Professor Rehman Sobhan turns 86 today. Born in Kolkata into an illustrious family, with connections to the Nawab family of Dhaka from his mother s side and a reputed Murshidabad family from his father s side, Sobhan had no business to be a champion of the poor and the downtrodden. His father was trained at Sandhurst and held a senior post at the Police Department in Kolkata, yet in his maturity Rehman Sobhan stood firmly on the side of the oppressed.
Educated at St. Paul s at Darjeeling, where he divided his time between sports and debate excelling in both, it is hard to believe now that once he was a long-distance runner. After finishing college at the Aitchison College, Lahore, he went to Cambridge University where he studied with Joan Robinson and others on the left, who shaped his intellectual orientation. His circle of friends at Cambridge included Amartya Sen, Mahbubul Haque, and Manmohan Singh. Sobhan was elected the president of Majlish, the South Asian students associatio
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YAHYA S DHAKA VISIT ANNOUNCED
BBC today reported that Pakistan President Yahya Khan would visit Dhaka soon with a package deal to resolve the ongoing crisis in East Pakistan. The report also indicated a handover of power to elected representatives before the commencement of the National Assembly session.
Kamal Hossain in his memoir shares that around March 12, 1971, a senior military officer arrived from Rawalpindi and wanted to see Tajuddin Ahmed. Kamal Hossain reported it to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who asked him to see the officer. The officer asked whether Bangabandhu would see Yahya if the president were to come to Dhaka and whether the meeting could be held at the president s house. The reason behind the second question was that earlier Bangabandhu had refused to meet Tikka Khan at both Government House and the cantonment. Bangabandhu had said that if Tikka Khan wanted to see him he should call on him at his residence. Kamal Hossain immediately reported to Bangaba
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None should be allowed to buy politics in exchange for money: Hasan
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Awami League Joint General Secretary and Information Minister Dr Hasan
Mahmud today said none should be allowed to buy politics in exchange
for money.
have dedication and sacrificing mentality for the party. Therefore,
none should be allowed to buy politics in exchange for money,” he told the
triennial conference of Awami League Kalai upazila unit of the
district held on the Kalai Government Women Degree College ground.
About Union Parishad (UP) polls, Hasan said BNP has no confidence
on the masses. That’s why, they have already declared that it (BNP)