The dream was to become a big army officer, but the police jeep crushed my right leg. I don't know if I will ever be able to walk straight again. Doctor said I can't fold my legs. That's a lot that I've come back alive. At first I could not take any treatment for a few days. My dream is over; now I have only one dream that in return for this self-sacrifice, Independent Bangladesh will be formed on the basis of talent without corruption and discrimination.

Abdullah Ahmed, an 18-year-old youth who was injured in the anti-discrimination student movement, was speaking on the bed of the National Institute of Traumatic and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR).

Almost a month and a half has passed since the anti-discrimination student movement. The path to the fall of the government from the demands of the quota movement was not easy; It was a bloody war. The government fell due to demands of thousands of students. Thousands of people were injured in this movement. One unharmed body, the dream of each family has become lifeless in the firing of the police. How many boys with immense potential have lost hands, legs, eyes and accepted paralysis today? One of them is Abdullah Ahmed, a class XI student of Adamjee Cantonment College.

In the anti-discrimination student movement, the right leg bone was crushed by falling under the jeep driven recklessly by the police. Even after being injured, he could not go to the capital's government hospital for treatment due to fear of arrest and prosecution. Lying in the hospital, he gave the description of that day to Barta24.com.

Abdullah said, like other days in the student movement, on August 4, I left my house and took a procession from the ECB square towards Mirpur 10. At one point the students launched a counter attack to defend the attack. As there were a large number of students there, the police, while retreating, drove their car at full speed in reverse on the students recklessly and pressed the students. At that time, when the Jeep was lifted over my leg, I lost consciousness there. When the student brothers took me home to Al Helal and informed me, instead of taking me to the crippled hospital, they procured an ambulance with great difficulty and took me to the hospital in Shibchar, my village home. After reducing the pain there, he gave basic treatment and transferred him to NITOR in Dhaka on the 7th. The upper and lower bones of the kneecap are separated. The bones were broken in four places. The doctor said I can never fold my legs again.

Abdullah's mother Bilkis Begum is working tirelessly in the hospital. We had many dreams about my eldest son, she said in a tearful voice. He is a good student since childhood. Now the only thing I want is the health of my son. May Allah heal him like before, so that he can walk.

Although he wanted to take the oath of national service as an army officer, Abdullah did not lose his morale even though he lost his leg power due to the police brutality in the movement. He hoped for an Independent Bangladesh without corruption and discrimination based on merit, hoping for a good healthcare system from the government in return for self-sacrifice. This 18-year-old student wants to develop himself as a good citizen of the country with the responsibility of his parents and younger brother, even if he cannot become an army officer.

Abdullah's morale and courage are reminiscent of Sukanta Bhattacharya's line of poetry: Eighteen years of age that Durbar / On the way to the desert many storms / A load properly kept in calamity / A thousand souls are wounded.

Not only Abdullah, many others like him are injured in different hospitals in Bangladesh. There are more than 35 students injured in the anti-discrimination student movement in the third floor model B ward of the new building of the NITOR whose families are seeking rehabilitation with better treatment from the Interim government. They also demanded that criminals be brought to justice through fair investigation and punished. 

The Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam expressed hope that the International Crimes Tribunal will be reconstituted within the next week.

He said this while talking to reporters at the Supreme Court premises on Sunday (September 15) afternoon.

Tajul Islam said, last week we had a discussion with the legal advisor. We have demanded that the tribunal be reconstituted as soon as possible.

Stating that many necessary orders cannot be taken from the court if the tribunal is not reconstituted, he said, many works have stopped without the court's order. He (Legal Adviser) assured me. It will probably be restructured within a week.

Stating that the process of trial will officially begin after the reorganization of the Crimes Tribunal, Tajul Islam said that the work of collecting evidence has already started.

He said that the investigation agency and the prosecution team are visiting the hospitals to collect fresh evidence of the incident. A bullet used by the military in the battlefield was operated on at CMH today. These are being collected as evidence.

He urged all those who have evidence, relatives of the injured and dead, to submit the information to the prosecution.

In the industrial area Ashulia, workers have joined work in most of the garment factories since morning. However, 20 factories are still closed. Out of these two are general holidays and 18 are holidays under section 13 (1) of the Labor Act.

Police Superintendent Sarwar Alam of Shilpa Police-1 confirmed this information around noon on Sunday (September 15).

Earlier, workers could be seen attending work on time in the factories that had been running since morning despite the rain.

Meanwhile, additional security personnel have been deployed to control the situation. Surveillance has been increased.

Army, APBN and police personnel have taken position in front of various factories in the Narsinghpur area of Bypaile-Abdullahpur road in Ashulia. Army, RAB, BGB and policemen are patrolling the road.

According to Ashulia Industrial Area Police-1, most of the closed factories are ready-made garment factories. These factories are closed due to various reasons, including strike by workers due to various demands. As per Section 13 (1) of Labor Act-2006, 18 factories are closed. Apart from this, the factory authorities have declared general holidays in two factories.

Khairul Mamun Mintu, legal affairs secretary of Bangladesh Garments and Sweaters Workers Trade Union Center, said that the environment can be said to be very calm today. Most of the factories are working. Overall the situation is good today.

Superintendent of Police (SP) of Shilpa Police-1 Sarwar Alam said that the factories have been running since morning. Section 13 (1) is barred from filing various claims pending resolution of a few factories. We hope these will also open. 18 factories are closed in this category. General holidays have been declared in two other factories. A total of 20 are closed. Total factories here are 1863. Most of the factories are working. Where there are problems, we try to solve the problem by sitting down both parties. Internal issues are being resolved internally. No barricades, no protests anywhere, traffic is normal on the roads. Overall, there are no reports of any deterioration in the situation.

Meanwhile, the members of the Labor Grievance Monitoring and Review Committee visited the Anant Group factory in Ashulia around 11 am in view of the resolution of the ongoing labor unrest. They discussed the overall issue with the factory officials.

During the inspection, the additional secretary of the Ministry of Labor and Employment and the convener of the labor complaint monitoring and review committee Md. Sabur Hossain said that the 11-member committee was formed last Wednesday. The next day, a meeting was held regarding the committee's scope of work and work management. According to the decision of that meeting, I came to Ashulia to solve the situation arising in the industrial area. We want to know the demands, objections and complaints of the factory owners and workers. We have a hotline 16357, WhatsApp group, e-mail ID to inform them, and we have come to Ashulia to inform everyone about these issues.

He said, we want to present their fair and reasonable demands to the government. If there is an opportunity to fill them immediately, we would recommend that too. If it takes time, I will also inform the government. We hope that factories will continue to work, workers will work. We are hopeful that all factories will open from today. Gradually the situation will return to normal.

Earlier, on Saturday, at least 39 factories in Savar and Ashulia industrial areas were declared closed indefinitely by the owners; besides 13 other factories had a general holiday.

The Chief Adviser of the Interim government, Prof. Muhammad Yunus, has sought the help of the United States for the reconstruction of the country and bring back the smuggled money.

On Sunday (September 15), the Chief Adviser sought this assistance when a high-powered delegation of the United States met him at the State Guest House Jamuna.

Describing the challenges facing the Interim government, he said his administration has embarked on restructuring the economy, reforming institutions such as the judiciary and the police.

The Chief Adviser outlined the reform initiatives undertaken by the Interim government. He said his government had set up six Commissions, weeks after taking office to try to prevent vote rigging, the judiciary, police, civil administration, the country's anti-corruption agency and constitutional amendments.

He said his government was committed to bringing back money laundered by corrupt individuals involved in the previous autocratic regime. The Chief Adviser commented that we were in the sea of corruption.

The US delegation, led by US Treasury Department Assistant Secretary Brent Nieman, praised Prof. Yunus' leadership, saying Washington would be happy to support his reform agenda.

US officials have said they are willing to provide technical and financial support for the reforms carried out by the Interim government.

The hour-long discussion also touched on financial and economic reforms, investment, labor issues, the Rohingya crisis and Chief Adviser’s visit to UN General Assembly, New York.

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu, Assistant US Trade Representative Brendan Lynch, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Asia Deputy Assistant Administrator Anjali Kaur and US Treasury Department Director Jerrod Mason represented the US at the meeting.

The meeting was also attended by Lutfi Siddiqui, Special Envoy of the Chief Adviser on International Affairs, Lamia Morshed, Senior Secretary and Head of SDG Affairs, Foreign Secretary Md. Jasimuddin and Secretary of Economic Relations Division Shahriar Quader Siddiqui.