Bangladesh And its Neighbours

Name: Bangladesh And its Neighbours
Author: আবদুল মান্নান

Bangladesh and Its Neighbours is all about political developments in three countries of the Indian subcontinent, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, with some insights into the unfortunate and unwarranted happenings in neighbouring Myanmar and in the Middle East. In 1947, two countries were carved out of the Indian sub-continent India and Pakistan. The unfortunate divide was the result of the flawed politics of both countries. Pakistan which emerged as a result of Muhammad Ali Jinnah's unrealistic Two Nation theory, died an expected but tragic death in 1971 with the emergence of an independent Bangladesh, which once was the East Pakistan. The breakaway of Bangladesh was seen by many as a step in the wrong direction in terms of socio-economic development. With the brutal assassination of the Father of the Nation, Bangobandhu Sk. Mujibur Rahman, skeptics concluded that was the end of independent Bangladesh. But the resilient people of this country have shown that if they can create a country through sacrificing their blood, they can also withstand any sort of national crisis taking the country to its desired destination. There have been enemies within, but they have never succeeded. The country from which Bangladesh broke away to become an independent country today has become a cocoon of militancy and terrorism, sponsored

আবদুল মান্নান

Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Professor Abdul Mannan completed his early education from the St. Placid's High School (Established in 1853), Chittagong, Government College of Commerce, Chittagong, and University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Later he completed his graduate and post graduate studies from the University of Hawaii and the Miami University, Ohio, USA, under the East West Center, US Government Fellowship in 1978. Throughout his academic career he passed all his examinations with extraordinary distinction, always occupying the top position in his class. Later on he attended the Ohio State University and London School of Economics under a World Bank Fellowship and participated in courses relating International Business. He joined the Business School of the University of Chittagong as a Lecturer in 1973. Later he served as the Chairman of the Department of Management and Dean of the Business School in the same University. On November 6, 1996 he was appointed the Vice-chancellor of Chittagong University. He served in this position till February 13, 2001. He was elected as the Chairman of the Association of Universities of Bangladesh and the Standing Committee of the Vice-chancellors (1997-99). During this period Professor Mannan also served as the Executive Committee and Council Member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, London.