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People from the Muslim community have taken out a march in Kolkata, India in support of the Rohingyas. A rally was held in Dharmatala demanding that Rohingya refugees be given shelter in India. The Left and Congress also joined the rally in support of this demand. Due to the march, heavy traffic jams were seen during the first day of the week during rush hour. Commuters had to face extreme hardship. If the Rohingyas are pushed, the Narendra Modi government will also be pushed. This slogan was raised from the Dharmatala rally. A representative of the Rohingya community was also brought on stage. He came from Myanmar. He shared his experience of the situation he had to face in that country. In support of the Rohingyas, Provincial Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, 'I fully support this movement. This…

Lakshmipur: A mobile court has sentenced Delwar Hossain, a 2nd year student of Fazil, a 2nd year student of Alexander Kamil Madrasa and son of Abul Kalam of Char Sekantar area of Ramgati Municipality, to one year imprisonment for giving a proxy in the Fazil exam of his elder brother Anwar Hossain. On Monday (September 11), he was caught red-handed at the Alexander Kamil Madrasa center during the exam. Later, the mobile court's Executive Magistrate and Assistant Commissioner (Land) Ajib Dev sentenced him to one year of non-compulsory imprisonment and a fine of Tk 1,000. The convicted Delwar Hossain is a 2nd year student of Fazil at Alexander Kamil Madrasa and the son of Abul Kalam of Char Sekantar area of Ramgati Municipality. Ramgati Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Iqbal Hossain confirmed the incident and said that Delwar Hossain, a 2nd year student of Fazil, was his elder brother Fazil...

      A human chain and protest rally was held in front of the National Press Club on Sunday, August 10, at 4 pm, in protest of the indiscriminate killing, torture, and deportation of Rohingyas in Myanmar and their forcible transfer to Bangladesh. JSD President ASM Abdur Rob, Bikalp Dhara Bangladesh Secretary General Major (Retd) MA Mannan, Nagrik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, JSD General Secretary Abdul Malek Ratan, Gano Forum Executive President Adv. Subrata Chowdhury, Nagrik Oikya Central Leader Mr. Mominul Islam, Bikalp Dhara Bangladesh Leader Shah Ahmed Badal, JSD Leader Ataul Karim Faruk, Gano Forum Leader Mostaq Ahmed, and others will speak at the event. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD President ASM Abdur Rob, Bikalp Dhara Bangladesh Secretary General Major (Retd) MA Mannan, Nagrik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, JSD General Secretary Abdul Malek Ratan, Gano Forum Executive President Adv. Subrata Chowdhury, Nagrik Oikya Central Leader Mr. Mominul Islam, Bikalp Dhara Bangladesh Leader Shah Ahmed Badal, JSD Leader Ataul Karim Faruk, Gano Forum Leader Mostaq Ahmed, and others will speak at the event.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Ukhia, Cox's Bazar on Tuesday to observe the plight and current situation of the Rohingyas who have fled to Bangladesh after being persecuted in Myanmar's Rakhine state. She said this while talking to high-ranking government and party officials at Ganabhaban on Sunday. Clashes between border police and members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) began in Rakhine state in the early hours of August 25. More than a hundred people were killed in the incident. Of these, 12 were members of the security forces and the rest were members of Ansar. In the name of operations, various tortures including killings, rapes and burning of houses began in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. Since then, thousands of people have been killed every day…

Lakshmipur: A protest march and rally were held in Kamalnagar, Lakshmipur, to protest the torture, arson and genocide against the Rohingyas in Myanmar. On Sunday (September 10) afternoon, a protest and rally was organized at the upazila's Sadar Hazirhat Bazar at the initiative of the National Imam Association. All religious Muslims participated in it. After the protest march, the principal of Hazirhat Hamediya Fazil Degree Madrasa Md. Zayed Hossain Farooqui, Kamalnagar Upazila President of the National Imam Association Maulana Ali Hossain, Central General Secretary of Ulama League Maulana Irafil, Assistant Professor of Hazirhat Hamediya Fazil Degree Madrasa Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Khatib Qari Gias Uddin of Hazirhat Jame Mosque, General Secretary of Upazila Imam Association Yusuf Helali and others spoke at the rally. During this, the speakers said,…

Lakshmipur: Police have recovered 14 bicycles stolen from various schools, colleges and markets in Lakshmipur. Six teenagers, including Sohel (19) and his brother Rubel (17), the ringleader of the theft ring, have also been arrested in this incident. They were arrested and the bicycles were recovered during a drive in the Tumchar area of Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila from the night of Thursday (September 7) to Saturday (September 9). The arrested Sohel and Rubel are the sons of Kamal Hossain of Tumchar area. The others are Ismail's son Shakil (16), Jamal Hossain's son Ripat (17), deceased Noman's son Yasin (15), and Zakir Hossain's son Fahim (18) from the same area. Lakshmipur Sadar Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Rezaul Karim Reza said that the stolen bicycles were stolen from various educational institutions and markets in Lakshmipur.

  Lakshmipur: A young man named Md. Shaha Aziz (28) of Ramgati in Lakshmipur has been missing for the past 7 months. His family members searched in all possible places including the houses of their relatives but could not find him. A general diary (GD) has been filed in this regard at Ramgati police station. The missing young man Shaha Aziz is the son of Mosharraf Hossain of Char Kolakopa village of Char Poragacha union in Ramgati upazila. He is fair-skinned, has a round face, is 5 feet 4 inches tall, and was wearing jeans and a white shirt at the time of his disappearance. He speaks the regional language of Noakhali. Aziz has studied and written up to the eighth standard. It is known from the general diary and relatives that Shaha Aziz left home on February 28 this year to go to Chittagong in search of a job. Since then, his mobile phone has been switched off. Despite much searching...

Lakshmipur: Five madrasa students were injured after a speeding laguna overturned and fell on the side of the road in Lakshmipur. The accident occurred on Saturday (September 9) around 1 pm in front of Bhabaniganj College on the Ramgati-Lakshmipur road. The injured are students of Azizia Sultanul Ulum Noorani and Hafizia Madrasas in Feni, Junaid (10), Rakik (11), Md. Rakib Hossain (10), Mehedi Hasan (11) and Arif (10). The injured students have been treated at Lakshmipur Sadar Hospital. They are residents of Char Samchuddin village and Motirhat area of Char Kalkini Union in Kamalnagar Upazila. It was learned from other students who were involved in the accident that they were going to the madrasa in Feni from Motirhat in a reserved laguna; on the way, they met with an accident in front of Bhabaniganj College…

Rohingya. Although they live in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, they do not have citizenship in the country. The Rohingya crisis is currently one of the most talked about issues in the world due to the recent persecution by the country's military and the subsequent fleeing to neighboring countries including Bangladesh. Since Myanmar does not recognize them, the question still remains who these Rohingya are or where their roots are? Wikipedia says that the Rohingya indigenous people are a notable ethnic group in the Rakhine state of western Myanmar. Most of them are Muslims. There are also a small number of Hindus. Although the Rohingya have a separate language, it is unwritten. They live in the Akyab, Rethedang, Buthidaung, Maungdaw, Kyawtaung, Mambra, Pattarkilla, Kyawpai, Punyagun and Pauktaung areas of Myanmar.…

  Lakshmipur: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Nur Mohammad, an official of Islami Bank in Raipur, Lakshmipur. He withdrew Tk 89.7 million 1,219 from the bank by showing fake investment loans in the names of 186 customers and committed suicide. He was arrested from the bank on Thursday (September 7) afternoon. Nur Mohammad is the bank's SBIS supervisor and the son of Shuja Mia of Char Lorench village in Kamalnagar upazila of Lakshmipur. ACC sources said that Nur Mohammad, working as an SBIS supervisor at the Raipur branch of Islami Bank, withdrew Tk 89.7 million 1,219 from the bank by showing fake investment loans in the names of 186 customers. He committed suicide by showing this money. The matter…