& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Opposition ready to hold dialogue: Hasina
Leader of the Opposition In Parliament Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the Opposition is ready to hold a dialogue with the government for a negotiated settlement of the present political crisis, reports BSS.
She urged the government to accept the combined Opposition's demand for a neutral, care-taker government to give democracy an institutional shape and avoid confrontation.
The Awami League chief was addressing a seminar on "Post-Independence Development and the Planning of Bangabandhu ’ as chief guest at the Institute of Engineers.
The seminar, organised by the "Bangabandhu Prokoushali Parishad.'' was addressed by engineers, planners, economists and journalists, it was presided over by Prof A M Zahurul Huq. Professor Emeritus of the BUET and president of the parishad. The
main paper was presented by Dr Rafiquddln Ahmed, former chairman, the Bangladesh Engineering and Shipbuilding Corporation - and founder-director of the ICTVTR.
The Awami League President said that her party wanted a stable and democratic environment where the people would be able to exercise their franchise freely and the government would be transparent. She said that such an environment is absent from due to "terrorism, corruption and rigging" in the elections.
Tracing history, the Awami League chief said that the national planning done during the three and a half years of Bangabandhu's regime was pragmatic and true to the spirit of an Independent and self respecting country But she said that al! such develop ment planning of the new-born
and war ravaged Bangladesh was changed with the assaasl nation of the Bangabandhu
She also said that a calculated media propaganda has been painting a distorted picture of the Bangabandhu regime. She lauded the role of the newly-formed Engineers Council for projecting a true picture of the tenure of Bangabandhu
The seminar was participated by former Planning Commission member during the first Bangladesh goyernment economist Prof Muzaffar Ah med. Prof .Mujlbur Rahman Biswas. Prof S M Nazrul Islam of the BUET. Rahat Khan. Executive Editor of the Ittefaq and Kazi Shahed Ahmed. Editor of the Daily Ajker Kagoj.
Prof Muzaffar Ahmed said that the national development plan under Bangabandhu was aimed at making the newly born nation self-reliant and self respecting. He said the first Five-Year Plan was designed to suit the development needs of a nation which had suffered economic disparity for long 24 years. Prof Muzaffar also termed the development plan of the first Bangladesh government as the basic planning work for Bangladesh.
Prof Mujibur Rahman Biswas said Bangabandhu's go vernment identified basic development sectors which included rural areas, agriculture and basic industries.
Prof. Nazrul Islam termed Bangabandhu a far-sighted leader who wanted to make Bangladesh a really developed country with self-sufficiency in all sectors.
In his paper. Dr Rafiquddln Ahmed said that Bangabandhu wanted to make Bangladesh an egalitarian state and all his planning was designed towards that direction. He said despite serious resource constraints after Ihe Liberation War. Bangabandhu gave a basic framework for real development planning by prioritizing rural uplift, education, health, agriculture and Industry.
The paper dwelt on the comparative data of the results of development planning between the Bangabandhu regime and the governments since 1975.