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Rajshahi tense amid attacks


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TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013
Rajshahi tense amid attacks
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RAJSHAHI


In retaliatory attacks, Jubo League activists stabbed three persons and torched three houses of Jamaat-Shibir adherents in Binodpur area of Rajshahi city early yesterday, hours after Jamaat-Shibir men had cut tendons of two Jubo League activists.
Some 30 activists of Jamaat-Shibir equipped with sharp weapons had attacked the house of Shahidul Islam, Jubo League general secretary of Ward No-30, Sunday around 11:30pm.
They stabbed and cut tendons of Shahidul, and another Jubo League activist Mainul Islam, who is also a teacher of Mirzapur School and College.
Shahidul’s wife Sabina Khatun said the attackers had dragged him from the bed and cut the tendons of his both legs.
Head of the orthopaedic surgery unit at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) BK Dam yesterday said Shahidul had been referred to the capital’s Suhrawardy hospital in the morning.
He said the condition of Mainul was also critical. He had received grievous injury on the head and the tendon of his right hand had been cut.
The Jamaat-Shibir attackers also looted valuables, including a computer, from Shahidul’s house. They left the scene blasting cocktails [homemade bombs].
Raged at the incident, more than a hundred Jubo League men armed with sticks and sharp weapons demonstrated on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway at Binodpur for two hours until 3:00am.
Half an hour later, the agitating Jubo League men attacked the house of Jamaat adherent employee of Rajshahi University Mukhtar Ali, 50. They stabbed Mukhtar, his wife Sujofa Begum, 45, and their son Rafiqul Islam, 28.
All of them received treatment at RMCH.
Injured Rafiqul said his mother had lost four fingers of her left hand while protecting his father during the attack. Mukhtar had been ill and a portion of his body was paralysed, said Rafiqul.
Before leaving, the attackers set afire the belongings of the family, said Officer-in-Charge Abdul Mazid of Motihar Police Station.
The attackers afterwards torched two more houses belonging to Jamaat activist Omar Ali, and Nurjahan Begum.
Two sons of Nurjahan are known to be Shibir activists. The Jubo League men burnt all the belongings of the family and damaged Omar Ali’s kitchen.
None had been reported to be injured in the incident.
Meanwhile, Awami League men set fire to a medicine store on the ground floor of Islami Bank Hospital in Rajshahi city yesterday around 3:00am.
No complaint had been lodged in connection with the violence, said Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Commissioner SM Moniruzzaman, adding that police were still investigating the incidents and no one had been arrested yet.

http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/rajshahi-tense-amid-attacks/


Shahbagh defies hartal

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TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013
Shahbagh defies hartal
DU CORRESPONDENT


People from all walks of life defied the 18-party alliance’s hartal yesterday and flocked to the Shahbagh intersection to express their support for the six-point demand of the Shahbagh protesters.
The protesters continued their movement for 42nd day yesterday, and sang songs of rebellion, recited poems and screened documentaries from a stage near public library.
Many cultural organisations, such as Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Gosthi, Slogan 71 and Teerandaj, have been performing on the stage since March 4.
“As many as 10 lakh signatures have been collected from Shahbagh alone, while many people have taken the petition for capital punishment for all war criminals to different parts of the country promising to return the forms with signatures from their locality” said Maruf Rosul, a key organiser of the movement.
The petition signing started on February 22 and was scheduled to end on March 7. It was later extended till March 22.

http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/shahbagh-defies-hartal-2/

 

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

19 Mar 2013 12:22:09 PM Tuesday BdST
Kuwait Amir’s special envoy due Mar 25

Kuwait Amir?s special envoy due Mar 25

Diplomatic Correspondent
banglanews24.com

DHAKA: A special envoy of Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will arrive here on March 25 to attend the celebration of the 42nd Independence and National Day of Bangladesh.

Sheikh Mohammed Al Abdullah Al Mubarak Al Sabah, the special envoy, will be arriving here as the representative of Kuwait Amir, said sources concerned.

Meanwhile, the envoy, who is a minister of the country and member of the royal family, is likely to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dipu Moni during the visit.

Earlier, the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, cancelled his scheduled visit to Bangladesh on March 25.

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Kuwaiti Amir’s visit cancelled

http://theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=159777:kuwaiti-amirs-visit-cancelled&catid=129:frontpage&Itemid=121

Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Author / Source: HUMAYUN KABIR BHUIYAN
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DHAKA, MAR 12: The scheduled visit of Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to Bangladesh over March 25-27 has been cancelled.

The Kuwaiti Monarch was due to arrive in the capital on March 25 on a three-day state visit at the invitation of President Zillur Rahman to attend the celebration of the 42nd Independence and National Day as a guest of honour. Besides, he was scheduled to have bilateral talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Kuwait has informed Bangladesh that the Amir is unable to undertake the visit as the Arab League Summit, 2013 will be held in the Qatari capital of Doha on March 26-27, said diplomatic sources while talking to The Independent on Tuesday. The Arab League Summit is very important for Kuwait, they said.

Kuwait is likely to officially inform Dhaka about the cancellation of the Amir’s visit on Wednesday, said the sources.
They also said that the Kuwaiti Monarch would send a high representative to Bangladesh to represent him in the celebration of the 42nd Independence Day.

However, the sources said that though the Kuwaitis officially mentioned the Arab League Summit as the reason, the current ‘volatile situation’ in the country with regards to the war crimes trial and political turmoil might have played a role in the cancellation of the trip.

During a visit to Kuwait in October, 2012 to attend the ACD Summit, President Zillur Rahman handed over the invitation letter to the Amir of Kuwait and he accepted the invitation, they said.

The sources also said that Bangladesh was looking forward to the visit and all the preparations were being made to welcome the Amir.

During the talks with the Amir, Bangladesh had planned to ask for Kuwaiti financial assistance in some projects including setting up an oil refinery worth around $ 1 billion, construction of Karnaphuly Tunnel and construction of a single line metre gauge railway track from Doohazari to Cox’s Bazar. The re-opening of the labour market for Bangladeshis was also scheduled to be discussed.

 

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Violent shutdowns should be outlawed: FBBCI - bdnews24.com

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President thinks it is necessary to ban the on-going violent shutdowns by enacting a law.

“None is safe even for a minute in this country because of the manner in which the political parties are enforcing shutdowns,” Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed told a press briefing at the FBCCI headquarters on Wednesday.

“This time the shutdowns are violent ones. I have never seen such violent shutdowns before in my life,” the head of the industry lobby added.

The press conference followed a board meeting where next programmes were decided following a discussion on the shutdown.

Ahmed renewed his call to opposition BNP to join Parliament instead of enforcing shutdowns and said,” Please go to Parliament and walk out of it as many times as you wish.”

"Then the people will see why you (BNP) have to walk out," he said.

He stressed on the need to initiate talks between the top leaders of the country’s main two political parties and added,” We want dialogue at any level. We are just trying to put pressure on both sides. We can do nothing more than that.”

He claimed the violence unleashed during recent shutdowns have panicked all quarters including the businesses.

“We think the current political impasse is hurting the possibilities of investment in the country as it is damaging the country’s image before the world,” he said.

The FBCCI chief said a total of 100 people, including police personnel, have lost their lives in the recent strikes.

“Bangladesh Railways incurred a loss of Tk 200 million,” he further said.

”Bangladesh faces a loss of around Tk 20 billion each of the days when shutdowns are enforced while the amount of loss for the readymade garment (RMG) sector is Tk 3.6 billion alone”

 

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kool story bro.

 

[idune]

FBBCI was hijacked by Awami thugs and became mouth piece of Awami League. FBCCI has no credibility or acceptance now, period.

 

[Mattrixx]

Yes law should be imposed on those whoever destroys properties.

 

[kalu_miah]

Good job @Loki. Merging threads this way is one great step to reduce thread proliferation.

News items should remain in its own thread, only if the news is about a major national issue, otherwise threads started with a minor news item should be merged with existing appropriate sticky threads.

Just expressing my opinion about management of threads in Bangladesh section. Perhaps we can open a sticky thread about Bangladesh Section management suggestions to get people's feedback and opinions.

 

[Al-zakir]

My Muslim brothers and sisters, Awami Maulana Masod uddin farid has given fatwa today that it's haram to keep money in Islami bank and those who keep the money there will be in Jahannam(hell). He basically saying Shariah is haram since Islami bank based on Sharia laws. Some one tell me what's is this guy taking about?

AmaderShomoy.Com (আমাদের সময়.ক&#2478

 

[animelive]

My Muslim brothers and sisters, Awami Maulana Masod uddin farid has given fatwa today that it's haram to keep money in Islami bank and those who keep the money there will be in Jahannam(hell). He basically saying Shariah is haram since Islami bank based on Sharia laws. Some one tell me what's is this guy taking about?

AmaderShomoy.Com (আমাদের সময়.ক&#2478

As far as i know, Islami bank gives interest, they just call it by a different name but the percentage is fixed.

 

[Al-zakir]

As far as i know, Islami bank gives interest, they just call it by a different name but the percentage is fixed.

You are misinformed. It's not interest. It's called profit share. Islamic bank doesn't guarantee profit on your investment. It's like owing a business. Loss and gain is part of business. I advise you take a visit to Islamic bank for details.

 

[Skallagrim]

My Muslim brothers and sisters, Awami Maulana Masod uddin farid has given fatwa today that it's haram to keep money in Islami bank and those who keep the money there will be in Jahannam(hell). He basically saying Shariah is haram since Islami bank based on Sharia laws. Some one tell me what's is this guy taking about?

AmaderShomoy.Com (আমাদের সময়.ক&#2478

I'd rather like to know what alternative he is going to recommend. I fail to uderstand the Awami psyche and that of the Ulama league even more.

 

[Al-zakir]

I'd rather like to know what alternative he is going to recommend. I fail to uderstand the Awami psyche and that of the Ulama league even more.

It's not possible to be an Awami unless he is a munafiq. Munafiqat is Awamis greatest character. This Awami has an account with Islami bank.

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[Skallagrim]

It's not possible to be an Awami unless he is a munafiq. Munafiqat is Awamis greatest character. This Awami has account with Islami bank.

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Lol..btw good to see amardeshonline unblocked again!