07-12-2018

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Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote organized a discussion meeting marking 55th death anniversary of
Hossain Suhrawardi.
Photo : TBT
CU student's
hanging body
found on campus
CHATTOGRAM : Police
recovered the hanging body of
a student of Chittagong
University from a cottage
(privately-run mess) on the
campus on Thursday
morning, reports UNB.
The deceased was identified
as Jahangir Raju, hailing from
Sonaimuri in Noakhali district
and a student of Economics
Department of 2014-15
session. Sajjad Hossain, a
student of Law Department,
said that as Raju's phone was
found switched off for a long
time his brother contacted
with his friends over phone.
His friends knocked the
door of his room around 8:30
am. Getting no response they
peeped through the window
and saw his hanging body.
On information, police
recovered the body, said Belal
Uddin Jahangir, officer-incharge
of Hathazari Police
Station. Proctor Ali Azgar
Chowdhury said that it is not
clear yet whether it was
suicide or murder.
Bangladesh
elected as bureau
member of ICC
DHAKA : Bangladesh has been
elected as member of bureau of
International Criminal Court
(ICC) for the next two years
(2019-20) in the 17th session of
the Assembly of State Parties to
the Rome Statute, at The
Hague, Netherlands, reports
UNB.
Starting on December 5, the
assembly will end on
December 12. Bangladesh,
South Korea and Japan have
been elected for 2019 while
Bangladesh, South Korea and
Palestine for 2020 as
members of the Asia-Pacific
region.
'Bureau' ICC is the highest
policy making body of 21
states out of 123 states. The
'Bureau' ICC has been
entrusted with finalizing
budget, electing judges,
prosecutors, deputy
prosecutors and taking
decision on election.
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Google honours Tareque
Masud with a Doodle
DHAKA : Search engine giant Google is celebrating the 62nd
birth anniversary of renowned Bangladeshi filmmaker
Tareque Masud with a Doodle on its homepage on Thursday,
reports UNB.
In its doodle, the search engine giant shows an image of a
hand holding a 'clay bird', created based on the filmmaker's
renowned film 'The Clay Bird'.
Tareque Masud was born in Nurpur Village of Faridpur
District in Bangladesh on December 6 in 1956.
Doodles are a special, temporary alteration of the company's
logo, on Google's homepage, that honour notable personalities.
"The first Bangladeshi director to participate in the Oscars
or to be honored at Cannes, Tareque Masud was a driving
force within his country's independent film movement,"
Google wrote in its Doodle.
Giving special thanks to Google, the film maker's wife
Catherine Masud said, "It is a great honor to have Tareque
Masud's legacy recognized by Google. Tareque was a visionary
and a pioneer of Bangladeshi cinema, an inspiring figure
for young people in his own country and beyond. Although
he made films for the people of Bangladesh, his work also
spoke to the world through universal themes of tolerance,
compassion, and justice."
Tareque started his career with his first film Adam Surat
(1991) (The Inner Strength), a documentary on the legendary
Bangladeshi painter S.M. Sultan, in 1982. His 1995 feature
length documentary on the '71 Liberation War, Muktir Gaan
(1995) (Song of Freedom) brought record audiences and
became a cult classic. He also made many other films on the
war, including Muktir Kotha (1999) (Words of Freedom),
Narir Kotha (Women and War) (2000) and Naroshundor
(The Barbershop)(2009).
In 2002, he completed his feature film The Clay Bird
(2002) (The Clay Bird), which was based on his childhood
experience in the Madrassa. The film won the Critics' Prize
(FIPRESCI Prize) at the Cannes Film Festival (2002), was
the first Bangladeshi film to compete in the Oscars, and was
released in many countries around the world.
On 13 August 2011, Tareque and Mishuk along with three
others were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Aricha highway
in Ghior Upazila of Manikganj while returning to Dhaka
from Manikganj after visiting a shooting location.
The accident happened when a microbus carrying the two
celebrities collided with a bus on the highway.
Wall Street dives on angst
over growth, US-China truce
Wall Street stocks plunged Tuesday on worries about US economic
growth and revived doubts about trade wars as the
Trump administration sent mixed signals on their detente
with China. A day after global stocks rallied on a weekend
US-China announcement suspending new tariffs, international
markets mostly pulled back as investor focus shifted to
the lack of concrete progress in reaching a long-term agreement
to the dispute.
"Can the US and China really resolve their differences in 90
days?" asked Rodrigo Catril, senior strategist at National
Australia Bank.
"It seems that more details and signs of progress will be
needed if the initial trade truce warm fuzzy feeling is to be
sustained."
Trader
hacked dead
in Benapole;
5 held
BENAPOLE : A trader was
hacked to death allegedly by
his rivals at Kazirber in
Sharsha upazila early
Thursday, reports UNB.
The deceased was
identified as Zahidul Islam
Zahid, 32, a C&F agent and
son of Abdur Jabbar
Tarafdar of Narayanpur
village in Benapole.
Quoting locals, Mashiur
Rahman, officer-in-charge
of Sharsha Police Station,
said Zahidul gave Tk 7 lakh
to Beauty Khatun, wife of
Jharu Dalal, for sending him
to abroad. Later, instead of
sending Zahid to abroad as
promised, Beauty cheated
the money.
Later, Zahid locked into
altercations several times
with Beauty over the issue.
On Wednesday night,
Beauty called Zahid to her
home in Kazirber village
saying to return the money.
When Zahid went there,
Beauty I association with her
associates stabbed him
indiscriminately, leaving
him dead.
Later, they dumped the
body into the banana
orchard after keeping it
inside a sack.
On information, police
recovered the body and sent
it to local a hospital morgue
for an autopsy.
Meanwhile, police
arrested five people-Beauty
Khatun, her daughter Sumi
Khatun, 24, Rahima Begum,
50, wife of Muktar Ali,
Ferdousi, 32, wife of Khalid
and Khalid's son Al-Amin in
connection with their
suspicious involvement in
the killing. During primary
interrogation, Beauty
admitted her guilt, said the
OC.
2 Bangladeshis
bag awards at
Kashmir World
Film Fest
DHAKA : Bangladeshi film
'Haldaa', directed by
Tauquir Ahmed, has
clinched the Best Feature
Film (Fiction) award at the
4th Kashmir World Film
Festival, reports UNB.
Monjurul Islam Megh,
an International Film
Festival distributor,
submitted films from
Bangladesh, Tunisia and
Kazakhstan to Kashmir
World Film Festival,
including Haldaa, which is
based on the fishing
community that lives off
the Haldaa River in
Chittagong.
Haldaa was not the only
film by a Bangladeshi to
make a splash at this year's
KWFF.
'The Fear of Silence'
(Bhoy) by Zuairijah Mou,
won the award for Best
Short Fiction.
Short Fiction (Jury's
Special) The 'Illusion
Seller' (Khayolfurush) by
Sharofat M. Arabova-
Singh of Tajikistan.
The award for best film
in the 'Kashmir Section'
was won by 'The Stitch'
(Teab) by Aasiya Zahoor.
Benapole Port on the
verge of full automation
BENAPOLE : Benapole Port, the
country's biggest land port, is on the path
to full-fledged automation with the
installation of all necessary electronic
devices going on full-swing, reports UNB.
With an estimated cost of Tk 52 crore,
the port area will be equipped with
automation machines and close-circuit
television (CCTV) cameras and a
boundary wall all along the port area,
according to port authorities.
"The port has plans to install 1400
CCTV cameras there to ensure foolproof
security in the port area," said Belal
Hossain Chowdhury, commissioner of
Benapole Customs House.
Trade between Bangladesh and India
may be expected to multiply as a result, as
the checking and discharging of the goods
will be easier and faster once the port area
is digitalised, he added.
"Two C&F agents will be provided with
high-level training from the beginning of
2019, so that they can handle the
automated movement of goods easily and
effectively," said Prodush Kanti Das,
director of Benapole port.
He also expressed high hopes saying
that traders of both the countries will be
able to keep an eye on their goods passing
through the border without being
physically present at the port, thanks to
the automation process allowing for
remote tracking.
Though the customs houses were
brought under the CCTV monitoring
earlier this year, the plan is for the entire
port area to be covered by CCTV, in order
to prevent smuggling and even aid the
detection of unwanted intruders along the
border within the shortest possible time.
"We are heaving a sigh of relief at
learning of the automation project, as this
will boost trade volumes by ensuring
smooth and hassle-free goods
transportation along the border," said
vice-president of the port's Clearing &
Forwarding (C&F) agents Aminul Haque.
Matiar Rahman, Chairman of India-
Bangladesh Export-Import Sub-
Committee, said they had long been
demanding foolproof security for their
goods through the automation of the port
area "in order to augment the trade
baskets for both countries."
"There still remain some other
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad handed over memorandum to Gaibandha Deputy Commissioner to
protect sexual harassment.
Photo : Star Mail
Asian markets
track Wall St rout
as confusion,
uncertainty reign
Asian markets fell
Wednesday following a rout
on Wall Street, as investors
were bombarded by a
"perfect storm" of problems
that erased the positivity
seen at the start of the week.
The glum mood
overshadowed hints from
Donald Trump at more time
to resolve the China-US
trade row, as well as soothing
comments from China about
their desire to push on with a
weekend agreement between
the world's top economies.
Trading floors are awash
with uncertainty over the
agreement Trump
hammered out with Xi
Jinping to much fanfare -
and an initial market rally -
in Buenos Aires, with little
clarity emerging and the US
president shifting his tone.
While he hailed the deal at
first, on Tuesday he warned
on Twitter "remember, I am
a Tariff Man", adding "When
people or countries come in
to raid the great wealth of our
Nation, I want them to pay
for the privilege of doing so".
Then, in another tweet he left
open the door to an
extension of the agreement's
90-day timeline to end the
row.
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drawbacks to be addressed to harness the
potential of the port and the port
authority should deal with those on a
priority basis," he added.
It takes only three hours for a truck to
reach Benapole after loading goods from
Kolkata, which is only at a distance of 84
kilometres, making it a major
transportation hub for the business
communities of both Bengals in
particular.
Injured while
saving minor from
beating, college
student dies in
hospital
SYLHET : A college student who
sustained severe injuries while trying to
save a minor boy from a beating by local
boys at Nidanpur village in Bianibazar
Municipality on Monday, died at a city
hospital on Wednesday, reports UNB.
The deceased was identified as Hossain
Ahmed, 18, son of Samir Uddin, a
resident of the area and also second year
student of Bianibazar Govt College.
Locals said Suman Ahmed, son of
Muhib Ali of the area and his accomplices
were beating a minor boy in front of
Nidanpur Government Primary School in
the area around 3pm Monday.
The culprits became furious on Hossain
when he tried to prevent them from
beating the minor and, at one stage, they
thrashed Hossain, leaving him severely
injured.
The injured was rushed to Sylhet
Osmani Medical College Hospital and
later shifted to a city hospital where he
succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday.
Officer-in-charge of Bianibazar Police
Station Abani Shankar Kar said they are
trying to arrest the accused after a case
was filed with the police station on
Wednesday.
Countrymen to
guard polling
centers: Nasim
DHAKA : Awami League
Presidium Member and
central 14-party spokesperson
Mohammad Nasim yesterday
said there is no need for any
political party to guard the
polling centers as the
countrymen will do the job.
"The December 30 polls day
will be the day of victory for the
pro-liberation forces. The proliberation
forces could never
be defeated in the month of
victory. You have no need to
guard the polling centers. The
people of the country will
guard the centers," he said at a
press conference at AL central
office in city's Bangabandhu
Avenue.
Earlier, Nasim, also the
health and family welfare
minister, presided over a
meeting of the14-party alliance
centering the upcoming polls.
Regarding a comment of
BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul
Islam Alamgir on guarding the
polling centers, Nasim said,
"We don't understand why
BNP is threatening without
any reason. There is no need to
guard the polling stations."
About an allegation of
Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal
Hossain on level playing field,
the AL senior leader said it is
their habit to make allegations
without any reason. The polls
environment across the
country is peacefully, he
added.
Urging the new voters to cast
their first votes in the favour of
the pro-liberation forces,
Shipping Minister Shajahan
Khan, who was also present on
the occasion, said there is no
alternative to the victory of the
pro-liberation forces.
"I urge all of you not to cast
yours votes for any antiliberation
candidates," he
added. Samyabadi Dal
General Secretary Dilip Barua,
JSD General Secretary Shirin
Akther, NAP leader Ismail
Hossain and BSD leader
Rezaur Rashid, among others,
were present in the press
conference.