BNP asks govt to transfer power to C.G. for holding elections
Dhaka, Sept 21 (UNB) - Opposition BNP Wednesday asked the government to quit immediately and transfer power to a caretaker government acceptable to all for holding credible elections.
Addressing a protest rally in front of the party’s central office at Nayapaltan in the afternoon, he said BNP will observe hartal tomorrow as a democratic right to press home the demands of the poor people but the government is trying to foil it.
Fakhrul cautioned the government will have to take the responsibility if the hartal program is obstructed.
He said the government has caused a tremor-like situation for the poor people by raising fuel prices as it does not care about the their plights.
Referring to the current political scenario, he alleged the ruling party leaders are issuing undemocratic statements to make the political situation volatile as well as destroy the political institutions in the country.
Fakhrul accused the government of giving corridor and port facilities to India by selling out the national interests without realizing Bangladesh’s due share in waters of the common rivers.
BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said the present ‘fascist’ government failed to protect the public interest.
He said the government does not care about the welfare of the people because it came to power through election engineering.
Another BNP standing Committee member Mirza Abbas said BNP workers do not damage or burn vehicles. He said it is Chhatra League activists who used to launch attacks on BNP processions and burn vehicles in the past.
BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khn, Vice- chairman Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, Amanullah Aman, Barkatulah Bulu, among others, addressed the rally.
Addressing a protest rally in front of the party’s central office at Nayapaltan in the afternoon, he said BNP will observe hartal tomorrow as a democratic right to press home the demands of the poor people but the government is trying to foil it.
Fakhrul cautioned the government will have to take the responsibility if the hartal program is obstructed.
He said the government has caused a tremor-like situation for the poor people by raising fuel prices as it does not care about the their plights.
Referring to the current political scenario, he alleged the ruling party leaders are issuing undemocratic statements to make the political situation volatile as well as destroy the political institutions in the country.
Fakhrul accused the government of giving corridor and port facilities to India by selling out the national interests without realizing Bangladesh’s due share in waters of the common rivers.
BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said the present ‘fascist’ government failed to protect the public interest.
He said the government does not care about the welfare of the people because it came to power through election engineering.
Another BNP standing Committee member Mirza Abbas said BNP workers do not damage or burn vehicles. He said it is Chhatra League activists who used to launch attacks on BNP processions and burn vehicles in the past.
BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khn, Vice- chairman Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, Amanullah Aman, Barkatulah Bulu, among others, addressed the rally.
8 cops closed for Aminbazar deaths
Sun, Sep 11th, 2011 7:32 pm BdST
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Savar, Sep 11 (bdnews24.com) — Police have closed eight of their personnel including two sub-inspectors for negligence of duty.
Dhaka's police superintendent Mizanur Rahman gave the order after submission of a probe report into the lynching of six students at Aminbazar on July 18.
The cops are Savar Model Police Station's sub-inspector Hares Shikder, Anowar Hossain and police constables Habibur Rahman, Nazmul Hossain, Sohel Mia, Saidur Rahman, Shahin Mia and Khairul Islam.
"The judicial probe has found that the eight, who were on duty at the location during the incident, did not carry out their responsibility. They have been closed for negligence and ordered to report at the police lines tonight (Sunday night)," Mizanur said and added that a departmental inquiry into their actions will start from Monday.
The judicial probe formed to look into the role of the police submitted its report on Thursday at the Supreme Court's registrar's office.
The one-man committee of Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate Utpal Roy Chowdhury was formed at the order of the High Court to look into the grisly attack.
Dhaka's chief metropolitan magistrate K M Enamul Haque, accompanied by Utpal, submitted the probe report at the registrar's office in the Supreme Court on Thursday.
The six were beaten to death by an angry mob at Keblar Char in the early hours of July 18. Police initially branded the victims as robbers but made a U-turn upon media reports.
Relatives identified them at Dhaka Medical College Hospital where they were taken for autopsy.
The deceased were identified as Bangla College students 'Ibrahim', 24, 'Shanto', 24, and 'Polash', 26, Tejgaon Government College student Tipu Sultan, 23, and Mastermind International School and College's A–level student Shams Rahman Shammam, 22.
The sixth victim, Monir Setaf, was a student of BBA at Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT).
In the face of massive criticism, the police formed a probe body to investigate the incident on July 18.
However, relatives of the deceased questioned the role of the police probe and expressed concern that the department's failure might not be unearthed.
The High Court then ordered a judicial probe into the incident.
Utpal said that he made the report based on statements of 54 persons including 11 police officers and the relatives of the deceased.
