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ছাত্রীদের অশ্লীল ছবি তোলায় সংঘর্ষ, বহিষ্কার ৯

চুয়াডাঙ্গা: দামুড়হুদায় নতিপোতা মাধ্যমিক বিদ্যালয়ের ছাত্রীদের অশ্লীল ছবি তোলাকে কেন্দ্র করে সংঘর্ষে শিক্ষকসহ চারজন আহত হয়েছে। এ ঘটনায় বিক্ষুব্ধ এলাকাবাসী স্কুলে তালা ঝুলিয়ে দিয়েছে। পরে স্কুল ম্যানেজিং কমিটি বৃহস্পতিবার বিকেলে জরুরি সভায় এ ঘটনার দায়ে শিক্ষকসহ দুই ছাত্রী ও সাত ছাত্রকে বহিষ্কার করেছে।

এছাড়া এক সহকারী শিক্ষককে সাময়িকভাবে বরখাস্ত করা হয়েছে। ঘটনার সঙ্গে জড়িত থাকার অভিযোগে একজনকে আটক করেছে পুলিশ।

দামুড়হুদা থানার অফিসার ইনচার্জ আহসান হাবিব জানান, গত শনিবার বিকেলে দামুড়হুদা উপজেলার নতিপোতা মাধ্যমিক বিদ্যালয়ের ছাত্র ও নতিপোতা গ্রামের আনারের ছেলে লাভলু, মমিন মাস্টারের ছেলে সৈকত ও হারুন মন্ডলের ছেলে সবুজ একই স্কুলের নবম শ্রেণীর দুই ছাত্রীকে পাশের একটি কক্ষে নিয়ে অশ্লীল ছবি ও ভিডিও করে। পরে ওই ভিডিও এলাকার যুবকদের মাধ্যমে মোবাইলে ছড়িয়ে দেয়। এ ঘটনা এলাকায় জানাজানি হলে বিক্ষুব্ধ এলাকাবাসী বৃহস্পতিবার দুপুর ১২টায় দোষীদের শাস্তির দাবিতে বিক্ষোভ মিছিল বের করে এবং স্কুলে তালা ঝুলিয়ে পরীক্ষা বন্ধ করে দেয়।

এ সময় তারা স্কুলের ভারপ্রাপ্ত প্রধান শিক্ষক আবদুল কুদ্দুস (৩৭) ও ছাত্র সাগর (১৫), রুবেল (১৭) ও সবুজকে (১৬) পিটিয়ে গুরুতর আহত করে। পরে বিকেল চারটায় স্কুল পরিচালনা কমিটির জরুরি সভায় নবম শ্রেণীর ছাত্রী হ্যাপি, উর্মি, ছাত্র সৈকত, সাগর, রুবেল, বক্কর, সবুজ, লাভলু ও সমসেরকে স্কুল থেকে বহিষ্কার করা হয়।

এ ঘটনায় স্কুলের সহকারী শিক্ষক মোমিনুল ইসলামকে সাময়িকভাবে বরখাস্ত করা হয়েছে। পুলিশ ঘটনার সঙ্গে জড়িত থাকার অভিযোগে সবুজকে আটক করেছে।

কলেজ ছাত্রীর ভিডিও পর্ণোগ্রাফী নিয়ে তোলপাড়

পিরোজপুর : পিরোজপুরের জিয়ানগরে এক কলেজ ছাত্রীর সাথে ছাত্রদল কর্মী সবুজের ভিডিও পর্নোগ্রাফী নিয়ে গোটা এলাকা জুড়ে তোলপাড় সৃস্টির অভিযোগ পাওয়া গেছে।৪ মিনিটের এ অশ্লীল ভিডিও চিত্র ইতোমধ্যে বিভিন্ন মোবাইলে ছড়িয়ে পড়েছে।

আর এ বিষয়টি নিয়ে স্থানীয় রাজনৈতিক অঙ্গনসহ এলাকার বিভিন্ন শ্রেনীর মানুষের মধ্যে চলছে নানা আলোচনা সমালোচনার ঝড়।

জানা গেছে, উপজেলার বালিপাড়া ইউনিয়নের ঢেপসাবুনিয়া গ্রামের এনজিও কর্মি আঃ হামিদের ছেলে রাজু আহম্মেদ সবুজ (১৯) এক কলেজ ছাত্রীর সাথে তার নিজের অশ্লীল ভিডিও চিত্র নিজে মোবাইলে ধারন করে।

পরে এটি ইন্টারনেটে ছেড়ে দেয়া হয়।সম্প্রতি এটি একজন থেকে আরেক জনের মোবাইলে ছড়িয়ে পড়লে বিষয়টি আলোচনায় আসে। পরে এলাকার সর্বত্র জানাজানি হয়ে গেলে সবুজ এলাকা থেকে সটকে পড়ে।

খোজ নিয়ে জানা যায়, সবুজ জিয়ানগর ডিগ্রী কলেজের ২য় বর্ষের ছাত্র এবং সে কলেজ ও বালিপাড়া ইউনিয়ন ছাত্রদলের একজন সক্রিয় কর্মী।তবে একটি সূত্র সাংবাদিকদের জানান, তার (সবুজের) একাধিক মোবাইল ও অর্ধ ডজন নম্বরসহ ফেসবুকে নিজ নামে একধীক আইডি রয়েছে।

বর্তমানে সে ঢাকার নিশ্চিন্তপুরে অনন্ত গার্মেন্টে চাকরি করছে।এ ব্যাপারে তার কয়েক জন বন্ধুর সাথে আলাপ করে জানা যায়, প্রায় ৬ মাস আগে এক কলেজ ছাত্রীর সাথে প্রেমের সম্পর্কের সুবাধে এ নগ্ন কাজ করে সে।পরে নিজের মোবাইলে ধারনকৃত এ অশ্লীল ভিডিও চিত্র কয়েক জন কাছের বন্ধুকে দেখায়।

কিন্ত সম্প্রতি এটি ইন্টারনেটে ছেড়ে দেয়ায় বিভিন্ন ব্যাক্তির মোবাইলে চলে যায়। এদিকে এটি নেটে ছাড়ার ক্ষেত্রে তার বন্ধু চরবলেশ্বর গ্রামের মোদাচ্ছের সেখের ছেলে বাইজিদ ও বালিপাড়া গ্রামের আঃ বারেকের ছেলে পারভেজ প্রত্যক্ষ ভাবে জড়িত রয়েছে বলে এলাকার একাধিক সূত্রে জানা গেছে।

তবে এ বিষয়ে বাইজিদের সম্পৃক্তার বিষয়টি এলাকায় জানাজানি হলে কিছু দিন আগে সেও এলাকা ছাড়ে।এদিকে এ ঘটনা ছাড়াও সবুজ প্রেমের ফাদে ফেলে নিজ গ্রামের এক মাদ্রাসা ছাত্রীসহ বিভিন্ন এলাকার একাধিক মেয়ের সাথে এভাবে অবৈধ সম্পর্ক গড়ে তোলে সর্বনাস করেছে বলে সহপাঠিদের কাছ থেকে জানা যায়। 

মেয়েকে বিক্রি করে দিলেন মা

ঢাকা: ভারতের পুনে অঞ্চলে নিজ মেয়েকে একলাখ রুপির বিনিময়ে বিক্রি করে দিয়েছেন তার পাষ- মা। বৃহস্পতিবার ভারতের একটি গণমাধ্যম এ তথ্য জানিয়েছে।

মেয়েটি বলেছে, সে তার নিজ বাসা থেকে দূরে বিড জেলার সোলাপুর মাধ্যমিক বিদ্যালয়ে সপ্তম শ্রেণিতে পড়াশোনা করে। গত মে মাসে গ্রীস্মকালীন অবকাশে বাড়িতে বেড়াতে গেলে তার মা তাকে এক লোকের কাছে একলাখ রুপিতে বিক্রি করে দেয়।

ওই ব্যক্তি তাকে কয়েক দফা ধর্ষণ করে। এক পর্যায়ে তাকে পতিতালয়ে বিক্রি করে দেয়। অনেক চেষ্টার পর কিছুদিন আগে পতিতালয় থেকে পালিয়ে আসে মেয়েটি।

পুনে অঞ্চলের পুলিশ সুপার লোহিয়া বলেন, একটি এনজিও’র সহায়তায় মেয়েটি থানায় তার মা এবং দুই ক্রেতার বিরুদ্ধে মামলা করেছে। পুলিশ অভিযুক্ত তিন জনকে গ্রেপ্তার করেছে।

‘আশারাম দিনে একাধিক কিশোরীকে ফুসলিয়ে শয্যাসঙ্গী করতেন’

ঢাকা: পুলিশ হেফাজতে যাওয়ার পর আশারামের যৌন কেলেঙ্কারি নিয়ে একের পর এক ঘটনা প্রকাশ হতে শুরু করেছে। সর্বশেষ রিপোর্টে দেখা যায়, স্বঘোষিত ধর্মগুরু আশারাম বাপু দৈনিক একাধিক কিশোরীকে ফুসলিয়ে তার শয্যাসঙ্গী করতেন।

এই এসব যৌনকর্ম তিনি অবলীলায় করে যেতেন তার আশ্রমে। কিশোরীদের সঙ্গে তার এই শারীরিক সম্পর্ক গড়ে তোলার কথা ফাঁস করে দিয়েছেন তারই বিশেষ এক সহকারী। তিনি বলেছেন, যৌন সক্ষমতা ধরে রাখার জন্য আশারাম নিয়মিত হারবাল ঔষধ সেবন করতেন ।

আশারাম বাপুর সাবেক সহযোগী রাহুল শর্মা গুজরাটের অনলাইন নিউজ ‘দিবাভাস্কর’কে দেয়া সাক্ষতকারে এসব ফাঁস করে দেন।

রাহুল বলেছেন, ‘আশারাম সাধারণত কম বয়সী নারীদের সঙ্গেই শারীরিক সম্পর্ক গড়তেন। শারীরিক সম্পর্ক তৈরির আগে তিনি নারীদের কথার জালে মন্ত্রমুগ্ধ করে নিতেন।’

আশারামের এই সহযোগী একাধিকবার রাতে তাকে ‘কামসূত্র’ বইটি পড়তে দেখেছেন বলেও জানান।

আশারামের এই বিশ্বস্ত সহযোগী রাহুল, তার গুরুর কাছে কামসূত্র বইটি পড়ার কারণ সম্পর্কে জানতে চাইলে, বাপু বলেন, ‘আয়ুর্বেদিক জ্ঞান অর্জনের জন্যে কামসূত্র পড়তে হয়’।

আহমেদাবাদে আশারামের ‘শান্তি কুঠির’ নামে একটি ব্যক্তিগত বাংলো রয়েছে। সেই বাংলো লাগোয়া সুইমিং পুলে আশারাম শুধুমাত্র নারীভক্তদের নিয়েই সাঁতার কাটতেন।

রাহুল আশারামের বিশেষ স্নেহভাজন হওয়ার সুবাদে রাতে ধর্মগুরুর খাবার ও ঔষধ নিয়ে বাংলোর ভেতরে যাওয়ার অনুমতি পেয়েছিলেন। রাহুল ছাড়া আর কারো পক্ষেই আশারামের সেই কক্ষে যাওয়ার অনুমতি ছিলো না।

১৯৯৩ সালে একদিন রাহুল দেখেন, আশারাম তার এক নারী ভক্তকে নিয়ে সুইমিং পুলের পাশ দিয়ে হাঁটছেন এবং মাঝে মধ্যেই আশারাম ঐ নারী ভক্তের হাঁটুতে চুম্বন করছিলেন। এই দৃশ্যের পরে রাহুল আর সেখানে কাজ না করার সিদ্ধান্ত নেন। সেদিনই রাহুল নিশ্চিত হন যে আশারাম আসলে কোনো ধর্মগুরু নয়

ফেসবুকে অশ্লীল ছবি পোষ্ট, মামলা

নারায়ণগঞ্জ: নারায়ণগঞ্জে সিদ্ধিরগঞ্জে ফেসবুকে এক গৃহবধূর অশ্লীল ছবি পোষ্ট করার অভিযোগে তথ্য প্রযুক্তি আইনে মামলা করা হয়েছে। সিদ্ধিরগঞ্জ থানায় এ মামলাটি দায়ের করা হয়।

অভিযুক্তরা হলো: সিদ্ধিরগঞ্জের মিজমিজি পূর্বপাড়া রহমত নগর এলাকার জহিরুল ইসলাম জয় (২৪) নামে এক যুবক ও তার সহযোগী রিফাত।

সিদ্ধিরগঞ্জ থানার ভারপ্রাপ্ত কর্মকর্তা (ওসি) আব্দুল মতিন জানান, তারা জঘন্য অপরাধ করেছে। অভিযুক্তদেরকে গ্রেপ্তারের চেষ্টা করছে পুলিশ।

তিনি জানান, মামলার অভিযোগে উল্লেখ করা হয়েছে, সদ্য এক গৃহবধূর নাম ব্যাবহার করে ভূয়া আইডি খুলে ফেসবুকে অশ্ল¬ীল ছবি পোষ্ট করে সিদ্ধিরগঞ্জের মিজমিজি পূর্বপাড়া রহমত নগর এলাকার জনৈক জহিরুল ইসলাম ওরয়ে জয় (২৪) নামে এক বখাটে।

জয় ওই গৃহবধূকে স্কুল-কলেজে পড়ার সময় বিবাহের প্রস্তাব দিয়ে নানাভাবে উত্ত্যক্ত করত বলে মামলায় উল্লে¬খ করা হয়। কিছু দিন আগে ওই মেয়েটির বিয়ে হলে বখাটে যুবক জয় ক্ষিপ্ত হয়ে মেয়েটির নাম ব্যাবহার করে ফেসবুকে ভূয়া আইডি খুলে অশ্ল¬ীল ভিডিও এবং ছবি পোষ্ট করে। বখাটে জয়ের বন্ধু সিদ্ধিরগঞ্জের এসও রোড এলাকার রিফাত তাকে এ কাজে সহায়তা করে বলে মামলায় উল্লেখ করা হয়। ফেসবুকে অশ্লীল ছবি দেখে মেয়েটি শ্বশুর বাড়ির লোকজন ফোনে মেয়ের বাবাকে এবস ঘটনা অবহিত করে। মেয়েটির বাবা এ ব্যাপারে তথ্যপ্রযুক্তি আইনে বৃহস্পতিবার সিদ্ধিরগঞ্জ থানায় একটি মামলা করে।

ছেলেসহ আসারামের বিরুদ্ধে ধর্ষণের অভিযোগ দুই বোনের

সুরাত: আরো বিপাকে ভারতের কথিত ‘গডম্যান’ আসারাম বাপু। ফের তার বিরুদ্ধে ধর্ষণের অভিযোগ ওঠেছে। তার ছেলে নারায়ণ সাইয়ের বিরুদ্ধেও একই অভিযোগ করা হয়েছে। ধর্ষণের অভিযোগে সুরাতে পুলিশের কাছে তাদের বিরুদ্ধে এফআইআর দায়ের করেছেন দুই বোন।

বড় বোন অভিযোগ করেছেন, আমেদাবাদের আশ্রমে তাকে ধর্ষণ করেছিলেন আসারাম বাপু। এদিকে, সুরাতে আসারামের ছেলে নারায়ণ সাই ছোট বোনকে ধর্ষণ করেন বলে অভিযোগ জানিয়েছেন মেয়েটি। ২০০২ ও ২০০৪ সালে ঘটনা দুটি ঘটে বলে জানা গেছে।

নারায়ণ সাইকে জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ করছে পুলিশ। এর আগেও এক বিবাহিতা নারীকে শারীরিক নিগ্রহের অভিযোগ উঠেছিল তার বিরুদ্ধে।

ষোলো বছরের এক কিশোরীকে ধর্ষণের অভিযোগে দায়ের হওয়া মামলায় ২ সেপ্টেম্বর থেকে যোধপুর সেন্ট্রাল জেলে রয়েছেন আসারাম। 

১২ বছরের নাতনীকে ধর্ষন করলো ৬৫ বছরের দাদা

নরসিংদী: নরসিংদীর চরাঞ্চলের আলোকবালী গ্রামে ছাদিরুল হক মঙ্গল মাস্টার নামে ৬৫ বছর বয়স্ক এক ব্যক্তি ১২ বছর বয়স্ক এক শিশুকে ধর্ষন করেছে বলে জানা গেছে।

ঘটনাটি ঘটে গত ২২ আগস্ট। ধর্ষিতা শিশুটি আলোকবালী সরকারী প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয়ের ছাত্রী।

স্থানীয়রা জানায়,  অবসর প্রাপ্ত স্কুল শিক্ষক ছাদিরুল হক মাস্টারের বাসার পাশেই থাকে ঐ শিশুটি। দীর্ঘদিন পাশাপাশি বসবাস করায় ধর্ষনের স্বীকার ঐ শিশুটি সাথে তার সম্পর্ক দাদা-নাতনী। এই হিসেবে শিশুটি প্রায়ই তার বাড়ীতে আসা-যাওয়া করতো এবং ধর্ষক শিক্ষক তাকে আদর যত্ন করে খাওয়াতো। গত ২২ আগস্ট তার বাড়ীতে কেউ ছিল না। সে শিশুটিকে তার খালি বাড়ীতে ডেকে এনে এক গ্লাস দুধ পান করায় এবং তাকে ১০টি টাকা দেয়। এরপর ধর্ষক মঙ্গল মাস্টার তাকে ফুসলিয়ে তার সাথে যৌন কামনা চরিতার্থ করে। এতে শিশুটি রক্তাক্ত জখম হয়ে ভীত সন্ত্রস্ত হয়ে পড়ে এবং দৌড়ে তার মায়ের কাছে গিয়ে ঘটনা অবহিত করে। কিন্তু তার মা প্রথমে ঘটনা বিশ্বাস না করে তাকে ধমক দেয়। এ অবস্থায় সে পার্শ্ববর্তী গ্রাম বাখরনগরে তার নানীর বাড়ী চলে যায়। সেখানে তার নানীকে ঘটনা জানায় এবং দেখায় বলে । এ অবস্থায় তার নানী তাকে নিয়ে নরসিংদী সেন্ট্রাল হাসপাতালে এনে চিকিৎসা করান।

পরে ঘটনা তার মাকে জানানো হলে তার মা নরসিংদী গিয়ে তার মেয়েকে দেখে-শুনে অবাক হয়ে যায়। এ অবস্থায় ঘটনাটি গ্রামে জানাজানি হয়ে গেলে স্থানীয় কিছু প্রভাবশালী ব্যক্তি মীমাংসার নামে ঘটনাটি ধামা-চাপা দেয়ার জন্য মামলা দায়ের করতে বিলম্ব ঘটায়।

তবে গত বৃহস্পতিবার ধর্ষনের স্বীকার ঐ শিশুটি মা নরসিংদী সদর মডেল থানায় একটি ধর্ষণের অভিযোগ দায়ের করে। পরে পুলিশ ঘটনাস্থলে তদন্ত করে ঘটনার সত্যতা পেয়ে মামলা রুজু করে। তবে এই মামলা নিয়েও চলছে নানা নাটক। মামলা দায়েরের পর থেকেই স্থানীয় প্রভাবশালী কিছু ব্যাক্তি ঐ পরিবারটিকে মামলা উঠিয়ে নেয়ার জন্য চাপ প্রয়োগ করছে।

ধর্ষণের চেষ্টাকালে লম্পটের লিঙ্গ কেটে দিয়েছে গৃহবধু

ধর্ষণের চেষ্টাকালে লম্পটের লিঙ্গ কেটে দিয়েছেন এক গৃহবধু। এর মাধ্যমে বাঁচিয়েছেন নিজের সভ্রম। তিনি দুই সন্তানের জননী। চাঞ্চল্যকর এ ঘটনা বরগুনা সদর উপজেলার কেওরাবুনিয়া ইউনিয়নের আয়লা আদাবাড়ীয়া গ্রামের। গত মঙ্গলবার গভীর রাতে সংগটিত ঘটনার পর গৃহবধু বাদী হয়ে মামলাও করেছেন থানায়। আসামী করা হয়েছে লম্পট জলিলসহ ৯ জনকে। জলিল বাদীর প্রতিবেশী। তার স্বামী কাজের জন্য বাড়ির বাইরে থাকেন। এই সুযোগে নানা সময় জলিল তাকে যৌন হয়রানির চেষ্টা করতেন। এ নিয়ে উভয় পরিবারের মধ্যে বিবাদও হয়। সে আক্রোশে মঙ্গলবার গভীর রাতে বাদীর স্বামীর অনুপস্থিতিতে জলিল ঘরে ঢুকে গৃহবধুকে ধর্ষণ করার চেষ্টা চালায়। এরই এক ফাঁকে বিছানার কাছে রাখা ব্লেড দিয়ে জলিলের পুরুষাঙ্গ (লিঙ্গ) কেটে দেয় ওই গৃহবধু । জলিল পলাতক থাকলেও তার আপন বড় ভাই জাহাঙ্গীর জানান, এটি একটি সাজানো ঘটনা। তার ভাই চিকিৎসা নিচ্ছে। সুস্থ্য হলে তিনিও মামলা করবেন। বরগুনা থানার অফিসার ইনচার্জ শীল মনি চাকমা জানান, নারী ও শিশু নির্যাতন দমন আইনে মামলা হয়েছে। আসামী গ্রেপ্তারের চেষ্টা চলছে।

ঢাকায় মাইক্রোবাসে গণধর্ষণ

ঢাকা : রাজধানীতে এক সন্তানের জননী গৃহবধূকে (২৮) মাইক্রোবাসে গণধর্ষণের পর চলন্ত মাইক্রোবাস থেকে সড়কে ফেলে হত্যার চেষ্টা করে দুর্বৃত্তরা। শনিবার বিকাল সাড়ে তিনটার দিকে হাইকোর্ট এলাকা থেকে ওই গৃহবধূকে উদ্ধার করে ঢাকা মেডিকেল কলেজের ওয়ান স্টপ ক্রাইসিস সেন্টারে ভর্তি করা হয়েছে।

আমাদের মেডিকেল প্রতিবেদক ওই গৃহবধূর ভাইয়ের বরাত দিয়ে জানান, বনশ্রীতে তার বাসায় বেড়াতে এসেছিল। ওই বাসার সামনে থেকে শনিবার দুপুরে তাদের পূর্বপরিচিত বিপ্লবসহ ৫ জন ওই গৃহবধূকে জোরপূর্বক মাইক্রোবাসে তুলে নেয়।
এরপর গাড়ির ভিতরেই তাকে তারা ৫ জন পালাক্রমে ধর্ষণ করে। পরে তাকে হাইকোর্ট এলাকায় ফেলে গাড়িযোগে চলে যায় দুর্বৃত্তরা।
এদিকে হাইকোর্ট এলাকায় পথচারীদের মোবাইলফোন থেকে ভাইকে খবর দেন তিনি। পরে ভাই এলে গৃহবধূকে ঢাকা মেডিকেলে নেয়া হয়। ওই গৃহবধূর একটি শিশু সন্তান রয়েছে। ধর্ষক বিপ্লব ওই গৃহবধূকে বিয়ে করতে ব্যর্থ হয়ে আক্রোশমূলকভাবে এ ঘটনা ঘটিয়েছে বলে দাবি গৃহবধূর পরিবারের।

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স্ত্রী সঙ্গ দিতে রাজি না হয় এক পিতা তার ১৩ বছরের মেয়েকে ধর্ষণ করেছে। বৃহস্পতিবার ভারতের নাহারগড় অঞ্চলে এ ঘটনা ঘটে। গণেশ নামের ঐ লোক তার শিশু কন্যাকে বাড়ির বাইরে এনে ধর্ষণ করে। ঘটনার সময় তার স্ত্রী ঘুমিয়ে ছিল। পুলিশ জানায় ঘটনায় পর আহত মেয়েকে বাড়ির বাইরে ফেলে সে পালিয়ে যায়। পথের ধারে শিশুটি কাতরাতে দেখে পথচারীরা জেকে হাসপাতালে নিয়ে যায়। আজ সকালে ঐ পিতা পুলিশী জেরার মুখে তার অপরাধ স্বীকার করেছে। অপরাধ স্বীকার করার পর পুলিশ তাকে গ্রেফতার করে। পুলিশের ডেপুটি কমিশনার মহেন্দ্র সিং বলেন, ঐ লোকটি সম্পর্কে মহল্লার সকলে বাজে ধারণা পোষণ করে। সে প্রায়ই মহল্লার নারীদের উত্যক্ত করে। ঘটনার দিন সে মাতাল ছিল বলে জানায় স্ত্রী। সিং আরো জানান, সে যা করেছে তার জন্য মোটেও অনুতপ্ত নয়। সে জানায় তার স্ত্রীর কারণেই সে মেয়েটিকে ধর্ষণ করেছে। স্ত্রী তার প্রস্তাবে রাজি হলে তাকে এই কাজ করতে হতো না।

নিজের মেয়ের সাথে বাবার অনৈতিক কান্ড!

নাসিরনগর (ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া) : নিজের মেয়ের সাথে অনৈতিক কর্মকান্ডের কারনে  মুফতির ফতোয়ার ভিত্তিতে গ্র্রাম্য শালীসে  পিতার মাথা ন্যাড়া ও ৫০ হাজার টাকা জরিমানা করার খবর পাওয়া গেছে। ঘটনাটি ঘটেছে গত বৃহস্পতিবার দিবাগত রাতে ব্রাহ্মনবাড়িয়া জেলার নাসিরনগর উপজেলার পূর্বভাগ ইউনিয়নের পূর্বভাগ গ্রামের হারেছ আলী সর্দারের বাড়িতে। উক্ত বিষয়ে চাইলে স্থানীয় এমপি’র ভাতিজা মোঃ আলী আজম দম্ভোক্তি করে বলেন, “এটা এমপি’র গ্রাম, এখানে কোন আইন লাগেনা, আমরা যা করি তাই আইন”।
জানা গেছে গ্রামের মৃত  করিম হোসেনের ছেলে মোঃ ফরিদ মিয়ার (৫০) মেয়ে ঢাকা থেকে বাড়িতে আসে। রাতে ঘুমিয়ে পড়লে ফরিদ মিয়া তার কিশোরী কন্যা ১৭ কে  ইচ্ছার বিরুদ্ধে ধর্ষণের মত জগন্য কাজ করতে গেলে মেয়ে তাহা লোকের কাছে বলে দেয়। পরে তা নিয়ে বৃহস্পতিবার রাতে হরেছ আলী সর্দারের বাড়িতে হরেছ আলীর সভাপতিত্বে এক শালীস বসে। বৈঠকে উপস্থিত শালীসকারীরা মুফতি এনামুল হকের ফতোয়ার ভিত্তিতে বাবা মোঃ ফরিদ মিয়ার মাথা ন্যাড়া করে ও মেয়ের ভবিষ্যতের জন্য ৫০ হাজার টাকা জরিমানা করে। শালীসে এমপির ভাগিনা বর্তমান ওয়ার্ড মেম্বর মোঃ জানু মিয়া, ভাতিজা মোঃ আলী আজমসহ এলাকার গন্যমান্য ব্যক্তিবর্গরা উপস্থিত ছিলেন। এ বিষয়ে মুফতি এনামুল হকের সাথে তার মোবাইল ফোনে বারবার যোগাযোগের চেষ্টা করেও তাকে পাওয়া যায়নি।
এ বিষয়ে পুর্বভাগ ইউনিয়নের চেয়ারম্যান মোঃ আবু সায়েমের সাথে যোগাযোগ করে জানতে চাইলে তিনি বলেন, “আমি ঢাকাতে আছি এ বিষয়ে আমি শুনেছি। তবে ফরিদ মিয়া একজন খারাপ লোক। শুনেছি সে মাঝে মাঝে বিভিন্ন জায়গা থেকে মেয়ে এনে  ব্যবসা করে। তার এ কাজে গ্রামের কয়েকজন বাটপার টাইপের লোকজন সহযোগিতা করে এবং বন্টন নিয়ে থাকে। ঘটনা সর্ম্পকে জানতে পুর্বভাগ গেলে, সাংবাদিক আসার কথা শুনে ফরিদ মিয়া বাড়ি থেকে পালিয়ে যায়। পূর্বভাগ বাজারের ডাঃ জমির হোসেন, এমপির চাচাতো ভাই মোঃ আব্দুল হক, হাজী মোঃ করিম হোসেন, হারেছ আলী সর্দার ঘটনার সত্যতা স্বীকার করে এবং এমন  ন্যাক্কারজনক ঘটনার জন্য দুঃখ প্রকাশ করেন। এ বিষয়ে নাসির নগর উপজেলা নিবার্হী কর্মকর্তা সামিহা ফেরদৌসির সাথে মোবাইল ফোনে জানতে চাইলে তিনি এ বিষয়ে কিছুই জানেননি বলে জানান। তবে তিনি বলেন, “এ বিষয়ে ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া থেকে একজন সাংবাদিক আমাকে ফোন করেছিল”। এ বিষয়ে নাসিরনগর থানার অফিসার ইনচার্জ (ওসি) মোঃ আব্দুল কাদেরের কাছে জানতে চাইলে তিনি কিছু জানেন না, তবে এ বিষয়ে দ্রুত খোজ-খবর নিবে বলে জানান।

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অপেক্ষায় আছি বন্ধু তোমার জন্যে,

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13 hurt as criminals clash with cops

At least 13 people including seven policemen were injured in a clash between law enforcers and accomplices of criminals and villagers, who tried to snatch criminals from the clutches of the lawmen, in Melandah upazila of Jamalpur early Thursday.
Melandah police chief Bellal Hossain claimed that the accomplices of criminals and villagers armed with local weapons swooped on them when he with a team of 20 police personnel conducted a raid at remote Kaijkata char area of the upazila to nab some criminals accused in a number of criminal cases around 1:15am and arrested two of them--Babul Miah and Amzad Hossain.
When they were trying to return to the police station with the arrestees, they attacked them with sharp weapons, prompting the lawmen to fire blank to disperse them, our Tangail correspondent reports quoting the OC.
At one stage, the villagers managed to snatch Amzad, compelling the police to fire 18 rounds of bullets in a bid to self-defence. Six villagers including a woman sustained bullet injuries in the incident while seven policemen were also injured in the attack on them, the OC claimed.
Injured Assistant Sub-inspector Shuvro Saha and Constable Chand Miah admitted to Jamalpur Police Line Hospital and the injured villagers were sent to Jamalpur General Hospital.

Mirza Fakhrul gets bail in defamation case

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

A Dhaka court on Thursday granted bail to BNP's senior joint secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a defamation case filed for making derogatory comments about state minister for law Qamrul Islam.
Metropolitan Magistrate Rokhsana Begum Happy passed the order upon a bond of Tk 5,000 with two guarantors after Fakhrul along with his lawyers appeared before the court and sought bail in the case.
Advocate Abdul Malek alias Moshiur Malek, founder and president of Bangabandhu Foundation, filed the case against Fakhrul on July 18.
In his statement, the complainant alleged that Mirza Fakhrul termed Qamrul insane at a discussion organised by Zia Parisad at the National Press Club in the capital on July 14.

Kushtia mutiny trial adjourned till Dec 20

Star Online Report

A BDR court on Thursday adjourned the trial of 73 alleged mutineers under Mirpur sector in Kushtia till December 20.
The Special Court-17 headed by Commander of Kushtia BDR sector Lt Col Nazrul Islam started the trial proceedings at about 9:30am and continued for three hours.
Prosecutor Lt Col Khandaker Ainul Jamal read out charges against the accused during the hearing, reports our Kushtia correspondent.
The Kushtia sector has two battalions--32 in Kushtia and 35 in Chuadanga. Out of 73 alleged mutineers, 61 belonged to 32 Rifles Battalion and 12 from 35 Rifles Battalion.
During the first day’s hearing, prosecutor Lt Col Khandaker Ainul Jamal read out the charges against 40 accused of the 32 Rifles Battalion.
All the accused took part in the mutiny on February 26, 2009. They were arrested after a case was filed against them, the sources added.

2 injured robbers held after gunfight

Star Online Report

Police arrested two bullet-injured robbers after a gunfight with them on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Doghoria in Narsingdi district headquarters Wednesday night.
The arrestees were identified as Mahbub Alam Shipu, 20, and Yesmin, 22, reports our Narsingdi correspondent.
Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Narsingdi Sadar Model Police Station, said police challenged a stationary microbus carrying a gang of robbers near Mystic Pharmaceuticals at about 9:00pm.
Sensing danger, the robbers started the microbus forcing the law enforcers to shoot. In reply, the gang opened fire on the police team that triggered a gunfight.
Police managed to stop the microbus near Sonatola area and arrested the two robbers, who received bullets during the gun battle.
They also recovered four bullets and three machetes from their possessions.
The other members of the gang however managed to flee.
A case was lodged with the police station in this connection.

Robber beaten to death in Gazipur

UNB, Gazipur

A robber was beaten to death and another injured by a mob at Meghdubi village in Gazipur Sadar upazila early Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Oli, 30, a resident of Kaliganj upazila of the upazila while the injured, Anil Chandra, 30, hailed from Kishoreganj district.
Police and locals said a gang of 7 to 8 robbers entered the house of one Afzal Mia at about 3:00am by breaking the door open.
They beat the house owner mercilessly when he tried to resist them.
Hearing hue and cry of Afzal Mia and his family members, villagers rushed to the spot and caught two of the robbers.
They gave them a good beating, leaving Oli dead on the spot and Anil critically injured.
Police on information rushed to the spot and recovered the body and rushed Anil to Gazipur General Hospital.
Injured Afzal Mia was admitted to a local hospital.

Obama urges global co-operation to secure growth

Barack Obama arrives in Seoul. Photo: AP BBC Online

The global financial system and world economy are set to dominate the agenda at a two-day meeting of the G20 group of nations in South Korea.
But there are fears the summit in Seoul could descend into a row between the US and China about so-called "currency wars" and trade imbalances, BBC reports on Thursday.
Ahead of the meeting US President Barack Obama urged leaders to work together for global economic recovery.
He said the US would seek to create jobs and reduce global imbalances.
On a visit to a US base in Seoul before the main G20 meetings began, Obama took the opportunity to urge North Korea to engage with the international community.
"North Korea's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons will only lead to more isolation and less security," he said. "But there is another path available to North Korea."
Washington has blamed global economic imbalances in part on Beijing's alleged manipulation of its currency to help boost Chinese exports, which has led to Beijing amassing huge foreign reserves.
Others, however, say America's economic policies, specifically creating new money to pursue quantitative easing (QE), could also be a form of currency manipulation for its own ends.
Speaking to the BBC, the president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, said there were "definitely tensions" over currency.
The G20 group comprises the world's 19 leading national economies, plus the European Union.
It was formed in 1999, and held its first meeting that year.
Until 2008 the G20 was overshadowed by the smaller G8 grouping of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the US, Canada and Russia.
However, this has changed since the global financial crisis of 2008, and the G20 has effectively now replaced the G8 as the main global economic forum.
The major growth in the economies of G20 members China, India and Brazil has also contributed to the rising importance of the grouping.
The G20 currently meets twice a year, but this is set to reduce to one meeting from 2011.
"One has to be wary of the tensions because you don't want them to slip into protectionism," he said.
But he said that while the US raising the issue over China was "useful", he added China's next five-year plan for its economic development would focus on increasing domestic demand, adding this would be important in shifting China's growth.
Critics
At a G20 press conference, Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega criticised the US central bank's latest QE programme.
"The trouble with putting an extra $600bn into the US economy is that this money will not go into production, will not create jobs and neither will it boost domestic consumption.
"With more money in the market, investors will take advantage of higher interest rates in other places, put the money into these countries' stock exchanges or invest in commodities, raising the prices and causing inflation in our countries," Mantega said.
Accused of forcing the dollar down to trade its way back to prosperity, Obama is expected to hold one-on-one talks with two of the strongest critics of his administration's economic direction - Chinese President Hu Jintao and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
President Obama has said that the US alone could not restore growth but accepted the US must change, adding: "When all nations do their part... we all benefit from higher growth."

11 buses burned down in Savar

Eleven CNG-run buses of Trans Silva Company Limited were burned down in Savar this morning.
Fire service sources said the fire originated in a bus at around 6:30am and burned down 11 buses, out of 23, kept at Anandapur bus depot in Savar.
Several fire fighting units with their frantic efforts could save the rest 12 buses.
Police and fire service said that the fire might have originated in one of the buses due to leakage in the gas line.
There was no report of casualty in the incident.

US to share 10% swine flu vaccine globally

President Barack Obama says the United States will share 10 percent of its swine flu vaccine supply with other nations.
The White House on Thursday announced that the move would help fight the global spread of swine flu, known among scientists as H1N1.
The White House says the flu vaccines would be available through the World Health Organization.
The White House says the virus does not recognize international borders and the United States is working with Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and Britain to share vaccines.

Karzai rules out new vote round over fraud

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday ruled out calling a second round of elections over fraud allegations, which cast a shadow over US deliberations on whether to send more troops.
Preliminary results from Afghanistan's second-ever presidential election put Karzai on track to defeat rival Abdullah Abdullah without a second round, but European Union observers said nearly a quarter of votes could be fraudulent.
Asked if he would agree to a second round to ease concerns about the election's legitimacy, Karzai told CNN: "That is not in my authority to do."
"Taking it to a second round or a runoff by engineering it in that direction, that is itself fraud and not the right thing to do. It's against Afghan constitution," he said.
"We cannot claim a wrong and then commit another wrong in order to make a right."
Karzai did not exclude inviting Abdullah into a coalition government but said he would only do so to unite the country, not to respond to fraud allegations, which he insisted were false.
Senior US officials acknowledged they were in a bind over how to handle the election.
President Barack Obama has made fighting extremism in Afghanistan a top priority of his young administration and is weighing calls to again boost the US military force in the country, which is set to reach 68,000 by year's end.
"I would tell you that there is no question that the nature of the election in Afghanistan has complicated the picture," Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a news conference.
Karzai, first installed in the wake of the US-led military operation that ousted the Taliban in 2001, enjoyed a warm relationship with former president George W Bush but Obama has distanced himself from the Afghan leader.
Vice President Joe Biden said that if Afghans doubted the legitimacy of Karzai's government in a second term, it "makes everything considerably more difficult."
"That's why we have to follow the process to the end here," Biden, who as a senator once reportedly stormed out of a dinner with Karzai, told CNN.
"But to be honest to you, it would make this very hard to have a sustainable policy if the government with whom we're cooperating is viewed as illegitimate by the people -- in this case, the people of Afghanistan. But that's not determined yet."
Echoing earlier remarks to reporters in Kabul, Karzai acknowledged there may have been irregularities but insisted there was no systematic fraud.
"It's unfortunately mainly in the international community that these allegations are coming," Karzai said. "I can assure you, the vote was true and fair."
His remarks came on one of the deadliest days for Western troops in Kabul. A bomber destroyed a vehicle of Nato-led forces, killing 10 Afghan civilians and six Italian soldiers.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi later said he hoped to bring home his country's 3,250 troops "as soon as possible," but only in consultation with Nato allies.
Britain's main opposition Conservative Party, which leads in polls ahead of elections due by mid-2010, called for more commitment by Nato in Afghanistan and said it would consider sending more troops if it takes office.
But Liam Fox, the shadow defense secretary, warned in an address to a Washington think tank that any build-up would be futile without an accompanying strategy to persuade insurgents to give up violence.
"Unless we have identified a more comprehensive political solution for Afghanistan, any increase in troop members alone would merely maintain the status quo, which is arguably an increasingly dysfunctional state apparatus surrounded by a burgeoning insurgency," Fox said at The Heritage Foundation.

England suffer ton of Paine against Australia

Tim Paine scored his maiden international century as Australia inflicted fresh one-day misery upon England with a crushing 111-run win here at Trent Bridge on Thursday.
Victory in this day/night fixture left world champions Australia 6-0 up and on course to complete the first ever 7-0 clean sweep in a bilateral series in Sunday's finale at Durham's Riverside ground.
Paine's 111 was the cornerstone of Australia's 296 for eight as the holders continued to warm-up in style for next week's start of the Champions Trophy tournament in South Africa.
England, chasing 299 to win, collapsed to 60 for four inside 15 overs.
They were eventually dismissed for 185, with nine overs to spare as they suffered their 11th heaviest defeat, in terms of runs, in 517 one-day internationals (ODIs).
No England batsman made more than number eight Tim Bresnan's 31 not out.
Wicketkeeper Paine, an opener in the one-day format, reached three figures in only his seventh match at this level.
Together with Michael Hussey (65), Paine - who only made his one-day international debut against Scotland in Edinburgh last month - put on 163 for the third wicket after the duo came together with Australia 40 for two.
Fast bowler James Anderson, back in the England side after being rested for two matches, returned fine figures of four for 55 before running out Brett Lee for nought with a direct hit from long-on.
Paine's match got even better off only the second ball of England's reply.
England captain Andrew Strauss appeared to have swayed out of the way of a Lee bouncer in near textbook fashion, the ball brushing his shoulder on the way through to Paine.
But Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf, after a prolonged appeal, gave Strauss out to the visible disbelief of the left-hander and England were nought for one.
Joe Denly drove James Hopes's second ball for six but the medium-pacer had his revenge when, off his 11th delivery, the Kent opener skied him to Lee.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting, long one of the world's best outfielders emphasised Australia's all-round superiority with two magnificent direct hit run-outs to dismiss Matt Prior and Ravi Bopara.
After Ponting had called correctly to end Strauss's streak of five straight toss wins, Anderson made a double breakthrough.
He had Shane Watson playing on and then made it two wickets for seven runs in 16 balls when he had Ponting hooking straight to Ryan Sidebottom at deep backward square leg.
But England's joy at removing Ponting for six, 120 fewer than he managed in Australia's four-wicket victory here on Tuesday, was short-lived as his fellow Tasmanian Paine unfurled a fine array of strokes.
The 24-year-old Paine, only playing after first-choice keeper Brad Haddin was ruled out of the series with a broken finger that will also sideline him from the Champions Trophy, had made his maiden ODI fifty at Lord's on Saturday.
Here he advanced into the 90s when he flicked left-arm quick Sidebottom off his pads for a four which split the fielders at deep square and fine leg.
His single off Graeme Swann saw him to a hundred off 130 balls, including a superb straight six off Dimitri Mascarenhas and 13 fours
Paine was eventually when expertly caught by opposing gloveman Prior, standing up to the stumps, after getting a bottom edge off Mascarenhas.

US pledges support for democracy, economy

Dipu Moni talks to Hillary on wide range of issues

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) answers a question as Foreign Minister Dipu Moni looks on during a joint press conference following their meeting at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday.Photo: AFPStaff Correspondent

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Washington will continue its support to Bangladesh to strengthen democracy and democratic institutions, promote economic development and counter terrorism.
She also expressed her government's desire to work with issues relating to climate change, global financial crisis, human rights and improvement of skills of Bangladesh's law enforcement agencies.
The top US diplomat made the remarks during talks with Foreign Minister Dipu Moni in Washington on Wednesday, according to separate press statements issued from Washington.
“We are united by shared values, common interests, and a commitment to work together to strengthen democracy, promote economic development, deny space to terrorists, and create a more peaceful and prosperous future,” she said after the talks.
The partnership between Washington and Dhaka is growing stronger, said Hillary.
During the hour-long meeting, Dipu Moni and her counterpart discussed in detail the issues that are of concern to both the countries.
Terming Bangladesh a model of empowerment of women and a country with strong secular and democratic heritage, Hillary said Bangladesh embodied the promise that President Obama spoke of in Cairo.
“We are committed to work with you, with your government, and with the people of Bangladesh for a brighter future,” she told Dipu Moni at the meeting.
Dipu Moni briefed her about the December 29 parliamentary elections and the vision of the new government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“Our resolve is to ensure rule of law, good governance, protect the inclusive and the pluralist nature of our society, promote women's empowerment, opportunities for the young and the disadvantaged,” she said.
Dipu Moni said the government's goal is to attain a level of socio-economic development that would elevate Bangladesh to a middle-income country by 2021.
“We need support and assistance from our friends, particularly from the United States,” she said.
The foreign minister discussed with Hillary various areas of cooperation between the two countries that include enhanced trade opportunities, US investment in Bangladesh, and cooperation in the area of counter terrorism and debt relief for Bangladesh.
Dipu Moni requested Hillary to give Bangladeshi products duty-free and quota-free access into the US market and sought cooperation in deportation of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Some of them have reportedly been living in the US.
Referring to her visit to Bangladesh, the US secretary of state said she met many dynamic women in positions of responsibility, and saw the way that pioneering micro-credit projects really invented in Bangladesh -- especially through the Grameen Bank -- helped women living in poverty gain self-sufficiency and offered them a better life.
She lauded the government's efforts to increase access to education for young girls.
Terming the last parliamentary election the freest and fairest in the country's history, she said Bangladeshis now have the opportunity to build on this success and strengthen their democratic institutions.
“The United States stands ready to work with Bangladesh. And we will work to enhance economic opportunities,” said the secretary of state.
She also discussed the possibility of a bilateral trade and investment framework agreement, which would make it easier for US companies and investors to expand their activities in Bangladesh and increase trade.
Hillary thanked Dipu Moni for Bangladesh's leadership on a range of regional and global issues that include efforts to combat violent extremism, providing peacekeeping forces in trouble spots around the world, enhance food security and global health and address the threat of climate change.
“President Obama and I look forward to discussing these issues further next week in New York at the United Nations General Assembly,” said the top US diplomat.
The foreign minister briefed Hillary on the adverse impact of the climate change on vulnerable countries such as Bangladesh and stressed the need for collective action to cope with the challenge.
Dipu Moni said she drew Hillary's attention to the increased cost of development endeavours due to climate change and underscored the need for developed countries' assistance in adaptation and mitigation.
On the global financial crisis, Dipu Moni said they agreed that the challenges cannot be resolved by any single country and that there is need for concerted action.
Replying to a question on duty-free access of Bangladeshi goods to the US market and the country's inclusion into Millennium Challenge Corporation, Hillary said they discussed both the issues along with many others in a very comprehensive discussion.
“Certainly with respect to the Millennium Challenge Account, the foreign minister recognised that circumstances have changed with the election of a new government in December. We are both young administrations and working hard to get established and proceed on the numerous goals that we share,” Hillary said.
With respect to the foreign minister's request for duty-free access, she said the two countries have a vibrant trade relationship now, and it has been growing, and they look forward to continuing to grow that trade.
“We did specifically talk about the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, which has been discussed between our two governments -- your trade officials along with our trade representative,” said Hillary.
Bangladesh Ambassador to US Akramul Qader, Director General of Bangladesh Foreign Office Mohammed Ali, Deputy Chief of Mission of Bangladesh Embassy in Washington Mohammed Belal and Press Minister at Bangladesh Embassy Akhter Ahmed Khan were present on the Bangladesh side.
On the US side, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake and the secretary of state's deputy chief of staff Huma Abedin were present.

Huge account flaws in donor-funded projects

CAG raises 160 audit objections involving Tk 1,745cr in 4 years, Tk 819cr in power sector alone

Shakhawat Liton and Rashidul Hasan

The office of Comptroller and Auditor General has raised around 160 objections involving over Tk 1,745 crore in foreign-funded projects with around half the amount against anomalies in the power and energy sector.
It raised the objections while auditing the accounts of four fiscal years from 2002-03 to 2005-06 when the BNP-Jamaat-led alliance government was in power.
The audit reports placed in parliament Tuesday show 29 objections against over Tk 819 crore only in the power, energy and mineral resources ministry. The ministry was mired in allegations of corruption and irregularities in implementing power projects.
According to the audit reports, around 95 foreign-funded projects were taken under 14 ministries in the previous years.
The 13 other ministries are primary and mass education, environment and forest, agriculture, education, fisheries and livestock, women and children affairs, LGRD and cooperatives, communications, water resources, planning, post and telecommunications, health and family welfare, and commerce.
The office of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has blamed the irregularities and financial loss on lack of effective plans, violation of government financial rules and expenditures beyond project proposals.
The CAG is empowered by the constitution to audit and report on public accounts of the republic and all courts of law, and all authorities and officers of the government.
Detecting irregularities like payment without approval and imaginary purchase, the CAG recommended complying with rules in purchasing, appointing consultants and keeping all expenditures within the project proposals. It also recommended determining the irregularities and take necessary steps.
"Government auditing standards, audit code, audit manual and existing rules and regulations were properly followed while conducting the audit on the accounts of the foreign funded projects," Mohammad Zakir Hossain, director general of Foreign Funded Project Audit Directorate, said in the preface of the audit report of FY2005-06.
The parliamentary standing committee on public accounts will examine and dispose the objections.
PAYMENT WITHOUT APPROVAL
During the auditing, the CAG found that a company named Arab Construction was paid additional Tk 13.15 crore against the original work order of Tk 9.83 crore for the work in the 210MW Siddhirganj power project funded by Russia.
In response to the audit objections, the project office claimed that the additional payment was made for extra work.
The audit findings say the extra work was assigned to Arab Construction without floating any tender. But the project office claimed that it did not comply with the formalities to expedite the project work and save the government money.
The audit report says the cabinet purchase committee approved the payment of the additional amount.
LOSS OF TK 676 CRORE
Auditing the accounts of fiscal years 2003-04 and 2004-05 in the Siddhirganj project, the CAG found that the Tk 548.17 crore power station was scheduled to go for production by 1999 but the timeframe for its construction was extended up to June 2003, which increased the expenditure to Tk 1,080.72 crore. The time was further extended up to June 2005, which resulted in an increased expenditure of Tk 1,273.91 crore.
According to the report, the government incurred a loss of Tk 676.35 crore because of this delay.
IMAGINARY PURCHASE
Auditing the accounts of fiscal years 2002-03 and 2003-04, the CAG revealed an instance of imaginary purchase of computers, computer hardware, five vehicles and iodine tasting kits spending Tk 7.50 crore from a foreign funded project under the health ministry.
The project office, however, claimed that it had published the tender notice for the purchase in a newspaper.
The audit team found newspaper clippings of the tender notice at the project office. But, interestingly, it did not find any tender notice published in the said newspaper on that day.
The audit report says the audit team even examined the list and addresses of the suppliers but did not find any authenticity of those. The report recommended taking stern actions against those involved in the purchase.

Thousands start leaving for home

Bus, launch terminals, rail stations in city witness huge crowd as Eid holiday begins today

A father cautiously picks up his child on a launch from a crowd of homebound people at Sadarghat launch terminal as mass exodus from the capital begins ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr. Photo: Shafiqul AlamStaff Correspondent

Thousands of people left the capital for home yesterday to share the joy of Eid-ul-Fitr with family and friends as many of them got five-day festival vacation including weekly holidays.
A huge number of people were seen anxious for tickets at different terminals, particularly of long-route buses, as broker syndicates control the ticket sale in the city.
However, many of them could finally manage tickets paying double and in some cases triple the usual charges.
The staff of most of the bus counters said the tickets were already sold out although during visits to different bus terminals some staff were seen selling tickets at the counters at higher rate. They however claimed that they were not charging extra rather maintaining the government rate.
In reality, bus fare of different routes fluctuates by Tk 20 to 150 more than the usual.
Homebound people crowded the city bus and launch terminals and Kamalapur rail station after office hours yesterday.
Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will initiate special transport arrangements from Saturday to ease the home going rush.
People of the northern districts suffered a lot yesterday as a number of trains were delayed by over two hours, as the intersections in the city were jammed with traffic.
The train Ekota Express, which was scheduled to leave Kamalapur Railway Station at 9:40 am, left at 12:20 pm.
Special train service starts from today with seven more locomotives in addition to the 22 existing ones.
At Bikash Paribahan counter in Gabtoli one Selim Sikder of Moksudpur was found bargaining with the employees, as they demanded Tk 220 per ticket instead of the usual fair at Tk 140.
Terminal authorities of Saidabad, Gabtoli and Mohakhali on loud speakers have been asking the passengers not to purchase tickets from outside the counters to avoid black marketers, brokers, frauds, muggers and other criminals.
To ease the situation for the home goers Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), police and intelligence personnel have been deployed at the terminals.
BRTC EID SERVICE
The BRTC will start its special Eid service from Saturday and it will continue for the next three days.
BRTC sources said around 500 buses--either owned by the BRTC or on lease--will ply on different inter-district routes while 77 other buses, now running as city service and staff buses, will be added to the service.
The corporation has already started selling advance tickets in Dhaka and all other BRTC bus depots across the country. People can collect their tickets at Zoarshahara, Motijheel, Kalyanpur, Mirpur-12 double-decker bus depot, Phulbaria CBS-2. The buses will leave for destinations from these places.
THE WATERWAY
With the Eid-ul-Fitr approaching the owners of passenger-launches have started charging the homebound people extra, even double the fare, in absence of proper monitoring by the authorities.
Heavy rush coupled with additional fare has doubled the sufferings of the passengers in reaching homes and relatives on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Fitr.
Owners of the launches from Dhaka to the southern part of the country have already started selling tickets with extra fare, which is likely to continue at least 10 days after the Eid. However, they claimed that they were maintaining the rate fixed by the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) last year. The rate is yet to be revised this year.
The usual fare for Dhaka-Barisal route is Tk 80-120 per head on deck, Tk 300-350 for luxurious chair, Tk 700 for single cabin, Tk 1,000-1,200 for double cabin and Tk 1,500-2,000 for VIP cabin.
But during the Eid the fare rose to Tk 180 to 200 per person in deck, Tk 400 to 500 for luxurious chair, Tk 800 to 1000 for single cabin, Tk 14,00 to 1600 for double cabin and Tk 2,000 to 2,400 for VIP cabin.
The fare for all the places to south including on Dhaka-Bhola, Dhaka-Patuakhali, Dhaka-Chandpur, Dhaka-Rangabali routes, increased on the occasion.
Secretary of the BIWTA Monwar Hossain said the launch owners are indeed charging higher fare but it does not exceed the rate fixed by the BIWTA.
However, denying the allegations of charging extra fare President of Launch Owners Association Badiuzzaman Badal said stern actions would be taken if such allegations were proven against any launch service.
He also said the owners, who run their launches at lower fare round the year to compete with others, charge fare according to the BIWTA fixed rate during Eid season. That is why it seems to people that they are charging more during the Eid holidays.
Vice-president of Launch Owners Association Shahbuddin Milon, also the owner of MV Parabat, said, "We have to bear losses throughout the year. Eid is the high time to make up for the losses but we never charge more than the government rate."
Sources said the workers of different southbound launches are playing a vital role in making the fare go high. They by forming a syndicate grabbed most of the tickets of different launches and selling them at a high price.
Talking to The Daily Star a passenger of Bhola-bound launch yesterday alleged that the ticket manager forced him to pay Tk 900 for a double cabin while the normal rate is Tk 600.
Another passenger of a Barisal-bound launch said he faced a little difficulty buying tickets for a place on the deck, as he could not manage any for a cabin.
About security, Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station Md Salauddin Khan said additional police have been deployed at Sadarghat since last Tuesday and they will remain deployed till the Durga Puja.
Operation Officer of Rab-10 ASP Enam said 35 Rab personnel have already been deployed at Sadarghat and reinforcement would be mobilised if necessary.
Asked about the monitoring activities of Sadarghat Md Shafiqul Haque, director (traffic) of BIWTA, said if the allegation of charging extra fare is proved the route permit of that launch would be suspended.
He also said a special control room has been set up from September 16 at the launch terminal to keep the law and order under control.

SC stays bail to 4 BNP leaders in triple murder case

The Supreme Court today stayed for four weeks a High Court order granting bail to four accused in Karwan Bazar triple murder case.
The four accused are Lutfor Rahman, also known as L Rahman, president of Ward No. 39 BNP, Nabi Solaiman, former religious affairs secretary of Jubo Dal, and Abu Sayeed and Nurul Islam, two ward level leaders of BNP.
Justice SK Sinha of the chamber judge passed the order upon a petition filed by the government.
Deputy Attorney General Motahar Hossain Sazu told The Daily Star that the accused will not get released from jail following the SC order.
Earlier yesterday, the HC granted ad interim bail for six months to the four accused in this case.
After hearing a bail petition jointly filed by the four, a HC vacation bench of Justice AFM Abdur Rahman and Justice Md Rezaul Hasan had also issued a rule upon the government to explain why the petitioners should not be granted regular bail.
Three people -- Faruque Mollah, Ashraf Miah and Nuruddin Sarkar Jewel -- were killed in a gun attack at Karwan Bazar on June 26.
Mobarok Hossain Mollah, brother of Faruque Mollah, filed a case with Tejgaon Police Station the same day against the petitioners and seven other unknown persons in this regard.

US to support strengthening democracy in Bangladesh: Hillary

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said the US will continue to support democratic institution building, counter-terrorism efforts and improvement of skills of law enforcement agencies in Bangladesh.
Hillary also expressed Washington’s desire to work with Dhaka on issues related to climate change.
The US secretary of state made the remarks during a meeting with Foreign Minister Dipu Moni in Washington, according to a message received here today.
“I had a substantive and fruitful discussion,” Dipu told a press briefing after the meeting. She said Bangladesh attaches great importance to its relations with the United States.
During the hour-long meeting, Dipu and Hillary discussed various bilateral issues. Hillary said the US would stand by Bangladesh in its effort to development. She termed Bangladesh a model of empowerment of women and also mentioned about the innovative ideas of social empowerment.
The secretary of state also assured of looking into the other issues raised by the foreign minister during the meeting.
Hillary congratulated the foreign minister and the people of Bangladesh for their efforts to return to democracy.
Dipu briefed Hillary about the vision of the new government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for bringing changes.
She said the resolve of the newly elected government was to ensure the rule of law, good governance, to protect the inclusive and pluralist nature of the society, promote women’s empowerment, opportunities for the young and the disadvantaged.
“The goal of the government is to elevate Bangladesh to a middle-income country by 2021, which would coincide with fifty years of Bangladesh’s independence.”
Terming the task of achieving the goal as daunting, Dipu Moni said Bangladesh cannot do it alone. “It needs support and assistance from friends, particularly from the United States.”
Recognising the consistent support from the United States in the transition of democracy, she said the US government, the Congress and the people always stood by Bangladesh in support of the democratic cause.
The foreign minister requested the US secretary of state to allow duty-free and quota-free access of Bangladeshi products to the US markets, continuation of GSP facilities to Bangladesh and debt relief.
She also raised the issue of deporting the killers of the father of the nation Bangabaddhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who have been living in the US.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the US Akramul Qader, DG of Bangladesh Foreign office Mohammed Ali Sorcar, Deputy Chief of Mission at Bangladesh Embassy in Washington Sheikh Mohammad Belal and Press Minister at Bangladesh Embassy Akhter Ahmed Khan were present at the meeting on Bangladesh side while Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin on the US side.

BNP leader Arifur placed on 3-day remand

A Dhaka court today granted a three-day remand to BNP leader Arifur Rahman in connection with the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) rally blast case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Munshi Abdul Mazid granted the three-day remand after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) produced Arifur, also the councillor of ward-53 of Dhaka City Corporation, before the court and sought a 10-day remand.
CID arrested Arifur at his Malibagh residence yesterday in the case after over seven years of the blast.
Senior Assistant Superintendent of CID Police Abdul Kahar Akand yesterday said the arrest was made following the information extracted from the other accused in the case.
Earlier, the CID detained Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji) leader Arif Hasan Sumon in connection with the blasts at Paltan Maidan on January 20 in 2001 that killed seven people and injured several others.
Besides, former Huji chief Maulana Sheikh Abdus Salam was also arrested in this connection and now he is on bail.

Hijackers kill taxicab driver in city

Criminals stabbed a taxicab driver to death and hijacked the cab, which was recovered later, at Mirpur in the capital last night.
Police arrested a criminal, who was injured in police firing.
According to police, three criminals in the guise of passengers hired the taxicab and at one stage they stabbed its driver at about 12:00 midnight at Mirpur-6, leaving him critically injured.
Doctors declared him dead at about 1:30am after he was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The deceased was identified as Nuruzzaman, 30, son of Khalilur Rahman of that area.
On information, police rushed to the spot and shot fire on the muggers, leaving Imran injured, officer in-charge of Pallabi Police Station Abdul Malek told The Daily Star.
Police arrested Imran and admitted him to a city hospital, he added.

Lottery for Purbachal plots begins

The draw of the lottery for plot allocation in four categories in Purbachal New Town Project started this morning.
The lottery was held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city.
Today 296 plots were allotted for the freedom fighters, 176 for the applicants in sports and education category, 14 for the judges while the foreign wage earners got as many as 599 plots.

SC stays bail to 4 BNP leaders in triple murder case

The Supreme Court today stayed for four weeks a High Court order granting bail to four accused in Karwan Bazar triple murder case.
The four accused are Lutfor Rahman, also known as L Rahman, president of Ward No. 39 BNP, Nabi Solaiman, former religious affairs secretary of Jubo Dal, and Abu Sayeed and Nurul Islam, two ward level leaders of BNP.
Justice SK Sinha of the chamber judge passed the order upon a petition filed by the government.
Deputy Attorney General Motahar Hossain Sazu told The Daily Star that the accused will not get released from jail following the SC order.
Earlier yesterday, the HC granted ad interim bail for six months to the four accused in this case.
After hearing a bail petition jointly filed by the four, a HC vacation bench of Justice AFM Abdur Rahman and Justice Md Rezaul Hasan had also issued a rule upon the government to explain why the petitioners should not be granted regular bail.
Three people -- Faruque Mollah, Ashraf Miah and Nuruddin Sarkar Jewel -- were killed in a gun attack at Karwan Bazar on June 26.
Mobarok Hossain Mollah, brother of Faruque Mollah, filed a case with Tejgaon Police Station the same day against the petitioners and seven other unknown persons in this regard.

Affected besiege Barapukuria coalmine for compensation

 

Local people affected by the Barapukuria Coal Mine Limited besieged its office this morning demanding compensation as they were living in the area amid life risk.
Chase and counter-chase were taken place between the local people and police at about 12:00pm after the law enforcers have been deployed in the area.
A tense like situation was prevailing there till filing of this report.
People in Barapukuria area are living under high risk. Land and water related problems have been affecting livelihoods of at least 15 villages around the mine.

Asian terror mastermind Noordin dead

Asian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top was among four people who died in a raid on a militant hideout in Indonesia's Central Java province Thursday, the country's police chief said.

Asked by reporters after meeting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono if Noordin died in the raid, national police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri said: "yes, yes ... the details are with national police headquarters".

Draft Nat'l ID Registration Bill okayed

Draft Nat'l ID Registration Bill okayed File photoStar Online Report The cabinet today in principle approved the draft of the National Identity Registration Bill 2009 with a provision that any misuse of the national identity cards would be punishable offence. According to the proposal, the Election Commission has both the authority to register and cancel the national identity and punish if anyone has more than one identity card or fake cards or provide false information for the cards, Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad told reporters after the meeting. Held at the prime minister's office, the meeting chaired by premier Sheikh Hasina amended the Representation of the People Act 2009 with a provision that political parties will lose their registration if they failed to submit their party constitution within January 25.

BDR men at DMCH after TFI cell quizzing

BDR men at DMCH after TFI cell quizzing Star file photoStar Online Report Two Bangladesh Rifles members were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital today as they were allegedly tortured during questioning at Task Force for Interrogation (TFI) cell in the BDR mutiny case. Ailing BDR members are identified as sepoy Reazul Islam, 22, of Battalion-5 in Khagrachhari, and sepoy Mohammad Arafat, 24, of Battalion-13 in Dhaka. Both the jawans were present at Pilkhana headquarters during the mutiny on February 25-26. DMCH sources said members of the TFI cell and New Market police admitted them at the DMCH around 5:00pm. They bore severe injury marks at their knees. According to hospital sources the injury marks showed that they faced torture. While laying on the DMCH bed, one of the BDR jawans said, "We were tortured brutally during the interrogation since taken to the TFI cell on Thursday." New Market police told The Daily Star, "We were informed from the Pilkhana over phone about the sickness of two BDR jawans and our forces helped them to got admission to hospital." Senior assistant superintendent of police Abdul Kahar Akand of CID, who is the main investigating officer of the mutiny case, said, "We have taken 16 more jawans on Thursday for interrogation under TFI cell." Asked, the CID ASP said, "I hard about the sickness of two jawans but yet to know about the cause as they were being interrogated under TFI cell."

JS passes municipality bill

JS passes municipality bill Star Online Report The Parliament today passed the Local Government (municipality) bill rejecting a parliamentary body’s recommendation for making lawmakers advisers to the municipalities in their respective constituencies. The parliamentary standing committee on LGRD and cooperatives ministry in its scrutiny report made the recommendation. But during passage of the bill, ruling AL lawmaker AKM Mozammel Haq brought an amendment proposal to drop the parliamentary body’s recommendation amid protests of some ruling party lawmakers. Replying to the amendment proposal, LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam agreed to accept it and then the House rejected the committee’s recommendation. So, from now, lawmakers are not advisers to the municipalities but the upazila parishads. Besides, another provision for two deputy mayor posts was also scrapped from the bill.

Oil gas protection body sets Oct 15 ultimatum

Oil gas protection body sets Oct 15 ultimatum Picketers bring out a procession during their half-day hartal in the capital this morning. Photo: Anisur RahmanStar Online Report The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports that enforced a half-day hartal in the city today gave an ultimatum till October 15 to the government to cancel the decision of giving offshore gas exploration rights to two foreign companies. Addressing a hartal-hour rally at Paltan, convener of the committee Engineer Md Shahidullah said they would announce next course of action from its national convention on October 16 if their demands are not met by then. Meanwhile the capital Dhaka witnessed a 6 am- 12 noon general strike after many months today without much of an impact on normal public life. Except ransacking of a few vehicles by the pro-hartal pickets at Shabagh, Paltan areas, the hartal passed off largely peacefully with transports, both motorized and non-motorized plying most of the city streets normally. A few activists of the hartal enforcers, however, set several copies of the daily Prothom Alo and the daily Amader Somoy on fire at Shahbagh accusing these newspapers of giving ‘misleading’ information about today’s hartal programme. Main opposition BNP threw its ‘moral support’ to today’s hartal call while the AL-led alliance government’s allies – Workers Party and Samyabadi Dal – who have representations in the oil, gas protection committee too, preferred not supporting the strike. Huge contingent of forces from different law enforcing and intelligent agencies were deployed at different strategic points of the city including Paltan, Dainik Bangla, Zero Point, National Press Club, Bijoynagar and Shahbagh areas. The hartal was called to press the government to retract from awarding three offshore gas exploration deals to two foreign companies with, what they claim, having provision of up to 80 percent gas export. Earlier in the morning several hundred leaders and activists of the committee with banners, placards and festoons in their hands brought out processions parading the main city thoroughfares including Paltan, the National Press Club, Dainik Bangla and Shahbagh areas. The law enforcers restricted transport movements in the above mentioned areas after the picketers took to the streets after 8:00am when some of them made attacks on several running vehicles pelting brick chips. At places, the law enforcers diverted the transport movements to alternate routes in a bid to avoid possible conflicts with the pickets. Rickshaws and other three-wheelers are plying city roads as usual while motorized vehicles also rolled out on the streets as the day progressed with private cars following the suit. Home Minister Sahara Khatun on Sunday warned of stern action in the events of any chaos in the name of hartal. To maintain law and order during hartal hours 1,650 armed forces personnel were deployed additionally at different strategic points of the city, said Walid Hossain, additional deputy commissioner of DMP (Public Relations). In a statement issued on the eve of today’s general strike the national committee convenor Engineer Sheikh Muhammad Shahidullah and member secretary Prof Anu Muhammad called upon the city dwellers to observe hartal spontaneously and peacefully, ignoring all kinds of propaganda. Ambulance, emergency electricity supply, hospitals, medicine shops, fire brigade vehicles and kitchen markets were kept outside the purview of hartal.