Chuadanga
50 years of independence: No liberation war memorial in Chuadanga
As the nation celebrates the 50 years of independence Chuadanga goes without a memorial of the glorious liberation war.
Chuadanga was an important place during the liberation war. It bears the some bitter memories of the war.
Pakistani soldiers entered Chuadanga from Meherpur on foot on Dec 6, 1971 days before the final victory in the war on December 16.
On the same day, they blew up the bridge over Mathavanga River so that the freedom fighters could not reach them. When Pakistani soldiers left Chuadanga and Alamdanga for Kushtia on the following day, Chuadanga became completely free from the enemy.
Fifty years have gone by but no mausoleum has yet been built in Chuadanga. The lone Memorial plaque located in Saheed Hasan’s Square in the district town remained neglected around the year except for national days, UNB local correspondent reports.
Read: Pro-liberation campaigners to celebrate India's recognition of Bangladesh Monday
Though a monument was built at Hasan Square in 1994, it was demolished citing as illegal. As there is no monument, the people of Chuadanga pay their respect to martyrs at that Memorial Plaque.
On December 7, Chuadanga district was freed from the clutches of the Pakistani Army.
Since then, this day is observed by people from different socio-organizations and political parties in a befitting manner. This year, there was no difference. The District Administration paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the Memorial Plaque.
Meanwhile, people from all walks of life including journalists, freedom fighters gathered before the Memorial Plaque to pay homage.
Recognition as freedom fighter: 50 years have gone, but painter Haider Ali's wait continues
Haider Ali, whose job is now to paint walls and doors, put his life on the line every day during the nine-month liberation war of Bangladesh as his country called.
Fast forward to November 2021, as the country is celebrating the golden jubilee of its independence. But things have not changed for Haider, the father of two daughters, for whom tomorrow means another fight for survival.
The man from Darshana, Damurhuda upazila is yet to be gazetted as a freedom fighter even after 50 years. That means he is not able to avail the benefits given to freedom fighters. He now has to struggle to put food on the table.
Read:Tourism Ministry and Hotel Intercontinental honour freedom fighters
Then twenty-year-old Haider from Darshana's Paranpur joined the Liberation War in 1971 in sector 8. The young gun went to India to complete his training as a freedom fighter. He joined the group of ten freedom fighters, led by late Chabdar Ali, in the Bishoykhali area of Kaliganj upazila, Jhenaidah.
Freedom fighters Tamsher Ali, Anisur Rahman, Akkas Ali, Sirajul Islam, Nowsher Ali were the other people from Haider's area who directly fought the war.
Woman killed ‘by son’ in Chuadanga
A 65-year-old woman was killed after her ‘mentally-challenged’ son hit her with a stick at Darshana in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Sunday morning.
The deceased was identified as Khode Banu, wife of Jamal Mallik of Shyampur village of Darshana.
Police said Idris Ali hit his mother’s head with a stick around 11 am when she asked him to switch-off the motor, leaving her seriously injured.
Read:Female drug peddler held in Chuadanga
Later, the locals rushed her to a local clinic where doctors declared Khode Banu dead.
AHM Lutful Kobir, officer-in-charge of Darshana Police Station, said the body was sent to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Police also arrested the killer son, the OC added.
Female drug peddler held in Chuadanga
Police have arrested a 60-year-old woman in Chuadanga on charges of peddling drugs. She was wanted in as many as 50 cases, cops said.
The arrestee has been identified as Shipra Begum,60, wife of late Babul Rahman, a resident of the district's Bujrukgorgori area. She was nabbed from the Buddhiman area on Wednesday.
Police said that Shipra used to smuggle various goods initially. Later she got into smuggling of drugs.
Read: Youth arrested for raping former lover in Sylhet
The first case for narcotics peddling was filed against her in 1991. As of today, 51 drug cases are lodged against her. She was also arrested a number of times earlier.
Officer-in-charge of Chuadanga Police Station, Mohammad Mohsin said that Shipra's arrest "is a big catch for us."
"In four of the 51 cases, she was sentenced to different jail terms. Her family members were also drug dealers," the OC said.
Black Bengal Goat transforming impoverished families into prosperity in Chuadanga district
Just three years ago Lima Khatun was the face of extreme poverty in her Bishnupur village Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga. She and her day labour husband Monwar Hossain were struggling to earn two meals a day for their five-member family.
Not now.
In the past few months Lima pulled her family out of poverty and started earning a decent income thanks to rearing Black Bengal goat.
The internationally-famed Black Bengal goat, known as the poor man’s cow, has been playing an important role in alleviation of poverty in Chuadanga district.
Read: Gazipur farmers worried over shortage of goat vaccines
Every other house of this rural locality now has small and large farms of Black Bengal species of goat.
Bangladesh's local breed Black Bengal goat is recognized as the best in the world in terms of quality, according to a 2015 assessment by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Black Bengal goats have a world-wide reputation as a source of quality leather, delicious meat and nutritious milk.
SSC examinee hacked to death in Chudanga
A SSC examinee was on Sunday hacked to death in an attack by unknown assailants shortly after he attended a farewell reception by his school at Gulshanpara of Chuadanga town, police said.
The motive behind murdering Tonmoy Topu, 17, a student of Al-helal Secondary Islami Academy, could not be immediately known.
Also Read: 2 ‘criminals’ killed in Moulvibazar ‘gunfight’
According to witnesses the assailants attacked the boy with a sharp weapon when his classmates left the school after the reception. They left him lying on the school ground with severe injuries.
Locals rushed him to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital where the duty doctor declared him dead.
Officer-in-Charge of Chuadanga Sadar police station Mohammad Mohsin said police are hunting the attackers.
Also Read: Man kills wife, attempts suicide in Ctg
Chuadanga condemned convicts executed following rules: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said the executions of two Chuadanga death-row convicts in a murder case were carried out following the due rules.
The minister came up with the remark while responding to a query from a journalist at the secretariat over the reported executions of the two convicts before hearing their appeal.
“They were executed as per rules. No appeal had remained pending, and there was no violation of our system,” he said.
Read: Trying our best to execute jail killing case verdict: Home Minister
“So far, we know, no such incident occurred. There’s a procedure to carry out executions. A death-row convict can file a petition with the High Court against the verdict and if it rejects the appeal the convict can file a petition to the Appellate Division. If the petition is filed from jail then it’s a jail appeal. If the jail appeal is denied, then the convict may seek presidential clemency. If it’s rejected, then the convict is executed. All these steps were maintained one after another during the execution of the Chuadanga convicts,” said the minister.
Meanwhile, Law Minister Anisul Huq said the news of the execution of the two condemned convicts in Chuadanga before the appeal hearing in a murder case do not match the information he had received.
The minister made this remark while talking to reporters at his office at the secretariat on Thursday.
Read: Names of puja violence instigators to be disclosed soon: Home Minister
The law minister said those who had been executed were sentenced to death by a judicial court. Their death sentences were confirmed by the High Court and then the convicts filed jail appeals, he added.
Following the hearing on the jail appeal, the Appellate Division upheld the judgment of the High Court.
Their executions were carried out after their appeals for presidential clemency had been rejected, Anisul said.
E-commerce fraud: Adyan Mart CEO, 2 others remanded
A Chuadanga court placed three people including Chief Executive Officer of e-commerce platform Adyan Mart on a 3-day remand in a fraud case.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Manik Chandra Dash passed the order and asked police to interrogate another accused at the jail gate considering his age.
On Saturday Rab members arrested Adyan Mart CEO Juabayer Siddque Manik, its director and his brother Mahmud Siddique Ratan, their father Abu Bakar Siddique and manager of the e-commerce platform Minarul Islam in the case filed by Atiqur Rahman Ujjal at Chuadanga sadar police station.
Read: 49 e-commerce platforms are blacklisted, refund of customers’ money in process: Commerce Ministry
Later, police produced the arrestees before the court and sought a 7-day remand for each for interrogation.
Investigation officer in the case Sub Inspector Gopal Chandra Mondol said the court put the three accused on a a 3-day remand after hearing on the petition submitted by police.
In February, 2020, controversial e-commerce platform Adyan Mart started their activities in Chuadanga by opening a big office at Mominpur.
Read: E-commerce firms must get registered within 2 months: Cabinet
The company used to attract customers with lucrative offers. They managed to get huge orders from across the country but they did not deliver their products in time.
The company closed their customer care and all other offices few months ago.
Major Mohammad Shariful Ahsan, Company Commander of Rab-6, said a customer Atiqur Rahman Ujjal lodged a complaint against Adyan mart for embezzling around Tk 18.52 lakh.
Father 6 years younger than son as per NID!
A father-son in Chuadanga were found where the son is six years older than the father according to the national identity card (NID).
According to the National Identity Card (NID), Md Jamat Ali of Jibannagar upazila in Chuadanga is 44 years old. But his son Monirul Islam is 50 years old on his NID.
However, father Jamaat Ali is actually 70 years old. But the age has been reduced by 26 years in his national identity card.
Read:NID services will be made dynamic, says law minister
In this regard, Jamat Ali said, "I am facing various problems at different times due to this wrong age in the national identity card."
"I am not getting any government facilities including an old age allowance card. I went to the Jibannagar Upazila Election Office to correct my national identity card. However, they say it will take time to correct."
Meanwhile, Jibannagar Upazila Election Officer Kamrul Hasan said the problem was believed to be due to informational errors of voters before 2009.
However, the victim has not yet applied for the correction of his NID. "If he applies, it will be corrected soon", the official added.
Chuadanga fugitive arrested in Dhaka after 8 years
A man who was sentenced to one year jail in a check fraud case in 2013 has been arrested at Banani in Dhaka.
Jainul Abedin Johnny alias Tawfiq, 39, of Belgachhi area in Chuadanga district was arrested on Sunday morning from a Bananii residence in the capital.
Read:Detectives arrest fugitive drug dealer in Natore
Chuadanga Sadar Police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Mohsin said Tawfiq was handed over to a court at 4.30 pm on Sunday,
Tawfiq’s unpaid loans stood at Tk 2.5 crore in 2013 after he incurred huge losses in old vehicles and motor parts businesses in 2010 and 2012.
Several cases were filed against him in Dhaka and Chuadanga courts.
Read:Biswajit Das murder case: Fugitive convict held in Faridpur
In one of them, he was sentenced to one year imprisonment in a case over check fraud in 2013. He remained fugitive since then.
OC Mohsin said he was convicted in six cases and there are a total of 10 arrest warrants against him.