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News<br />
MONDAY,<br />
1 dead in strong explosion at Mymensingh house<br />
• Ashrafuddin Seizel, Mymensingh<br />
MILITANCY <br />
‘Bangalis left with heavy<br />
hearts in <strong>August</strong>’<br />
• Touhid Zaman, Jessore<br />
NATION <br />
Recalling the murder of Bangabandhu<br />
and most of his family<br />
members, and the murder<br />
attempt on Sheikh Hasina, Jessore<br />
3 MP Kazi Nabil Ahmed<br />
has said the Bangali nation are<br />
gripped by grief in <strong>August</strong>.<br />
“They [Bangali people]<br />
are left with heavy hearts in<br />
this month when Bangabandhu<br />
was murdered along with<br />
most of his family members<br />
back in 1975,” he said.<br />
The lawmaker was addressing<br />
a mass rally held in Jessore<br />
town’s Chowrasta intersection<br />
yesterday, which was organised<br />
by the district unit Awami<br />
League as part of its monthlong<br />
programmes in commemoration<br />
of Bangabandhu.<br />
The rally also remembered<br />
the victims of the <strong>August</strong> 21<br />
grenade attack that was aimed<br />
to kill Sheikh Hasina.<br />
“Bangabandhu hoisted the<br />
flag of an independent Bangladesh<br />
in the world. He had<br />
been killed for talking in favour<br />
of the oppressed and to<br />
stop economic growth of the<br />
newborn and war-torn country,”<br />
he said.<br />
“People across the world<br />
used to know Bangabandhu<br />
very well in the ’70s, the way<br />
the people of the ’90s would<br />
know African leader Nelson<br />
Mandela,” he added.<br />
Nabil further said the government<br />
under the leadership<br />
of Hasina was working to build<br />
a Sonar Bangla as dreamt by<br />
Bangabandhu,.<br />
As examples, the MP referred<br />
to the country’s largest<br />
IT park, to be inaugurated in<br />
Jessore within two months, as<br />
well as plans to spend Tk600<br />
crore for dredging and beautification<br />
of the Bhairab River.<br />
The IT park will provide<br />
employment for around<br />
10,000 people, he added. •<br />
Safer roads by 2020?<br />
One person was killed after a bomb<br />
detonated inside a suspected militant<br />
den at Mymensingh’s Bhaluka<br />
upazila yesterday.<br />
The explosion took place at Habirbari<br />
union’s Kashor area around 7pm<br />
on Sunday, Bhaluka Model police<br />
station Officer-in-Charge Mamunur<br />
Rashid told the Dhaka tribune.<br />
“The victim could be a militant,<br />
but we are not sure yet. He’s yet to<br />
be identified,” he said.<br />
He also could not confirm whether<br />
the bomb was intentionally detonated<br />
or if it was an accident. “We, however,<br />
suspect the blast occurred when<br />
the victim was making a bomb.”<br />
Quoting witnesses, the OC said<br />
the man’s wife and two children<br />
were injured in the blast and fled<br />
the scene right after the explosion.<br />
Mamunur added that the family<br />
had said they were from Sirajganj<br />
when they rented and moved<br />
into one of the 12 rooms in the<br />
semi-concrete house, owned by<br />
one Azim Uddin and situated on<br />
the west side of Master Bari in the<br />
union, two days ago.<br />
Police have detained Azim for<br />
questioning as he could not provide<br />
any information regarding his tenants.<br />
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AUGUST <strong>28</strong>, <strong>2017</strong><br />
DT<br />
The house was later emptied<br />
and cordoned off, said Mymensingh’s<br />
Additional Superintendent of<br />
Police Md Raihanul Islam.<br />
Police were waiting for a bomb<br />
disposal team from Dhaka before<br />
continuing operations as they<br />
feared there could be more bombs<br />
inside the house. •<br />
• Nawaz Farhin<br />
EVENTS <br />
Research findings for the most<br />
cost effective strategic action<br />
plan to mitigate the number<br />
of road accidents and their severity<br />
by 2020 were presented<br />
yesterday by the Accident Research<br />
Institute (ARI) of Bangladesh<br />
University of Science<br />
and Technology (Buet).<br />
The findings were recommended<br />
to be implemented<br />
for all Development Project<br />
Proposal (DPP) and the Technical<br />
Assistance Project Proposal<br />
(TPP), and will be handed over<br />
to the government before being<br />
released publicly.<br />
ARI unveiled their findings<br />
and recommendations at a<br />
seminar titled “Strategic accident<br />
reducing program (SARP):<br />
joining hands of research and<br />
realisation” organised at BUET<br />
Council Bhaban.<br />
Every year, 2,700 people<br />
die in road accidents and<br />
2,400 are injured, according to<br />
data from police.<br />
ARI suggests that the government<br />
take up two DPP and a<br />
TPP to meet the target for road<br />
safety by 2020. ARI Director<br />
Professor Dr Moazzem Hossain<br />
outlined the details of the DPP<br />
and TPP in his keynote speech.<br />
The DPP 1 project stressed<br />
on the need for speed limit<br />
enforcement and emergency<br />
management system for<br />
safer highways in Bangladesh<br />
while the DPP 2 focuses<br />
on improved training for<br />
drivers.<br />
The TPP project focuses on<br />
research and capacity development<br />
through strengthening<br />
the safety Lab Facilities of ARI.<br />
At the event, Buet VC Prof<br />
Dr Saiful Islam said: “The<br />
standard for safety related cost<br />
in a construction project can<br />
be up to 25% but would only be<br />
10% in these projects. The project<br />
will cost Tk1,500cr.” •
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