Police firing at Banshkhali power plant: Protesters demand justice for deceased workers
Inside the power plant. Photo: Mostafa Yousuf
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
Criticising the police firing on agitating workers during a protest in the coal-based power plant in Banshkhali of Chattogram yesterday, several organisations, including trade bodies and left-leaning party, today protested the killing and demanded justice for the workers, who were killed in the incident.
Bangladesh Chhatra Federation, Samajtrantik Chhatra Front, Gonotrantik Chhatra Council, Bangladesh Trade Union Kendra and Garment Workers Trade Union of Narayanganj held rallies in Narayanganj and Chattogram city today.
At the rallies, the leaders of the organisations demanded a fair probe to investigate the firing incident on workers and bring those who are responsible under the book.
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Digital Security Act: It ensured Kishore, Mushtaq cannot speak truth to power
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A collective of students, teachers, and general public convened at Shahbagh yesterday to mark nine months since the incarceration of writer Mushtaq Ahmed and cartoonist Ahmed Kishore, both of whom had been imprisoned under the Digital Security Act.
They had been arrested last year for creating political cartoons commenting on the pandemic, and for sharing those on social media. The speakers demanded their immediate release. The country is going through a crisis because of Digital Security Act. This Act was formed to make sure that people like Kishore and Mushtaq do not speak truth to power, said Bangladesh Chhatra Federation s central committee president, Golam Mustafa.
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Clamour grows for reopening of DU dormitories as exams near
The Curzon Hall building in Dhaka University. File photo UNB, Dhaka UNB, Dhaka
With Dhaka University deciding to hold final-year exams for honours and master s programmes from December 26 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the clamour for reopening the dormitories has been growing in the wake of the university authorities ruling out such a move.
Citing the pandemic, DU has refused to reopen the dormitories. Students can manage to find a place to stay in Dhaka during the exams, DU Vice-Chancellor Dr Akhtaruzzaman has said.
However, student bodies have flayed the decision as illogical . They say a majority of students particularly those from far-flung areas of the country just can t afford to pay rent for off-campus accommodations in the city.
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