Sirajganj
Sirajganj-6 by-polls: AL picks Kabita
Awami League has picked its executive committee member Merina Jahan Kabita as its candidate for Sirajganj-6 parliamentary by-polls slated for November 2 next.
Besides, AL nominated mayoral contestants in the seventh phase election to 10 municipalities and chairman contenders in the polls to two Upazila Parishads and two Union Parishads.
The decision was taken in a meeting of the parliamentary nomination board and local government representatives’ nomination board of the Awami League at Ganobhaban on Thursday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also chairperson of Awami League parliamentary and local government representative nomination board, presided over the meeting.
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Sirajganj-6 (Shahjadpur upazila) constituency fell vacant after AL MP Hasibur Rahman Swapan died on September 02.
As per the schedule, the last date for nomination submission is October 10, while the date for scrutiny of nomination papers is October 11, and the last date for withdrawal of candidacy is October 17.
The AL nominated two Upazila chairman candidates are Rezaul Karim (Montu) in Sariakandi Upazila of Bogura and Nargis Begum in Bhuyanpur of Tangail.
The 10 mayoral aspirants who won the AL’s tickets are Yunus Ali in Ghoraghat municipality of Dinajpur, Ganesh Kumar Agarwala in Domar of Nilphamari, Mokhlesur Rahman in Chapanawabganj municipality, Shahidul Bari Khan in Sonatala of Bogura, Syed Masiur Rahman in Lohagora of Narail, Al Mujahid Hossain in Ghorashal of Narsingdi, Nazrul Islam Akanda in Pakundia of Kishoreganj, Golam Hakkani in Kasba of Brahmanbaria, Mohammad Mostafa in Chhagalnaiya of Feni and Rafiqul Alam (Kamal) in Ramgarh of Khagrachhari.
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According to the schedule, the municipal election will be held on November 02.
The deadline for nomination submission is October 09, while the date for scrutiny of nomination papers is October 11 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is October 17.
Work for the people’s welfare, not for personal gain, Quader asks AL members
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday asked his party members to do politics for the welfare of the people instead of gaining personal wealth.
“We have to do politics for improving the fate of the people and not for personal gain. It is in no way expected that some would become desperate after gaining power,” he said.
Quader made this call by virtually joining a memorial meeting for late MP Hasibur Rahman Swapan at Shahjadpur in Sirajganj district this morning.
He warned the party leaders and workers not to abuse their power rather asked them to maintain their clean political image
“If people with bad image are allowed in politics, the party will be ruined,” he also warned.
Quader said that the politics of revenge that started in the country after 1975 is still going on.
He said that BNP founder Ziaur Rahman was the protagonist behind the 1975 assassination while Tareq Rahman was the mastermind of August 21 grenade attack.
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The AL leader said Zia had started the politics of revenge in the country and BNP still continues the trend.
He said that it has become very important for us to avoid the politics of revenge and hatred.
Quader also asked the grassroots leaders to send the names of credible aspirants for the party's nomination in the forthcoming Union Parishad elections. "Don't send the names of bad people to the central level for money," he added.
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He also called upon all to refrain from these misdeeds.
Awami League Organizing Secretary SM Kamal Hossain, Central Executive Member Professor Marina Jahan Kabita, Sirajganj District Awami League Acting President Advocate KM Hossain Ali Hasan, Acting General Secretary also spoke at the mourning meeting held at Shahjadpur Pilot Model Government High School ground.
UNB correspondent resigns from Sirajganj Press Club’s executive committee
UNB’s Sirajganj district correspondent Masud Rana has resigned from the member post of the executive committee of district press club.
He resigned protesting the formation of new executive committee without holding any election.
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A new executive committee of Sirajganj Press club was formed in February this year without holding an election.
“Despite being a member of the committee, I gave them an ultimatum to hold election. But not only did they listen to me, they have not invited me at any meeting although the committee has been active for almost 7 months,” said Masud Rana.
Flood situation worsens as 1 lakh people marooned in Sirajganj
Flood situation in Sirajganj has worsened as Jamuna River continues to swell above the danger level leaving at least one lakh people marooned.
The Jamuna is flowing 61 cm above the danger level in Sirajganj, deputy-assistant engineer Zakir Hossain of the Water Development Board told UNB on Thursday.
Sirajganj Sadar, Shahzadpur, Kazipur, Chowhali and Belkuchi have been the hardest hit upazilas, he added.
As usual, low-lying areas and croplands have mostly been affected by the flood.
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A huge portion of croplands has also been submerged adding to the miseries of the flood-hit people.
Schoolboy found dead in Sirajganj
Police have recovered the hanging body of a teenager from Chalavora village in Sirajganj’s Kazipur upazila.
The body was recovered Thursday morning from a tree near his house.
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The deceased was identified as Swapan (16), son of Mofazzal Hossain of the same village and a 10th grade student of Shimuldair Bohumukhi High School.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Kazipur Police Station, Panchananda Sarkar confirmed the information and said Swapan went missing from his house around 8 pm on Wednesday (August 25). On Thursday morning, locals found his body hanging from a tree next to their house and informed the police.
Recovering his body, it was sent to Sirajganj Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital morgue for autopsy. A UD case has been registered in this regard, he added.
3 die in Sirajganj road crash
At least three persons were killed when a speeding truck hit a battery-operated auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-North Bengal highway in Sirajganj in the early hours of Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Haider Ali, 55, son of Phulchand, Khoda Baksh, 35, son of Motahar Hossain of Ullapra upazila, and Shahadat Hossain, 50, of Kamarkhand upazila. The victims were all occupants of the three-wheeler.
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Shahjahan Ali, officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station, said the Rajshahi-bound truck rammed the auto-rickshaw near Pachalia Bazar in Sirajganj's Ullapara upazila around 5.30 am after its driver lost control of the speeding vehicle.
The impact of the crash was such that the driver of the auto-rickshaw died on the spot. The remaining two, both passengers, later succumbed to their injuries, the OC said.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent them to the local hospital morgue for post-mortem.
Road accidents in Bangladesh
At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of this year, according to a report published in July.
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It says the road accidents occurred on various highways, national, inter-district and regional roads between January 1 and June 30 across the country.
Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF), a platform of journalists, prepared the report based on news items carried by 22 national dailies, 10 regional newspapers and eight online news portals and agencies.
Sirajganj UP chairman suspended on graft charge
A union parishad chairman in Sirajganj has been suspended for allegedly taking money from people on the pretext of giving them houses under the Ashrayan project in Tarash upazila.
Tarash UNO Mezbaul Karim told UNB on Friday that TM Abdullah Baki, chairman of Saguna UP-3 in Sirajganj, was issued the suspension letter on August 18.
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According to the letter, the action was initiated taken against the UP chairman under Section 34 (4)(b) of the Local Government (Union Parishad) Act, 2009.
The letter was signed by the deputy secretary of the UP-1 branch of the local government department, Abu Jafar Ripon.
However, when contacted, Abdullah said that he was yet to receive the suspension letter.
2 army personnel killed in Sirajganj road crash
Two army personnel were killed in a head-on collision between an army pickup and a cement-laden truck at Simato Bazar in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj district on Monday evening.
The deceased were identified as Corporal Mehedi Hasan, 36, son of Mozaffar Hossain of Naodashalua village in Raiganj upazila and Dipankar Dutta, 21, son of Shyamal Dutt of Jhalmalia village in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi district.
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Four others were injured in the accident.
The injured are sergeant Firoz, 35, soldier Mainul, 21, lance corporal Imran, 30, and soldier Mehbub, 24.
Mosaddek Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Bangabandhu Bridge West police station, said the army pickup collided with the cement-laden truck in the border market area on the way back from Hatikumrul, leaving seven army personnel injured.
The injured were rescued and taken to Sirajganj Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital, where doctors declared two of them dead.
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Among the injured, Sergeant Firoz was taken to Dhaka at night by a helicopter for better treatment.
However, the helper and the driver of the truck managed to flee the spot.
A case has been filed in this regard, the OC added.
3 died after taking liquor in Sirajganj
Three people died and two others fell sick after drinking toxic liquor in Sadar upazila of Sirajganj district on Monday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Wahab, 32, son of Abdur Rashid of Raghunathpur village, Mohammad Abdul, 45, son of Sikim Ali and Taher Sheikh, 48, son of Kalu Sheikh of Saraichandi Natunpara village in the upazila.
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Bahauddin Faruki, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the five people look liquor a near Brahmmakhola Bridge in the upazila in the dead of night.
Later, Wahab, Taher and Abdul died at their respective houses while Babu Sheikh and Hazrat Ali fell sick. They were hospitalised.
Sirajganj records its highest daily caseload , 244 infected
As many as 244 new Covid cases were recorded in Sirajganj in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning, the district's highest single-day infections this year.
"A total of 619 samples were tested during the period," said Humayun Kabir, a statistician in the district's Civil Surgeon's Office.
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The positivity rate currently stands at 39.42%.
Besides, two more Covid-related deaths were recorded in the district. Of the deceased, one each died at Sirajganj Sadar Hospital and Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital.
So far, the number of covid cases has surpassed 2,200 in the district, while the death toll from the virus currently stands at 33.
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Corona infections have been on the rise since the last week of June. However, in the last 24 hours, the record number of Covid cases sparked fear among the people.
Meanwhile, according to district administration sources, the law enforcers took tougher actions in Sirajganj on Sunday to stem the infections. They are also monitoring the cattle markets in different parts of the district ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.