Shahana Akhtar is an employee of a private multimedia company, working in the marketing department. And for her work, she has to be outside most of the day. Recently she is suffering from a urine infection. Often, she is affected by this disease. she often holds his urine due to the inadequacy of public toilets, mainly due to being outside for long periods. The doctor told her that it was the cause of his urine infection.

There are currently more than 6.5 core women and men working in the country. The average rate is 70 percent for men and 30 percent for women. But still, women's public toilets are not being increased compared to that. It is estimated that there are about 50 lakh workers in Dhaka. But compared to that in this city of traffic congestion, public toilets are still lacking.

And the public toilets in the city that have been made by the city corporation have a shortage of various amenities including cleanliness, which women are mostly reluctant to use. Talking to many women in the city about this, they say so.

 Ayesha Haque is a housewife, she has to travel from Notunbazar to Bashundhara every day to bring her daughter to school. she had to sit in the car for a long time in a traffic jam. And when she caught urine, she held it. While sharing her Eid shopping experience, she said that while using a public toilet, she found a man in charge which she found uncomfortable. she even talked about the lack of cleanliness in the toilet.

Not only the cities but also the rural areas have further deteriorated. The provision of public toilets for women during long journeys is negligible.

In this regard, Ferdusi Begum, working in a Plan International NGO, said that the problem of public toilets is a long-standing one that should be solved now. she said that it is important to have toilets for both men and women every 5 kilometers in the city.

Doctors say, holding the toilet and urine for a long time causes women to suffer from various physical complications. They said that not only women, but men can also suffer from various complications including urinary tract infections.

"The most common cause of this is a urinary tract infection, or UTI, which is called a urinary tract infection. It's from bacteria that grow in the bladder when you hold urine for too long. It then creates other problems. For example, if someone has a UTI repeatedly, it's a female reproductive tract. can hurt power."

According to Doctor, urine contains toxins like urea and amino acids.

As a result, long-term retention can lead to toxic substances reaching the kidneys and forming kidney stones. In the big cities of the country including Dhaka, the incidence of this disease is increasing among both men and women.

"Also, holding back urine can cause the bladder to swell. Also, if someone has pre-existing kidney problems and holds back regularly, their kidneys will gradually begin to lose function."

Because of this, various types of infections including blood infections can occur.

Dr. says that simply holding the toilet can cause breathing problems and bacterial infections. heaven

Besides, a person can also experience severe pain while urinating.

Women's organizations and social scientists say that working women and students in urban areas in Bangladesh mainly hold down the toilet when they go out. It is not only the inadequacy of public toilets on the streets that is responsible for this. Inadequacy of toilets especially in public places like workplaces, shopping malls, hospitals, or parks is responsible.

On the surface, it can be seen that the daily movement of about 5 million people in this city is completely negligible in public toilets. In many areas, mismanagement and indifference are also observed. And since the toilet is far away, the city commuters are not getting this proper civic service.

Water Aid, a non-governmental organization, has developed a smartphone-based application to provide information on public toilets across the country. In this app, information on the four main national highways of the country and public toilets located in Dhaka is available. In this app, the location and facilities of public toilets can be known through the user's GPS location or direct search. In this regard, Water Aid program manager (Urban Wash) Babul Bala said, by ensuring the facilities of public toilets nationwide, the organization is working with the city corporation and local administration to construct and renovate public toilets. However, he commented that City Corporation toilets have become more commercial than ensuring civic amenities. He also said, 'We have seen on the ground that most of the toilets do not have adequate water and electronic facilities, besides, many times women feel uncomfortable there.

Mobile toilets are seen in different places of the city which are not at all suitable for use by women. Most of them lie in useless, abandoned conditions.

In this regard, the two city corporations said that the number of public toilets has increased compared to earlier and more construction is underway.

Law Minister Anisul Haque said that the only way to take BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia now under treatment can be taken abroad to seek clemency to the President..

The Law Minister said this in a press conference at the Secretariat on Wednesday (October 4).

 Anyone can apply to the President for remission of sentence, he said, but in this case she has to confess her guilt.

Anisul Haque said that according to the provisions of the executive order, the BNP chairperson has no opportunity to seek medical treatment abroad. He also commented that the issue of sending Khaleda Zia abroad for treatment is a matter of the court.

The law minister also urged not to play politics over sending Khaleda Zia abroad and said that a press conference was held by BNP on October 3. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir presented many false, baseless and misleading information in this press conference. I strongly protest and condemn it.

He said, Mirza Fakhrul said, "Law Minister once said that the government does not have the power to stay at home by suspending the sentence, only the court can do it." However, shortly after that, the national leader came home on the executive order of the government. This statement of Fakhrul Islam Sahib is completely false and baseless because I didn't say that. My speech is always recorded.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal said that candidates' agents should be arrested six months before the election, otherwise after the election.

He said this at the end of a day-long workshop on 'Unfettered Voting Rights, Role of Candidates and Polling Agents' ahead of the 12th general election at the conference hall of the election building at Agargaon in the capital on Wednesday (October 4).

The workshop was broadcast live on Election Commission Secretariat's Facebook page and connected virtually to all Regional Election Officers and District Election Officers through the Zoom app.

Besides, the program was broadcast through a projector in the conference room of the district election office and one representative of each registered political party in the respective district was present.

Four Election Commissioners were present in the workshop chaired by CEC Kazi Habibul Awal. Besides, former chief election commissioner, former election commissioners and election experts, former EC Secretariat officials, university teachers addressed the workshop.

APBN-1 Rangamati authorities arrested 39 gamblers while they were gambling by raiding the long-standing gambling hall under Alif Market in Banrupa, the main commercial area of Rangamati town.

This operation was conducted under the leadership of Md. Tariqul Islam, Deputy Commander (Superintendent of Police) of Rangamati APBN-1 on Tuesday at 11 pm. During this time, a large amount of gambling materials including Tk. 48 thousand 960 in cash was seized. Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Police Inspector Md. Abdul Baten Khan, Md. Rakib-ul Hossain, SI Shri Tapan Nath, Md. Sakhawat Imtiaz and other forces participated in the operation.

Assistant Superintendent of Police of APBN Abul Kalam Azad said, through secret information, we came to know that gambling sessions with drug consumption are being conducted regularly in Alif Market of Banrupa. After getting the information during the investigation, we conducted raids on the said gambling house under the leadership of Md. Tariqul Islam, Deputy Commander (Superintendent of Police) of Rangamati APBN-1.

We were able to arrest 39 people while gambling there. Meanwhile, gambling equipment along with cash was seized from the spot. The arrested have been handed over to Rangamati Kotwali Police Station and legal action is pending against them.

Meanwhile, this gambling event has been conducted on the ground floor of Alif Market in Banrupa Bazar, one of the main commercial areas of Rangamati for a long time and gambling events were held every day with the participation of local shopkeepers, from various government and private officials-employees to politicians, auto rickshaw association leaders, labor leaders. Arrested gamblers said that an average of Tk. 10 lakh has been transacted in this gambling hall every day. It is said that a young gambler named Amin, a resident of Uttara in the capital Dhaka, rented the said clubhouse and conducted this gambling event.

After a long time in Rangamati town, Armed Police Battalion APBN-1 conducted this kind of operation, hundreds of enthusiastic crowd also applauded the APBN Police.

Application for amendment of National Identity Card (NID) can be made till the announcement of the schedule for the upcoming 12th National Assembly elections.

According to EC sources, such a decision was taken in the 24th meeting of the Commission.

Regarding the amendment, Director General of National Identity Registration Division AKM Humayun Kabir told Barta24 that NID has nothing to do with the new voter list. Therefore, before the 12th parliamentary elections, a new voter cannot be included. However, citizens can apply for NID correction till the schedule is announced.

Earlier, ahead of the 12th National Assembly elections, the commission had given an opportunity to eligible citizens to apply to become voters till September 14. At this time there was also an opportunity to apply for change of constituency. Now no one can become a new voter before the parliamentary elections. But NID will be available throughout the year. According to EC sources, around 30,000 citizens have applied to change their address.

Meanwhile, according to the latest information provided by the EC, the number of voters in the country is 11 crore 91 lakh 51 thousand 440 people. Among them there are 6 crore 4 lakh 45 thousand 724 men, 5 crore 87 lakh 4 thousand 879 women and 837 Hijra voters.