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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016 | Kartik 27, 1423, Safar 10, 1438 | Regd No DA 6238, Vol 4, No 194 | www.dhakatribune.com | 32 pages plus 24-page Weekend supplement | Price: Tk10
Betrayed and deceived, Santals
lose everything › 2
Tractor tramples
atrocity evidence › 3
Supreme Court verdict on arrest and remand
› 4
BD NGO wins Energy Globe
Award at COP22 › 5
Police against
revealing details of
death in crossfire › 32

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016
DT
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ATTACKS ON MADARPUR COMMUNITY
Betrayed and deceived, Santals lose
• Nure Alam Durjoy and Tajul
Islam Reza from Gaibandha
Before being elected chairman of
Sapmara union, he was involved
in a popular movement advocating
for the local indigenous Santal
community’s claims over a land
now controlled by a government
sugar mill.
On Sunday, the same man stood
by and watched as police fired at
the community and his followers
set fire to their homes.
The betrayed community is in
shock after this 180-degree turnaround
by the man they helped put
in office.
Shakil Ahmed Bulbul, the president
of upazila Chhatra League and
newly-elected Sapmara UP chairman
in Gobindaganj upzila under
Gaibandha district.
The land in question was acquired
by the then-East Pakistan
government in 1962 for the mill. In
2014, some found that the contract
for acquisition had been violated
by the mill authority and a committee
was formed to get the land back
on that ground.
Bulbul was named the president
of this Shahebganj-Bagda Farm
Bhumi Uddhar Songram [land recovery
movement] Committee.
Santals who have now fled to
neighbouring villages, told the
Dhaka Tribune that it was at the
urging of Bulbul four months ago
that they, along with some Bangalis,
took to a 100 acre piece of the
1842.3 acre sugarcane farm and
built 600 new homes.
Not only the UP chairman, but
local lawmaker Abul Kalam Azad
too, gave them assurance that they
would be stay beside the community
in their struggle for land, some
claimed.
The burnt remains of those
‘Attack on Santals was planned’
• Syed Samiul Basher Anik
The recent attack on a Santal community in Gobindaganj,
Gaibandha was planned to evict them from their land, a citizens
body said yesterday.
After visiting the affected areas of Shahebganj-Bagda farm
in Gobindaganj on Tuesday, members of Shahebganj-Bagda
farm Bhumi Uddhar Sanghati Committee said Santals were
victims of a joint attack carried out by ruling party leaders,
local administration and police aiming to evict them from
their land.
The eight-member committee made the comment at a
A man shows empty shells of the bullets fired by police on local Santal and Bangali people of Gobindaganj upazila, Gaibandha when they resisted an eviction drive. The
photo was taken yesterday
MEHEDI HASAN
shanties have now been flattened
down with a tractor machine.
It began on Sunday with an attack,
where Bulbul and Azad’s men
press conference held at
Dhaka Reporters’ Unity in
the capital.
“Although two Santal
men – Shyamol Hembron
and Mongol Madri – were
killed in the illegal eviction
drive led by police, they are
refusing take the responsibility,”
said Jyotirmoy
Barua, convener of the committee.
Three Santal men remain
missing after police opened
fire on the people on Sunday,
he added.
Local union parishad
Chairman Shakil Akhand
Bulbul and his musclemen,
along with police and
sugar mill manager Abdul
Awal, attacked the Santals
and Bangalis in a planned
way under the guise of mill
staff, according to the committee.
“Prior to the attack, Bulbul
instructed his goons to
rob all the houses and spare
no one,” Jyotirmoy claimed.
The evicted Santal families
are now living under
the open sky while the government
has yet to extend a
helping hand, he added.
took part, the Santals said.
Police stood by as the men set
fire to the homes. Later they also
locked in a battle with the com-
Shahebganj Bhumi Uddhar Sanghati Committee holds a press briefing at the Reporters Unity in Dhaka
protesting the attacks on Santal Community in Gaibandha
DHAKA TRIBUNE
The committee called
upon the government to
launch a judicial probe into
the incident. •

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everything
munity, which allegedly shot with
bows and arrows at police and got
shot at in return. Three men from
the village have died so far from
gunshot wounds.
How the tables turned
Bulbul contested the chairman position
for Sapmara union parishad
in March. The community says that
it was after his polls victory that he
turned against the Santals.
In a UP with about 18,000 voters,
the nearly 1,500 adults from
the community were a certain vote
bank for the aspiring politician.
Even recently, in a rally at Shahebganj
Bazar, MP Abul Kalam
Azad gave assurance to the community
that he would stand by
their demands.
But both the men were present
to look on as the community was
violently thrown out, not even given
the chance to take their belongings.
Rumila Kisku, one of the victims,
told the Dhaka Tribune how
she had lost her home and all her
belongings in the fire.
She has two children; one is
in class nine and the other one in
class two.
“Did we not vote for them? How
did they become chairman, MP?
Are we not citizens of this country?
Why does not the government look
after us?” she exclaimed at one
point.
‘Take what you can’
Victims alleged that the goons of
MP Azad and Bulbul led the attack
on the village.
Those who spoke to the journalists
were mostly women. Among
Tractor tramples atrocity evidence
• Nure Alam Durjoy
from Gaibandha
When the tractor finally stopped
growling, its driver glancing back
at the well-tilled patch of land; it
would be hard for anyone to guess
that this stretch of Madarpur village
was teeming with people just
five days ago.
More than 2,000 people, mostly
Santals, living in about 600 shanties
in the remote village under
Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj upazila.
They were displaced after their
houses were set afire on Sunday and
Monday, allegedly by men loyal to
local MP Abul Kalam Azad and Sapmara
Union Chairman Shakil Ahmed
Bulbul, in presence of police.
Two Santal men were killed and
three others were injured in clashes
on Sunday when the residents
No home, and now no education
• Nure Alam Durjoy and Tajul
Islam Reza from Gaibandha
them were Taran Murmu, Mikai
Murmu, Ajiran Begum and Rumana
Begum, former residents of the
village.
“Police have filed a case against
many of our men. They have run
away for fear of arrest,” one of
them said.
They claimed that during Sunday’s
attack there had been at least
4,000 people from nearby villages,
policemen, sugar mill’s guards and
goons working for the two politicians.
They also named several
people from Kothiabari, Rampura
and Goalpara villages.
Some said immediately before
the attack, there was an announcement
on a megaphone.
“‘Take what you can,’ they said
over the mike,” said Sri Ezekiel, one
of the victims.
The goons launched into the
shanties looting everything they
could.
“There was nothing we could do
when we saw a giant flame reaching
out to the sky,” he said.
Responding to the Dhaka Tribune’s
queries, Bulbul admitted
that he stood over the eviction of
the villagers but denied any wrongdoing.
“I resigned from the land recovery
committee in January,”
he said.
“There is this man named Shahjahan
Ali, who is the general secretary
of that committee. He is the
one who told the Santals to build
homes in that land,” he added.
“Besides, some organisations
and leftist groups also had a hand
in this,” Bulbul alleged.
Abul Kalam Azad MP could not
be reached for comments. •
The future seems dark for young
Santals of Madarpur.
Driven out of their village by
the police and local thugs, at least
60-70 children and youth from the
community have stopped going to
school for fear of assault.
They also lost all their textbooks
and study materials in the arson
that burned all their homes to
ground.
Following a violent eviction
carried out by local thugs watched
over by policemen, which began
on Sunday and continued intermittently
till Monday, some 1,000
Santal families have run away from
their homes and taken shelter in
nearby villages.
Children from the community
are saying they fear they might
be beaten up on their way to the
school, or even in the schools.
In a nearby village, one of our
correspondents found Santal families
sitting around in the yards of
people who had given them shelter.
Children were also there sitting
by their elders.
“We cannot go to school. We
tried to go. They said: You are Santals.
Why are you here? If we go to
school they will beat us,” said Magdulina,
a class-six student.
“Our books were burnt there in
the village. We do not even have
anything to eat. Our parents are
unfed too,” she said.
There are 60-70 students in the
community, most of whom go to
the Sahebganj Farm Government
Primary School. Some are college
and university-level students.
Workers of a sugar mill in Madarpur village under Gobindapur upazila, Gaibandha run a tractor on the land which, before
Sunday, was home to several Santal families to trample the burnt remains of their houses to the ground. The photo was taken
yesterday
MEHEDI HASAN
Archana, a class four student,
said she wanted dearly to get back
The picture shows a school attendance register of students. The school was not
even spared from the wrath of men of lawmaker and chairman MEHEDI HASAN
to school but could not because of
the fear of violence.
fought pitched battles with police,
sugar mill staff, and men loyal to
the MP and chairman.
Victims said the tractor was
brought in on Monday evening after
their houses were set on fire to erase
evidence that they lived there.
On Wednesday noon, this correspondent
saw a tractor – which,
according to people supervising
the operation, belonged to the Mahimaganj
Sugar Mill – levelling the
patch of land where the charred
houses stood but left the surrounding
area untouched.
When asked why they were
ploughing the area, the supervisors
claimed that the land had been
lying barren for a long time and declined
to speak further.
Several date and banana trees
bore signs of the arson.
Ansel Hembrom, one of the Santals
who lived there, said the tractor
had begun work in presence of
police on Monday night.
A barbed-wire fence was being
put up to cut off the place.
It was from here that the Pakistani
government evicted 25 families
in 1962 for setting up a sugar
mill. Those evicted went on to settle
in other parts of the country.
A 1962 deal between Pakistan’s
central and provincial governments
had a clause that the land
would be handed over to the previous
owners if it was used for other
purposes.
The sugar mill stopped production
in 2004 but the land was
leased allegedly to local politicians
and affluent people.
Some of those families returned
to lay claim to the land. They built
makeshift houses there in July. •
Medi Soren, a honors second
year student, said he could not
imagine that this sort of torture
would descend upon him and his
neighbours.
An SSC candidate said: “I have
exams soon and I am wondering
whether I will be able to sit for the
exam. I have no home now, where
am I going to study?”
Sahebganj Farm school’s Headmaster
Abdul Baki said none of his
Santal students had been to the
school since the incident.
He said he had spoken to some
of the parents and heard that the
students were afraid to come to the
school.
Five days ago, the community
was living in a long line of shanties,
nearly 600, built four months ago.
Now the place is a flat piece of land,
darkened with ash. •

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Supreme Court verdict on arrest and remand
• Ashif Islam Shaon
The Bangladesh Supreme Court has
issued guidelines for the law enforcement
agencies and magistrates
over sections 54 and 167 of the Code
of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
Section 54 empowers the police
to detain any person under suspicion
while Section 167 empowers them to
question an accused in remand.
In its full verdict the Appellate
Division has issued 10 guidelines for
the law enforcers about detaining
anyone on suspicion and nine guidelines
for magistrates, judges and tribunals
to deal with an accused.
A four-member Appellate Division
bench headed by Chief Justice
Surendra Kumar Sinha had passed
the order on May 24 this year, upholding
the High Court’s 2003 verdict
in a writ petition filed by Bangladesh
Legal Aid and Services Trust
(BLAST). The petition had sought
implementation of a judicial committee
recommendations which
investigated a private university
BIGSTOCK
student’s death after arrest under
Section 54.
In its verdict the High Court had
asked the government to amend
the sections within two months in
line with instructions given by the
court. The apex court has, however,
made some changes and issued
the final guidelines.
The Appellate Division yesterday
said that the court has formulated
some basic responsibilities
for the law enforcement agencies
to maintain at all level.
The Supreme Court has directed
magistrates, tribunals, courts and
judges – who have the power to take
cognisance of an offence as a court
of original jurisdiction – to ensure
observance of these guidelines.
The court also directed the inspector
general of police and the
director general of Rapid Action
Battalion (RAB) to circulate the
guidelines to all police stations for
compliance. It asked the registrar
general to circulate it for compliance
by the magistrates.
Guidelines for law enforcement agencies
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
A law enforcement officer making the arrest of any person shall prepare a memorandum
of arrest immediately after the arrest and obtain the signature of the
arrestee with the date and time of arrest in the memorandum.
The law enforcement officer must inform a nearest relative of the arrestee – or,
in the absence of such relative – a friend suggested by the arrestee of the arrest
and the place of custody as soon as possible but not later than 12 hours.
The ground of arrest; name and address of the complainant; the name and address
of the relative or friend to whom information about the arrest is given;
and particulars of the law enforcement officer in whose custody the arrestee is
staying must be registered.
Registration of a case against the arrested person is a must for seeking detention
either in law enforcement officer’s custody or in judicial custody under Section
167(2).
No law enforcement officer shall arrest a person under Section 54 for the purpose
of detaining him under Section 3 of the Special Powers Act 1974 (for detention
or deportation).
(vi) A law enforcement officer shall disclose his identity and if demanded, shall
show his identity card to the person arrested and to those present at the time of
arrest.
(vii) If the law enforcement officer finds any marks of injury on the person arrested,
he must record the reasons for such injury and take the person to the nearest
hospital for treatment and obtain a certificate from the attending doctor.
(viii) If the person is not arrested from his residence or place of business, the officer
must inform the nearest relative of the arrestee in writing within 12 hours of
bringing the arrestee to the police station.
(ix)
(x)
The law enforcement officer shall allow the person arrested to consult a lawyer
of his choice if he so desires or to meet any of his nearest relation.
If an arrestee needs to be kept in custody for more than 24 hours, the law enforcement
officer must state in the forwarding letter to a magistrate why the
investigation cannot be completed within 24 hours and why he considers that
the accusations against the person are well founded. He shall also provide the
magistrate with a copy of the case diary.
Guidelines for magistrates, judges and tribunals
(i) If a person is produced for detention in custody without a copy of the case diary,
the magistrate or the court or the tribunal must release the person upon taking
a bond.
(ii) A magistrate/court/tribunal must not allow showing an arrestee arrested in another
case unless a copy of the case diary for that case is produced or if the
ground of the prayer is found not well founded or baseless.
(iii) On fulfilment of the above conditions, if the investigation of the case cannot be
concluded within 15 days of detention and if the case is exclusively triable by a
court of Sessions or Tribunal, a magistrate may send the accused on remand for
a term not exceeding 15 days at a time.
(iv) If the magistrate is satisfied that the accusation or the information about the
arrestee is well founded and that his detention is justified, the magistrate shall
pass an order for further detention in such custody as he deems fit and proper,
until legislative measure is taken as mentioned above.
(v) If a magistrate realises that a prayer aims at preventive detention, then the magistrate
shall not make an order of detention of a person in the judicial custody.
(vi) It shall be the duty of the magistrate/tribunal, before whom the accused person
is produced, to satisfy that these requirements have been complied with before
making any order under section 167 of the CrPC.
(vii) If the magistrate has reasons to believe that a law enforcement officer who has
legal authority to commit a person in confinement has acted contrary to law,
the magistrate shall proceed against such officer under Section 220 of the Penal
Code.
(viii) Whenever a law enforcement officer takes an accused person in his custody on
remand, it is his responsibility to produce that person in court upon expiry of
the remand period; and if it is found that the arrested person is dead, the magistrate
shall direct for the examination of the victim by a medical board; and in
the event of burial of the victim, he shall direct exhumation of the dead body for
fresh medical examination; and if the report of the board reveals that the death
was homicidal in nature, the magistrate shall take cognisance of the offence
punishable under Section 15 of the Hefajate Mrittu (Nibaran) Ain 2013 against
the officer concerned and the officer-in-charge of the police station concerned
or the commanding officer of such officer in whose custody the death of the
accused took place.
(ix) If there are materials or information to a magistrate that a person has been
subjected to torture or died in custody within the meaning of Section 2 of the
Nirjatan and Hefajate Mrittu (Nibaran) Ain 2013, the magistrate shall refer the
victim to the nearest doctor in case of torture and to a medical board in case of
death for ascertaining the injury or the cause of death; and if the medical evidence
reveals that the person detained has been tortured or died due to torture,
the magistrate shall take cognisance of the offence on his own under Section
190(1)(c) of the CrPC and proceed in accordance with law.

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CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE
COP22
Emitters’ proposal on $100 billion road-map unclear
• Abu Siddique
The climate finance road-map proposed
by the developed countries in
Conference of Parties (COP22) to fix
the modality and sources of the funds
has failed to give sufficient directions
for the future funding.
This road-map couldn’t clearly clarify
that “how far the adaptation finance
will be adequately scaled-up; which
portion of claimed climate finance will
be actually grants or grant equivalent;
how the most climate vulnerable countries
will get priority in funding considering
the institutional challenges,” said
M Zakir Hossain Khan, Climate Finance
Governance Analyst, who works for the
BD NGO wins Energy Globe Award at COP22
• Abu Siddique
Bangladeshi NGO Tahzingdong has
won the Energy Globe Award in
Earth category at COP22 this year
for its community-based forest
conservation project in Rowangchhari,
Bandarban.
The award was declared yesterday
at COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco.
The two other finalists for the
award were the Inga Foundation
of Honduras for its project named
“Land for Life” and AMSED of Morocco
for its project named “Waste
water treatment for agricultural
use with minimal Greenhouse Gaz
Emission in Asselda Village.”
The Energy Globe Award was
founded in 1999 by the Austrian energy
pioneer Wolfgang Neumann
and is one of the most prestigious
environmental awards today.
The goal of this award is to present
successful sustainable projects
to a broad audience as many of today’s
environmental problems already
have good, feasible solutions.
Projects which conserve and
protect resources or that employ
renewable energy can participate.
With a global call for participation,
Energy Globe invites outstanding
sustainable best practice
projects to participate in the annual
competition. From all over the
world, some 800 projects and initiatives
are submitted annually to
compete for the award.
With the goal of restoration and
conservation of the community
managed forest resources in the
Transparency International Bangladesh.
It also could not clarify that the
most vulnerable countries which have
not submitted any emission reduction
target whether they would be considered
for committed climate finance or
not, he added.
He also said that the role of Multilateral
Development Banks in climate
finance is not clear in the proposal.
The document reads that the pledges
made in 2015 alone will boost public
finance from an average of US$41
billion over 2013-14 to US$67 billion in
2020 – an increase of US$26 billion.
This projection is based on the
significant pledges and announcements
made by many developed countries
Bandarban hill district of Bangladesh,
Tahzingdong has been implementing
its project supported
by Arannayk Foundation of Bangladesh
since 2009.
The project covers 12,919.64
hectares of nine community conserved
areas which are commonly
called village common forests, and
it includes more than 1,000 indigenous
forest dependent families.
Tahzingdong has built two
community houses as part of institutional
capacity building and
Motivated by Tahzingdong’s reforestation programme, a man plants a sapling in his neighbourhood in Rowangchhari to
increase forest area
ENERGY GLOBE
installed two water supply technologies
that capture more than
387,000 litres of clean water in
a month from the forests using
a gravitational flow system, said
Aung Shwe Shing, executive director
of Tahzingdong. •
and Multilateral Development Banks
(MDBs), as well as reasonable assumptions
about trends of climate finance
from other countries.
It should be considered a conservative,
indicative aggregation of public
climate finance levels in 2020, rather
than a firm prediction, it also said.
The proposal came from 39 developed
countries as per the Paris Agreement
which stated that the developed
countries will meet the $100 billion per
annum target by 2020 and extend it
until 2025 in the context of meaningful
mitigation actions and transparency on
implementation.
It also said that prior to 2025, the
COP 22 will set a new collective quantified
goal from a floor of $100 billion per
year, taking into account the needs and
priorities of developing countries.
He raised question that the most
importantly “Road-map doesn’t include
direction on whether the future finance
against the claim for loss and damages
would be over and above this $100
billion dollars”.
This road-map sets out the range of
actions which are to fulfill the pledges
of developed country parties and make
further efforts to scale-up climate finance,
and significantly increase finance
for adaptation, in line with the priorities
expressed by developing countries.
It will also help developing countries
to develop and implement ambitious mitigation
contributions and adaptation plans
that are essential to attract investment,
according to the proposed road-map.
Zakir Hossain Khan also emphasized
that developing country parties should
use the COP22 negotiations to determine
the concrete definition of climate
finance that recognise only grants for
adaptation and also a common, clear
strong modalities, procedures and
guidelines (MPG) for climate finance accounting
to be developed under Article
13 of Paris Agreement that proposed a
broad based Transparency Framework”.
However, the last year’s OECD/CPI
report claimed that these countries had
delivered $62 billion in climate finance
in 2014. •
Hope and
despair of
vulnerable
countries
• Rezaul Karim Chowdhury
DT
Following the discussion on insurance
mechanism in the loss and
damage issue in Paris agreement
adopted last year, the Least Developed
Countries and Most Vulnerable
Countries (MVC)s are raising
several questions in this year’s climate
conference in Marrakech.
Firstly, they want to know about
the premium of the insurance.
They demanded that the developed
countries should pay the premium
of the insurance as they are
responsible for global warming.
There are strong lobby from insurance
companies of developed
countries in this regard for pushing
the insurance under the loss and
damages mechanism though they
are not telling who will pay for that.
Another issue which is coming
from the vulnerable nations
is the inclusion of climate induce
displacement in the process of
Warsaw Institutional Mechanism
under which the discussion of loss
and damages is being taken.
Regarding financing, developed
countries’ position is not to go beyond
what they are contributing to
Green Climate Fund (GCF) and do
not want separate allocation for
loss and damages, while the developing
countries opted for new and
additional sources of fundings. •
TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR TODAY
DRY WEATHER
LIKELY
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Dhaka 30 19 Chittagong 29 24 Rajshahi 30 19 Rangpur 30 20 Khulna 30 18 Barisal 30 18 Sylhet 31 18
DHAKA
TODAY
TOMORROW
SUN SETS 5:14PM
SUN RISES 6:12AM
YESTERDAY’S HIGH AND LOW
32.2ºC 17ºC
Sylhet
Chuadanga
Source: Accuweather/UNB
PRAYER
TIMES
Cox’s Bazar 29 22
Fajr: 5:35am | Jumma: 1:15pm
Asr: 4:00pm | Magrib: 5:30pm
Esha: 7:30pm
Source: Islamic Foundation

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016
DT
News
39th death anniversary of
Enamul Haque observed
• Tribune Desk
The 39th death anniversary
of country’s
first ever posthumous
eye-donor ARM
Enamul Haque was
observed yesterday.
Haque, a veteran social
worker and prominent
engineer, died in
2005
He had donated his
eye before three years
of his death. Later,
his corneas were transplanted to Shahadat
Chowdhury, editor of Saptahik 2000, and
one Ramzan Ali.
On the occasion, social
workers of different
organisations, groups,
individuals, family members
and journalists paid
homages to his grave.
A Milad and Doa mahfil
was also arranged.
Enamul Haque was
born in Rajkhola area,
Haora district, West Bengal
on October 1, 1921.
He had started his career
in teaching profession
in 1946.
He was one of the founders of Dhanmondi
Club. He was a linguist and was fluent in
four languages. •
A cargo laden covered-van turns turtle in Digraj area on the Khunla-Mongla Highway. Locals, drivers and
port authorities alleged that the highway has become rundown, as big potholes had developed at several
points of the roads. The photo was taken recently
DHAKA TRIBUNE
Rundown road makes
Mongla’s goods
transportation difficult
• Hedait Hossain Molla,
Khulna
Nearly six kilometres of
Khulna-Mongla Highway
are in very bad condition
and became unfit for vehicular
movement, as big
potholes have developed at
many points of the road due
to lack of repairs and maintenance.
Goods transportation and
other works of Mongla sea
port and Mongla export processing
zone are hampering
due to the bad condition of
the roads, said authorities.
Of the 60 kilometres, six
kilometres of Khulna-Mongla
Highway became unfit for
vehicular movement, said
locals.
During a visit to the roads,
this correspondent found
that a number of big potholes
have developed on the roads
making it risky for commuters
but Road and Highway
Department authorities do
not take any initiatives to repair
the roads yet.
Locals alleged that Mongla
is the second largest seaport
of the country and the
Khulna-Mongla Highway
is the only road which connected
Mongla with Khulna
and Barisal.
In 2013, Road and Highway
Department had repaired
the highway. After
three years of repairing,
this road has ruined and six
kilometres from Digraj area
to Belai on the highway are
in very bad condition and
became unfit for vehicular
movement.
As the road has become
unfit for vehicular movement,
thousands of trucks,
lorries and passenger buses
plying on the highway were
stuck up on the road for
hours, alleged locals.
Officials of Mongla sea
port, members of Navy and
tourists who came in the
area to visit world’s largest
mangrove forest Sundarbans
were also sufferings a lot due
to bad condition of the road.
Mongla Port Authority
Chairman Rear Admiral Reaz
Uddin Ahmed said: “This
highway is very much important
and we had tried to
repair the road for several
times in past with our own
accord. We also requested
Road and Highway Department
to repair the road and
they assured us that they
will repair the road as soon
as possible.”
When contacted Mahmud
Hasan, general manager of
Mongla Export Processing
Zone (EPZ), said: “We are
suffering huge due to bad
condition of Khulna-Mongla
highway. Foreign investors
also suffer when they came
here in aiming to invest
which discontent them to
invest.”
Mizanur Rahman, a fish
trader of Mongla, said: “We
need to use the road everyday
to carry our fish to Khulna
as most of the fish processing
factories situated in
Khulna.
But due to dilapidated
condition of Khulna-Mongla
highway we have to spend
at least 3 hours instead of
30 minutes to reach Khulna
from Mongla.”
Abdul Jalil, a bus driver
on the route, said: “Due to
big potholes in one side of
the road, drivers use only
one lane of the two lane road
which is causing huge traffic
jam.”
Anisuzzaman Masud, executive
engineer of Bagerhat
Roads and Hoghways, said:
“We have already called for
tender to repair the road and
hope we will able to start repair
works very soon.” •

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016
DT
Post office still bearing name
of Pakistani governor
• Md Wali Newaz, Faridpur
After forty four years of independence,
a sub-post office at Titumir
Bazaar in Faridpur town still carries
the name of the then East-Pakistan’s
governor Azam Khan.
Lieutenant general Mohammad
Azam Khan inaugurated the
market while he was the governor
of East Pakistan, present Bangladesh,
from 1960-62.
5 rescued while
being trafficked
to Iraq illegally
• FM Mizanur Rahaman,
Chittagong
The market, which was known
as new market that time, was renamed
Azam Khan Market and
the post office was named Azam
Market Town Sub-post Office.
Though after the independence,
the market was named Titumir
Bazaar, the name of the subpost
office remained unchanged.
Md Khalilur Rahman, deputy
commander of the district Muktijoddha
Sangsad, an association of freedom
fighters, and also a businessman
of the market, said: “It is very
shameful that after so many years of
independence, a government organisation
has been carrying the name
of a Pakistani governor.”
He said he had informed the district
post office of the fact verbally,
but they did not take any step.
Mohammad Mohosin Uddin,
postmaster of the district post office,
told the Dhaka Tribune that
he did not know about it.
He, however, assured that he
would take steps to change the
name as soon as possible.
Post-Master of Faridpur Post
Office Mohammad Mohsin Uddin
told the Dhaka Tribune that he
was not aware of the matter.
He also assured the correspondent
that he would request higher
authorities to rename the post office.
•
Two-day Lalon
festival begins
• Kudrote Khoda Sobuj,
Kushtia
A two-day Lalon Festival began yesterday
at the Lalon Akhrah in Kushtia.
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy,
Kushtia organised the festival.
The festival will see many
events such as musical events, discussions
on Lalon’s philosophy, Lalon’s
fair and so on.
Organisers arranged a seminar
titled at Lalon Academy auditorium
where Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy,
Kushtia, Director General Liaquat
Ali Lucky, Additional Deputy
Commissioner Mujib-ul-Ferdous, Islamic
University, Kushtia VC Dr Abul
Ahsan Choudhury were present. •
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB 7)
rescued five fortune seekers from
Chittagong Shah Amanat International
Airport on Wednesday while
they were being sent to war-torn
Iraq illegally.
“The five victims were rescued
from the waiting room of Immigration
of Chittagong Shah Amanat International
Airport while they were
waiting to board on a Qatar-bound
Air Arabia flight”, said Senior Assistant
Superintendent of Police
(ASP), RAB 7 Md Sohel Mahmud.
“They were handed over to
Patenga police station and a case
was filed in this connection”, said
ASP Sohel Mahmud. On October 12,
RAB personnel rescued 39 fortune
seekers from the airport. •
KUNIO HOSHI MURDER
Court for appointing
lawyer for accused at
government’s cost
• Liakat Ali Badal, Rangpur
A Rangpur court yesterday gave
directive to the government to appoint
a lawyer for members of the
banned Islamic outfit Jama’atul
Mujahideen of Bangaldesh (JMB),
who are accused in Japanese citizen
Kunio Hoshi murder, at its own
cost.
Special Judge Nareah Chandra
Sarkar passed the order after
he came to know that no lawyer
has been recruited for them. Five
members of the JMB were produced
before the court. The court
A human chain was formed on Rajshahi University campus yesterday, protesting attacks in minority people across Bangladesh
also fixed November 15 for the next
hearing.
On August 7, a court accepted
the charge sheet pressed against
eight members of the JMB in the
killing case.
The Court of Senior Judicial
Magistrate Arifur Rahman also excluded
five people, including BNP
leader Rashedun Nabi Khan Biplab,
from the case, as their involvement
in the killing was not found during
the investigation.
Knunio Hoshi, 65, was shot in
Kachu Alutari area on October 3,
2015. •
AZAHAR UDDIN
Bholaganj Land Customs Station
counting losses as limestone
import from India suspended
• Mahammad Sirajul Islam,
Sylhet
Limestone import from India
through Bholaganj Land Customs
Station in Sylhet has remained suspended
since Monday, causing an
economic loss to the country.
The forest department of the
India village Majai, located in the
taluk of Shella Bholaganj in Meghalaya,
from where the limestone
was imported through the land
customs station, had not been giving
car passes for limestone export
to Bangladesh for several days, said
Mujibur Rahman Mintu, secretary
to limestone importers group of
Bholaganj.
The forest department was doing
it, as Indian High Court had
imposed a ban on extracting limestone
from mines by machines on
August 2015, said Mujibur.
Due to the ban, limestone import
through other land customs
stations of Bangladesh had been
decreased significantly, as the Indian
exporters were now supplying
limestone from their stocks, added
Mujibur.
Every day around three to four
thousand metric tones of limestone
were imported through Bholaganj,
yielding about Tk1.1 to 1.2 millions
revenue, said Abul Hossain, superintendent
of the land customs station.
Bashir Ahmed, former general
secretary of limestone importers
group of Bholaganj, said the sudden
suspension of the import would affect
the cement industry of Bangladesh,
as limestone is the main raw
material for producing cement.
The price of cement might rise
for this reason, he added.
Besides, around 200 people,
who worked in stone crusher mills
in Bholaganj, have lost their earning
sources, as the mills were dependent
on limestone. •

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016
SOUTH ASIA
Pakistan: Trump may
favour India
Donald Trump’s surprise election
as US president has Pakistanis wary
that he may accelerate what they
see as a shift in American policy to
favour arch-foe India analysts said
on Wednesday. Trump’s anti-Muslim
rhetoric - he once proposed
banning Muslims entering the US
- and business ties to India are signs
that his administration could shift
further toward New Delhi REUTERS
INDIA
India SC orders Punjab to
share river water
India’s top court ordered authorities
in northern Punjab state Thursday
to share river water supplies with
neighbouring Haryana state. The
Supreme Court said the Punjab
government’s decision to terminate
the agreement via a state legislation
was unconstitutional and defied the
court’s own earlier orders calling for
the canal’s completion. AFP
CHINA
China home to 9m ‘leftbehind’
children
More than 9m children have been
“left behind” in China’s countryside
by parents who have moved
to its towns and cities to find work,
Beijing said Thursday. The plight
of such children, who are usually
looked after by grandparents but
sometimes have no guardians at
all, is one of the most emotive consequences
of China’s decades-long
economic boom. AFP
ASIA PACIFIC
Australia ratifies climate
pact amid Trump fears
Australia ratified the Paris climate
agreement on Thursday, amid
fears US president-elect Donald
Trump could follow through on his
pledge to cancel the landmark pact.
Australia’s approval of the binding
deal was delayed by national
elections in July and its announcement
Thursday came ahead of the
departure of the country’s foreign
and environment ministers for UN
climate talks in Marrakesh. AFP
MIDDLE EAST
Coalition strike kills 20
near IS-held Raqqa
US-backed forces pressed offensives
on the Islamic State group’s strongholds
in Syria and Iraq, as an air
strike by the American-led coalition
reportedly killed 20 civilians near the
Syrian city of Raqqa. Supported by
coalition air raids, Iraqi forces have
pushed into IS’s Mosul stronghold
and a Kurdish-Arab militia alliance
has been advancing on the jihadists’
de facto Syrian capital Raqqa. AFP
ANALYSIS
How pollsters missed a Trump victory
• Reuters, New York/London
Two days ago, pollsters and statisticians
gave Hillary Clinton odds
of between 75 and 99% of winning
the US presidential election. How
did so many get it so wrong?
In hindsight, the polling consensus
went astray in two major
ways.
The media, including Reuters,
pumped out two kinds of poll stories.
Some were national surveys
designed to estimate the entire
country’s popular vote, but not
the outcome in individual states,
where the contest is actually decided.
These polls actually got
the big picture right: Clinton won
more overall votes than President-elect
Donald Trump - but not
by as much as the polling averages
predicted, and not where she
needed to.
News organisations also produced
a blizzard of stories meant
to calculate the probability of victory
for the two candidates. These
calculations were predicated on
polls of individual states. In hindsight,
though, the stories seem to
have overstated Clinton’s chances
for a win by failing to see that
a shift in voting patterns in some
states could show up in other, similar
states.
In part, this is because polling
analysts got the central metaphor
wrong.
US presidents are chosen not
by the national popular vote, but
in the individual Electoral College
contests in the 50 states and Washington
DC. In calculating probable
outcomes, election predictors generally
treated those 51 contests as
completely separate events - as
HOW THE POLLS MOSTLY GOT IT WRONG
US presidential vote polling before the November 8 vote
unrelated to one another as a series
of 51 coin tosses.
Common miscalculations
The problem, said Cliff Young,
president of Ipsos Public Affairs
US, the polling partner of Reuters,
came down to the models the pollsters
used to predict who would
vote - the so-called likely voters.
The models almost universally
miscalculated how turnout was
distributed among different demographic
groups, Young said. And
turnout was lower than expected,
a result that generally favours Republican
candidates.
In 2000, when Republican
George W Bush beat Democrat Al
Gore, for example, the turnout was
about 60%, according to the US
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NBC News/
Wall Street Journal
Real Clear Politics
(RCP, collated)
Investor’s Business Daily/
TIPP* Tracking
Economist/YouGov
LA Times/
USC* Tracking
Selected major polls/forecasts
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Supporters celebrate as returns come in for Donald Trump during an election night in Manhattan, New York
Bloomberg
Census Bureau. Eight years later,
turnout was 64% when Democratic
nominee Barack Obama won his
first presidential election against
Republican Arizona Senator John
McCain.
This year, “whites with lower
levels of education came out
in greater relative numbers than
younger, more-educated and minority
voters,” Young said. “A point
here or a point there can really
change an election.”
Ultimately, missing that shift
in the state polls tripped up the
predictions. It also highlights how
the otherwise empirical process of
polling rests on a subjective foundation.
Each pollster must make a decision
about turnout. Their decisions
are informed by historical
voting patterns. But the actual
turnout in each state is unknowable
before election day.
The popular vote
Beyond the calculations of the
candidates’ odds of winning the
Electoral College, there was a near
constant stream so-called “horse
race polls,” or tracker polls, that
focused on the distribution of the
national vote between the major
candidates.
Here, too, pollsters -- and the
media that co-sponsored or covered
the polls – stumbled, largely
because the popular vote metric
itself is of limited utility and cannot,
of itself, predict the outcome
of the Electoral College.
As of Wednesday morning, Clinton
led the popular vote by slightly
less than 1 percentage point. The
McClatchy-Marist poll released
on November 3, for example, had
REUTERS
Clinton up by one point - one of
the most accurate calls of the popular
vote. But even that headline
number missed the point a bit, because
she lost the election in the
Electoral College.
A few polls correctly pegged
Trump as the winner. The International
Business Times/TIPP poll
had Trump leading on November
7. That poll put him ahead in the
popular vote by two percentage
points, which in the end overstated
his share by about three points.
In one sense, most polls were
relatively accurate: The Real Clear
Politics average of polls, for example,
had Clinton leading by about
3.3 points, little more than two
points above the actual outcome.
A polling error of two or three percentage
points is not uncommon
in modern politics.
Popular vote polls, however,
also exaggerate the influence of
massive states, such as New York
and California, in the outcome of
the election and mask trends that
might be occurring outside those
left-leaning states.
The Electoral College system
reduces the influence of big states
by distributing a disproportionate
number of votes to smaller states.
North Dakota, for example, has
about a quarter of one percent of
the US population but double that
proportion of Electoral College
votes. Conversely, Californians
make up 12% of the population but
only 10% of the Electoral College
votes.
Young said both pollsters and
journalist described the results of
the national polls and predictions
with a false precision by presenting
the result as near absolutes. •

World
Farmer suicide, banks call in police
as India moves to ditch banknotes
• Reuters, New Delhi/Mumbai
A farmer in southern India committed
suicide fearing she would
be left penniless after the government’s
shock decision to withdraw
high denomination notes
from circulation, police said
Thursday.
Indian banks called in thousands
of police on Thursday to
manage huge queues outside
branches, as people tried to exchange
bank notes abruptly pulled
out of circulation by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in a crackdown
on “black money”.
Modi announced the shock
move on Tuesday night to ditch
Rs500 and RS1,000 notes - worth
a combined $256bn - that he said
were fuelling corruption, being
forged and even paying for attacks
by Islamist militants against India.
Some people frustrated by the
long wait got into arguments at
Canara Bank near the parliament
building in New Delhi, as people
barged into queues that wound
through the branch and on to the
street outside.
Economists and some businesses,
especially those involved
in cashless payments, have welcomed
the “demonetisation”
scheme as a vital step towards
broadening the formal economy
and improving tax compliance.
But it has disrupted the daily
lives of hundreds of millions of Indians
who live in the cash economy
that is estimated to account for
a fifth of India’s $2tn gross domestic
product and who have low confidence
in banks or plastic cards.
Farmer commits suicide
A farmer in southern India committed
suicide fearing she would
be left penniless after the government’s
shock decision to withdraw
high denomination notes
from circulation, police said
Thursday.
Kandukuri Vinoda, 55, had a
large amount of cash at her home
in Rs1,000 and Rs500 rupee
notes and panicked that her savings
had become worthless when
she heard Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s surprise announcement
on Tuesday.
Vinoda from Mahabubabad district,
east of Hyderabad city, had
sold some land last month and was
paid around Rs5.5m for it in cash.
She used some of the money
to pay for her husband’s medical
bills and planned to use the rest to
buy a new plot of land, local media
reported.
Many Indians living in rural areas
keep large amounts of cash at
home because of a lack of banks in
remote areas and to avoid paying
taxes.
Cash crunch
Although a few people were able
to exchange their old money for
new notes, there were strict caps
on account withdrawals and most
came away with bundles of lower-denomination
bills.
People were allowed to make
a one-time exchange of 4,000 rupees
in cash and one-time account
withdrawals of Rs10,000, capped
at Rs20,000 per week.
Cash dispensers remained
closed and were due to reopen on
Friday. •
Jihadists fray soldiers’ nerves in Mosul battle
• Reuters, Baghdad
A week after his tank division
punched through Islamic State
defences on the southeast edge of
Mosul, an Iraqi army colonel says
the fight to drive the militants out
of their urban stronghold is turning
into a nightmare.
Against a well-drilled, mobile
and brutally effective enemy,
exploiting the cover of built-up
neighbourhoods and the city’s civilian
population, his tanks were
useless, he said, and his men untrained
for the urban warfare they
face.
His Ninth Armoured Division
and elite counter terrorism units
fighting nearby seized six of some
60 neighbourhoods last week, the
first gains inside Mosul since the
October 17 start of a campaign to
crush Islamic State in its Iraqi fortress.
Even that small foothold is
proving hard to maintain, however,
with waves of counter attacks
by jihadist units including snipers
and suicide bombers who use
a network of tunnels stretching
4km under the city.
An Indian man displays new 2000 rupee notes outside the Reserve Bank of
India in Mumbai on Thursday
AFP
A soldier of the Iraqi army walks on November 7, 2016, past ammunition and a tank confiscated from Islamic State group
jihadists, in the town of Qaraqosh, Mosul
AFP
Toughest urban war
Even for the Counter Terrorism
Service, or special forces, trained
more specifically for the challenges
in Mosul, the last week of fighting
has been unprecedented.
“We are carrying out the toughest
urban warfare that any force in
the world could undertake”, CTS
spokesman Sabah al-Numani said
on Sunday.
One CTS officer, in Baghdad
on leave, told Reuters the biggest
threat came from snipers.
“You don’t know where or when
a sniper will strike,” he said.
That, combined with thousands
of people trying to escape the
fighting, was a constant source
of stress.
As he spoke, a voice on his radio
crackled - one of his men on
the frontline. “Sir, there are so
many civilians, they have these
suitcases with them as well. How
do I know what’s in them? And
they’re coming towards me...”
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi, who declared a
cross border caliphate in Syria
and Iraq from the pulpit of a Mosul
mosque two years ago, told
his fighters last week there could
be no retreat in a “total war” with
their enemies.
Crashing waves
Hashemi said government forces
were only in full control of two of
the districts they entered last week.
The army says it has captured
five other districts, but fighting
continues in all of them and
Hashemi said in some neighbourhoods
the army had been driven
back three or four times - often at
night - before reclaiming territory
the next day.
With its tanks unable to navigate
narrow city streets, the Iraqi
army has called on US Apache
helicopters to target car bombers.
The Pentagon said on Monday
they would continue to be used
“in what we expect will be tough
fighting to come”. •
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USA
Trump lawyers head to
court for upcoming fraud
trial
Lawyers for president-elect Donald
Trump on Thursday will head to
court for a hearing pitting the future
leader of the US against a group
of students who say they were
defrauded by one of his businesses.
The 2010 lawsuit was filed on behalf
of students who say they were
lured by false promises to pay up to
$35,000 to learn Trump’s real estate
investing “secrets” from his “handpicked”
instructors. REUTERS
THE AMERICAS
Mexico won’t pay for
Trump wall
Mexico said on Wednesday it would
work with Donald Trump for the
benefit of both nations after his surprise
US.election win but reiterated
it would not pay for his planned
border wall. Trump’s threats to
dump the North American Free
Trade Agreement agreement with
Mexico and Canada, and to tax
money sent home by migrants to
pay for the controversial wall on the
southern border. REUTERS
UK
Britain rethinks property
fund rules
British authorities are considering
changing the rules governing commercial
property funds to prevent a
repeat of the investor panic that followed
the country’s vote to leave the
EU. Big funds worth around $22bn
in total were forced to suspend their
activities after running out of ready
cash when investors who feared
property prices would collapse
demanded their money. AFP
EUROPE
Merkel’s conservatives
warn of Trump effect
German Finance Minister Wolfgang
Schaeuble and other conservatives
warned on Thursday that populists
would pose a problem for Europe
unless mainstream politicians
responded after Donald Trump’s
victory in the US presidential
election. Trump’s win has shaken
many European lawmakers ahead
of elections next year, including in
France and Germany. REUTERS
AFRICA
South Africa’s Zuma faces
new no-confidence vote
South Africa’s scandal-hit President
Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence
vote in parliament on Thursday,
but looks certain to survive despite
mounting anger within his party.
Zuma has fought off a series of
damaging controversies during his
presidency, and last week came under
further pressure after a corruption
probe raised fresh allegations
of misconduct. AFP

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INSIGHT
US more divided than ever
• Reuters, Ellsworth, Maine
The 2016 US election was unprecedented
in the way it turned Americans
against each other, according
to dozens of interviews in rural
United States and across some of
the most politically charged battleground
states.
It divided families like the Fosters
in rural Ellsworth, Maine, broke
up friendships and turned neighbour
against neighbour.
In a recent Reuters/Ipsos survey,
15% of respondents said they had
stopped talking to a family member
or close friend as a result of the
election. For Democrats, this shoots
up to 23%, compared to 10% for Republicans.
And 12% had ended a relationship
because of it.
There was no comparative polling
data from previous elections.
But interviews with relationship
counsellors and voters suggest this
election stood out by summoning
passions, anger and a divisiveness
in ways that will make healing difficult
after Clinton’s loss to Trump
on Tuesday.
Sarah Guth, a Democrat in Colorado,
says her father - an ardent
supporter of Trump - no longer
speaks with her after they clashed
on Facebook over their political
views.
“He crossed a line,” she said.
After attending a Trump rally,
Guth wrote on Facebook that she
saw 10 minorities among thousands
of people. “I’m increasingly
convinced that this election is
about race,” she wrote. “I mean a
fear among the white majority that
their rule is coming to an end.”
Some posters told her “to go to
hell,” she recalled in an interview.
“And then my dad very publicly attacked
me, telling me that I should
be ashamed of myself.” The two
have not spoken since.
Ty Turner-Bond, a 35-year-old
black man in North Carolina, says he
lost friends because of his support
for Trump. Some called him an “Uncle
Tom,” a slur for African Americans
accused of deferring to white
people; others threatened violence.
‘People are tense’
In Springfield, a city on Ohio’s
Mad River, Duke Level, 57, voted
for Trump because he wanted “a
wrecking ball” to hit Washington.
The owner of Un Mundo Cafe isn’t
surprised this election created divisions,
and he fears they could get
worse.
“This is one of those crossroads
crisis moments in history,” he said.
Hours earlier, Trump rallied
about 5,000 supporters a few miles
away in a dirt-floored livestock arena.
He blasted Clinton as “the most
corrupt person ever to seek the
office of the presidency,” drawing
chants of “lock her up,” as well as a
few of “string her up.”
Down the street, Richard Scott,
51, an African-American supporting
Clinton, shook his head when told
of those chants. Those words, he
said, recalled 20th Century lynchings
of black Americans - including
in Springfield where a black prisoner
was shot and hung from a pole on
Main Street in 1904.
Weeks ago, he planted a Clinton
sign in his yard. His neighbours put
up Trump signs. Outside the funeral
home he owns, a pro-Clinton sign
was defaced with a “Hillary for Prison”
sticker. “People are tense,” said
Scott.
The election hardened an already-clear
racial divide in the
former industrial city of 60,000
people - a snapshot of America at
about 75% white and 18% black. Interviews
with residents suggested
its northern areas, mostly affluent
and white, would vote for Trump,
while its mostly black, lower-income
southern section would largely
support Clinton.
For some, the tensions reach the
bedroom. Sam Nail, a Cincinnati
marriage counsellor, said he has
two couples who cited the election
season as a “stressor” in their relationship.
Much of the anger gets uncorked
on social media and will be hard to
undo. Some is well publicized. National
Review writer David French
has written about “an unending
torrent of abuse” he and his family
faced online from white nationalist
Trump supporters, including
a Tweeted image of his 7-year-old
daughter’s face in a gas chamber.
Others are less well known, like
Brenda Thomas’ tangles with her
older brother on Facebook. She
says her brother unleashed a daily
stream of Facebook posts on Clinton
and President Barack Obama
that she found objectionable. She
said when her husband, a Republican,
tried to reason with him, he
was “unfriended” on Facebook.
In Charlotte, North Carolina, Karen
Wilson, describes this election
as “stressful” on Facebook. “I’ve got
family members who are mad at me
for deleting entire Facebook threads
when I thought they were becoming
too negative. I’ve deleted Facebook
friends who I realized I never should
have been friends with in the first
place,” said Wilson, 43.
Fourteen percent of respondents
in the Reuters/Ipsos poll said
they had blocked a family member
or close friend from social media
because of the election. For Democrats,
this rises to 23 percent compared
to 8 percent for Republicans.
WHO VOTED FOR WHO?
Based on exit polls November 8
Total national vote
By demographic
Hillary
Donald
Clinton Trump
53
Men
Income level
As of Nov 10,
1300 GMT
Below $30,000
$30,000 -50,000
$50,000 -100,000
$100,000 -200,000
$200,000 -250,000
47.7% 47.5%
More than
$250,000
Source : NYT/Edison Research for the National Election Pool/RealClearPolitics
Free speech attack
The divisions tore into the fabric of
some communities. In Provo, Utah,
Trump supporter Loy Brunson
awoke on an October morning to
find his car spray-painted with the
words “AmeriKKKa” - a reference
to “KKK” white supremacists - and
“Fuck Trump.” His two Trump yard
signs were destroyed.
“So I doubled down, got motivated
and put up 85 signs in my
yard,” he said. Within days, all but
six of those were stolen.
“This was more than vandalism,”
he said in an interview. “This
was a free speech attack.”
Some blame the divisiveness on
campaign rhetoric that inflamed
racial, ethnic and class tensions
that have long simmered in America.
Angry and extremist language
moved into the mainstream.
George Lakoff, a linguistics professor
at University of California,
Berkeley, blames Trump’s use of
language, which he ranks as among
the most violent of any candidate in
modern times. He specifically notes
Trump’s suggestion in August that
gun rights activists could take matters
into their own hands if Clinton
defeated him, as well as the New
York businessman’s comments that
she should go to prison.
“When you have extremes of
that order, you have extremes of anger,
extremes of fear,” Lakoff said.
In Mississippi, Chad Scott, an
activist in the Clay County Republican
Party, fears a post-election split
between the party’s working-class
Trump supporters and business-minded
elites - a sentiment
echoed in Maine, where Foster, the
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After electoral upsets in U.S. and Britain, frustration with the political
status quo – over issues from immigration to inequality – is likely
to influence polls across Europe in the coming months
Britain: Nigel Farage, acting
leader of UK Independence
Party and one of architects of
Brexit vote, has hailed Trump’s
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victory as “supersized Brexit”
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Austria – Dec 4
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Victory of Norbert
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Hofer of Freedom
Party over Green
Party candidate
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Alexander Van
der Bellen in
presidential elections could bring
to power first far-right leader of
western Europe since World War II
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Italy – Dec 4
Failure by Prime
Minister Matteo
Renzi to win
crucial referendum
on constitutional
reform, could push
anti-establishment Five Star
Movement of Beppe Grillo
closer to reins of power
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Germany – autumn 2017
Marine Le Pen,
leader of far-right
National Front, far
outpolls President
François Hollande
ahead of springtime
Frauke Petry,
whose Alternative
for Germany (AfD)
has hurt Chancellor
Angela Merkel’s
conservatives in
elections. Fewer people now
rule out her chances of victory
after Trump upset
series of regional elections this year,
is climbing in opinion polls ahead of
national elections next year
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Ellsworth resident at odds with his
sisters, witnessed the election’s political
vitriol first hand.
Foster’s van was one of 20 vehicles
spray-painted outside a Trump
rally on October 15 in the city of
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Geert Wilders,
leader of anti-Islam
Freedom Party who
wants to emulate
Britain with “Nexit”
vote, running neckand-neck
with Prime Minister Mark
Rutte’s Liberals (VVD) in polls
ahead of parliamentary elections
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Bangor. And across Ellsworth, pro-
Trump yard signs were stolen almost
as fast as they were planted,
Republican officials say.
Foster worries about the divisions
ahead. •
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ANALYSIS
Trump’s win means end
of Palestinian state era
• AFP, Jerusalem
Donald Trump’s shock election as president
will likely result in a US tilt towards Israel that
puts a Palestinian state even further out of
reach, his own campaign team and analysts say.
Hardline lawmakers, including some from
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud
party, said Trump’s win represented a “historic
opportunity” to abandon ideas of Palestinian
statehood and move towards annexing
the West Bank.
Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who
heads the religious nationalist Jewish Home
party and is seen as having ambitions to be
prime minister, said “the era of a Palestinian
state is over.”
While so much about Trump’s thinking on
the Middle East remains unknown, he and his
advisers have spoken of overturning decades
of precedent by recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s
capital and relocating the US embassy
from Tel Aviv.
Trump said in March that “there’s nobody
more pro-Israel than I am,” adding that he
would oppose any attempt to force Israel into
an agreement it opposes.
The president-elect’s adviser on Israel, David
Friedman, said last month that he does
not believe Trump sees Jewish settlements in
the occupied West Bank as illegal, as nearly
all the rest of the international community
does.
Asked whether he believed in the twostate
solution, the basis of more than two
decades of peace negotiations, Friedman said
Trump was “tremendously sceptical”.
The Israeli right has welcomed such statements
and seized on Trump’s victory to promote
its cause – including, for some, a call to
bury the two-state solution once and for all.
Netanyahu, whose government is considered
the most right-wing in Israeli history, has
so far been more cautious.
Analysts say that may be because he is
wary of Trump’s notorious unpredictability.
As an example, they cite a statement by
Trump earlier in the campaign in which, to
the alarm of Israelis, he described himself as
neutral in the Middle East conflict.
While Netanyahu and Hillary Clinton
may have ideological differences, he at least
knows where she stands and what to expect,
they say.
REUTERS
Netanyahu congratulated Trump and
pledged to work with him, and the two men
spoke by telephone on Wednesday.
“The two leaders, who have known each
other for many years, had a warm and heartfelt
conversation,” a statement from Netanyahu’s
office said.
‘Loose cannon’
While Trump’s unpredictability is a concern
for Israelis, Netanyahu may be relieved to
have a Republican in the White House after
facing mounting criticism from President Barack
Obama over Israeli settlement building
in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israel is concerned Obama may seek a UN
Security Council resolution on the issue before
he leaves office on January 20.
“There are many signs that the Trump administration
could be very accommodating
when it comes to getting along with the current
Israeli government,” said Shmuel Rosner,
a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute.
“This will be the time for right-wing Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to
have a counterpart in Washington that is not
instinctively against him and against his policies.”
The Palestinians, too, have publicly taken
a cautious approach despite reasons for concern.
President Mahmud Abbas congratulated
Trump and said he hoped peace could be
achieved during his term based on the borders
of 1967, the year Israel occupied the West
Bank.
However, a high-ranking Palestinian official
said that “we are worried because we
have here someone who has been completely
unpredictable, a loose cannon, and also because
this is not an issue just for the Palestinians
but for the rest of the world.”
He said the one consolation was that “his
statements are so unfeasible, unreasonable,
illogical, so in violation of international laws
and the international consensus, that they
cannot be implemented.”
“When faced with the realities of the office,
things change,” the official said, speaking
on condition of anonymity.
For Israel, there is no more important ally
than the United States, which grants it more
than $3bn a year in military aid.•

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TOP STORIES
Investors exuberant
as Donald Trump
signals shift from
austerity era
European stocks rose yesterday
following extraordinary gains in
Asia and the United States, as exuberance
shot through markets and
reversed initial dives in reaction
to Donald Trump’s US presidential
victory. PAGE 13
Japan lawmakers
approve TPP despite
Trump victory
Japan’s lower house of parliament
yesterday passed the contentious
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
free trade deal, a move largely
viewed as an empty gesture due to
opposition by US president-elect
Donald Trump. PAGE 14
Economists see pain,
then gain for India
after bank note shock
India’s shock move to take larger
bank notes out of circulation will
hit Asia’s third-largest economy in
the short term, but pain will turn to
longer-term gains including transparency,
higher tax revenues and lower
inflation, economists said. PAGE 15
Capital market snapshot:
Thursday
DSE
Broad Index 4,677.1 0.1% ▲
Index 1,122.5 0.1% ▲
30 Index 1,758.2 0.1% ▲
Turnover in Mn Tk 6,459.6 16.4% ▲
Turnover in Mn Vol 138.6 3.3% ▲
CSE
All Share Index 14,387.6 0.1% ▲
30 Index 12,978.8 0.3% ▲
Selected Index 8,753.0 0.1% ▲
Turnover in Mn Tk 330.0 -19.8% ▼
Turnover in Mn Vol 8.6 -23.0% ▼
Inflation edges up to
5.57% in October
• Tribune Business Desk
Inflation in Bangladesh rose to
5.57% last month driven by the
higher prices of food, government
data showed yesterday.
It was slightly up from 5.53%
read in the previous month.
According to Bangladesh Bureau
of Statistics (BBS), food inflation,
which is more important
in developing countries like Bangladesh,
where a large amount of
household incomes are spent on
food, slightly increased to 5.56% in
October from 5.10% in September.
Non-food inflation, however,
decreased to 5.58% from 6.19%
during the period.
While releasing data at the NEC
conference room, Planning Minister
AHM Mustafa Kamal said:
“Higher food prices, particularly
INFLATION RATE FROM
APRIL TO OCTOBER THIS
YEAR ( IN%)
April 5.61
May 5.45
June 5.53
July 5.40
August 5.37
September 5.53
October 5.57
Source: BBS
rice, vegetables, salt, oil, sugar
and milk, pushed up inflation.”
He, however, said food inflation
in October last year was a bit
higher as it was 6.19%.
The government fixed the target
to contain inflation at 5.8% for
the fiscal year 2016-17.
In rural areas, the inflation rate
in October was 4.87%, which was
4.63% in September, and in urban
areas, it declined to 6.87% from
7.21%.
In rural areas, food inflation
moved up 4.89% from 4.27%, and
in urban areas, it climbed to 7.9%
from 7.3% during the period.
In case of non-food inflation, it
was down 4.23% from 5.31% in rural
areas, while it fell 6.63% from
7.42% in urban areas.
The point-to-point national
wage index witnessed an increasing
trend with 6.16% in October,
up from 6.09% in September.
The average year-on-year rate
of inflation from November 2015
to October 2016 also declined to
5.66%, which was 6.21% from November
2014 to October 2015. •
Muhith urges businessmen
to accept new VAT law
Finance Minister AMA Muhith launches Tax Guide at a programme in the
ministry auditorium in the city yesterday
ASIF SHOWKAT KALLOL
• Asif Showkat Kallol
Finance Minister AMA Muhith
said the country’s value-added tax
is “reasonable” and so the businessmen
shouldn’t object to it.
“The old Dhaka businessmen
are against introducing the new
VAT law, but I want to tell them
that the new uniform VAT rate is
reasonable,” he said while launching
Tax Guide at the finance ministry’s
auditorium yesterday.
Muhith, however, said the rate
would be reduced if the amount
of VAT increased annually.
He said Bangladesh is one of
the pioneer countries to introduce
such a VAT law.
Muhith ruled out the possibility
of double taxation. “If this happens,
this is wrong calculation.”
He insisted uniform 15% VAT
rate will be good for the business.
Earlier this month shop keepers
in Dhaka protested against the
new VAT law keeping their shops
closed and organising rallies.
“I was actually disappointed
at the strike. They (businessmen)
shouldn’t go for it again,” finance
minister said.
He said the VAT law was first
introduced in France and later in
the United Kingdom, and the VAT
rate varies from 5% to 20% in different
countries.
Muhith said he would lower
the country’s VAT rate if the number
of taxpayers become 50,000.
“I would promise to lower the
rate of VAT. I said the first time we
have a uniform rate of 15% but if
you want I will change that rate.”
At present, the number of registered
businessmen taxpayers
are 7.7m businessmen, but only
1.1m of them pay VAT.
Muhith said the government
would procure 20,000 electronic
cash register machines from
aboard and supply to the businessmen
at import price. •
Ecnec okays
projects worth
over Tk9,600cr
• Tribune Business Desk
Executive Committee of the National
Economic Council (Ecnec)
yesterday approved 12 projects
worth nearly Tk9,664 crore mainly
related to river route development,
power transmission and road communication
works.
The approval came at the Ecnec
meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina in the chair at the NEC conference
in the city yesterday.
Following the meeting, Planning
Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal
disclosed the meeting outcome.
Of the approved project costs,
Tk4,255.38 crore will come from
public coffer, Tk533.08 crore from
the project-related public agencies’
own fund and Tk4,875.53 crore as
project assistance.
Of the approved 12 projects,
nine are new while three are revised
ones.
Bangladesh Regional Domestic
Shipping Transport Project-1 is
one of the 12 approved projects, of
which the estimated cost is Tk3,200
crore, aiming to ensure safe passenger
journey and goods transportation
on Ctg-Dhaka-Ashuganj
river route.
About the project, the minister
said Bangladesh river route will be
a super corridor for the South Asian
region, and considering this, the
project was approved.
The Ecnec also gave the nod to
other projects, including Tk286.75
crore for Jhenaidah-Chuadanga-Meherpur-Mujibnagar
Highway
Development, Tk97 crore for
Police Station and Barrack Construction,
Tk70.7 crore for Three
Guarder Bridge Construction in
Jamalpur-Madaripur Highway,
Tk2,982.38 crore for Power Grid
Development, Tk910 crore for setting
up Compressor Wellhead at
Titas gas field, Tk869.71 crore for
Land Acquisition, Land Development
and Rehabilitation to construct
1,320MW cola-based power
plant in Patuakhali. •

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Investors exuberant as Donald Trump
signals shift from austerity era
• Reuters
European stocks rose yesterday
following extraordinary gains in
Asia and the United States, as exuberance
shot through markets and
reversed initial dives in reaction
to Donald Trump’s US presidential
victory.
Investors focused on Trump’s
priorities - including tax cuts and
higher infrastructure and defense
spending, along with bank deregulation
- and set aside for the moment
longer-term worries about
whether he will slap punitive tariffs
on Chinese and Mexican exports,
risking a global trade war.
European stocks hit a twoweek
high, with the pan-European
STOXX 600 index up 1.3% in early
dealings, and “safe haven” government
bonds sold off after Trump
suggested he would spend billions
on infrastructure.
This marked an abrupt change
from the sharp recoil on markets
on Wednesday after the Republican
candidate’s triumph.
Investors saw signs that Trump
will ditch the budget austerity policies
that Western governments
have pursued since the 2008 global
financial crisis after he takes over
in January.
“Trump’s speech following the
victory was hugely influential in
yesterday’s sudden U-turn, as he
focused more on unity and the
need to spend to get the economy
growing again. These policies combined
with his desire to deregulate
and lower taxes are all very market-friendly,”
said Craig Erlam, senior
market analyst at OANDA.
“The stance he takes on trade will
likely determine how vulnerable the
markets are, but in reality these are
very long-term policies and for now,
markets are more focused on the
prospect of lower taxes, fiscal stimulus
and less regulation.”
The three major US stock indexes
rose on Tuesday and the dollar
index against major currencies recovered
from a trough of 95.885
plumbed on Wednesday to around
98.778 on Wednesday morning.
In a remarkable session for Japanese
shares, the Nikkei jumped 7
percent at one point after sinking
5% on Wednesday.
Gains in Europe, where markets
had already started to recover on
Wednesday, were more modest.
Britain’s FTSE was up 0.95%, Germany’s
DAX rose 1.12% and France’s
CAC was up 1.06% by 0415 ET.
The moves were led by Wednesday’s
sharp rises in US Treasury
yields. The 30-year Treasury bond
yield gained almost 25 basis points
in its sharpest rise in more than five
years; yields on the 10-year note
climbed 21 basis points to breach
the 2% mark for the first time since
January.
High-rated euro zone bond
yields - which had sunk early
Wednesday - rose sharply on
Thursday, with the region’s benchmark
German 10-year bonds up 5
basis points to 0.23%, the highest
level since May.
End of austerity?
Trump’s victory and opening comments
have sharpened a debate
about the austerity consensus that
has prevailed across most of the
developed world since the financial
crisis.
If his actions match his rhetoric,
it seems likely that Trump’s administration
will test the theory of
whether central banks’ cuts in interest
rates to ultra-low levels and
money printing should be replaced
by budget measures to boost the
world economy.
“It looks like Trump will aim
for a more fiscally accommodative
policy at a time when they seems
to be a shift in major economies towards
fiscal policies,” said Investec
economist Philip Shaw.
“The big unknown is how the
rest of the Republican party to react
to this, as there are many fiscal
hawks among them.”
Ratings agency S&P Global on
Tuesday affirmed the AA+ credit
rating of the United States, but noted
uncertainty over the future path
of government debt would prevent
any upgrade.
There were also lingering concerns
about Trump’s campaign
promises to shield American jobs
through possible protectionist
trade policies.
Among Asia’s trade-reliant
economies, China and South Korea
are particularly exposed to any
hostile U S measures as they run
large trade surpluses with the United
States, Credit Suisse said in a research
note. •
IEA may see global market awash with oil in 2017
• Reuters
The oil market surplus may run into
a third year in 2017 without an output
cut from OPEC, while escalating
production from exporters around
the globe could lead to relentless
supply growth, the International
Energy Agency said yesterday .
In its monthly oil market report,
the group said global supply rose by
800,000 barrels per day in October to
97.8 million bpd, led by record OPEC
output and rising production from
non-OPEC members such as Russia,
Brazil, Canada and Kazakhstan.
The Paris-based IEA kept its demand
growth forecast for 2016 at
1.2 million bpd and expects consumption
to increase at the same
pace next year, having gradually
slowed from a five-year peak of 1.8
million bpd in 2015.
The Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries meets
at the end of November to discuss
a proposed cut in production to a
range of 32.5 to 33 million bpd, but
discord among members over exemptions
and production levels has
raised doubt over OPEC’s ability to
deliver a meaningful reduction.
“Whatever the outcome, the
Vienna meeting will have a major
impact on the eventual - and
oft-postponed - rebalancing of the
oil market,” the IEA said.
“If no agreement is reached and
some individual members continue
to expand their production then
the market will remain in surplus
throughout the year, with little
prospect of oil prices rising significantly
higher. Indeed, if the supply
surplus persists in 2017 there must
be some risk of prices falling back.”
Oil prices have risen to around
$46 a barrel LCOc1 from near 13-year
lows in January around $27, but are
still 60 percent below where they
were in mid-2014, when the extent
of the surplus became apparent.
The IEA said it expects non-
OPEC production to grow at a rate
of 500,000 bpd next year, compared
with a 900,000-bpd decline
this year, meaning 2017 could see
inventories building again if there
is no cut from OPEC.
Supply outpaced demand by as
much as 2 million bpd earlier this
year and this excess appeared to
have all but vanished during the
third quarter of 2016.
However, OPEC pumping oil at a
record rate of 33.83 million bpd last
month, along with increases in production
from non-OPEC rivals. •
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Walton gets
good response
at Lagos Int’l
Trade Fair 2016
• Tribune Business Desk
Walton’s electronics and home appliances
got huge response from
the African consumers at the 30th
edition of Lagos International
Trade Fair 2016 in Nigeria.
A 10-day mega show, which began
on November 4 at Tafawa Balewa
Square of the Nigerian capital
of Lagos, will continue till Sunday
next.
Walton, a Bangladesh manufacturer
of electronics and home
appliance products, has participated
at the mega expo in the African
country for the first time to show
Made in Bangladesh brand, said a
press release.
Walton displayed its several
products including intelligent inverter
technology’s refrigerators,
air conditioners, LED televisions,
blenders, induction cookers, LED
bulbs and other electronics and
electrical household appliances.
“The entrance of Walton products
in Nigeria is a good sign for
African’s electronics market and
I hope there is a big market of
electronics products here due to
uniqueness and highest standard,”said
Nunne David, a Nigerian
entrepreneur.
David also said: “We are looking
forward to witnessing a big boom
of Walton product’s sales due to
the participation in this largest fair
of the African continent.”
Besides, the sound acceptability
of Walton products will increase
the trade relationship between Nigeria
and Bangladesh, he added.
While visiting Walton pavilion
at the fair, Md Aminul Haque, an
expatriate Bangladeshi and Managing
Director of ASA Microfinance
Bank Limited in Nigeria, stated that
he is very proud to see the presence
of the leading Bangladeshi electronics
brand Walton in Nigerian
Market. •
BRAC Bank organises a Town Hall meeting with the theme “All for One, One for All” in Sylhet to review
business performance of 2016 and set business strategy for 2017 and beyond. All employees of Sylhet
area took part in the meeting. Selim RF Hussain, managing director & CEO, BRAC Bank Limited, and
senior officials of the bank attended the programme
BGMEA Vice-President (Finance) Mohammad Nasir, Director Md Monir Hossain, Sociability CEO
Ms Elizabeth Boye, Danish Fashion & Textile Project Manager Ms Sofie Pederson and CSR chief Ms
Pia Odgaard at an award-giving ceremony in the city yesterday. A total of 11 trainees were given CSR
certificates under the Step-Up Programme jointly organised by BGMEA and Danish Fashion and Textile

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Japan lawmakers approve TPP despite Trump victory
• AFP, Tokyo
Japan’s lower house of parliament
yesterday passed the contentious
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
free trade deal, a move largely
viewed as an empty gesture due to
opposition by US president-elect
Donald Trump.
President Barack Obama championed
the 12-nation deal saying it
would enable the United States to set
the global trade agenda in the face of
China’s increasing economic clout.
But Trump has strongly opposed
the deal, casting a huge
shadow over its future.
Besides Japan and the US, the
TPP includes 10 other countries:
Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile,
Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand,
Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. If
it came into full force it would account
for an enormous 40 percent
of the global economy.
The TPP is seen as a counterweight
to China, as Beijing expands
CORPORATE NEWS
its sphere of influence and promotes
its own way of doing business
- seen as often running counter
to largely Western-set global
standards that emphasise transparency
and respect for human rights
and the environment.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe has made the TPP a pillar of his
economic platform to revive the
nation’s key exports sector.
But experts say that with
Trump’s election the deal is a
non-starter.
“Japan’s hopes for the TPP (are)
dead and buried,” Marcel Thieliant,
economist at Capital Economics,
said in a note. •
Rupayan Housing Estate Ltd has recently handed over its 65th project named Rupayan Hozaifa, said a
press release. The company’s managing director , Captain PJ Ullah (retired) was present on the occasion
among others
Delta Life Insurance Company Ltd has recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, said a press release. The
company’s chairperson, Monzurur Rahman inaugurated the celebration programme
Mercantile Bank Limited has recently held its 293rd board meeting, said a press release. The bank’s
chairperson, Shahidul Ahsan presided over the meeting

Economists see
pain, then gain
for India after
bank note shock
Business 15
Smart City Hackathon begins today
• Ishtiaq Husain
The first-ever Smart City Hackathon
begins today at GPHouse, the corporate
head office of the Grameenphone.
Organized by Preneurlab and White
Board, an initiative of Grameenphone,
the hackathon aims to find digital solutions
for many problems of Dhaka. The
capital of Bangladesh is the one of the
largest mega cities of the world but
scores poorly in habitability scale.
Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor
Annisul Huq will inaugurate the
36 hours long hackathon to be participated
by 30 teams.
The winning team will win three
months co-working space at White-
Board with access to GP’s digital ecosystem.
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White-Board will provide relevant
knowledge and asset support to solidify
the winning prototype. A special demo
day will be arranged through White-
Board for commercial presentation.
A six-month start-up mentorship
support will be provided by Preneur Lab
in addition to a 6-month mentorship
from IEEE BDS and IPR as well as incubation
support from Dnet (Junction). •
• Reuters
India’s shock move to take larger
bank notes out of circulation
will hit Asia’s third-largest
economy in the short term, but
pain will turn to longer-term
gains including transparency,
higher tax revenues and lower
inflation, economists said.
The removal of 500 and
where many transactions are
cash-based.
Underlining the scale of
the gamble being taken by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
ahead of key state elections
next year, the impact will also
be felt keenly in rural areas,
where large segments of the
population have no formal access
to banking.
A customer deposits 1000 and 500 Indian rupee banknotes in a cash
deposit machine at bank in Mumbai
REUTERS
1,000 rupee bank notes to
flush out money hidden from
the tax man has led to confusion
and anger among Indians,
who cannot access cash from
ATMs and are working out
how to preserve the value of
what they hold.
That, in turn, will hit consumer
demand, as well as
sectors long suspected to have
been fueled by illicit funds,
such as gold and property,
But analysts said that the effects
would be offset as prices,
especially in the large real estate
sector, come down, raising
optimism among bond investors
that the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) would be more willing
to ease monetary policy.
Some now expect the RBI
to make deeper cuts to the
repo rate than expected, after
it lowered it by a quarter percentage
point last month. •
Stocks post marginal rise
• Tribune Business Desk
Stocks witnessed a marginal rise
yesterday amid upbeat mood.
The benchmark index of
Dhaka Stock Exchange DSEX
inched almost 6 points or
0.2% up to 4,677.
The DS30 index, comprising
blue chips, rose only over 1
point to 1,758. The DSE Shariah
Index DSES gained only over 1
point to 1,122.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange
Selective Category Index
CSCX rallied 11 points to 8,752.
As foreign investment in
Bangladesh stock markets is
insignificant, local stocks gave
cold shoulder to the US election,
analysts say.
The DSE total turnover
crossed Tk600 crore level
again by the end of the session.
Trading was concentrated
mainly on power and
engineering sectors, which
together accounted for more
than 30% of the total turnover.
On the sectoral front, textile
and tannery sectors performed
pretty well, rising 0.8% and
0.6% respectively. Conversely,
telecommunications and
non-banking financial institutions
declined 0.7% and 0.6%
respectively on profit booking.
Of the total 320 issues
traded on the DSE, 135 closed
positive, 130 negative and 55
remained unchanged.
Apex Footwear was the
highest traded share with a
turnover of about Tk33 crore. •

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Travel
Exploring Singapore’s
Chinatown
•Eliza Binte Elahi
I
can’t help but think about
the bustling markets, narrow
streets, and delicious street
food, whenever I hear the
word ‘Chinatown.’
Singapore has always been one
of the most popular business or
vacation destinations in Southeast
Asia. For the shopaholics in
this region, there is no other
place better, than the famous
Chinatown, especially when it
comes to the numerous street
markets which are widely popular
among locals and tourists alike.
From authentic souvenirs and
local art/crafts, to the colourful
street markets, the mesmerising
city of Singapore has a lot to offer
to its visitors.
Singapore’s historic place,
Chinatown is a vibrant mix of
both, old and new. Colonial shops
and houses, restored and painted
in candy hues, are home to the
traditional stores and cafes. The
streets bustle with tourists looking
for cheap but unique souvenirs,
as well as locals going about
their daily business. You’ll find
Buddhist and Hindu temples,
markets and mouthwatering street
food.
Singapore is regarded as one
of the cleanest cities in the world.
Conveniently accessible from
my hotel, Singapore’s Chinatown
immediately gave me the
impression that it is indeed one of
the most cleanest city I have ever
seen.
Although Chinatown is clean
compared to the rest of the
places I have visited, there is still
some noticeable rubbish here
and there, but definitely nothing
to fret about. I particularly liked
the significant contrast between
the historical buildings making
up Chinatown, and the super
modern high rise buildings that
hover in the background. If you
have time, I would recommend
you to try to capture the
transition from the past to the
present on camera, if you happen
to be in Chinatown.
Many of the boutique hotels
and guest houses in the district are
nicely preserved with charming
colour combinations and shutters,
to make you feel like you are
travelling back in time.
After walking around
Chinatown for 3-4 hours, I began
to take notes of the things I truly
adored. One particular thing
would be watching the locals. It’s
one of those rewarding activities
that are absolutely free, yet
very interesting. Chinatown in
Singapore, is an ideal place to
observe how wealthy and budget
tourists, local hawkers, stall
workers, children and teenagers,
together create a truly unique
atmosphere. Tourists who appear
to have no intention of buying
things are suddenly bartering
over two dollar key chains and
counterfeit t-shirts. Children
are seen trying to convince their
parents, to get them some tasty
street-side snacks. Hawkers trying
to sell squid balls to tourists. Yeah,
that’s Chinatown.
I also couldn’t help but notice
the broad array of tiny shops and
restaurants, that are somehow
jammed into the streets of the
district, even the narrowest
ones. Many Western cities are
unfortunately burdened by so
many by-laws and red tape, that
it is next to impossible to create
such a crammed, energetic
ambiance like the one that can
be experienced in Singapore’s
Chinatown.
I remember coming across a
striking temple one day, when
looking around the shops. Maybe
the reason why it remains so
memorable is the fact that it is a
Hindu Temple located right in the
heart of Chinatown? After some
research that evening, I found
out that it was a Sri Mariamman
Temple – the oldest Hindu
temple in Singapore. Since it was
originally built in 1823, I hope you
can imagine the contrast created
between the temple and the
skyscrapers of Singapore’s central
business district looming behind
it. I thought its colours were
very vivid and the sacred cow
sculptures were a strong reminder
of Hinduism.
The following are the street
markets of Chinatown in Singapore
that are worth visiting.
Pagoda Street Markets
After departing from the Chinatown
MRT station, the first thing which
will remind you that you’ve entered
the shopping district, are the stalls
that line both sides of the street.
Trengganu Street Markets
From Pagoda Street, make a right
onto Trengganu Street, where
you will find more street markets.
Electronics shops and numerous
souvenir stalls dot the landscape
on this street. As a heads up, you
can actually find better values on
electronics in other areas of the
city but this is still a great place to
shop for the traditional Chinatown
and Singapore souvenirs.
Temple Street
Once you reach the intersection
of Trengganu and Temple Streets,
turn left towards the financial
district. The People’s Park
Complex and the skyscrapers
are worth viewing, but you’ll
only want to take a break from
the action here. Get back on
Trengganu Street, until you reach
the Chinatown Food Street.
Chinatown Food Street
This famous street food market
is located along the left side of
Smith Street. It is a street for the
pedestrians only (no vehicular
traffic allowed even bicycles). On
both sides, the street is lined with
one food stall after another, selling
some of Singapore’s most popular
local dishes. Just a word of caution
though. The area is geared towards
the tourist so it can get a bit pricey
at times.
Unfortunately, many of the
food stalls have shut down over
the years. Although it sounds like
you have a lot to see and do, most
of the Chinatown Food Street area
can be covered within a couple
of hours. Of course that depends
entirely on you and how much
time you spend shopping and
snacking in this area. Make sure
you visit The Chinatown Complex
and the Maxwell Food Center.
You’ll find lots of
colourful souvenir shops and
stalls, as well as one of the only
places to find a traditional bamboo
steamed Indonesian desert, called
Putu Piring. It’s a delicious, and
not so sweet, coconut cake with
a sugary filling. You can easily
miss the store as it is not that
noticeable, so keep an eye out as it
is at the end of Trengganu Street.
One thing that I couldn’t help
but notice was that the level of
restoration work may have been
too thorough. In other words,
it felt a bit synthetic at times,
with some streets covered with
artificial ‘rain protectors’ and
so forth. This doesn’t take away
from the fact that there is still
the beautiful architecture and
world class temples. It has the
scrumptious street food, the
atmospheric Chinese lanterns,
the beer stalls, and all the tiny
trinkets that tourists love to
buy. Although, I didn’t buy
too much, I can honestly say
that Chinatown is definitely a
worthwhile site to explore while
in Singapore, especially for those
who want to see modernity clash
with the historic architecture and
customs. •
The writer is a faculty at School
of Business University of South
Asia, Dhaka

Feature
17
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016
DT
‘I want to challenge myself’
DT catches up with DLF panellist Prabda Yoon
• Baizid Haque Joarder
Prabda Yoon is a man who wears
many hats - the writer, translator,
graphic designer, publisher, and
filmmaker, is also one of the many
panellists to star at the Dhaka
Lit Fest. Based in Bangkok, Yoon
is considered by many to be the
voice of Thai youth. He won the
S E A Write Award in 2002, and
is responsible for running the
publishing house Typhoon Studio.
Before journeying to Dhaka for
the Dhaka Lit Fest, Yoon gives us
a brief glimpse into his life and
work.
When people
think you’re being
rebellious or that
you’re intentionally
opposing the norm
they can be hostile
towards you
Writer, translator, graphic
designer, publisher and filmmaker
- how does Prabda Yoon
manage it all?
I don’t do them all at the same
time, of course. A lot of what I do
involves writing and storytelling,
so I would say that my work is in
literature and publishing mostly.
However, everything I do falls
under the “art” umbrella, in my
opinion.
You are credited with introducing
post-modernist techniques into
contemporary Thai literature
and breaking the rules while at it.
What was your inspiration, and
what was the journey like?
I had no intention to introduce
anything into anything, let alone
breaking any rules. But I think
because I am generally inspired
by the so-called “avant-garde”
and experimental artistic works,
my own work also tends to reflect
that. When people think you’re
being rebellious or that you’re
intentionally opposing the norm
they can be hostile towards you,
but I understand that. I don’t
work to offend. If anything, I want
to challenge myself. If my work
appears to be different from the
majority of works out there, it’s
because I want to see if I can do
something to impress myself more
than to break the rules of others.
What is your philosophy behind
translations?
I want the readers to get close to
the feeling of reading the original
prose as much as possible. The
feeling, not the exact meaning
of the words. For example, with
Lolita I wanted Humbert Humbert
to come across in the Thai text as
the original Humbert Humbert,
not some imposter that has been
modified or transformed by the
translator’s strict philosophy of
translation. Some people translate
beautifully because they’re good
with language, but their text is
totally different from the original.
That’s not my way. I don’t want
to show off my own style when I
translate.
For someone interested in Thai
literature, what would you
recommend? Where do they start?
A lot of what I would recommend
has not been translated into
English, unfortunately. I would
love to suggest something by Rong
Wongsawan, but he was never
translated.
What is your take on the art of
film-making? What issues do you
wish to highlight in your films?
Filmmaking to me is unique in
the way that it’s a combination
of almost all artistic practices.
At least it has everything I’m
interested in: storytelling,
photography, design, sounds,
music, etc. And it terms of
production it’s a collaborative
work which is something very
challenging and rewarding for me.
And I think the content of my film
is also about challenge.
What are you reading at the
moment?
I am always reading a few books
simultaneously. At the moment
I am reading When the Word
Becomes Flesh by Paolo Virno, and
a book on cocktails, by Richard
Godwin called Spirits.
How do you feel about attending
the Dhaka Lit Fest?
Very excited, of course. I’ve never
been to Bangladesh. I’m always
thrilled to be in a new place.•

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016
DT
Feature
CineQ 2016 ends with flying colours
•Syed Rasseque Tasin
CineQ 2016 has been the
talk of the town ever
since it was launched
by the Enliven Youth
Platform and presented by Enliven
Cinema Club. The cinema based
quiz competition event received
tremendous response, especially
from the youth. On October 28,
the event took place at St. Joseph
Higher Secondary School with
a participation of almost 500
students from various schools,
colleges and universities. It was
the first national quiz competition
based on movies. Our country
has always been able to produce
a profound, cultural atmosphere
and such events help to nurture
the historical and cultural
appreciation in the youth.
The event started on Friday
morning at around 10 am with an
opening speech by the Founder
of Enliven, Adnan Kabir. The
distinguished personality shared
some stories about the formation
of Enliven Cinema Club and how
it started its journey. Later, Asif
Yeasin Kabir, Founder of Enliven
Youth Platform shared with
everyone about how he came up
with an event, CineQ 2016 and how
to transform “me” to “we” concept
and worked with a team of twenty
energetic team members. The
event was launched within a week
of planning and took only 25 days
for the total operation. Within this
short time frame, the program has
successfully registered more than
120 teams from schools, colleges
and universities inside and outside
Dhaka.
Later at around 11 am the
participants were asked to go to
their respective classes in order to
attend the written examination,
the first round of the competition.
It took about an hour for the
exam to end. In the meantime,
the judges had already started
their work on checking the papers
submitted by the participants.
Around 3pm, the second round
of the event commenced. This one
was more intense and competitive
than the previous round. Six
teams from Round 1 had qualified
for this round, and had to pick
the right films from visual cues.
During the breaks, questions were
thrown to the crowd for audience
participation, so an atmosphere
of sport prevailed. The spot quiz
winner received the gift hampers
from Solid Style.
Many keynote speakers and
guests visited the program,
including Zakir Hossain Raju
[Filmmaker], Khalid Saifullah
Mahmud [CEO of Dona Media],
Nahid Masud, [Sound expert]
and Mir Samsul Alam Baboo
[Researcher, Federation of Film
Society Bangladesh]. Their short
speeches helped to underscore the
objective of “cineQ 2016” program:
to generate a higher appreciation
Our country has always been able to
produce a profound, cultural atmosphere
and such events help to nurture the
historical and cultural appreciation in the
youth
for film and to nurture the very
best of knowledge, inspiration and
information among the youth.
The top 3 teams from each
group received certificates and
were given gifts and prizes. The
winner of the CineQ 2016 received
the crest and prize money worth
of 10,000 BDT presented by
Meraki from the chief guest of the
program, Abdul Aziz, Chairman
of Jaaz Multimedia. SJHSS
Catechizers, 3 Quarters and Ravenclaw
are the three champion teams
from three groups respectively.
Furthermost, they received a
gift from Pathak Samabesh, a
premier book store and the gift
partner of the event. A short
film competition was arranged
sidewise and the winning short
film Innocent received prizes from
amadercinema.com.
Although there were some
limitations regarding the whole
event, the weather and the
electricity to name some, the
organisers are confident they
shall prevail next year when
CineQ 2017 returns. Apart from
this, Enliven Youth Platform will
open the second general member
recruitment drive for their next big
event. •

Biz Info
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016
DT
| workshop |
Innovation
project
design at BCS
Administration
Academy
The innovation team of Biman
Bangladesh Airlines participated
in the ‘Innovation project design’
workshop was held November
8-10, at BCS Administration
Academy, Shahbag, Dhaka. Biman
submitted two projects on ‘online
ticketing through mobile
banking,’ and ‘on-line check-in
service and issuing boarding card,’
at the workshop organised by the
cabinet division and access to
information project of the Prime
Minister’s office. Shakil Meraj,
general manager (PR) attended the
workshop as the resource person
of Biman. •
| session | | event |
Rise Above All: The Tale of Game Changers
Global Brand hosts a glitzy
event with Dell partners
Every tale of success is built
with numerous tales of
struggles. To share those tales
Don Sumdany Facilitation
and Consultancy is organising
‘Sailor presents Rise above all
powered by Cooper’s Bakery’ on
November 18 at KIB Auditorium.
This will be the biggest public
speaking session of Bangladesh
with an estimation of 1000
participants.
Renowned experts from the
field of business, entertainment,
music and so on will be present
at the session. They will share
their stories of success, failure
and inspiration. They will also
share how they become what
they are now, and what it takes
to be extraordinary amidst the
ordinary.
The speakers of this daylong
speaking session are: Tahsan
Khan, Singer, Song writer, Actor
and Academic; Rubaba Dowla,
Ex Chief Communication Officer
and Customer Service Officer,
Grameen Phone and Airtel
Bangladesh; Mostofa Sarwar
Farooki, Film Director; Zara
Mahbub, Senior Vice President,
Head of Communication &
Service Quality at BRAC Bank
Limited; Ali Reza Iftekhar,
Managing Director & CEO
at Eastern Bank Limited;
G. Sumdany Don, CIO, Don
Sumdany Facilitation and
Consultancy.
Sailor is the title sponsor of
the event and it is powered by
Cooper’s Bakery. The co-sponsors
of the session are Swapno,
Symphony, Omicon Group.
The payment partner is bKash.
Dhaka Tribune is the proud
media partner of the event. Other
partners are Gtv, bdnews24.
com, United News of Bangladesh
(UNB), Bangla Tribune, ColorsFM
101.6, EMK Center, Vertical
Horizon and Bangladesh
Organization of learning and
Development (BOLD).
For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/
DonSumdany
Event Link: https://goo.gl/
D3E53y •
Global Brand Pvt Ltd, the
distributor of Dell in Bangladesh
has organised a program named
‘Dell Partner Meet,’ on November
9, at Emporium Banquet Hall, in
Dhaka.
In this exclusive program,
Global Brand is basically
presenting their new Dell laptops,
and even communicate with their
partners. A K M Dedarul Islam,
deputy general manager of Global
Brand, discussed about the new
line-up of Dell laptops. From now
on Inspiron, Vostro, Latitude,
and XPS will be available in the
market.
Atiqur Rahman, country
manager of Dell, was present
in the program. Moreover, the
chairman, Abdul Fattah, managing
director, Rafiqul Anwar, and
director, Jashim Uddin, were also
present along with the authentic
Dell partners, at the event. •

DT
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Editorial
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016
TODAY
The dead end
of history
Trump may be a successful
businessman, but he is short on ideas,
never mind an ideology
PAGE 21
Billionaire
manages stunning
upset
The arcane system ensured Trump will
have access to the country’s nuclear
weapons even if he did not get a
majority of the votes
PAGE 22
A bad day for Planet Earth
REUTERS
America’s white-lash
elects Trump
If the Americans consider Donald
Trump worthy of their highest elective
office, the world should not quibble.
This was a contest between rural and
urban America. For once, rural America
won
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President Trump is bad news for many reasons, but his stance
on climate change has to be the most damaging one.
Trump’s first move since being elected president of the
United States has been to hire Myron Ebell, a well-known
climate change denier, to head his Environmental Protection Agency.
This will set America, and the world, back in irrevocable and
harmful ways.
The move shows that Trump has every intention to bring to fruition
his plans for a less environmentally friendly America. Hiring an
individual who has called climate change “nothing to worry about”
does not bode well for the rest of the world.
With COP22 currently in progress in Marrakech, Morocco, it is more
important now than ever to ensure that climate change is seen as a
real threat, and we do everything in our power to prevent its negative
impacts.
This is especially important for Bangladesh, one of the countries
most vulnerable to climate change and its impacts. Countries such as
ours should hold their own at conferences such as the COP22 to ensure
that the developed world doesn’t continue to take advantage of our
vulnerabilities.
Continued investment in renewable energy and cutting down on the
use of fossil fuels are crucial if we want to keep global temperature rise
to a minimum.
For this to happen, the leader of the most powerful country needs to
be on board.
It is clear that he is not.
A president who has repeatedly denied the existence of climate
change, going as far as to call it being manufactured by the Chinese
government, will mean disaster for all of us.
Let us hope, though, that this is not the case. Trump has won, and
for better or worse, the world has to deal with it.
The world needs to come together in the fight against climate
change. We cannot afford to derail this now.
A president who has
repeatedly denied the
existence of climate
change, going as far as to
call it being manufactured
by the Chinese
government, will mean
disaster for all of us

The dead end of history
Opinion 21
The 1990s was the decade of hope to end a century of division. We need them again
DT
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016
political landscape in 2016 has
gone viral thanks to a New York
real estate tycoon with an ego as
grotesque as his bank balance.
Trump built the campaign
he prefers to call a “movement”
around his social media presence
and off-the-cuff, rambling
speeches.
Both suited his swashbuckling
style. Twitter, in particular,
provided a turret through which
he could fire at will, at any time
and at anyone.
That won’t do now.
Trump may be a successful
businessman, but he is short on
ideas, never mind an ideology. He
can still find these, of course, but
any resetting of his moral compass
in line with his new office may
take time the world simply does
not have.
His inauguration at the end
of January 2017 will be followed
by bellwether national elections
in the Netherlands, France, and
Germany.
However grand the party held at
the Manhattan Hilton on Tuesday
night, it could not possibly have
matched those thrown by Geert
Wilders in The Hague, Marine Le
Pen in Paris, or the AfD in Berlin.
All three congratulated Trump
before he had even congratulated
himself.
Bitterness, division, acrimony, intolerance
Trump may be a successful businessman, but he is short on ideas,
never mind an ideology
• Phil Humphreys
It was “The End of History,”
Francis Fukuyama proclaimed
in 1992.
The Berlin Wall had been
brought down and the Iron
Curtain forced open. Germany was
reunited while the Soviet Union
had disintegrated. The American
political scientist knew the plates
had shifted for good.
And who could argue?
Capitalism had won. Communism
was discredited. The final form
of human government had been
found and (almost) everyone
agreed.
In the 10 years that followed,
the world came in from the cold.
The European community
became a union, leading to a single
currency and central bank. The
World Trade Organisation came
into existence and the African
Union was conceived.
The Oslo Accords gave Israel
and Palestine a pathway to coexistence.
The Dayton Agreement
ended the bitter Bosnian War
and the Good Friday Agreement
brought peace to Northern Ireland.
Apartheid was overthrown
in South Africa and a Rainbow
Nation was born in its place. Latin
American liberal democracies
flourished where military
dictatorships had ruled. Even Cuba
began accepting US aid.
It was not all rosy, of course; the
Rwandan genocide and Kosovo
conflict left deep wounds. But it
was overwhelmingly a decade for
agreements, accords, unions, and
reunifications.
And what now?
A world turned in on itself
REUTERS
It seems only bitterness, division,
acrimony, and intolerance.
A Great Britain under
constitutional threat from Brexit
forces. Right-wing parties on the
rise across a fractured Europe.
The Middle East roadmap
in tatters. A failed Arab Spring.
Syria at war, and IS on the march.
Terrorism everywhere.
At the same time, China is
colonising the developing world
via economic stealth, while Russia
uses covert military and cyber
warfare to intimidate neighbours
it can annex, and destabilise
opponents it cannot.
Even in Bangladesh, houses
and temples are being attacked
because the people inside follow
a different religion. Next door in
Myanmar, the Rohingya face a
similar strain of persecution.
And now we have Trump.
Pandemic nationalism
They say that if America sneezes,
the rest of the world catches
a cold. Maybe this time, the
pathogen passed the other way.
The bitterness, division,
acrimony, and intolerance
infecting much of the global
The struggle for 2017
If this rising tide of hate-filled
nationalism is to be stopped, then
perhaps only the country which
has been fought over, ripped open,
and pulled from pillar to post more
than most can force back the flood.
The country with an act
of genocide on its collective
conscience; the same country
which has thrown open its borders
and arms to a million Syrian
refugees as the rest of Europe has
erected fences in 2016.
Helmut Kohl’s Germany led the
world out of the Cold War and into
a decade of relative reconciliation.
Angela Merkel and Europe’s largest
electorate can again show the
way when it goes to the polls next
September.
If the 1990s saw a spirit of hope
borne out of years of struggle and
despair, the elections of this year
can leave no doubt that the despair
has returned, and that the struggle
for 2017 has already begun.
Maybe now, as happened
then, the hope will follow. In the
country with the darkest past, the
light will surely be seen. •
Phil Humphreys is a British journalist and
former Bangladesh development worker
now living in Berlin, Germany.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016
DT
Opinion
Strongman billionaire
manages stunning upset
A tongue-in-cheek look at how the media may have covered Trump’s win if the US were a thirdworld
nation
• Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
A
controversial strongman
billionaire with a history
of misogyny has managed
a stunning upset.
A controversial strongman
billionaire with questionable
connections to the Russian
government and a history of
misogyny managed a stunning
upset over the politician-wife of
a former president of the United
States of America on Wednesday.
Local news outfits in the
country officially declared pro-
Christian Donald Trump the victor
of US elections, after his right-wing
nationalist outfit trounced the
incumbent party in many of the
country’s key provinces.
“I’ve spent my entire life in
business looking at the untapped
potential in projects and people
all over the world. That is now
what I want to do for our country,”
Trump said in his victory speech.
“The forgotten men and women
of our country will be forgotten no
longer.”
The result came after a
violent 18-month campaign that
culminated in decisions made
by a little-known group of 538
“electors” who meet every four
years to choose the next president
of the North American nation. The
arcane system, which has its roots
in political traditions established
by a tiny male elite centuries ago,
ensured Trump will have access
to the country’s nuclear weapons
even if he did not get a majority of
the votes.
The election campaign was
marked by leaks, threats, scandals,
and accusations of intervention
by foreign governments. The
right-wing candidate announced
on national television that he
would jail his opponent if he
won, and promised to dismantle
much of the work put in place by
his predecessor, Barack Obama,
whose victory eight years ago
seems to only have papered over
the nation’s history of racial strife.
Trump’s opponent, the leftwing
Hillary Clinton -- whose
husband was embroiled in an ugly
sex scandal as president in the
1990s -- was widely believed to be
the front-runner, despite several
corruption scandals that tainted
her candidacy. Clinton’s failure
Trump has questionable plans
The arcane system, which has its roots in political traditions established
by a tiny male elite centuries ago, ensured Trump will have access to the
country’s nuclear weapons even if he did not get a majority of the votes
means the US maintains its record
of never having had a female head
of state, despite giving women the
vote nearly a century ago.
Having Trump hold the reins
of the nuclear-armed nation is
likely to add to the turmoil and
uncertainty around the world, in
part because the TV star-turnedpolitician
himself announced
plans to keep out Muslims, begin
conflict with China, and upend the
global order. He also promised to
dismantle America’s free speech
laws and attack all those who had
criticised him over the course of
the campaign.
Global markets slumped on the
news of the strongman’s victory
and it remains to be seen how
the added volatility of having a
right-wing president ruling over a
divided polity in a nuclear-armed
state will affect conditions all over
the world.
Inspired by Slate’s If It Happened
There series, which re-imagines
coverage of American events in the
manner that the US media writes
about the rest of the world. •
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan is a news
editor at scroll.in. This article first
appeared on Scroll.in and has been
reprinted under special arrangement.
REUTERS

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DT
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Rural America’s white-lash elects Trump
This is the way democracy dies
LETTER
FROM
AMERICA
• Fakhruddin Ahmed
America’s 18-month long
nightmare has ended
with a chronic headache.
In a shocking upset,
Americans elected their first
playboy president. Donald Trump
has been in the public eye for 40
years. America knew a lot about
him.
They learnt more gory details
about his private conduct during
the presidential campaign; yet,
had no qualms about electing him.
If the Americans consider
Donald Trump worthy of their
highest elective office, the world
should not quibble.
This was a contest between
into the cities of another hitherto
blue state, which Obama had
won twice, Michigan. Trump had
frequented it several times, and
won by 12,000 votes (0.3%).
Clinton spent an inordinate
amount of time in iffy North
Carolina, (which Obama won in
2008 and lost in 2012), and lost it
badly, by 177,000 votes (3.8%). She
should have campaigned more in
Florida, which Obama won twice
narrowly. Clinton lost Florida
decisively, by 120,000 votes (1.3%).
Last month, Steve Schmidt,
John McCain’s strategist for the
2008 campaign, expressed his
surprise at Clinton’s strategy as
she was attempting to expand her
campaign to Arizona, which she
was not going to win. Schmidt
said that if Clinton only defended
her firewall states (Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin, Michigan) she would
be elected president.
Why didn’t Clinton campaign
in predominantly white rural
America? When all is said and
with both the Republicans and
Democrats for letting them down,
and have found a voice in the
“outsider” Donald Trump.
And Trump has played them
like the Pied Piper.
There was a method to Trump’s
madness
The Trumps have a history of
discrimination against blacks. His
father Fred was arrested at a Ku
Klux Klan rally in 1927 in Queens,
New York.
The realtor who was renting
out Trump’s apartments in New
York City in the 1960s said recently
that he was told by Fred Trump,
in Donald Trump’s presence,
not to rent his apartments to
blacks. President Nixon’s justice
department sued the Trumps in
the 1960s and 1970s for housing
discrimination against non-whites.
A Trump associate told Rolling
Stone this June that he heard
Trump say: “Black guys counting
my money. I hate it. The only kind
This is a blot on America’s democracy
REUTERS
If the Americans consider Donald Trump worthy of their highest elective
office, the world should not quibble. This was a contest between rural
and urban America. For once, rural America won
rural and urban America. For once,
rural America won.
Born and raised in a
millionaire’s family in urban
America (New York City),
Donald Trump managed to sell
himself as the champion of rural
America. Raised in a working
class household in rural America
(Scranton, Pennsylvania),
Hillary Clinton failed to connect
with her working class roots,
and campaigned exclusively in
urban America. Inexplicably,
Clinton did not campaign in the
predominantly white rural areas
of three Democratic states, all of
which she lost.
In her firewall state of
Pennsylvania which Obama
won twice, Clinton campaigned
exclusively in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh, while Trump
campaigned in “rural Alabama”
that lies between the two cities.
Trump won by 68,000 votes
(1.2%).
Hillary never visited another
of her firewall states, Wisconsin,
which Obama won twice during
the campaign. Trump did, and
won by 27,000 votes (1%).
Only on the last day of
campaigning did Clinton venture
done, Trump won 306 Electoral
College votes to Clinton’s 232.
However, Hillary Clinton has
won over 200,000 more popular
votes than Trump nationwide
(Clinton: 59, 814,018, or 47.7%;
Trump: 59, 611, 678, or 47.5%).
This will be the second time
in the last 16 years that the losing
Democratic candidate will have
won more popular votes nationwide
(Al Gore won 600,000 more
votes nationwide than George W
Bush in 2000), than the winning
Republican candidate. This is a
blot on America’s democracy.
This is the year of the working class
whites
In June, JD Vance, a former marine
and Yale law school graduate,
wrote a sensational memoir about
working class whites: “Hillybilly
Elegy: A memoir and culture in
crisis.”
He captured the frustration
and hopelessness of poor whites
of Scottish and Irish origin living
in the Appalachian region of
America, who have seen goodpaying
local factory jobs disappear
or go abroad, and are worried that
their children will be worse off
than they are. They are furious
of people I want counting my
money are little short guys that
wear Yarmulkes every day.”
It is such a mindset that
propelled Donald Trump in 2011
to sire the “Birther movement”
that accused President Obama of
being foreign-born, and forced
the president to show his birth
certificate.
This fabrication ingratiated
Trump to the Republican base.
Thanks to Trump, over 40% of
Republicans still believe that
Barack Obama was born in
Kenya (therefore, his presidency
is illegitimate) and that he is a
Muslim (he is a Christian).
Before its publication,
conservative commentator Ann
Coulter sent Trump a copy of her
2015 anti-immigration book: Adios
America: The Left’s Plan to Turn
Our Country into a Third Hellhole.
After reading it, Trump made
anti-immigration the main plank
of his platform. As he came
down the escalator of the Trump
Tower in New York, in June 2015,
shouting imprecations against
Mexicans (“rapists,” criminals,”
“drug dealers”), his popularity
among the Republican base shot
up, never to come down again.
Trump then added Muslims
to the list of immigrants to be
banned.
This alarmed other minority
groups such as Chinese-
Americans, who had suffered
discrimination, and Japanese-
Americans, who were imprisoned
in internment camps during WWII.
Trump alienated Native
Americans by repeatedly calling
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth
Warren (she is part Native
American), Pocahontas. In an
attempt to please his white base,
Trump has repeatedly insulted all
minority ethnic groups -- African-
Americans, Latinos, Asians, and
Native Americans.
There are three reasons why
Hillary Clinton lost: 1) When
Clinton first burst into the national
scene in 1992 as the presidential
candidate Bill Clinton’s wife,
Republicans calculated that she
would run for president some day.
On radio and Fox News, they
have been vilifying her ever since,
resulting in Hillary’s undeserved
high negatives.
2) The installation of seven
servers at home to receive and
transmit confidential state
department correspondence made
Clinton look irresponsible.
3) FBI Director Comey’s letter
to Congress saying that more
emails have been found that could
be pertinent (they were not), 11
days before the election, reversed
Clinton’s momentum.
Many voters mistakenly
believed the Republican
propaganda that Clinton would be
indicted if she was elected.
Bottom line
Good candidates win, bad
candidates lose.
Jimmy Carter was a bad
candidate and Ronald Reagan an
excellent one in 1980. George HW
Bush was a good candidate, and
Michael Dukakis an awful one in
1988. Bill Clinton was a very good
candidate in 1992 and 1996. George
W Bush was a better candidate
than Al Gore (2000) and John
Kerry (2004). Barack Obama was
an excellent candidate in 2008 and
2012. Hillary Clinton was a flawed
candidate in 2016.
Donald Trump was dangerous
as a candidate, and could pose
a mortal threat to America as
president.
In a 2012 interview, retired
Supreme Court Justice David
Souter prophetically predicted
the appearance of a Trump-like
candidate: He posited that the
republic was not threatened by
foreign invasion, or a military
coup, but by civic ignorance:
“What I worry about is, when
problems are not addressed and
the people do not know who is
responsible … some one person
will come forward and say, ‘Give
me total power and I will solve this
problem,’” he said.
“That is how the Roman
Republic fell. That is the way
democracy dies,” he added. •
Fakhruddin Ahmed is a Rhodes Scholar.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016
TOP STORIES
Rooney returns to
captain England
Wayne Rooney will return to
England’s line-up as captain for
today’s World Cup qualifier against
Scotland as his experience in the
tense encounter will be vital for
the young squad, interim manager
Gareth Southgate said. PAGE 26
BPL 3 finalists Comilla,
Barisal lock horns
The finalists of the BPL third
edition, holders Comilla and
Barisal have both lost their
opening game in the fourth edition
and will look to register their first
win when they take on each other
at SBNS today. PAGE 26
England post
commanding total
Century-makers Ben Stokes and
Moeen Ali piled on the agony
for India’s bowlers yesterday as
England posted the highest score
by a visiting team in nearly five
years on the second day of the first
Test. PAGE 27
16 yrs since Test bow,
now its time to shine
Bangladesh have completed 16
years in Test cricket. The Tigers’
five-day reign began on November
10, 2000 when they played their
inaugural Test match against India
at Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Since then, they have played 95
Tests in these 16 years. PAGE 28
Rangpur thrash sorry Khulna
• Tribune Report
Khulna Titans were all out for the
lowest ever total in the history of
the Bangladesh Premier League
Twenty20 yesterday as they were
skittled out for just 44 in 10.4
overs against Rangpur Riders at
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.
Rangpur faced little trouble in
overhauling the target, romping
home in only eight overs with
nine wickets in hand. This was
their second consecutive victory.
The previous lowest total belonged
to Barisal Bulls, who were
bundled out for 58 in 16 overs
Rangpur’s Shahid Afridi appeals for a lbw decision against Khulna in the BPL in Mirpur yesterday
Lowest total in BPL history
Khulna were bundled out for just
44 in 10.4 overs against Rangpur
yesterday in Mirpur. This is the
lowest ever total in the history of
the BPL Twenty20 so far. The previous
lowest total belongs to Barisal
Bulls who were skittled out for
only 58 in 16 overs against Sylhet in
the third edition of the tournament
last year. Shuvagata Hom’s 12 runs
was the only double figure score
for the Titans as all the batsmen
were dismissed for single digits.
against Sylhet Super Stars in the
third edition of the tournament
last year. Arafat Sunny became
the fifth bowler in the history of
T20 cricket not to concede a single
run off his bowling as he ended
up with outstanding figures of
3/0 from his 2.4 overs. Pakistan
superstar Shahid Afridi picked
up 4/12 from his three overs and
apart from Shuvagata Hom, none
of the Khulna batsmen were able
to reach double figures.
After being asked to bat first,
Khulna never looked confident
and kept losing wickets at regular
intervals. They were eventually
PLAYS OF THE DAY
dismissed with as many as 9.2
overs to spare.
In reply, Rangpur reached the
target in eight overs with Soumya
Sarkar (13*) and Mohammad
Mithun (15*) remaining unbeaten.
Mohammad Shahzad (13) was the
only Rangpur wicket to fall off the
bowling of Junaid Khan.
Following this humiliating defeat,
Khulna will be desperate to
return to winning ways but first,
they must get their team combination
right as they have useful
West Indies all-rounder Kevon
Cooper and wicket-keeper Andre
Fletcher in the dug-out. •
DHAKA TRIBUNE
Sunny’s three wickets for zero
runs
Rangpur’s left-arm spinner Arafat
Sunny stormed into the record
books as he picked up three wickets
from his 2.4 overs without giving
a single run to register the best
ever economy rate in the history
of the BPL. He is the fifth bowler
in the history of T20 cricket who
did not concede a run in an innings.
However, Sunny bowled
more than an over compared to
Suresh Raina, Hasan Raza, Dinuka
Hettiarachchi and Udit Patel,
who all bowled less than an over
to achieve the feat previously.
Afridi magic with the ball
Pakistan superstar Shahid Afridi
was terrific with the ball for Rangpur
as he picked up 4/12 from his
three overs and was instrumental
behind the dismissal of Khulna
for just 44. Afridi picked up the
wickets of Riki Wessels, Shuvagata,
Alok Kapali and Nur Alam.
–MAZHAR UDDIN
SCORECARD
KHULNA TITANS INNINGS R B
Mazid run out (Gazi) 6 11
Pooran b Gazi 0 1
Wessels b Afridi 5 10
Mahmudullah lbw b Gleeson 2 3
Shuvagata b Afridi 12 8
Kapali lbw b Afridi 0 1
Ariful lbw b Sunny 7 8
Nur b Afridi 8 11
Junaid c Soumya b Sunny 0 4
Asghar b Sunny 0 5
Shafiul not out 0 2
Extras (lb 4) 4
Total (all out; 10.4 overs) 44
Fall Of Wickets
1-1 (Pooran), 2-10 (Mazid), 3-15 (Mahmudullah),
4-15 (Wessels), 5-15 (Kapali), 6-31
(Shuvagata Hom), 7-40 (Ariful), 8-40
(Junaid), 9-44 (Nur), 10-44 (Asghar)
Bowling
Gazi 1-0-6-1, Rubel 2-0-8-0, Sunny 2.4-2-
0-3, Gleeson 2-0-14-1, Afridi 3-0-12-4
RANGPUR RIDERS INNINGS R B
Shahzad c & b Junaid 13 16
Soumya not out 13 19
Mithun not out 15 15
Extras (w 2, nb 2) 4
Total (1 wicket; 8 overs) 45
Fall Of Wickets
1-16 (Shahzad)
Bowling
Junaid 2-0-14-1, Asghar 2-0-6-0,
Shuvagata 2-0-10-0, Nur 2-0-15-0
The Riders won by nine wickets
MoM: Shahid Afridi (RR)
Presser from
the press box!
• Mazhar Uddin
An unpleasant incident awaited the
sports journalists following the BPL
clash between Khulna Titans and
Rangpur Riders yesterday in Mirpur
as the security officials did not allow
the media to enter the field after
the game.
In accordance with the rules and
regulations in international matches,
the journalists can enter the field after
the match but due to some unknown
reasons, the “walkie talkie” security
officials denied the correspondents
from entering the ground.
Consequently, the journalists
immediately decided to boycott
the mandatory post-match press
conference. As a result, Rangpur
spinner Arafat Sunny came to the
press box upon request from the
journalists to give his reaction to
the win.
He said, “I had no idea about the
record but obviously it feels great
to be in the record books. I tried
to bowl a tight line and length and
I would also like to add that the
batsmen made some mistakes as
well. After changing my bowling
action I think I am feeling better and
comfortable with my new action.
Hopefully, I’ll be able to regain my
previous momentum. •

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BPL 3 finalists Comilla, Barisal lock horns
• Mazhar Uddin
The finalists of the Bangladesh Premier
League Twenty20’s third edition,
reigning champions Comilla
Victorians and Barisal Bulls have
both lost their opening game in the
fourth edition and will look to register
their first win when they take
on each other at Sher-e-Bangla National
Stadium in Mirpur today.
Mashrafe bin Mortaza’s Comilla
lost to Tamim Iqbal’s Chittagong
Vikings by 29 runs where apart
from youngster Nazmul Hossain
Shanto’s fifty, none of the batsmen
were able to score significantly in
pursuit of a target of 162.
Their bowling department also
needs to fire as they bagged only
one wicket against the port city
outfit.
In their first game, Mushfiqur
Rahim’s Barisal also suffered a
comprehensive eight-wicket loss
against Dhaka Dynamites. Even
though Mushfiq and Shahriar Nafees
struck half-centuries, their
overseas players Dilshan Munaweera,
Dawid Malan, Thisara
Perera and Rayad Emrit all failed
to score as they eventually posted
148/6 in their 20 overs.
To add to that, Barisal pacer
Al Amin Hossain was a let-down
in the opening game and will no
A file photo of a Comilla Victorians practice session MD MANIK
doubt eye a better show today,
along with Perera and Munaweera,
while Taijul Islam will provide support
in the spin department.
And according to Mushfiq, the
senior players, alongside the foreigners,
need to step up and display
better cricket.
“In this BPL edition, if you notice,
all the teams are well-balanced
and whoever plays good
cricket and commit less mistakes
on a given day will win the game.
As Comilla and ourselves have lost
our first game, it’s very important
to seal a win and gain confidence
Zamal clinches
Professional Golf title
for the rest of the tournament. Our
main target will be to do our basics
right,” Mushfiq told the media yesterday.
Meanwhile in the evening game
at the same venue, high-flying Dhaka
will look to continue their brilliant
run after winning their opening
game comfortably against a demoralised
Rajshahi Kings, who lost their
tournament opener against Khulna
Titans by just three runs.
Opening batsman Mehedi
Maruf, who struck a magnificent
unbeaten half-century in the last
game, will once again look to continue
from where he had left off
against Barisal while their Lankan
legend Kumar Sangakkara, West
Indians Dwayne Bravo and Andre
Russell and England’s Ravi Bopara
can be devastating on any given
day.
Skipper Shakib al Hasan will
marshal his troop and with Nasir
Hossain and pacer Mohammad
Shahid at his disposal, Rajshahi
will have to play their best cricket
in order to register their maiden
win in the first edition.
Rajshahi captain Darren Sammy
will have to lead from the front,
along with Sabbir Rahman, who
was dismissed for only four against
Khulna.
However, Mominul Haque batted
well and smashed a half-century
in the first game and will have
to play another vital knock at the
opening spot.
Sabbir is of the opinion that his
side should not think about the big
names in Dhaka’s dugout. Rather,
they should just ensure not repeating
their mistakes from the previous
game.
“Cricket is a team game where
the contribution of all the 11 members
of the side is required. We are
not thinking about our opponent. I
think if we play to our potential, we
can beat Dhaka,” said Sabbir. •
TODAY’S MATCHES
Comilla Victorians v Barisal Bulls, 2pm
Dhaka Dynamites v Rajshahi Kings, 7pm
Both matches will be held at SBNS, Mirpur
Rahmatganj
stun Sk Jamal
• Tribune Report
Rahmatganj MFS shocked Sheikh
Jamal Dhanmondi Club 1-0 in the
second phase of the Bangladesh
Premier League at Bangabandhu
National Stadium yesterday.
Forward Siyo Zunapiyo netted
the all-important goal in the 69th
minute to take unfancied Rahmatganj
to third position in the 12-
team points table. With 25 points
from 14 matches, Rahmatganj now
trail table-toppers Abahani Limited
by three four points but the latter
have a game in hand. Sheikh Jamal
are fourth with 22 points from the
same number of points. The corresponding
fixture in the first phase
ended in a 1-1 draw. •
RESULT
Rahmatganj 1-0 Sk Jamal
Siyo 69
• Tribune Report
The four-day long Paragon Professional
Golf Competition came to an
end yesterday with Zamal Hossain
Mollah emerging as the champion
at Kurmitola Golf Club.
Mollah struck 14-under-par and
ran away with the title ahead of
second-placed Mohammad Nizam
(two-under-par) and Mohammad
Zakir Uzzaman and Mohammad
Badal Hossain (both one-underpar),
who jointly finished third.
Mohammad Akbar Hossain,
meanwhile, finished highest
among the amateur golfers.
A total of 70 professional and
10 amateur golfers took part in the
Tk 10 lakh event where 45 players
missed the cut after round two.
Kazi Nabil Ahmed, MP distributed
prizes among the winners following
the conclusion of the fourth
and final round. The second edition
of the tournament will be held
in the first week of next month at
Savar Golf Club. •
Chief guest Kazi Nabil Ahmed, MP (CR) poses alongside the winners and special guests of the First Paragon Professional Golf
Tournament at Kurmitola Golf Club yesterday
MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU
Chittagong Rear Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal (C) inaugurates the inter-forces
basketball tournament in the port city yesterday
ISPR
Rooney returns to captain England
• Reuters
Striker Wayne Rooney will return
to England’s starting line-up as captain
for today’s World Cup qualifier
against Scotland as his experience in
the tense encounter will be vital for
the young squad, interim manager
Gareth Southgate said.
Rooney was dropped from the
starting team for England’s lacklustre
Group F qualifier draw with
Slovenia last month and has been
largely used as a substitute by Manchester
United manager Mourinho.
“Yes, he is,” Southgate told
reporters yesterday when asked
if Rooney will captain the side
against Scotland.
The 31-year-old Rooney recently
broke his 11-game lean spell for
United when he scored in the 2-1
Europa League defeat by Turkish
side Fenerbahce last week. He subsequently
returned to the club’s
Premier League starting line-up in
Sunday’s win over Swansea City.
“(Rooney) is in a better place
than he was (before) ... in terms of
his sharpness. There was no hesitation
from me in selecting him,”
Southgate added.
“He’s playing well for Manchester
United, I think he’s a player who
(needs to) get into a rhythm.
“Wayne uses his experience
very well, especially for the younger
lads. He’s a big part in trying to
get the victory.” Southgate has two
more games to convince the Football
Association that he is the right
man for the job.•

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Federer can
still be a threat,
says Edberg
• Reuters, London
Roger Federer has fallen outside
the world’s top 10 for the first time
since 2002 but he could still win
another grand slam title, according
to former great Stefan Edberg.
While Andy Murray’s rise to
world number one was the main
talking point of Monday’s new ATP
rankings, 17-times major champion
Federer’s slide to 16th was largely
overlooked.
The Swiss ended his season in
July in a bid to recover fully from
knee surgery, although he is aiming
to be fit for the Australian Open in
January.
But former world number one
Edberg, who has coached Federer,
disagrees.
“I thought in the past years he
would have won one, he was so
close,” six-times major champion
Edberg told Tennis World.
“It becomes even tougher, he
is not young any more but there is
still hope. If there’s one who can
do it, it’s Roger,” the 50-year-old
Swede added.•
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India’s Ajinkya Rahane (L) and Wriddhiman Saha (C) watch as England’s Ben Stokes plays a shot on the second day of their first Test at the Saurashtra Cricket Association
stadium in Rajkot yesterday
AFP
England post commanding total
• AFP, Rajkot
Century-makers Ben Stokes and
Moeen Ali piled on the agony for
India’s bowlers yesterday as England
posted the highest score by a
visiting team in nearly five years on
the second day of the first Test.
Stokes smashed 128 runs after
Ali, who had been unbeaten on 99
overnight, made 117 as England
compiled a commanding total of
537 before India’s openers responded
with an unbeaten stand of 63 in
the final session.
Joe Root (124) had notched up a
century on the opening day to lay a
solid foundation for the middle-order
batsmen at Rajkot’s Saurashtra
Cricket Association ground.
India made a cautious start to
their innings with Murali Vijay (25
not out) and Gautam Gambhir (28
not out) at the crease when stumps
were called.
The day belonged to England’s
batsmen who made India toil on
an easy-paced track after captain
Herath runs through Zim as SL sweep series
• Reuters
Rangana Herath grabbed Zimbabwe’s
final three wickets to return
figures of 8-63 as Sri Lanka wasted
little time in finishing off the hosts
on the final morning of the second
Test at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.
The home side, teetering on 180
for seven overnight, survived 13
overs before being bowled out for
233 as Sri Lanka won by 257 runs
to compete a sweep of the twomatch
series. Herath finished with
13 wickets in the match as he fully
Alastair Cook had elected to bat
first. Although the tourists lost
a succession of tailenders in the
period immediately after lunch,
Stokes stayed put to help England
post their third highest total on
Indian soil.
Stokes, who had three ducks in
three previous Test innings against
India, hit 13 fours and two sixes on
way to his fourth ton in the longest
format of the game.
India’s bowlers struggled in the
heat and grime, with top-ranked
spinner Ravichandran Ashwin conceding
167 runs while taking just
two wickets.
England showed their aggressive
intent in the morning session,
hammering 139 runs while losing
two wickets including that of Ali
who was bowled by Mohammed
Shami (2-65).
Jonny Bairstow, the highest Test
run-scorer this year, made 46 and
shared a brisk 99-run partnership
for the sixth wicket with Stokes before
also falling to Shami.
exploited a turning surface to dominate
the Test with his spin. Craig
Ervine, the only home player to
provide any significant resistance,
was first out yesterday, adding seven
runs to his overnight 65 before
a sharp catch from Dhananjaya de
Silva at slip gave Herath his first
wicket of the morning. •
BRIEF SCORE
ZIMBABWE 272 & 233 in 58 overs
(Ervine 72, Williams 45, Herath 8/63)
lost to SRI LANKA 504 & 258/9d by
257 runs
At least five dropped catches
and some sloppy fielding underlined
a miserable day for the Indians
before their home fans.
Stokes was dropped twice in
his sixties by wicketkeeper Wriddhiman
Saha with Umesh Yadav
(2-112) being the unlucky bowler on
both occasions.
The Indians took the new ball
in the morning after England resumed
at 311 for 4, but failed to get
an immediate breakthrough.
Ali reached his century off the
third ball of the day from Shami
who seemed to have recovered
from the cramps he suffered on the
opening day.
Stokes chipped in before Shami
broke their 62-run stand with
the wicket of Ali who saw his offstump
cartwheel away in spectacular
fashion after misjudging the
line and not playing a shot.
England’s total was the highest
by a visiting team in India since the
West Indies made 590 at Mumbai in
November 2011.•
1ST TEST, DAY 2
ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS R B
(overnight 311-4; M. Ali 99 not out, B.
Stokes 19 not out):
M. Ali b Shami 117 213
B. Stokes c Saha b Yadav 128 235
J. Bairstow c Saha b Shami 46 57
C. Woakes c Saha b Jadeja 4 8
A. Rashid c Yadav b Jadeja 5 20
Z. Ansari lbw b Mishra 32 83
S. Broad not out 6 16
Extras (b5, lb4, nb1) 10
Total (all out, 159.3 overs) 537
Fall of wickets
1-47 (Cook), 2-76 (Hameed), 3-102 (Duckett),
4-281 (Root), 5-343 (Ali), 6-442 (Bairstow),
7-451 (Woakes), 8-465 (Rashid),
9-517 (Stokes), 10-537 (Ansari)
Bowling
Shami 28.1-5-65-2, Yadav 31.5-3-112-2, Ashwin
46-3-167-2, Jadeja 30-4-86-3 (1nb),
Mishra 23.3-3-98-1
INDIA 1ST INNINGS R B
M. Vijay not out 25 70
G. Gambhir not out 28 68
Extras (b8, lb1, w1) 10
Total (0 wickets; 23 overs) 63
Bowling
Broad 5-1-20-0, Woakes 7-2-17-0 (1w), Ali
6-2-6-0, Ansari 3-0-3-0, Rashid 2-0-8-0

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16 years since Test debut, now it’s time to shine
• Ali Shahriyar Bappa
Bangladesh have completed 16
years in Test cricket. The Tigers’
five-day reign began on November
10, 2000 when they played their
inaugural Test match against India
in Dhaka’s Bangabandhu National
Cricket Stadium. Since then,
Bangladesh have played 95 Tests in
these 16 years.
The Tigers have managed to win
only eight and draw 15 Tests among
these 95. Two of those wins came
against a second-string West Indies
side in 2009 while five of them
came against Zimbabwe.
The other win came against
England last month which is perhaps
Bangladesh’s biggest achievement
in their Test history so far.
A couple of memorable Tests
come to mind on the occasion of
the Tigers’ 16th year in five-day
cricket. Chief among them is the
Multan Test against Pakistan in
2003 while the other one is against
Australia in Fatullah 10 years ago.
The Tigers fans can also count
the first Test against England in
Chittagong as a near miss as Bangladesh
lost narrowly by a margin
of 22 runs chasing a 286-run target
on a difficult fourth-innings pitch
against the formidable visiting
side.
However, the Multan and Fatullah
Tests feature at the very top
of the list of regrets for the Bangladesh
supporers.
In Multan, Bangladesh set a
challenging 261-run target. At one
stage, Pakistan were reeling on 164
for 7 and Bangladesh were scenting
a famous victory. But Pakistan
great Inzamam-ul-Haque played a
superb match-winning unbeaten
138 to snatch victory from the jaws
of defeat.
Meanwhile in Fatullah, Bangladesh
were playing against the
mighty Aussies in 2006. Bangladesh
were on top right from the
very beginning, riding on opening
batsman Shahriar Nafees’ brilliant
138-run knock. Bangladesh posted
427 in their first innings while Australia
were bundled out for 269 in
theirs.
Bangladesh set the opponents
Dutch national defender Virgil van Dijk (C) vies with Eden Hazard (R) of Belgium
during a friendly at Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam on Wednesday
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The Tigers have completed their 16th year in Test cricket. Now with several performers at their disposal, Bangladesh will look
to improve their fortunes in the longer version with important away Tests awaiting them in the coming days
MD MANIK
a challenging 307-run target and
were it not for one of the all-time
greats in the shape of Ricky Ponting,
the Tigers could well have recorded
a historical win of gigantic
proportions.
However, alongside these near
misses, there has also been some
world-class performances. Mohammad
Ashraful is a case in
point. He holds the record of being
the youngest centurion in the history
of Test cricket at 17 years and
61 days. Ashraful made the record
against Sri Lanka in 2001.
Sohag Gazi holds the record of
scoring a hundred and taking a hattrick
in the same Test. He created
this record against New Zealand in
2012.
Abul Hasan Raju scored a Test
century against the West Indies at
No 10 in 2012.
Two years later, Shakib al Hasan
scored a century and took 10 wickets
in the same Test match. Only
three players in Test history - AK
Davidson in 1960, Ian Botham in
1980 and Imran Khan in 1983 – previously
achieved the feat.
But unfortunately, individual
brilliance is not enough to win
a Test match and probably that’s
why Bangladesh have not won
many matches compared to the
limited-over formats.
In the recent past, Bangladesh’s
ODI record has improved significantly.
They have established
themselves as a competitive ODI
unit in the last few years. They
reached the quarter-finals of the
2015 World Cup in Australia after
eliminating the formidable England
side. They have won six consecutive
ODI home series against
teams like Pakistan, India and
South Africa, among others. But
Test cricket remains a mystery to
the Tigers as the statistics point to
a dismal record.
In the last two years though, the
Tigers have started to improve in
the longer version. With that said,
most of their recent improvements
have come on home soil. Many critics
believes that if Bangladesh want
to establish their name in world
cricket then they have to win Test
matches regularly.
Probably one reason why Bangladesh
are below-par in Tests is
because they don’t play five-dayers
as much as the established orders.
The Tigers recently returned
to Test cricket after a 15-month
gap whereas England, in the same
duration, played 14 matches. So if
Bangladesh want to improve, then
there are no alternatives to playing
more matches regularly.
However, this is the right time
for the Tigers to prove their mettle
as they have quite a few Test
matches away from home in the
TEST BREAKDOWN
Against Match Win Lose Draw
Australia 4 0 4 0
England 10 1 9 0
New Zealand 11 0 8 3
Pakistan 10 0 9 1
India 8 0 6 2
South Africa 10 0 8 2
Sri Lanka 16 0 14 2
West Indies 12 2 8 2
Zimbabwe 14 5 6 3
First Test win: against Zimbabwe in
Chittagong, 2005
Highest scorer: Tamim Iqbal, 3349
runs with 40.34 average
Highest individual score: Tamim
against Pakistan in May 2015
Highest number of centuries: Tamim,
eight
Highest number of half-centuries:
Habibul Bashar, 24
Highest wicket-taker: Shakib al
Hasan, 159
Highest five-wicket hauls: Shakib al
Hasan, 15
Highest dismissals: Mushfiqur Rahim,
92
Highest Test caps: Mohammad
Ashraful, 61
coming days. Bangladesh have a
stylish opener like Tamim Iqbal,
who is the highest Test run-scorer
for the country with 3349 runs,
including eight Test centuries.
Dependable batsmen like Mushfiqur
Rahim and Mahmudullah
are now solid names in the middle
order while they also have Shakib,
who is often considered the best
all-rounder in the world.
The bowling department has
the young pace sensation Mustafizur
Rahman and the off-spinner
Mehedi Hasan Miraz, who took 19
wickets against England recently
and surprised the cricket world.
Some other young and exciting talents
like Sabbir Rahman, Soumya
Sarkar and Rubel Hossain have
emerged in the last few seasons.
So it is high time for the Tigers
to lift their game and leave a mark
in the longest format of the game,
much like the limited-overs. •
Netherlands, Belgium share spoils
• Reuters, Amsterdam
Belgium’s Yannick Carrasco
grabbed a late equaliser to secure a
1-1 draw against the Netherlands in
a friendly at the Amsterdam Arena
on Wednesday.
Carrasco’s left-foot shot in the
82nd minute took a deflection and
looped over Maarten Stekelenburg
to reward the visitors for sustained
second-half pressure.
Jan Vertonghen had fouled Jeremain
Lens to present the home side
with a 38th-minute penalty which
Davy Klaassen blasted past Simon
Mignolet to give the Dutch a halftime
lead.
The home team might have had
an earlier penalty when Mignolet
came out to clear a short back pass
from Laurent Ciman and clattered
into the onrushing Vincent Janssen,
who was forced off not long
afterwards with a head injury.
The Dutch also lost Stijn Schaars
to a muscle problem and Lens went
off with a hamstring injury in the
second half ahead of their World
Cup qualifier in Luxembourg on
Sunday.
Belgium had chances, Romelu
Lukaku squandering a close-range
opportunity and Kevin de Bruyne
going close twice before he went
off just past the hour mark. De
Bruyne’s first-half header was
just off target and a free kick was
palmed away by Stekelenburg.•

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Showtime
Dhaka International Short and Independent Film
Festival to open in December
• Showtime Desk
The 14th edition of Dhaka
International Short and
Independent Film Festival
(DISIFF) is to open its curtains on
December 3. The organisers said
that the biennial event this time
will feature more than 500 films,
the highest number of films in
its history, which come from 108
participating countries, at a press
conference on Wednesday.
Nasiruddin Yousuff, the
chairman of festival committee,
Jakir Hossain Raju, chairman of
Bangladesh Short Film Forum,
filmmaker Jahidur Rahman
Anjan, and Syed Imran Hossain
Kimrani, the festival director,
among others were present at the
conference.
Many of the films to show
at DISIFF are well-known and
screened previously at renowned
festivals like Cannes, Busan,
Berlin, Locarno, TIFF, and others.
Organised by Bangladesh
Short Film Forum, the DISIFF’s
programme includes Cinema
of World, Film in Competition,
Retrospective, Independent Film,
Alamgir Kabir Memorial Lecture,
a seminar, and master classes.
Meanwhile, a lifetime achievement
award will be given to a film
personality for contributions to
Bangla cinema.
In the retrospective section, five
films by Indonesian filmmaker,
Garin Nugroho will also be
showcased. Eminent Chinese
filmmaker-professor, Dr Xie Fei
will deliver the Alamgir Kabir
Memorial Lecture, while local
filmmaker-teacher, Dr Zakir
Hossain Raju will present the
keynote paper at the seminar.
The master classes will be
conducted by Venezuelan director,
Atahualpa Lichy and Indonesian
director, Garin Nugroho.
Films will be screened at four
different venues: Shawkat Osman
Memorial Auditorium of Central
Public Library, two auditoriums
at Bangladesh National Museum,
and the Music and Dance Centre of
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy,
while inauguration ceremony of
the week long event will be held
at the Central Public Library in
Dhaka.
Bangladesh Short Film Forum,
country’s one of the organisations
comprised of independent
filmmakers, has been organising
the festival since 1988. •
Solo performance of Chanchal Khan
at National Museum
Taylor Swift throws Lorde a
star-studded birthday bash
• Showtime Desk
Prominent Tagore singer and
exponent, Dr Chanchal Khan
will perform at the Begum Sufia
Kamal Auditorium on Friday,
November 11, at 6:30pm. He will
recite translations from Gitanjali,
which has been a subject of his
research and past work related
to tracing the history of Gitanjali
and its underlying philosophy.
Chanchal Khan will sing
from Gitanjali, as well as from
the array of songs including
devotion, love and season,
and songs that feature
Tagore’s parodies and satirical
compositions.
An artiste of special grade
in Bangladesh Television and
Bangladesh Betar, Chanchal has
been singing, researching, and
teaching Tagore songs over the
last three decades. In the US,
Nepal, and Australia, he founded
music schools and institutions
offering lessons to numerous
students of both Bengali and
other ethnic origins. These
include Shurolok in Australia,
and Anondolok in Nepal.
Largely a self-trained singer
with early formal lessons from
Chhayanaut, Chanchal is one
of the founding members of
Rabindra Shangeet Shommilan
Parishad in the ‘80s. Chanchal
Khan directed Balmiki Protibha,
a joint India-Bangladesh
endeavour in 2010. In 2011,
he directed a documentary
Bangladeshey Rabindranath, in
association with the Ministry of
Cultural Affairs, Bangladesh to
commemorate the 150th birth
anniversary of Rabindranath
Tagore. This was screened in
India, and Bangladesh under
both government and private
auspices during the two nations
joint festival. He has released
his second documentary titled
Timeless Gitanjali, sponsored
by the India-Bangladesh
Foundation, High Commission
of India in 2014, which was
screened in India, Australia, USA,
and the UK. He was awarded
reception by the Chief Minister
of Tripura Sri Manik Sarkar, in
connection with the screening of
this documentary in Agartala. •
Showtime Desk
When Taylor Swift is in charge of
the festivities, it’s no surprise that
Lorde’s 20th birthday party on
Monday night in the New York City
was quite an extravaganza. Taylor
hosted a dinner for her friend who
goes by the stage name Lorde,
born as Ella Yelich-O’Connor, at
ZZ’s Clam Bar in Manhattan.
Celebrities who attended to
celebrate included Lena Dunham,
Karlie Kloss, Mae Whitman, Tavi
Gevinson, Aziz Ansari, and Lorde’s
childhood friends from New
Zealand. Taylor decorated the
group’s area with gold balloons
spelling out “U R 20.” Lorde posted
a photo of the set-up, saying, she
was the “happiest birthday girl in
the world.”
Taylor presented Lorde, a
candle-festooned chocolate
birthday cake. After the party,
the Royals singer posted a photo
of herself in between Taylor and
Karlie, who were kissing her
cheeks. The caption read, “Had
the best birthday party I’ve ever
had tonight surrounded by my nyc
family. all organised by tay who is,
as she says, ‘a mom with no kids’.”
Lorde added, “I am your kid
and you love me so hard I could
burst. Here’s to our 3 magic years
of best friendship and more
moments like this, squished
between angels.”
Earlier in the day, Taylor posted
a birthday card she’d painted for
Lorde, with the caption, “Thank
you for the music you make.” •

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Shakib meets Shakib
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• Showtime Desk
This week, Bangladeshi allrounder
cricketer, Shakib al Hasan
celebrated his daughter, Alayna
Hasan Aubrey’s first birthday,
with friends and family. The party
was held at the Dhaka’s Radisson
hotel. It was glamorous and had a
star-studded guests list.
Siam returns
• Showtime Desk
For the past one year, young
actor and model Siam,
has been missing from the
entertainment world. He left
Bangladesh to pursue his
studies in the UK. His hard
work and determination
finally paid off, as he is back
in Dhaka with excellent
results. Siam informs
that his parents had
wanted him to become
a barrister for some
time now. So this
was his opportunity
to make his parents
happy. He studied
for twelve hours a
day, which helped
Siam secure the top
position among other
Bangladeshi students
of the university.
After his
comeback, Siam is
busy shooting TVCs
and TV dramas.
He is active in the
media with BPL,
as he is supporting
one of the teams
solely. Siam said,
“Hopefully, the
audience won’t miss
me anymore. I am
here once again.” •
Fans who witnessed the
occasion were shocked when
Shakib Khan, the superstar actor,
showed up to the party. It was
arguably the most extravagant
birthday celebration in the town,
filled with lots of celebrities.
Zahid Hasan, Nobel, Bijori
Barkatullah, Tamalika Karmakar,
Tarin, Deepa Khandaker, Shahed
Ali, Runa, Suzana Zafar, and Elita
Karim were there to celebrate
Aubrey’s birthday. Other than
the actors and musicians, many
of Shakib’s fellow cricketers
were present, most notably,
the Sri Lankan legend, Kumar
Sangakara.•
Martin Shkreli releases
Wu-Tang Clan songs
• Showtime Desk
Last month, ex-CEO of Turing
Pharmaceuticals, Martin
Shkreli, also vilified as ‘The
most hated man in America,’
tweeted, “If Trump wins,
my entire unreleased music
collection, including unheard
Nirvana, Beatles, and of course,
Wu-Tang, comes out, for free.”
He made headlines in the
past for hiking up the price
of a life saving drug, buying
the single copy of a Wu Tang
Clan’s album for $2 million,
getting into a fight with Ashton
Kutcher, and of course some
criminal charges bought
against him by the FBI.
Last Tuesday night, Shkreli
live streamed video of himself
playing a portion of the record.
“I’ve got to decide how to
put out — there’s about 30,
35 tracks,” he said during the
clip. “I actually have a contract
with the Wu-Tang Clan where
I’m not allowed to do this.
Obviously, I own the music
and I bought it and paid a lot of
money for it. In many ways, the
contract shouldn’t matter that
much. But I am a man of my
word; I had to play a little bit
of it...but I’ve got to keep my
word to them, too.” •
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Police against revealing details of
death in crossfire to media
• Kamrul Hasan
Police are now against revealing
the details of cause of death of
crossfire victims to the media.
The Directorate General of Health
Services (DGHS) has instructed its
forensic doctors not to provide detailed
autopsy report on persons
killed in crossfire, after it was requested
by the police in a letter.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police
(DMP) wrote to the DGHS on September
25, requesting it not to provide
detailed autopsy report on persons
killed in crossfire or any unnatural
death if inquired by the media.
DGHS, an associate of the Health
Ministry, served a letter in this regard
on November 6 to all hospitals
with forensic department. Such
hospitals include medical college
hospitals, 200-bed general hospitals
and upazila sadar hospitals.
The DMP letter said detailed
information of an autopsy report
– which is like a secret document –
in many cases is used as important
evidence during investigation and
charge framing. Revealing such
information to all during investigation
hampers the process, creating
confusion among the people about
the death.
The DMP asked the DGHS not
to disclose information about the
types of injuries and to provide
brief information about cause of
death.
It claimed that barring such flow
of information is not violation of
the Right to Information Act 2009.
Bangladesh not suing anyone over BB reserve heist
• Jebun Nesa Alo
Despite being hit with possibly the
largest banking heist in history, the
top authorities of Bangladesh government
have decided not to file
a lawsuit against any international
organisation connected with the
theft.
The decision was made at a meeting
between Foreign Minister AH
Mahmood Ali and Bangladesh Bank
Governor Fazle Kabir at the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs yesterday, sources
told the Dhaka Tribune.
Ajmalul Hossain QC, the lawyer
who conducted the legal procedure
of recovering $81 million laundered
from the central bank's reserve account
with Federal Reserve Bank of
New York, was also present at the
meeting.
Speaking to the Dhaka Tribune,
Ajmal said should Bangladesh government
want to, it is required to file
the lawsuit within one year of the
occurrence of the theft as per the
agreement with SWIFT, the global financial
messaging network through
which the money was stolen.
“In that case, the deadline
would be February 4 next year. But
Bangladesh has decided not to file
any lawsuit. We have already traced
and recovered $15.25million, and
we aim to recover the rest of the
money the same way,” he said.
However, in case the Bangladesh
Article 7 of the Right to Information
Act states that information related
to cases under investigation,
trial, or related to public security
would not be disclosed.
Professor Sadeka Halim, former
commissioner of Information
Commission Bangladesh, told the
Dhaka Tribune that of the 32 articles
of the Right to Information
Act, at least six sub-articles under
Article 7 bar citizens from getting
information related to cases under
investigation.
But if the killings violate human
rights or are results of corruption,
then anybody can apply for information
and the authorities are
compelled to provide the information
within 24 hours, she said.
Stressing that every family
member has the right to know
how their dear ones were killed, or
what happened to them, Supreme
Court lawyer Jyotirmoy Barua said
although there is a bar to providing
such information, this must
be published publicly at a suitable
time.
Complaining that authorities
had been tightening freedom of
expression since long, Nur Khan,
director of Ain o Salish Kendra,
said such attempts would further
authorities fails to recover the rest
of the money by February 4, they
will not have the option to file the
case after the deadline, he added.
Meanwhile, the New York Fed
has admitted to being guilty of executing
of money transfer order that
led to the heist.
“They admit that they were
partly responsible for this heist,
and are providing support to Bangladesh
government in recovering
the money by putting pressure
on the Philippines,” Ajmal said.
“There is no need for us to file any
case against the New York Fed or
any other organisation, because we
will get our money back.”
Bangladesh is currently trying to
BIGSTOCK
prompt unruly police officials to be
involved in crimes. Besides, journalists
and rights activists would
not be able to reveal the truth if any
crimes took place.
If the authorities succeeded
in implementing their desire, it
would establish a passive control
over the media and gag freedom of
expression, he said.
Professor Zia Rahman, chairman
of Dhaka University criminology
department, said: “Whether there
is a law protecting police’s desire
or not, the only concern should be
transparency and accountability in
the investigation.” •
recover stolen money through the Philippines'
Department of Justice, he said.
According to sources, $70 million
of the heist money was found
to have been smuggled to the Philippines,
of which $15.25 million has
been recovered and will be deposited
at Bangladesh Bank's account
with the New York Fed by November
24. A team from Bangladesh
Bank is working in Manila to complete
the process, Ajmal said.
The rest of $70 million will be recovered
from Solaire casino, money
exchange house Philrem and other
organisations involved with transferring
the money, sources said.
Assets of these organisations
have already been frozen by the
AL leader saves
rapist in Tangail
• Mohammed Afzal
Hossain, Tangail
Parents of a physically challenged
minor, was allegedly raped, could
not take legal action against the
rapist as local Awami League leaders
forced them to negotiate with
the rapist at Chandpur village in
Gopalpur upazila in Tangail.
Victim’s foster mother said:
“Harun Maker, 50, a resident of
Kamakkha village in the upazila, told
us that he wanted to take our girl
to doctor. On September 24 Harun
took the girl saying that he was going
to doctor’s chamber. But he took
the girl to his house instead of going
to doctor’s chamber and raped her.”
After returning home, the girl
told her mother about the incident.
After that victim’s parents tried
to take legal action against Harun
but upazila AL President and Union
Chairman Halimuzzaman and others
stopped them and pressured to negotiate
with the rapist by taking money,
locals said wishing anonymity.
On October 18, Halimuzzaman
and others arranged an arbitration
and fined the rapist Harun
Tk40,000. Harun paid the fined
money on November 5.
When contacted, victim’s foster
father, said: “We had to negotiate with
the rapist as influential people pressured
us to solve the problem locally.”
Halimuzzaman said: “We tried to
solve the problem locally and fined
Harun Maker.”
Masumur Rahman, upazila nirbahi
officer of Gopalpur, said: “We will
take actions against the rapist and
negotiators.” •
Philippine authorities and the Department
of Justice is working to
get the assets forfeited in order to
pay Bangladesh back, Ajmal said.
The money that could not be
traced will be recovered from Rizal
Commercial Banking Corporation
(RCBC) of the Philippines as the
money was transferred through
the bank, Ajmal said.
In August this year, Philippine
central bank Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
(BSP) charged the RCBC a fine
of one billion pesos ($21 million) as
the bank was used by cyber criminals
to pull off the heist.
Earlier, some $68,000 left with
the RCBC bank was sent back to the
New York Fed. •
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