30-10-2022

Sunday, Dhaka : october 30, 2022; Kartik 14, 1429 BS; rabi-us-Sani 3 , 1444 Hijri
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday addressing a massive anti-government
rally in rangpur.
Photo : Star Mail
Hilsa fishing
resumes as
22-day govt
ban ends
DHAKA : Hilsa catching, selling and transportation
resumed on Saturday after a government
ban for 22 days.
A total of 600 maunds of Hilsa came to
Chandpur's Bara Station Fish Ghat, the
biggest Hilsa market of the country, from
Hatia, Bhola, Charfasion and other coastal
areas on trawlers and ships since Saturday
morning, A Bari Jamadar Manik, President
of the Chandpur Fisheries Association, told
UNB Chandour correspondent.
Besides, Hilsa from the confluence of the
Padma and the Meghna rivers in Chandpur
also arrived at the market in small amounts.
Visiting the market, UNB found that most
of the Hilsa weighted 800 g to 900 g. A 900g
Hilsa fish was selling at Tk 900, while 1kg
and 2kg Hilsa were selling at a rate of Tk
1,100 to Tk 1,500.
Many people were seen buying fresh Hilsa
and sending them off to various places
across the country.
"I'm taking around 50-60 maunds of Hilsa
to Jamalpur via Karwan Bazar, Tongi,
Baipail and Gazipur on my truck," said
Azizul Haque, a truck driver.
The 22-day government ban on hilsa
catching, selling, hoarding and transporting
came into effect on October 7, with a view to
boosting its production.
JS goes into 20th
session today
DHAKA : The 20th session of the 11th Jatiya
Sangsad will begin at 4.30pm today.
Earlier, President Md Abdul Hamid convened
the session exercising the power
bestowed upon him as per the Clause (1) of
Article 72 of the Constitution.
The nineteenth session of 11th parliament
was prorogued on September 1 after five sittings.
A total of 228 treasury and opposition
bench lawmakers delivered their addresses
during the session. A total of three bills were
passed in the session.
Along with the legal procedure, a total of
37 important notices under section 71 of the
rules of procedure were received.
A total of 37 questions were available for
the prime minister's question and answer
session where only 15 questions were
answered by the prime minister during the
session. Two proposals were accepted and
adopted after they were widely discussed
under section 147 of the rules of procedure.
BNP MPs ready to resign; Govt must
go for credible election:Fakhrul
RANGPUR : BNP Secretary General Mirza
Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said
MPs from his party are ready to resign from
the current parliament as their main goal is
to restore democracy by ousting the Awami
League government.
"We would like to straightly say that no
election will be held in the country under
Sheikh Hasina and without a caretaker government.
Our only demand is the resignation
of this regime." He told a massive antigovernment
rally in Rangpur.
The BNP leader said the government
must dissolve the parliament.
"Our MPs Harun, Rumeen and Zahid are
ready to resign (from parliament) as per the
directive of the party. The government must
hand over power to a caretaker government
which will form a new Election Commission
and a fresh election will be held under it," he
said.
He said a national government will be
formed after a credible election to repair the
state, economy and politics that have been
destroyed by the current government.
As part of the party's planned rallies at
division level, the Rangpur city unit BNP
organised the programme on Rangpur
Collector Eidgah ground.
Thousands of leaders and activists of the
BNP and its associate bodies joined the
rally, defying a transport strike.
An adequate number of police and other
BHOLA : Huge hilsa netted from the
Meghna estuary have flooded the ghats,
mokams and wholesale fish markets of
the district.
Fishermen resumed fishing since last midnight
as the 22-day ban on catching, selling,
transportation and hoarding of the delicious
hilsa ends on Friday midnight.
Like previous years, the government has
imposed a 22-day ban starting from October
7 on catching, selling, storing and transporting
Hilsha, to ensure safe spawning of the
Mother Hilsha, during its peak breeding
period. On the very first day, the fishermen
were happy to catch a lot of fish including
hilsa in their nets.
Huge fish was netted in Tulatuli and Majhi
security officials have been deployed
around the rally venue and at different
points in the city to prevent any untoward
incident.
The organisers said the rally was meant to
denounce the price hike of daily essentials
and fuels, the death of five party men in previous
police action in Bhola, Narayanganj,
Munshiganj and Jashore, and to ensure the
freedom of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
On Saturday, Fakhrul saluted the people
of Rangpur for making the rally a success
after enduring untold sufferings and working
hard for three days due to obstacles
caused by a 36-hour transport strike.
He questioned why the government
attempts to obstruct BNP's rallies and guns
down opposition activists and attacks them
if it is not afraid of BNP.
"A party and one person (PM Sheikh
Hasina) have ruined the entire country and
repressed and suppressed us for the last 15
years…They've chewed up the economy and
destroyed it. They're now trying to eat up
the entire Bangladesh," Fakhrul said.
He said the resignation of the current
government is their only demand as it has
destroyed the nation's all achievements.
"Wherever you look at, you'll see their theft.
They're stealing from the construction work
on roads and bridges and even from the
construction work on building houses for
our poor people.
Bhola markets abuzz with
fishermen amid huge hilsha catches
Fish Ghat areas of Sadar Upazila in Meghna
Par and Nashir Magi ghat.
Jalaluddin and Faizullah, fishermen of
Tulatuli area, said that they went to the river
with fishing trawlers and got about 70 kg of
hilsa which were sold at Taka 35 thousand.
Trader Al Amin of Meghna Fish ghat said
that a lot of hilsa fish have arrived at the ghat
since Saturday morning. Around 300 to 500
grams of these fish are being sold at Taka
800 to 900 while 600 to 900 grams are
being sold at Taka 2000 to 2500.
District Fisheries Officer Molla
Emdadullah told BSS that there are 60 small
and big fish ghats in the district. As the ban
ends last night, all the ghats have become
crowded with fishermen.
Bangladesh, Myanmar border guards
meet today to discuss tension
DHAKA : A flag meeting between
members of Border Guard
Bangladesh (BGB) and Myanmar's
Border Guard Police (BGP) at commandant
level will be held over the
prevailing unrest along the border at
Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar.
Lieutenant Colonel Khalid
Mohammad Iftekhar, commandant of
BGB-2 Battalion, told UNB that they
would discuss the issues related to the
border security and prevailing tension.
"You have learned what incidents
have happened, we will discuss
issues, which have triggered tension
among our people living along the
border," he said.
On September 16, a Rohingya boy
was killed and five others injured as a
mortar shell fired by the Myanmar
army exploded at a Rohingya Camp
located at the Zero Point of the border.
On the same day, another
Bangladeshi young man was seriously
injured in a landmine explosion along
the Bangladesh-Myanmar border at
Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban.
Local people said it was the Myanmar
army that had planted mines the area.
One exploded near the Tombru border.
In the face of continuous gunfire and
mortar shelling inside Myanmar close
to the Bangladesh border local authorities
evacuated 30 families from Dochari
and Ghumdhum unions at
Naikhongchhari on October 23.
Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign
Affairs has recently summoned
Myanmar envoy to Dhaka several times
and formally protested against the
move by the Buddhist-majority
nation's military.
Community policing should tackle crimes
by teenage groups: Home Minister
DHAKA : Home Minister
Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday
called upon the members of the community
police for working to prevent
the criminal activities of juvenile
gangs.
Due to the closure of educational
institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic,
young people had no work,
and taking that advantage teenage
gangs surfaced, he said.
The home minister said the activities
of such juvenile groups are having
adverse effects on the society and
the issue needs to be taken care of
seriously, reports UNB.
The minister made the remarks
when he addressed a discussion
meeting to mark the Community
Policing Day-2022 at the Bangladesh
Police Auditorium in Rajarbagh in
the city.
A colorful rally was organised from
Dhaka Metropolitan Police
Headquarters on Saturday morning
to mark the day. The procession
marched through streets and ended
at the Rajarbagh Police Line.
T20 World Cup
New Zealand
beat Sri Lanka
Trent Bout and Glenn Phillips starred in New
Zealand's thumping 65-run win over Sri Lanka
in the Twenty20 World Cup Group 1 contest at
Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, reports
Gulfnews.
The left-arm pacer was at his menacing best
to claim four wickets with his variable pace and
teasing length, giving the batters the chance to
go after him and only to come up trumps. Boult
finished with figures of 4 for 13 in his four overs
as Sri Lanka were dismissed for 102 in 19.3
overs. By the 13th over Sri Lanka had lost eight
wickets and it was only time that the match
came to a conclusion.
Earlier, Phillips took the match away from Sri
Lanka with his calculated assault of 104 off 64
balls. The burly right-hander was lucky to be
dropped by Pathum Nissanka when he was 12 and
then again by skipper Dasun Shanaka. But Phillips
made those dropped chances count and made the
Sri Lankans pay dearly for their lapses.
New Zealand gave a masterclass on how to
approach the game when they are down and
how to tighten the screws when they are in control
in a clinical display of batting, bowling and
fielding.
Just a week after the Black Caps defeated
defending champions Australia, they ran into
early trouble at 15 for three by the end of the
fourth over. But Phillips and Daryl Mitchell
added 84 runs for the fourth wicket in 63 balls.
Phillips turned on the volume at the right time
to score his second Twenty20 International century,
and his first in the World Cup, to propel New
Zealand to 167 for seven in 20 overs. The Kiwis
were aided by some sloppy fielding and a defensive
approach at a time when the Sri Lankan
bowlers should have gone for the kill.
Sri Lankan innings was in stark contrast.
None of the batters showed the right temperament
and the application to take the chase deep
into the match and succumbed playing shots
too early on a wicket that assists the bowlers.
Barring Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Shanaka none
of the batters could get going.
The minister said that the task of
community policing is to identify
criminals before crimes are commit-
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan
ted in the society, to collect information
about criminals. We have been
100% successful in this regard, he
said.
He also said that as a result of community
policing, child marriages and
eveteasing have reduced a lot in the
society.
SM AKASH, CHATToGrAM BurEAu
Members of Muktijoddha Sangsad
Sontan Command have surrounded
the house of Chattogram city "Good's
Hill" demanding an apology for the
"arrogant" speech of Hummam
Quader Chowdhury, the son of
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, who
was hanged for crimes against humanity.
On Sunday morning, the leaders
took a position in front of their residence
at Gani Bakery intersection in
Chattogram city.
At the same time, from the stay program,
the wives and children of the
war criminals have been demanded to
be banned from politics and their
assets confiscated. Besides, the leaders
from the program marked the house of
Razakar by painting the walls of
Good's Hill house.
Hummam Quader Chowdhury, a
"There are still some challenges like
illegal drugs...we need to do more on
drug control," he said.
About dealing with the militancy in
the country, the minister said they
have been successful.
"When we were faced with a difficult
challenge in combating militancy
and terrorism, the Prime Minister
called upon the general people from
all walks of life to stand up... During
that time we saw phenomenal success,"
he said.
"Nothing is impossible when the
people are there," he said.
Chaired by DMP Commissioner
Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, the programme
was also addressed among
others, by IGP Chowdhury Abdullah
Al-Mamun, former vice-chancellor of
Dhaka University A.M.S. Arefin
Siddique, Additional IGP (Crime and
Operations) of Police Headquarters
Md Atiqul Islam, DMP Additional
Commissioner AKM Hafiz Akhtar
and Mirpur Model Police Community
Policing Committee President Dewan
Abdul Mannan spoke.
Glenn Phillips anchored the New Zealand innings and became the second from his country to
score a century after Brendon McCullum in the history of the T20 World Cup. Photo : ESPN
FFs children surround Salahuddin
Quader Chowdhury's house
member of the central executive committee
of the party, addressed the divisional
meeting of the BNP at the polo
ground in Chattogram on October 12.
At one stage of the speech, he said to
the government, "You cannot return
home alone after leaving power.
All martyrs will be forced to go to
their graves and ask for forgiveness."
He later ended his speech with the slogan
'Naraye Takbeer', a slogan BNP
does not use at the party level.
Freedom Fighter organizations and
families erupted in protest of this
statement.
Earlier on October 18, Humam was
asked to submit apology for his speech
by the Mukti Juddha Sangsad Santan
Command. Otherwise, Good's Hill
house will be sieged. To implement the
program, the organization held a torch
march on October 28.
Sons of Freedom Fighters on Saturday besiege Goods Hill, the residence of Bangladesh Nationalist
Party leader and executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury at Kotwali area in Chattogram
following Hummam Quader Chowdhury's speech at a party rally in Chattogram. Photo : TBT