Three people
were shot dead reportedly by members of a law enforcement agency during a clash
over elections at Khangaon union in Pirganj Upazila of Thakurgaon district on
Sunday night and early Monday.
Jahangir
Hossain, Superintendent of Police of Thakurgaon, said, “As officials of the
local administration were confined to a polling center, a BGB team went there
to rescue them. They had to open fire at one point to bring the situation under
control. The three might have died in BGB firing. However, we need further
investigation to be sure about it.”
Jahangir Alam,
officer-in-charge of Pirganj Police Station, said one of the three deceased
died on the spot while two others succumbed to their wounds at Sadar Hospital.
Two of the
injured are undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital and
Thakurgaon Adhunik Sadar Hospital.
The deceased
were identified as Aditya, 18, Mojaharul Islam, 35, and Hossain, 26.
Police said
Nuruzzaman, an independent candidate, and his supporters confined the officials
of the administration, including the presiding officer, to Ghidob Primary
School when the vote count ended around 8:00 pm.
When Haripur
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Abdul Karim reached the spot along with
a BGB team, the candidate’s supporters attacked them and vandalized the
vehicle.
After nearly
two hours, BGB men opened fire to bring the situation under control, leaving
one dead on the spot and four others injured, said the OC.
The injured
were sent to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital where two others succumbed to their
injuries.
With the death
toll in Thakurgaon, at least eight people were killed and over 100 others
injured as the 3rd phase of Union Parishad (UP) elections ended on Sunday
afternoon amid sporadic violence and irregularities.
Violence was
reported from different parts of the country, including Narsingdi,
Brahmanbaria, Lakshmipur, Jashore, and Khulna.
The first and
second phases of UP elections were marred by violence and irregularities.
At least six
people were killed and over 100 others injured in the 2nd phase of the Union
Parishad (UP) elections on 11 November.
Violence was
reported from different parts of the country, including Narsingdi, Cox’s Bazar,
Cumilla, and Chattogram.
Three people
were killed and a number of people were injured in the first phase of the Union
Parishad election that concluded with reports of sporadic violence and clashes
on 20 September.
Comment
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today
said the all achievements of Bangalee nation came under Awami League (AL)
during its 73 years of journey.
He told the reporters after paying rich tributes to
Bangabandhu by placing wreath at the portrait of Father of the Nation Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi-32 here this morning on 73rd founding anniversary
of AL.
The minister said Bangladesh had achieved independence under
the leadership of AL and the greatest Bangalee of all times Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman.
He added that Bangladesh now became a food surplus country
from food deficit one and turned into a developing nation from least developed
country under the leadership of Bangabandhu's worthy daughter Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina.
He also said the another big achievement is to construct
Padma Bridge under the leadership of AL and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by
showing thumbs to the world conspirators.
"So, the history of AL is actually the history of
Bangalee nation and the name of the party (AL) is involved with all
achievements of Bangalee nation", said Hasan, also AL joint general
secretary.
He said the anti-liberation forces are still active and BNP
is patronizing them. The BNP is doing politics with Jamaat Islami till now and
they are busy in plotting conspiracies, he added.
They (BNP-Jamaat) are hatching conspiracy against the
development, progress and the spirit of the liberation war, he said, adding,
"But, the country is moving ahead defeating all intrigues under the
leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina".
Hasan also expressed his firm conviction to turn the country
into a developed nation by 2041 under the leadership of AL uprooting all
conspiracies.
- BSS
Comment
Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina today paid glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the 73rd founding anniversary of the ruling Awami
League (AL).
She paid homage to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at the
portrait of the Father of the Nation at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at
Dhanmondi-32 this morning.
After laying the wreath, the prime minister stood in solemn
silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of
Bangabandhu.
Later, flanked by senior party leaders, Sheikh Hasina, also
President of the Awami League, paid tributes to Bangabandhu by placing another
wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation on behalf of her party.
AL's Advisory Council Member Amir Hossain Amu MP, Presidium
Members Begum Matia Chowdhury, MP and Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, MP and
Information and Broadcasting Minister and AL's Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan
Mahmud, among others, were present.
Bangladesh Awami League was formed on this day in 1949,
which later transformed into the biggest political party of the country to lead
struggles for freedom, the War of Liberation and all democratic movements.
Comment
The 73rd founding anniversary of ruling Awami League, which
led the country’s Independence through the 1971 Great Liberation War, is being
celebrated today.
Established in 1949 as Awami Muslim League at Rose Garden in
capital’s old part on the day and later the party was appeared as Bangladesh
Awami League (AL) to give it a secular look.
The Awami League has taken elaborate programmes, marking its
founding anniversary with maintaining the health rules due to pandemic COVID-19
outbreak.
The programmes include – hoisting of national and party
flags at central and countrywide party offices at the dawn, paying tribute at
Bangabandhu's portrait in front of the Bangabandhu Bhaban at 8am, holding of a
discussion at the party central office premises at 23 Bangabandhu Avenue of
Gulistan at 10:30 am.
Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will
virtually join the meeting from the Ganabhaban there, according to a party
source.
As part of the days’ programmes, a delegation of the AL
Central Executive Committee will also pay homage at the grave of Bangabandhu,
the greatest Bangalee of thousand years, by placing wreaths there at Tungipara
on this day.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday gave a message on
this occasion.
In her message, the Premier said since its inception, every
getting and achievements in the soil of this land have been under the
leadership of Awami League.
The Awami League was behind the root of all the achievements
of Bangalees till today, including the country’s overall development from the
protection of the dignity of mother tongue and subsequently the War of
Liberation in 1971, she added.
The Awami League is one of the oldest, non-communal, largest
and leading political parties in the country. And the work of building a
non-communal Bangladesh was first started by the Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
At the time of its establishment, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was
in jail. But he was made joint general secretary then.
Comment
The 19-member medical board,
formed for the treatment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Evercare Hospital in
the capital, is going to meet this evening to review her condition.
Professor Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, a
personal physician of Khaleda, said the medical board will sit at the meeting
at 5pm.
He said doctors at the meeting
will review the BNP chief’s condition and different reports to decide her next
course of treatment.
Dr Zahid said Khaleda is
still under the observation of doctors in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU). “Her
cardiac point is not yet completely stable”.
He said the medical board headed
by Prof Shahabuddin Talukder has been observing the BNP chief’s condition and
ensuring proper treatment to her. “Nothing can be said about her condition
before 72 hours are passed.”
Earlier on Sunday, he said three
blockages were found in the arteries of the BNP chairperson through a coronary
angiogram test conducted on Saturday.
Zahid, also a BNP vice chairman,
said Khaleda suffered a heart attack due to around a 95 per cent blockage in
her left artery. “A stent has been placed there by removing the blockage.”
About two other blockages, Zahid
said doctors will take proper measures in this regard after observing her
condition as she has chronic kidney and liver problems.
Earlier, Khaleda, was admitted to
Evercare Hospital in the capital in the early hours of Saturday as she suddenly
fell ill.
A ring (stent) was placed in the
main artery of her heart on Saturday afternoon.
Khaleda, a 76-year-old former
prime minister, has long been suffering from various ailments, including liver
cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung and eye problems.
Comment
Awami League General
Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Sunday that his party stands firmly against
communal forces and the falsehood of BNP.
"Our party was born through movement on streets and
will never leave the streets," he said at the tri-annual council of
Mohammadpur Thana and Ward Awami League at Mohammadpur Town Hall ground in the
capital Sunday morning.
Quader reiterated that the Awami League is a party of the
people and will remain so.
Referring to the recent fire in BM Inland Container Depot in
Sitakunda, Quader said the intelligence agencies are collecting information to
determine whether it was a sabotage or otherwise.
Denouncing BNP leaders' attack on the government on this
issue, he warned them not to play with fire.
Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak,
Publicity and Publication Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap, Office Secretary
Barrister Biplob Barua, Dhaka Metropolitan North Awami League President Sheikh
Bazlur Rahman also spoke at the council.
- UNB
Obaidul Quader BNP Awami League
Comment
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the all achievements of Bangalee nation came under Awami League (AL) during its 73 years of journey. He told the reporters after paying rich tributes to Bangabandhu by placing wreath at the portrait of Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi-32 here this morning on 73rd founding anniversary of AL.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the 73rd founding anniversary of the ruling Awami League (AL). She paid homage to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 this morning.
The 73rd founding anniversary of ruling Awami League, which led the country’s Independence through the 1971 Great Liberation War, is being celebrated today. Established in 1949 as Awami Muslim League at Rose Garden in capital’s old part on the day and later the party was appeared as Bangladesh Awami League (AL) to give it a secular look.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Sunday that his party stands firmly against communal forces and the falsehood of BNP. "Our party was born through movement on streets and will never leave the streets," he said at the tri-annual council of Mohammadpur Thana and Ward Awami League at Mohammadpur Town Hall ground in the capital Sunday morning.