Genocide probe against Hasina launched — this is the headline of Kal Kantha newspaper. It has been said that during the quota reform movement, a case has been filed against 9 people, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, for indiscriminate shooting and killing of unarmed students across the country.
The father of Arif Ahmed Siam of Bagerhat who was killed in the quota reform movement. Bulbul Kabir made a written complaint to the investigation agency of the International Criminal Tribunal on Wednesday afternoon. The Deputy Director (Administration) and Inquiry Officer of the Investigation Agency received the complaint. Later it is registered in the complaint register book.
Once a complaint is registered it is treated as a case.
Investigation Agency Deputy Director (Administration) and Investigation Officer. Ataur Rahman said, “The complaint has been registered in the registration book. This registration means a case has been filed. We have also started investigation. Currently doing the paperwork.”
This news is the main headline of many newspapers in the country today.
Salman F Rahman, Anisul Huq put on ten-day remand — this is the second major headline of New Age newspaper.
It has been said that the court granted 10-day remand to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s private industry and investment advisor Salman F. Rahman and former law minister Anisul Haque.
They have been arrested in a case filed at the Newmarket police station on charges of killing Shahjahan Ali, a shopkeeper in Dhaka’s Newmarket area during the anti-discrimination student movement demanding quota reform.
Later, the police produced them in court on Wednesday evening. After that, for the sake of proper investigation of the case, they were requested to be remanded for 10 days. After the hearing, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mamunur Rashid gave the order.
US hand in Sheikh Mujib’s murder, rumors spread from India — this is the front page news of Vanik Barta newspaper. It is said that on August 19, 1975, a report was published in the Anandabazar newspaper of Kolkata. It used a quote from Priyaranjan Dasmunsi, head of the Congress youth wing in West Bengal.
In the speech, it was claimed that ‘the extent of the CIA and China’s activity in the subcontinent was proved by the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’.
This is the first print of a statement accusing the United States of killing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In fact, the rumor of US involvement in this incident was first raised in India. It is mentioned in this report of Vanik Barta that various kinds of protests were going on across India at that time regarding the assassination of Bangabandhu.
All India Peace and Solidarity Organization organized one such protest rally in New Delhi. There, Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha member Bhupesh Gupta alleged that the CIA had helped Sheikh Mujib’s killers. According to him, Mujib’s assassination was part of a right-wing conspiracy in support of US imperialism.
The US Embassy in New Delhi reacted angrily to the ongoing allegations in India.
Hasina’s statement in Delhi is detrimental to the relations between the two countries — this is a front page report of Manavzamin newspaper.
It is said that the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed fear that bilateral relations will be damaged if she makes a statement in Delhi. Touhid Hossain. Bangladesh has officially drawn India’s attention to India to take measures to ensure that Sheikh Hasina does not make any further statements in Delhi.
The advisor raised the matter seriously when Indian High Commissioner Prannoy Kumar Verma, appointed in Dhaka, went to pay a courtesy call on Wednesday.
But when asked what was the response of the Indian High Commissioner in this regard yesterday evening while talking to the journalists present in Segunbagicha, the foreign advisor said, “We have clarified the position of our government. How will he (High Commissioner) answer this? He cannot decide.”
“I don’t think he can say anything about it. It can be decided from the highest level. What he can, inform his headquarters. I am sure he will convey this to the headquarters,” said the foreign adviser.
5 more banks under S Alam’s control are at risk — The second main headline of Dainik Prothom Alo said that S Alam Group, a business group close to the outgoing Awami government, has looted five more banks except Islami Bank.
Banks have not been able to deposit money as required in the Central Bank for one and a half years as this money smuggled in the name of loans has not returned to the banks. But due to current account deficit, former governor Abdur Rauf Talukdar, the highest level of the government at that time, kept the operations of six banks controlled by S. Alam normal by giving special benefits including printing money.
Now after the political change the central bank has cut these benefits.
It is known that S Alam Group took control of Islami Bank in January 2017. Now one-third of the bank’s loans are owned by group interests. In the same year Social Islami Bank was taken over by S Alam Group with the help of Defense Intelligence Agency.
The previous year they took control of Bangladesh Commerce Bank. Since its inception in 2013, Global Islami and Union Bank have been controlled by S Alam Group. And in 2004, control of First Security Islami Bank went from Sikdar Group to S Alam Group.
Beximco leaves Janata Bank in poor health — this is the main headline of The Daily Star newspaper. It is said here that the Beximco Group of Salman F Rahman, one of the trusted advisers of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, had taken a huge loan from the state-owned Janata Bank, putting the bank at risk. The loan amount was more than nine times the paid-up capital of the state-owned bank.
According to the report, about 49 per cent of Janata’s outstanding loans are bad loans and 37.5 per cent of this is owed to the Beximco Group. The vice-chairman of this group, Salman F Rahman, was remanded by the police in a case yesterday.
Banks are not allowed to lend more than 25 percent of the paid-up capital to a single party. At the end of June, Janata Bank’s paid up capital stood at Tk 2,314 crore.
According to the documents, 72 percent of Beximco’s outstanding loan to Janata Bank has defaulted.
Extortion and expropriation by turns — this is the second headline in today’s newspaper, the newly formed interim government has started work promising to reform the state after the overthrow of the Sheikh Hasina government in a student-mob uprising.
The advisors of the government are also giving strict messages to stop corruption, extortion and extortion. But these are not sung by a group. They are competing for influence in various government, private, semi-government and autonomous organizations and institutions.
Some are asking for contracts, some are demanding subscriptions, and some are busy occupying chairs. The change of power that has taken place everywhere.
Vipul Nayscha in special law — this is the main headline of Desh Parvant magazine. It has been said here that after the passing of the special law for the power and fuel sector, the government has bought electricity worth about 3.5 lakh crore rupees from private and rental power plants in the last 13 years.
Out of this only capacity charge (centre rent) has to be counted more than one lakh crore rupees. However, experts and officials of this sector believe that if electricity is purchased from these centers through competition in the tender process, a huge amount of money will be saved.
An accurate account of how much money has been lost due to the purchase of electricity under the ‘Rapid Supply of Electricity and Energy (Special Provisions)’ Act without competition is not available. However, the idea obtained while talking to the sector-stakeholders, the amount may be around 70 thousand to 80 thousand crore rupees.
Three people who took part in the student movement in the capital were beaten to death — this is a report on the front page of Naya Diganta newspaper. It is said here that three youths who took part in the anti-discrimination student movement in Dhaka’s Sayedabad were beaten to death.
The deceased are Saidul Islam Yasin (19), Syed Arafat Sharif (20) and an unidentified person. The murder happened around 6 o’clock yesterday morning.
The victim’s family alleged that the local Awami League and its affiliates beat the three people including a madrasa student to death.
41 thousand crores of debt to the government by concealing information — this is the front page news of Samakal newspaper. It is said here that during the time of former governor Abdur Rauf Talukder, Bangladesh Bank gave a loan of about 41 thousand crores to the government in 62 days by concealing the information.
This huge loan was given at the end of the last financial year. According to the report of the Central Bank, Tk 6 thousand 457 crore has been adjusted against the previous liabilities without taking new loans. After the change of government, the incident of giving money by concealing the information and giving the loan came out.
The Central Bank hid information and gave a loan of 41 thousand crores to the government at a time when there was high inflation in the country. In order to control high inflation, the central bank announced in July last year that no direct loans would be given to the government to control the money supply in the market. Because direct lending increases the supply of money in the market and causes inflation.
Shamsul Haque Tuku, Palak and Saikat Arrested — According to this report on the front page of Jugantar Patrika, Shamsul Haque Tuku, Deputy Speaker of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad; Former State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak and Chhatra League’s Dhaka University Branch General Secretary Tanveer Hasan Saikat were arrested by the police from Nikunj residential area of Khilkhet on Wednesday night.
They were arrested while in hiding. A case filed at Paltan police station shows their arrest.
The public relations department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) confirmed the arrest of these three people on Wednesday night.