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EU agrees to engage positively with Bangladesh on irregular migration n Sheikh Shahariar Zaman The European Union has agreed to engage positively with Bangladesh to resolve the problems of irregular Bangladeshis in Europe and bring them back home safely. “We looked at how to address this (irregular migration) in an overall comprehensive fashion looking at both management of the regular flows and the handling of irregular flows in a structured, orderly and dignified manner,” said Christian Leffler, Deputy Secretary General for Global and Economic Issues, European External Action Service of the EU, yesterday. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and Leffler were talking with journalists in the city after the first Bangladesh-EU Dialogue on Migration Management.
tian Leffler said: “We have agreed that we will work together to make sure that these people can be brought back safely to their homes and find a good, productive way to reintegrate into their society.” About media reports that about 80,000 irregular Bangladeshis are living in Europe, he said: “I don’t know where the media picked up the number, but it is certainly they did not pick them from me.” He did not disclose any number. Without disclosing any number, he said there are Bangladeshis in irregular situation in Europe as there are many foreign nationals who are in irregular situation. About readmission agreement, he said: “We have discussed what are the best ways of handing this issue and what are processes to manage them.” l
it is the responsibility of the state to bring back all irregular Bangladeshis situated all over the world. It would be a very good initiative if they can be provided with a livelihood in their own society as they lose everything in the irregular migration process, the foreign secretary said. The European Union agreed to help Bangladesh by providing training or skill development to the irregular Bangladeshis, he said. About the bottleneck in regular migration, he said the EU delegation assured them that they would address it including student visa. They indicated that at the end of the year or first quarter of the next year, there would be another migration consultation at the political level, he added. In response to a question, Chris-
Shahidul Haque said: “We also know and realise that there are Bangladeshis who are in irregular situation in various parts of Europe. We also discussed as to how we can safely and productively bring them back.” He said they agreed to launch a regular structured dialogue for migration mobility between Europe and Bangladesh. There is a global understanding that migration is a development issue and the EU agreed to integrate the issue into Bangladesh-EU bilateral relationship, he said. “We are thinking of having a political declaration so that our people can have more opportunity to move there through a regular process,” he added. Terming the irregular migration is the dark side of migration, he said
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Bus driver admits raping RMG worker
n Our Correspondent, Tangail The driver of a bus, in which a 23-year-old readymade garment worker was raped, confessed to his involvement in the incident before a Tangail court yesterday. Habibur Rahman Nayon, 33, pleaded guilty when police produced him before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Hamidul Islam after quizzing him for three days. Nayon’s assistant Abdul Khalek Bhutto, 30, and supervisor Rejaul Karim Jewel, 35, have already admitted guilt before the court. The victim, wife of a transport worker, was raped while returning home from Dhanbari on Friday. She was the only passenger in the Binimoy Paribahan bus. Nayon, Bhutto and Jewel tied and gagged the victim before taking turns to rape her. They threw her off the bus in Sholakuri of Madhupur. l
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16 expelled, 7 suspended Mizanur Rahaman, n FM Chittagong The authorities of Premier University, run by Chittagong City Corporation (CCC), yesterday evening expelled 16 students and suspended seven others from the university for their involvement in a clash between two groups on Dampara campus, which left a student dead on March 29. Confirming the expulsion, Proctor Ahmed Rajib Chowdhury told the Dhaka Tribune: “The decision to expel them was made on the basis of a probe committee’s findings, where the 16 students, who are the accused in the Nasim Ahmed Sohel murder case, were expelled permanently from the university and seven others were temporarily suspended.” “Alongside the expulsion, the university also cancelled the degrees it conferred on the 16 expelled students. Moreover, the students will no longer be allowed to withdraw their transcripts and certificates during the course of the prosecution,” added Rajib. The 16 students are Ashraful Islam, Wahiduzzaman Nishan, Md Ziaul Haidar Chowdhury, SM Golam Mostafa, Tameem Ul Alam, Md Ibrahim Sohan, Kazi Md Joynul Abedin, Saif Uddin, Md Abu Jahed Ujjol, Md Nizam Uddin Abid, Sai-
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kul Mohammed Tarek, Nurul Faisal Sam, Md Saiful Islam Sakib, Abu Fayez, Md Rashedul Haque Irfan and Md Nazmul Haque, said university sources. Of them Saikul Islam Tarek, Md Saiful Islam Sakib and Abu Fayej are students of the LLB and LLM programmes, while the rest are pursuing a BBA and MBA, said the sources. The suspended students are Mojahidul Islam, Mohammed Masuk Kalam, Kaisarul Alam, Monir Ahmed, Kazi Mohammed Liyakat, Mohammed Nizamul Galib Imon and Kazi Md Asraf Sayed. All are students of the BBA department. The proctor said: “The seven were suspended as they had stored hockey sticks and other sticks at the BBA campus for the clash, and were asked to explain why the university should not expel them by April 10 for their role in the March 29 incident.” “If any of the 16 students are acquitted from the charge or charge sheet, the university will reconsider his punishment as per his plea,” he added. Nasim Ahmed Sohel, an MBA student at the university and also a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist, was stabbed to death by his rivals at the university’s BBA campus in the city’s Wasa-Dampara area on March 29 over selecting the chief guest at a programme. l Dhaka
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Hotel owner arrested in ATM scam n Mohammad Jamil Khan The Detective Branch of police yesterday arrested a Uttara hotelier for his alleged involvement with ATM and credit card forgery. DMP Deputy Commissioner Maruf Hossain Sarder said Abul Hasanat, owner of Comfort Inn Hotel, had been arrested in a fraud case filed with Gulshan police. Hasanat was reportedly on good terms with the prime accused of 27
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the credit card scam, Piotr Szczepan Mazurek alias Thomas Peter, while he was residing in the hotel during his stay in Bangladesh. Later, Hasanat allegedly supported Peter’s crimes, allowing him to use the ATM set up in the hotel to use fake cards manufactured by Peter. Hasanat is the eighth person to be arrested in this case, along with Peter and three City Bank officials. The DB made the first arrest on February 22, after the United Commer-
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cial Bank filed a case with Banani police on February 12. City Bank also filed a case with Pallabi police while Eastern Bank and Prime Bank filed complaints with the DB. Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam said there were 22 or 23 other high-profile individuals involved in the scam. “Some helped Peter by providing information, while some allowed him to directly use their POS [point of service] machines,” said Monirul. l Sylhet
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