Bangladesh Per Capita GDP Swells To US$ 1,000?

(News article direct from The Daily Star of Bangladesh on September 5, 2013.)

The size of the economy, its growth rate and per capita income have increased in Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics’ new estimates using 2005-06 as the base year. Under the new base year, fiscal 2012-13′s gross domestic product (GDP) in current prices stood at $153.58 billion, whereas it came to $134.17 billion using the existing 1995-96.

The new estimate also shows an increase in fiscal 2012-13′s growth rate: the economy grew by 6.18 percent in constant prices as opposed to 6.03 percent under the existing base year of 1995-96.

Per capita income, which stands at $923 in the existing base year, rose to $1,044 in the new estimate. In addition, the new base year shows a reduced gap in savings and investment in the economy.

The estimates were presented yesterday at a meeting attended by Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Planning Minister AK Khandker Food Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, and Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas.

Magwe On The Brink Of Another Muslim Riots

(Direct translation of news articles from Shin Wirathu’s Blog this week.)

Magwe City the capital of Magwe Administrative Division in Middle Burma is on the brink of another Muslim riots after the horrible news of a 50-year old Muslim Kalar man raping a very young Burmese Buddhist girl multiple times.

The 9 year old girl and her mother were working as the cleaners for the Muslim man’s dairy on the outskirts of Magwe Town when the multiple child rapes were horribly committed. The rapes were in last August but the frightened child did not tell anyone till she was physically ill of the horrible injuries from repeated rapes and she had to visit a free-clinic opened and managed by local Buddhist monks.

The doctors at the clinic discovered the rape injuries and finally she told them of her horrible rapes by the Muslim boss then living at 19^th Street of Ywar-thit Ward in Magwe.

Hurt Deep Down Bangladeshi-Buddhist Heart!

(The news article direct from the Daily Star newspaper of Bangladesh.)

When Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits Ramu today, she can expect to see some happy faces, as the government has rebuilt 19 Buddhist temples that were torched and vandalised in Ramu and Ukhia in September last year.

But the question remains how safe do the victims feel when the main culprits behind the attacks on the Buddhist community are moving freely. Ramu’s roads and alleyways are swarmed with huge banners and festoons showing portraits of several of the men, whose involvement in the attacks was confirmed by two probe bodies, to welcome the prime minister.

Banners in Stadium Gate area of Ramu to welcome Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina carry names and photos of Nurul Islam Selim, president of local Press Club and ex-chief of the upazila unit BCL, and Yunus Rana Chowdhury, general secretary of local Sramik League. Circled red, they are among the 12 persons whom two probe bodies found to have been involved in last year’s attacks on Buddhist community.

Military Build-ups Intensify On Burma-Bangladesh Border

(Compilation of translated articles from various Burmese and Bengali blogs last week.)

BGB Battalion-50 inaugurated by General Ahmed.

Last May a new battalion of BGB (Border Guards Bangladesh) the BGB Battalion-50 was established at Ramu (Old Panwar Town as Burmese called it) on the Bangladeshi side of the Bangladesh-Burma border.

The launching ceremony of BGB-50 was held on May-19 at Ramu and BGB-chief Major-General Aziz Ahmed attended the ceremony. Formerly known as Bangladesh Rifles the BGB under the Bangladesh Ministry of Home Affairs is a paramilitary police force responsible for border security in Bangladesh.

Sittwe Is Muslim-Free For 438 Days Today

(Compilation of translated articles direct from the mmcities blog last week.)

A busy street scene of now Muslim-free Sittwe.

If one counts the days since Bengali-Muslims were expelled from Sitwwe one will find exactly 438 days today. That is one year and two months and eleven days. 

The first day of anti-Bengali-Muslim riots was June 9, 2012. One day after the Bengali-Muslims started the riots in the border town of Maungdaw.

At the beginning just after the June-2012 Muslim riots the Yakhin State Government authorities met with the city elders of Sittwe City at the City Hall and asked them if they really wanted to live without Bengali-Muslims as there would be a severe labour shortage without illegal Bengalis-Muslims.

Kantbalu Burning After Gang-Rape Attempt By Muslims

(Compilation of translated articles from various Burmese and Bengali blogs this week.)

A mosque burning in Htan Gone of Kantbalu Town.

Like in many other non-Muslim countries the Muslim Men in our Burma keep their women strictly inside. And as part of their sexual jihad they go out and assault non-Muslim females who have complete freedom to go about outside alone.

In Burma the brunt of these sexual assaults by Muslim men are borne by many young Buddhist women who have much higher degree of freedom than Muslim women.

On the evening of August-24 a group of three horny Bengali-Muslims tried to rape a lone Buddhist-Burmese woman in middle Burma. The place was a large village (almost a small town) called Htan Gone in the Kantbalu Township of Shwe Bo District in Sagaing Division.

Quintana Pissed Off By Local Buddhists At Meikhtilar

(Direct translation of news articles from the Eleven Media Group on 22 August 2013.)

Crying Quintana recalling emotionally his so-called
dangerous encounter with town-Buddhists in Meikhtilar.

Burmese government and the local Buddhists from Meikhtilar in Burma had strongly denied the hated-Qunitana’s emotional claim that his vehicle-convoy was violently attacked by the townspeople in Meikhtilar at about 10 in the night of 19^th August.

“My car was descended upon by a crowd of around 200 people who proceeded to punch and kick the windows and doors of the car while shouting abuse.” in Quintana’s own words.

At his August-21 airport-press-conference just before his departure from Rangoon International Airport the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Burma Tomas Ojea Quintana recalled his fearful experience in Meikhtilar and claimed that about 200 strong mob bashed the panels and kicked the doors and windows of his vehicle and the police escort with him didn’t do a thing to protect him.

Egypt’s Nasser Laughed Off Muslim Brotherhood (1966)

(Old news article with Youtube video direct from the WorldCrunch on 10 May 2012.)

Late Colonel Nasser the former president of Egypt.

Egypt’s Nasser laughed off Muslim Brotherhood's demand to force ten millions Egyptian women to wear Muslim-headbags.

Hiding for months in plain view on YouTube, a grainy video has begun to circulate of longtime Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser laughing off the Muslim Brotherhood demands that the state uphold Islamic traditions and force ten millions Egyptian women to wear oppressive Islamic garbs.

The clip is charged with historical significance in light of the Brotherhood's rise to power earlier this year in Egypt -- and broader questions about Islam and society in the Arab world. The 1966 video has gone viral with French subtitles after being posted by Paris-based news website Rue 89.

Royal Islamic Australian Navy (Let The Muslim Boats In)

(News article direct from the NAVY DAILY at news.navy.gov.au  on 23 July 2013.)

Captain Mona Shindy the Strategic Islamic Advisor, RAN. 

Chief of Royal Australian Navy appoints an Advisor on Islamic Cultural Affairs.

Ensuring that Navy remains focused on all aspects of diversity is a key priority for the Chief of Navy, which is why he has recently appointed a Strategic Advisor on Islamic Cultural Affairs.

Captain Mona Shindy, RAN who heads up the Guided Missile Frigate System Program Office (FFGSPO) accepted the position in March 2013 and has welcomed the opportunity to create better understanding amongst Defence members and the wider Islamic community.