Narayanganj
Gas supply to remain suspended in parts of Narayanganj
Gas supply will remain suspended for 24 hours from 8am on Monday to 8am on Tuesday at different areas in Narayanganj.
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company said the disruption is due to works on gas connection to Meghna Industrial Economic Zone in Narayanganj from Sonargaon TVS.
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So, gas supply will remain off for all kinds of consumers in Meghnaghat, Sonargaon, Pirojpur, and Nangolbondh, it said in a press release.
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Gas supply to remain suspended in Narayanganj, Munshiganj
Gas supply will remain suspended in parts of Narayanganj and Munshiganj for 24 hours from Monday morning due to emergency maintenance works.
A handout from the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said an emergency maintenance work at the Siddhirganj city gate station (CGS) will be carried out from 8am on Monday to 8am on Tuesday.
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During the maintenance work, consumers in the Narayanganj city area, Siddhirganj, Adamji EPZ, Godnail, Pagla, Fatulla, Narayanganj BSCIC area, from Panchabati to Muktarpur, Munshiganj Sadar, Munshiganj BSCIC, Rekabi Bazar and adjoining areas will experience no gas supply or low pressure in gas supply, the ministry said.
The ministry and Titas Gas authorities have regretted the temporary inconvenience.
India returnee tests Covid-19 positive in N’ganj, house put under lockdown
An India returnee tested positive for Coronavirus in Tarabo area of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj on Wednesday.
Local administration has put the house of Md Hossain, 25, under lockdown, said Dr Md Imtiaz, Civil Surgeon of the district .
Md Imtiaz said the samples of Hossain and his family members were collected on Tuesday.
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“His tested positive for Covid-19 but his family members tested negative. We have put the house under lockdown and his family members will also stay in isolation,” he said.
Earlier on May 8,the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research(IEDCR) confirmed the first case of Indian Coronavirus strain in Bangladesh.
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The Indian strain of Coronavirus was detected in a sample test at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka and it has been published on Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID), said chief scientific officer of IEDCR ASM Alamgir.
Later that day, two more confirmed cases of Indian Coronavirus strain were detected at the Genome Centre of Jessore University of Science and Technology.
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Bangladesh decided to extend the closure of border with India for another 14 days on the same day, keeping movement of cargoes carrying goods uninterrupted as the Covid-19 situation keeps worsening in India.
India’s crematoriums and burial grounds are being overwhelmed by the devastating new surge of infections tearing through the populous country with terrifying speed, depleting the supply of life-saving oxygen to critical levels and leaving patients to die while waiting in line to see doctors, reports AP from New Delhi.
Child murdered for ransom in Narayanganj
Police on Wednesday recovered the decomposed body of a child from a pond near Madbar Bazar in Jalkuri Taltola area of Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj.
The deceased was identified as Riyad (7), son of Raju, a mason in Moonlight area of Siddhirganj
After the child went missing, his father filed a case against the child’s uncle Sujon, who was arrested.
During interrogation, he confessed that he had killed the child for ransom money and hidden the dead body in a pond.
According to his information police recovered the body on Wednesday morning.
Riyad, the child had been missing since April 24.
His father said, “On the afternoon he (Riyad) went missing, my brother-in-law Sujan took my two sons to the shop to buy cakes. Though my two sons came back home, my eldest son Riyad left the house again. He has been missing since then."
On April 28, Riyad’s father got an unknown phone call asking for Tk 1.5 lac ransom money for Riyad.
He suspected it was Sujon’s voice and immediately informed the police.
Narayanganj Additional Superintendent of Police Md Mehedi Imran Siddiqui said Sujan was arrested in connection to this case by tracking the phone which he called with.
“An investigation is underway to find out whether anyone else was involved in the murder,” he said.
Md. Idris, a neighbor of Sujan said Sujan was often involved in crimes- thefts and robberies were common incidents for him.
Youth held for ‘raping’ schoolgirl in Narayanganj
Police on Monday arrested a young man for allegedly raping a sixth grader at Fatullah in Narayanganj.
The arrestee was identified as Farhad, 21, son of one Al Amin Mia.
Officer-in-Charge of Fatullah Police Station Rokibuzzaman said Farhad was a tenant at the victim’s house and had made advances to the underage schoolgirl.
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He took the girl to his house on April 16 and raped her. The victim’s mother rescued her the next day and filed a case at Fatullah Police Station, the OC said.
The girl was sent to Narayanganj General Hospital for a medical test, he said.
Rape culture in Bangladesh
Rape incidents continue to take place even after the government amended the law, making death penalty the highest punishment for the crime.
Last month, a police headquarters report said 26,695 rape cases had been filed across the country in the last five years.
Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) data show that 1,018 children were raped last year, but only 683 police cases were filed. Also, 116 victims were 6 years old or below.
Overall, 1,627 rape cases were reported last year and 53 of the victims were killed by the perpetrators while 14 took their own lives, the data showed.
The actual number is believed to be higher as most victims don’t report incidents of sexual assault fearing for their safety and social stigmatisation.
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Following days of protests against sexual violence against women across Bangladesh, the government introduced death penalty for rape in October last year. In November, the Parliament passed the necessary amendment.
Narayanganj gas leak explosion victim dies
A woman, who sustained 90 percent burns in Friday’s gas leak explosion in Narayanganj, succumbed to her injuries on Monday.
Aleya Begum, 42, breathed her last around 1am in the ICU of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
Her son in-law Biplob said five of their family members, including his three-month-old son Mahir, are still being treated at the hospital for burn injuries.
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Others injured in the incident have been released from the hospital, he said.
On April 23, at least 11 people were injured in a gas leak explosion at a building in Narayanganj's Fatullah.
Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost Inspector Bacchu Mia said Aleya had suffered 90 percent burns.
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Narayanganj district administration has assured of providing financial support for the treatment of the injured and formed a seven-member committee on Friday to look into the incident.
Suspended Madrasa teacher kills himself in Narayanganj
A madrasa teacher serving a suspension for allegedly engaging in homosexuality has killed himself in Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj.
Deceased Abdur Rahman (30), was a teacher of Charitaluk Darulhuda Alim Madrasah and Shishu Sanad orphanage.
According to locals, Abdur Rahman was suspended upon accusations of rape and homosexuality by the principal of the madrasa on Friday.
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Unable to handle the allegation, Abdur Rahman might have killed himself by taking poison in the madrasa premises on Saturday after Sehri, they said.
Later, some teachers from the madrasa rescued and rushed him to the Rupganj Upazila Health Complex.
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Dr Nurjahan Ara Khatun, a doctor from the health complex, confirmed Abdur Rahman was dead before arriving in the hospital.
Principal of the Madrasa Maulana Iqbal Hasan claimed Abdur Rahman died of diarrhoea, not poisoning, and a death certificate will be taken from the upazila health complex to this effect.
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He admitted the suspension of Abdur Rahman by the administrative council of the madrasa on allegations of homosexuality.
President of the administrative council Hasan Ashkari’s phone was found switched off despite several attempts by this correspondent to get through before filing this report.
11 burnt in Narayanganj gas leak explosion
At least 11 people, including a three-month-old, have sustained burn injuries following a gas leak explosion at a building in Narayanganj's Fatullah.
The explosion occurred in a flat on the third floor of the three-storey building in the Paschim Talla area in the early hours of the day as gas leaked from the stove.
On information, three units of fire service rushed to the scene, doused the flames and sent the injured to the hospital after rescuing them.
Abdullah Al Arefin, deputy director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defence, said: "Some apparel workers live with their families on the third floor of the building. One of the families forgot to turn off the stove at night, and it caused the rooms to be filled with gas as all windows and doors were closed.
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"The explosion happened as someone tried to light a stove in the morning," he added.
The injured were identified as Habibur Rahman (50), Limon (20), Shathi (20), Mim (20), Mahira (three-month-old), Aleya (50), Sonahar (40), Shanti (32), Samiul (20), and Monowara (22). Another victim remained unidentified.
Five of the injured including the three-month-old were sent to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery for their critical conditions; others were admitted to a local hospital.
JaPa accuses govt of harassing opponents
Jatiya Party on Wednesday accused the government of harassing its leaders and activists in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon over the vandalism at Royal Resort.
In a statement, party chairman GM Quader and General Secretary Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu said neither Jatiya Party nor its any leaders and activists were nvolved in the attack on the Royal Resort in Sonargaon on April 3 following the detention of Hefazat-e-Islam leader Mamunul Haque with a woman.
However, they said Jatiya Party’s Sonargaon Upazila unit President and Shambhupura Union Parishad Chairman Abdur Rauf and Sonargaon Municipal Jatiya Party Vice President and Municipality Councilor Farooque Ahmed were arrested by implicating them in "false" cases. “Besides, at least 35 more of our leaders and activists are being harassed in the false cases."
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The Jatiya Party top leaders demanded the government immediately release Rauf and Farooque and stop the harassment of their leaders and workers.
They alleged that Jatiya Party leaders and activists could not stay at home during this holy month of Ramadan amid coronavirus pandemic as police are raiding their houses every night.
GM Quader and Bablu also said family members of the Jatiya Party leaders and activists have become worried over the continuous police raids.
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They demanded the government ensure that no innocent person who had no involvement in the resort attack incident is unnecessarily arrested or harassed.
Hefazat-e-Islam's Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque was detained with a woman he claims as his second wife at Royal Resort in Sonargaon on April 3.
Hours later, a group of leaders and supporters of Hefazat and some locals attacked the resort and snatched Mamunul.
Sonargaon resort furore: Mamunul among 600 sued in 3 cases
At least 600 people including Hefazat-e-Islam leader Mamunul Haque were sued in three cases filed over an attack on police and vandalism at Royal Resort in Narayanaganj's Sonargaon on April 3.
Narayanganj Superintendent of Police Md Zayedul Alam said the law enforcement filed two cases and a journalist filed the other.
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On April 3, supporters of Hefazat Joint Secretary General Mamunul went on a rampage in Narayanganj and vandalised Royal Resort where he was kept in police custody after locals found him with a woman, who the leader claimed to be his wife.
Mahanagar Hefazat Secretary Ferdausur Rahman on Saturday said Mamunul went to the resort with his second wife where the local Chhatra League and Jubo League leaders confined and harassed him before calling in the police.
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Later, in the evening, madrasa teachers and students gathered in front of the resort and started chanting slogans demanding the release of Mamunul. At one point they tore down the main gate of the resort and ran riot after entering the property.
As the situation was getting out of control, police released Mamunul to the protesters. Yet they continued the vandalism at the resort until the law enforcement let Mamunul's wife go, too, at around 8pm.