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PM vows to reduce
poverty rate further
Human Rights Report
Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina on Sunday (June 23) said country's
poverty rate has dropped down to 21.8 percent today
and her goal is to reduce the poverty rate further.
The Prime Minister was addressing a closing ceremony
of the ongoing 110th, 111th and 112th law and
administration courses at the Bangladesh Civil
Service Administration Academy at Shahbagh in the
city on Sunday (June 23).
The Prime Minister said, "The extreme poverty rate
in the country is 11 percent. The government has
taken huge social security programs for the extreme
poor".
"Our goal is to build Bangladesh as a prosperous
country in South Asia. Keeping this in mind, we want
to build Bangladesh as a prosperous developed and
peaceful country as dreamt by Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman" sheikh Hasina
added.
Addressing the programme, the premier urged asked
the fresh civil service (BCS) administration cadre
officials to serve the people as their servants and
for their welfare as well as development of the
country being imbued with patriotism. "Don't take
your service merely as a job, work for the country
as well as the people with dutifulness and
patriotism," she said.
Describing the development and advancement of the
country, Sheikh Hasina said, "The progress of the
unbeatable development of Bangladesh should not
stop.
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BHRC & IHRC Human Rights Report on June 2019 in Bangladesh
Total 164 persons killed in
June 2019
Human Rights Report:
The documentation section of
Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC) and
International Human Rights Commission-IHRC jointly
furnished this human rights survey report on the
basis of daily newspapers and information received
from its district, sub-district and municipal
branches. As per survey it appears that 164 peoples
were killed in June, 2019 in all over the country.
It proves that the law and order situation is not
satisfactory. Bangladesh Human Rights Commissions
extremely anxious about this situation. In the month
of June, 2019 average 5 people were killed in each
day.
The Law enforcing agencies and related Govt.
departments should be more responsible so that
percentage of killing May be brought down to zero
level. To institutionalize the democracy and to
build human rights based society the rule of law and
order must be established everywhere. Through
enforcing rule of law only such violation against
human rights can be minimized.
It appears from documentation division of BHRC:
Total 164 person total killed June, 2019.
Killing for dowry 2, killing by family violence 19,
Killed due to social discrepancy 53,
Political killing 4, Killed by Law enforcing
authority 29,
Killed due to BSF 3, Killed due to doctor negligence
6, Abduction 7, Assassination 5, Mysterious death
33, Women & Chilled killed due to rape 5.
Killed by several accidents:
Killed by road accident 301, Suicide 21.
Besides victims of torture:
Rape 84, Sexual Harassment 13, Torture for Dowry 4,
Acid throwing 1, Journalist torture 2.
Writ seeks
compensation over death of 37 Bangladeshis in
Mediterranean
Human Rights Report:
A writ petition was filed with the
High Court seeking its directive to the authorities
concerned to give Taka one crore to each family of
the 37 victims who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.
The writ also sought appropriate action against the
travel agencies and fraud human traffickers who are
responsible for the death of 37 Bangladeshis on the
way to Italy from Libya on May 9.
Supreme Court lawyer Emdadul Haque filed the
petition to the HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul
Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Qader on Sunday (June
16).
Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Expatriate
Welfare Secretary, Law Secretary, Inspector General
of Police, Superintend of Police (SP) of Sylhet and
Noakhali were made respondents to the writ.
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Ban Ki-moon to visit
Dhaka in July
Human Rights Report:
Former UN
secretary-general Ban Ki-moon is set to visit Dhaka
on July.
Besides, South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon
will also visit Dhaka between July 13 and July 15,
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on June 22.
Ban Ki-moon is coming to Dhaka to attend an
international conference of climate change beginning
from July 8-11.
Foreign Minister was chairing a program organized by
National Sports Council in city's Paltan area.
Saudi to issue Umrah visa again from Aug 16
Saudi Arabia will
resume receiving applications for the Umrah visa
from August 16, 2019, Khaleej Times said in a report
issued on Saturday (June 22).
The visas would be issued within a time period of
five days with a validity of one month.
According to Ministry of Haj and Umrah in Saudi
Arabi, 7,650,736 Umrah visas have been issued in
2019 so far.
The government stopped receiving applications for
visa since the last 17 of June.
Turkey's ruling
party loses Istanbul election
Human Rights Report:
Turkey's ruling party has lost control of Istanbul
after a re-run of the city's mayoral election,
latest results show.
The candidate for the main opposition party, Ekrem
Imamoglu, won 54% of the vote with nearly all
ballots counted.
He won a surprise victory in March which was
annulled after the ruling AK party complained of
irregularities.
His opponent, ex-PM Binali Yildirim, has conceded.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated the
winner.
"I congratulate Ekrem Imamoglu who has won the
election based on preliminary results," he tweeted.
But the result is being seen as a major setback for
Mr Erdogan, who has previously said that "whoever
wins Istanbul, wins Turkey".
In his victory speech, Mr Imamoglu said the result
marked a "new beginning" for both the city and the
country.
"We are opening up a new page in Istanbul," he said.
"On this new page, there will be justice, equality,
love."
He added that he was willing to work with Mr Erdogan,
saying: "Mr President, I am ready to work in harmony
with you."
Imamoglu's lead of more than 775,000 votes marks a
huge increase on his victory in March, when he won
by a margin of just 13,000.
President Erdogan - the most powerful leader Turkey
has seen in modern times - has just been dealt the
biggest blow of his career.
This result shows that he made an incredible
miscalculation by calling for the election to be
re-run.
It will likely hasten splits in his ruling AK party
and amplify talk of the post-Erdogan era. He will
stress that he's in power for the foreseeable future
- elections are not scheduled until 2023 - but many
will expect them earlier. The result in Istanbul
feels like it could be a precursor to them.
So how did the opposition win? Ekrem Imamoglu gave
people the profoundly positive message they craved
and rebuffed smears with smiles.
It was hugely effective, and showed the opposition
Republican People's Party (CHP) has finally worked
out how to counter the president.
They have waited 25 years to control this city and
have long felt incapable of success. They are
savouring this moment - after all, it could be a
watershed one.
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