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Satkhira journalist allegedly picked up by law enforcers missing
Law enforcers in plainclothes allegedly picked up a Satkhira journalist up on his way to home from an assignment on Monday.
Manabadhikar Shongskriti Foundation, a human rights organisation headed by noted activist Sultana Kamal, expressed deep concern over the incident and demanded immediate release of Raghunath Kha, local correspondent of Dainik Projonmo Ekattor and Deepto TV, in a press release.
It said the journalist went to Khalishakhali area under Debhata upazila on professional purpose and captured some photos.
The law enforcers in plainclothes intercepted him on his way back at Day Night College roundabout and took him away - in fact there is no record of his detention.
However that has been common across all the agencies for some time now.
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On information, the victim’s wife Supriya Rani rushed to the concerned police station and other offices but they denied the detention.
Addressing the role of journalists in taking the country forward, the human rights organisation demanded his immediate release.
More bodies found in Tibet avalanche, death toll rises to 20
More bodies were found Friday following an avalanche that buried vehicles outside a highway tunnel in Tibet, raising the death toll to 20 with eight people still missing.
Images from the scene at the exit of the tunnel connecting the city of Nyingchi in Tibet’s southwest with an outlying county showed about half a dozen backhoes digging through deep snow. Reports said around 1,000 rescuers had joined the effort.
Tons of snow and ice collapsed onto the mouth of the tunnel on Tuesday evening, trapping drivers in their vehicles.
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Many of the people were headed home for China’s Lunar New Year holiday that starts Sunday.
Nyingchi lies at an elevation of nearly 10,000 feet, about five hours drive from the regional capital Lhasa along a highway that opened in 2018.
Teen killed, 2 missing as launch downs boat on Meghna
A 15-year-old fisherman was killed and two others went missing as a Barishal-bound launch sailed over a fishing boat in the Meghna River in Chandpur on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Abdul Jalil, 15, said Md Mizanur Rahman, in-charge of Chandpur Harina River Police Outpost.
The missing fishermen are Md Riyad, 17, son of Matin Bhuyia and Md Moktar, 18, son of Nuruzzaman Sheikh. One of the fishermen, Md Faruk, 20, son of Gafur Bepari was rescued alive. They all are residents of Eidgah Bazar of Ibrahimpur union under Chandpur Sadar upazila, he said.
Later, Faruk was admitted to the district Sadar hospital in critical condition.
The four fishermen were fishing in the river in the Harina area on Sunday night. At one point, a Barishal-bound launch, suspected to be the MV Karnaphuli-3, hit the boat due to dense fog. Three fishermen went missing while one (Faruk) was rescued alive, he said.
Of the three, Abdul Jalil's body washed ashore. The other two fishermen are still missing till this evening, the policeman added.
The police officer, however, said that it was not possible to identify the launch, whether it was MV Karnaphuli-3, due to heavy fog. However, an investigation is going on in this regard.
The river police are still continuing the search operation for the missing fishermen in the river, he added.
A joint rescue operation will be conducted in the Meghna River and its surrounding areas tomorrow morning (Tuesday).
An unnatural death case has been filed over the accident.
The body was handed over to the family after the due procedure, he added.
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Man missing after slaughtering wife in Chattogram
Police are looking for a man who has been missing since his wife's body was found in Chattogram's Halishahar.
Mohammad Jamin, a Bhangari businessman, is believed to have slaughtered his wife Rabeya Khatun, 50, at their rented house on Saturday evening.
Police said they suspect a marital feud led to the murder.
Locals said Rabeya and her husband Jamin used to live in a rented tin shed house on Road-4 of the Panir Tank area of the city.
Jamin had an altercation with his wife around 7:30pm. At one stage, Jamin slit Rabeya's throat with a sharp weapon and fled.
Rabeya was able to make it to the street outside her home with her slit-throat.
Although locals took her to a local hospital, she succumbed to her injuries there.
“We’re trying to find out the reason behind this murder and arrest the suspect,” said Md Zahir Uddin, officer-in-charge of Halishahar police station.
A murder case will be lodged in this regard, added the OC.
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Narail boat capsize: Death toll rises to 4
The death toll from the boat capsize in the Nabaganga River in Narail rose to four with the recovery of two bodies Sunday noon.
Two people drowned and five others went missing after their boat capsized in the river off the coast of Kalia upazila on Friday night.
The bodies of Labu, 32, son of Tuku Chowkidar of Babupur village, and Khanze Sheikh, 55, son of Matiar Sheikh of Jokar Char village, were recovered today.
Fire service divers fished out the bodies from the Nabaganga River in Kalia upazila, said Sheikh Tasmeem Alam, office-in-charge (OC) of Kalia police station.
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“The bodies were handed over to the Naval Police. They will take necessary legal steps,” said OC Tasmeem.
Efforts are on to find the others who went missing after the accident, he added.
The boat with 17 people on board capsized around 8:30 pm while heading towards Bahirdanga from Baghbari of Kalia municipality. Ten of them managed to swim to ashore.
Two missing children’s bodies recovered from the Padma
Bodies of two children who went missing while taking bath in the Padma river in Kushtia have been recovered.
The deceased were identified as Rifat Mandal, 8, son of Rifat Mandal and Morsalin, 6, son of Mojibor Ragman in Daulatpur upazila.
The children went missing on Wednesday morning and after searching the whole day locals recovered their bodies from the river around 11 pm, said Mojibur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of Daulatpur police station.
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The bodies were handed over to their families, he said.
Rain, floods in Philippines leave 32 dead, others missing
Heavy rains and floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend have left at least 32 dead and 24 missing, the national disaster response agency said Thursday.
More than 56,000 people were still in emergency shelters after bad weather disrupted Christmas celebrations in the eastern, central and southern Philippines.
Images from the southern province of Misamis Occidental showed rescuers carrying an elderly woman on a plastic chair as they waded through a flooded street. Some residents in the province were seen hanging on to floaters as coast guard rescuers pulled them across chest-deep floods using a rope.
Eighteen of the 32 deaths were reported in the Northern Mindanao region, while 22 of the 24 missing were from Eastern Visayas in the central Philippines and the eastern Bicol region, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.
Most of the deaths were from drowning while among the missing were fishermen whose boats capsized, the agency said.
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Over 4,000 houses were damaged by the floods along with roads and bridges, and some areas were without power or water, the agency reported.
A shear line — the point where warm and cold air meet — triggered rains in parts of the country, the state weather bureau said. It forecast light to heavy rains in the next 24 hours for some of the same areas affected by the floods.
‘Over 51,000 migrants die, thousands go missing in 8 years’
Over 280 million people have left their countries to pursue “opportunity, dignity, freedom, and a better life”, the UN chief said on Sunday marking the International Migrants Day.
“But unregulated migration along increasingly perilous routes – the cruel realm of traffickers – continues to extract a terrible cost”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message marking the day.
He credited the more than 80 per cent of those who cross borders in a safe and orderly manner as powerful drivers of “economic growth, dynamism, and understanding”.
Over the past eight years, at least 51,000 migrants have died, and thousands of others gone missing, said the top UN official.
“Behind each number is a human being – a sister, brother, daughter, son, mother, or father”, he said, reminding that “migrant rights are human rights”.
“They must be respected without discrimination – and irrespective of whether their movement is forced, voluntary, or formally authorized”.
‘Do everything possible’
Guterres urged the world to “do everything possible” to prevent their loss of life – as a humanitarian imperative and a moral and legal obligation.
And he pushed for search and rescue efforts, medical care, expanded and diversified rights-based pathways for migration, and greater international investments in countries of origin “to ensure migration is a choice, not a necessity”.
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There is no migration crisis; there is a crisis of solidarity”, the Secretary-General concluded. “Today and every day, let us safeguard our common humanity and secure the rights and dignity of all”.
Realize basic rights
Head of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Gilbert F. Houngbo, shone a light on protecting the rights of the world’s 169 million migrant workers.
“The international community must do better to ensure… [that they] are able to realize their basic human and labour rights”, he spelled out in his message for the day.
Leaving them unable to exercise basic rights renders migrant workers “invisible, vulnerable and undervalued for their contributions to society”, pointed out the most senior ILO official.
And when intersecting with race, ethnicity, and gender, they become even more vulnerable to various forms of discrimination.
Houngbo flagged that migrants do not only go missing on high-risk and desperate journeys.
“Many migrant domestic, agricultural and other workers are isolated and out of reach of those who could protect them”, with the undocumented particularly at risk of abuse.
Fair labour migration
Meanwhile, ILO supports governments, employers and workers to make fair labour migration a reality.
Like all employees, migrant workers are entitled to labour standards and international human rights protections, including freedom of association and collective bargaining, non-discrimination, and safe and healthy working environments, upheld the ILO chief.
They should also be entitled to social protection, development and recognition.
To make these rights a reality,Houngbo stressed the key importance of fair recruitment, including eliminating recruitment fees charged to migrant workers, which can help eradicate human trafficking and forced labour.
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“Access to decent work is a key strategy to realize migrants’ development potential and contribution to society,” he said.
Meanwhile, in his message, the head of the International Migration Organization (IMO), António Vitorino, described migrants as “being a cornerstone of development and progress”.
“We can’t let the politicization of migration, hostility and divisive narratives divert us from the values that matter most”, he urged.
Karatoa boat tragedy: After 47 days, missing minor's body found
The body of a minor, who went missing after an overcrowded boat she was on capsized in the Karatoa River in Boda upazila of Panchagarh in September, was recovered from the river - 47 days after the tragedy in the Aulia Ghat area Friday noon.
The deceased Joya Rani, 4, daughter of Dhirendranath of Ghatiarpara area of Panchagarh.
So far, 71 bodies have been recovered in this tragic incident while one is still missing, said Sujoy Kumar Roy, officer-in-charge of Boda police station.
Police said a group of workers was picking up stones near Aulia Ghat on Friday noon. At one point, a strong stench started coming from the stone pit. At this time, while removing the sand, Jaya's partially decayed body was found.
The relatives of the missing people rushed upon getting the news and they identified her as Jaya by looking at the clothes, added the OC.
Later, the body was handed over to her family in the presence of local public representatives.
Earlier on Wednesday, the body of Bhupendranath Roy alias Paniya was recovered from the same area.
On September 25, an engine boat carrying mostly Hindu devotees, heading towards Badheshwar Temple on the occasion of Mahalaya, sank near Aulia Ghat under Mareya union of Boda upazila in Panchagarh.
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'Missing' Rahima Begum of Khulna found alive in Faridpur: Police
Rahima Begum of Khulna's Daulatpur, who had been missing since August 27, was found alive in Faridpur, police said.
Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) found her alive in Faridpur's Boalmari at around 10:45 pm Saturday, KMP Deputy Commissioner (North) Molla Jahangir Hossain told UNB.
"A team of police conducted a drive in Syedpur village after receiving information that Rahima had gone into hiding there. They are now on their way to Khulna," Molla Jahangir added.
The development comes after 52-year-old Rahima's elder daughter Moriom Mannan, whose campaign to find her mother for almost a month touched the nation, suspected that the body of an unidentified woman buried in Mymensingh recently was her mother's.
Aslo, Moriom, in a Facebook post, said they had put up "missing" posters in Khulna city, hoping that they would get their mother back.
On August 27, Rahima went missing after she had left her home in the Banikpara area of Doulatpur at 10pm to bring water.
Her daughters found her sandals, scarf and water pot. A newer pair of sandals though, had gone missing and that fuelled speculation that she had left home on her own.
The family first filed a complaint with the police, based on which the law enforcement lodged a first information report (FIR) against some people over Rahima's disappearance.
On September 13, after Rahima remained missing for 17 days and police failed to find her, her younger daughter Aduri Akter appealed to a Khulna court to transfer the case to the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), Moriom said.
Family members said Rahima often received death threats from some of her neighbours whom she had sued in 2019 over a land dispute.
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