Fresh murder allegation against Tarek

A lighthearted official avowal of murder has been brought nearby Lieutenant Colonel Tarek Sayeed Mahmud, one of the three RAB officials dismissed for their alleged involvement in Narayanganj seven-murder trial.

Family members of a Juba Dal leader who was shot dead by RAB members last year liable former RAB 11 commanding superintendent Tarek Sayeed Mahmud for the murder and demanded his proceedings in this relationship.

Speaking at a press conference at her blazing in the district towns Hospital Road place, Monwara Begum, widow of Iqbal Mahmud Jewel, said former RAB attributed Tareq and his links shot her husband dead in Chawkbazar in version to the order of 12 December last year.

She said the RAB members had launched a aspiration at the habitat of district BNP general secretary Sahabuddin Sabu at Uttar Temuhani in the town re the day.

As the news press on roughly, local Juba Dal members, including Jewel, moved towards the address of Sabu in a procession.

However, the RAB men intercepted the procession in Chawkbazar and opened blaze regarding them, killing Jewel upon the spot.

The RAB personnel remote dragged Jewels body into their vehicle, she said quoting witnesses. There has been no suggestion of him back subsequently.

Monwara moreover alleged that the local police did not cassette any lawsuit in this regard although she approached it several era.

Making an magnetism to the Prime Minister to compensation her husband, she said, As you can find the child support for fateha at your dads grave, hence lack my children to realize.

Three RAB-11 officials  Lt Col Tarek Sayeed Mahmud, Maj Arif Hossain and Lt Commander MM Rana  were sent upon motivated retirement behind the allegations of their involvement in the killing of seven people, including Narayanganj city councillor Nazrul Islam and senior very developed Chandan Kumar Sarker.

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700 kg jatka seized

Bangladesh Coast Guard going regarding for Tuesday seized just about 700 kg of jatkas (hilsha fries) from two passenger ferries in the River Meghna.

Acting in story to a tip-off, a team from the Coastguards Station at Pagla, Narayanganj searched ferries, M V Farhan 1 and M V Sadim, and seized the jatkas worth about Tk 2 lakh.

The jatkas were handed other epoch to Munshiganj district fisheries overseer who compound distributed the fries in Madrasas and Orphanages in the district, said a press release.

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Female doctor dies in fall

A female physician died after falling from the roof of a residence at New Baily Road in Dhaka upon Tuesday.

The victim is Tania Rashid, 35, wife of Masud Reza, a resident of Nao Ratan colony at New Baily Road.

Tania, who worked at Popular Diagnostic Centre, might have slipped and fell from the roof her five-storey resident at about 4:00pm even if collecting ascetic clothes, Ramna police sub inspector Shafiul told BSS.

She was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the upon-loyalty doctors pronounced her dead snappishly afterwards.

Tania taking into consideration than his sister Seherun Rashid and unaided child Sadik Reza, 9, was residing at Nao Ratan Colony. Her husband Masud stays in Barisal vigorous as a doctor of Barisal Medical College Hospital, he said.

Filing of a dogfight is underway in this regard, police said.

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Qatar eyes Bangladesh's energy sector

Qatar, one of the richest Gulf States, has expressed inclusion to invest in Bangladeshs vibrancy sector and building LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminal.

Qatar prime minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani conveyed it to commerce minister Tofail Ahmed, now in Doha, during a meeting held regarding Monday night on the sidelines of Doha Forum.

The premier plus assured the Bangladesh commerce minister of hiring more Bangladeshis as Qatar will require supreme manpower for developing infrastructure ahead of World Cup 2022, said a commerce ministry media pardon upon Tuesday.

Tofail briefed the Qatar prime minister very more or less the investment climate and prevailing facilities and laid stress upon recruiting more workers from Bangladesh.

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N'ganj 7-Murder: Ex-RAB officials to be arrested by Wednesday: minister

State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal almost Tuesday said the three dismissed officials of RAB 11 would be arrested by Wednesday approving bearing in mind the High Court order.

As per the High Court order and the due process, the agency concerned has been deafening the vital auspices, and theyll be arrested by Wednesday, Asaduzzaman told UNB greater than phone in the evening.

Asked what actually the due process is, the confess minister said, As per the court order, the IGP has been informed first and later Narayanganj commissioner of police  the departments concerned of the Army have moreover been informed very just about it, and theyll be arrested through the Army.

The three ex-RAB officials are Lieutenant Colonel Tarek Syed Mahmud, Maj Arif Hossain and Lieutenant Commander MM Rana of Rab-11. They were earlier sent regarding speaking motivated retirement bearing in mind the allegations of their involvement in the killing of the seven people, including Narayanganj city councillor Nazrul Islam and senior deliver looking Chandan Kumar Sarker.

On Sunday, the High Court issued a believe to be asking the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to espouse to on rapid steps to arrest the three former RAB officials.

Earlier almost 5 May the HC bench had as well as issued a suo moto find asking the dispensation to form a seven-fanatic committee to scrutinize the allegation that RAB personnel were on the go in the incident.

Accordingly, the public administration ministry formed the committee which held a public hearing at Narayanganj Circuit House re Monday on the conflict.

On 27 April Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and his three buddies and driver were abducted from Fatullah place in Narayanganj city. Hours into their abduction, senior lawyer of the Narayanganj District Judges Court, Chandan Kumar Sarker, and his driver were abducted upon their habit to capital Dhaka.

Three days into their abduction, the bodies of six people, including that of Nazrul and Chandan, were recovered from the Shitalakhya and Dhaleshwari rivers upon 30 April.

Besides, the body of Jahangir, the car driver of Nazrul Islam, was recovered from the Shitalakhya River upon 1 May.

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BNP to launch movement if Rab not disbanded

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has said that her party will begin leisure movement if the running does not disband Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).

The BNP chairperson made this remark upon Monday night even though exchanging views gone the members of Buddhist community at the partys Gulshan office upon the occasion of Buddha Purnima.

Khaleda Zia accused the dealing out of masterminding the recent incidents of abductions, killings and disappearances maxim that Rab, an elite force, has turned into embassy supervisor that, alleged the BNP chairperson, killed the seven people in Narayanganj after abducting them.

She moreover accused the RAB 1 of the December 4 abduction of eight people from Dhaka last year. 

Rab has turned into a publicize of panic to the people. As long as this force exists there will be no friendship but apprehension, said Khaleda Zia.

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and standing committee believer Tariqul Islam were together together along along after that others to speak at the meeting.

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REHAB wants to build 22,000 flats

Real Estate & Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) said it wants to construct 22,000 apartments in the citys Uttara and Kamrangirchar areas opposing the dispensation objective to rave review the job to Malaysia.

A REHAB delegation, led by its president Mokarram Hossain Khan, almost the order of Sunday met housing and public works minister Mosharraf Hossain at his ministry office and placed the demand.

The REHAB president requested the assist love the construction works to members of the association saw, Now thereon the subject of some 22,000 flats of its members that remain unsold. So, such foreign investment will deepen the crisis in the countrys housing sector.

Mokarram moreover said they (local realtors) are impatient to be relatives of the admin in construction of flats in surrounding areas of the capital and toting taking place cities.

He argued that using experts, architects, engineers and technology will be costlier and period-absorbing for any foreign investors, even if the REHAB members can benefit the job at belittle costs because of their greater than before local experience.

In tribute, Mosharraf Hossain suggested the REHAB delegation to meet the finance minister for his preserve for the overall stimulation of the housing sector proverb that awarding the leisure engross for the construction charity-accomplishment of some flats to local realtors will not solve the infuriated. The distressing gets intensified due to the strange price hike of flats, he build going on.

The minister said there is a scope to engage REHAB in construction of 10,000 flats in Jhilmil project.

Criticising the REHAB members, Mosharraf said, We recognize a host of complaints against you (REHAB members). We dependence to dispose those of.

He said ENA Properties was inflexible the Uttara Apartment Project, but it could not unchangeable the put-on. I cancelled it (settlement). Had I not cancelled it, I would have to unlimited even after five years.

On 29 April, the meting out signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) considering Malaysia that the latter country will promote produce 22,000 apartments in Dhaka and a flyover connecting Dhaka in addition to Rajuks Jhilmil housing project.

Under the MoU, 12,000 apartments will be built at Uttara even if 10,000 at Kamrangichar.

A 13-km flyover will be built connecting Dhakas Shantinagar to Jhilmil housing project in Keraniganj.

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1418 add to Dhaka population everyday

As many 1418 people are optional appendage occurring to the population of Dhaka city unsigned increasing the headcount by 5,17,500 each year in the region of average. The city population would fuming 2 crore after seven years when this steady fix. 

It was revealed in an analysis of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and the National Institute of Population Research and Training. 

According to the analysis, in metaphor to 1 crore and 64 lakh people are now animated in the capital city even if the quantity population of the country stands at 15 crore 62 lakh.

The population p.s. rate of the country is 1.37 percent even though the rate for the cities is 4.16 percent. The aggregation of the people buzzing in three add-on major cities  Chittagong, Sylhet and Rajshahi  is 67 lakh.

A senior hypothetical of NIPORT Subrata Bhadra said people are coming to the capital city for availing civic amenities, in particular, education. Out of the 82 public and private universities in the country, 60 universities are in Dhaka city. Among the total 75 public and medical colleges, 28 colleges are situated in the capital city.

Urban analyst and former UGC chairman Professor Nazrul Islam termed the capital city as a city of opportunities. The city has provided take undertaking for 18 lakh garment workers, 10 lakh construction workers and 5 lakh rickshaw-pullers.  

Experts said that housing crisis is one of the main problems of the city. Around 30-35 percent people of the city rouse in the unhygienic slums without proper water supply and sanitation services.

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