Bangladesh inaugurates 3 more mega projects in this year

Shamsul Basunia

Bangladesh government is going to launch three more mega projects including Padma bridge this year. The Padma Bridge is nearly at the end of completion. The government wants to provide the necessary funds to carry out the work of the projects properly.

However, they are being given priority in the Annual Development Program (ADP) of FY 2022-23 so that the projects which are nearing the end of implementation do not fall into financial crisis and also important projects are implemented properly.

Along with these three communication projects, the mega projects of the government are getting big allocation in the next financial year. However, as most of the projects are nearing completion, the allocation pressure on these projects is less than before.

A section of Metrorail to Agargaon in the capital is scheduled to be opened by next December. The Bangabandhu Tunnel, built along the bottom of the Karnafuli River, is scheduled to open in October. And just a month later, the dream Padma Bridge is scheduled to be inaugurated at the end of June.

In the meantime, the Planning Commission has finalized the draft allocation for various projects. The new ADP is coming up for approval in the National Economic Council on Tuesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to preside over it.

It is learned that transport, health, education, power and housing sectors are getting top priority in the new ADP.

Planning Minister MA Mannan told the media, "If mega projects are launched, the country's economy will go a long way." This is a great achievement of the government. Some of these are nearing the end. So the allocation pressure on them is also decreasing. But every important project will get the necessary allocation. '

Priority projects are Padma Bridge, Metro Rail, Rail Link to Padma Bridge, Rooppur Nuclear Power Station, Matarbari Power Station, Payra Seaport, Karnafuli Tunnel (Bangabandhu Tunnel), Bangabandhu Rail Bridge and ' Track construction 'project.

 

Eid celebrated in Bangladesh amidst miseries

In Bangladesh Muslim community celebrates  Eid-ul-Fitr on Tuesday amidst acute high-priced commodities. The lower class-people almost deprives in getting peace as the commodities are sold at very high-price. They have lost  purchasing capacity to buy commonalities. During the Eid-prayers rainy water pours which wet the devotees. As a result, people including women and children  can't move at will and almost all people remain confined at homes.

What bam fish indicates & what we should to do

Shamsul Basunia

Bam fish in South Asia is known as very nutritious food. It is as delicious as tasteful to Bengalese. Though Bam is usually found mingled within mud in river or lake waters. It is found abundantly countries like Bangladesh, West Bengal of India, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar. Bam is very neat and clean to look at. There is no sign of mud in it though it lives in mud. People in these countries are as like as the bam fish. They commit sins, offense or injustices randomly; but appear in the society as like as bam fish. Nobody can watch them as they are involved into sins & offenses.  Consequently, mass people think they are advanced portion of the humans living in the society. As a result, the most insincere, notorious and dishonest people can get opportunity to flourish themselves. Every sin and offense of them gradually change into as if virtues. Mass people is misguided and miss-led in this way and they become prey of derailment. The honest people like Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam always recommended the next generation to follow the footprint of the iconic personalities who earned name and fame with social or state status. We should nurture us on line of honesty and simplicity so that people of all classes can easily define what is right and what is wrong. Actually moral is the key point of every human and he or she should maintain him or her accordingly. Moral always remains seated on driving seat.

 

 

Capital punishment for the rapists demanded everywhere in Bangladesh

Shamsul Hoque Basunia

Bangladesh now becomes the place of demonstration against  rape and violence to women. Everyday people of all classes come down the streets and raise their voice chanting capital punishment to the rapists and torturers. Political parties like Bangladesh Nationalist party, Jamati Islami, Common students council led by former DUCSU vice president Nurul Hoque Nur take the lead each day. Demonstrations continued for four consecutive days in and around the capital Dhaka. Dhaka becomes the paralyzed mega city due to several processions,rallies and demonstrations. Law enforcers become the useless enforcers.Different political and student organisations, socio-cultural, rights groups and students of different educational institutions across the country continued their protests against rape and violence against women for the fourth consecutive day.The demonstrators protested against the government inaction and the failure of the law enforcement agencies to stop violence against women, involvement of leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League and its front organisations in such offences and the culture of impunity for which such incidents are continuing unabated.Protesters at places demanded the resignation of the home minister for his failure to curb violence and demanded amendment to the law to include the provision of death sentence for rape.

Patients hostage to pvt hospitals

in Dhaka

SHAMSUL BASUNIA

High Court in Bangladesh observed that private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres were acting arbitrarily in absence of any guideline to regulate them. The bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Md Khairul Alam also gave the Directorate General of Health Services director general fresh time until October 7 to prepare the guidelines for operation of private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres as well as private practice beyond their offices. The health services directorate also gave fresh time to revise all fees for different health services including medical tests and surgery at private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres. The bench extended the deadline to implement the High Court’s directives to frame the guideline and revise the price chart of health services, as the directorate failed to comply with its directives and prayed for more time, stating that the designated officer working with an expert committee on the issue was suffering from COVID-19.    

Earlier on September 1, the High Court asked the directorate to submit the progress report to the court on September 23.