Language brings them so closer on February 21 at Jashore



Aziziul Haque, Staff Correspondent Barta24.com
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Same sky, same air, The language of the two Bengals is also same. Therefore, on the 21st February, the people of both Bengals became united over the emotion of scarifying lives by the language martyrs.

On Friday (February 21), Bangla speaking people of two Bengals celebrated the martyrdom of the of language heroes on the ‘Shaheed Dibash’ and International Mothers’ Language Day. Indians and Bangladeshis paid rich tributes to the martyrs killed in great language movement on February 21 of 1952.

At 11am, hundreds of Bangla-speaking people from India, led by the Minister of Food and Supplies of the West Bengal State Government, Sri Jyoti Priyo Mallik and Bangaon Municipal Mayor Shankar Ayer, sprinkled the flowers on the Bangladeshis and exchange greetings with sweet meats.

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On the occasion a temporary Shahi8d Minar was set up at the No-Man's Land. the West Bengal Minister of Food and Supplies Sri Jyotipriya Mallick, Shankar Ayar, Mayor of Bangaon Municipality and a number of Indian leaders paid homage to the language martyrs placing floral wreaths.

Swapan Bhattacharya, Minister of State for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperative Ministry of Bangladesh, Sheikh Afil Uddin, MP of  Jashore-1 constituency, Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate Mohammad Shafiul Arif, Superintendent of Police Mohammad Ashraf Hossain PPM, 49 BGB Battalion Commander Colonel Selim Reza, district Awami League president Shahidul Islam Milon, general secretary Shahin Chakladar, acting director of Benapole land port Abdul Jalil, upazila nirbahi officer Pulak Kumar Mondal among others were present on the occasion.

The convener of the Ekush Utjapann Parishad Upazila chairman Sirajul Islam Manju, the general secretary of the Upazila Awami League and the member-secretary of the Ekush Utjapan Parishad Md. Nuruzzaman were also present.

Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) greeted the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) with flowers at the Language Day Meeting venue. Then the national flag of the two countries were hoisted jointly by thousands of Bangla speaking people of the two countries. Forgetting the geographical boundaries, only people from two Bengals sang the great sing Banglar Joygan on the same stage.

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This year, the International Mothers’ Language Day Celebration Committee organized a separate program for the two Bengals. Two 'Ekushey Stages' were set up in front of the International Passenger Terminal building on one side and at the Export Terminal building of the Petrapole of India. Artists from Bangladesh and India sitting on the stages and perform cultural events.

Thousands of language-loving people gathered around the event. The voices of the leaders were expected to celebrate one and the other events on the stage even bigger in the future. Various social, cultural organizations of both countries participated spontaneously.

Guests of the two countries this time decorated seven meritorious persons with friendship  medals. The recipients were Fakhre Alam, Special Correspondent of the Bangladeshi daily  Kaler Kantha, Poet Mukti Basu of West Bengal, Social activist Karthik Dutt, Bangladeshi politician Azgar Ali Mian, politician Minhaj Uddin, educationist Shantipad Biswas and tree-lover Abdul Wahed Sardar

   

Dhaka is the sixth most polluted city in the world, Seoul is on top



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Today, Dhaka is sixth in the list of the most polluted cities in the world. The air quality of the capital has become 'unhealthy' with an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 172 at 6:50 am today.

South Korea's capital Seoul topped the air quality index with 343. South Korea's Incheon, Pakistan's Lahore, Vietnam's Chiang Mai and India's Delhi occupy the second, third, fourth and fifth places in the list with AQI scores of 217, 187, 179 and 177 respectively.

An AQI score between 101 and 200 is considered 'unhealthy' for sensitive groups. An AQI score between 201 and 300 is considered 'very unhealthy'. And an AQI between 301 and 400 is considered 'hazardous', posing a serious health risk to residents.

AQI in Bangladesh is determined based on 5 parameters of pollution, namely - Particulate Matter (PM10 & PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone (O3).

Dhaka has been suffering from air pollution for a long time. Its air quality generally becomes unhealthy during winters and improves slightly during monsoons.

In March 2019, a report by the Department of Environment and the World Bank stated that the three main causes of Dhaka's air pollution are brick kilns, smoke from vehicles and dust from construction activities.

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Taka 400 crores laundered through digital Hundi, controlled by Dubai



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Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested 5 people for allegedly laundering around Tk. 400 crore abroad through Digital Hundi using Mobile Banking Service (MFS).

CID Chief Additional IGP Mohammad Ali Mia informed this in a press conference at CID headquarters on Thursday (March 28) afternoon.

The arrested are - Nasim Ahmed (62), the owner of Tasmia Associates, Fazle Rabbi Sumon (32), the territory sales manager of Agent SIM, Md. Kamruzzaman (33), Zahir Uddin (37), representative of Jet Robotics Apps Bangladesh and Khairul Islam alias Pius (34).

Additional IGP Mohammad Ali Mia said, a gang has smuggled around Tk. 400 crore abroad through digital Hundi using mobile banking services. Five members of this gang were arrested during the operation.

He said that Tk. 400 crores illegally came to Bangladesh through Jet Robotics app in the last few months. Police traced the app through intelligence.

He also said that the money of this gang was transacted from the Chattogram based distribution house. Five members of the gang were arrested in separate raids in Dhaka and Chattogram on Wednesday night.

He said that Tk. 28 lakh 51 thousand cash was seized from them at the time of arrest. He said that they used to rent development agent SIMS and deliver money through them to the grassroots level.

The head of CID said that Mamun, the master of this gang lives in Dubai. He is using agent SIM here. This app used for smuggling cannot work outside 48 SIM along the specific link sent from Dubai. Only seven people can enter this app.

Referring to this as a modern form of Hundi business, he said, money is being circulated in the country through this app by blocking remittances coming to Bangladesh. Already we got 5-7 more such organizations who are working like this.

He said, in the last three months, Tk. 400 crores have been hindered from coming to Bangladesh through Jet Robotic Apps. Five people using these apps have been arrested and their devices seized.

He said, Chattogram's development distribution house Tasmia Associates company has 1000 Bkash Agent SIMs. These agent SIMs who are not performing well, the agent SIMs provide DSOs to the users of Jet Robotic Apps.

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Demand for punishment for those responsible for electrocution death in Moulvibazar



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The death of 6 members of the same family due to electrocution in Moulvibazar is very shocking and heartbreaking. The chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Dr. Kamaluddin Ahmed said that the main responsible person and institution should be brought under accountability.

He made this comment at a discussion on 'Role of Media in Protection of Human Rights and Consumer Rights' organized by 'Business Digest' at a hotel in the capital on Thursday (March 28).

The Chairman of the Human Rights Commission said, after investigating the incident of Moulvibazar, appropriate legal action should be taken against those responsible and necessary measures should be taken to prevent the recurrence of such incidents. We could not do anything for one family, but we have to do for hundreds of such families.

He also said that the issue of rights is directly and indirectly the daily practice of the media. Media can question all the irregularities; make people aware of their rights and duties and play an important role in establishing rights. We can carry out reformative activities only in view of the news published in the media.

Dr. Kamal Uddin Ahmed called on the media workers to take all-out efforts to spread the necessary knowledge about the constitution, law and rights among the people.

At one stage of the discussion, he said about the recurrence of fires, we have not learned proper lessons from the big fires and explosions in Nimatli, Newmarket and Bangabazar in the past years. Had we taken effective measures, recurrence of fires could have been prevented.

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Suggestion to introduce Human Rights Wing in the Foreign Ministry



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Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recommended setting up a new wing on human rights to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The suggestion was made at the parliamentary committee meeting held at Jatiya Sangsad Bhavan on Thursday (March 28). After the meeting, this information was informed in a press release of the Parliament Secretariat.

The meeting recommended taking necessary steps to recognize March 25 as International Genocide Day. A proposal was made in the meeting to visit the Rohingya camps Kutupalong and Bhasanchar with the members of the Standing Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Chairman of the committee AK Abdul Momen chaired the meeting and members of the committee and Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud, Shahriar Alam, Nahim Razzak, Nizam Uddin Jalil, Nurul Islam Nahid, Habibur Rahman, Saimum Sarwar, Zara Zabeen Mahbub took part in the meeting. #

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