Chuadanga: An incident of armed robbery took place in Chuadanga. At that time, the members of the bandit gang stopped about 25-30 vehicles with barricades on the road and went on rampage for an hour. They cut and injured some pedestrians and drivers. Later, the gang ran away after looting cash and gold ornaments.

The incident took place on Thursday (September 12) around 10 pm on the Santoshpur-Andulbaria road of Jibannagar upazila, near Contech Mill. Some seriously injured have been treated at Jibannagar Upazila Health Complex.

According to the eyewitnesses, members of the dacoit gang created a barricade by placing a trolley with palm trees and electricity poles on the road near Contech Mill on the Santoshpur-Andulbaria road. The gang had 15-16 members. All of them had their faces covered with towels and mufflers. Most of the members were wearing shorts and lungis. At that time, the pedestrians and motorists traveling on that road were taken hostage with Ramda and Hasua weapons and started looting. They also injured some people by cutting them with ramda. At this time, the robbers snatched cash and gold ornaments from everyone.

Locals said that Thursday was the weekly Sialmari Pashuhat. By targeting this day, members of the bandits may have become active. Cattle buyers and sellers returning home through the Santoshpur-Andulbaria road were not spared from the bandits. The robbers robbed him of everything he had.

A truck driver named Abdul Waheed, who was injured by the bandits' weapons, said, 'I was returning to Jibannagar from Harinakundu via Sarojganj-Andulbaria on Thursday around 10:30 pm. When we reached near the contact mill on the Santoshpur road, we saw that trolleys with palm trees and electricity poles were placed across the road. As soon as I stopped the car, 15-16 masked men hit me on the back and neck with ramda. My helper beats Raju too. Later, they snatched Tk. 15,000 for the truck I had.

The helper of another truck named Rumon said, "The robbers stopped around 30 vehicles including truck, Almasadhu, bird van, mixer, motorcycle with barricade on the road. They killed a lot of people. Again, many were severely beaten. I have never seen such a beating in my life. They snatched my wallet with Tk. 7000 in cash. Gold ornaments and cash were taken from the female passengers of the van.

A motorcyclist who was the victim of a robbery said, "I could not imagine that such a robbery would happen in the evening on an important road like Santoshpur-Andulbaria road. There was already Sialmari Pashuhat, from where everyone was returning home. There should have been a police patrol on this road. Such a robbery happened due to the inaction of the police.

To know about this, Jibannagar police station officer in charge (OC) SM Javed Hasan tried to contact the mobile several times, but he did not receive the call.

However, Chuadanga Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (Damurhuda Circle) Zakia Sultana said that a robbery occurred on the Santoshpur-Andulbaria road. The members of the dacoit group have cut some people and injured them and taken away the money. Police force along with me came to the spot. We have started working to catch the members of the bandits. Further legal proceedings are under process.

Dhaka: The number of dengue patients is increasing day by day across the country. Along with this, the death rate is also increasing. This year, compared to the previous months, the pressure of patients with dengue has increased in the capital's Dhaka Medical College Hospital(DMCH) in September. However, despite the increase in patient pressure, the patients and their relatives expressed satisfaction with the treatment.

According to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital authority, although there was not much dengue patient pressure in the past months, the number of people affected by Aedes mosquito-borne disease dengue fever has increased since the beginning of this month. At present, 55 patients are receiving treatment in this hospital, the authorities said.

Such information was obtained by visiting Dhaka Medical College Hospital(DMCH) on Thursday (September 12) afternoon.

It can be seen on the ground that male patients have been treated in Ward No. 402 on the fourth floor of the new building of Dhaka Medical. On the other hand, medicine and dengue patients have been accommodated in wards 801 and 802 on the eighth floor of the building. There were patients inside and outside the ward. Every part of the ward was clean.

Doctors and nurses are also trying to help patients as much as possible. Nurses are helping patients with any problem. Patients ranging from young to old have been seen receiving the treatment. However, no patient under ten years of age was seen.

Talking to the nurses, they said that the number of patients in the age group of 20 to 40 years is more. The number of ten-year patients is low. However, they said that the number of dengue patients has increased since this month.

The nurses also said that among the admitted patients, the number of people from Lalbagh, Kamrangirchar, Savar in Dhaka is high. Besides, they said that dengue patients from different parts of the country including Narayanganj have come to seek treatment.

A nurse from ward number 402 said, we are always ready to help patients and are helping them. Informing when it is time to take their medicine. I am giving injection on time.

When asked how many dengue patients there are in the wards, they said that the number of male patients in ward number 402 was 38. Among them, 8 people left with permission and 1 person left voluntarily. 5 people have been admitted again. So now the total number of patients is 34. On the other hand, the total number of patients yesterday was 31. Among them, 6 people left with clearance. 2 people left of their own accord. 15 people have been admitted again. Therefore, the total number of patients was 38.

Meanwhile, it has been found that 12 dengue patients are currently being treated in ward number 801 and 9 in ward number 802.

A resident of Hazaribag Company Ghat in the capital is Md. Anis. He is a rickshaw puller by profession. He is in the hospital for the last five days due to dengue. When asked about mosquito infestation in his area, he said, mosquito infestation is relatively less in my area. But I don't know how I was infected.

When asked how the treatment was received at Dhaka Medical, he said, the nurses and doctors here treat us very well. Sometimes when we go to them when to take a medicine and if we forget the name of the medicine, they politely explain to us. The environment here is also very good. Everything is clean.

Like Anis Mia, Rajiv came to Dhaka Medical from Barishal to get treatment from dengue. He is also receiving treatment here for eight days. He praised the treatment here. He said, I am getting the treatment I need according to my body condition.

Talking to many others like Anis and Rajib expressed their satisfaction with the dengue treatment.

Ward No. 402 duty doctor Urmi Rahman told Barta24.com, "We are engaged in serving patients." We are trying to give good treatment.

It should be noted that the Local government Adviser A.F. Hassan Arif went to Dhaka Medical College Hospital to inquire about the treatment of dengue patients on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, he talked about working together for dengue and other diseases. Also mentions the destruction of mosquito larvae born in stagnant water due to floods and rains. #

As the passport process started after 7 am instead of 6.30 am in Benapole port, the immigration process started from 6.30 am as per previous rules.

Abdul Hafiz, in-charge of Benapole Land Port International Passenger Terminal, said that passport holders suffered more because the immigration process started after 7 am instead of 6:30 am. It has faced many problems. The report on the matter was published on September 11. The next day, on September 12, the immigration process started from 6:30 am. There is a lot of relief among the passengers.

Benapole Immigration OC Azharuddin said that the vigilance in immigration has been increased so that no criminal can escape to India. In the interests of security, along with the immigration police, the BGB, government intelligence agency was interrogating the passport holders. But due to some delay in everyone's presence by 6:30, it was a little late to start the program. But now the activities have resumed at the appointed time. Everyone is working sincerely so that passengers can travel comfortably.

Shahid, a passport holder for India, said that passenger crossing at the check post used to start after 7 am for a month. But now the work starts at 6:30 am. This has reduced their suffering and harassment.

Earlier, in the recent anti-discrimination student movement, many criminals were prosecuted after the Interim government assumed power on August 5. It has strengthened security measures at immigration. Police, BGB as well as government intelligence agencies are allowing suspected passport holders to enter India after questioning. It already takes a long time to travel. After that again, the passport holders started their activities after 7 am instead of 6:30 am, giving various excuses, and the suffering of passengers increased.

It is known that most of the passengers with passports use Benapole and Petrapole ports in India due to ease of communication. At present, due to various obstacles in the visa system, the number of passengers has decreased to 4 to 5 thousand a day, but during normal times, it was 10 to 12 thousand. After the passport holder reaches Benapole, he first has to deduct travel and port tax from Sonali Bank by paying Tk. 1055. After checking the luggage with the passenger at the customs, after the Immigration procedure, they have to enter India. Annually, the Bangladesh government earns around Tk. 150 crore from passport holders using the Benapole port through travel tax and the Indian government around Tk. 100 crore from visa fees. 

Interim government Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said that the government is thinking of elections only after making specific commitments and amendments to build political unity through dialogue.

On Thursday (September 12) the Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said these things in the briefing held at the Foreign Service Academy after the meeting of the Advisory Council (Cabinet) led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus.

She said that the government has formed various commissions for the reforms of the state. Whether the proposal of these commissions will be implemented or not depends entirely on the consensus of the political parties. But surely no political party wants a repeat of August 5.

She said that the commissions for reforms will initially report within three months. Whether they will be implemented at all depends entirely on political unity and whether we can build unity in favor of it or not. For this reason, we are also seeking the opinions of political parties regarding the reforms.

Rizwana Hasan said, Ershad's government could not implement the reforms, everyone has seen the result. August 5 saw the results of political parties not reforming in the past. No political party would want to suffer the same consequences by becoming unpopular. That is why we included them in the reform dialogue first. We will re-engage with reform proposals. We will go to the polls by building a political consensus and bringing specific promises and amendments on reforms because the political parties say reform first then elections. They will surely understand it.

Labor and Employment Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam were present in the briefing.

In his address to the nation on Wednesday Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus announced the formation of six commissions. These commissions will submit the reform reports within the next three months.