Abdul Hamid was a little wary of coming to Bhasan Char with his wife and three children in December last year.
He had heard the island on the Bay of Bengal was susceptible to cyclones and people told him such an event would simply sweep him off the island.
He was therefore a little apprehensive when relatives from Cox s Bazar recently called to say Cyclone Yaas was headed his way.
But after seeing the contingencies in place, Abdul Hamid seemed confident of his and his family s safety even if the weather worsened. Officials have held meetings and started public announcements telling us which shelter to go to if the situation deteriorates, said Hamid yesterday while standing in front of a warehouse in Bhasan Char as conditions started to become a little gusty.
Narayanganj violence: SC stays bail order for 3 Hefajat men
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
The Supreme Court today stayed for eight weeks the High Court orders that granted bail to three Hefajat-e-Islam activists in three separate vandalism and arson cases.
The cases were filed with Narayanganj s Siddhirganj Police Station against three Hefajat men Faruk Hossain, Md Iqbal Hossain and Moazzem Hossain and several others for vandalising and torching vehicles during March 28 hartal enforced by Hefajat.
Today, Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division of the SC, Justice Obaidul Hassan, passed the stay orders after hearing three petitions filed by the state, challenging the HC orders.
It would have gone unnoticed as another suicide of a heart-broken young woman, a forgettable statistic among the thousands of desperate individuals taking their own lives to escape some harsh reality or the other. But no, the death of a 21-year-old college-going woman is still in the conversation. It could be because a case has been filed by the deceased woman s sister against a businessman who she accuses of being involved in this death. The forensic evidence and the court will decide whether it is a case of murder or whether the accused drove her to commit suicide, or whether the evidence is inconclusive to prove either crime.
The price of power; cops gun down strikers in Bangladesh Police murders during a recent strike at a new Bangladeshi power plant and its context within shifting global energy policies.
16th April 2021, Banshkhali, Chittagong region, Bay of Bengal, southern Bangladesh:
Last Friday several hundred workers laid down their tools and gathered at the construction site of the Banshkhali power plant. They demanded from plant management a two hour reduction in the working day for the religious holiday of Ramadan to allow breaks for prayers, for wages arrears to be paid in time for the holiday and for a pay rise. Workers normally work a twelve hour day including four hours compulsory overtime. Workers stated that when the demands were put to management they were met with insults and orders to keep working.
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