Prisoner dies in Sylhet jail

UNB, Sylhet

An under trial prisoner of Sylhet central jail died of illness at Osmani Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as Julhas Mia, 40, son of Abdul Gofur Mia of Ishwarganj upazila in Mymensingh.

Jail sources said Julhas, arrested recently in an arms case, fell ill on Saturday. Later, he was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday where he died at noon.

The body was handed over to his family members after post-mortem.

Source : Daily Ittefaq

Saifur's first death anniversary today

Today is the first death anniversary of M Saifur Rahman, the country's longest serving Finance Minister who died in a road accident last year.

Before the accidental death in Brahmanbaria District on his way back to Dhaka from his home district of Moulvibazar, Saifur Rahman went to Sylhet for visiting the shrines of Hazrat Shah Jalal and Shah Paran and his village home of Moulvibazar.

Saifur Rahman, son of Abdul Basit, was born on October 6 in 1932 in the village of Baharmardan of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila. He passed Matriculation Examination from Moulvibazar Govt High School in 1949 and Intermediate from Sylhet MC College in 1951. He graduated from Dhaka University with a B.Com (Hons) in 1953. Later in 1954 he went to London and studied for qualifying as Chartered Accountant.

He took part in the Language Movement in 1952 when he was the Vice President (VP) of Muslim Hall of Dhaka University.

Saifur Rahman joined the Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal in 1977 founded by late President Ziaur Rahman, which later came to be known as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in 1978.

He was a popular leader of the party and was best known of being the longest serving Finance Minister. He delivered 12 national budgets in three terms. He was Trade & Commerce Minister for first three years of his Ministerial life and thereafter Finance and Planning Minister for 12 years.

Bangladesh Youth Forum, a social organisation, called upon the countrymen to hold special prayer in the mosques of the country praying salvation of departed soul of Saifur Rahman.

In a joint statement, President of the Forum Mohammad Saidur Rahman and its General Secretary Mahbubul Haque Chowdhury made the call and they recalled the contributions of Saifur Rahman in the politics and economy of the country.
Source : Daily Ittefaq

9 BCL men, 7 Shibir cadres punished

Sylhet Agriculture University (SAU) yesterday punished nine Chhatra League (BCL) and seven Shibir men for unruly activities on the campus.

Among them, SAU unit Shibir president Shabbir Ahmed was expelled for three years and Sayek Ahmed and Mokammel Haque for two years each while Abdullah Al Hares for one year.

SAU Registrar Professor Jamal Uddin Bhuiyan said the authorities also took punitive measures against 9 members of the Chhatra League and three Shibir men.

Humayun Ahmed Jony, Najmus Saki, Abdul Bari, Manik Hossain, Rumel Ahmed, Shafiqur Reza Wares, Abdullah Al Mamun, Mehdi Hasan and Shafiqul Alam Shafin of BCL and Nurul Al Imran, Md. Faruque Hossain and Mostafizur Rahman Khokan of Shibir have been fined Tk 1500 each.

They will also have to seek apology in writing for their wrongdoing, he said.

Besides the administration warned BCL activists Rana Roy and Dhruba Jyoti Chowdhury.

The decision to punish the 16 men was taken at the syndicate meeting held on 7 August, the registrar said.

The measures followed an incident on 5 January this year when the two rival student organisations locked in clashes on the campus leaving SAU lecturer Sultan Ahmed and 25 students injured.
source : The Daily star