06-08-2021

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Villagers thrash cops,
free wanted criminal
from custody
COX'S BAZAR : A group of
local residents allegedly
thrashed a posse of policemen
and forcibly freed a wanted
criminal from the latter's
custody in Habirpara village of
Teknaf upazila on Wednesday,
reports UNB.
Acting officer-in-charge of
Teknaf Model Police Station,
Mohammad Hafizur Rahman
said that the policemen had
managed to nab Habibur
Rahman Habib alias Magu,
wanted in six criminal cases, in
the village around 2 pm.
But as the police team was
about to leave the village with
the accused, his family
and a local UP member
Moulvi Syedul Islam
surrounded the vehicle of the
cops, attacked them with iron
rods and hurled brick chips,
and took Habib away.
Three policemen were
injured in the attack. On
information, another police
team rushed to the spot and
took the injured cops to Teknaf
Upazila Health Complex.
"We are trying to arrest
Habib. However, the UP
member has already been
arrested in this connection.
We are going to book him
under stringent sections," the
OC said.
Ex-BCL leader
killed in
Gaibandha
GAIBANDHA : A former
leader of Bangladesh Chhatra
League's (BCL) Gaibandha
Government College unit was
killed in an alleged attack by a
mango trader near Gaibandha
Hawkers Market on
Wednesday night, reports
UNB.
The deceased was identified
as Manjurul Hasan Likhon, 38,
son of Mahabubur Rahman of
the district town.
Abdur Rauf, officer-incharge
of Gaibandha Sadar
police station, said on
Thursday that Manjurul had
an altercation with Sharif Mia,
a mango trader, in front of the
district unit office of BNP on
Wednesday afternoon.
The altercation soon turned
violent, but eventually ended
with the intervention of local
people.
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Municipality Mayor Rezaul Karim Badsha and Bogura Rotary Club President Syed Ahammed Kiron
inaugurated the tree plantation program in Bogura district town yesterday. Photo : Azahar Ali.
UK becomes Dialogue
Partner of ASEAN
DHAKA : The UK has agreed a new partnership
with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN), reports UNB.
The partnership, which is the first ASEAN has
agreed in 25 years, will lead to closer cooperation
between the UK and the region on a range of
issues such as trade, investment, climate change,
the environment, science and technology, and
education.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will join a
virtual ceremony with ASEAN Foreign Ministers
where they will welcome the UK as an ASEAN
'Dialogue Partner'.
Since the UK submitted its application to
become a Dialogue Partner in June 2020, the
Foreign Secretary has attended two UK-ASEAN
Ministerial Meetings and hosted the ASEAN
Chair at the G7 Foreign and Development
Ministers meeting in May.
ASEAN is an influential group of ten member
countries in the Indo-Pacific.
By becoming a Dialogue Partner the UK will
formalise its relations with the group - including
through attending annual Foreign and
Economic Ministers meetings along with other
Ministerial engagements.
Dialogue Partner status puts the UK at the
heart of the Indo-Pacific.
The UK will work with ASEAN and its
members on key shared challenges such as
maritime security and transnational crime, boost
our economies through trade, and strengthen
our cooperation on issues such COVID-19 and
climate change. Foreign Secretary, Dominic
Raab said: "I am delighted that the UK has,
today, formally become a Dialogue Partner of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) bloc - the first new country in 25 years."
"This is a landmark moment in the UK's tilt
towards the Indo Pacific. Our closer ties with
ASEAN will help create green jobs, reinforce our
security cooperation, promote tech and science
partnerships, and safeguard key pillars of
international law like the UN Convention on the
Law of the Sea."
The new agreement will also help the UK to
deepen economic links with ASEAN, which has a
combined GDP of $3.2 trillion.
Total trade between the UK and ASEAN was
£32.3 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q1
2021 with huge potential to boost this trade,
creating jobs at home. International Trade
Secretary, Liz Truss said this is great news and
shows Global Britain in action, forging stronger
relationships around the world as an
independent trading nation.
"Along with CPTPP accession and deals with
countries like Singapore and Vietnam, this will
help unlock opportunities for British businesses
in a high-growth region of more than 650 million
people, allowing them to expand and create jobs
across the UK.
Sheikh Kamal wanted to
build 'Sonar Bangla' of
Bangabandhu: Murad
JAMALPUR : State Minister for Information and
Broadcasting Dr Md Murad Hassan on Thursday said that
Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was a pure patriot
as he was engaged in building the 'Sonar Bangla' of
Bangabandhu.
"If he (Sheikh Kamal) had survived, he could have given
a lot to the society and the country. But on the black night
of August 15, 1975, the ruthless bullet of the assassin
thwarted all his efforts," he said.
The state minister was speaking at a discussion as the
chief guest on the 72nd birth anniversary of Sheikh Kamal
organized by Sarishabari Upazila Administration and
Upazila Awami League at the Upazila Complex in the
district.
He said Sheikh Kamal had also introduced modernity in
the sports arena of this country, adding: "Sheikh Kamal will
live forever in the hearts of the people of the country."
On the occasion of Kamal's birthday, food items, tins and
cash were distributed to the poor and indigent people and
seeds were provided among the farmers.
Upazila Awami League President Chanowar Hossain
Badsha, General Secretary Harun Aur Rashid, Upazila
Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Shihab Uddin Ahmed and other
leaders and workers of the Upazila Awami League were
also present there.
'Rohingya robber' killed
in 'gunfight' with Rab in
Cox's Bazar
COX'S BAZAR : A
suspectedRohingya robber was
killed in a 'gunfight' with Rapid
Action Battalion members in
Damdamia area of Hnila
Union in Teknaf Upazila early
Thursday, reports UNB.
The deceased was identified
as Nuru, leader of a Rohingya
robber gang called 'Nuru
Bahini'. Cox's Bazar Rab-15
Teknaf CPC-1 camp in-charge
Lt. Commander Mahbub said
that tipped off, a team of the
elite force conducted a drive in
Damdamia area of Teknaf.
Bangladeshi
youth shot
dead in US
DHAKA : A 28-year-old
Bangladeshi youth was shot
dead allegedly by an
unidentified gunman at
South Philadelphia in
Pennsylvania of United
States on Tuesday night, his
friends and police said,
reports UNB.
The youth was identified
as Moazzem Hossain Saju,
son of Shams Uddin of
Baradesh village under
Muria union of Beanibazar
upazila of Sylhet. He lived
with his family in Northeast
Philadelphia
of
Pennsylvania.
Mashukul Islam Khan,
president of Beanibazar
Social and Cultural
Association Pennsylvania
Inc., said Saju was with
friends on the streets of
South Philadelphia on
Tuesday night when a
masked gunman tried to
rob them.
A scuffle took place
between the two sides
during which the gunman
shot Saju leaving him
seriously injured.
He was rushed to
Jefferson University
Hospital where doctors
pronounced him dead.
Philadelphia police have
not yet arrested anyone
involved in the killing of the
Bangladeshi youth.
However, police said the
gunman was wearing a
black dress and covered his
face with a mask.
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Sheikh Kamal is a blazing
flame of inspiration for
youths: Quader
DHAKA : Awami League General Secretary
Obaidul Quader on Thursday said Shaheed
Sheikh Kamal will live forever in the hearts of
the young people as a blazing flame of
inspiration.
He made the remark while talking to
reporters after paying homage to Sheikh
Kamal at Banani graveyard in the city on the
occasion of the 72nd birth anniversary of the
eldest son of the Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Quader, also the road transport and bridges
minister, placed separate wreaths on the grave
of Sheikh Kamal on behalf of Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina and the ruling Awami League.
He said the most stigmatised chapter in the
history of bloody treachery in Bangladesh is
the August 15 of 1975. Sheikh Kamal will
remain in the hearts of people as an archetype
of youthful pride and a creative unique talent,
he added.
The AL general secretary said the Bangalee
nation got stigmatised due to the killing of
Bangabandhu but Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina removed this stigma by completing the
trial of the August 15 carnage.
"…we will build Bangabandhu's Sonar
Bangla, being an adventurer of the path of light
that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is
embarking on - and it should be our pledge on
this day," he said.
AL presidium members Dr Abdur Razzaque,
Advocate Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur
Rahman, its joint general secretary and
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr
Hasan Mahmud, joint general secretaries
Mahbubul Alam Hanif and AFM Bahauddin
Nasim, organising secretary Ahmed Hossain,
Mirza Azam and SM Kamal Hossain, science
and technology affairs secretary Abdus Sabur,
office secretary Barrister Biplob Baraua and
deputy office secretary Sayem Khan were,
among others, present on the occasion.
Later, the leaders and workers of the AL's
affiliated bodies and various social and cultural
organistions, including AL Dhaka city units,
Awami Jubo League, Bangladesh Krishka
League, Swechchhasebak League, Mahila
Awami League, Jubo Mahila League, Awami
Matsyajibi League, Chhatra League and
Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote, paid respect to
Sheikh Kamal at Banani graveyard.
Sheikh Kamal's behavior was
like a common man: Humayun
DHAKA : Industries Minister Nurul Majid
Mahmud Humayun yesterday said Sheikh
Kamal had a unique talent not as a child of the
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman but as a common man and
student.
"Sheikh Kamal's behavior was like that of a
common man. He was the same as before,
even after Bangabandhu became the Prime
Minister. Sheikh Kamal worked with the
student community as a general worker of
Bangabandhu," he said.
The Industries Minister said this while
participating in a discussion on the occasion of
the 72nd birth anniversary of Captain Sheikh
Kamal,
the eldest son of Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,
organized by Narsingdi District
Administration, said a press release.
Humayun said Sheikh Kamal also took part
in every movement of the country as a
common worker. "I was together as a friend
and classmate of Sheikh Kamal," he said.
Narsingdi Deputy Commissioner and
District Magistrate Abu Naim Mohammad
Maruf Khan presided over the discussion
while Narsingdi Superintendent of Police Kazi
Ashraful Azim, among others, was present on
the occasion.
The Coast Guard has arrested a pirate with weapons from Hatia in
Noakhali's Dwip Upazila. Hatia Coast Guard raided the house of Siraj in
Nijhum Island area of the upazila around 10am on Wednesday and arrested
the pirate.
Photo : Courtesy
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