by torrential rains buried hillside localities leaving at least 86 people, including two policemen, dead and 100 others injured in the port city and its surroundings on Monday, administration officials said.
Army rescue teams searched for bodies and survivors all day as scores of people are believed to have been trapped in their hillside thatched and mud houses near Chittagong cantonment, the divisional commissioner of Chittagong, Mokhlesur Rahman said.
‘The death toll may rise further as rescue operation is continuing’, he said.
Intermittent rains, however, forced suspension of the rescue operation in the evening.
Unconfirmed sources put the death toll at 90.
New Age, June 12, 2008
Govt releases Hasina
for eight weeks
The military-controlled government on Wednesday released former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League president, from jail for eight weeks allowing her to take medical treatment abroad apparently after striking a political deal with her party.
‘In line with the recommendations of a medical board [formed earlier] the government has freed the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, now detained in a sub-jail at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, for eight weeks from June 11, 2008 as per the authorities given under section 401 (4A) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898,’ said an official circular issued on Wednesday, 11 months after her arrest.
The government formed the five-member medical board for ailing Hasina on June 5 in response to a request from her husband Wazed Mia in March this year.
Sheikh Hasina was arrested by army-led joint forces at her private Sudha Sadan residence on July 16 on charge of extortion. She is now facing trials in five cases, in which she would not need to appear personally on medical ground.
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