06-08-2021

Friday, dhaka : August 6 , 2021; Srabon 22, 1428 BS; Zilhaj 26, 1442 hijri
A function was arranged to confer Sheikh kamal national Sports Council (nSC) Award-2021 marking the 72nd birth anniversary of
Shaheed Sheikh kamal. prime Minister Sheikh hasina joined the function virtually.
photo : Star Mail
Piasa, Mou's coordinator
Mishu,
Jisan remanded in
different cases
DHAKA : A Dhaka court on Thursday
placed Shariful Hasan alias Mishu Hasan
and Masududl Islam alias Jisan, said to be
chief coordinator and associate respectively
of the detained models Faria Mahbub
Piasa and Mariyam Akter Mou, on
remand for different terms in four separate
cases.
Of the two, Mishu was placed on a total
of nine-day remand in three separate
cases and Jisan was remanded for four
days in two separate cases.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate
Mamunur Rashid passed the order as
police produced Mishu before the court
and pleaded to place him on a total of 30-
day remand in pornography, arms and
narcotics cases.
After hearing the police pleas, the court
placed Mishu on one-day remand in
pornography case, five-day in arms case
and three-day remand in narcotics case
respectively .
The court placed Jisan on one-day
remand in pornography case and threeday
remand in special powers act case. All
the cases were lodged with Bhatara Police
Station.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested
the duo on Wednesday night and filed
four cases with Bhatara Police Station.
Another case of extortion was filed
against them by a victim with capital's
Khilgaon Police Station.
Sheikh Kamal led a
simple life: Hasina
DHAKA : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
on Thursday said Sheikh Kamal used to
lead a very simple life but faced a malicious
campaign after surviving a futile assassination
attempt in 1974.
"Kamal was shot on December 16, 1974
following a conspiracy. An ill-attempt was
made to kill him. When he survived it, various
negative campaigns were carried out
against him," she said.
The prime minister said this while
addressing a function arranged to confer
Sheikh Kamal National Sports Council
(NSC) Award-2021 on its recipients marking
the 72nd birth anniversary of Shaheed
Sheikh Kamal.
Hasina joined the function, held at
Shaheed Sheikh Kamal Auditorium of the
National Sports Council, through a virtual
platform from her official residence
Ganobhaban. The prime minister said
Sheikh Kamal had led a very simple life
despite being a son of the President, Prime
Minister or Father of the Nation. "Though
his father was the Prime Minister or the
President, he never had any intention to
make money and wealth or build a business,"
she said. His biggest passion was to
develop the country's educational institutions
and improve cultural and sports arenas,
said Hasina recollecting the contributions
of her younger brother to different
sectors, particularly sports. Kamal had
played a sincere role in modernizing football,
cricket and the sports sector. "He had
made tangible contributions to the field of
music, too. As a Dhaka University student,
he had a lot of contributions to our society,"
she said.
His biggest goal was to reorganise the
young generation, motivate them to love
the country and work in the interest of the
country. "Had he been alive (for a long) he
could have done a lot of work for the country's
young generation," she said.
Describing Kamal as a versatile man,
Hasina said he had a good sense of
responsibility and dutifulness, and he
played various games like football, cricket
and hockey in addition to founding
Abahani Krira Chakra.
Alongside sports, he was very good in
drama, song and extempore activity, and
established Spondon Shilpi Gosthi.
About his organisational competence,
the prime minister said Kamal played a
very active role in different movements
and struggles after the Six-Point Demand
was placed in 1966, conducted a campaign
competently before the 1970 election.
Earlier, the Prime Minister distributed
Sheikh Kamal NSC Award-2021
among 10 sports personalities and two
organisations. On behalf of the Prime
Minister, Senior Secretary of Youth and
Sports Ministry Akhter Hossain handed
over the awards to them under seven
categories.
A medical team of Parkview Hospital
succeeds in a critical surgery
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Parkview Hospital Limited, a reputed and
top healthcare provider in Chittagong, has
set an exemplary precedent by allowing a
risky surgery for a patientwho was at the
crossroads of life and death. A team of specialist
doctors at Parkview Hospital succeeded
in a risky operation to stabilize the
life of a critical patient.
A resident of North Laxmipur area of
Feni district was admitted to
the cabin of Parkview on
August 1 with symptoms of
Covid-19.The patient,
Mohammad Akramul Haque
(55) who was operated by Dr.
Alamgir Bhuiyaa, happened to
be the sister-in-law of the doctor.
He had severe abdominal
pain that was more than shortness
of breath, the cause of
which was not understood. On
August 2, the Covid test came
positive, all possible tests, even
CT scans of the abdomen.The
endoscopy was not done due to
Covid. There was no improvement in
abdominal pain. The patient was transferred
to the ICU on the evening of August
2 due to a gradual decrease in oxygen levels,
and no severe diagnosis of acute
abdominal pain was possible as no satisfactory
diagnosis was reached.
Meanwhile, the patient's blood pressure
was severely low, saturation was 74-78%,
and 100 liters/minute of oxygen was being
given to the SIPAP support. On August 3,
a few more reports came in that the kidneys
were not functioning properly, creatinine
was high, procalcitonin reached to
21.4, which means the patient had severe
sepsis, pro BNP five and a half thousand,
which means the patient had heart failure.
The team understood the pathology in the
abdomen, but there was no concrete evidence.
At 10 pm, Alamgir's mind pondered
on the impossible task which is to
conduct a surgery on the patient. This was
because the patient was somehow maintaining
80-90 systolic pressure at the
highest dose of noradrenaline, on top of
which the saturation was 84 in 100 liters of
oxygen. Either way the death seemed certain.But
surgery would increase the
chances of saving the patient.
2 hours of fighting had just started. As
soon as the abdomen was cut, it was seen
that half of the intestine had rotted. The
team's found the diagnosis. With great
skill, Dr. Alamgir separated the damaged
parts. The surgery went successful. The
operation that many would not dare to
perform or undergo without an operation
theater, was actually performed in the ICU
bed, even without a ventilator or intubation.
Although the doctors were skeptic
about the survival of the but thanks to the
successful procedure. Saturation shot up
to 99% after only 1 hour in 100 liters of
oxygen. Dr. Jitu Das Gupta, a prominent
doctor in the Department of
Surgery, shared such a thrilling
experience of his medical life with
The Bangladesh Today.
The hospital authorities
applauded the efforts put by the
team of doctors. A rare example is
the successful operation in the
ICU bed of Parkview Hospital
without an operating theater and
ventilator, which is a milestone for
the Bangladeshi medical community.
Dr. Alamgir Bhuiyan said, "I
have performed a successful
operation in a difficult moment
with risk. Basically, I dare to take
the risk as the patient is my own sister's
husband. At present, the patient's condition
is improving and the rest depends on
the will of the God almighty. However, I
would like to express my sincere gratitude
and appreciation to the authorities of
Parkview Hospital, a well-known and
dedicated organization in Chittagong and
the country for providing me and my
team without any hesitation in conducting
the operation.
Fire breaks out at
Savar warehouse,
20 injured
SAVAR : As many as 20 people were
injured as a fire broke out at a warehouse
off theDhaka-Aricha highwayin
theRajphulbariabus stand area of Savar
early on Thursday, reports UNB.
Sources at the fire services department
said theblaze started in the morning and
soon engulfed the warehouse belonging to
Singer Refrigerators.On information, 11
fire tenders rushed to spot and it took
them some time to douse the flames.
Sources claimed the fire spread rapidly
because of the presence of chemicals,
colours and other flammable materials
inside the warehouse on the outskirts of
the capital.However, the origin of the fire
is yet to be ascertained.
"As many as 20 people, including firemen,
sustained injuries in the blaze. The
firemen suffered injuries while dousing
the flames," the sources said.
"Traffic on the Dhaka-Aricha highway
remained suspended till 11.25 am due to
the fire," said Mazharul Islam, officer-incharge
of Savar Model police station.
Power supply in the area has also been
disconnected, causing inconvenience to
hundreds of local residents.
Cumilla woman
gives birth to
quadruplets
CUMILLA : A woman has given birth to
quadruplets (four babies) at Cumilla
Modern Hospital, reports UNB.
Sadia Akter, the proud mother, is the
wife of Zillur Rahman of Suagazi Lalbagh
in Sadar Dakkhin upazila of the district.
She gave birth to two boys and two girls
on Wednesday, according to doctors.
Zillur, the father, said the babies are now
in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
of the hospital. Dr Shhida Akter, who
helped the woman deliver the babies, said,
"We are happy that the four babies and
their mother are all doing fine." The first
child weighs 1,100 gm, the second one
1,000 gm, the third one 900 gm and the
fourth one 800 gm, she said.
Flood-prone populations
up nearly 25% since
2000: study
PARIS : The number of people exposed to
floods worldwide has surged almost a
quarter over the last two decades, according
to satellite-based data that shows an
additional 86 million now live within
flood-prone regions.
Flooding is by far the most common of
extreme weather events made more frequent
and potent by rainfall patterns
supercharged by climate change.
Deadly inundations, such as recently in
India, China, Germany and Belgium,
inflict billions worth of damage, often disproportionally
affecting poorer sectors of
society.
Most flood maps rely on modelling
based on ground-level observations such
as rainfall and elevation, but they can often
entirely miss regions that are historically
not flood-prone.
To fill in those gaps, a team of US-based
researchers examined satellite data from
twice-daily imaging of more than 900
individual flood events in 169 countries
since 2000.
They used the data to create the Global
Flood Database, which provides open
source information on the death toll, displacement
and rainfall levels linked to
each of the 913 floods.
Writing in the journal Nature, the
researchers found that up to 86 million
people, driven by economic necessity,
river erosion takes serious turn at some points of Jamuna river in Sirajganj.
moved into known flood regions between
2000-2015 -- a 24-percent increase.
A total of 2.23 million square kilometres
(860,000 square miles) -- more than the
entire area of Greenland-were flooded
between 2000 and 2018, affecting up to
290 million people.
And it's only going to get worse.
Computer modelling produced estimates
that climate change and shifting
demographics would mean an additional
25 countries facing a high risk of flooding
by 2030.
Lead study author Beth Tellman, a
researcher at Columbia University's Earth
Institute and co-founder of the flood analytics
firm Cloud to Street, told AFP the
number of additional people now at risk of
flooding was 10 times higher than previous
estimates.
"We are able to map floods that are often
unmapped or not typically represented in
flood models, such as ice melt floods or
dam breaks," said Tellman.
"Dam breaks are especially impactful. In
these dam overflow or dam break events,
up to 13 million people were impacted,
across just these 13 events."
The majority of flood-prone countries
were in South and Southeast Asia, but the
satellite data showed previously unidentified
increases in exposure across Latin
America and the Middle East.
HC presses on training for
mobile court magistrates
DHAKA : The High Court (HC) on
Thursday emphasized on providing training
executive magistrates conducting
mobile courts as recently some inconsistency
were seen in their operations.
The High Court division virtual bench of
Justice M Enayetur Rahim came up with
the observations while holding further
hearing on a plea for Suo moto order
regarding sentencing two minors to onemonth
jail by a mobile court in Netrokona
under the Child Marriage Restraint Act,
2017, reports BSS.
The High Court on Thursday also
sought written explanation by August 26
from the executive magistrate concerned.
Earlier on August 4, the High Court had
ordered authorities concerned to release
the two minors.
Netrokona Atpara upazila assistant
commissioner (land) Sultana Razia
recently sentenced the two minors to onemonth
jail through a mobile court for getting
married.
Sultana Razia, who is also the executive
magistrate of the upazila, had ordered
police to send the two minors to the Child
Development Centre in Gazipur.
Tazul for conducting mosquito
eradication drives at all govt buildings
DHAKA : Local Government, Rural
Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives
Minister Md Tazul Islam yesterday
directed all government offices and
agencies including RAJUK to conduct
mosquito eradication drives at their
respective offices, residential buildings
and under construction establishments,
reports BSS.
He simultaneously urged the two Dhaka
city corporations to conduct their ongoing
mosquito eradication programmes coordinating
with and helping all the government
offices and agencies, including
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha
(RAJUK) in this regard.
Tazul came up with the directives while
addressing a virtual meeting on regular
monitoring of the buildings constructed
and being constructed by RAJUK, developers
and individual level aiming at preventing
the breeding of Aedes mosquito
and control dengue outbreak, said a press
release.
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