Those who hide goods should be given mass beating away: PM



Staff Correspondent, Barta24.com, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

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In response to a question about price control, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, "Don't you think that those who are agitating for the ouster of government are also manipulating here?" Even before this, there was a shortage of onions. But later sacks of rotten onions were thrown into the water. What do you say to these people? They should be given mass beating. If the government does something, it will say that the government is doing it. If the public does something then no one can say anything.

She said this at a press conference held on Friday (February 23) morning at Ganabhaban to share her experience of participating in the security conference held in Munich, Germany.

The Prime Minister said that things will be hidden and rotted and the price of things will increase. Onion we are producing enough that we are producing it. In future we will not have to import from outside. But when it comes to imports, when the news is being imported, those who hide it quickly find it out. And because it has an effect on the market, it is a fact that the price adjusts in the market. Speaking openly, there is nothing to hide here.

In response to the question that famine may come in March, Sheikh Hasina said that there was a conspiracy, there is a conspiracy. Since I came to the country, I have not been able to come to power, nor have I spared even little Russell in the murder of seventy-five. Why? So that no one from this family can come to power. I survived because of my younger sister abroad. I came back and took responsibility. My dream is to fulfill the dream with which the Father of the Nation made the country independent. In that case, conspiracy is happening again and again. We established voting rights through the movement. I have brought back the democratic rights of the people which are benefiting the people. There was a big conspiracy to prevent the election from happening.

The Prime Minister said that the incidents of October 28, 2014 were not done suddenly, those were planned. Those who are in favor of disrupting the election, when they saw that the election cannot be disrupted in any way, people have spontaneity and then they conspired to increase the price of goods. When the government is separated from the people, the government will be overthrown by agitation. It is part of their plan. You know who it is. I don't want to name anyone. But there is this plot.

She said, but I can say one thing, don't you see it rained yesterday, there is a saying 'If the year is the end of Magh, the blessed king will give it' that it rained at the end of Magh, it rained at the beginning of Falgun too. Mango buds are getting fresh. Planting rice seedlings, irrigation will not be required if it rains. Even if there is a little flower problem, there will be no problem in production. Ever since Covid came but I have been saying we have to produce our own food. Not an inch of land should remain uncultivated. I'm not just saying it, I'm putting it into practice.

She also said, in my own village, we cleared the land of our family as well as the land of our neighbors and cultivated it. But we have started them. But I am encouraging. So we have taken initiative in this way. There is an attempt. Once in Bangladesh, if there was a shortage, they would say that there is no rice in their stomach, now they talk? Don’t say now say the price of eggs, the price of fish, the price of meat, or can't eat the belly of fish? Does it make a difference? You will admit that this change is coming in fifteen years. 15 years ago there was a lamentation for rice. 

Three coordinators in DB for interrogation



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Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has taken three people, including Nahid Islam, one of the coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, into custody from Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital in the capital. The other two coordinators are Asif Mahmud and Abu Baker Majumdar.

A DB source confirmed this information on Friday (July 26) night.

DB said three coordinators have been brought to the DB office for security and interrogation purposes.

All three of them are students of Dhaka University.

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What the Home Minister said about lifting of the curfew



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Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said, everyone has to wait a little with the curfew till public life becomes normal. We are looking at whether the curfew can be relaxed.

He said these things while talking to reporters about the ongoing situation on Friday (July 26) night.

The Home Minister said, we are seeing if the curfew can be relaxed. Police BGB, Army are working. We have to wait a little until public life becomes normal. People should be patient. He also said that a decision may be made subject to discussion on Saturday (July 27).

At that time, he mentioned that there were brutal killings in the name of the movement, and he said, who will take responsibility for this loss of the country? BNP said they are not involved in violence. So who did it? It is a question of the people.

Regarding the arrest of the quota activists, the Home Minister said that the quota agitator leaders themselves are suffering from insecurity. For their safety, law enforcement has been called. Further action will be taken after the inquiry.

Incidentally, the government clamped a curfew from 12 midnight on July 19 to keep the situation normal around the quota reform movement. The army was also deployed.

The curfew was later relaxed for a specified period but has not yet been lifted completely.

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Government to provide treatment & income to all injured: Prime Minister



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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the government will provide treatment and income to all those injured in the recent violence, regardless of party affiliation.

She said this while visiting the injured at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday (July 26). Meanwhile, she inquired about the physical condition of the injured.

Sheikh Hasina said that the government will do whatever is necessary for the treatment of those injured in the violence. The government will take responsibility for the treatment of the injured, whichever party they belong to.

She also said, even after accepting all the demands on the quota, why is the movement not ending? Everyone at home and abroad should be vocal against the violence and brutality of BNP-Jamaat.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister visited several wards of Dhaka Medical College Hospital and inquired about the injured. She talked to doctors and nurses. She ordered to give all kinds of treatment to the injured.

Earlier in the morning, the head of government visited the Bangladesh Television (BTV) building damaged by vandals' attack and fire at Rampura in the capital.

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BRUR administration provided financial assistance to the family of Abu Sayed



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BRUR administration provided financial assistance to the family of Abu Sayed

BRUR administration provided financial assistance to the family of Abu Sayed

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The university administration has provided financial assistance to the family of Abu Sayed, a 12th batch student of the English department of Begum Rokeya University of Rangpur(BRUR), who was killed in the quota reform movement.

On Friday (July 26) at 10:30 a.m., a check of Tk. seven and a half lakh was handed over to the family of the deceased Abu Sayed.

At that time, Maqbul Hossain, the old father of the deceased Abu Sayed, said that at that time the VC sir spoke to me on the mobile phone. He asked about our welfare. He promised to be by our side. I told sir that one of our family should be given a job in the University. VC sir assured.

Maqbul Hossain also said, the piece of my liver was Abu Sayed. My family was running on the money saved from his private tuition. I have lost a child; there is no consolation for this grief.

University Proctor Shariful Islam, General Secretary of Teachers' Association Asaduzzaman Mandal Asad and President of Officials' Association Ferozul Islam were present while providing financial assistance on behalf of the University administration.

Proctor Shariful Islam said, the University administration is always in touch with the parents of Abu Sayed on the instructions of the VC. VC sir himself is looking for Sayed's family, he has promised to stand by the family. As a part of this, financial assistance of Tk. seven and a half lakh has been provided today. He said that this cooperation will continue.

Incidentally, on last Tuesday (July 16) there was a clash between the police and the Chhatra League at the park junction adjacent to Begum Rokeya University with the protesting students demanding quota reform. In this, Abu Sayed, who was in the front of the procession, died by gunshot. After this incident, the movement gained momentum throughout the country. Abu Sayed was one of the coordinators of Begum Rokeya University quota reform movement.

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