Narayanganj
AL picks Ivy again as NCC mayoral candidate
Bangladesh Awami League has again chosen Dr Selina Hayat Ivy as its mayoral candidate to contest the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election slated for January 16 next.
Besides, the ruling party picked Khan Ahmed Shuvo as its MP candidate for Tangail-7 parliamentary by-polls scheduled to be held on the same date (Jan 16).
The names of AL aspirants were finalised at a meeting of AL parliamentary and local government nomination boards, held in the afternoon with AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at her official residence Ganobhaban.
Since the formation of the Narayanganj City, incumbent mayor Dr Selina Hayat Ivy won the first two elections in 2011 and 2016. Earlier, she was the mayor of the erstwhile Narayanganj municipality.
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The maiden election to NCC was held in a non-partisan manner in 2011. In 2016, Dr Ivy was reelected the NCC mayor as AL candidate as the mayoral election was held using party symbols unlike the councillor election in the city corporation.
On November 30 last, the Election Commission announced schedules for NCC election and Tangail-7 by-polls. The parliamentary constituency fell vacant following the death of AL MP Akabbar Hossain on November 16.
According to the schedules, the deadline for the submission of nomination papers is December 15, while the date for the scrutiny of nomination papers is December 20 and the last date for the withdrawal of candidature is December 27 in the NCC and Tangail-7 constituency.
The third election to Narayanganj City will be held using electronic voting machines (EVM) instead of traditional ballot papers.
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Besides, the meeting finalized the names of AL chairman candidates for the Union Parishads of Parbatipur Upazila in Dinajpur district as well as the Union Parishads in Khulna and Barisal divisions, as the local bodies will go to polls in the 5th phase on January 5 next.
A total of 707 Union Parishads will go to polls in this phase in 47 districts.
According to the polls schedule announced by the EC, the deadline for the submission of nomination papers is December 07, while the date for the scrutiny of nomination papers is December 09 and the last date for the withdrawal of candidature is December 15.
15 injured in Narayanganj post-poll violence
At least 15 people were injured, including one with bullet wounds, in post-poll violence in Naura under Kayetpara union of Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila on Tuesday night.
The youth who sustained bullet injuries, has been identified as Yeakub, 17.
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Police said that around 8pm on Tuesday, armed supporters of defeated chairman candidate Mizanur Rahman swooped on the houses of the supporters of newly elected chairman Jayed Ali and opened fire.
A chase and counter chase followed, leaving 15 people injured. Yeakub was hit by a stray bullet during the clash. He was sent to Dhaka for better treatment.
The attackers also set on fire five houses, a private car and four motorbikes and vandalised 8-10 houses in the area.
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On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control, said ASM Sayet, officer in-charge of the Rupganj police station.
Narayanganj city election on Jan 16
The election to Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) will be held on January 16 using electronic voting machines (EVMs) in all the polling stations.
The Election Commission (EC) announced the schedule for the local body polls on Tuesday.
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The election schedule was finalized in an EC meeting held with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda in the chair on Tuesday.
EC Secretary Md Humayun Kabir announced the schedule after the meeting.
According to the schedule, the deadline for the submission of nomination papers is December 15, while the date for scrutinizing nomination papers is December 20 and the last date for the withdrawal of candidature is December 27.
The balloting will held from 8am to 4pm without any break. It is the third election for the Narayanganj City Corporation after its formation in 2011.
More elections
Besides, the parliamentary by-polls to Tangail-7 constituency and five municipalities will also be held on January 16 next.
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The five municipalities are Noakhali, Natore (postponed polls), Bagatipara of Natore, Jhikargachha of Jashore and Banshkhali of Chattogram.
The EVMs will also be used in the parliamentary by-election and the five local body polls.
The Tangail-7 constituency fell vacant with death of Awami League MP Akabbar Hossain on November 16 last.
Rupganj rice mill fire: Two injured workers die
Two workers have succumbed to burn injuries they suffered from a fire at City Auto Rice and Dal Mill in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Hazrat Ali, 25, and Belayet Hossain,59.
They were being treated at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, said SM Ayub Hossain, resident surgeon of the hospital.
Hazrat Ali with 99 per cent body burn injuries breathed his last at 9:30 pm on Saturday while Belayet Hossain with 95 per cent burns died around 9 am on Sunday, he said.
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Meanwhile, Md Sirajul Islam, 60, another worker with 65 per cent body burn is undergoing treatment at the hospital in a critical condition, said the resident surgeon.
Four workers suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out at City Auto Rice & Dal Mill at Rupshi area of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj on Saturday around 2:30 pm.
Five units of firefighters managed to bring it under control around 5:30 pm, said Tanharul Islam, deputy director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defence.
Three of the workers with severe burns were sent to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital while Rana, 30, was admitted to a local hospital, he said.
READ: 4 workers burnt in Rupganj rice mill fire
The flames broke out from wheat sacks kept beside the boiler of the mill, said the Fire Service official.
Narayanganj gas line blast: one more dies in DMCH
One more victim, who suffered burns in a gas line blast in Fatullah area of Narayanganj district on Friday died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Monday morning.
The deceased was identified as Jhuma Rani, 19, resident of Fatullah of Narayanganj.
SM Ayub Hossain, Resident Surgeon of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said Jhuma’s mother Tulsi Rani and six more members of her family are undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Read:2 killed, 15 hurt as gas leak triggers blast in Narayanganj building
The death toll from the gas line blast now stands at three.
Earlier on Friday, two women were killed and more than 15 others injured after a five-storey building in Narayanganj’s Fatullah area partially collapsed following an explosion in the gas line.
Narayanganj Fire Service assistant deputy director Abdullah Al Arefin said a gas leak led to the explosion at the building owned by Moktar Mia in Lalkhan Mor around 6am.
The explosion triggered the collapse of the walls of some flats in the building, which in turn, created a ripple effect and led to the wall collapse in three adjoining houses, leaving Maya Rani dead on the spot and eight injured in the immediate neighboring building.
The injured were sent to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in a critical condition.
Also injured were Mangali Rani who was taking a stroll with her daughter Purnima. Both were taken to Victoria Hospital in the city, where the mother succumbed to her injuries, the fire officer said.
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Another tenant of another house next to the ill-fated one, Binoy, his wife Nipa and their two children were sleeping when the wall fell on them, leaving them seriously injured.
Narayanganj Deputy Commissioner Mostain Billah said a probe committee was formed to investigate the case.
2 killed, 15 hurt as gas leak triggers blast in Narayanganj building
Two women were killed and more than 15 others injured after a five-storey building in Narayanganj’s Fatullah area partially collapsed following an explosion early on Friday morning.
The deceased were identified as Maya Rani, 40, a resident of an adjacent building, and Mangali Rani, 35, a pedestrian. None of the victims was from the ill-fated house.
READ: 5 injured in Sonargaon factory gas leak fire
Narayanganj Fire Service assistant deputy director Abdullah Al Arefin said a gas leak led to the explosion at the building owned by Moktar Mia in Lalkhan Mor around 6am.
The explosion triggered the collapse of the walls of some flats in the building, which in turn, created a ripple effect and led to wall collapse in three adjoining houses, leaving Maya Rani dead on spot and eight injured in the immediate neighbouring building.
The injured were sent to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in a critical condition.
Also injured were Mangali Rani who was talking a stroll with her daughter Purnima. Both were taken to Victoria Hospital in the city, where the mother succumbed to her injuries, the fire officer said.
Another tenant of another house next to the ill-fated one, Binoy, his wife Nipa and their two children were sleeping when the wall fell on them, leaving them seriously injured.
Narayanganj Deputy Commissioner Mostain Billah said a 10-member probe committee has been formed to investigate the case.
READ: Narayanganj gas leak explosion victim dies
Rakibuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Fatullah Model police Slstation, said eight people were undergoing treatment at DMCH. "The other injured are being treated at local hospitals."
Legal action will be taken after the probe, the OC added.
Waste-to-energy: Bangladesh’s two dream projects face speed bumps
As city authorities are struggling to catch up with the growing waste management problem, the government is trying to handle it shifting its focus on waste-to-energy projects, but the projects taken so far failed to make any breakthrough.
Two much-sought waste-to-energy projects – one in Dhaka and another in Narayanganj – could not start the ground work even after getting the approval from the Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase a year ago.
Dhaka, the national capital that generates some 6,000 tons of garbage every day, is expected to see a sea change in garbage disposal once the proposed waste-to-energy plant at Aminbazar could be implemented.
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The 42.5MW Aminbazar project, aimed at using the garbage of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), got the clearance from the committee on November 12, 2020 while the 6MW plant received its nod on September 16, 2020 to be set up at Jalkuri, Narayanganj.
Five workers burnt in Narayanganj steel mill explosion
Five workers sustained burn injuries in an explosion at a steel factory in Rasulpur area of Fatullah upazila on Monday.
The injured were identified as Sohel Rana, 36, Liton,35, Arif,27, Billal Hossain,35, and Mohammad Ali,26.
Mohammad Ali’s condition is critical, doctors said.
Chemist of the factory Md Ashik rescued the workers and took them to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
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Md Ashik said the explosion occurred around 11:30 am apparently in the water supply pipeline of the factory.
The hospital authority said the injured got 50 per cent to 11 per cent of their body burnt.
Dhaka Medical College Hospital police camp in-charge Bacchu Mia said the five injured who were admitted to the hospital are workers of CHRM steel mill in Fatullah.
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Narayanganj wall collapse crushes pregnant woman to death
A pregnant woman was killed and her 60-year-old father critically injured after a wall collapsed on them in Masdair area of Narayanganj's Fatullah Friday.
The boundary wall of an adjacent plot came tumbling down in the evening, killing Moyna Begum (25) on the spot, police said. Her father Jinnat Ali was seriously injured and admitted to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation for treatment, Fatullah Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Rakibuzzaman said.
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Moyna's husband Ripon Mia said his two-and-a-half months pregnant wife and father-in-law were returning home from a relative's house in Masdair on a rickshaw when the boundary wall crashed down on them. "However, the rickshaw puller managed to escape," he added.
The locals rushed the father and daughter to Narayanganj's Victoria General Hospital where Moyna was declared dead upon arrival.
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"On information, the police went to the spot. The incident is being investigated," OC Rakibuzzaman said.
More human remains found 2 months after Hashem factory fire
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of police Thursday recovered more human remains from Narayanganj's Hashem Food and Beverage Factory premises.
The investigators found the remains of at least one individual – a skull and some bones – from the fourth floor of the factory building, only two days after discovering charred skull and bones from the same spot.
The remains would be sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for DNA profiling, said CID's Assistant Superintendent of Police Harun-Ur-Rashid.
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