আজ
বিশাল তারকা বনে গেছেন তারা। বলিউডের বিনোদন জগতের বড় পরিবারের সন্তান
এরা। জনপ্রিয়তার শীর্ষ ছুঁয়েছেন। কিন্তু বনেদি পরিবারের এই সন্তানরা
শিক্ষাজীবনে বেশি দূর এগোতে পারেননি। জানলে অবাক হবেন বলিউডের এই
শীর্ষস্থানীয় নায়িকারা শিক্ষাজীবনে একেবারেই বিফল।
১. কারিনা কাপুর : ছোট বয়স থেকেই গ্ল্যামার আর ঝলমলে জগতে প্রবেশ
করেছেন।
বিগত যুগের সবচেয়ে পারিশ্রমিক পাওয়া অভিনেত্রী তিনি। মিথিবাই কলেজ
থেকে পাস করার পর আইন শিক্ষায় আগ্রহ জন্মে তার। গভর্মেন্ট ল কলেজে ভর্তি
হন। কিন্তু প্রথম বছরেই সেখান থেকে চম্পট দেন। আর গ্র্যাজুয়েশন করা হয়নি।
২. ঐশ্বরিয়া রায় বচ্চন : পৃথিবী গ্রহের অন্যতম সুন্দর মুখ তিনি। সাবেক
মিস ইউনিভার্স ঐশ্বরিয়া মোটামুটি ছাত্রী ছিলেন। জয় হিন্দ কলেজে
এক বছরের
মতো গিয়েছিলেন। পরে আর্কিটেকচারে কিছু পড়াশোনা করতে চেয়েছিলেন। কিন্তু তার
আগেই বিনোদন জগতে জড়িয়ে পড়লেন। আর পড়া হলো না তার।
৩. দীপিকা পাড়ুকোন : অনেকেই জানেন না যে হাল আমলের শীর্ষ নায়িকা দীপিকা
পাড়ুকোন গ্র্যাজুয়েশন করতে পারেননি। ব্যাঙ্গলোরের মাউন্ট কারমেল-এ ভর্তি
হলেও তার মন পড়ে থাকতো বি-টাউনে। পরে কিছু কোর্স করার চেষ্টা চালিয়েছিলেন।
কিন্তু আর পেরে ওঠেননি।
৪. প্রিয়াঙ্কা চোপড়া : বলিউডের সবচেয়ে প্রতিভাবান সেলিব্রিটিদের একজন এই
লাস্যময়ী। এই বিউটি কুইন আমেরিকা এবং ইন্ডিয়ায় স্কুলের গণ্ডি পেরিয়েছেন।
মুম্বাইয়ে জয় হিন্দ কলেজে ভর্তি হয়েছিলেন ক্রিমিনাল সাইকোলজিস্ট হওয়ার আশা
নিয়ে। কিন্তু মডেলিং আর সৌন্দর্য প্রতিযোগিতায় জড়িয়ে ওদিকটা আর সামলানো
যায়নি
Concrete
is the world’s most common building material and the second-most
consumed
substance after water. In particular, steel-reinforced concrete
dominates the
AEC sector, where its combined resistance of tensile and compressive
forces
enables the construction of tall and long-span structures. Despite its
near-ubiquitous use, however, steel-reinforced concrete has a
fundamental
drawback: Given the corrosive tendencies of ferrous metals, it is
at best a temporary material, requiring constant upkeep. In Concrete Planet:
The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World’s Most Common Man-Made Material (Prometheus
Books, 2011), author Robert Courland writes: “If the Romans had used
steel-reinforced concrete—which they did not have—to build their beautiful
bridge in Alcántara, Spain, the bridge would
have to have been rebuilt at least 16 times by now.”
Steel
reinforcing bar, or rebar, has an intrinsic tendency to
deteriorate, which led the National Bureau of Standards (now the
National
Institute of Standards and Technology) to conduct the first
comprehensive
corrosion research in the early 1970s. The agency concluded that
epoxy-coated reinforcing would perform better than unprotected steel. Today,
this form of reinforcing is the most prominent corrosion-resistant steel used
in North America; other protected reinforcements included galvanized
steel, stainless steel, and glass fiber–reinforced polymer. However, new research offers
two compelling non-corrosive alternatives.
The
first is a variant of continuous basalt fiber (CBF). Developed in 1923, CBF is made from the dense and
abrasion-resistant igneous rock. By the 1960s, it
had found use in a variety of applications in the U.S. and the former Soviet Union,
according to the trade publication CompositesWorld. CBF
exhibits 2.5 times the
strength-to-weight ratio of alloyed steel and 1.5 times that of glass fiber.
Most importantly, it does not corrode like metal and, unlike glass fiber, it is
not subject to deterioration from acids. CBF is also inherently fire-resistant
and can be used with various composites, CompositesWorld
reports.
ReforceTech, in Norway, has developed a
novel version of CBF. Reinforced with basalt fibers, the company’s 0.5- to 10-millimeter-diameter
BFRP
MiniBars are composed of fibers wrapped with polymer resin in a
helical shape and can span from 20 millimeters to 200 millimeters in
length. The bars are
mixed directly into the concrete without impairing its workability, the
company
says, reducing or altogether eliminating the need for steel reinforcing.
Moreover, contractors do not need to consider the exact positioning of
the
rebar and the miniature bars do not protrude from the finished concrete
surface.
When
used in precast architectural cladding, ReforceTech’s basalt fibers not only eliminates
the need for rebar but also significantly reduces panel thickness.
“We already have precasters in Europe making insulated wall
panels where the exterior wythe is down to 1.5 inches from the older
3-inch thickness,” said Alvin Ericson, a technical consultant at
ReforceTech, in an email. “This reduces the amount of concrete,
the weight of the panel … and allows for increased insulation and/or floor
area.” Unlike steel, CBF is not thermally conductive, allowing it to
connect inner and outer layers of insulated wall panels without thermal
transfer concerns.
Engineered
bamboo is also being explored as a rebar alternative. Early tests of thin bamboo specimens in
concrete began at MIT in 1914. In the following decades, researchers at the Technische Hochschule Stuttgart and
the Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina (now Clemson
University) have devised more elaborate tests. Despite bamboo’s high
tensile strength, Clemson
professor H. E. Glenn determined, in 1950, that its susceptibility to
decay
from moisture, insects, and fungus, and dramatic shrinking and
swelling were fundamental material drawbacks. After recording dramatic
structural failures that year due to de-bonding between the bamboo and
concrete,
research on bamboo reinforcement waned.
Dirk HebelBamboo is being tested by researchers at the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore to reinforce concrete.
Testing
has resumed in recent years at the Future
Cities Laboratory (FCL) in Singapore, based this time on the use of
woven-strand bamboo
(WSB)—a composite material developed in southern China that resists
moisture
absorption, swelling, and decay from bacteria and fungi. Also used in
flooring, WSB is made by slicing skinned bamboo stalks
lengthwise
into thin strands, which are carbonized and dipped into a
vat of water-based adhesive before being either hot- or cold-pressed in
molds.
The resulting composite products exhibit three times the density of the
natural
bamboo.
Such
tests show promise. The FCL team, led by architecture and construction chair
Dirk Hebel, found the WSB manufacturing process to eliminate many of the previous limitations
of bamboo reinforcing in concrete. His team is now developing specifications for
an alternative WSB manufacturing process that reduces potential damage to
bamboo fibers. “This is in contrast to the furniture and flooring industry in
China,” Hebel wrote in a recent article,
“where the individual fiber or cell is not of interest at all and is usually
destroyed through [the] carbonization processes to eliminate all natural sugars
in the bamboo material and therefore be unattractive for fungi and bacteria.”
Hebel’s team is also analyzing the structure of individual bamboo fibers and
their interaction with various adhesives through a process called confocal fluorescence microscopy.
Dirk HebelBamboo-reinforced concrete from the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore.
Dirk HebelBamboo strips are tested for strength and resistance to tensile forces.
Using WSB to reinforce concrete has many advantages. Bamboo is
rapidly renewable and sequesters carbon, as opposed to the energy-
and carbon-intensive steel. Additionally, bamboo is a highly accessible
resource in rapidly developing regions like Southeast Asia where, Hebel
writes, “the potential for bamboo composite materials, considering
all areas of bamboo coverage, currently is 25 times higher than today’s
demand for construction steel.”
Though conventional steel rebar
isn’t going anywhere yet, the long term is less certain. Steel’s intrinsic corrosive tendencies point to
decades of costly maintenance, and its high embodied energy yields a poor
environmental scorecard. The significance of
materials such as woven-strand bamboo and basalt microfiber, therefore, is not
represented by their incremental successes but rather by their long-term
potential to redefine the world’s most commonly used hybrid material. The
result could be a brighter environmental and economic future for reinforced
concrete.
Blaine Brownell, AIA,
is a regularly featured columnist whose stories appear on this website
each week. His views and conclusions are not necessarily those of
ARCHITECT magazine nor of the American Institute of Architects.
CaltechA nanotruss structure fabricated by Caltech researcher Julia Greer.
The building blocks of the future are being developed in
research labs today. From graphene production en masse to metamaterials
that rethink the form and function of conventional construction mediums,
here are five innovations with the potential to change architecture
today, tomorrow, and beyond.
Unbreakable Materials
Julia
Greer, a materials science and mechanics professor at the California
Institute of Technology (Caltech), uses two-photon lithography to create
precise polymer nanotrusses
that can be coated in materials like metal or ceramic, hollowed out to
remove the polymer, and then stacked in a fractal
construction—essentially a nanotruss made of nanotrusses. The newly
created material couples the structural and material properties of its
medium, such as metal or ceramic, to possess previously unheard of
characteristics including flaw-tolerance and shape memory. The lab is
trying to scale the process from its current millimeter size to that of a
sheet of letter-sized paper. But don’t expect to see the metamaterial
used in structural members or cladding, Greer says. Rather, likely uses
in the built space include battery cells, smart windows, heat
exchangers, and wind turbines. “You can make paper that is un-wettable,
thermally insulating, and untearable,” she says. “You can let your
imagination go wild.”
Resilient, Self-Cleaning Finishes
For application to glass, steel, paper, and other materials, a new coating
from researchers at the University College London resists moisture even
after being scratched or exposed to oil—typical weak spots for
conventional repellent coatings. Made from coated titanium dioxide
nanoparticles, the finish rejects water, oil, and even red wine by
bouncing the invasive substances off its surface and removing dirt in
the process. Although the coating is currently applied in
20-centimeter-square areas, “we see no reason why this couldn’t be
scaled up,” says Ivan Parkin, head of the university’s chemistry
department and corresponding author of a paper on the research in the
journal Science. Parkin’s team has talked about automobile paint and
moisture-resistant coatings as possible applications for the technology.
It could eventually be used to create a durable, self-cleaning façade
that can better withstand the elements than current options on the
market.
Wave Benders
Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed
a new way to control elastic waves—which can travel through materials
without altering their composition—that could protect structures from
seismic events. The team developed and engraved a geometric
microstructure pattern (shown below) into a steel plate to bend or
refract elastic and acoustic waves away from a target. “By redirecting
the shock waves carrying massive energy around the important
infrastructures or residential buildings through a metamaterial cloak,
civilian lives and common properties can be saved from catastrophic
earthquakes or tsunamis,” says Guoliang Huang, an associate professor of
mechanical and aerospace engineering. The team chose steel for its
ubiquity but Huang says other metals and plastics can be engineered to
have similar functionality.
Guoliang Huang
More (and Better) Graphene
Caltech researchers say they’ve found
a faster way to mass-produce graphene—the ultrathin and superstrong
nanomaterial discovered at the University of Manchester in the U.K. in
2004—and at a higher quality than was previously possible. Their
batch-processing method allows for the growth of smoother and stronger
graphene sheets than do conventional thermal processes, while cutting
production time from hours to minutes and increasing sample sizes from
millimeters to—soon—inches. The process doesn’t require the development
of new processing equipment or infrastructure, says David Boyd, a
Caltech staff scientist and first author of the related paper published
in the journal Nature Communications. “It’s process-compatible,”
he says. Still, the most likely applications for graphene in
architecture are in small-scale products such as coatings, solar cells,
and electronics.
Nature CommunicationsEarly-stage graphene growth on copper, magnified from left to right.
Stronger Concrete
At Purdue University, researchers are adding
cellulose nanocrystals derived from wood fiber to concrete.
Nano-reinforced materials typically outperform conventional alternatives
across a range of mechanical and chemical properties—among them
strength, impact resistance, and flexibility. When applied to
construction materials like concrete, they help to reduce a structure’s
environmental footprint by requiring less material to achieve a similar
effect. The nanocrystal additive can be extracted as a byproduct of
industrial agriculture, bioenergy, and paper production. Its addition
enhances the concrete-curing process, the researchers say, allowing the
concrete to use water more efficiently and without impacting its weight
or density significantly. Construction materials are among the target
applications for the additive, Purdue associate professor Jeffrey
Youngblood says, but the team is still working to scale it up from
current dimensions of 1 foot tall by 6 inches in diameter, assessing
data to standardize and optimize the material’s behavior. “We hope to be
at a large test scale in a few years,” he says.
When most families rescue abandoned animals, they usually adopt traditional pets such as cats and dogs.
But
the Gray family from Liverpool have taken in two grey squirrels, who
live in their house and enjoy watching TV as well as helping out doing
the dishes.
The
squirrels have been sharing the home of the Grays for four weeks now
after daughter Anna, 20, heard a squeaking noise coming from their
alleyway and found one of the creatures there.
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Father and daughter Tim and Anna Gray,
who have adopted squirrels, Sam, pictured, and Hector after they were
found abandoned by their mother in their garden in Liverpool
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The squirrels now live in the house
with the Gray family. Pictured is one of the squirrels Sam, perched on
the shoulder of Mr Gray while he does the washing up
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The squirrels were rescued after Anna,
pictured studying alongside Sam, heard a squeaking noise coming from
the alleyway in their garden
After
going out to investigate with her father Tim, they discovered the
shivering young squirrel that immediately leapt towards the pair.
Mr Gray, 55, who is married to Marianne, said: 'As soon as he saw me, he came over and sat on my foot looking rather distressed.
'I called my daughter to get me a tea towel because I didn't know if they'd bite you.
'But once I picked it up, it was clear that it was freezing and very nervous so we took it inside the house.'
The
father and daughter then began searching the internet on how to care
for a young squirrel and rushed out to buy baby milk from their local
supermarket for the young creature they named Sam.
However,
when they took Sam back out into the garden the next day to try to
reunite him with his mother, they found another scared squirrel.
Dance student Anna added: 'To my amazement I found another squirrel that was the same size perched under the garden bench.
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The squirrels now live in the house and the Gray family say they enjoy watching TV and eating Pine nuts
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Sam the squirrel settles down to watch TV alongside his new owners Tim and Anna Gray, who rescued him
'We picked it up and put them next to each other and it was clear they knew one another so then we had two to look after.'
The
pair then named their new pet Hector, and began researching how to care
for the hapless animals, after their mother failed to return.
Coffee
shop bistro owner Mr Gray explained: 'We read that the easiest way to
feed them is to buy a syringe because they need milk at that age.
They took really well to that and then we slowly started introducing them to things like Pine nuts.
'To start with me and Anna were more enthusiastic about it. My wife said "What are we going to do when they grow bigger?"
'But
over time she fell in love with them as well. There was one day when
Sam came into the house with a bloody nose and Marianne actually cried
because she was so upset.
The family
have conducted research into how to care for the squirrels. They found
they should feed them nuts, left, and milk through a syringe, right
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Anna has now set up a Twitter account for the squirrels which updates followers on their daily activities
'They do feel like part of the family, the first thing we do when we get home is go into the garden to say hello.'
The squirrels now have their very own Twitter account, which Anna updates with Sam and Hector's daily activities.
She said: 'They’re all over my social media, everyone in university is always asking me about them, even my teachers.
'They get lots of visitors as well, lots of people have come round to see them.
'I feel like our whole house has been much happier since we got them.'
IANS/AFP Singer Kylie Minogue says she is more than happy to date a man with
"a bit of paunch" and feels her former boyfriends have all been "too
good-looking".
"I don't mind grey hair, I don't mind bald or balding. I don't even
mind a bit of a paunch. Maybe too good looking is where I've been going
wrong," Minogue said.
Despite her failed relationships, the “Locomotion” hitmaker doesn't
count herself as "unlucky in love" and still has her heart set on
settling down in the future, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
"I'm putting it out there. I would like to find someone. I'm a
romantic. I'm not conventional. I don't think even as a kid I dreamed of
a wedding day or a wedding dress but I do like being in love.
"I don't see myself as unlucky in love as I've had a lot of really
great relationships -- and I don't have any regrets," she added.
Meanwhile, Minogue, who is known for her pert posterior, says her
enviable figure is courtesy her love for dancing around on stage.
"I think of it as something entirely separate to me. Probably the
reason for it is the fact I've spent most of my adult life dancing
around in very high heels," Minogue told Event magazine.
DU student Abdul Kadar, who was brutally
tortured by cops at Khilgaon Police Station, breaks down in tears while
being taken to the court by a police van in 2011. Star file photo
Star Online Special
We stand proud of our media and the hard work, courage and doggedness
newsmen have shown in covering two important events the results of
which have been splashed in today’s newspapers.
One of them is the conviction of the officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station who had found a prey in an innocent university student Abdul Kadar.
The police officer with his force got hold of the boy who was returning
late in the night to the dorm after a dinner and, with the motive of
squeezing money from him, had tortured him and pressed criminal charges against him. As often happens, the police claimed he was carrying arms.
The incident could have ended here and Kadar would have been
languishing in jail. After all who is interested in a routine arrest
story?
But no, the newsmen smelled the rat and dug into the story. They
found out that Kadar was an innocent victim. The reaction of the police
was also typical; they tried to stick to their claim. Finally the High
Court played a noble role by ordering probe into the incident.
Investigation found that the police officer was at fault. Just
yesterday, the officer has been awarded a three-year term.
The other incident is the final admission of the police that sex
attacks were committed near the TSC on the Pahela Baishakh. Yesterday
they have released pictures of eight offenders
after a month of the crime. Again had the media not been so vociferous
in reporting the incident, the whole thing would have been pushed under
the carpet once again.
Bangladesh media, despite its many pitfalls, have been strong on
standing by the helpless. Limon is another case in point. An innocent
student, he was shot in the leg by Rab and then labelled as a criminal.
It was the relentless efforts of the media that finally ensured justice for Limon.
This is exactly the role of media worldwide – investigating events
and bringing out the truth. This is why the Watergate scandal was
unearthed leading to the resignation of American president Richard
Nixon.
In Bangladesh, we should also pitch for a strong media which can
function without fear and with utmost professionalism. A free media is
for our own interest.
A rescued migrant is carried to a waiting
ambulance upon his arrival at the new confinement area in the fishing
town of Kuala Langsa in Aceh province on May 15, 2015 where hundreds of
migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh mostly Rohingyas are taking shelter
after they were rescued by Indonesian fishermen.AFP PHOTO / CHAIDEER
MAHYUDDIN
BBC Online
Fishermen in Indonesia's Aceh province say they have been told by
officials not to rescue migrants from boats off the coast, even if they
are drowning.
At least 700 Bangladeshis and Rohingyas from Myanmar were rescued off
Aceh last week by locals, bringing the numbers in camps there to at
least 1,500.
An army official said it would be illegal for any more of the migrants to come to shore.
All countries in the region have closed their borders to the migrants.
Thousands of people - mostly Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution and
poverty in Myanmar, but also Bangladeshis looking for work - are
thought to be stranded out at sea.
Aid agencies say people on board the boats are severely malnourished,
and should be offered immediate assistance. Survivors who have made it
to shore say there have been deadly fights on board over food. Analysis: Jonathan Head, BBC News, southern Thailand
On Monday, some of the Acehnese people involved in last week's
rescue said fishing boat operators were now being told by military
officials not to carry out any more rescues.
Nobody wanted to speak on the record fearing they would be punished
by the government, says the BBC's Martin Patience in Langsa, where the
migrants are being cared for.
But one fisherman told the BBC that despite the warning they would continue rescuing people if they saw them drowning.
"They're human beings; we need to rescue them," he said.
Military spokesperson Fuad Basya said fishermen could deliver food,
fuel and water to the boats, or help with repairs, but that bringing
them to shore would constitute an illegal entry into Indonesia.
Meanwhile the mayor of Langsa has said the city has no budget for aid
on this scale, and that it has received no help from Jakarta.
"In short, yes, we need some help, immediately, from our national
government or any other institution, including NGOs, to take care of the
Rohingyas who are stranded in our place," said Usman Abdullah.The UN
has called on all nations in the region to give aid and shelter to
people in distress at sea.
An
Indonesian aid volunteer hands water and food for Rohingya migrants
from Myanmar at the new confinement area in the fishing town of Kuala
Langsa in Aceh province on May 16, 2015 where hundreds of migrants from
Myanmar and Bangladesh mostly Rohingyas are taking shelter after they
were rescued by Indonesian fishermen. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD
Why has this crisis erupted?
-
Rohingya Muslims mainly live in Myanmar - largely in Rakhine state -
where they are not considered citizens and have faced decades of
persecution.
- Rights groups say migrants feel they
have "no choice" but to leave, paying people smugglers to help them. The
UN estimates more than 120,000 Rohingyas have fled in the past three
years.
- Traffickers usually take the migrants
by sea to Thailand then overland to Malaysia, often holding them hostage
until their relatives pay ransoms.
But Thailand recently began cracking
down on the migrant routes, meaning traffickers are using sea routes
instead, often abandoning their passengers en route
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, now undergoing treatment at a Shillong
hospital in Indian Meghalaya state, today said he wants to return home.
Video
Salahuddin wants to return home (video)
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, now undergoing treatment
at a Shillong hospital in Indian Meghalaya state, today said he wants
to return home. He talks to reporters at Shillong Hospital in India on
Monday.
“Bangladesh is my country. Why will I not return to my own country?”
Salauddin told reporters when he was being taken to the main building of
Shillong Civil Hospital for a CT scan from the ward of under-trial
prisoners. Journalists from Bangladesh and India present at the hospital
told The Daily Star.
Salahuddin said his return to Bangladesh is uncertain due to the
letter of request that Interpol’s National central Bureau in Dhaka sent
to its New Delhi office on May 14 to arrest him.
“I did not commit any crime,” said the joint secretary general of
BNP, who was found in Shillong two months after he went missing from
Dhaka.
“Some people left me at Shillong blind-folded. I myself went to the
local police station with the help of a local,” Salahuddin said.
“It wasn’t police who had captured me,” he added.
His wife Hasina Ahmed, who left Dhaka last night, reached Shillong
around 7:00pm (Bangladesh Time), BNP’s Assistant Office Secretary Abdul
Latif Jony told The Daily Star.
Jony added it will take around an hour for Hasina to complete necessary procedure to meet her husband at the hospital.
The hospital authorities carried out the CT scan, a day after
Salahuddin's party colleague Abdul Latif Jony claimed that the ailing
BNP leader seems to be suffering memory loss.
Jony went to Shillong on Friday to met Salahuddin.
Meghalaya police arrested Salahuddin on May 11 as he was “hanging
around aimlessly” in Golf Links area of Shillong after nearly two months
of his disappearance from a residence at the capital's Uttara on March
10.
Since he had no valid papers, identity proof or travel permit with
him, Shillong police arrested and booked him under the Foreigners Act.
The BNP and Salahuddin's family members had been claiming that law
enforcers picked him up, an allegation denied by the law enforcers and
the government.
In cases of trespass like the one involving Salahuddin, police
usually send the intruder back to his home country upon court order,
Vivek Syiem, superintendent of police (city) of East Khasi Hills in
Indian state of Meghalaya, said on May 13.
There wouldn't be much procedural complexities in sending the arrested Bangladeshi politician back home, Syiem said.
Rector Zeenatun Nesa to be removed for indecent behavior
Guardians protest at Mohammadpur
Preparatory School and College on Saturday against alleged sexual
assault of a first-grader girl. Photo: Palash Khan
Star Online Special
Authorities of Mohammadpur Preparatory Higher Secondary School have decided to sack cleaner Gopal for trying to sexually harass a Class-1 student and to remove school rector Zeenatun Nesa for her indecent behaviour with guardians over the issue.
“Cleaner Gopal will be sacked as per the recommendation by the probe committee,” Belayet Hossain, principal of the school, told The Daily Star.
The decisions were taken at the school’s board meeting yesterday
evening after the body, formed to investigate the allegation of
attempted sexual harassment, submitted its report with some
recommendation, the principal said.
The school authorities do not know any whereabouts of Gopal since the
student’s mother informed the school authorities about the May 9
incident.
Gopal is on leave from May 11, Belayet said.
A total of 12 CCTV cameras have been installed at the school.
The school was temporarily closed on May 15 in face of protests over sexual harassment of the minor student on May 4.
A probe committee formed by the school authorities said no such incident took place at the institution.
The probe report however, says a male staff gagged the student,
brandished a knife and took her to a quiet place inside the school
compound. The girl had punched him in the abdomen and fled.
Rescued migrants suffer from exhaustion. Photo: Reuters
Star Online Report
Increasingly concerned about the plight of migrants and refugees
stranded in the Andaman Sea and Straits of Malacca, the UN chief and his
deputy have spoken separately to leaders in Southeast Asia reiterating
the need to protect lives and uphold the obligation of rescue at sea.
A statement issued in New York on May 17 by a UN spokesperson said in
recent days, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spoken to
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak and Thai
Premier Prayuth Chan-ocha.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson has also spoken to the
foreign minister of Bangladesh Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali and the
Deputy-Minister for Multilateral Affairs of Indonesia Hasan Kleib,
according to UN News Centre.
“In their discussions with leaders in the region, they reiterated the
need to protect lives and uphold international law. Furthermore, they
stressed the need for the timely disembarkation of migrants. They also
urged leaders to uphold the obligation of rescue at sea and maintain the
prohibition on refoulement,” the statement said.
Ban
Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN, gestures during the session
'Tackling Climate, Development and Growth' in the Swiss mountain resort
of Davos January 23, 2015. Reuters file photo
Refoulement is the forcible return of individuals to their country of origin where they could face persecution.
It went on to say the secretary-general and deputy secretary-general
also encouraged leaders to participate in the upcoming regional meeting
in Bangkok on the migrant situation.
“They hope that the meeting will lead to comprehensive outcomes at
the regional and international levels,” said the statement, underscoring
that the UN stands ready to assist all efforts to address the
situation, including at the proposed meeting.
The statement by the top two UN officials comes in the wake of a
strong call issued this past Friday by UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, who urged governments in Southeast Asia to
take swift action to protect the lives of migrants stranded in
precarious maritime conditions and warned against the policy of pushing
boats back out to sea.
“I am appalled at reports that Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia have
been pushing boats full of vulnerable migrants back out to sea, which
will inevitably lead to many avoidable deaths,” the UN rights chief
said. “The focus should be on saving lives, not further endangering
them.”
While Zeid praised Indonesia for disembarking 582 migrants on 10 May,
and Malaysia for disembarking 1,018 the following day, he said the
“incomprehensible and inhumane” policy of “pushbacks” was endangering
lives. He also spoke against countries' plans to criminalize vulnerable
migrants and asylum seekers who have crossed borders irregularly.
“Governments in South-East Asia need to respond to this crisis from
the premise that migrants, regardless of their legal status, how they
arrive at borders, or where they come from, are people with rights that
must be upheld,” he said. “Criminalizing such vulnerable people,
including children, and placing them in detention is not the solution.”
Around 6,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants are believed to remain
stranded at sea in precarious conditions in the region and the High
Commissioner said the individual circumstances of all migrants and
asylum seekers at international borders should be assessed, and
appropriate protection provided according to international human rights
and refugee law, including ensuring that the principle of
non-refoulement is upheld.
He called for further action against traffickers and abusive
smugglers and welcomed the announcement that Thailand would host a
regional meeting on irregular migration in the Indian Ocean on 29 May.
In discussions on comprehensive responses, the regional meeting would
seek to address root causes, one of which, he said, was the importance
of addressing the serious human rights situation in Rakhine state, in
Myanmar.
A Dhaka court sentences Helal Uddin, a
former officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, to three years’
imprisonment for torturing Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar and
implicating him in three false cases three years back. In the STAR file
photo, Kadar is seen inside a police van.
Star Online Report
A Dhaka court today sentenced Helal Uddin, a former officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, to three years’ imprisonment for torturing Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar and implicating him in three false cases three years back.
The former police officer was convicted in absentia of torturing the biochemistry and molecular biology student.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Alamgir Kabir Raj also fined
the convict Tk 10,000, in default of which he will suffer three months
more in jail.
The punishment of the fugitive will be effective from the day of his arrest or surrender.
Kadar was detained on charges of robbery when he was returning to his dormitory around 1:30am on July 16, 2011.
He was arrested even after he showed police his identity card, he
said, adding that they even stabbed him in the left calf with a cleaver.
Police filed three separate cases against Kadar to implicate him
falsely. But following media outcry, the High Court on July 28 that year
ordered the inspector general of police to probe the incident.
Three officials of Khilgaon Police Station, including the
officer-in-charge, were suspended and Kadar was released on bail on
August 3.
Kadar was acquitted of all charges in 2012. He on January 23, 2012,
sued officer-in-charge Helal Uddin for torturing him and filing false
cases against him.
Naznin Akhtar Happy (L) files a
no-confidence (naraji) petition against the the probe report against the
national team cricketer Rubel Hossain over alleged sexual abuse.
Star Online Report
Film actress Naznin Akhtar Happy today filed a no-confidence (naraji)
petition against the probe report submitted by police in a case filed
by her bringing allegations of sexual abuse against national team
cricketer Rubel Hossain.
Happy filed the petition after Rubel secured fresh bail from the
Fifth Special Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression
as the case was earlier shifted to the tribunal for its disposal.
Judge Tanjina Ismail of the tribunal fixed May 20 for hearing the naraji petition.
In today’s no-confidence petition, Happy told the court that police
did not interrogate the eight witnesses including her brother, mother
and sister before preparing the probe report. So, she rejected the probe
report and sought the tribunal’s order for a further investigation into
the matter.
On April 6, police inspector Halima Khatun submitted the final report
on the case appealing to the court to relieve Rubel from the charge. THE ALLEGATION
Film actress Happy came into media focus after she filed a case on
December 13 last year accusing Rubel of luring her into an affair with
false promises of marriage.
However, the actress on the following day said she would withdraw the case if Rubel married her.
Meanwhile, a day after Happy filed the case, doctors at Dhaka Medical
College conducted a forensic test on her. In its report submitted to
Mirpur police on December 24, DMC stated that Happy was not raped
recently.
Criticising the use of “recent”, Happy told The Daily Star that after
“physical relations” for the last nine months, Rubel had refused to
marry her on December 1, after which she had tried to reach a solution.
On Monday, Happy filed a writ petition with the HC asking its
directives to remove Rubel Hossain from Bangladesh World Cup squad.
She also urged the court to order the government to confiscate Rubel's passport until the case was settled.
The HC rejected her pleas as since the petitioner's lawyer was absent in the court to place arguments on the petition.
Eight assaulter was identified from camera
footages of the sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebrations.
Photo taken from Facebook
Star Online Report
The photos of the eight assaulter AT Pahela Baishakh celebrations were released at the police Headquarters by the IGP.
Police today declared Tk 1 lakh reward for capture of each eight
identified from camera footages of the sexual assault during Pahela
Baishakh celebrations.
Shahidul Haque, inspector general of police, made the announcement at
a press briefing in Dhaka Metropolitan Police headquarters this noon.
At least 20 women were sexually assaulted for over an hour, allegedly
under the nose of police, by a group of rowdy youths for over an hour
on the evening of April 14.
The incident sparked a wave of protest throughout the country with
people from all quarters condemning the incident and demanding immediate
arrest of the culprits.
Now, after a month in the passing of the incident and failure of
arresting anyone, police have declared a reward for the eight assaulters
identified from footages they have had for the past 33 days.
The police also released photos of the eight they identified
as sexual assaulters, cropped from the camera footages, and released
them to the media.
"We have been able to facially recognise eight people. But we do not
know their names or whereabouts. Anyone who comes forward and helps in
the capture of an assaulter will be given Tk 1 lakh reward."
Be rest assured, that the identity of the informer will be kept a
secret and given proper security measures," the IGP said during the
press release.
Citing that the close circuit camera footages were provided to the
media, the ace police official claimed that no one came forward to
aiding the capture of the assaulters.
Police's role over the incident, their comments afterwards and
subsequently the manner of dousing protests against the sexual assault
drew widespread flack.
First,
police denied having any evidence of sexual assault at all despite the
proactive role of different media publishing the camera footages that
clearly showed everything.
Later on May10, the law enforcers mercilessly quashed a protest that
bid to lay a siege on Dhaka police headquarters, frustrated over
police's role in this regard.
There, male police had brutally assaulted a female protester, Ismat Ara, which also drew widespread condemnation.
However, protests are still on from several quarters, including a
joint move by the student political organisations of Dhaka University,
pressing for action against the disregarding police at scene, arrest of
the culprits and others.
Dhaka: Porn-star
turned Bollywood actress Sunny Leone has been booked by Dombivali police here
for alleged distribution of obscene content on web and social networking sites.
According to a police release today, the offence was registered last night
against the 34-year-old actor under sections 292, 292 A, 294 r/w 34 of the IPC
besides being charged under Section 3 and 4 of Indian Representation of Women
and IT Act.
The offence was registered based on a complaint by one Anjali Palan (30), a
housewife who stated that while surfing the internet she found several obscene
posts and pictures of the actress, they said.
Also, Palan found "objectionable" material on the actor's website
Sunneyleone.com.
"Such posts poison the minds of people and especially children," she
said in her complaint.
The Dombivili police has transferred the case to the Cyber Crime cell of Thane
police for further probe, the release said.
The former adult movie star was in the city couple of weeks back to promote her
recent movie Ek Paheli Leela.
Tamim Iqbal smashed his way into the record books with the highest
score for Bangladesh in test matches with his superb knock of 206 runs
from 278 balls in the first test match against Pakistan today at Khulna
Stadium.
His first double century was only the second of such a milestone
achieved by a Bangladeshi batsman after Mushfiqur Rahim’s 200 against
Sri Lanka at Galle in 2013.
Tamim was also instrumental in the highest opening stand in test
matches as he and Imrul Kayes put up 312 runs in the second innings of
this match. Moreover, the partnership was also the highest in terms of
runs for Bangladesh.
Bangladesh
cricketer Tamim Iqbal reacts after scoring a century (100 runs) during
the fourth day of the first cricket Test match between Bangladesh and
Pakistan at The Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on May 1, 2015.
Photo: AFP
Tamim was his usual self from ball one and dictated terms to the
Pakistan bowlers with sheer disdain. He didn’t let any loose ball go
unpunished in his knock and spanked the opposition bowlers all around
the park with seventeen fours and seven soaring sixes.
The southpaw from Chittagong made sure the tempo of his innings
didn’t drop for any length of time as he kept the scoreboard ticking
with ones and twos besides hitting the big shots to the delight of the
home crowd.
In the last three test matches Tamim played, his scores read: 109,
20, 109, 65, 25 and 206. Surely the best way of silencing his
critics...don't you think?
Bangladesh opener Imrul Kayes scored his highest test score of
150 runs in the first test against Pakistan at the Sheikh Abu Naser
Stadium, Khulna today.
After Tigers conceded a massive deficit of 296 runs, Imrul Kayes came
out to bat in the second innings with a huge responsibility on his
shoulders. Any slip-up could place his team in a precarious position,
making it extremely difficult to save the test match.
Fortunately for Bangladesh, Imrul rose to the occasion and
counter-attacked the Pakistan bowlers with magnificent shots all around
the wicket. He was reading the length with consummate ease and didn’t
let any loose ball go unpunished.
Imrul knock of 150 runs came from 240 balls, with 16 fours and three
sixes entertaining the home crowd at Khulna and Bangladesh fans in front
of television sets. He notched up a third test ton in his last four
test matches.
After Mushfiqur Rahim got hurt, Imrul had to don the gloves and kept
wickets for most of the Pakistan’s first innings, which lasted 168.4
overs.
Not only his knock but Imrul’s level of stamina was truly incredible during the test match.
Imrul’s previous best test score was 130 which he made in 2014 against Zimbabwe at Chittagong.
Imrul Kayes took on the Pakistan bowlers during his knock of 150 runs in the first test match at Khulna Stadium. Photo: STAR
BNP today urged the Election Commission to cancel the recently held
city polls to Dhaka and Chittagong alleging massive irregularities, and
demanded fresh polls to the three city corporations.
“If the city polls are not cancelled, people will give a fitting
reply to the Awami League-led government. They will face dire
consequences,” BNP standing committee member Brig Gen (retd) ASM Hannan
Shah told reporters.
The BNP leader came up with the demands after placing wreaths at the
grave of late president Ziaur Rahman in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla
Nagar.
Flanked with party leaders and activists, Hannan Shah went there to
mark the founding anniversary of Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, labour front
of the BNP.
BNP-backed mayoral candidates for Dhaka north, south and Chittagong
city corporations announced to boycott the electoral race midway,
alleging “widespread rigging” in the April 28 polls.
Talking to reporters, Hannan Shah claimed that different quarters are
raising questions -- why didn’t the BNP go for immediate action after
boycotting the polls.
“In reply, we want to say that we protested silently and that was the right thing to do,” Hannan said.
The senior BNP leader also said massive irregularities, vote rigging
and ruling party’s threats to opposition have given us clear idea of
what would happen if parliamentary election is held under the present
government.
“We have also got clear idea from the Apr 28 polls rigging, what
Sheikh Hasina government had done in January 5, 2014 national election,”
Hannan Shah added.
Replying to a question, he said leaders of BNP-led 20-party will sit
“soon” to decide its next course of action regarding the anti-government
movement.
Asked when they would announce their next programme, the former army
officer turned politician said: “In armed forces, we never reveal
strategy, strength and timing. Therefore, you will have to wait to know
that.”
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