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Tenth-grader attacked for protesting eve-teasing; three arrested in Chandpur
A class ten girl reportedly sustained severe injuries in an attack by goons for protesting against eve-teasing on her way to school in Haimchar upazila of the district Tuesday.
Police arrested three goons including the prime accused within a few hours of the incident.
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The arrestees were identified as prime accused Habib Talukdar, 20, Shipon, 20, and Al Amin, 20. They were residents of Mohjampur area in Uttar Algir union of the upazila.
Quoting the victim and her school teachers, Ashraf Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Haimchar police station, said the prime accused and his cohorts teased her and threw abusive words at her on her way to school from home at Chhoiyal intersection around 10 am.
When she protested, in a fit of rage, the goons thrashed her and hit with brick on head leaving her critically injured, said the OC.
Hearing screams, locals rushed to the spot and rescued her from the clutches of the goons, he said, adding that the victim is now undergoing treatment at Upazila Health Complex.
Police arrested three culprits so far from different areas of the upazila in the afternoon, the police officer said, adding legal action against the detainees was underway as of filing this report.
Seminar on nation branding held
Bangladesh Security Exchange Commission (BSEC) in partnership with Bloomberg L.P organised a seminar titled “Nation Branding: Attracting New Talent & Investments Worldwide” on Monday.
BSEC Chairman Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam chaired the seminar while Prime Minister’s Private Industry & Investment Advisor Salman Fazlur Rahman was the chief guest.
Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen was the special guest at the function while Andrew Boggs, Regional Strategy Lead, Bloomberg presented the keynote paper.
In the panel discussion, speakers focused on the foreign investment interest and the full-fledged shift to digital and digital services which may eventually lead to Digital Bangladesh.
Masud Bin Momen spoke about the digital shift of the Foreign Office for greater competence in serving the various line ministries and also the expatriates for greater economic and other benefits.
Read: BSEC Scholarship introduced at DU
He shared the engagement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the a2i and the ICT Division to bring efficiency in mission services around the world along with creating substantial and substantiative contributions in the narrative epistemology of cutting-edge technology by cultivating imaginative minds and the nimble hands of people and connecting them globally.
Connecting the markets and providing a strong support platform to global supply chain solutions is a core facet of the government’s economic diplomacy.
The Foreign Secretary spoke about the role of private equity and other modes of finance in underwriting this huge architecture.
He also highlighted the role of freelance developers in connecting Bangladesh to the creative economy paradigm.
Masud emphasized bridging institutional voids and articulating inchoate demands.
Delegates and dignitaries from the government and regulatory authorities, financial institutes, and the business community of Bangladesh joined the programme.
Shohoz files writ with HC challenging legality of Tk 2 lakh fine
E-ticketing platform Shohoz.com on Tuesday filed a writ petition with the High Court (HC) challenging the legality of the Tk 2 lakh fine by the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) after receiving a complaint from Dhaka University student Mohiuddin Rony over irregularities in ticket sales.
Lawyer Tanjib-ul Alam filed the writ petition on behalf of Shohoz.com.
In the writ, Shohoz.com has appealed to the court to suspend the fine by the DNCRP and issue a rule declaring the fine illegal.
Four including the commerce secretary and DNCRP have been made respondents to the rule.
On July 20, DNCRP fined Shohoz.com, an online ticketing platform of the country, Tk 2 lakh after finding evidence of its mismanagement in selling tickets for Bangladesh Railways.
Read: Rail mismanagement: Roni suspends movement
The DNCRP organised a hearing after receiving a complaint from Mohiuddin Rony, a 4th-year student of Dhaka University's Theatre and Performance Studies Department, over irregularities in ticket sales by Shohoz.com.
On Monday, Shohoz claimed there was no negligence while providing service.
In a statement, the company said service was provided to Mohiuddin Roni following the terms and conditions mentioned on the ticketing website of Bangladesh Railway (www.eticket.railway.gov.bd).
Later on Monday night, Mohiuddin Roni suspended his movement against various irregularities of Bangladesh Railway and for meeting his six-point demand after a meeting with the high officials of Bangladesh Railway including the Railways secretary and Director General at Rail Bhaban.
Poverty forces Thakurgaon day-labourer to put 7-month-old baby girl up for sale
Forced by poverty, day-labourer Matiur Rahman, 46, from Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon, has decided to sell his seven-month-old baby girl Sammi to arrange money to run his family.
In his family of six members, he always struggles to earn bread for all due to poverty. Eldest daughter Parul, 14, is in ninth grade, Sumaiya Akhtar, 9, is in 3rd grade in a local school and Suraiya Akhtar, 6, is studying in a madrasa next to the house.
He was not able to bear the education expenses of three daughters and the expenses of 7-month-old baby girl Shammi which forced him to take the baby to a local market for sale or adoption on Sunday.
But when the locals got to know this they suggested him not to sell the child and father Matiur brought the child back home.
Read:Govt. seeks higher growth for lower poverty, says budget document
Father Matiur said, “I have no son. I am the only earning member in the family. Three meals a day is not enough with the daily wage.”
Mother Nazma Begum, 39, said, “Our eldest daughter is studying in class IX and she will be married off soon. But we have no property to educate the girls and get them married.”
“So my husband took my youngest daughter to the market to sell to people,” she added.
In this regard, UP member of Bara Palashbari Union Harun Or Rashid said he will arrange assistance for Motiur from the Union Parishad and the government.
Baliadangi Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) Moha Jobair Hossain also assured Matiur of financial assistance.
BGB inaugurates fish fries release program on the occasion of National Fisheries Week-2022
Director General (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Sakil Ahmed on Tuesday inaugurated the fish releasing programme as part of successful implementation of the National Fisheries Week-2022 with the slogan 'Nirapad Mache Bharbo Desh, Bangabandhu Bangladesh'.
The National Fisheries Week began July 23 with the aim of making the country's people more aware of and involved in increasing safe fish production.
On this occasion, he released the fish fry of different species of fish in the pond adjacent to Shaheed Captain Ashraf Hall of BGB headquarters in Pilkhana this morning.
Read: WTO ministers reach deals on fisheries, food, COVID vaccines
In his speech during fish fry releasing programme, the DG of the BGB said that the importance of meat in building a healthy nation is immense. Fish fulfills the bulk of our non-vegetarian needs. Therefore, there is no alternative to fisheries in the present context, he said.
He also said that Bangladesh is a country of rivers, canals and ponds. if fish is cultivated at the individual and institutional level without abandoning all these ponds and reservoirs, it is possible to earn a lot of foreign exchange by exporting it after meeting up the national nutritional needs.
The top official of the paramilitary force called upon every BGB member to cultivate fish by renovating all the ponds and reservoirs in all regions, institutions, sectors, battalions and BOPs of the BGB. He expressed his firm belief that every member of BGB will contribute strongly to building Sonar Bangla, the dream of the father of the nation, by participating spontaneously in all the great works of the country, not only fishing.
Honda Taro inspects Matarbari development project
Matarbari deep sea port plans to construct a container terminal and a multi-purpose terminal to handle LNG and other cargoes in the future, says the Japanese Embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday.
In Matarbari area, a deep-water port is being developed by Japanese ODA, and an ultra-supercritical pressure coal-fired power plant is also being constructed.
This port is the country's only deep-water port with a water depth of -16m, which is designed for accommodating the use of large container carriers with a draft of -14.5m.
Prime accused in Bagerhat gang rape case held
Police have arrested the prime accused in a case over the gang rape of a woman from Bagerhat district town.
The arrestee was Saiful Islam Tito, 26, son of Shamsul Hawladar of Boro Bashbaria village in Sadar upazila.
KM Azizul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bagerhat Model Police Station, on Tuesday said Tito was arrested from the district town on Monday night.
Read: Three held over gang rape of schoolgirl in Chattogram
However, police are trying to arrest the four other accused in the case.
Earlier, a 24-year-old divorced woman was reportedly raped by five men at Boro Bashbaria village in Sadar upazila.
The crime took place in the dead of night at a betel-nut orchard as the criminals took her there when the woman, a mother of a four-year-old child, came out from her home in response to the nature, said Additional Superintendent of police Mahmud Hasan.
She is now undergoing treatment at Bagerhat District Hospital.
The woman lodged a complaint with Bagerhat Model Police Station and police registered a case.
Prisoner dies at DMCH
An inmate of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Anowar Hossain alias Khabir Uddin, 55, son of Asiul Haq in Al Amin village of Hatia upazila of Noakhali district.
Read:Physician who set herself on fire dies at DMCH
He was taken to the hospital after falling ill and was declared dead around 10:30am, said Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost in-charge Md Bacchu Mia.
"The body was kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy," he added.
"The deceased was incarcerated in a drug case."
US envoy Haas visits Rajshahi to promote education, economic engagement
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter D. Haas and USAID Mission Director Kathryn Stevens on Tuesday concluded a multi-day trip to Rajshahi from July 24-26 to promote US higher education and US government funded-exchange programmes, economic engagement, and law enforcement cooperation in the region.
They met with local government leaders, law enforcement officials, prosecutors, US Department of State exchange programme alumni, students, and teachers.
The delegation paid a courtesy visit to Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation AHM Khairuzzaman Liton to discuss the US government’s collaborative efforts in partnering with the government of Bangladesh through the Department of State, Department of Justice, and USAID programmes over the past five decades.
Ambassador Haas and Mission Director Stevens attended a USAID-funded “Fight Slavery and Trafficking in Persons” project event to celebrate the formation of a counter trafficking task force including special tribunal judges.
Applauding the work of the judges and the prosecutors, Ambassador Haas said, “The establishment of these tribunals and task force reflects the Government of Bangladesh’s sincerity in punishing the perpetrators of human trafficking.”
Assassination attempt on Hasina: HC rejects bail plea of 4 convicts
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday rejected the bail petition of four convicts in a case over the attack on the motorcade of then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira in 2002.
The four convicts are- Md Yasin Ali, Md Tofajjal Hossain, Md Abdus Sattar and Advocate Abdus Sattar.
The HC bench of Justice ASM Abdul Mobin and Justice Md Atoar Rahman passed the order.
The court also sought the documents of the case after suspending their fine.
Read:HC calls Teknaf UNO ‘wrongheaded’ over verbal abuse of journalists
On August 30 of 2002, a group of terrorists attacked the convoy of then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in front of Kalaroa Upazila BNP office in Satkhira on her way to Magura after visiting a freedom fighter’s wife at Sadar Hospital.
In 2015, a chargesheet was submitted to the court in the case.
On February 4 last year, Satkhira Chief Judicial Magistrate Court sentenced three people including former lawmaker Habibul Islam Habib to 10-year imprisonment and 47 others to different jail terms in the case.