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Narail teacher humiliation: HC orders judicial inquiry
The High Court on Monday ordered judicial probe into the humiliation of acting principal of Mirzapur United College Swapan Kumar Biswas in Narail Sadar Upazila.
The court also asked Narail's Chief Judicial Magistrate to investigate the incident and submit a report within the next 6 weeks.
A vacation bench of Justices Bhishmadev Chakrabortty and SM Moniruzzaman passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed by Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK).
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Advocates ZI Khan Panna and Aneek R Haque stood for the writ petitioner while advocate Samarendra Nath Biswas represented the state.
Earlier on July 4, Advocate Lutfe Jahan Purnima, on behalf of Ain O Salish Kendra, filed a writ petition seeking judicial probe into the humiliation of Narail college teacher Swapan Kumar Biswas over a Facebook post by a student.
On June 18, a Hindu student of Mirzapur United Degree College made a post on Facebook supporting suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
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There was day-long unrest in the college over the post and rumors that acting principal Swapan Kumar Biswas had sided with the student, following which police escorted him out of the campus but not before he was garlanded with shoes.
A video of the incident also went viral on social media that sparked huge criticism.
Different organisations, including Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, lodged protests over the incident and demanded exemplary punishment of those involved in it.
Data Protection Act 2022 to protect data, not to control it: Anisul
Law Minister Anisul Huq Sunday said the Data Protection Act 2022 aims to protect data, not to control it.
"Work is going on to bring the best balance between the protection of rights and the protection of data. Data protection law should be independent and separated," he added.
The minister was addressing a consultation workshop on the Data Protection Act 2022, organised by the ICT Division and held in a hybrid format.
State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak said: "The law is created for protecting our citizen's data, not to control the information."
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"While formulating the law, the similar laws of EU (GDPR), Brazil, South Africa, Canada, US (California) were closely observed and followed," he added.
Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen said: "The law attempts to complement Bangladesh's national priorities in development."
"The government wishes to connect the markets and the factors of production to global supply chains in an orderly and safe environment," he added.
Representatives from both Bangladesh missions abroad and the missions in Dhaka and dignitaries from different organisations also joined the workshop.
Buet student’s death in Padma: 15 friends remanded
A Dhaka court on Saturday placed 15 friends of Buet student Sunny, whose body was recovered from the Padma River on Friday, on a three-day remand each in a case filed over the death.
Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Kazi Ashrafuzzaman passed the order after hearing.
Those remanded are -- Shariful Hossain, Shakil Ahmed, Sezan Ahmed, Md Rubel, Md Sajib, Md Nuruzzaman, Md Nasir, Md Maruf, Md Ashraful Alam, Jahangir Hossain Liton, Md Noman, Md Jahid, ATM Shahrier Momin, Maruful Haque, and Roukanuzzaman alias Jitu.
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Earlier, sub-inspector Shamsul Alam, also investigating officer of the case, produced all of the accused before the court and sought a seven-day remand for each.
The body of Tariquzzaman Sunny, a final-year student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) was fished out of the Padma River on Friday.
UNB Keraniganj correspondent report: according to Sunny’s friends he went missing while bathing in the river with his friends at Moinot Ghat in Dhaka's Dohar upazila Thursday afternoon, said Mostafa Kamal, officer-in-charge of Dohar police station.
“However the incident seems suspicious as police received a call from Sunny’s cell phone number which was made to National Emergency Service 999 Thursday evening. But the call was disconnected before talking with anyone,” said the OC.
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On Friday afternoon, Sunny’s elder brother Hasanuzzaman filed a murder case at Dohar police station and then 15 friends of Sunny who went to visit Moinot Ghat with him were arrested from different places in the capital.
Child marriage: Bagerhat parents, kazi get 6-month imprisonment
Parents of two minors and a kazi – legally empowered to register Muslim marriages and divorces – were sentenced to six months imprisonment for their involvement in child marriages in Bagerhat.
Musabberul Islam, Bagerhat Sadar upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) and executive magistrate, conducted the mobile court Friday night at a kazi office in Nagerbazar.
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The mobile court handed down the punishment to Ataul Bari, a kazi, Kabir Sardar, father of a minor girl from the village Fatepur of Sadar upazila, and Sajib Howladar, father of a minor boy from the Gobardia area.
Three to die for raping girl in Feni
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal here on Thursday sentenced three people to death for raping a girl in front of her mother 19 years ago.
The tribunal also fined the convicts Tk 2 lakh each.
The convicts are—Abul Kashem, son of Fakir Ahmed, Md Latu, son of Abdur Rashid and Jahangir Alam, son of Abul Kalam from Nababpur union under Feni’s Fulgazi upazila.
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Mohammad Faruk, another accused in the case, was acquitted by the court as charges against him could not be proved.
Public Prosecutor Farid Ahmed Hazari said that all the convicts except Faruk were tried in absentia.
According to the case statement, Abul Kashem, Latu, Jahangir Alam and Mohammad Faruk abducted the victim and her mother on the night of May 13, 2003. Later, they raped the girl keeping her mother at gunpoint.
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The victim’s mother logged a complaint with Fulgazi police station in this regard the next day.
Police to help cattle traders transport their cash safely: IGP
Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed has advised the cattle traders to take the help of police if needed to return home safely with the money they make from selling their animals.
He said this while talking to reporters at Kamalapur field, after inspecting security arrangements of cattle markets in different parts of the capital on Saturday.
The IGP said, "I have talked to all the traders, buyers and tenants about the discipline of the cattle market, paying tax (hasil), and overall management.”
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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Mohammad Shafiqul Islam and other senior police officials were present on the occasion.
DMP Additional Commissioner of Police (Admin) Mir Rezaul Alam, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime and Operations) Krishnapad Roy, Additional Commissioner of Police (DB) AKM Hafeez Akter, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Mohammad Munibur Rahman and other senior officials of DMP were present.
Security beefed up in Dhaka for Eid celebrations
Authorities have beefed up security in the densely populated metropolis to ensure smooth celebrations of the holy Eid-ul-Azha on Sunday.
Additional security measures have been taken to avoid any untoward situation in the capital on Eid day, said additional director general of Rab, Colonel Md Quamrul Hasan.
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“Though we don't have any specific intelligence input of any possible terror attack on the occasion of Eid, we are not taking any chance,,” he said.
"Our men also inspected the overall security measures at National Eidgah Maidan on Saturday. We are also relying on intelligence network," the Rab officer said.
18 Rohingyas fleeing from Bhasanchar arrested in Mirsarai
Police arrested 18 Rohingyas from Mirsarai Economic Zone on Friday after they fled from Noakhali’s Bhasanchar refugee camp.
The arrestees include 8 women and 6 children.
Md Habib, an in-charge of Mirsarai industrial area police camp, said they arrested the Rohingyas from the economic zone’s Super Dike area on Friday afternoon when they were heading towards Ukhiya’s Kutupalong refugee camp from the Bhasanchar.
He said the Rohingyas fled from Bhasanchar in collaboration with brokers and came to Mirsarai by boat.
The arrestees were handed over to Jorarganj police station, he added.
IGP calls for vigilance against extortion of cattle traders ahead of Eid
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed on Wednesday asked the police to remain alert against extortion of money from the traders during transportation of sacrificial animals.
He also instructed police officers to visit the sacrificial animal markets.
The IGP issued the directive on the last day of a two-day (July 5-06) quarterly crime review meeting at the Bangladesh Police Auditorium in Rajarbagh in the city on Wednesday.
He said the trucks transporting sacrificial animals cannot be stopped or checked without a any specific reason.
He said both police personnel both in uniforms and plainclothes will be deployed in cattle markets across the country.
The IGP said that plying of vehicles like Karimon, Nasimon, Bhatvati will be stopped on the highway to keep the movement of homebound people uninterrupted.
Man to hang for killing wife, daughter in Khulna
A Khulna court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and one-year-old daughter over a family feud in 2015.
The condemned convict, Mahabubur Morol, is the son of Siraj Morol of Dumuria upazila of the district. He was tried in absentia.
Khulna Senior District and Sessions Judge Mir Shafiqul Alam handed down the punishment to Mahabubur and also imposed a fine of Tk 50,000.
According to the prosecution, Mahabubur married Reshma Begum in 2014. He used to torture his wife over small issues since their marriage.
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On August 31, 2015, an argument broke out between Reshma and Mahabubur as she wanted to go to her parent’s house with her daughter.
At one stage, Mahabubur strangled his wife and daughter to death and left the place hurriedly.
On September 1, 2015, Reshma’s father Abul Kalam lodged a complaint with the Dumuria police and a double murder case was registered.
On December 31 the same year, police submitted a chargesheet against Mahabubur.