Journalist, Wife Slaughtered In City and Media personnel are under in danger in Bangladesh

Assailants killed a journalist and his wife by slitting their throat in their house at Naya Paltan in Dhaka on Friday last.
The deceased were Ishaq Farhad Kha, 65, assistant editor of the daily Janata and his wife Rahima Khatun, 55.
The police said that they had broken into the house, which was locked up from the outside, on the first floor of the thee-storey building and found the couple dead about 5:30pm.
Relatives of the deceased earlier called in the police after they had found their mobiles not being answered for about 16 hours beginning 10:00pm Thursday.
Body of Ishaq was lying on the floor and the body of his wife was on the bed, the police said.
Ishaq, father of a daughter, retired three years ago as a librarian in the Directorate of Cooperatives, the relatives said.
Ishaq's younger brother Abdus Samad Khan told reporters that he had talked with his brother last on Thursday night.
'I talked with him about 10:00pm Thursday. I could not contact him after that as the mobiles were not being answered. I came to know from his friends that the door was locked from the outside. I then informed the police of the matter and went to the house about 5:30pm today,' Samad said on Friday.
Samad said that the assailants had looted all the valuables from the house by breaking the steel almirah.
'All the valuables were looted. But I could not establish what are the things that were looted,' he said.
He said that the couple had returned to the country after staying for two months in Italy, where their daughter Irene has been living with her husband for five years.
He said that his brother had no rivalry with anybody.
Ishaq, the founding president of the Bangladesh Writers' Association, had worked as subeditor with the daily Millat and Banglar Bani for several years.
Babul Ahmed Parvez, one of Ishaq's friends, told reporters that it was a murder as the assailants had locked the door from the outside after killing them.
Sources said Rahima was involved in the politics of the Jatiya Party.
Another source said that in December, a cousin of Rahima was killed in Tangail said to be on political grounds. Ishaq was from Ghandhina of Kalihati in Tangail.
A Criminal Investigation Department team collected evidences from the house. A team of the Detective Branch and the Rapid Action Battalion also visited the scene.
Motijheel zone police assistant commissioner Abdul Momin told reporters that they had suspected that the couple might have been killed during robbery in the house.
The bodies were in the house till 9:00pm. No case was filed till then.
According to the police, 27 people, including leaders of the ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP, were killed in the capital city this month

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BANGLADESH ANTI-CORRUPTION, NATIONAL ELECTION COMMISSION AND CONCERNS…

BANGLADESH ANTI-CORRUPTION, NATIONAL ELECTION COMMISSION AND CONCERNS…

After establishment of democratic government of Bangladesh running 9th national parliament. Many complex opinions, legal references, arguments continued concerning autonomous commission in Bangladesh such anti-corruption, national election commission, etc who are only responsible to express their accountability(if require) only to HE President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Here is no doubt for fake gossiping or complex issues. Present election commission, in view of major reliable sources is totally independent and sincere to continue their role and duties. A few times before an chaos was circulated for breaking the mentioned independent governing bodies. But where NEC is transparent continuing their roles with transparency its not fair to make such negative and unexpected issues against these governing bodies. But in other hand opposition party(s) or institutes have rights to express corrective points where necessary. But after execution of the 9th national parliament by this NEC, some can be not satisfied for political issues and that is separate political concerns. As same about our Anti- Corruption commission some issues baseless was made complex arguments. But who are analysts and learned the law and constitution with experienced , are known the rights as expressed in this article where is no way to issue nay negative or partiality issues on such matter. But it must be included that Anti-Corruption or such any other established commission which are selected by the Bangladesh Government should be maximum powered to enforce and should more independent ,transparent for continuing their duties and roles for the nation. Hope the social civil society, all professionals and peoples of Bangladesh would have to realize the facts properly.
(Editor is not responsible for such opinion.)

India mulls over opening haats

With the increase in trade between Tripura and Bangladesh, the Indian government is considering a Tripura state's proposal for opening border markets and introducing flights on Agartala-Dhaka-Chittagong routes.

The Indian home ministry has informed Tripura government that it was considering to open two 'haats' or border markets in West and South Tripura districts, Tripura Commerce and Industries Minister Jiten Chowdhury told the media in Agartala.

"Border haats will facilitate trade in a 5km radius of the border of the two countries so that local growers can get market connectivity," he said.

"Generally no vehicles are used for marketing of local products and border guards take care of security. However, modalities are yet to be finalised," Chowdhury said.

Tripura government has sent proposals to the federal home ministry for opening border haats at six points on the 856km Indo-Bangladesh international border.

He said trade between Tripura and Bangladesh rose to Rs 300 crore in the current fiscal against Rs 163 crore last year.

India's civil aviation ministry, Chowdhury said, is also considering introduction of flights on Agartala-Dhaka-Chittagong route as the prospect of export and import business with Bangladesh was good.

He added that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina in talks in January last year had agreed on giving India access to Chittagong port.

He said alignment of the 16km rail link from Agartala to Akhaura has been completed by engineers of both countries recently and the Rs 251 crore to be spent for laying railway tracks would be borne by India.

The Bangladesh government, he said, was considering finalisation of the modalities to allow India, Nepal, and Bhutan to use the seaport.

(Complementary Source:The Star)

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