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Tea workers call off strike, return to work with previous wage of Tk 120
Tea garden workers on Monday returned to work with the previous wage of Tk 120 withdrawing their strike for raising wage to Tk 300 upon assurance from the Prime Minister that their wage will be re-fixed after a virtual meeting with her.
This decision was taken at a meeting of the tea workers’ leaders with the Moulvibazar Deputy Commissioner Mir Nahid Ahsan at his office on Sunday night.
Paresh Kalindi, financial affairs secretary of Tea Workers Union, said, "In honour of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, we will join the work with the previous wage. The Prime Minister will talk to us through a video conference very soon to finalise the new wage.”
All financial benefits including wages of 10 days ( during the strike period) will be provided by the owners, he added.
During Sunday’s meeting, PM Hasina also talked to the tea workers through a video conference.
The Tea Workers leaders will apply to the DC for a meeting with the Prime Minister through video conferencing before the upcoming Durga Puja.
Read: Tea workers return to strike for Tk 300 wage; block Dhaka-Sylhet highway
Youth stabbed to death in Tongi
A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death and another one injured in an attack by rivals in Auchpara area of Gazipur's Tongi Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Kausar Ahmed Sumon alias Tanon, a resident of Tonger Deora area of Gazipur.
Locals said some miscreants stabbed Sumon and Tuhin indiscriminately near Merit School in Auchpara area of Tongi due to old enmity, leaving them critically injured.
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They were rushed to Shaheed Ahsanullah Master General Hospital where doctors declared Sumon dead upon his arrival.
Later, Tuhin was shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical condition.
Mohammad Iltutmish, deputy commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police, said that he might have been killed over previous enmity.
"We are investigating the murder,” he said, adding that efforts are on to nab the culprits.
Cox’s Bazar trawler capsize: 2 more bodies recovered
A Coast Guard team on Sunday fished out the bodies of two more fishermen from the Bay of Bengal, two days after a fishing trawler carrying 19 fishermen capsized amid inclement weather.
The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain and Nurul Islam.
Local fishermen spotted the bodies at Najirartek Channel of the Bay in the afternoon and informed the coast guard, said Selim Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Cox’s Bazar Sadar police station.
So far, seven bodies have been recovered from the Bay, he added.
On Sunday morning, coast guard members recovered the bodies of three fishermen from Maheshkhali Sonadia channel.
They were Hossain Ahmad, Azizul Haque and Mohammad Absar, residents of Sadar upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
Madaripur toddler drowns in pond
A three-year-old drowned after falling into a pond in Madaripur's Kalkini upazila Sunday, police said.
The deceased was identified as Habiba, daughter of expatriate Iqbal Hossain of Purbo Shikarmangal village.
Read: Two children drown in Ctg pond
As the family members were not around, she went near the pond, fell into it, and drowned, Md Shamim Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kalkini Police Station.
"Habiba's family members started looking for her as she was not seen anywhere. At one stage, her body was found floating on the pond near her house," Shamim said.
Over 182 Barguna fishermen go missing in stormy Bay: Coast Guard
More than 182 fishermen from the southern coastal district of Barguna and 41 fishing boats, locally called trawlers, carrying them have gone missing in the stormy Bay of Bengal, according to Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG).
Amid rough sea and strong winds, the fishermen from Barguna's Patharghata had gone to the south Bay of Bengal to bait and catch fish for their businesses.
"We have not found any trace of 41 fishing boats from Patharghata with over 400 fishermen till now," Masum Mia, general secretary of the Barguna Fishing Trawler Owners' Association.
Read: 6 Bhola trawlers sink in Bay: 59 missing fishermen rescued
Several fishing boats have sunk in the Bay since Thursday, Lieutenant KM Shafiul Kinjal, media officer of Coast Guard South zone, said Sunday.
"So far, we have learned about 182 missing fishermen. Six teams of the Coast Guard are conducting search and rescue operations in the deep for the missing fishermen," Shafiul said.
Man sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing 16-month-old sister
A Jamalpur court on Sunday sentenced a man to life imprisonment unto death for killing his 16-month-old sister in 2017
The convict was identified as Indrajit Ghosh, son of Poritosh Chandra Ghosh of Shimla Gopinath village in Sarishabari upazila.
The court also sentenced him one year jail under a separate section and fined him Tk 20,000.
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Generally, life imprisonment in Bangladesh law means 30 years in prison unless specifically mentioned in the judgement, as was here.
According to the prosecution, Indrajit picked Prapti, daughter of Poritosh from the room of his elder brother and threw her in a pond near Shimla Bazar over previous enmity on January 22, 2017.
Police recovered the body of Prapti from the pond on the following day
Poritosh lodged a complaint with Sarishabari Police who registered a case later. Police arrested Indrajit and his uncle-in-law Ananda Mahanta in this connection.
Police submitted a chargesheet against them.
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After examining records and witnesses, Jamalpur District and Session Judge Zulficker Ali Khan handed down the punishment and acquitted Mahanta as allegations brought against him could not be proved.
Coast Guard rescues 44 stranded fishermen from Bay
Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) on Sunday rescued 44 fishermen from the Bay of Bengal after their fishing boats remained stranded at the rough sea for five days.
BCG teams spotted the boats while conducting search and rescue operations off Mahipur sea estuary and the Sundarbans' Akram point, Lieutenant Commander Khandaker Munif Taki, media officer at BCG headquarters, said.
They promptly responded to provide assistance to fishermen in distress. All the occupants of the boats were evacuated to safety.
Read: Indian Coast Guard rescues 10 Bangladeshi fishermen from Bay
On August 16, 21 fishermen boarded the fishing boat River Mate and set sail for the Bay from Lakshmipur's Ramgati upazila to bait and catch fish for their businesses. They got stranded after their boat's engine went out of order the next day amid rough seas and strong winds.
Also, 23 fishermen from Chattagram's Banshkhali got onto FB Mayer Doa and remained stranded at sea for five days after their boat's engine stopped working.
"All the rescued fishermen will be sent back to their families soon," Khandaker Munif said.
6 Bhola trawlers sink in Bay: 59 missing fishermen rescued
Fifty-nine of the 60 missing fishermen from six trawlers from Bhola that sunk in the deep sea amid stormy weather have been rescued.
One of the fishermen named Abul kalam from Chatla village in Lalmohan upazila in Bhola still remains missing, said Pallab kumar Hazra, Lalmohan Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO).
The six fishing trawlers sunk in the bay on Friday night, said the UNO.
The sunken vessels are the FV Lamia, and trawlers owned by Mojibul Sheikh, Saiful Majhi, Zakir Majhi, Najimuddin Majhi, and Nuruddin Majhi.
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Four missing fishermen from Faruk Majhi’s trawler were rescued by Indian Navy and were later handed over to Bangladesh Navy, said the UNO.
Others were rescued from different places in Sundarban and Hatia, he said.
Also read: Indian Coast Guard rescues 17 more Bangladeshi fishermen from Bay
The rescued fishermen are returning to Bhola by a trawler on Sunday, said UNO Pallab Kumar.
23 stranded fishermen rescued from Bay
Coast Guard members on Sunday rescued 23 fishermen who were floating in the Bay of Bengal for five days as the engine of their trawler broke down.
Lieutenant Colonel BN KM Shafiul Kinjol, media personnel of Coast Guard South zone, said the engine of the trawler named ‘Mayer Doa’ with 23 fishermen went out of order on Wednesday.
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A patrol team of the Coast Guard found the trawler floating in the Bay and rescued the fishermen in the morning, said Kinjol.
The trawler was taken to Nizampur Station where the fishermen were given first aid.
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All the fishermen, hailed from the Banshkhali area, were out of danger and they were handed over to Al Amin, owner of the trawler, he said.
Tea workers return to strike for Tk 300 wage; block Dhaka-Sylhet highway
Tea garden workers, who rejected the wage hike by Tk 25 to Tk 145 a day staged demonstrations on Dhaka-Sylhet highway and Airport Road in Sylhet on Sunday demanding Tk 300 as their daily wage.
They abstained from joining work as the leaders of Bangladesh Tea Workers Union on Saturday night announced that they did not withdraw the strike upon assurance of a Tk 25 hike in wage.
Tea garden workers from five gardens including Teliapara, Surma, Noyapara staged rally at Jagdishpur Muktijoddha Chattar area of Madhabpur upazila around 11:30 am and blocked the highway, creating a long tailback of vehicles on both sides of the road.
Around 3 pm they suspended the blockade on instruction from Bangladesh Tea Worker Union leaders as they assured by August 23 their demand will be fulfilled.
The workers from Sylhet valley gardens blocked the road connecting to MAG Osmani International Airport from 12 pm to 2 pm, creating a huge traffic gridlock.
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