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DHAKA : Awami League General 

Secretary Obaidul Quader on 

Sunday said the candidates of the 

AL-led 14-party alliance will contest 

the upcoming general election with 

'Boat', the election symbol of Awami 

League, reports UNB. 

There is every possibility that 

Awami League will contest the election 

under the Grand Alliance, he 

said hinting that AQM Badruddoza 

Chowdhury-led Juktafront may join 

the ruling coalition. 

Quader, also the Road Transport 

and Bridges Minister, said this 

while briefing reporters after a 

meeting of Awami League 

Parliamentary Board (ALPB) held 

at the party central office at 

Bangabandhu Avenue here with 

AL President and Prime Minister 

Sheikh Hasina in the chair. 

"There may be an alliance with 

Juktafront. But the decision has not 

taken yet whether they'll contest the 

polls with 'Boat' or their own symbol. 

We think they'll run the polls with 

their own symbol," said the AL general 

secretary. 

"The 14-party alliance will contest 

the election with Boat. The remaining 

parties will run with their respective 

symbols," he said. 

The Grand Alliance is comprised 

of the 14-party alliance and Jatiya 

Party. About sharing parliamentary 

constituencies among the components 

of the Grand Alliance, Quader 

said aspirants from other parties of 

the alliance alongside AL hopefuls 

DHAKA : Bangladesh Telecom 

Regulatory Commission (BTRC) 

has seized 42,000 SIM cards, 

used for illegally routing international 

calls through voice over 

internet protocol (VoIP), during 

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AL-led 14-party candidates 

to contest polls with 

'Boat' : Quader 

04:52 AM 

12:15 AM 

03:40 PM 

05:19 PM 

06:40 PM 

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will submit nomination papers in 

the election, but the competent aspirants 

will be given nomination finally. 

"We've survey reports in hands. 

We'll sit with alliance partners. We'll 

select competent candidates through 

discussions," he said. 

The AL general secretary said the 

ALPB meeting extended the deadline 

for its aspirants to submit nomination 

forms till Monday 6:00pm. 

The timeframe will not be extended 

further, he added. 

On Friday last, Awami League 

started distribution of nomination 

forms among its aspirants and 

receiving the forms at the AL's 

President Sheikh Hasina's 

Dhanmondi political office. 

One-day national cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza received the nomination 

form from Awami league general Secretary Obaidul Quader on 

Sunday. 

Photo: Star Mail 

Quader said ALPB will take interviews 

of all the aspirants at 11am on 

Wednesday next. 

In reply to a question over Jatiya 

Oikyafront's demand for revising the 

election schedule, the AL leader said, 

"If the Election Commission wants, it 

can extend. We'll have no objection." 

ALPB members Amir Hossain 

Amu, Tofail Ahmed and Sheikh 

Fazlul Karim Selim were also present. 

On November 8 last, the 

Election Commission announced 

the election schedule fixing that the 

voting will be held on December 23. 

As per the schedule, the deadline 

for submission of nomination 

papers is November 19 and the last 

date for withdrawal of candidature is 

November 29. 

42,000 SIMs used for VoIP 

seized in October : BTRC 

separate raids in the capital and 

port city in October, reports UNB. 

Of the SIMs, 16,812 were of 

Robi, 15,949 of Teletalk, 6,176 of 

Banglalink and 3,223 of 

Grameenphone, said Md Jahurul 

Haque, acting chairman of the 

telecom watchdog at a press conference 

at his office on Sunday. 

The seizure will save the loss of 

revenue over Tk 867 crore annually, 

he said adding that a total of 24 

people have been arrested along 

with the SIMs and equipment valued 

worth TK 1.23 crore. 

A joint team of BTRC and Rab 

conducted the drives in 

Dhanmondi, Tejgaon, Kadamtoli, 

Siddirganj, Pallabi and Mirpur 

from October 14-18 and Bayazid 

Bostami, Panchlaish, Baklia, 

Chawkbazar, Chandgaon, 

Sadarghat and Halishahar areas 

of the port city from October 21- 

31. 

A total 28 cases were filed in 

connection with the seizure. 

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Why Ganosamhati 

Andolon won't be 

registered as political 

party : HC 

DHAKA : The High Court on Sunday 

issued a rule asking the authorities concerned 

to explanation as to why 

Ganosamhati Andolon will not be given 

registration as a political party. 

An HC bench of Justice Moyeenul 

Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md 

Ashraful Kamal passed the order after 

hearing a writ petition, reports UNB. 

The Election Commission, the Chief 

Election Commissioner (CEC) and the 

EC Secretary were asked to respond to 

the rule within 10 days. 

Last week, Ganosamhati Andolon 

convener Zonayed Saki filed the petition 

with the High Court. 

Barrister Jotirmoy Barua stood for the 

petitioner while Deputy Attorney General 

Ekramul Haque Tutul represented the state. 

On December 31 last, Ganosamhati 

Andolon applied to the EC for being 

registered as a political party 

On June 24, the EC announced its 

decision that Ganosamhati would get 

registration as a political party. 

Decision on election 

rescheduling on 

Monday: CEC 

DHAKA : Chief Election Commissioner 

(CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Sunday said 

they will take the decision on Monday 

whether the schedule for the 11th parliamentary 

elections will be deferred or 

not, reports UNB. 

Talking to reporters at Nirbachan 

Bhaban, the CEC said, "I can't say anything 

right now whether the election 

schedule will be changed or not...I'll be 

able to inform about it Monday." 

KM Nurul Huda said, "Different 

media reported that many parties, 

including BNP, submitted letters for 

rescheduling the election but I'm yet to 

receive the applications." 

The EC certainly wants an inclusive 

election with the participation of all 

political parties, he said. 

On November 8, the CEC announced 

that the 11th parliamentary elections 

will be held on December 23 and the 

last date for submitting nomination 

papers is November 19. 

14-party to join election 

with 'Boat' symbol 

DHAKA : The Awami League-led 14- 

party alliance will participate in the next 

general election with 'Boat' symbol, 

reports UNB. 

A delegation of the alliance, led by AL 

Organisaing Secretary Barrister 

Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, 

informed the Election Commission of 

the decision on Sunday. 

The 14-party delegation submitted a 

letter to the EC secretary mentioning 

that they will join the election in 

alliance, said Nowfel, also a member of 

AL Election Conducting 

Subcommittee, while talking to 

reporters emerging from the EC. 

He, however, did not disclose the names 

of the parties which will use the ruling 

party's electoral symbol in the polls. 

The AL leader parried the question 

when asked whether HM Ershad-led 

Jatiya Party is in the alliance. "It's a confidential 

matter and we won't make any 

comment," he said. 

JSD, Tarikat Federation 

want to use 'Boat' symbol 

DHAKA : Hasanul Haq Inu-led Jatiya 

Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and 

Bangladesh Tarikat Federation want to 

contest the 11th parliamentary elections 

using Awami League's electoral symbol 

'Boat', reports UNB. 

JSD sent the letter, signed by JSD 

president Hasanul Huque Inu, to the 

Election Commissioner on Sunday. 

Besides, Bangladesh Tarikat 

Federation sent a letter to the Election 

Commission seeking 'Boat' symbol for 

contesting the election. 

Syed Rezaul Haque Chandpuri, general 

secretary of the patry, sent the letter 

to the EC Secretary. 

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On Sunday Jatiya Oikyafront and 20-Praty announced to participate in the upcoming 11th parliamentary 

elections. Dr Kamal Hossain told that through a press conference at National Press Club. Photo: Star Mail 

Jatiya Oikyafront, 20-party 

announce to join election 

DHAKA : BNP's two alliances-Jatiya 

Oikyafront and 20-Praty-on Sunday 

announced to participate in the upcoming 

11th parliamentary elections as part 

of their movement to restore democracy, 

and demanded the election be 

deferred by one month, reports UNB. 

Leaving behind all the concerns and 

confusions, Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr 

Kamal Hossain came up with the 

announcement at a press conference at 

the Jatiya Press Club. 

"Under the current situation, holding 

an inclusive and credible election is 

almost impossible. So, it's very tough 

for the Jatiya Oikyafront to take the 

decision on joining the polls. Despite 

this extreme adverse situation, the 

Jatiya Oikyafront has decided to participate 

in the election as part of a movement 

for restoration of democracy in 

the country," he said. 

Dr Kamal, however, said the 

Oikyafront is not backing off from the 

seven-point demand it already placed 

for holding a participatory and acceptable 

election. 

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul 

Islam Alamgir, on behalf of Dr Kamal, 

read out a written statement of the 

Oikyafront at the press conference. 

Earlier in the day, BNP's another 

alliance, 20-party also announced to 

take part in polls with same demands 

and grounds. 

In the written statement, Dr Kamal 

said, "We demand the deferment of the 

election by one month after scrapping 

the current schedule, and announcement 

of a new schedule." 

BNP to start selling 

nomination papers today 

DHAKA : BNP will formally start selling 

its nomination papers on Monday to 

those who want to contest the next general 

election with the party's election symbol 

'Sheaf of Paddy', reports UNB. 

Party senior joint secretary general 

Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the 

announcement at a press conference at 

BNP's Nayapaltan central office. 

He said the sale of nomination paper 

will start at 10am at the party's 

Nayapaltan central office on Monday. 

Rizvi said the aspirants can collect the 

party nomination paper from 10 to 

4pm on Monday and Tuesday at Tk 

5,000 each. Each nomination hopeful 

can submit the nomination paper either 

on Wednesday 10am to 4pm or the 

same time on Thursday with Tk 25,000 

as non-refundable deposit. 

Earlier in the day, BNP's two 

alliances-Jatiya Oikyafront and 20- 

Praty-announced to participate in the 

He said the election can be held within 

the tenure of the current Parliament 

if it is deferred by one month. 

Dr Kamal also mentioned that the 

election schedule was deferred twice in 

2008 to ensure the participation of then 

BNP-led 4-party alliance. "Oikyafront 

will continue its movement to realise all 

these demands." 

Issuing a note of warning, the alliance 

chief said holding a credible and inclusive 

election is the sole responsibility of 

the government and the Election 

Commission. "Apart from taking 

preparations for joining the election, 

Jatiya Oikyafront will keep a sharp eye 

on the attitudes of the government and 

the Election Commission." 

He also warned that the government 

and the Election Commission will be 

held responsible for any emerging situation 

if people's demands are not 

accepted. 

Dr Kamal said people's minimum 

democratic rights and the rights to franchise 

independently were 'snatched in 

the so-called' election on January 5, 

2014. So, the next election will surely be 

the election for the restoration of people's 

voting rights." 

BNP standing committee members 

Moudud Ahmed, Jamiruddin Sircar, 

JSD president ASM Abdur Rob, general 

secretary Abdul Malek Ratan, 

Krishak Sramik Janata League president 

Abdul Kader Siddiqui, Gono 

Forum general secretary Mostafa 

Mohsin Montu, Nagorik Oikya 

Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, 

Oikya Prokriya's Sultan Mohammad 

upcoming 11th parliamentary elections 

as part of their movement to restore 

democracy, and demanded the election 

be deferred by one month. 

Huge party leaders and activists started 

gathering in front of BNP office soon 

after the announcement of its joining 

the polls. They are staging showdown in 

favour of their respective party nomination 

aspirants. 

On Thursday evening, chief election 

commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda 

in a televised address to the nation 

announced the schedule for the next 

general election. 

As per the schedule, the 11th parliamentary 

elections will be held on 

December 23 (Sunday) while the last 

date for submitting nomination papers 

is November 19, the date for scrutinising 

nomination papers is November 22 

and the last date for the withdrawal of 

nomination papers is November 29. 

Mansur and Gonoshasthya Kendra 

founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury were, 

among others, present. 

On behalf of the 20-party alliance, 

LDP president Oli Ahmed at a press 

conference at BNP chairperson's 

Gulshan office said they decided to participate 

in the election for the sake of 

democracy though most of their 

demands have not been accepted yet. 

"We're strongly committed to continuation 

of the democratic trend in the 

country. As we've confidence in people, 

the 20-party unanimously decided to 

join the upcoming parliamentary elections 

in alliance despite the extreme 

hostile situation," he said. 

Oli also said they will reach an understating 

with the Jatiya Oikyafront over 

the election. 

Like the Jatiya Oikyafront, he 

demanded the election be deferred by 

one month. 

The 20-party leader also urged the 

government to release BNP chairperson 

Khaleda Zia from jail before the 

election. 

On Thursday evening, Chief Election 

Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda 

in a televised address to the nation 

announced the schedule for the next 

general election. 

As per the schedule, the 11th parliamentary 

elections will be held on 

December 23 (Sunday) while the last 

date for submitting nomination papers 

is November 19, the date for scrutinising 

nomination papers is November 22 

and the last date for the withdrawal of 

nomination papers is November 29. 

20-party to contest polls 

with BNP's symbol 

DHAKA : The eight registered political parties 

of the BNP-led 20-party alliance have 

decided to contest the 11th parliamentary 

elections with 'sheaf of paddy', the electoral 

symbol of BNP, reports UNB. 

A delegation of the 20-party, led by 

BNP chairperson's adviser BijonKanti 

Sarkar, sent a letter signed by BNP secretary 

general Mirza Fakhrul Islam 

Alamgir to the Election Commission on 

Sunday. 

The eight registered parties are BNP, 

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), 

Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP), Khelafat 

Majlish, Jatiya Ganatantrik Party 

(JAGPA), Bangladesh Kalyan Party, 

Bangladesh Muslim League (BML) and 

Jamiatulema-e-Islam Bangladesh. 

On Behalf of the 20-party alliance, LDP 

president Oli Ahmed in a press conference 

at BNP chairperson's Gulshan office 

on Sunday said they decided to participate 

in the election for the sake of democracy 

though most of their demands have 

not been accepted yet.

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Bangladesh Chhatra League Dinajpur District formed a human chain on Sunday at Dinajpur Press 

Club demanding arrest and punishment of attackers who attacked on Hasan Ali. Photo: TBT 

Trump, 

Macron try 

to project 

unity 

President Donald Trump 

and French President 

Emmanuel Macron are 

trying to project unity after 

Trump lashed out at one of 

America's strongest allies in 

Europe, reports UNB. 

Trump had claimed 

Macron insulted the United 

States when the French 

president pushed the idea of 

the continent having its own 

defense force. 

The American and French 

leaders have had an up-anddown 

relationship, but they 

told reporters that they are 

good friends as they 

prepared for talks at the 

Elysee Palace on Saturday. 

The meeting was Trump's 

first stop on a weekend trip 

to Paris where dozens of 

world leaders are gathering 

to commemorate Sunday's 

100th anniversary of the end 

of World War I. 


is being criticized for not 

finding a way to visit a 

cemetery in France for 

Americans killed in World 

War I. 

Trump was to visit the 

cemetery on Saturday, but 

the White House canceled 

the trip because of bad 

weather, which grounded 

the presidential helicopter 

that was to fly him to 

Belleau, about a two-hour 

drive east of Paris. The 

White House sent a 

delegation that included 

chief of staff John Kelly in 

his place. 

David Frum, once a 

speechwriter for President 

George W. Bush, tweeted 

that he thought it was 

"incredible" that a president 

would travel to France for a 

WWI ceremony and not pay 

respects to the U.S. 

servicemen who died in 

France during WWI. 

Trump is to visit a 

different cemetery on 

Sunday. 

French officials say the 

Trump administration has 

agreed to consult with 

NATO partners on its plan to 

pull out of a arms control 

treaty with Russia. 

Rajshahi city to be free from 

garbage and polythene: Liton 

RAJSHAHI: Mayor of Rajshahi City 

Corporation (RCC) AHM Khairuzzaman 

Liton has said the city areas will be declared 

free from garbage, waste and polythene by 

January of next year, reports BSS. 

He added that the city corporation has 

adopted diversified measures to free the city 

from waste and polythene use as it is being 

adjudged as the major problem of urban 

pollution. 

Mayor Liton made this observation while 

distributing dustbins among the 

businessmen at Luxmipur Bazar in the city 

yesterday adding that role of the 

businessmen is very important towards 

supplementing the efforts. 

The mayor will distribute 12,000 dustbins 

among the businesspersons in phases so that 

they could keep their respective places clean. 

RCC panel mayors Shariful Islam Babu, 

Rajab Ali and Tahera Begum, president of 

Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and 

Industry Md Muniruzzaman and general 

secretary of Shop Owners Association Golam 

Sarwar were present on the occasion. 

Expressing his commitment of turning 

Rajshahi into a beautiful city, Liton said, "I 

want to regain the previous image of green 

and clean city through making it eyecatching 

one on a priority basis". 

The city corporation has taken decision 

of getting adequate support from business 

communities as they have a pioneering 

role in substantial and sustainable 

reduction of polythene manufacturing and 

marketing. 

Mayor Liton said sound health was the 

most important wealth and urged all city 

residents, including the traders and 

businesspersons, to maintain cleanliness to 

combat environment pollution and reduce 

the spread of diseases. 

He said, 'We indiscriminately pollute our 

environment. RCC's cleanliness effort is not 

enough on its own. Concerted efforts are 

needed to change our habits. We have to 

clean and also stop throwing garbage to 

protect our environment.' 

He highlighted the importance of 

maintaining cleanliness on office premises, 

institutions, homesteads and open and 

market places in the city. 

In Georgia, black voters see echoes 

of voter suppression 

When Barbara Williams 

arrived at the Pittman Park 

Recreation Center just 

before noon on Election Day 

to cast her vote, she saw a 

line so long that the end 

wasn't in sight, reports UNB. 

"There were so many 

people, you couldn't count 

them," Williams recalled. 

"They were looped around. 

The line started at the door 

and it snaked around to the 

left." 

She ultimately waited four 

hours to use one of the three 

voting machines at the 

precinct where the 58-yearold 

retiree has voted in every 

election since she turned 18. 

Others reported similar 

challenges to voting at 

Pittman Park, located in the 

heart of Atlanta's oldest 

black neighborhood: Hourslong 

waits and voters leaving 

in frustration. For Williams 

and others who sought to 

vote at Pittman Park, the 

hurdles echoed a long 

history of voter suppression 

unfolding in a race in which 

Democrat Stacey Abrams is 

seeking to become the 

nation's first black female 

governor. 

"I feel like they didn't want 

her to win," Williams said of 

Abrams. "They made things 

so that we would get 

aggravated and people 

would leave." The race 

between Abrams and her 

Republican opponent, Brian 

Kemp, is still too close to call 

five days after the election. 

Kemp has denied any 

attempt to suppress the vote. 

But his background as 

someone who, as secretary 

of state, deleted inactive 

voters from registration rolls 

and enforced an "exact 

match" policy that could 

have prevented thousands 

from registering to vote, has 

brought the issue of 

minority access to the polls 

to the forefront. 

That's especially true at 

Pittman Park, which has 

long been a center of black 

civic and community life. 

Many residents learned to 

swim there at the only pool 

they were allowed to use 

during the segregation era. 

Today, it offers after school 

care, classes for seniors and 

a space for local meetings. 

It has been a precinct for 

as long as Douglas Dean, 

head of the Pittsburgh 

Neighborhood Association, 

can remember. Three years 

ago, it was consolidated with 

a nearby polling station, 

doubling the number of 

registered voters to nearly 

3,800, according to the 

Fulton County Board of 

Elections, one of the factors 

that may have played into 

last week's lines. 

"There is no excuse for 

what happened here in this 

election," said Dean, 71, and 

a former state 

representative. "Georgia is 

changing and there are some 

whites who want everything 

to stay the same so that they 

remain in power. 

A human chain was formed yesterday demanding justice of killing of a college student at Amtoli in 

Panchagarh district. 

Photo: TBT 

Bullet-hit 

body found in 

Cox's Bazar 

COX'S BAZAR : Police 

recovered the bullet-hit body 

of an unidentified man from 

Sabrang area in Teknaf 

upazila on Sunday morning, 

reports UNB. 

ABMS Doha, officer-incharge 

(investigation) of 

Teknaf Model Police Station, 

said that locals spotted the 

body near a shrimp 

enclosure in an area in 

between Sabrang and 

Shahporir Dwip in the 

morning and informed 

police. 

Later, police recovered the 

body. 

The team also recovered a 

local-made firearm, two 

bullets and 1.18 lakh pieces 

of Yaba tablets from the 

spot. 

29 held with 

huge drugs in 

Sylhet 

Sylhet Correspondent : 

Members of Rapid Action 

Battalion (Rab) arrested 29 

drug traders including six 

female along with huge 

drugs from Kashtoghar area 

in the city on Saturday 

evening. 

A team of Rab-9 led by its 

CEO Lt Colonel Azad 

conducted the drive at 

Kashtoghar Sweeper Colony 

around 6:30 pm and 

arrested them, said a Rab 

press release. 

LGED implements 

massive development 

works in Mymensingh 

MYMENSINGH : The Local Government 

Engineering Department (LGED) has 

implemented massive development works in 

the last nine years in Mymensingh district, 

reports BSS. 

The works mainly including rural road 

development and repair, construction of 

bridges and culverts, upazila muktijoddha 

complex construction, accommodation of 

poor freedom fighters, development of local 

haats (markets), primary school 

construction, upazila parishad complex 

construction and water resources 

development. During the period, the LGED 

department developed 819 kilometer (km) 

rural roads and repaired 1530-km while the 

development works of 478-km roads have 

been continued in the district, local LGED 

office said. Besides, the department 

constructed 590 government primary 

schools, six upazila complexes and 72 

residential buildings for homeless freedom 

fighters during the period. 

The construction works of 40 primary 

school buildings and six upazila freedom 

fighter complex buildings are still being 

built. 

LGED built about 3092-meter long 

bridges and culverts in all 13 upazilas of the 

district during the last nine years. On the 

other hand, the construction works of 992- 

meter long bridges and culverts are still 

going on. LGED constructed 810-metre long 

bridge on the Brahmaputra river at Shaltia in 

Gafargeon upazila. Besides, the construction 

work of 165-metre long bridge on the 

Godaria river in Haluaghat upazila is 

continued. 

During the period, the department 

constructed four upazila parishad 

complexes, 55 union parishad complexes 

and 35 hat bazars in the district. 

LGED also developed 21,636 hectares 

small water resources and constructed 24 

sluice gates, rubber Dam and re-excavated of 

132-km long canals. LGED also built over 15- 

km Dam in the district during the present 

government. 

Painting exhibition begins 

at DU Fine Art Faculty 

DHAKA : The annual art exhibition of Dhaka 

University's Drawing and Painting 

Department began here yesterday with a 

pledge to make art work a medium for 

intellectual exercise for social advancement. 

DU Vice-Chancellor Dr Md 

Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the exhibition 

as the chief guest at Zainul Gallery of the Fine 

Art Faculty on the campus. 

The exhibition will continue till November 

17. It will remain open every day from 11am 

to 8pm. Fine Art Faculty Dean Professor 

Nisar Hossain, Noted Cartoonist Professor 

Rafiqun Nabi addressed the function as 

special guests with Drawing and Painting 

Department Chairperson Shishir Kumer 

Battacharja in the chair. 

A total of 72 art works of 60 artists were 

exhibited in the event. On the first day of the 

exhibition yesterday, a number of students 

were awarded for their best art works. 

While addressing the programme, Prof 

Akhtaruzzaman said such kind of exhibition 

creates room for intellectual exercise. 

"These art works are creative and symbols 

of non-communalism. These art works and 

creativities have a power for social 

advancement", he said. 

A passenger bus named HILBARD fall in accident by losing its control at Feni Sadar Upazilla of 

Dhaka-Chattogram Highway on Sunday. 10 people were injured at that time. 

Photo: TBT 

Jubo League founding 

anniversary observed in 

Netrakona 

NETRAKONA: The 46th 

founding anniversary of 

Jubo League (JL), youth 

wing of ruling Awami 

League, was observed on 

Sunday. 

Marking the day, 

Netrakona district unit of JL 

chalked out various 

programmes like cutting of 

cake, discussion, colourful 

procession, lighting of 

candles, doa and milad 

mahfil in line of the central 

programmes of the 

organisation. In the 

morning, a colorful rally led 

by JL district unit convenor 

Masud Khan Jony and its 

joint convenor Jamiul Islam 

Khan Jami was brought out 

in the district town as part of 

the programmes. A large 

number of workers and 

leaders of JL Netrakona 

district unit joined the rally. 

Besides, a discussion was 

also held at its district unit 

office in Chotto Bazaar area 

with Masud Khan Jony in 

the chair. 

It was addressed, among 

others, by chairman of 

Netrakona Zila Parishad 

Prasanta Kumar Ray, 

Organising Secretary of 

Awami League (AL) 

Netrakona district unit 

Professor Bazon Sarker, its 

Publicity Secretary Zillur 

Rahman Numan, joint 

convenors of JL Netrakona 

district unit Jamiul Islam 

Khan Jami and Dewan 

Roni. 

Painting exhibition begins 

at DU Fine Art Faculty 

DHAKA : The annual art exhibition of Dhaka University's Drawing and Painting Department 

began here yesterday with a pledge to make art work a medium for intellectual exercise for 

social advancement. 

DU Vice-Chancellor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the exhibition as the chief guest at 

Zainul Gallery of the Fine Art Faculty on the campus. 

The exhibition will continue till November 17. It will remain open every day from 11am to 

8pm. 

Fine Art Faculty Dean Professor Nisar Hossain, Noted Cartoonist Professor Rafiqun Nabi 

addressed the function as special guests with Drawing and Painting Department Chairperson 

Shishir Kumer Battacharja in the chair. 

A total of 72 art works of 60 artists were exhibited in the event. On the first day of the 

exhibition yesterday, a number of students were awarded for their best art works. 

While addressing the programme, Prof Akhtaruzzaman said such kind of exhibition creates 

room for intellectual exercise. 

"These art works are creative and symbols of non-communalism. These art works and 

creativities have a power for social advancement", he said. 

Speakers at the programme said through this exhibition the students of Fine Art will be able 

to present their artistic excellence and creativity necessary for flourishing modern fine arts. 

Bus helper killed in Bogura road accident 

BOGURA : A bus helper was killed as a passenger bus hit his bus in Shahjahanpur Upazila of 

the district early Sunday, reports BSS. 

The helper was identified as Rohim Mia, 28, resident of Nilsagor Balubari village under 

Dinajpur Sadar Upazila. 

Police said the accident occurred in Rohimabad area on Dhaka-Bogura Highway. Helper of 

the bus Rupa Poribahon fell down from his bus as another bus hit it from behind. He was 

admitted to Shaheed Ziur Rahman Medical College Hospital, where he succumbed to his 

injuries. Shahjahanpur Thana police seized the two buses. 

Man hacked to death by brother in Savar 

SAVAR : A man was hacked to death allegedly by hisyounger brother in Kaichabari area of 

Ashulia on Saturday night over land related dispute, reports UNB. 

The deceased was identified as Abu Taher, 40. 

Taher's younger brother Jahed Ali swooped on him while he was sleeping and hacked him 

indiscriminately with a sharp weapon, leaving him dead on the spot, said Sheikh Rezaul 

Haque Dipu, officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station. Later, Jahed surrendered to police, 

he added.

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A view exchange meeting was organized by Bangladesh Mohila Parishad on Sunday at Sufiya Kamal 

auditorium in the capital. 

Photo: TBT 

Nasim hails Oikyafront's 

decision to contest 

polls: Nasim 

DHAKA : Health and 

Family Welfare Minister and 

Awami League presidium 

member Mohammed 

Nasim, MP, yesterday hailed 

the decision of the BNP-led 

Jatiya Oikyafront for taking 

part in the 11th 

parliamentary polls, slated 

for December 23. 

"I congratulate the 

Oikyafront as it took a right 

and time-befitting decision 

over contesting the next 

polls," the health minister 

said while speaking at a 

seminar on "Clinical 

management of Image result 

for thalassemia" at 

Mohakhali here. 

The minister said the 

election is an important 

element to continue the 

democratic culture and the 

optimum development of a 

country is possible through 

democratic process. 

Referring to the 

development in health 

sector during the AL is in 

office, Nasim said, "Country 

witnessed a tremendous 

development in health 

sector . . 

. Infrastructural works 

worth about Taka 5,000 

crore were completed during 

this AL government" 

Noting that the present 

government at a time 

recruited 10,000 nurses 

breaking all world records, 

the health minister said, 

"We will complete recruiting 

seven thousand physicians 

by December this year." 

Director General (DG) of 

the Directorate General of 

Health Services (DGHS) 

Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad 

presided over the seminar. 

Vice-Chancellor of 

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib 

Medical University 

(BSMMU) Dr Kanak Kanti 

Barua, Thalassemia 

Foundation secretary 

general Abdur Rahim, 

among others, spoke on the 

occasion. 

Book fair 

begins 

today at JU 

SAVAR : A four-day long 

book fair will begin on the 

Jahangirnagar University 

(JU) campus . 

'Aloghar Prokashona', a 

noted publisher will 

organize the fair on the Zahir 

Raihan auditorium 

premises. 

Director of Aloghar 

Prokashona Hasnat 

Mobarak told BSS. 

'We have been organizing 

book fairs at different 

educational institutes all 

over the country. As part our 

ongoing activity, we have 

organized a fair on the 

Jahangirnagar University 

campus, he said. 

'Professor Khalid Hossain 

of JU Bangla department 

will inaugurate the fair in the 

morning as the chief guest', 

he added. The book fair will 

continue till November 15. 

JP sells 553 

nomination 

papers on 

first day 

DHAKA : Jatiya Party (JP) 

yesterday sold a total of 553 

party nomination papers 

among the aspirants seeking 

to contest in the 11th 

parliamentary polls. 

JP Secretary General ABM 

Ruhul Amin Haowlader 

disclosed this at a press 

briefing at its Banani office 

in the capital this evening. 

He said JP is ready for the 

election. But it is the 

jurisdiction of the Election 

Commission whether they 

would defer the polls 

schedule or not, he added. 

Ruhul said discussion is 

going regarding formation 

of the grand alliance. 

He hoped that the 

forthcoming election will be 

held in a free, fair and 

peaceful manner with the 

participation of all political 

parties. JP Presidium 

Members Sunil Shuvo Roy 

and Major (Retd) Khaled 

Akther Abdus Sabur Asud, 

among others, were present 

in the press briefing. 

Earlier, JP Chairman HM 

Ershad inaugurated the 

selling of party nomination 

papers in the morning. 

PM welcomes decision 

by political parties to 

join election 

DHAKA : Prime Minister 

Sheikh Hasina on Sunday 

welcomed the decision of all 

the political parties, 

including Jatiya Oikyafront, 

to participate in the 

forthcoming national 

election, reports UNB. 

"We want the election to 

be held in a free, fair and 

neutral manner. In the 

election, those who'll get the 

mandate will form the 

government," she said. 

The Prime Minister said 

this while speaking at a 

meeting of Awami League 

Parliamentary Board (ALPB) 

held at the party central office 

at Bangabandhu Avenue here 

in the afternoon. 

Awami League President 

Sheikh Hasina presided over 

the meeting. 

"We want the continuation 

of democratic trend in the 

country. We together with 

all will contest the election. 

We'll make the 

arrangements so that people 

can cast their vote as per 

their choice," the Prime 

Minister said. 

Sheikh Hasina said the 

people of the country will 

decide which the party will 

form the government. 

"We'll keep special 

attention so that all can 

participate in the election. 

We also want the election to 

be free, fair and neutral. 

Because, we know those 

who'll get people's mandate 

(votes) will form the 

government," she said. 

She said Awami League 

will initially field candidates 

in all the 300 constituencies. 

"If Awami League contests 

the election in alliance, then 

some seats will be given to 

candidates of its alliance 

partners," Hasina said. 

Pointing out her weeklong 

dialogue with different 

political parties from 

November 1, 2018 to 

November 7, 2018, she said 

they discussed the ways of 

holding a free and 

participatory election in the 

talks. 

The Prime Minister said a 

total of 234 political leaders 

from 70 political parties and 

alliances took part in the 

dialogue that lasted for 24 

hours and five minutes. 

Mentioning that she had 

two rounds of talks with 

Jatiya Oikyafront, the Prime 

Minister said, "They placed 

seven-point demand and 

we've accepted much of the 

five demands." 

"I would like to welcome 

all as they've given opinion 

in favour of participation in 

the election," Hasina said. 

Noting that Bangladesh is 

marching forward, she said 

her party always wants the 

continuation of the current 

development pace and this 

trend will in no way be 

stopped. The ALPB 

members, including AL 

general secretary Obaidul 

Quader, Amir Hossain Amu, 

Tofail Ahmed, Sheikh Fazlul 

Karim Selim and Rashedul 

Alam were present. 

Nation in festive 

mood centering 

general polls: Maya 

CHANDPUR : People of 

the country are now in a 

festive mood as they are 

counting downing the date 

of the election to elect their 

chosen candidates through 

ballots, Minister for Disaster 

Management and Relief 

Mofazzal Hossain 

Chowdhury Maya said 

yesterday. 

"The nation is now in the 

grip of festivity centering the 

ensuing election. . .People 

are now waiting for the 

election date to choose their 

candidates… But a vested 

quarter is out to foil the 

polls," he said, speaking at a 

yard meeting (Uthan 

Boithak) with local leaders 

at his Matlab residence here. 

Maya said some leaders, 

isolated from people, are 

trying to serve their ulterior 

motive by cashing on in lofty 

talks while a vested quarter 

is hatching conspiracies 

centering the polls. 

He urged the Awami 

League leaders and activists 

to remain alert against 

intrigues. 

Venison, deer head 

seized in Sundarbans 

KHULNA : Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard on 

Sunday seized meat, head and skin of a slaughtered deer 

during a drive near Mirgamari canal of Sundarbans in 

Mongla upazila, reports UNB. 

Acting on a tip-off, a team of Coast Guard seized 10 

kilograms of venison, a head of deer and its skin in the 

morning, said Staff Officer Lieutenant Commander 

Abdullah-al- Mamun of Mongla west zone (Operation) of 

Coast Guard. No one was arrested over the matter as the 

poachers managed to flee after sensing presence of law 

enforcers, he said. 

Rizia Rahman, Fatima Rumi to get 

Humayun Ahmed Literary Award 

DHAKA : This year writers Rizia Rahman and Fatima 

Rumiwill receive the Exim Bank-Anyadin Humayun Ahmed 

Literary Award at Bangla Academy on Monday, reports 

UNB. 

The award giving ceremony will be held at Abdul Karim 

Sahitya Bisharad auditorium of the Academy where Finance 

Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith will be the chief guest. 

Rizia Rahman has been selected for the award in 

recognition of her contribution in the field of literature,while 

Farima Rumi has been selected in the young writer category. 

Rizia Rahman is a Bangladeshi novelist who is best known 

for her novel 'Bong Theke Bangla'. 

She is also a recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award 

and Fatima Rumi previously won Kali O Kolom Award-2014 

in the Short Stories and Novel category for her debut book 

'Ami Onindita'. 

Bangladesh Kalyan Party arranged a program yesterday at National Press Club. 

Rohingya repatriation 

should be voluntary, 

dignified: US 

COX'S BAZAR : US Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for the 

Bureau of Population, 

Refugees and Migration 

(Africa and Asia) Richard 

Albrighton Sunday said the 

repatriation of Rohingyas 

should be safe, dignified and 

voluntary. 

While talking to reporters 

after visiting Ghumdhum 

transit camp by the Rohingya 

camp in Kutupalong, he also 

said a congenial atmosphere 

should be created in Rakhine 

of Myanmar for the Rohingya 

repatriation. International 

human rights organisations 

and different donor 

organisations must get 

unrestricted entry to 

Rakhine, he said. 

Meanwhile, Derrick Brown, 

US Agency for International 

Development (USAID) 

Mission Director in 

Bangladesh who was also 

present there, said USAID has 

been working to improve the 

living standard of both 

Bangladeshi people and 

Rohingyas. 

The US team also visited 

Konarpara Rohingya camp at 

Naikkhongchhari upazila of 

Bandarban. 

Photo: TBT 

Swadhinata Shikkhok Parishad formed a human chain yesterday to welcome and thank to Prime 

Minister Sheikh Hasina for giving special increment for Kalyan Trust Abosor Board. Photo: TBT 

Hijras 

celebrate their 

recognition day 

DHAKA : The transgender 

community observed the 5th 

anniversary of their 

recognition by the 

government as the third 

gender through various 

programmes on Sunday, 

reports UNB. 

The programmes were 

organised under a project 

'development of the 

standard of lifestyle and 

good behaviour' in 

association with the Social 

Services Department and 

'ReThink Bangladesh', a 

platform working for the 

hijra community. 

In a landmark decision, 

the government on 

November 11, 2013 

recognised the hijra 

community as the third 

gender. 

Hijjras organised a 

programme titled 'Khola 

Hawa' at different places of 

the city where Mehedi utsab 

and selfi festival were 

included. 

The programme was held 

from 10 am to 1pm at 

different points of Dhaka 

University and Bangladesh 

University of Engineering 

and Technology (Buet) and 

on the footpath in front of 

Eden Mohila College. 

A cultural programme was 

also held in the city's Green 

Road area in the evening. 

A third year student of 

Dhaka University, Sumaiya, 

said people should change 

their common perception 

about the third gender. 

"They need support to live in 

the society with respect. We 

can do something for them 

from our position," she 

added. 

Concerted efforts 

of all to achieve 

SDGs stressed 

DHAKA : Experts at a 

seminar recently laid 

emphasis on concerted efforts 

of all to achieve the targets of 

Sustainable Development 

Goals (SDGs). 

Both government and nongovernment 

actors should 

work together in a planned 

way to replicate the successes 

like fulfilling the targets of 

Millennium Development 

Goals (MDG), they told the 

seminar titled "Sustainable 

Development Goals (SDG) at 

the Institution of Engineers of 

Bangladesh (IEB) here. 

Bangladesh Economics 

Association (BEA) organized 

the seminar with its chairman 

Prof Dr Abul Barkat in the 

chair. 

Former Chief Justice M 

Tofazzal Islam addressed the 

seminar as the chief guest 

while Chairman of Palli 

Karma-Sahayak Foundation 

(PKSF) Dr Qazi 

Kholoquzzaman Ahmad 

presented the keynote paper. 

BEA General Secretary Dr 

Jamaluddin Ahmed, 

teachers, economists and 

officials of different 

organization concerned, 

among others, attended the 

seminar. 

In his keynote presentation, 

Dr Kholoquzzaman said all 

should be included in the 

process of achieving SDGs as 

access of all is prerequisite to 

fulfilling the targets. The 

main philosophy of SDG is to 

establish an equity-based 

society through ensuring 

human dignity. 

"We have to achieve the 

targets of SDG utilizing own 

resource as we will get 

financial supports of any 

donor agencies. So, we have 

to move forward to 

implement SDG targets by 

2030," he added. 

Tofazzal said, "One of main 

components of SDG-4 is to 

ensure quality of 

education….. If we will be 

successful for ensuring 

standard of education, we will 

be able to change the world." 

Decision on 

shifting polls 

schedule 

tomorrow: CEC 

DHAKA : The Election 

Commission tomorrow will 

take the decision whether 

the schedule for the 11th 

parliamentary elections will 

be shifted or not, Chief 

Election Commissioner 

(CEC) KM Nurul Huda here 

said, reports BSS. 

"I didn't get any 

application regarding the 

change in polls schedule till 

now. I can't say anything 

right now … The decision 

will be informed tomorrow 

(Monday)," he told the 

reporters at Nirbachan 

Bhaban in city's Agargaon. 

On November 8, the CEC 

announced that the 11th 

parliamentary elections will 

be held on December 23 and 

the last date for submitting 

nomination papers is 

November 19. 

Most seized 

VoIP SIMs 

belong to Robi 

DHAKA : In a fortnightlong 

drive, the telecom 

regulator in cooperation 

with RAB seized 42,150 

SIMs for illegal VoIP in 

Dhaka and Chattogram, and 

most of those belonged to 

private mobile phone 

operator Robi. Bangladesh 

Telecommunication 

Regulatory Commission 

(BTRC) yesterday revealed 

the update at a press 

conference at BTRC 

conference room. 

BTRC and RAB, 

conducting the drive from 

October 14 to November 1 in 

26 establishments of Dhaka 

and Chattogram, also seized 

various types of equipment 

worth Taka 1.23 crore and 

arrested 24 people in 

connection with the seizure. 

Cautioning the mobile 

phone operators, BTRC 

acting Chairman M Jahurul 

Haque said they can't avoid 

their responsibility. 

He said BTRC did not hold 

the press conference to 

blame the operators. "But 

they (operators) have the 

responsibility to keep 

monitoring their SIMs to 

find where those are going. 

Keep your distributors 

under vigilance. Otherwise, 

BTRC would be compelled 

to enforce law." 

BTRC said they recovered 

Robi's 16,812 SIMs, 

Teletalk's 15,939 SIMs, 

Banglalink's 6,176 and 

Grameenphone's 3,223 

SIMs among the seizure of 

total 42,150 SIMs. A total of 

28 cases were filed under 

Bangladesh 

Telecommunication Act- 

2001 in Dhaka and 

Chattogram.

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mONDAy, 

NOVemBeR 12, 2018 

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Acting Editor & Publisher : Jobaer Alam 

Telephone: +8802-9104683-84, Fax: 9127103 

e-mail: editor@thebangladeshtoday.com 

Monday, November 12, 2018 

Bangladesh in 2019 

2018 is waning and coming to a close. The 

new year 2019 is at our doorstep. Only 

about a month and half is left before 

stepping into the new year. It is time to 

look back at the year that would be forever 

lost in the void of time, to try and realize 

what things pulsated our people and 

country most in this outgoing year. This 

exercise is important for us to detect what 

lies in store for us in the new year for the 

roots of the future, even the immediate 

future, are to be traced to the past. 

From the experiences of 2014, 2015, 

2016, 2017 and 2018, it can be said with 

some surety that 2019does not promise to 

be any smoother for Bangladesh than the 

previous years. The challenges to the 

country that surfaced in 2014 are most 

likely to be carried over into the next year 

unless of course some astonishing 

developments occur in the meantime or 

the authorities in charge of running 

Bangladesh can decisively and effectively 

cope with the troubles. 

Both possibilities are remote. The 

incumbents in power in Bangladesh are 

unlikely to give in any time soon to the 

demands of the quarters over holding 

national elections in coming December. 

They are out to exert pressure on the 

present government leading to its downfall 

that would pave the way for the latter to 

carry out their designs in the post downfall 

period. It is veryunlikely that the external 

and local challengers to the current 

government in Bangladesh will simply tire 

in their efforts and give up or withdraw. 

Thus, a rather stalemated situation can 

be expected in 2019 with one side 

struggling hard to hold sway over the other 

with neither succeeding fully. In such a 

situation, we are likely to see more of the 

same of what we have been witnessing - 

more tensions and potential drifts towards 

violence and more tougher responses to 

the same. However, in this see-saw battles 

neither side is likely to emerge as the 

complete victor or the vanquished. 

All probabilities are there that this 

government will prove to be more resilient 

than expected and endure after seemingly 

claiming victory in the upcoming election 

while its challengers could step up their 

deadly or sinister activities but falling short 

of attaining their goals. Needless to say, the 

people, the economy, the society and polity 

of Bangladesh will be caught in this 'war of 

attrition' of sorts and suffer badly. 

Bangladesh was having relatively smooth 

sailing till about two months ago. But as 

the date for inescapable holding of 

national elections has neared, the portents 

are showing up that it won't be better than 

2014. This tine the disgruntled BNP will 

join the polls.But it will do so while 

maintaining that it is part of their political 

struggle and on being vanquished would 

surely resume agitation and reject the 

result of the polls. Thus, another election 

after an election exercise may lead to 

formation of a government in late 2018. 

But that government would continue to be 

haunted in its aim of finding the well 

deserved political legitimacy. The new 

government would continue to suffer from 

its opposition's non stop allegations and 

vilifications that it cheated its way afresh 

to power and, therefore, deserves not a 

moment to be in power. Thus 2019 could 

turn out to be politically more tumultuous 

than the preceding year in all respects. 

India never ceases to amaze: A travel diary 

About a decade ago, just before the 

approaching Haj holidays, I 

surprised my family with an 

announcement: I would be taking my 

children to India for a holiday. 

I deliberately excluded my wife from 

the trip because of her weak belly, and I 

was unsure whether she would be able to 

put up with the various assortment of 

spices and oils found in the Indian 

cuisine. The last thing our trip needed 

was someone getting sick with diarrhoea 

or worse still - dysentery. 

My distinct memories from having 

visited the country with my parents when 

I was a child had left me with impressions 

of cultures and civilisations that one reads 

in history books. And then there was the 

incomparable Taj Mahal, truly one of the 

Seven Wonders of the World. 

And wanting to repeat that experience 

with my children, I decided to give them 

a taste of India by planning our trip to 

encompass different regions of the 

country - Chennai in the south, Delhi and 

Agra in the North, and Mumbai in the 

western part of the country. 

In the days preceding our trip, friends 

and acquaintances of both my children 

and myself were somewhat bemused and 

quizzed us repeatedly: "But why India?" 

"Why not," I would ask them. 

Their answers were concurrently 

patronising and sympathetic. India, they 

would say, is crowded and we'd be sure to 

catch a disease. 

Why not instead take the family to 

Austria with its breathtaking scenery, or 

The Tehran stock exchange was 

up 40% in local currency terms 

in September, although its 

annual decline was the same 

magnitude in dollar terms with the 

rial's 75% depreciation, as investors 

rushed into commodity-linked 

companies able to raise prices ahead 

of Washington's final round of 

resumed energy and banking 

sanctions. The State and Treasury 

Departments vowed "maximum 

pressure" to curb Iranian 

Revolutionary Guard regional 

adventurism and trigger negotiations 

on a new anti-nuclear and terrorism 

pact to replace the unilaterally 

shelved 2015 JCPOA agreement. 

They allowed European and Asian 

signatories still honoring it to 

provisionally continue oil imports, 

with the eventual goal of full cutoff. 

In a "single biggest action" 50 Iranian 

financial institutions and their 

domestic and foreign subsidiaries 

were designated off-limits, including 

the central bank and well-known 

state-controlled commercial lenders 

Melli, Sepah, Saderat and Tejarat. 

The Brussels-based SWIFT crossborder 

payments network in turn 

disconnected the group without 

naming the specific list, as European 

backers of a "special purpose vehicle" 

led by France and Germany scramble 

to finalize a euro-denominated 

channel to maintain credit and trade 

links from the original deal. 

President Hassan Rouhani hailed 

this potential opening and continued 

oil shipments at least in the 1 million 

barrels/day range, as his government 

with a new technocrat economy 

minister reportedly organized a 

dedicated sanctions-busting unit. 

Rial devaluation leveled off before 

Since the implementation of the new 

labor market reforms, including the 

imposition of dependent levy 

almost 21 months ago, about 1.36 million 

expats' family members have left the 

country, according to official statistics. 

Expats, the hardest hit by these new 

economic measures, fall primarily in 

the lower and middle-income groups. 

The countries most affected are India, 

Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, 

Bangladesh and Nepal. 

From one side, there are certain 

benefits from this labor market 

correction. The most obvious one is 

enhancing employment opportunities for 

Saudis. Other benefits include reducing 

cover-up businesses, enhancing security 

as a result of crime reduction and 

redirecting support to citizens by 

reducing demands for public utilities. 

However, the departure of expats and 

their families has been negatively 

affecting key private sectors including 

housing, retail, transport, recreation and 

education. 

The housing sector has been among the 

most affected owing to the decrease in 

demand from expatriate residents. The 

Portugal for its quaint ports, or even 

Mauritius for its splendid beaches, they 

wanted to know. Wasn't I aware that I 

would be exposing my children to 

malaria, diarrhoea or cholera, they said? 

I would patiently explain that I wanted 

my children to see India first-hand, and 

not to take in the stereotypes that 

unfortunately a lot of us Saudis (and 

others) have of that vast country. And I 

wanted to expose them to a diverse 

culture that they had not experienced 

before. While I thanked our well-wishers 

for their concerns, I assured them that we 

would be taking all the necessary 

precautions. 

But honestly, their concerns began to 

create some unsettling feelings within 

myself as well. Was I being rash, 

expecting to get through India without 

some debilitating medical condition? 

And what about my children? Was I 

foolishly exposing them to transmissible 

US President Donald Trump's 

November order, and stock exchange 

price-earnings ratios hit double digits 

as retail investors tried to preserve 

savings and access hefty dividend 

yields. Outside the blacklisted firms 

across an industry swathe including 

construction, insurance, mining and 

shipping they may still find decent 

prospects, as the country again girds 

for self-defined external economic 

onslaught as a regular Islamic 

Revolution feature. 

This fiscal year first quarter from 

March to June registered over 1.5% 

gross domestic product growth, 

according to official statistics, but the 

International Monetary Fund now 

predicts contraction at the same level 

and an even greater 4% drop next 

year. Inflation is back in double digits 

with the rial crash and rise in 

agriculture price from bad weather, 

and is projected to leap from 15% 

currently to 30% in the IMF's view, 

with benchmark Islamic Treasury bill 

yields already near 20%. The 

government has set aside $4 billion 

from the sovereign wealth fund and 

granted foreign exchange preferences 

TARIq A. Al mAeeNA 

GARy KleImAN 

diseases? With an Indian population of 

more than a billion, weren't the chances 

of diseases being transmitted 

compounded and was I being immature 

in not giving much worth to my family 

and friends' concerns? 

I was adamant on this adventure 

though, but to be on the safe side, I did 

call up the Indian Consulate in Jeddah 

and inquire about any specific medical 

precautions that we ought to have taken. 

I would patiently explain that I wanted my children 

to see India first-hand, and not to take in the 

stereotypes that unfortunately a lot of us Saudis 

(and others) have of that vast country. And I wanted 

to expose them to a diverse culture that they had not 

experienced before. While I thanked our wellwishers 

for their concerns, I assured them that we 

would be taking all the necessary precautions. 

"Drink only bottled water, and eat only in 

the hotels you would be staying in" was 

their soothing reply. 

Armed with that knowledge, we began 

our trip. As we spun through Chennai, 

Delhi, Agra and Mumbai, my children 

were truly amazed. And they loved every 

bit of it. The hustle and bustle of Chennai 

with its serene shorelines dotted with 

resorts and retreats offering world-class 

services, the grandeur of the Presidential 

Palace in New Delhi, the beauty of Marine 

Iran shares probe pressure pivot 

to pay for basic food and medicine, 

which the US pledges also to exempt 

from trade prohibition on 

humanitarian grounds. 

Reprising a program from 

previous sanctions and war 

episodes, citizens will receive 

baskets of staples that could help 

tip the budget into serious deficit. 

Public debt will reach 40% of GDP, 

as the current account surplus 

shrinks with slashed oil exports. 

The president and his team claim 

ample international reserves to 

withstand the crisis, estimated at 

around $100 billion, and 

Rial devaluation leveled off before US President 

Donald Trump's November order, and stock 

exchange price-earnings ratios hit double digits 

as retail investors tried to preserve savings and 

access hefty dividend yields. Outside the 

blacklisted firms across an industry swathe 

including construction, insurance, mining and 

shipping they may still find decent prospects, as 

the country again girds. 

previously shifted to euro holdings, 

but the exact figure is unknown 

and access and liquidity could be 

constrained under the repeated US 

clampdown. 

The bilateral confrontation may 

further delay compliance with the 

multilateral Financial Action Task 

Force's anti-money-laundering and 

terror-funding standards, a gap 

which keeps big Asian and 

European banks away regardless of 

sanctions status. Iran has been on 

the Paris-based body's "grey list" 

BASIl m.K. Al-GhAlAyINI 

rent for residential units continues to 

decrease since the downward trend 

began, when most foreigners who work 

for low salaries could afford it. 

The retail sector saw a loss of consumer 

spending as a result of the expatriates' 

departure. As for those who remain, they 

usually send their relatives back home 

remittances instead of spending their 

salaries in the local market. Statistics 

indicate that wholesale and retail trade, 

restaurants and hotels' GDP have 

contracted by 0.51 percent year over year 

in the second quarter of this year. 

Transport (mainly purchase of 

vehicles), recreation and culture (package 

holidays), furniture and furnishings, and 

restaurants have been also some of the 

hardest-hit sectors in the Kingdom. 

In my opinion, the adverse impact of these reforms on the 

above-mentioned sectors will be in the short term only. The 

government will review these reforms through specialized 

committees to make the necessary adjustments and 

corrections. Furthermore, the newly announced giga 

projects, which will offer thousands of employment 

opportunities, will definitely require and attract a new wave 

of value-added expatriates with their families who will 

ultimately strengthen the purchasing power of the economy. 

As for education, the number of 

students registered this year declined by 

30-35 percent compared with last year. 

In addition to not complying with the fees 

and the Saudization process, this led to 

Drive in Mumbai, topped with our visit to 

the majestic Taj Mahal in Agra had my 

children chirping in unison: "This is the 

trip of a lifetime." 

The preservation of historical 

monuments, unlike our own, were some 

of the things they marvelled at. 

Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, the Gateway 

of India in Mumbai and many such 

monuments and places of interest were 

etched in those young minds forever. 

And from our observations, we were 

pleasantly surprised to find parts of India 

much cleaner than some of our Saudi 

cities. Their roads, although crowded, 

were not run-down as in Saudi Arabia, 

and the Indians seemed more prosperous 

than we had imagined. Everywhere we 

went, we felt safe. The Indians we met 

were always welcoming. Yes, at the time, 

India was indeed far more than what we 

had imagined. 

However, in recent years, sectarianism 

has begun to creep into the country, one 

that has very ominous tones. From 

lynchings and hacking of minorities to 

death threats by some misguided 

followers of Hindutva (Hindu 

nationalism), incidents over the past few 

years have tarnished the reputation of 

this secular country, where people of all 

races and religions lived in perfect 

harmony. 

For India to regain its former glory, it 

must ask itself whether such misguided 

nationalism would be worth the price? 

Source : Gulf News 

pending passage of enabling laws, 

and the deadline was recently 

extended again to February 2019. 

In October lawmakers, over 

hardliner objections, approved 

drafts by a slight margin, which the 

clerical Guardian Council headed 

by Supreme Leader Ayatollah 

Khamenei then rejected as a 

Western-imposed regulatory and 

foreign policy threat. Rumors 

abounded that the agreement could 

compromise 

incipient 

cryptocurrency arrangements with 

Russian and Turkish counterparts 

to circumvent all forms of 

monitoring, as private foreign 

exchange traders facing arrest also 

dabble in that alternative. 

However, the odds are brighter 

for other bank reforms, such as a 

corporate governance bill to boost 

supervisory disclosure and 

reporting. After appointing 

Economy Minister Farhad 

Dejpasand when his predecessor 

lost parliamentary confidence, 

President Rouhani reiterated that 

financial sector modernization, 

including deep and diverse capital 

markets, was a priority. The stock 

exchange has an over-the-counter 

market to aid small and midsize 

companies which will suffer badly 

in a recession, and he pressed also 

for more large state enterprise 

divestitures already at $150 million 

this fiscal year. These moves may 

be incremental but can serve as a 

partial sanctions antidote while 

shifting the domestic narrative to 

overdue structural fixes that may 

seal investor interest. 

Source : Asia Times 

Foreign investors should explore Saudi 

investment opportunities 

approximately 30 percent of private 

schools operating in the local market 

going out of business. 

In my opinion, the adverse impact of 

these reforms on the above-mentioned 

sectors will be in the short term only. The 

government will review these reforms 

through specialized committees to make 

the necessary adjustments and 

corrections. Furthermore, the newly 

announced giga projects, which will offer 

thousands of employment opportunities, 

will definitely require and attract a new 

wave of value-added expatriates with 

their families who will ultimately 

strengthen the purchasing power of the 

economy. 

During this economic cycle, I believe 

that local companies in these affected 

sectors should proactively consider 

mergers and acquisitions to benefit from 

consolidations. I highly recommend that 

foreign direct investors appoint their 

financial advisers to explore forthcoming 

promising investment opportunities in 

these key sectors in the long run. 

Source : Arab News

LAW & PUBLIC MONDAY, 

NOVeMBeR 12, 2018 

5 

Political Asylum is a Human Right 

We are very familiar with the 

words political case and political 

asylum. Both are mostly interrelated 

with each other. Actually 

political case is not only cover 

legal activities also cover few 

matters by which a person thinks 

that he frightened in his 

own state and then he 

may seek for asylum to 

any foreign state which 

is known as political 

asylum. Those few 

matters are mainly 

religious, political 

opinions, member of 

particular social group, 

social activities, 

personal lifestyle, 

sexual orientation etc 

are the reason behind 

the political asylum. 

Victim of political 

asylum actually feel 

threaten or harm or 

blemish which is 

against as well as 

violation of human 

rights. 

A person has few 

rights which are 

entitled by him from 

the very beginning of 

his life; those rights are 

called as human rights. 

Political Asylum is 

most one of them. 

Article 14 of the 

Universal Declaration 

of Human Rights 

(UDHR) provides 

that….. 

1. Everyone has the 

right to seek and to 

enjoy in other countries asylum 

from persecution. 

2. This right may not be invoked 

in the case of prosecutions 

genuinely arising from nonpolitical 

crimes or from acts 

contrary to the purposes and 

principles of the United Nations. 

This article clarifies that asylum 

is an international human rights 

which can claim to any foreign 

state and foreign state also bound 

to provide that right except few 

circumstances. Basically by treaty 

and custom, peoples are enjoying 

asylum rights throughout the 

world. But one thing should 

remember that providing asylum 

is a scope to showing 

humanitarian attitude for any 

state. The way of seeking asylum 

is various in natures. Basically 

there are two ways of asylum can 

provide by any state or can be get 

by any victim. 

1. Territorial Asylum and 

2. Extra-territorial Asylum. 

Territorial Asylum is the 

traditional asylum which is 

randomly known by all. A victim 

who is seeking asylum he or she 

may go to any prospective state, 

that state may provide asylum in 

their territory. We know 

according to Article 14 of the 

UDHR asylum is a human right, 

so any prospective state can't 

refuse any victim. But here is few 

condition, actually safeguard for 

asylum providing states. In two 

situations a state is not bound to 

provide asylum to any victim. 

Number one, if prospective state 

feels that their state security may 

hamper by providing asylum. 

Number two, if the victim or 

asylum seeker proved as hardcore 

offender in his state. But it also 

mentioned that no state will 

restore any victim if he already 

entered into prospective state or 

border. If possible prospective 

state will provide asylum, 

otherwise they will send them to 

any other country where they 

may be able to get asylum which 

is no practicing in Australia. 

Extra-territorial Asylum is the 

wider sense of territory of a state. 

Suppose, American embassy in 

Bangladesh, although embassy 

situated in Bangladesh but that's 

not the territory of us. Like that 

every embassy treated as their own 

territory. From that point of view, 

a victim can seek asylum from any 

foreign embassy in his own state. 

This type of asylum is also known 

as 'Diplomatic Asylum'. This 

theory developed by the custom 

which is generally practicing in 

Latin America. In the year 1950 a 

case named 'Asylum Case' was 

between Colombia and Peru 

established this principle in the 

history of asylum. Case was heard 

in International Court of Justice 

(ICJ). In mentioned case a citizen 

of Peru who was political asylum 

seeker entered into 

Colombian embassy and 

got asylum. But Peru 

denies accepting this 

asylum, they went to ICJ 

and ICJ accepted the 

plea of Peru. Because the 

asylum seeker was 

actually serious offender 

in his country but ICJ 

mentioned that the way 

of seeking asylum was 

not illegal. From that 

case diplomatic asylum 

became popular in Latin 

and still practicing. But 

in our subcontinent this 

theory is not so 

practiced. 

Another famous 

extra-territorial asylum 

format is Ship. We 

know that every ship 

carry a state territory 

and that is identified by 

the flag. I mean, a ship 

also a territory of its 

flag state which flag 

that ship carrying. 

Business and war ship 

can be a foreign 

territory. 

From that point of 

view, a ship can be a 

foreign territory where 

an asylum seeker can 

seek asylum. That's all 

about the political asylum and the 

ways it can get as well as provide. 

Chowdhury Tanbir Ahamed 

Siddique, Associate, Law For 

Nations. 

Email: 

tanbir921535513@gmail.com 

MARITAl RAPe 

An unrevealed recent 

inhumane torture 

Is it unsafe to wait 

to prosecute ? 

While owing to the implication of the statutes 

and guidelines of the courts there are set 

limitation period within which one must bring 

his civil claim to the court, the scope for criminal 

proceedings is open ended. The reason is 

undoubtedly the severity of the offence against 

the state as opposed to personal conflicts that 

goes beyond the monetary damage. Can you 

then just wait forever and wake up one sunny 

morning to sue your accused? Does not sound 

realistic. In fact, a delay of few days and hours 

can also be crucial and that is what is placed 

under the microscope today. 

Not all delays are adverse for the prosecution. 

For instance, delay caused by the defendant to 

tamper the proceedings shall not effect the court. 

On the contrary, when the alleged delay is caused 

due to the unconscionable inefficiency of the 

prosecution or where it results in prejudice of the 

defendant, the court may consider it as abuse of 

process. The undue delay may render the chances 

of fair trial impossible (e.g. unavailability of 

evidence, washed memory of the witnesses, etc.) 

and most importantly, it may be a tool of 

fabrication. However, even the courts understand 

that not always it is practicable for the victim to 

act expeditiously. Comprehension of the offence 

and situation,, time taken for reporting the 

offence or making a complaint, physical and 

emotional inhibition of the complainant, 

consultation with experts and advocates, nature 

and difficulty of offences and extracting required 

evidence can amount to innocent delays on the 

part of the prosecutor. Nevertheless, one must 

keep some "instances" in mind and act. The date 

and time of the occurrence, the reaction period, 

visit to medical assistance or police station, 

recovery period and coming before the judge; it 

all must correspond to prove the genuinity of the 

offence. The necessity to act promptly actually 

varies from case to case upon close and careful 

consideration of the relevant circumstances. It 

may be very likely that the delay is relatively slight 

but the prejudice to the defendant is serious and 

vice versa. The severe the offence the faster it is 

expected you to act and therefore, undue delay to 

prosecute may result in dismissal by the court. 

The principle is primarily based on "justice within 

reasonable period of time" that benefits both the 

prosecutor (genuine complainant) and the 

defendant as the evidence comes fresh and it is 

presumed to give minimum scope for fabrication. 

So to wrap up, if you are a victim of a crime and 

you do not wish to forsake it, step forward as early 

as possible to receive proper justice and allow the 

other person to tell his part. Your indecision or 

dishonest intention may well be caught by the 

decision-makers for the time gap with no 

excusable cause. If this is not maintained, 

punishment maybe hanging over a defendant 

indefinitely or be left with defences which are 

tampered/forgotten. In case of unavoidable 

delays, prepare yourself with explanation that is 

not a deliberate attempt to interfere with the fair 

trial. Remember that even in the landmark case 

of assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, one 

of the main defence was to question the 

credibility and reliability of the witness 

statements due to the great lapse to time although 

it did not succeed for the exceptional 

circumstances of the case. 

Sohana Chowdhury 

(Barrister-at-Law; Lincoln's Inn) 

Legal Associate 

Legal Solutions 

"Rape" is seemingly common 

etymology in our society. Whenever 

we hear the word "rape", we 

imagine a brute lurking in darkness 

or in some hushed places for 

jumping over women to fulfill his 

sexual desire. Sometimes, a 

question peeps in our mind that, 

can a woman become the victim of 

rape by her legal husband apart 

from an outsider or stranger? 

Let us enter into the legal arena. 

Rape has been defined in section 

375 of Penal Code, 1860. The 

provision described rape as a 

forceful sexual intercourse with a 

woman against her will or without 

free consent or by deceive except by 

her own husband if she is not under 

age of fourteen. Punishment of this 

offence falls under section 9 of Nari 

O Shishu Nirjatan Daman Ain 

2000 (Amendment- 2003). 

Marital rape means Sexual 

intercourse which is committed by 

husband forcefully without free 

consent of wife. The idea of marital 

rape is still a taboo in our society. 

Most of the people have no 

transparent perception about the 

term. As the word rape depends 

upon consent, it should be 

applicable to both husband and an 

outsider. Today forceful intercourse 

has become a torture weapon. In 

our law, husband can be accused of 

rape if wife's age is less than 14. But 

the problem lies in only one 

situation- indemnity of husband 

from all sexual intercourse. 

In 2013, United Nations (UN) 

surveyed on 10,000 plus adult male 

from Bangladesh, Srilanka, china 

and Indonesia about their sexual 

behavior. The report states that 

24% of husbands forcefully 

committed sex with their wives. 

38% of them committed forceful 

sex to punish their wives! Apart, 

Bangladesh Bureau of statistics and 

UN population fund surveyed on 

violence against women in 2011. 

Among 12000 female participants, 

87% married women admitted that 

they were sexually tortured 

regularly by their husbands. 2011's 

UN report states, only 52 countries 

had amended their legislation to 

explicitly make marital rape a 

criminal offence. Unfortunately, 

Bangladesh does not belong to the 

list. 

Bangladesh Government enacted 

an Act called Domestic Violence 

(Prevention and Protection) Act in 

2010. In section 3(c) of that Act, 

there is a provision of "sexual 

abuse". But there is no specific 

definition, elements of crime and 

nature of sexual abuse. If any wife is 

injured by her husband from sexual 

abuse, she can't file any case against 

husband for hurt or grievous hurt 

under The Penal Code -1860 

because of 'indemnity'. When the 

marriage gets validity by free 

consent then how sexual 

intercourses get validity without 

free consent? If we feel hesitation to 

name this torture as "rape", then we 

can replace the term. Nevertheless, 

the activity must be called crime 

and must include severe 

punishment provisions. 

Our prophet Mohammad PBUH 

mentions that, "never intercourse 

with your wives until they come 

into a tranquil mood." Scholar 

Imam Gajjali says, "Never 

intercourse with your wives like a 

beast, first make them ready 

psychologically." So, evidentially 

violent sexual conduct is not 

permissible in the eye of Islam. 

The life and rights of wife are 

rolling on the ground for want of 

minimum legal and social 

protection. Having no provisions to 

protect married women from this 

hellish punishment is the clear 

violation of fundamental human 

rights. Article 31 of BD Constitution 

ensures that no action detrimental 

to the life, liberty, body, reputation, 

property shall be taken except in 

accordance with law. As no strict 

legal action is taken to prevent this 

brutal crime, government is 

indirectly encouraging this 

inhumane behavior which is 

detrimental and clear violation of 

the Article's spirit. Where is the 

protection of right to life and 

personal liberty under Article 32? 

Do we count women, especially the 

married women as a human? If yes, 

then where are their fundamental 

rights as a human, as a citizen? 

After all, this neglected human 

right must be re-considered and 

concept of marital rape should be 

re-count. 

By- S. M. Tasmirul Islam. 

He is an Associate Lawyer, 

Bhuiyan & Mir Associates. 

Sub Editor, Law Page, 

Daily Vorer Pata.

NATIONAL 

MoNDAY, NoveMBeR 12, 2018 

6 

Allowance cards distributed in Nalitabari 

ShahRiaR MilTOn, SheRpuR CORReSpOndenT: 

allowance cards were distributed 

among elderly, widows and disabled 

people of Baramari Bazar of 

nalitabari upazila of Sherpur with the 

initiative of Social Service directorate 

under the Ministry of Social Welfare 

in poragaon union parishad 

temporary office on Saturday. 

nalitabari upazila Krishak league 

joint convener and poragaon up 

chairman alhaj Md. azad Mia 

handed over these cards to 51 elderly, 

25 widows and nine disabled people 

as the chief guest. each elderly card 

holders will get 6 thousand taka, each 

widow's will get 6 thousand taka and 

each disabled people will get 8 

thousand and 4 hundred taka in the 

first step. The chief guest in his 

speech said that the government of 

Sheikh hasina has taken the 

initiative to distribute allowance 

cards considering the poor, the 

distressed and helpless people. 

according to Sheikh hasina's 

directive, agriculture Minister 

Begum Matia Chowdhury has 

correctly paid the dues of the poor 

and helpless people in her 

constituency. in the upcoming 

election, he seek vote for boat 

nomination for Begum Matia 

Chowdhury. among others, senior 

vice-president of poragaon union 

awami league Fazlul huq Fazal, 

president of Krishak league abu 

Sayeed, panel chairman noor islam, 

up member nurul haque, awami 

league leader amjad ali, Sultan 

ahmed, Social worker Sultan 

ahmed, founder of union digital 

Center Mashiur Rahman Morshed 

and Sajib Mia were present at the 

occasion. 

The 46th founding anniversary of Jubo League, Gaibandha District unit was celebrated at district 

Awami League office on Sunday by cutting cake. 

Photo: Rafiqul Islam 

46th founding anniversary of Jubo 

League observed in Gaibandha 

RaFiqul iSlaM, GaiBandha CORReSpOndenT: 

The 46th founding anniversary of 

Jubo league, youth wing of ruling 

awami league was celebrated in 

Gainbandha on Sunday in a befitting 

manner. Marking the occasion 

several programs were organized. 

The programs include hoisting 

national and party flag, placing floral 

wreaths at the portrait of Father of 

the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh 

Mujibur Rahman and Founder 

Chairman of Jubo league Sheikh 

Fazlul haque Mani, and cutting cake. 

Bangladesh awami Jubo league, 

Gaibandha district unit conducted 

these programs at district awami 

league office. 

Gaibandha municipal mayor and 

city awami league president Shah 

Masud Jahangir Kabir Milon, district 

Jubo league president Sardar 

Mohammad Shahid hasan loton, 

General Secretary Shah ahsan habib 

Rajib, city al organizing secretary 

Khan Mohammad Sayed hossain 

Jasim, district Jubo league leader 

Rezaul Karim Bhutto, Khandker 

Tanvir Raihan Tuhin, imam hasan 

Sohel, Khan Mohammad amir 

hossain Sohel, Sadar upazila Jubo 

league joint Convener harunur 

Rashid harun, city Jubo league 

Convener Shahnewaz palash, joint 

Convener ashraful islam palash and 

Roky dev and district BCl president 

Md. asif Sarker were present at the 

occasion. 

Nalitabari Upazila Krishak League joint convener and Poragaon UP chairman Alhaj Md. Azad 

Mia as the chief guest distributed allowance cards among elderly, widows and disabled people 

of Baramari Bazar of Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur on Saturday. Photo: Shahriar Milton 

Inauguration ceremony of training program for creating employment opportunity organized by BRAC 

Institute of Skills Development, Magura district unit was held recently. 

Photo: Rokibul Hoque 

Initiative 

taken to 

provide 

employment 

for 10 

thousand 

youths 

ROKiBul hOque, MaGuRa 

CORReSpOndenT: 

a noble initiative has 

been taken to provide 

employment for 10 

thousand youths in 

Magura. under the 

program the 10 thousand 

youths will be provided 

with training in 5 trade 

respectively electrical, 

mums, tiles fittings, rod 

bindings and pipe fittings 

within 2020. 

a trainee will get training 

for 3 months. every trainee 

will get financial assistance 

of Tk 2400 during training 

period while Tk 8600 after 

completing training 

successfully. after training, 

the trained youths will also 

be facilitated in being 

employed. BRaC institute 

of Skills development, 

Magura district unit is 

organizing the program. 

The inauguration 

ceremony of the program 

arranged at Brac training 

center where engineer 

Masuda Shiddiki Rozy, 

rehab member asadur 

Rahman and engineer 

Mohiuddin Shikder spoke 

with rehab training 

institute (RTi) chairman 

Md al amin in the chair. 

4.12-lakh tonnes wheat 

to be produced in 

Rangpur division 

RanGpuR: The 

department of agriculture 

extension (dae) has fixed a 

target for farmers to 

produce 4.12-lakh tonnes of 

wheat from 1.25-lakh 

hectares in Rangpur 

division during this Rabi 

season, reports BSS. 

The dae officials said 

78,478 tonnes of wheat will 

be produced from 23,760 

hectares in five districts of 

Rangpur agriculture region 

and 3.34-lakh tonnes of 

wheat from 1.01-lakh 

hectares of land in three 

districts of dinajpur 

agriculture region. 

Meanwhile, the farmers of 

all eight districts in the 

division have started 

preparing crop lands for 

sowing wheat seed after 

harvesting early varieties of 

Transplanted aman (Taman) 

rice varieties. 

The government is 

distributing 670 tonnes of 

wheat seed, 670 tonnes of 

di-ammonium phosphate 

(dap) and 335 tonnes of 

Muriate of potash (Mop) 

fertilisers among 33,500 

farmers under agriculture 

incentives programme to 

promote wheat farming in 

the region. 

"under the programme, 

each of the beneficiary 

farmers is getting 20-kg 

wheat seed, 20-kg dap and 

10-kg Mop fertilisers free of 

costs for cultivating wheat 

on one bigha of land," said 

horticulture specialist of 

dae Khondker Md 

Mesbahul islam. 

The farmers are showing 

more interest in cultivating 

wheat in both of the two 

agriculture regions of 

Rangpur division this year 

after getting repeated 

bumper productions with 

lucrative market price of the 

cereal crop in recent years. 

"The farmers have just 

started sowing wheat seed 

as the process will get 

momentum with further 

progress in harvesting T- 

aman rice crop allover 

Rangpur division from this 

month-end," islam said. 

The dae, Bangladesh 

agriculture development 

Corporation (BadC), 

Bangladesh agriculture 

Research institute (BaRi) 

and other agriculturerelated 

organisations and 

institutions have taken steps 

to make wheat cultivation 

programme a success. 

"The government has 

taken adequate steps to 

ensure supply of quality 

wheat seed, latest 

technologies, fertilisers and 

other inputs to the farmers 

to promote cultivation of the 

profitable cereal crop that 

has a huge demand in local 

markets," islam added. 

Talking to BSS, deputy 

director of the dae at its 

regional office Md 

Moniruzzaman said the 

farmers are showing more 

interest in cultivating less 

irrigation water consuming 

wheat using latest 

technologies to save 

groundwater and earn more 

profits. 

"Wheat farming has 

already become popular and 

more profitable among the 

farmers who got its repeated 

bumper productions at less 

farming costs along with 

rewarding market price in 

recent 

years," 

Moniruzzaman added. 

Rangpur Regional 

additional director of dae 

Md Shah alam said the 

farmers are cultivating the 

high yielding wheat varieties 

after getting excellent yield 

following less pests' attacks 

in recent years. 

"The yield rate of wheat is 

increasing every year as the 

farmers are mostly 

cultivating the disease 

resistant- and stress 

tolerant-varieties of wheat 

adopting conservation 

agriculture technologies and 

proper agronomic 

managements," alam 

added. 

Talking to BSS, farmers 

Mofizar Rahman of 

Taraganj upazila and 

echhahaq ali of Sadar 

upazila in Rangpur said they 

already sowed wheat seed in 

their lands after harvesting 

T-aman rice recently as the 

process is getting 

momentum day by day 

everywhere. 

Department of Accounting & Information Systems of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 

Science and Technology (BSMRSTU) organized a colorful rally marking the 'International 

Accounting Day-2018' on Sunday. 

Photo: Shafiul Kayes 

BSMRSTU celebrates 

International Accounting Day 

ShaFiul KayeS, BSMRSTu CORReSpOndenT: 

With the theme"One accountant, One World" organized by 

department of accounting & information Systems of 

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology 

(BSMRSTu) observed 'international accounting day-2018' on 

Sunday with much enthusiasm and festivity on the campus. 

To mark the day, BSMRSTu chalked out a day-long event 

including colorful procession participated by students, teachers 

and staffs of the university inaugurated by vice-chancellor prof dr 

Khondoker nasiruddin. The rally was started from the 

administrative building of the university, the various roads of the 

campus circulate.Then prof dr Khondoker nasiruddin discussed 

the significance of the day. 

among others, uzzal Mondol, Chairman of the department of 

aiS; assistant professor Solaiman hossain, Fayekuzzaman Mia; 

Rabiul islam were also present at the occasion. 

Coast Guard 

recovers 10kg 

venison from 

Sundarbans 

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard, West Zone in a 

drive recovered about 10 kilogram of venison along 

with a deer head and a hide from an area adjacent to 

Mirgamari canal of Mongla upazila of Bagerhat on 

Sunday morning, reports a press release. 

The recovered venison along with head and hide has 

been handed over to the Chandpai Forest Office for 

taking appropriate action. The Coast Guard's 

operations will continue to maintain law and order in 

the jurisdiction area of the Coast Guard along with 

public safety as well as protecting wild animals. 

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard, West Zone in a drive recovered about 10 kilogram of venison 

along with a deer head and a hide from Sundarbans on Sunday. 

Photo: Coast Guard

INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, 

7 

NOVeMBeR 12, 2018 

In this Wednesday, May 2, 2018 file photo, flames and smoke rise from an Air National Guard C-130 

cargo plane after it crashed near Savannah, Ga. Investigators say the cause of the military plane 

crash that left nine people dead was pilot error. Nine airmen from the Puerto Rico National Guard 

died when the plane plunged onto Georgia Highway 21 shortly after takeoff from the Savannah airport. 

(James Lavine via AP, File) 

Pilot error cause of deadly 

military plane crash 

The cause of a military plane crash that 

left nine people dead outside Savannah, 

Georgia, was pilot error, according to a 

report by the U.S. Air Force Accident 

Investigation Board, reports UNB. 

Nine airmen from the Puerto Rico 

National Guard died May 2 when the 

plane plunged onto Georgia Highway 

21 shortly after takeoff from the Savannah 

airport. 

"The purpose of the investigation was 

to identify the cause and contributing 

factors that led to this tragic and unfortunate 

incident," said Accident Investigation 

Board team leader Brig. Gen. 

John C. Millard. "By conducting a thorough 

review and investigation, we hope 

to provide answers to the families of 

brave Airmen that lost their lives and 

prevent future occurrences and 

31 cases of Zika 

virus reported in 

central India 

As many as 31 persons have 

reportedly been infected 

with Zika virus in India's 

central state of Madhya 

Pradesh, local media reported 

Sunday, reports UNB. 

Although some media 

reported that two persons 

died due to Zika virus, state 

health department officials 

stated that the cause of these 

deaths has yet to be confirmed. 

State's leading newspaper 

"The Hitavada" quoted 

Director of State Vector 

Borne Disease Control 

Department Dr Himanshu 

Jaiswar as saying that health 

officers have collected 200 

samples of suspecting Zika 

virus infected patients. 

"Samples were sent to 

Viral Research and Diagnostic 

Lab (VRDL) of AIIMS 

Bhopal. VRDL confirmed 31 

patients suffering from Zika 

virus infection," he said, 

adding that out of 31 

patients, seven are from 

state capital Bhopal, 12 from 

Sehore and 12 from Vidisha 

cities. 

According to Jaiswar, the 

Health Department has also 

sent these samples to 

National Institute of Virology 

Pune to be further confirmed. 

Ukraine rebel 

regions vote 

in ballot that 

West calls 

bogus 

Residents of the eastern 

Ukraine regions controlled 

by Russia-backed separatist 

rebels are voting for local 

governments in elections 

denounced by Kiev and the 

West, reports UNB. 

The elections Sunday will 

choose heads of government 

and legislature members in 

the self-proclaimed Donetsk 

and Luhansk People's 

Republics, where separatists 

have fought Ukrainian 

forces since the spring of 

2014 in a war that has killed 

more than 10,000 people. 

tragedies." 

Millard's team spent close to a month 

reviewing an array of evidence including 

interviews, logs, video, briefing 

materials, and inspection of aircraft 

wreckage before assembling a detailed 

sequence of events surrounding the 

crash. 

According to the report, the left outermost 

engine experienced problems and 

investigators found that the crew's mismanagement 

of the malfunction deviated 

from standard procedures. Failure 

to follow those procedures made further 

action by the pilot result in loss of 

control of the aircraft, causing it to 

crash. The plane was assigned to a crew 

from the 156th Airlift Wing in Muniz 

Air Base from Puerto Rico. Their mission 

was to deliver the C-130 plane 

from Savannah to an Air Force base in 

Arizona commonly referred to as the 

"Boneyard", where it would be decommissioned. 

The pilot of the plane was previously 

identified as Maj. Jose R. Roman Rosado, 

of Manati, Puerto Rico. 

All nine crew members had helped with 

hurricane recovery efforts as part of the 

198th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed 

the Bucaneros, which flies out of Base 

Muniz in the northern coastal city of 

Carolina, said Adjutant Gen. Isabelo 

Rivera, commander of the Puerto Rico 

National Guard. The squadron used the 

plane to rescue Americans from the 

British Virgin Islands after Hurricane 

Irma, and later supplied food and water 

to Puerto Ricans desperate for help 

after Hurricane Maria. 

Gunman who killed 12 died 

from self-inflicted gunshot 

An autopsy determined that the gunman 

who killed 12 people at a Southern California 

bar died from a self-inflicted gunshot, 

police said Saturday, reports UNB. 

Ian David Long, a 28-year-old ex-Marine 

machine-gunner, fatally shot 11 people at 

the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand 

Oaks and a police officer who responded 

just before midnight Wednesday. The officer 

exchanged gunfire with Long, who was 

found dead at the scene. 

Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub said an 

autopsy determined Long fatally shot himself. 

Authorities have yet to determine a 

motive and are exploring all possibilities. 

Among them is whether Long believed a 

former girlfriend might have been at the 

bar, which was filled with about 150 people 

on its popular college night that attracts 

students from several nearby schools. 

Former Sheriff Geoff Dean, whose last 

day on the job was Friday, said investigators 

believe Long targeted the bar but 

don't know why. At least a half-dozen 

people interviewed by The Associated 

Press who described themselves as regulars 

at the bar don't ever recall seeing 

Long there. 

Authorities described an attack of military 

efficiency. When Long shot his .45-caliber 

pistol, he killed. All of the injured suffered 

cuts, bruises and other minor injuries 

in frantic attempts to escape the gunfire. 

Some smashed windows and jumped out. 

Based on time stamps, investigators 

say, Long posted to Instagram during 

the attack. The post involved his mental 

state and whether people would believe 

he was sane. His social media accounts 

have been taken down but a law 

enforcement official said Long posted 

about his mental state and whether 

people would believe he was sane. The 

official, who was briefed on the investigation 

but not authorized to discuss it 

publicly, spoke to The Associated Press 

on condition of anonymity. 

Long grew up in Thousand Oaks and several 

people who knew him described him in 

disturbing terms. Long made others feel 

uncomfortable going back to his teens. 

Dominique Colell, who coached girls' 

track and field at the high school where 

Long was a sprinter, remembers an angry 

young man who could be verbally and 

physically combative. 

In one instance, Colell said Long used his 

fingers to mimic shooting her in the back of 

the head as she talked to another athlete. In 

another, he grabbed her rear and midsection 

after she refused to return a cellphone 

he said was his. 

"I literally feared for myself around him," 

Colell said in an interview Friday. "He was 

the only athlete that I was scared of." 

Police said Long had no criminal record. 

However, last April, yelling and loud banging 

noises coming from the home Long 

shared with his mother prompted a nextdoor 

neighbor to call authorities. 

Deputies responded and a mental health 

specialist who assessed Long worried he 

might be suffering from post-traumatic 

stress disorder but found no grounds to 

hospitalize him. 

A bouquet of flowers, left by mourners, lays near the site of Wednesday's 

mass shooting, in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. 

Investigators continue to work to figure out why an ex-Marine opened fire 

Wednesday evening inside a Southern California country music bar, 

killing multiple people. 

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) 

Saudi sisters’ 

tragic end in NY 

shows perils for 

runaways 

The deaths of two young 

Saudi sisters, whose bodies 

washed up along the New 

York City waterfront last 

month, have shined a light 

on the often secretive and 

risky journeys Saudi women 

take to flee their homes, 

both within the kingdom 

and abroad, reports UNB. 

Tala Farea, 16, and Rotana 

Farea, 23, ran away from 

home in Fairfax, Virginia 

before being placed in a 

shelter amid allegations 

they were abused at home. 

They then made their way to 

New York City, staying in 

high-end hotels and eventually 

maxing out the older sister's 

credit card. 

What happened next is 

still under investigation. 

Their bodies, fully clothed 

and showing no obvious 

signs of trauma, were found 

Oct. 24 along the rocky 

banks of the Hudson River 

wrapped together with tape. 

New York City Police 

Chief of Detectives Dermot 

Shea said people who knew 

the Farea sisters in Virginia 

told investigators that they 

made statements within the 

last year indicating "that 

they would rather inflict 

harm on themselves - commit 

suicide - than return to 

Saudi Arabia." 

That may be because in 

Saudi Arabia, women who 

try and flee have few good 

options. Under the kingdom's 

guardianship system 

women must have the 

approval of a male relative - 

such as a father, husband, 

brother, or even a son - to 

marry, obtain a passport or 

travel. 

"The fact that they continue 

to be subjected to the 

guardianship system ... to 

the more sort of sinister 

issues which include physical 

or sexual abuse that they 

face at home, we've seen 

women in all these cases 

attempt to flee," said 

Human Rights Watch 

researcher Adam Coogle. 

Coogle said there are also 

women being pressured 

into marriages against their 

will. He did not specifically 

discuss the Farea sisters as 

their case is still under 

investigation. 

West Virginia high court scandal: 

convicted justice resigns 

A suspended West Virginia Supreme Court 

justice who was recently convicted of 11 federal 

charges is stepping down just ahead of a 

special legislative session to consider his 

removal, the governor's office disclosed Saturday, 

reports UNB. 

It was the latest development in an 

impeachment scandal miring some past and 

present justices in varying accusations 

including abuse of authority and failure to 

rein in excessive spending that has engulfed 

the state's highest court for months. 

Republican Gov. Jim Justice's office said 

late Saturday that he received a letter from 

Justice Allen Loughry and accepted his resignation 

effective at the close of business Monday, 

a day ahead of Tuesday's scheduled special 

session. Justice had no further comment 

in his brieft statement, and Loughry's onesentence 

resignation letter didn't elaborate. 

Loughry was convicted last month of federal 

criminal charges including wire fraud 

involving his personal use of state cars and 

fuel cards and mail fraud. He has requested 

a new trial. 

Court offices were closed over the weekend, 

and Loughry couldn't immediate be 

reached for comment. A message left by The 

Associated Press with the court's public 

information officer was not immediately 

returned late Saturday. 

Justice recently called a special legislative 

session for Tuesday, saying in his proclamation 

that it would consider removing 

Loughry from his post. 

Loughry and three other justices were 

impeached by the West Virginia House in 

August over questions involving lavish office 

renovations that evolved into varying accusations 

of corruption, incompetence and 

neglect of duty. One of them, Justice Beth 

Walker, was cleared of an impeachment 

charge at a Senate trial last month. 

The West Virginia Supreme Court last 

month effectively halted the Legislature's 

remaining efforts to impeach the state's justices 

as a violation of the separate of power 

doctrine. The court ruled that the Senate 

lacks jurisdiction to pursue its impeachment 

trial of Justice Margaret Workman. 

The Senate had postponed Workman's trial 

after the presiding judge didn't show up 

following the court ruling. A panel of acting 

justices said the court's decision to stop 

Workman's impeachment hearing also 

applies to retired Justice Robin Davis and 

Loughry, who had petitioned the court to 

intervene. It wasn't immediately clear 

whether Loughry's imminent departure 

would alter Tuesday's special session plans. 

Meanwhile, Senate President Mitch 

Carmichael, a Republican, lauded the resignation 

announcement Saturday. 

"We appreciate that Justice Loughry has 

decided to do the right thing and step down 

from the Court," Carmichael said in a statement. 

He added that with the resignation 

and recent voter approval of a judicial budget 

oversight amendment, "I believe we are 

well on our way to rebuilding the trust of our 

citizens in the judicial branch." 

Judicial elections in West Virginia became 

nonpartisan in 2016, but the court's 

impeachment scandal this year stirred political 

attacks. Some Democrats argued that the 

court's shakeup over spending and other 

issues was a power grab by the Republicanled 

legislature. 

In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 file photo, West Virginia Supreme Court 

Justice Allen Loughry leaves the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse 

in Charleston, W.Va. after a federal jury was selected for his criminal trial. 

On Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, the office of Gov. Jim Justice said that he has 

accepted the resignation of the suspended state Supreme Court justice 

recently convicted of federal charges, days ahead of a legislative session set 

to consider the justice's removal amid an ongoing scandal involving the 

court. 

(Craig Hudson/The Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP) 

China’s annual shopping frenzy 

shatters another record 

Online shoppers spent more than $14 

billion within the first two hours of China's 

annual buying frenzy on Sunday, 

once again breaking records as the consumer 

tradition enters its 10th year, 

reports UNB. 

The spending binge breaks from 

gloomy forecasts about the world's second-largest 

economy, which is struggling 

with a tariff war with the U.S., a 

stock market slump and slowing overall 

growth. 

Known as Singles Day, the clamor for 

deals and discounts was heralded with 

characteristic fanfare by Chinese e- 

commerce giant Alibaba, which has 

turned an unofficial holiday for people 

without romantic partners into a yearly 

windfall for digital retailers. 

A massive screen at Alibaba's gala in 

Shanghai showed the surging sales 

numbers in real time: At 2 minutes and 

5 seconds after midnight, 10 billion 

yuan ($1.43 billion) in purchases had 

been made on Alibaba's platforms. By 

the 1 hour and 47 minute mark, that 

number had increased tenfold. 

Singles Day began as a spoof event 

celebrated by unattached Chinese university 

students in the 1990s. In Chinese, 

it's called "Double 11," after the 

numbers in the month and date. The 

improvised holiday has since been coopted 

by e-retailers and transformed 

into China's version of Cyber Monday - 

the busiest time for online shopping in 

the U.S. 

The Twitter-like Weibo platform was 

blanketed with Singles Day-related 

posts on Sunday, from users proudly 

proclaiming that they had resisted the 

shopping urge this year to those who 

cheerfully listed an array of mundane 

purchases. 

Alibaba founder Jack Ma, who will 

step down as chairman in less than a 

year, attended the start of the gala in 

Shanghai and appeared in a video message 

in which he wrapped up live hair 

crabs, a popular online purchase. 

Singles Day "is not a day of discounts, 

but rather a day of gratitude," Ma said 

in the video. "It's when retailers use the 

best products and best prices to show 

their gratitude to our consumers." 

Chinese e-commerce platforms have 

come under fire in the past for peddling 

low-quality and counterfeit items. 

Hong Tao, an economics professor at 

Beijing Technology and Business University, 

said Singles Day encourages 

shoppers to prioritize cheap prices over 

high quality, causing them to purchase 

items they don't need. "People are 

swept up in the festivities," Hong said 

in a phone interview. "This burst of 

consumption, confined to just one day, 

can be exhausting for both buyers and 

sellers." 

The occasion also has big environmental 

implications. 

While both Alibaba and competitor 

JD.com have pledged to use biodegradable 

packaging to cut down on waste, 

research conducted this month by 

Greenpeace East Asia said many plastics 

marked "biodegradable" and used 

by Chinese e-retailers can only break 

down under high temperatures in facilities 

that are limited in number across 

the country. Greenpeace estimated 

that by 2020, "biodegradable" packaging 

could produce roughly 721 truckloads 

of trash in China every day. 

China-Vietnam friendship 

singing contest promotes ties 

The ninth edition of China-Vietnam Friendship Singing Contest, which concluded 

here on Saturday night, helped step up cultural exchanges between the two 

countries and foster music talents, reports UNB. 

The annual event has been held alternately between the two countries since 2010 

with collaboration of China's People's Radio of Guangxi and the Vietnam National 

Music Song and Dance Theater. 

"Music is borderless. Cultural exchanges between the two countries will be further 

promoted through activities like this," Peng Shituan, cultural counselor of the 

Chinese embassy in Vietnam told Xinhua on Saturday. 

Peng noted that China and Vietnam have many cultural and historical similarities, 

which are advantages to help better mutual understanding. 

The contestants, comprised of 18 individuals and three bands, stood out in the 

qualifying rounds held across Vietnamese regions from Oct. 5-20. 

Each of them performed a Chinese song and another in Vietnamese, and the best 

five were selected, including three individuals and two groups. They will go to China's 

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for the final slated for Nov. 28. 

"Several singers have had their careers take off after the contest. They are loved 

by people in both countries," said Peng, considering that those singers have now 

become cultural bridges connecting China and Vietnam. 

According to Nguyen Hai Linh, acting director of Au Co Art Performing Center 

in Hanoi, the contest this year attracted greater attention from the public, with the 

number of contestants at the preliminary round exceeding 100. 

"Many of them are driven by their passion for Chinese music and culture to sign 

up for the competition," he said, adding that contestants this year have very good 

performing skills, diverse in styles and genres.

ART & CULTURE 

MOnday, 

Harry 

Potter fans 

point out 

mistake in 

'fantastic 

beasts 2' 

Hardcore Harry Potter fans know the tiniest details 

about the books as well as films. So when they 

noticed something that didn't add up, there was 

naturally a hue and cry! In the upcoming 'Fantastic 

Beasts 2' film, they noticed a rather significant error 

in the dates that surround the much respected 

Professor McGonagall's introduction. 

The studio behind the film has already confirmed 

that Professor McGonagall, who headed Gryffindor, 

will make an appearance in the upcoming 'Fantastic 

Beasts and Where To Find Them: The Crimes Of 

Grindelwald' even though it is known that she wasn't 

born in 1927. In the past, Rowling has stated that 

Professor McGonagall, who taught Transfiguration, 

17th All Asia Karate Championship 2018 

Iran and Philippines champion 

The 17th All-Asia Open 

Karate Championship has 

been held on Saturday, 

October 10 at Shaheed 

Shahawardi Indoor Stadium. 

Iranian participant Rahim 

zade Afsali became 

champion on man's category. 

In women's category 

Filipina's Karen Abguarilius 

became champion. 

The International Director 

of (IKO) from Khyukushin 

Head Office, Mr. Khatsohit 

Gaurai, Dr. Dipu Moni MP 

(former Foreign Minister), 

and the main sponsor of 

Khyukucin Bangladesh was 

was born in 1935 - eight years after she is shown as a 

young wizard in her late 20s in the second installment 

of the Fantastic Beasts adaptation. 

The young actress who will be seen playing the part 

is Fiona Glascott and it seems she was confirmed 

rather last minute. 'The Crimes of Grindelwald' will 

revolve around the young Albus Dumbledore, who 

tries his best to stop Grindelwald's evil plans to raise 

the status of pure blood wizards above other nonmagical 

people. 

All set to hit the screen later this month, fans are 

questioning the mistake in calculation regarding 

McGonagall's age. 

|Source: TOI] 

there as honorable guests. 

Mr. Abdul Hamid, the 

Honorable President of the 

People's Republic of 

Bangladesh inaugurate the 

competition at 9th November.. 

Besides, Honorable State 

Minister for Youth and Sports 

ministry, Mr. Dr. Biren 

Shikdar MP was there. 

Competition got started at 

12 pm by participating of 18 

countries through Marchpast. 

Along with the host country 

Bangladesh the competition 

includes 60 participants from 

18 countries including Japan, 

Afghanistan, China, India, 

Iran, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, 

Lebanon, Macao, Mongolia, 

Myanmar, Bahrain, Nepal, 

Pakistan, Philippines, Sri 

Lanka and Kuwait. After the 

main phase of the 

competition, a team of 

Khyukusin Bangladesh 

branch has performed kata 

performance, press release. 

Fantastic Beasts: The 

Crimes Of Grindelwald 

The second installment of the "Fantastic Beasts" series 

set in J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World featuring the 

adventures of magizoologist Newt Scamander. 

Release Date: 

Director: 

Writers: 

Stars: 

Taglines: 

Genres: 

Also known as: 

Runtime: 

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Language: 

Production: 

16 November 2018 (USA) 

David Yates 

J.K. Rowling 

Eddie Redmayne, Katherine 

Waterston, Dan Fogler 

The fate of one will change the 

future of all 

Adventure, Family, Fantasy 

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of 

Grindelwald 

134 minutes 

USA, UK 

English 

Heyday Films, Warner Bros 

'Sarkar' 

Mahesh Babu 

is all praise 

for the Vijay 

Starrer 

Ilayathalapathy Vijay is being lauded for his 

efforts and performance in the recently 

released 'Sarkar', directed by AR 

Murugadoss. He is seen playing an NRI 

named Sundar Ramasamy who arrives in 

India to make use of his voting rights and 

choose the right candidate. 

'Sarkar', which is an action-drama, has 

been getting rave reviews from critics and 

audiences alike. The film is reportedly 

making waves worldwide box-office. 

nOVeMBer 12, 2018 

8 

STOrylIne : 

In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood 

wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore 

enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, 

unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love 

and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, 

in an increasingly divided world. 

|Source: IMDb] 

Meanwhile, Tollywood superstar Mahesh 

Babu watched the film and heaped praise on 

the film and its director AR Murugadoss on 

micro-blogging site. 

He wrote: ''#Sarkar is an engaging 

political drama!! Thoroughly enjoyed it... An 

@ARMurugadoss trademark film Congrats 

to the entire team.'' 

Vijay has shown memorable 

performances in previous films and this one 

is another milestone for the actor. Keerthy 

Suresh has played the leading lady 

alongside Vijay in the film. The movie also 

had its share of controversies before the 

release. 

|Source: TOI] 

H O rOSCOPe 

arIeS 

(March 21 - April 20): Natives 

of Aries are often confident and 

energetic people, who should 

consider setting up arrangements for larger 

family gatherings like reunions. Natives of this 

sign are often driving forces in the professional 

and political areas. 

TaUrUS 

(April 21 - May 21): The 

obstacles you face at the 

moment may be daunting but 

you have what it takes to overcome them. 

Don't try to avoid what fate sends your way 

over the next few days - it is designed to 

strengthen you, not destroy you. 

GeMInI 

(May 22 - June 21): There may 

be times when you would like 

nothing better than to cut 

yourself off from the world at 

large but that simply isn't possible. Make 

the best job of what you are expected to do 

and try to steal a few hours for yourself 

later on. 

CanCer 

(June 22 - July 23): Some 

things are important and some 

things are not and if you don't 

yet know the difference then it's time you 

found out. This should be a productive time 

for you but you need to learn how to say 

"no" when people ask you for favours. 

leO 

(July 24 - Aug. 23): If you are 

not yet getting the rewards and 

the respect you deserve don't 

worry, in a matter of days your 

name will be on everybody's lips. The sun in 

Aries makes you both creative and 

adventurous, so do something out of the 

ordinary. 

VIrGO 

(Aug. 24 - Sept. 23): You may be 

tempted to go on a journey today 

but the planets warn it could 

lead you in some unforeseen directions, so 

make sure you take a map and don't promise 

to be at a certain place at a specific time - 

because you won't make it. 

lIBra 

(Sept. 24 - Oct. 23): At some 

stage over the next few days 

you will see or hear something 

that makes you view the world in a new 

light. A change of perspective will lead to 

new ways of thinking, ways that answer all 

the questions you have been asking. 

SCOrPIO 

(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22): Find out 

why a partner or loved one is 

behaving so erratically, then 

do what you can to assist them. Most likely 

their problems are nowhere near as big as 

they think they are and can quite easily be 

corrected - as can your own! 

SaGITTarIUS 

(Nov. 23 - Dec. 21): Yours is a 

sign of boundless selfconfidence 

and that's good 

because you will need it over 

the next few days. If you are not happy in 

your current environment don't be afraid to 

pack a bag and take off for a few days. 

CaPrICOrn 

(Dec. 22 - Jan. 20): You seem to 

lack purpose at the moment but 

that will change if you look for 

ways to express yourself. 

Whatever challenges come your way, and there 

will be plenty, see them as opportunities to be 

embraced rather than as threats to be avoided. 

aQUarIUS 

(Jan. 21 - Feb. 19): Stay calm and 

keep setbacks in perspective. If 

you can learn to take yourself a bit 

less seriously over the coming 

week then your problems, such as 

they are, will fade into insignificance. Rest 

assured your successes will always outnumber 

your failures. 

PISCeS 

(Feb. 20 - Mar. 20): It does not 

matter if other people approve 

of what you are doing, it 

matters only that it means 

something to you. The very last thing you 

should be doing now is asking friends and 

family for their opinions - it's your views 

that count. 

The first poster of Raj Chakraborty's 

upcoming 'Adventures Of Jojo' is out 

and it looks super adorable. The 

dreamy fairy tale like poster features 

two kids on an elephant in the jungle. 

The upcoming children drama has 

already sent the industry into a tizzy 

with almost every Tolly celeb going 

gaga over it. From Prosenjit Chatterjee, 

Srijit Mukherjee to Abir Chatterjee, all 

Johnny English 3 Strikes Again (2D) 

12:30 pm, 5:00 pm 

Halloween (2D) 

11:30 am, 1:50 pm 

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (3D) 


A Simple Favor (2D) 

4:35 pm, 7:30 pm 

The Nun (2D) 

2:45 pm, 7:15 pm 

Venom (3D) 

12:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 5:30 pm, 8:00 pm 

Debi (2D) 

11:30 am, 1:45 pm, 4:00 pm, 6:15 pm, 7:15 

pm, 8:30 pm 

The Nutcracker (2D) 

12:30 pm, 2:45 pm, 5:00 pm, 7:15 pm 

*Authority reserves the right for any changes. 

'Adventures of jojo' 

It's social media 

madness as first poster 

of the children 

drama released 

have sent best wishes to Raj. 

Joshojit Banerjee, son of popular 

television actor Joyjit Banerjee will be 

seen in the titular role in this movie 

which revolves around the exciting 

journey of how a little kid gets trapped 

into the magical world of the jungle and 

befriends the animals. 

The story ultimately focuses on 

poaching and how Jojo beats the 

SHOWTIME 

Halloween (2D) 

11:30 pm, 4:30 pm 

Debi (2D) 

poachers to set an example. 

'Adventures of Jojo' also has Rudranil 

Ghosh and Padmanava Dasgupta in 

pivotal roles. 

The film, eyeing a Christmas release, 

is quite significant given the current 

situation as it delivers a striking 

message against poaching and looks to 

raise awareness on wildlife 

conservation. |Source: TOI] 

10:40 am, 11:00 am, 12:50 pm, 1:40 pm, 3:00 pm, 

4:20 pm, 5:15 pm, 7:00 pm, 7:30 pm 

Bohemian Rhapsody (2D) 

11:00 am, 1:40 pm, 4:20 pm, 7:00 pm 

5 Weeding (2D) 

2:00 pm, 7:20 pm 

Venom (3D) 


The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (3D) 

10:50 am, 1:00 pm, 3:10 pm, 5:20 pm, 7:30 pm 

*Authority reserves the right for any changes.

SPORTS 

MONDAy, NOVEMBER 12, 2018 

9 

Mushfiqur Rahim congratulates Mominul Haque on bringing up his hundred against Zimbabwe on 

Sunday. 

Photo: AP 

Mominul, Mushfiqur score tons to 

give Bangladesh first-day honours 

Sports Desk: Mominul Haque and 

Mushfiqur Rahim produced centuries 

of contrasting style but equally weighty 

substance as Bangladesh took early 

control of the second Test in Dhaka. 

With Mominul striking a boundaryladen 

161 and Mushfiqur grinding his 

way to an unbeaten 111 from 231 balls, 

the pair put on 266 - Bangladesh's best 

ever partnership for the fourth wicket 

in Tests - to completely reverse 

Zimbabwe's morning gains and put 

Bangladesh in charge, reports Cricinfo. 

Their stand flattened Zimbabwe, who 

had had their tails up when the hosts 

were tottering at 26 for 3 this morning 

but progressively lost their grip on the 

game as the partnership grew. 

Crucially, Zimbabwe not only lost 

consistency with the ball during the 

day, but also gifted Mominul three lives 

as he was dropped on 9, 25 and 120. 

Bangladesh had been in dire need of 

something special from the pair when 

the top order slipped up against the 

tight lines and subtle changes of length 

from Zimbabwe's new-ball bowlers. 

Kyle Jarvis and Tendai Chatara gave 

Liton Das and Imrul Kayes a thorough 

working over in the first half hour, with 

Jarvis soon removing both men, while 

debutant Mohammad Mithun jabbed 

nervously at a full, wide outswinger 

from Donald Tiripano to present 

Brendan Taylor with an easy chance at 

second slip, his first Test innings 

ending in a horrendous shot and a fourball 

duck. 

Bangladesh could have been in even 

more serious strife when Mominul cut 

Sports Desk: Captain Faf du Plessis 

joined the powerful David Miller for the 

biggest partnership in ODIs between 

South Africa and Australia to clinch the 

series in a high-scoring affair at 

Bellerive Oval in Hobart. The duo took 

the visitors comfortably out of reach of 

a doughty chasing effort by Shaun 

Marsh, who struck his fifth ODI 

century, reports Cricinfo. 

Having lost three early wickets after 

being sent in by Aaron Finch, du Plessis 

and Miller provided a model exhibition 

of how to build a dominant position 

from modest beginnings, getting well 

established through steady 

accumulation before accelerating in 

brutal fashion in the closing overs of the 

innings. Their stand of 252 surpassed a 

union of 222 between Steve Waugh and 

Michael Bevan, at Docklands in 2000, 

as the biggest ever stand in Australia v 

South Africa ODIs. 

Both batsmen gathered momentum 

but offered contrasting styles and 

preferred scoring areas to give the 

Australian bowlers no end of 

headaches. The closing moments of the 

partnership were virtually a free-for-all, 

with 51 runs coming from the final 15 

balls that du Plessis and Miller were 

together before the captain's dismissal. 

That late avalanche of runs was to 

prove the difference, as Marsh, Marcus 

Stoinis and Alex Carey put together a 

strong pursuit after the Australians had 

also lost three early wickets to the new 

ball. Though the Australians kept up 

with the rate maintained by Miller and 

du Plessis for much of the chase, they 

were unable to career away at the 

finish, in a further indicator of the 

bowling quality provided by Dale 

Steyn, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi. 

Their efforts made for a sharp 

contrast with the way the Australian 

bowlers fell away in the closing overs, 

repeatedly drifting into the hitting 

zones of Miller and du Plessis. Having 

Chatara hard but in the air towards 

Brian Chari at gully, but the fielder 

couldn't quite hold on. Unfazed, 

Mominul continued to counterattack in 

style, striking boundaries on both sides 

of the wicket to lead Bangladesh 

through to lunch without further 

bother. If anything, he only struck the 

ball even more cleanly in the afternoon, 

and Zimbabwe let their position of 

strength slip in the face of proactive 

batting, both batsmen benefiting from 

erratic lines. 

While Mushfiqur was content 

absorbing any pressure and then 

dissipating it whenever a bad ball came 

his way, Mominul took the attack to 

Zimbabwe's bowlers, using his feet 

particularly aggressively to the 

spinners. Importantly, both batsmen's 

boundaries were also punctuated by 

lots of singles and excellent running 

that slowly but surely transferred the 

pressure back onto Zimbabwe in the 

field and kept the scoreboard ticking 

over nicely. 

Mominul had not passed fifty in eight 

innings before this one, but he 

shrugged off indifferent form in the 

lead-up to this game to bring up his 

seventh Test hundred from just 150 

deliveries in the 55th over, just before 

tea. So fluent was Mominul's knock, 

and so competent Mushfiqur's backing 

role, that Bangladesh raced through the 

second session at more than four-anda-half 

runs an over. Zimbabwe's attack 

returned somewhat invigorated in the 

final session, but Mominul and 

Mushfiqur dug in once more and 

begun soundly with the new ball, all the 

Australian bowlers were to face varying 

degrees of punishment. Mitchell Starc 

and Pat Cummins' final overs each 

went for 20, while Stoinis' two wickets 

came at a cost of 10 runs per over. 

It all meant that Finch's side had to 

find a level of quality batting that they 

have not recently been able to reach 

since the bans imposed on Steven 

Smith and David Warner, save for the 

remarkable Test century in Dubai by 

the injured Usman Khawaja. What they 

delivered was a tremendous innings by 

Marsh, and supporting hands from 

Stoinis and Carey that kept Australia in 

the contest until near to its conclusion. 

Things had not looked anything like 

that promising when Chris Lynn, 

promoted to open and taking strike for 

the opening over, pushed firmly at 

Zimbabwe did themselves no favours 

by dropping Mominul a third time ten 

overs into the session, an edge off 

Brandon Mavuta evading both 

wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva and 

Hamilton Masakadza at slip. 

Mushfiqur rubbed it in with 

boundaries in consecutive overs from 

Tiripano and Mavuta, the first taking 

the partnership beyond 200 and the 

second nudging him ever closer to his 

own ton. He reached the landmark off 

187 deliveries in the 76th over, and in 

desperation Zimbabwe captain 

Masakadza brought himself on for a 

rare spell of medium-pace. 

Yet it seemed nothing could budge 

the fourth-wicket pair, and every time 

Zimbabwe managed to string a couple 

of tight overs together, one or the other 

of the batting pair broke free with a 

boundary. Inexplicably, Zimbabwe 

didn't take the new ball as soon as it 

was available, and when Mominul 

cruised ominously past 150 he seemed 

set for a double. 

But the new ball, when it was 

eventually taken four overs late, finally 

did the trick. Driving hard at Chatara, 

Mominul sent another thick edge flying 

towards Chari at gully, and this time he 

held on. Jarvis nipped out 

nightwatchman Taijul Islam out three 

overs later, a prudent review reversing 

umpire Richard Kettleborough's not 

out decision, but Mushfiqur lasted 

through to the end of the day, unbeaten 

and unbowed, to make sure that 

Bangladesh claimed the first-day 

honours. 

Miller, du Plessis centuries 

clinch series for South Africa 

Steyn's first legal delivery, seaming 

away and bouncing, and edged behind. 

Finch also fell cheaply when trying to 

impose himself, clumping Ngidi to 

mid-on, and when Travis Head's 

halting innings came to an end with a 

mistimed forcing stroke, the Australian 

evening was in similar trouble to South 

Africa's afternoon. 

Marsh had been timing the ball 

sweetly throughout, and after a 

temporary consolidation with Stoinis, 

the pair began to reach and clear the 

boundary with enough regularity to 

take the hosts ahead of South Africa at 

the same stage of the innings. But the 

partnership needed to be sustained for 

an extraordinary period in order to 

match what Miller and du Plessis had 

done, a task that was to prove beyond 

Stoinis. 

Centuries from Faf du Plessis and David Miller powered South 

Africa. 

Photo: AP 

Akila 

Dananjaya 

reported 

for suspect 

action 

Sports Desk: Sri Lanka 

spinner Akila Dananjaya has 

been reported with a suspect 

bowling action during the 

first Test against England, 

reports Cricbuzz. 

Dananjaya was reported 

by match officials at the end 

of the match, which England 

won by 211 runs. They 

relayed concerns about the 

legality of his action to the 

Sri Lanka team 

management. 

Under the ICC process, 

Dananjaya's bowling action 

will not be scrutinised 

further. He is required to 

undergo testing within the 

next 14 days. During this 

period, he is permitted to 

continue bowling in 

international cricket until 

the rest of the testing are 

known. At present, he 

remains in Sri Lanka's squad 

for the second Test in Kandy 

which begins on 

Wednesday. 

The 25-year-old is an 

unorthodox spinner who 

bowls a number of different 

deliveries. While officially 

classified as an "offspinner", 

he also uses leg 

spin, googlies and carrom 

balls, particularly in one-day 

cricket. While he caused 

England some trouble in the 

one-day series in October, 

he was ineffectual in the 

Galle Test, taking two for 

183 in the match from 38.5 

overs. 

The news is another blow 

for the hosts after Sri 

Lanka's team manager 

Charith Senanayake 

resigned with immediate 

effect due to issues with 

head coach Chandika 

Hathurusingha. Combined 

with captain Dinesh 

Chandimal being ruled out 

for the series with a groin 

injury and disciplinary 

issues within the camp when 

Lahiru Kumara was 

dropped for breaking curfew 

in the lead-up to the first 

Test, the hosts seem in 

complete disarray. 

Alcacer the hero as red-hot Dortmund 

down Bayern in thriller 

Sports Desk: Paco Alcacer scored the 

winner as Bundesliga leaders Borussia 

Dortmund twice came from behind to beat 

defending champions Bayern Munich 3-2 on 

Saturday and move seven points clear of 

their third-placed rivals, reports BSS. 

The result piles added pressure on Bayern 

head coach Niko Kovac, as his side's chances 

of winning a seventh straight title in his first 

season in charge took another blow. 

"We allowed ourselves to be beaten twice 

on the counter, that shouldn't have 

happened," said Kovac. 

"We should have been more compact and 

unfortunately we lost a game which should 

have been a draw," he added after Robert 

Lewandowski had two second-half goals 

disallowed for offside. 

Bayern have now been beaten in three of 

their last six Bundesliga games after defeats 

by Hertha Berlin and Borussia 

Moenchengladbach, managing just eight 

points from the last 21 available. 

They will drop to fourth in the table on 

Sunday if RB Leipzig beat Bayer Leverkusen 

at home. 

Lucien Favre's Dortmund remain 

unbeaten and four points clear of secondplaced 

Gladbach at the top of the table. 

After Lewandowski twice gave Bayern the 

lead at Signal Iduna Park against his former 

club, Dortmund captain Marco Reus hit two 

equalisers before substitute Alcacer struck in 

the 73rd minute. 

"We didn't trust ourselves in the first half, 

but we played awesome football after the 

break and it was great fun," said Reus. 

Alcacer has now scored eight goals in six 

league appearances since signing on loan 

from Barcelona. 

Bayern took a deserved lead when Serge 

Gnabry curled in a cross for Lewandowski to 

power a header past stand-in Dortmund 

goalkeeper Marwin Hitz on 26 minutes. 

It was 1-0 at the break, but Dortmund 

drew level when Manuel Neuer brought 

Reus down in the area in the 49th minute 

and the skipper calmly converted the 

penalty. 

Lewandowski restored the lead three 

minutes later, heading home his second - his 

14th goal in 16 matches for Bayern against 

Dortmund, who he left in 2014 on a free 

transfer. 

Reus had a chance cleared off the line on 

59 minutes, just before Lewandowski had 

the ball in the Dortmund net, but was flagged 

for offside. 

It was end-to-end stuff as Alcacer, then 

Reus blew golden chances before both made 

amends with goals. 

Reus finally fired Dortmund level when he 

volleyed home a Lukasz Piszczek cross in the 

67th minute. 

Then when Franck Ribery gave the ball 

away, Alcacer showed some classy finishing 

by rounding Neuer to put Dortmund ahead 

for the first time. Bayern kept the pressure 

on during a tense five minutes of added time. 

Lewandowski had the ball in the net for a 

fourth time, but again the flag went up for 

offside to the delight of the home fans in the 

sell-out 81,365 crowd. "That was a crazy 

game, a great advert for the Bundesliga and 

the win wasn't undeserved," said Dortmund 

boss Favre. 

Paco Alcacer of Borussia Dortmund scores the winning goal past Bayern 

Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer during the Bundesliga match at Signal 

Iduna Park in Dortmund. 

Photo: AP 

Iran women attend Asian 

football final in rare ‘victory’ 

Sports Desk: Hundreds of Iranian 

women attended a crunch football 

match in Tehran, in a rare step seen 

Sunday as a "victory" by local 

newspapers and hailed by FIFA as an 

"historic and festive day" for the sport, 

reports BSS. 

About a thousand women were 

allowed into Azadi Stadium late 

Saturday to watch Iranian giant 

Persepolis FC battle it out in the Asian 

Champions League with Japan's 

Kashima Antlers, an AFP reporter said. 

The Japanese side triumphed 2-0 on 

aggregate, after a goalless draw in 

Tehran, but for the reformist Etemad 

newspaper the clear winners were 

Iranian women. 

"Women were the winners of Azadi 

("Freedom" in Farsi) match," it said in 

a bold headline on its front page. 

A picture on the front page of another 

reformist daily, Sazandegi, showed 

women cheering at the stadium with a 

headline reading: "Iranian women's 

victory in Asian finals." 

Haft-e Sobh newspaper, which has 

no marked political affiliation, carried a 

banner headline on its front page that 

said: "A thousand real women." 

The Asian Football Confederation 

and FIFA presidents praised the 

attendance of women at the match, in a 

joint statement. 

"I thank the authorities in Iran for 

making it possible for a diverse and 

socially representative crowd to witness 

an extraordinary occasion," said AFC 

president Salman al-Khalifa. 

"Tonight, was historic in so many 

ways," he said. 

Gianni Infantino, head of world 

football's governing body FIFA who 

attended the match, said he was 

"delighted to personally" see Iranian 

female football fans inside the 

100,000-capacity stadium. 

"Today is a historic and festive day for 

football, a real breakthrough," 

Infantino said. 

Greece’s Tsitsipas beats 

de Minaur to win Next 

Gen ATP Final 

Sports Desk: Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas capped a 

breakthrough season by rallying from a set down to beat 

Australian Alex de Minaur in the Next Gen ATP final on 

Saturday, reports BSS. 

The 20-year-old Tsitsipas, ranked 15th in the world, came 

through 2-4, 4-1, 4-3 (7/3), 4-3 (7/3) against 19-year-old de 

Minaur after one hour and 41 minutes for his second title 

after Stockholm last month. 

Tsitsipas, one of the sport's most improved players this 

year after starting the season ranked 91st, also finished 

runner-up to Rafael Nadal in Barcelona and Toronto. 

The top seed claimed the title by winning all five of his 

matches during the week, to succeed South Korea's Chung 

Hyeon, who won the inaugural edition last year in which 

Tsitsipas only played an exhibition match. 

"It feels great. I've been playing some great tennis this week 

here in Milan," Tsitsipas said. 

"I stayed calm although I had a chance twice to win the 

match, but remained calm. I was aiming to win that match. I 

was mentally very strong and that was proven in the tiebreak 

in the last set." 

Second seed de Minaur - who began the season at number 

208 in the world rankings and reached a career-high 31 last 

month - had been undefeated until the final. 

And he pushed Tsitsipas, who had been poised to snatch 

victory in the fourth set with a 3-2, 30/40 lead on the 

Australian's serve. 

But a missed forehand, followed by a lunging backhand 

volley by de Minaur saved two match points to force a tiebreak. 

Tsitsipas made no mistake on his third, though, after the 

Australian sent a forehand long. 

"Overall I'm very happy with my performance," said the 

player from Sydney. 

"All credit to Stefanos. He was a better player today." 

He added: "And I'm very happy it's over. It's been a long 

season, a season I'll never forget. 

"I've played some incredible tennis throughout the whole 

year. And both mentally and physically, I feel like it's time to 

take a break. But really proud with myself, and I really owe it 

all to the team of people I've put around me." 

The round-robin tournament for players aged under 21 

years has a shorter format than other tournaments, playing 

sets of first to four games, with tie breaks at 3-3. 

It is designed to increase the number of pivotal moments in 

a match, while playing best-of-five sets does not alter the 

number of games required to win a match (12) from the 

traditional three-set scoring format.

ECONOMY & BUSINESS 

BANGLADESHTODAY 10 

THE 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2018 

Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) has inaugurated 880th Fast Track (FT) at the Supreme Court 

premises, Ramna, Dhaka. Honourable Chief Justice Sayed Mahmud Hossain inaugurated the Fast 

Track on November 11, 2018 while Advocate Jainul Abedin, President & Barrister A.M. Mahbub Uddin 

Khokon, Secretary of Supreme Court BAR Association and Abul Kashem Md. Shirin, Managing 

Director & CEO of Dutch-Bangla Bank were present at the inauguration ceremony. Using this Fast 

Track, the honorable Judges, Lawyers, employees of the Supreme Court and all other customers of 

the bank can withdraw cash, deposit money and get services like assistance for opening of bank 

account & Rocket account, assistance for obtaining Cheque Book, ATM card, card replacement, 

reporting of lost card etc. 

Photo : Courtesy 

Nigeria's new 

minimum 

wage: too 

much to ask? 

On the campaign trail for 

re-election in February, 

Nigeria's President 

Muhammadu Buhari may 

have spoken too soon when 

he backed an initiative to 

hike his country's minimum 

wage by a whopping two 

thirds. 

Buhari, who had been 

advised on the wage by a 

negotiating committee made 

up of union representatives, 

the government and the 

private sector, praised the 

"patriotic and professional" 

members. 

The recommendation to 

hike the minimum wage to 

30,000 naira ($82, 72 

euros) from 18,000 was 

"realistic, fair and 

implementable" and would 

be studied by the executive 

"within the shortest possible 

time", before being returned 

to parliament for final 

approval, he said. 

Hard-hitting Philippine 

news portal faces tax 

evasion charge 

Philippine prosecutors said Sunday they 

will file charges of tax evasion against a 

news website that has been critical of 

President Rodrigo Duterte. 

The Justice Department said in a 

statement it found probable cause to indict 

Rappler Holdings Corp. and its president, 

journalist Maria Ressa. The case could be 

filed later this week, Justice Secretary 

Menardo Guevarra said. 

Rappler called it "a clear form of 

continuing intimidation and harassment" 

and an attempt to "silence reporting that 

does not please the administration." 

Duterte had already banned a Rappler 

reporter from his news briefings after the 

government's corporate watchdog found 

that the organization violated a 

constitutional prohibition on foreign 

ownership when it received money from an 

international investment firm. Rappler 

rejected the ruling. 

Duterte has accused several independent 

media groups in the Philippines of biased 

reporting, including on his crackdown on 

illegal drugs that has left thousands mostly 

urban poor dwellers dead and drew 

condemnation by Western governments 

and U.N. bodies. 

"We are not at all surprised about the 

decision, considering the track record of 

how the government has treated Rappler 

as a result of its independent and fearless 

reporting on what has been transpiring in 

the country," Rappler's legal counsel 

Francis Lim said. 

He denied the charges of tax evasion in 

connection with Rappler's bond sales in 

2015 to two foreign entities. Rappler, 

founded in 2012, says it remains wholly 

Filipino-owned and that the foreigners 

have no voting rights or a say in its 

management and news operations. 

The brash-talking Duterte accused 

Rappler last year of being owned by 

Americans in violation of the Philippine 

Constitution and that the news outfit was 

funded by the Central Intelligence Agency. 

Rappler denied the allegations. 

Noakhali Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized a Business Development Conference on 

10 November 2018 Saturday at Nice Guest House, Noakhali. Md. Mahbub ul Alam, Managing Director 

& CEO of the Bank addressed the program as chief guest. Mohammed Monirul Moula, Additional 

Managing Director of the Bank addressed as special guest. Abu Reza Md. Yeahia and Muhammad 

Qaisar Ali, Deputy Managing Directors addressed the function among others. Mohammad Rokan 

Uddin, Executive Vice President & Head of Noakhali Zone presided over the function. Head of 20 

branches of Noakhali Zone along with other officials attended the function. Photo : Courtesy 

Southeast Bank Limited has been given Silver Award in the "5th ICSB National Award for Corporate 

Governance Excellence, 2017" in Banking Companies Category by The Institute of Chartered 

Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB). ICSB bestowed the prestigious Award on the Bank for its corporate 

governance practices that came out in the disclosures in the Bank's Annual Report-2017. The Institute 

of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh exhaustively analyzed the Bank's Annual Report-2017 and 

sieved out the Bank from many aspirants for its outstanding performance, sufficient disclosures for 

all stockholders and its commitment to achieving further excellence in corporate governance, and 

compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. M. Kamal Hossain, Managing Director of 

Southeast Bank Limited received the award from Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, MP, Minister, Ministry of 

Finance, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh in a ceremony held on 10 November 

2018 at a local hotel in Dhaka. Photo : Courtesy 

Walton initiates its online 

sales promotion 'e-Plaza' 

It offers maximum 20 percent discounts and free home delivery 

The local multinational 

electronics giant 'Walton' 

has initiated its online sales 

promotion titled 'E-plaza' so 

that customers could make 

online purchase of wide 

ranges of appliances of the 

local brand, says a press 

release. 

Walton Group's Director 

SM Mahbubul Alam 

inaugurated the 'e-Plaza' as 

the chief guest at the 

"Online Sales Promotion 

Launching Programme" at 

its corporate office at the 

capital today (November 11, 

2018). 

The function was also 

attended, among others, by 

Walton Group's Executive 

Directors Eva Rezwana, 

Amdadul Haque Sarker, SM 

Zahid Hasan, Nazrul Islam 

Sarker, Sirajul Islam, Tanvir 

Rahman and Md Rayhan, 

Deputy Executive Director 

Uday Hakim, Senior 

Additional Director Mofijur 

Rahman and other senior 

officials of the company. 

From e-Plaza, customers 

can now buy more than 60 

sorts of electronics, 

electrical, home and ICT 

products of Walton like 

fridges, televisions, air 

conditioners, mobile 

phones, laptops, computer 

accessories, washing 

machines, electric switchsockets, 

electric fans etc. 

Customers have to pay off 

the prices of the purchased 

products worth of more 

than Tk 5,000 from e-Plaza 

through their debit card, 

credit card, visa card, 

master card, nexus card, 

internet banking, bkash, m- 

cash, Rocket or other 

Walton Group's Director SM Mahbubul Alam is inaugurating online sales 

promotion 'e-Plaza' through cutting cake at the company's corporate office 

in the capital today (November 11, 2018). Among others, the group's 

Executive Directors Eva Rezwana, Amdadul Haque Sarker, SM Zahid 

Hasan, Nazrul Islam Sarker, Sirajul Islam, Tanvir Rahman and Md Rayhan, 

Deputy Executive Director Uday Hakim, Senior Additional Director Mofijur 

Rahman and other senior officials are seen in the picture. Photo : Courtesy 

mobile banking. In 

addition, there is also cash 

on delivery facility for the 

purchase of appliances 

worth of below Tk 5,000. 

On the online purchased 

of Walton products, 

customers will also enjoy 

maximum 20 percent 

discounts and free home 

delivery facility within the 

15 kilometer of the Plaza, 

selected by the customer. 

Very soon, customer of e- 

Plaza will get the facility of 

purchasing Walton 

products at EMI (Equal 

Monthly Installment) 

facility through using their 

credit cards. 

Speaking at the function 

SM Mahbubul Alam said 

that the prime objective of 

initiating the online sales 

promotion 'e-Plaza' is to 

make the availability of 

Walton appliances more 

ease. 

This service will not only 

ease the customers' access 

to Walton sales network but 

also increase the company's 

sales to large scales, he 

noted. 

During the function, the 

Walton Group's Director set 

a target of fetching Tk 100 

crore from 'e-Plaza' sales. 

The company's Executive 

Director to Supply Chain 

Management Md Tanvir 

Rahman said, customer will 

get this new service under 

the Walton Plaza sales 

network. 

The company's strong 

delivery channel will play a 

remarkable role in reaching 

the online purchased 

products to the desired 

customers within a 

reasonable time. 

Now, the respective 

personnel are getting lots of 

trainings on providing 

improved and highest 

standard customer service, 

saying it he hoped that the 

online sales service would 

be more popular among the 

customers like Walton 

Plazas and distributors' 

sales networks. 

Mutual Trust Bank Ltd. (MTB) has recently signed a partnership agreement with UnionPay 

International, the largest card payment organization in the world in terms of number of cards under 

issuance. Under the agreement, MTB will issue UnionPay debit and credit cards (both contact and 

contactless) as the first private commercial bank in Bangladesh. The bank will also acquire UnionPay 

cards across its wide network of Point of Sales (POS) devices and ATMs and launch UnionPay QR 

Code, P2P and Money Express. Both Mutual Trust Bank Ltd and UnionPay International aim at taking 

the payment ecosystem of Bangladesh to a new height through this partnership. Cai Jianbo, CEO, 

UnionPay International and Anis A. Khan, Managing Director & CEO of MTB signed the agreement on 

behalf of the respective organizations at the Head office of UnionPay International, Shanghai, China. 

Mohammad Anwar Hossain, EVP & Head of Cards, MTB and senior officials of UnionPay 

International were also present at the signing ceremony. 

Photo : Courtesy 

British economy defies Brexit 

gloom with expanding growth 

The British economy defied the 

headwinds of Brexit uncertainty to 

record improved GDP growth over the 

third quarter of this year, according to 

figures released on Friday. 

The British economy grew at 0.6 

percent over the third quarter (August- 

October), a 50-percent jump in the rate 

of growth over the second quarter, 

which recorded 0.4 percent growth, 

according to data from the Office of 

National Statistics (ONS), the official 

data body. This is the fastest rate of 

growth since the Brexit referendum 

vote in June 2016 set Britain on a path 

to exit the 29-member European Union 

(EU), and is above the postreferendum 

trend British rate of about 

0.4 percent a quarter. The 0.6 percent 

growth also outstrips growth in the EU 

as a whole which has hit an abrupt 

slowdown, growing at just 0.3 percent 

in the EU28 area and 0.2 percent 

across the euro currency nations. 

Weather-related economic weakness at 

the start of the year, with prolonged 

snow and low temperatures freezing 

economic growth at close to zero over 

the first quarter, has now had a 

beneficial effect on growth. The 

acceleration seen in these third quarter 

figures is a regaining of growth lost in 

the first quarter. 

The annual pace of GDP growth now 

steps up to 1.5 percent up from 1.2 

percent at the end of the second 

quarter, maintaining the pace of 

growth set at the end of 2017. 

Household consumption growth rose 

from 0.3 percent in the second quarter 

to 0.5 percent in the third, and 

accounted for half GDP growth. 

Fixed investment recovered, rising by 

0.8 percent over the quarter, having 

fallen in the previous two. 

The uncertainties over the Brexit 

process, with divorce talks currently 

stalled between Britain and the EU and 

a deadline for exit of the end of March 

next year were clearly seen in the 

business investment figures.

MISCELLANEOUS 

MONDAY, NOvEMbER 12, 2018 

11 

Erdogan: Saudi officials, others 

heard tapes of writer death 

Officials from Saudi Arabia, the United 

States, Germany, France and Britain 

have listened to audio recordings 

related to the killing of journalist 

Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi 

Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey's 

president said Saturday, in the first 

public acknowledgement of the 

existence of tapes of the slaying, 

reports UNB. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also 

told reporters that Saudi Arabia had to 

"act fairly" and disclose those 

responsible for the Oct. 2 killing of The 

Washington Post journalist to rid itself 

of "suspicion." 

"We gave them the tapes. We gave 

them to Saudi Arabia, to America, to 

the Germans, the French, to the 

British, to all of them," Erdogan said 

before departing for Paris to attend 

ceremonies marking the 100th 

anniversary of the end of World War I. 

"They (Saudi officials) also listened 

to the conversations and they know. 

There is no need to distort this. They 

know for certain who among the 15 is 

the killer or are the killers," he said. 

He was referring to an alleged 15- 

member assassination squad that 

Turkey believes was sent to kill 

Khashoggi at the consulate where he 

had arrived to obtain papers to marry 

his Turkish fiancee. 

CIA Director Gina Haspel, who 

visited Turkey last month for 

information on the investigation, is 

reported to have heard the audio 

recordings of the killing. The existence 

of the recordings was leaked to the 

media but never openly confirmed 

until now. 

Turkey says Khashoggi, who was 

critical of Saudi Crown Prince 

Mohammed bin Salman, was strangled 

and dismembered at the consulate as 

part of a premeditated killing. Media 

reports have suggested that his body 

could have been chemically dissolved. 

Turkey is seeking the extradition of 

18 suspects who have been detained in 

Saudi Arabia, so they can be put on 

trial in Turkey. They include the 15 

members of the alleged assassination 

squad. 

Saudi Arabia had insisted for weeks 

after Khashoggi disappeared that he 

had walked out of the consulate, before 

changing its account to say he died in a 

brawl. 

Last month, Saudi Arabia 

acknowledged that Turkish evidence 

indicates that Khashoggi's killing was 

premeditated, shifting its explanation 

in an apparent effort to ease 

international outrage over the death. 

Saudi officials characterize the 

killing as a rogue operation carried out 

by Saudi agents who exceeded their 

authority. Yet some of those implicated 

in the killing are close to the crown 

prince, including a member of the 

prince's entourage on foreign trips who 

was seen at the consulate before 

Khashoggi's slaying. 

Erdogan accused Saudi Arabia's 

chief prosecutor, who was sent to 

Istanbul last month as part of a joint 

probe, of employing "delaying tactics." 

"Saudi Arabia needs to accept that 

(the killer) is among the 18 and needs 

to get rid of the suspicion by 

responding to Turkey's good will and 

acting fairly," Erdogan said. 

Trump visit to US cemetery in 

France canceled due to rain 

Mariners 

agree to deal 

with infielder 

Dylan Moore 

Infielder Dylan Moore has 

agreed to a one-year 

contract with the Seattle 

Mariners after splitting last 

season at Double-A and 

Triple-A in the Milwaukee 

Brewers' organization, 

reports UNB. 

The 26-year-old gets a 

$10,000 signing bonus, the 

$555,000 minimum while 

in the major leagues and 

$150,000 in the minors. He 

would get a $10,000 bonus 

if he is picked for the major 

league All-Star Game. 

He was released by Atlanta 

on March 30, signed a minor 

league contract with the 

Brewers three days later and 

hit .373 with three homers, 

18 RBIs and six steals at 

Biloxi. 

He batted .280 with 11 

homers, 40 RBIs and 17 

steals with Colorado Springs 

and was picked for the 

Pacific Coast League All-Star 

team. 

Moore was selected by 

Texas in the seventh round 

of the 2015 amateur draft 

and sent to Atlanta as part of 

a three-team trade in August 

2016. 

His deal was announced 

Friday. 

New York City's Rockefeller Center 

Christmas tree goes up 

The Rockefeller Center 

Christmas tree is in 

place and will soon be 

strung with 50,000 

lights as one of New 

York City's star holiday 

attractions, a gift from a 

same-sex married 

couple, reports UNB. 

The 72-foot-tall, 12- 

ton Norway spruce 

arrived on a flatbed 

trailer Saturday 

morning and was 

hoisted by a crane into a 

spot overlooking the 

Rockefeller skating 

rink. Millions of people 

are expected to visit the 

tree, which will stay up 

till Jan. 7. 

Crowds will see the 

tree burst alive with 5 

miles (8 kilometers) of 

LED multicolored lights 

and a 900-pound 

Swarovski crystal star 

during a televised 

ceremony on Nov. 28. 

The 75-year-old 

spruce came from 

Wallkill, 60 miles (96 

kilometers) north of 

New York. It was 

donated by Lissette 

Gutierrez and her wife, 

Shirley Figueroa, from 

their home property. 

They nicknamed the 

tree "Shelby." 

"Now it's not my tree, 

it's the world's tree; I'm 

so happy to be able to 

share her with 

everyone," Figueroa 

said at Rockefeller 

Center on Saturday. 

"Millions of people will 

come to visit Shelby." 

Figueroa, 49, 

explained that she 

refers to the tree as 

"she" because "I felt she 

has a female spirit." 

Figueroa said that 

when she and Gutierrez 

bought their house, the 

previous owner said 

Rockefeller Center's 

gardener had his eye on 

the tree. Gutierrez, 47, 

said she initially was 

reluctant to give up the 

spruce, but Figueroa 

convinced her. 

Erik Pauze, the 

center's head gardener, 

also attended the 

ceremony. He cared for 

the tree over the 

summer, watering and 

feeding it compost tea 

as the couple watched 

outside their home. 

After the tree is 

dismantled, it will be 

donated to Habitat for 

Humanity to help build 

housing. 

The legacy of the 

famed New York 

holiday tree reaches 

back to Christmas Eve 

in 1931, during the 

Great Depression. 

Workers building 

Rockefeller Center 

pooled their money to 

buy a 20-foot tree they 

decorated with garland 

handmade by their 

families. 

Two years later, 

Rockefeller Center 

officials made the tree 

an annual tradition, 

starting with the first 

lighting ceremony in 

1933. 


canceled a planned visit 

Saturday to a cemetery for 

Americans killed in World 

War I, the White House 

citing bad weather that 

grounded his helicopter. 

Trump had been scheduled 

to lay a wreath and observe a 

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moment of silence at the 

Aisne-Marne American 

Cemetery and Memorial, 

located adjacent to Belleau 

Wood and about 60 miles 

(100 kilometers) northeast of 

Paris, reports UNB. 

Instead, Trump spent 

much of the day following a 

meeting and lunch with 

French President Emmanuel 

Macron at the U.S. 

ambassador's residence, 

where he was staying during 

events to commemorate the 

100th anniversary of the end 

of World War I. 

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chief of staff, retired Marine 

Gen. John Kelly; the 

chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

of Staff, Marine Gen. Joe 

Dunford; and several 

members of the White 

House staff. The Battle of 

Belleau Wood was a critical 

conflict in the war and a 

pivotal encounter in Marine 

Corps history. 

The Secret Service 

determines when it's safe to 

fly Marine One, the 

president's helicopter. Paris 

was covered in clouds with 

drizzling rain through most 

of Saturday. 

Trump was scheduled to 

join dozens of world leaders 

Sunday at a ceremony in the 

shadow of the Arc de 

Triomphe marking 

Armistice Day. He was to 

deliver remarks at the 

Suresnes American 

Cemetery and Memorial, 

located five miles west of 

Paris, before returning to 

Washington. 

The cancellation of 

Saturday's visit drew 

criticism from those who say 

the president should have 

found a way to travel to 

Aisne-Marne regardless of 

the weather. 

Ben Rhodes, who was 

deputy national security 

adviser for President Barack 

Obama, accused Trump of 

"blowing off honoring 

American servicemen who 

died for us" and said the 

White House should have 

had a fallback option. 

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Jobaer Alam, chairman of the Department of Oceanography, and editor and publisher of the national daily 

'The Bangladesh Today' collected the nomination form for Nilphamari-3 constituency for the upcoming 

11th parliamentary elections from Awami League's Dhanmondi office on Sunday. 

Photo: TBT 

Jobaer Alam collects AL 

nomination form for 

Nilphamari-3 constituency 

HC rejects 

Mirza Abbas's 

plea to scrap 

graft case 

DHAKA : The High Court on 

Sunday rejected an appeal 

filed by former BNP housing 

and public works minister 

Mirza Abbas to cancel a corruption 

case filed by Anti- 

Corruption Commission for 

amassing wealth beyond 

known sources of income, 

reports UNB. 

An HC bench of Justice 

Nazrul Islam Talukder and 

Justice K M Hafizul Alam 

passed the order. 

Md Khurshid Alam stood 

for ACC while deputy attorney 

general AKN Amin Uddin 

Manik for the state. The 

appeal was filed on October 4. 

On August 16, 2007, the 

ACC filed the case with Ramna 

Police Station against the couple 

saying that Mirza Abbas 

and his wife Afroza Abbas 

amassed wealth worth over Tk 

5.97 crore beyond known 

sources of income. Besides, 

the ACC also found assets 

worth around Tk 33 lakh that 

were not mentioned in the 

wealth statements of the two 

submitted to the ACC, according 

to the case statement. 

HC asks why Mainul 

not given better 

treatment in Dhaka 

DHAKA : The High Court 

on Sunday issued a rule 

asking the concerned 

authorities why former 

caretaker government 

adviser Barrister Mainul 

Hosein should not be transferred 

to Dhaka for better 

treatment. 

The High Court bench of 

Justices Syed Refaat 

Ahmed and Md Iqbal Kabir 

issued the rule after a hearing 

a petition filed by 

Mainul's wife Saju Hossain, 

reports UNB. 

Home Ministry Secretary, 

Inspector General of Police 

(IGP), IGP (Prison), 

Rangpur Jail Authorities 

have been directed to come 

up with an explanation 

within a week. 

Advocate Khandaker 

Mahbub Hossain and 

Abdur Rahim stood for 

Mainul while deputy attorney 

general Kazi Zinat Haq 

represented the state. 

Earlier on November 8, 

the High Court asked the 

authorities concerned of 

Rangpur jail and Rangpur 

Medical College Hospital 

for conducting medical 

tests of Barrister Mainul 

Hosein and submit the 

report within three days. 

It also asked the authorities 

to provide adequate 

security to Mainul if he is 

transferred to another jail 

from Rangpur jail. 

Meanwhile, the HC bench 

fixed Sunday for the hearing. 

On November 7, Saju 

Hossain, wife of Mainul, 

filed two separate writ petitions 

in connection with the 

assault of Mainul in 

Rangpur court. 

Mainul who was connected 

to a talk show programme, 

'Ekattorer 

Journal', through a videoconference 

aired on a private 

TV channel, Ekattor 

TV, hosted by Mithila 

Farzana, made an 'offensive 

comments' against her on 

October 16. 

On October 22, Judge 

Arifa Yasmin Mukta of 

Additional Chief Judicial 

Magistrate Court in Ragpur 

issued a warrant for 

Mainul's arrest after a local 

human rights activist, Mili 

Maya, filed a defamation 

case with it. 

Dhaka 

Cheif 

Metropolitan Magistrate 

Kaisarul Islam sent Mainul 

to jail in the case on October 

23. 

Barrister Mainul Hosein 

was assaulted allegedly by 

some leaders and activists 

of Awami League while he 

was being produced before 

the Rangpur Chief Judicial 

Magistrate Court on 

November 4. 

TBT REPORT: 

Dhanushkodi: The Ghost 

Town Ravaged By Cyclone 

INTERESTING NEWS 

In the middle of Palk Strait between India 

and Sri Lanka is a small elongated island 

called Pamban, and it's connected to the 

Indian peninsula by a 2 km-long, one hundred 

year old railway bridge. This Pamban 

bridge, the only connecting link to the 

mainland, is considered to be one of India’s 

most dangerous. The wind is so strong here 

that trains slow down to a crawl when crossing 

the bridge, otherwise it would be blown 

off the tracks. The bridge’s design doesn’t 

offer much confidence either. One look at it 

and your heart will sink—the tracks lie 

directly over the piers and there are no 

guard rails. You can actually see the sea 

through the tracks. Every year, tens of thousands 

of Hindu pilgrims brave the 10- 

minute white knuckle journey over the sea 

bridge to pay tribute to god Rama who is 

The chairman of the department of 

Oceanography, and editor and publisher 

of the national daily 'The 

Bangladesh Today' Jobaer Alam has 

submitted the nomination paper as an 

aspiring candidate of Nilphamari-3 

constituency for the upcoming 11th 

parliamentary elections. 

He collected the nomination papers 

from Awami League's Dhanmondi 

office around at 5:30 pm on Sunday, 

and submitted his nomination papers 

to party office secretary Abdus Sobhan 

Golap. Jobaer Alam has been serving 

as the Chairman of the Department of 

Oceanography of Dhaka University 

and editor of English National daily 

'The Bangladesh Today' for a long 

time. He was also an Executive 

Member of Bangladesh Chattra 

League, FH Hall Branch, when he was 

a student in Dhaka University from 

2003 till 2006. As a teacher he 

remains an active member of the supporters 

of the Blue group and departmental 

acquaintance of Department 

of Oceanography of Dhaka University 

since 2009. On 2016 he was elected as 

the central executive member of 

Bangladesh Awami Swechchhasebak 

League and is performing his duties 

with utmost devotion ever since. 

After completing his Bachelors and 

Masters in Science form Dhaka 

University, Jobaer Alam went to 

Canada's Vancouver Island University 

for a Post-Degree Diploma program in 

Aquaculture Technology in 2008. In 

2010 he completed his MBA Degree 

from Keller School of Management in 

New York, USA. He also completed a 

Summer Program on Global Climate 

Change from Harvard University in 

2012. After staying at abroad for a long 

time, he started thinking about how he 

can do something for his birthplace 

and for the underprivileged people. 

According to him, it is not possible 

to make radical change in an area or 

city by personal initiative. 

supposed to have built—as the legend 

goes—a floating stone bridge across the sea 

to Sri Lanka to rescue his wife Sita from her 

abductor, the evil demon king Ravana. 

Much of the island’s population live in 

two towns—Pamban and Rameswaram— 

located on the island’s northwestern end 

close to the Indian mainland. But half a century 

ago, the island’s opposite end, a narrow 

spit of sand trailing into the sea was equally 

populated. The town of Dhanushkodi on the 

southeastern tip of Pamban Island was once 

a flourishing trade town rivaling that of 

Rameswaram in size and population with 

more than 600 homes, schools, churches, 

hospitals, and a railway station. Being situated 

barely 30 km from Mannar Island of 

Sri Lanka, Dhanushkodi was a critical connection 

between the two countries with regular 

ferry services transporting travellers 

and traders alike. 

Responsibilities of several organizations, 

including department of 

Oceanography Dhaka University are 

entrusted to me. But my heart always 

cries for the disaster-stricken people of 

the northern region. S o if Prime 

Minister Sheikh Hasina, daughter of 

Father of the Nation Bangabandhu 

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman nominates 

me to compete with my skills, qualifications 

and for my affection towards 

the people of my area, then I will get 

an opportunity to reflect on my sincerity, 

devotion and love towards the people 

of the country. 

During the collection and submission 

of the nomination form, Jobaer 

Alam was accompanied by the 

Managing Editor of The Bangladesh 

Today Taposh Roy, General Manager 

(Marketing) Khaki Kamal Hossain, 

Circulation Manager Freedom Fighter 

Md. Shahidullah and Dhaka 

University Chhatra League member 

Iftekhar, Mahi, Shahriar, Siam, Utsho, 

Ferdous and a group of students. 

EC to 

brief ROs, 

AROs on 

law and 

order on 

Tuesday 

DHAKA : The Election 

Commission (EC) will 

brief the Returning 

Officers (ROs) and 

Assistant Returning 

Officers (AROs) on 

Tuesday on the law and 

order centering the 

upcoming national election. 

The EC will give them 

directives on law and 

other issues at a workshop 

at the Electoral Training 

Institute (ETI) in the city's 

Agargaon area. 

To this end, the EC yesterday 

sent a letter, signed 

by its Joint Secretary 

Farhad Ahammad Khan, 

to the cabinet division. 

Divisional commissioners 

of Dhaka and 

Chattogram and Deputy 

Commissioners (DCs) of 

all districts have been 

appointed as Returning 

Officers for the upcoming 

11th parliamentary election, 

the letter says. 

The chief election commissioner, 

other election 

commissioners and the 

EC secretary will be present 

in the briefing, the 

letter adds. 

Liberal democratic Party Chairman Colonel (Retd) Oli Ahmed decided to participated in 11th 

Parliamentary election on Sunday at Gulshan BNP office . 

Photo: Star Mail 

HC clears way to continue 

graft case against ex-BNP 

MP Hafiz Ibrahim 

DHAKA : The High Court on Sunday cleared the way to 

continue graft case filed against former BNP lawmaker Hafiz 

Ibrahim over misappropriating relief items including corrugated 

tin. 

The HC bench of Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice K 

M Hafizul Alam passed the order rejecting review petition 

filed by Hafizul challenging the legality of the case. 

The HC also ordered to dispute the case within next six 

months, reports UNB. 

Lawyer Md Khurshid Alam Khan stood for Anti-corruption 

commission while deputy attorney general A K M Amin 

Uddin Manik for the state and barrister A M Mahabub Uddin 

Khokon for the accused. 

Earlier on November 8, the hearing was completed on a 

rule and fixed on Sunday to pass the order. 

On October 1, 2013, the HC stayed the case proceeding issuing 

a rule asking why this part of the case will not be declared 

cancelled. 

On June 13, 2007, a joint team of Bhola Naval-Contingent 

and police recovered 100 bundle tins from Hafiz Uddin 

Ibrahim College in Moniram Bazar of Tobogi union in 

Burhanuddin upazila of Barishal district. 

The case was filed with Burhan Uddin Police Station 

against founder of the college Hafiz Uddin and its principle S 

M Gojnabi. 

Later on January 18, 2009, ACC director Rammohon Nath 

submitted charge-sheet against them. 

Now, the case is in under trial in Barishal court. 

Gono Forum starts interviewing 

nomination aspirants 

DHAKA : Gono Forum, one of the key alliance partner of 

the Jatiya Oikyafront, started interviewing the party's nomination 

seekers on Sunday, reports UNB. 

The party's parliamentary board, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, 

is taking interviews of the nomination aspirants at his Bailey 

Road residence, said Oikyafront's media wing coordinator 

Lutful Bari Hamim. 

He said those who are interested to get nomination have 

already submitted their applications to the party's parliamentary 

board. 

The interview will continue till Monday. 

"However, it has not yet been decided with which symbol 

we'll contest the polls," he said. 

Interview of AL 

nomination 

aspirants on 

Wednesday 

DHAKA : The interview of 

nomination seekers of Awami 

League will be held on 

November 14 (Wednesday) 

while aspirants can collect and 

submit nomination forms by 

6pm Sunday. 

"Interview of nomination 

aspirants of Awami League 

will be held at 11am on 

November 14 at the Awami 

League president's 

Dhanmondi political office," 

AL General Secretary Obaidul 

Quader told a press conference 

after a meeting of the 

party's parliamentary board at 

AL office at Bangabandhu 

Avenue here. 

About the Jatiya 

Oikyafront's demand for 

deferring the election schedule, 

Quader said it is the jurisdiction 

of the Election 

Commission. 

If the commission defers the 

election, Awami League will 

have no objection, he added. 

About the sharing of parliamentary 

seats among the partners 

of the alliance, the AL 

general secretary said the 14- 

party will contest in the polls 

with the symbol 'Boat' while 

Jatiya Party will take part in 

the race with 'Plough' symbol. 

'Boat' symbol will remain 

limited to the 14-party 

alliance, he added. 

About the Jukta Front led by 

Dr AQM Badruddoza 

Chowdhury, Quader said the 

Jukta Front could be an ally of 

the 14-party alliance. 

"Discussion is going on in 

this regard. Initially we will 

give nomination to our party 

aspirants. If seats are shared, 

we will withdraw our candidates. 

Cyclonic 

storm 

'Gaja' 

formed 

over Bay 

DHAKA : Maritime ports 

of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, 

Mongla and Payra have been 

advised to hoist distant 

warning signal no two as the 

deep depression over southeast 

bay and adjoining area 

moved to West-northwestwards, 

intensified into a 

cyclonic storm 'Gaja' over 

East central bay and adjoining 

West central bay and 

Southeast bay, reports UNB. 

It was centred at 06 am 

Sunday about 1020 km 

South-Southwest of 

Chattogram port, 945 km 

South-Southwest of Cox's 

Bazar port, 1005 km South of 

Mongla port and 960 km 

South of Payra Port, said a 

special bulletin of the Met 

office. 

It is likely to intensify further 

and move in a 

Northwesterly Direction, it 

added. 

Maximum sustained wind 

speed within 54 km of the 

cyclone centre is about 62 

kph rising to 88 kph in 

gusts/squalls. 

The sea will remain very 

rough near the cyclone centre. 

All fishing boats and 

trawlers in the North Bay 

have been advised to remain 

close to the coast and proceed 

with caution till further 

notice. 

They are also advised not 

to venture into the deep sea. 

Earlier on October 11, 

cyclonic storm 'Titli' made 

landfall on the eastern 

Indian state of Odisha. 

Acting Editor & Publisher : Jobaer Alam, Advisory Editor: Advocate Molla Mohammad Abu Kawser, Managing, Editor: Tapash Ray Sarker, News Editor : Saiful Islam, printed at Sonali Printing Press, 2/1/A, Arambagh 167, Inner Circular Road, Eden Complex, Motijheel, Dhaka. 

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