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Sunday, October 21, 2012
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| Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir |
Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir on Sunday said the government would strengthen monitoring so that no Rohingya can avail of Bangladeshi passport.
“We won’t issue any passport to any Rohingya knowingly…we’ll take steps if anybody does this,” he told reporters at Agargaon passport office.
Responding to a question, the home minister said the Bangladesh government would not have any objection if any country takes action against any Rohingya who will go abroad with fake Bangladeshi passport.
Asked whether the Rohingyas having fake passports would be brought back here from abroad, he said, “They aren’t our citizens…so, it’s not our responsibility to bring them back home.”
About the missing of 2,823 machine readable passports (MRPs) from Agargaon office, he said the passports went missing due to the negligence of duties of a section of officials. “There’s nothing to be worried about it… necessary steps are being taken against those involved in this matter,” he added.
On renewal of agreement with Malaysia-based IRIS Corporation Berhard for MRP project, Mohiuddin Khan said the renewal of agreement is an administrative matter. “We’re committed to renew the deal timely. There’s nothing to get worried.”
The Malaysian company entrusted with issuing machine-readable passport (MRP) in Bangladesh pulled out of the project for the government’s failure to renew its contract but it got back to work on October 16.
It has agreed to issue MRPs for two more weeks on condition that the contract, which expired on March 31, will be renewed by October 31.
On the lengthy process of issuing new passport, he assured of issuing passport without any unnecessary delay and directed the officials concerned to expedite the process through providing necessary information timely on the applicants.
Moudud Ahmed
BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed on Sunday demanded judicial probe committee to investigate into the violence and criminal activities of Bangladesh Chhatra League at educational institutions across the country.
Terming violence of educational institutions a national crisis, Moudud called upon all political organisations to hold discussion at the national level to resolve the problem.
He said a state of anarchy has been prevailing at all educational institutes as rules of law do not exist anywhere in the country.
Bangladesh Chhatra League and Jubo League activists immerse in violence and criminal activities due to lawless situation in the country, Moudud said.
"Bangladesh Chhatra League means violence," the BNP leader said while delivering a solo lecture at Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital.
The lecture on criminal activities in the educational institutions was organised by Mukto Chinta Forum.
"It is normal that the Chhatra League activists would do such activities as their leader does not care insulting respected persons like Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, journalist ABM Musa, Dr Kamal Hossain and Barrister Rafiqul Haque," he said dropping a hint towards the prime minister.
If Chhatra Sangsad (student's union) election of all universities can be held regularly then unrest and violence will be reduced, the BNP leader hoped.
Moudud alleged that the present government runs many offices by unelected people though it used to say that it would not allow any unelected person to run the caretaker government.
Activists demand repairs of damaged Buddhist structures
Staff Correspondent
Right activists on Saturday urged the government to repair and build structures that were damaged in recent sectarian attacks at Ramu, Ukhiya and Teknaf.
From a human chain they also demanded exemplary punishment of the perpetrators, said a press release.
Samajik Protirodh Committee, a platform of 64 women, human rights and development organisations, held the programme in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka.
Platform leaders said a large number of monasteries, temples, relics, houses and establishments of the Buddhist community were subject to brutal attack and arson beginning on September 29 to continue for three days.
They demanded government step for the repair of the damage, reconstruction of the smashed structures, arrest and trial of the perpetrators, publication of the government investigation report on the incident and an investigation into the allegations of negligence in duty of the law enforcement agencies concerned.
Calling on the political parties to end the mud slinging, accusing each other of being involved in the attack, the platform called for united action to stop such incidents in future.
The human chain was attended, among others, by Bangladesh Mahila Parishad president Ayesha Khanam and general secretary Maleka Banu, BRAC representative Chittaranjan Sarkar, Bangladesh Women Lawyer Association representative Marufi Khan, Women for Women representative Nilufer Banu, Bangladesh Nari Sangbadik Kendra representative Nasimun Ara Haque, and Steps Towards Development representative Sheikh Firoz Ahmed.
Ain o Salish Kendra, Bangladesh Nari Pragati Sangha, Manusher Jonno Foundation, Awaz Foundation, UBINIG, Bangladesh Mahila Samity, fortnightly magazine Ananya, Hill Women Federation, Narigrantha Prabartona, Nari Maitree, and Karmajibi Nari also participated in the programme.
From a human chain they also demanded exemplary punishment of the perpetrators, said a press release.
Samajik Protirodh Committee, a platform of 64 women, human rights and development organisations, held the programme in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka.
Platform leaders said a large number of monasteries, temples, relics, houses and establishments of the Buddhist community were subject to brutal attack and arson beginning on September 29 to continue for three days.
They demanded government step for the repair of the damage, reconstruction of the smashed structures, arrest and trial of the perpetrators, publication of the government investigation report on the incident and an investigation into the allegations of negligence in duty of the law enforcement agencies concerned.
Calling on the political parties to end the mud slinging, accusing each other of being involved in the attack, the platform called for united action to stop such incidents in future.
The human chain was attended, among others, by Bangladesh Mahila Parishad president Ayesha Khanam and general secretary Maleka Banu, BRAC representative Chittaranjan Sarkar, Bangladesh Women Lawyer Association representative Marufi Khan, Women for Women representative Nilufer Banu, Bangladesh Nari Sangbadik Kendra representative Nasimun Ara Haque, and Steps Towards Development representative Sheikh Firoz Ahmed.
Ain o Salish Kendra, Bangladesh Nari Pragati Sangha, Manusher Jonno Foundation, Awaz Foundation, UBINIG, Bangladesh Mahila Samity, fortnightly magazine Ananya, Hill Women Federation, Narigrantha Prabartona, Nari Maitree, and Karmajibi Nari also participated in the programme.
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