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1 killed in Sathia
AL infighting
PABNA : A man was killed
and 11 others were injured in
a clash between two factions
of Awami League over the
formation of a ward-level
committee in Pabna on
Thursday.
Police identified the
deceased as Alhaz Sheikh,
35.
Locals said two factions of
the ruling party, led by
Sharbesh Sheikh and
Moslem Master, were at
loggerheads over the
formation of committee at
ward number 9 of
Gourigram Union in Santhia
upazila.
Sheikh was elected
president of the ward,
prompting Master's
supporters to attack Sheikh's
men. They fought with sticks
and sharp weapons. Several
people, including Alhaz, were
injured during the clash.
Tangail district police, upazlia administration and sadar upazila parishad jointly distributed mask at
free of cost to prevent corona virus.
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Myanmar's neighbours urged to
protect people fleeing violence
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DHAKA : UNHCR, the UN
Refugee Agency, has urgently
called on countries across the
region to offer refuge and
protection to all those fleeing
for safety from Myanmar,
reports UNB.
"It is vital that anyone
crossing the border, seeking
asylum in another country, is
able to access it," said Gillian
Triggs, UNHCR's Assistant
High Commissioner for
Protection.
Myanmar is bordered by
Bangladesh and India to its
northwest, China to its
northeast, Laos and Thailand
to its east and southeast, and
the Andaman Sea and the
Bay of Bengal to its south and
southwest.
UNHCR is "appalled by the
escalating violence" in
Myanmar and the resulting
human suffering and
displacement this is causing.
"We are shocked by the
indiscriminate violence
against civilians across the
country, in addition to the
renewed fighting between the
Myanmar military and ethnic
armed groups in some border
areas," Gillian Triggs said.
These events in Myanmar
are driving people to flee
within the country and across
borders, said the UNHCR's
Assistant
High
Commissioner for
Protection.
Gillian Triggs said it is a
proven fact that humane
border practices can be
upheld amid public health
and other border control
measures, to ensure that
people in need of protection
can access territory and
asylum.
"Children, women and men
fleeing for their lives should
be given sanctuary. They
must not be returned to a
place where their lives or
freedom may be at risk. This
principle of non-refoulement
is a cornerstone of
international law and is
binding on all states," said
the UNHCR official.
Gillian Triggs said
Myanmar's neighbours have
a decades-long history of
providing protection and
assistance to refugees. "As
the situation in Myanmar
deteriorates further, we call
on states to continue their
lifesaving humanitarian
tradition of safeguarding the
lives of all those forced to
flee."
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Mother 'kills self'
after 'killing two
children' in Satkhira
SATKHIRA : A woman
reportedly committed suicide
after 'killing her two minor
children' in Langoljhara village
of Kolaroa upazila in Satkhira
on Wednesday night, reports
UNB.
The deceased are Mahfuza
Khatun, her son Mahfuz
Rahman and daughter
Mohona, 5.
Officer-in-Charge of Kolaroa
Police Station Khairul Kabir
said they are suspecting that
Mahfuza killed herself after
strangulating her two kids.
Police recovered the bodies
on Thursday morning, he said.
"We are investigating the
cause of their deaths, it will be
clear after getting the postmortem
report," he said.
Police are interrogating
Mahfuza's husband Shimul
Hossain to know whether she
killed herself following a family
feud, said the OC.
Mahfuza's father-in-law
Abdar Ali said a local teen
sexually assaulted Mohona on
Monday while Mahfuza sought
justice from UP member
Safijul who assured her of
looking into the matter after a
few days. Later, she went to UP
chairman Nurul Islam who
suggested her to file a case but
Abdar Ali discouraged her to
file any case stating that they
won't be able to bear the
expenses of the case.
"When I went out of home
for work Mahfuza committed
suicide," Abdar Ali said.
Meanwhile, OC Kabir said
they are unaware of any
incident of sexual harassment
but investigating the matter.
UP Chaiman Nurul Islam's
cell phone was found switched
off when he was contacted for
comment.
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