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Stop plying unfit vehicles, their unhealthy race on roads: PM 

 

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the authorities concerned to stop plying unfit vehicles and their unhealthy race on the roads to avert road accidents.
"Plying of unfit vehicles and their unhealthy race on the roads must be stopped … stern actions will have to be taken if anybody unnecessarily increases the size or other things of the trucks and buses," she said. She added: "The mentality of earning some money by fixing the vehicles somehow will have to be discarded." The prime minister issued the directives while addressing a discussion as the chief guest at Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh (KIB) Auditorium at Farmgate in the capital this morning. Road Transport and Highways Division arranged the discussion on the occasion of the National Road Safety Day-2019.
Sheikh Hasina also reiterated her call to all concerned including pedestrians and drivers to properly follow traffic rules to avoid road accidents. "We don't want anybody to die or to be crippled in any road crash … that's why we want safe road system along with peace and discipline persists," she said.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader presided over the function, while Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Road.




.BHRC & IHRC Human Rights Report on October 2019 in Bangladesh

Total 179 persons killed in

October 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 179 peoples were killed in October, 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 October, 2019 average 6 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 179 persons killed in October 2019
Killing for dowry 2, killing by family violence 23, Killed due to social discrepancy 45, Killed by Law enforcing authority 41, Killed by BSF 2 ,Killed due to doctor negligence 3 ,Abduction 7, Assassination 5
Mysterious death 45 ,Women & Chilled killed due to rape 4, Killed by Acid throwing 2.
Killed by several accidents:
Killed by road accident 221, Suicide 17.
Besides victims of torture:
Rape 81, Sexual Harassment 7, Torture for Dowry 2, Acid throwing 2.



 

Rohingyas agree to go to Bhashan Char island 
 

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Thousands of Rohingyas living in Bangladesh refugee camps have agreed to move to an island in the Bay of Bengal, officials said Sunday, despite fears the site is prone to flooding, reports AFP.
Dhaka has long wanted to move 100,000 refugees to the muddy silt islet, saying it would take pressure off the overcrowded border camps where almost a million Rohingya live.
Some 740,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar in August 2017 in the face of a military crackdown, joining 200,000 refugees already in makeshift tent settlements at Cox's Bazar. Bangladesh's refugee commissioner, Mahbub Alam, said officials overseeing the relocation would be posted to Bhashan Char island in the next few days.
"Approximately 6,000-7,000 refugees have already expressed their willingness to be relocated to Bhashan Char," Alam told AFP from Cox's Bazar, adding that "the number is rising".
He did not say when the refugees would be moved, but a senior Navy officer involved in building facilities on the island said it could start by December, with some 500 refugees sent daily.
Meanwhile, local officials told the Daily Sun that the housing in the island was constructed in a planned way and unlike the shanty camps in Cox's Bazar those were comfortable with all required amenities.
Bangladesh had been planning since last year to relocate Rohingya to the desolate flood-prone site, which is an hour by boat from the mainland.
Rights groups have warned the island, which emerged from the sea only about two decades ago, might not be able to withstand violent storms during the annual monsoon season.
In the past half a century, powerful cyclones have killed hundreds of thousands of people in the Meghna river estuary where the island is located.
Rohingya leaders would be taken to Bhashan Char to view the facilities and living conditions, Alam said.
Safety facilities built on the island include a nine-feet (three-metre) high embankment along its perimeter to keep out tidal surges during cyclones, and a warehouse to store months-worth of rations, he added.
Rohingya father-of-four Nur Hossain, 50, said he and his family agreed to relocate to Bhashan Char after they were shown video footage of the shelters.
 

 

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Woman gives birth to quadruplets in Satkhira

 

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A woman gave birth to quadruplets at a private hospital in Satkhira early Tuesday. Woman's husband Shariful Islam said Runa Parvin was taken to Sadar Hospital on Monday after she went into labour where doctors referred her to Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH).
As they took her to the KMCH, doctors described her condition as critical and asked them to send her to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, he said.



 
 

Myanmar to create conducive environment for Rohingya repatriation   

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Japan,- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has urged the Myanmar authority to create an environment conducive to the repatriation of displaced Rohingya people, who took shelter into Bangladesh territory.
Prime Minister Abe made the call as State Counsellor of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi met him on her visit to Tokyo to attend Japanese new emperor's enthronement ceremony, said a press statement of Japan's foreign ministry issued here this afternoon.
"With regard to the alleged human rights violations in Rakhine State, it is indispensable that the Myanmar government and military promptly take appropriate measures according to the recommendations of the Independent Commission of Enquiry," the Japanese premier said.
Commencing the meeting for approximately 15 minutes yesterday, Abe said Japan would provide maximum support for Myanmar's efforts to improve the situation of Rakhine State.
Regarding the peace process in the ethnic minorities' areas, the Japanese premier stated, "Japan will continue to provide support for advancing the peace process, together with SASAKAWA Yohei, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for National Reconciliation in Myanmar."
Suu Kyi responded on the Rohingya repatriation issue positively and said she intends to address this issue correctly and will not hesitate to take necessary measures.
She also expressed her gratitude to assistance by Special Envoy SASAKAWA and Japan for the peace process in the ethnic minorities' areas of Myanmar.


 
 

Create Social Business Banks for the Poor: Yunus at UN event
 

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On September 27th, Final Report of the Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking was formally released in the UN as an important UN event in New York.
This Commission was set up during the UN General Assembly meeting of the previous year at the initiative of Government of Liechtenstein and joined by the Governments of Australia, the Netherlands, and the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.
The Commission was formed to put the financial sector at the heart of global efforts to end modern slavery and human trafficking. Target 8.7 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals requires working to end modern slavery and human trafficking by 2030. Today 10,000 people become victims of modern slavery and human trafficking everyday.
The Chair of the Commission was Fiona Reynolds, CEO of the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment which represents over $80 trillion of assets under its management.
The Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, H.E. Mr. Adrian Hasler, was the Convenor of the Commission. Co-convenors were the Foreign Ministerof Australia, Senator The Hon. Marise Payne, and Foreign Minister of the Netherlands.

 

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