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NEWS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 2 NGWF spreading falsehood over workers' minimum wage: BGMEA DHAKA : Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Monday accused the National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) of spreading false and distorted information about the newly announced minimum wage for workers to create 'instability' in the country, reports UNB. BGMEA President Siddiqur Rahman came up with the allegation at a press conference at the BGMEA Bhaban conference room. He alleged that the National Garment Workers Federation has been spreading fabricated and false information through leaflets that the basic wage of workers has not been raised in the announced structure to divert all's attention to a different direction. Siddiqur Rahman claimed that the federation's leaflets compared the minimum wage between 1994 and 2006 tactfully avoiding that of 2013. "The federation also stated that the percentage of 7th grade workers is 3-5 while the actual number is 20 percent of the total workers which is supported by a study conducted by Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)," he said. The BGMEA chief said the wage of workers has been increased by 381.35 percent though export and demand in the RMG sector decreased after 2014 that saw around 1,200 local factories to shut down in the past four years. "We've accepted the new minimum wage fixed by the wage board despite various adversities. It's a matter of sorrow that a vested quarter of labour leaders and NGOs is trying to create instability in the country by spreading propaganda and instigating workers," he said. Mentioning that nearly 1 crore people are employed in the RMG sector, Siddiqur said the spread of such instigating information will send a wrong message to the foreign countries and damage the country's image. 25 BSF members to join training in Chattogram JASHORE : A 25-member team of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) arrived here on Monday through Petrapole checkpost on their way to Chattogram to join a 10- day joint training programme there, reports UNB. The BSF team will attend the training on border security with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at BGB training centre, Baitul Izzat, in Chattogram from October 17 to 27. BGB Captain of Jashore Battalion 49 Lt Colonel Ariful Haque received the BSF team led by its Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Sony Kumar at the no man's land of the check post. The date expired CNG run auto-rickshaws have occupied the frontier portion of BRTC of Chattogram. Using gas cylinder these vehicles are being cut. Photo: Star Mail Reduce pressure from the students to improve metal health : Experts It is important to reduce the existing pressure of the educational institutions to improve the mental health of the students. Students also need to be involved in extracurricular social activities. Speakers spoke about the importance of mental health at a discussion organized by "Manojatno Kendra", a mental healthcare service of Dhaka Ahsania Mission. The discussion was held at the head office of Dhaka Ahsania Mission at Dhanmondi on Monday, a press release said The speakers also said, the local government may play an important role in the development of community and society in this connection. While presenting keynote paper with the reference of World Health Organization (WHO), senior counselor and mental health service coordinator of Dhaka Ahsania Mission Amir Hossain said, "Suicide is the second most reason of death among those aged 15- 29. One in every 5 people suffers from mental illness, 83% of young people think that insulting remarks and harassment affect their selfesteem. He mentioned that in Bangladesh that 16.1%, above the age of 18 and 18% under the age of 18 are suffering from mental illness. About 35% of the total population in Bangladesh needs mental health services. Dr. Md. Rizwanul Karim Shameem, Program Manager, NCDC of DGHS, Dr. Helal Uddin Ahmed, Assistant Professor of National Mental Health Institute, Mohammad Kamruzzaman Majumder, Chairperson and Associate Professor of the Clinical Psychology Department, Dhaka University and Syed Mahbubul Alam, Secretary of the Center for Law and Policy Affairs - CLPA were present as Special Guests at the ceremony. SM Khalilur Rahman, General Secretary of Dhaka Ahsania Mission presided over the ceremony while Iqbal Masud, head of health sector of Dhaka Ahsania Mission deliver the welcome address. Youth stabbed dead in Cumilla CUMILLA : A young man was stabbed to death by another youth at Bishnupur Daskshinpara in the city early Monday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sujon, 20, son of Mizan Miah of Mohichail area in Chandina upazila, used to live in a rented house with his family in the area and ran a decorator shop. Victim's father Mizan Miah, said after Sujon returned from his shop at night, Tota Rubel, son of Manik, of Bishnupur area, called him over phone to meet him. Hearing that Tota took his son to an under-construction building and stabbed him they rushed to the spot and rescued Sujon, he said. They admitted him to Comilla Medical College Hospital. As his condition was critical, he was referred to Dhaka and he died on the way. Abdus Salam Miah, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Model thana, said that police are trying to arrest Tota. The police seen in action at a rally organized by Sylhet City Swechchhasebak League yesterday, Photo: TBT College teacher killed in Rajshahi road crash RAJSHAHI : A college teacher was killed in a road accident at Ekdiltala on Rajshahi-Naogaon highway in Mohanpur upazila on Monday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Nuruzzaman, 50, a teacher of Govt Sayeed Altafunnesa College in Joypurhat district. Abul Hossain, officer-incharge of Mohanpur Police Station, said a tractor ran Nuruzzaman over around 11 am as he fell from his motorbike after being hit by a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, leaving him dead on the spot. The teacher met the tragedy while going to Rajshahi Education Board from Joypurhat for official work, said police. Housewife 'beaten' dead in Panchagarh PANCHAGARH : A young housewife who was beaten and forced to take insecticide allegedly by her husband and in-laws at Darjipara village in Tentulia upazila on Sunday died at a hospital on Monday. The deceased was identified as Shefali Akhter, 20, wife of Liton Islam of the village, reports UNB. Police detained victim's parents-in-law and a sisterin-law for interrogation over the incident. Quoting locals, officer-incharge of Tentulia Model Police Station Md Jahurul Islam said Liton and his family members had been torturing Shefali demanding dowry since their marriage three years back. On Sunday, they beat the young housewife mercilessly, leaving her unconscious. At one stage, they reportedly poured pesticide into her mouth. Locals took Shefali to the Upazila Health Complex from where she was shifted to Panchagarh General Hospital. However, she succumbed to her injuries in the morning. Liton went into hiding but police detained his father, mother and sister for interrogation, the OC said. Newlywed housewife 'tortured to death' for dowry in Kushtia KUSHTIA : A newlywed housewife has been tortured to death reportedly by her in-laws over dowry at Seuria Karigarpara in Kumarkhali upazila, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Nasrin Khatun, 19, wife of Shariful of the village. Victim's father Nasir Uddin of Mirpur upazila said Shariful and Nasrin got married barely six months back and since their marriage, Shariful and his family members had been torturing Nasrin for a motorcycle as dowry. On Sunday, they beat Nasrin mercilessly after keeping her confined to a room, leaving her dead on the spot. Later, Shariful and others hanged the body with the ceiling of the house to make it appear that she committed suicide, claimed Nasir. On information, police recovered the body on Monday morning and sent it to local hospital morgue for autopsy. 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METRO TUESDAY, OCTObER 16, 2018 3 Demand for dean's resignation over DU question paper leak DHAKA : A group of Dhaka University (DU) students on Monday demanded resignation of Social Sciences faculty Dean Prof Sadeka Halim for her 'failure' to stop the question paper leak in the admission test under her faculty, reports UNB. The demand was made from a protest rally held under the banner of 'Students against Repression' at the foot of Raju Sculpture around 1:10 pm. The results of the 'Gha' unit admission test for the first-year honours courses at Dhaka University (DU) under the 2018- 2019 academic session were postponed on Monday amid allegations of question paper leak. Hours after issuing a press release on publishing the results tomorrow (Tuesday), the Dhaka University authorities issued another press release saying that publication of the results was postponed as per the directives of Vice-chancellor Prof Akhtaruzzaman. Abu Raihan Khan, a 3rd-year student of Mass Communication and Journalism department, said many students got question paper before the entry test started. Allegation of question paper leak of the unit also arose last year, he said, adding that the coordinator of the unit, Prof Sadeka Halim, failed to prevent the leak. Mozakker Hossain, an admission seeker under the unit, said if the tradition of question paper leak continues, brilliant students will never get chance to enroll at DU. The students also brought out a procession which paraded different roads on the campus. Malaysian citizen held with huge gold DHAKA : Customs oficialsarrested a Malaysian national along with 7kgs of gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Sunday night, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Cyan Gi Kiong, 47. Othello Chowdhury, deputy commissioner (Customs) of customs preventive team, said the Malaysian citizen landed at the airport from a flight, OD166 of Malindo Air, at 10pm. On information, the team challenged him after he crossed the green channeland recovered seven gold bars worth around 3.50crore searching his jacket, said the official. LGED observed Global Hand Washing Day-2018 yesterday. Photo: Courtesy JSC, JDC examinees must reach centres 30 mins before exam: Nahid DHAKA : Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Monday said candidates of the upcoming Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will have to enter centres 30 minutes before the start of the test, reports UNB. Talking to reporters after a National Monitoring Committee meeting at the Secretariat, he also said if the candidates fail to turn up in the stipulated time, they will not be allowed to sit for that day's exam. This year, the JSC and JDC examinations will begin on November 1. A total of 26 lakh students will be appearing at both the examinations. There will be multiple question sets for candidates, which will be distributed after a lottery five minutes before the beginning of every exam, Nahid said. He said to avoid question paper leak and possible rumour, law enforcement agencies are taking strictest possible measures. "Every examination centre as well as social media will be monitored to look out for probable leak or rumour." No electronic device will be allowed in the vicinity of the examination hall while all involved in the examination process, including invigilators, will remain under surveillance, the minister said. He also said 47 cases have so far been filed and many people arrested over question paper leaks. Nahid urged guardians not to pay any heed to any rumour over question paper leak. Senior officials of the Education Ministry, and representatives of the education boards and law enforcement agencies were also present at the meeting. DU Mourning Day observed DHAKA : Dhaka University authorities on Monday observed the Mourning Day through various programmes, commemorating the tragic deaths of students and guests in a building collapse at the university's Jagannath Hall 33 years ago, reports UNB. On this day in 1985, the roof of the dilapidated building of the dormitory's TV room caved in, leaving 40 people, including 26 students and 14 guests, dead and 300 others injured. Teachers, students, officials and employees of the university, led by Vice-Chancellor Prof Akhtaruzzaman, brought out a mourning procession from the Aparajeya Banglaandplaced wreaths at October Smriti Stambha at Jagannath Hall in the morning. Later, a discussion was held at the October Memorial Building at 8am. The DU vice-chancellor, Pro-VC (Administration) Prof Mohammad Samad, Treasurer Prof Kamal Uddin, DU Teachers' Association President Prof ASM Prof Maksud Kamal and hall Provost Prof Asim Sarker were, among others, present at the programme. A blood donation programme was also arranged on the Jagannath Hall premises while a painting exhibition held at the dormitory. Cumilla court accepts Khaleda's bail plea in murder case CUMILLA : A court here on Monday accepted the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a murder case filed over the death of eight people in an arson attack here in 2015, reports UNB. Judge of the District and Session's Judge Court KM Shamsul Alam accepted the petition and fixed November 11 for hearing it, said Advocate Kaiyum Haque Rinku, a lawyer of the BNP chief. Earlier on October 3, Senior Judicial Magistrate Biplab Debnath rejected the bail petition of Khaleda Zia in the murder case. Eight people were killed and at least 20 others injured in a petrol bomb attack on a bus at Jogmohanpur in Chouddagram upazila during the BNP-led alliance's movement on February 3, 2015. Dhaka, Riyadh to sign MoUs on defence, ICT sector cooperation DHAKA : Bangladesh and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will sign two documents on defence and ICT cooperation during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's KSA visit on October 17-18, reports UNB. The Prime Minister is scheduled to leave here for Riyadh on Tuesday afternoon by a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali briefed the media about the visit at state guesthouse Padma on Monday afternoon. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam and Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque were present. Sharing titles of the deals, he said these are MoU on Defence Cooperation between Bangladesh and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and MoU on Cooperation in ICT sector. The Prime Minister will have a meeting with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Riyadh on Wednesday. She will inaugurate the newly constructed building of Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh in the afternoon on the same day. The Prime Minister will leave Riyadh for Medina on Wednesday night after attending a business seminar to be arranged by Council of Saudi Chambers. She will offer fatehah at the grave of great Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). The Prime Minister will then go to Makkah from Medina and offer Omrah at night. She will lay the foundation stone of Bangladesh Consulate own building at Jeddah on Thursday. On Friday morning, the Prime Minister will leave Jeddah for Dhaka by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines special flight. During the visit, Sheikh Hasina will highlight Bangladesh's socioeconomic development to the Saudi government, said the Foreign Minister. He said a number of MoUs-both in public and private sectors-are likely to be signed during the visit. Minister Ali, among others, will accompany the Prime Minister during the visit. Probe to remove speculations over journo Khashoggi, hopes Dhaka DHAKA : Bangladesh has welcomed the joint Turkish-Saudi working group formed to probe the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi saying the joint investigation will help remove all the speculations, reports UNB. "Bangladesh welcomes the proposal by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to form a joint working group with Turkey to investigate the incident," said Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Monday. He said Bangladesh is following the news on the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and hoped that this joint investigation will help remove all the speculations. Turkish officials investigating the disappearance of Khashoggi will search Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, the Turkish Foreign Ministry says. Turkish officials believe Khashoggi was murdered in the consulate by Saudi agents nearly two weeks ago, but Riyadh strongly denies this, reports CNN. Diplomatic pressure is growing on the Saudi Arabia to give a fuller explanation. On Monday, Saudi Arabia's King Salman ordered an investigation into the case. Saudi Arabia has threatened to retaliate for any sanctions imposed against it after President Donald Trump said the oilrich kingdom deserves "severe punishment" if it is responsible for the disappearance and suspected murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, reports AP. Khashoggi has written extensively about Saudi Arabia, criticising its war in Yemen, its recent diplomatic spat with Canada and its arrest of women's rights activists after the lifting of a ban on women driving. GP child online safety programme reaches more than 200,000 children DHAKA : A child online safety programme launched by Grameenphone, Telenor Group, and Unicef, has recently reached more than 200,000 children of the country, reports UNB. The initial target of the program was to reach 400,000 children, aged between 11 to 16 years, and sensitizing 50,000 parents, guardians and teachers across the country over safer internet experiences, said a press release. The nationwide initiative titled 'Be Smart, Use Heart' held training in schools across the country focusing primarily on building awareness on the safety measures in digital learning. The programme also included the Child Helpline hotline (1098) service from where youth and guardians can directly receive counseling and other supports. DCP : 48/2018-3814 Date : 15/10/2018 e¤vswKs I Avw_'K mev c Z nqivwbi wkKvi n j wKsev GD-1278/18 (12 x 4) GD-1274/18 (5 x 4)
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