Building Life

day, he called Haji Mohammad Ibrahim, apologized for his behaviour, and then brought gold coins from his house, filling Ibrahim’s bowl with them. If Mohammad Ibrahim had become angry at the trader’s words, it would have led to a pointless confrontation. However, by responding to the negative attitude with a positive one, mere words were enough for his victory. BE CONTENT Former Bangladeshi military leader General Mohammad Ershad (1930–2019) came to power through a military coup in 1982. Later, another military coup occurred, and the current government filed several corruption charges against him. He was initially sentenced to thirteen years in prison for illegal possession of weapons and later received an additional seven-year sentence for financial corruption. A news article in the Lahore daily “Nawa-i-Waqt” (June 8, 1993) summarizes the events involving General Mohammad Ershad. General Ershad and his wife Roshan were convicted by a special court in Dhaka of corruption related to land transactions and sentenced to 77 years in prison. He helped several individuals acquire land in a prime area of Dhaka and then bought some of that land from them at low prices. He built a structure called “Janta Tower” on this land and paid a large part of the construction costs himself. Since