RAB gun down 5 | dhaka

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 The blood spotted on the car after the “gunfight” between Rab members and a gang of alleged muggers. RAB legal and media wing director M Sohall said to the media, during separate gunfights five youths were killed in Rapid Action Battalion firing on Sonargaon Janapath in Uttara in the capital last night on 12 August 2011. © Monirul Alam

It was around 9.30 pm I look around with my office and saw our news paper layout which it will be published next day, suddenly my news editors told me, RAB killed 5 muggers in Uttar please move on as early as possible, and maybe we lead that news. I left my office within minutes with my camera and ride my motorbike as faster to cover on the spot in the city of Uttra 13 sector near Mascot Plaza, at Sonargaon Janapath.

When I went there, I saw number of plane cloth security forces and RAB personals cordoned enter the area with the yellow ribbon which written “Crime Scene Do Not Cross” 4 deceased already sent to the Dhaka medical morgue and 1 rushed to local hospital and two alleged mugger arrest on the spot in Ran custody.

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On the spot I took a picture a private car with blood spotted on the sits, broken car widows with bullet holes at the same time I took several pictures which I remarked. When I talked one witness he said, soon after fired pedestrian ran away in panic after that the law enforces cordoned off the spots and media was covered. I saw number of local’s gather and to watching the situation some time security forces try to left the scene but curious people still stand and watching.  Within half an hour’s I leave on the spot and move to Dhaka Medical College to cover on 5 deceased.

The road was fully rushed with huge number of vehicle some time I escape some time I stuck with traffic jam, at last I reach on the Medial morgue and covered 5 deceased. Already my news editors phoned me and they just wait for my picture which is published on the next day. .  .

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http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-08-13/news/177793

Solidarity for Limon | bangladesh

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Songkhubdho Nagorik Samaj, a platform to protect human rights, demanded withdrawal of cases against Limon Hossain who lost a leg in Rab shooting late March. The organizers have pledged to continue their protests until the government withdraw the false cases against Limon Hossein and provide adequate compensation for the loss of his leg.

They also called in protest against the government’s contract with ConocoPhillips signed on June 16 the deal awarded gas exploration and extraction rights to the US energy giant in two deep sea blocks in the Bay of Bengal.

At a protest rally, they also demanded strong security for 16-year-old Limon and his family members, and punishment of the accused.Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), on March 23, mistook Limon, a college student, for a criminal and shot him in the left leg at the village of Chhaturia in Jhalakathi Bangladesh.

World’s Indigenous People Day | bangladesh

We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism. Rigoberta Menchu, Guatemala Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1992

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A Blind older SANTAL men sits in front of his house.The International Day of the World’s Indigenous People is being observed on 9 August Tuesday 2011 in the country and around the globe at a time when the very identity of the adivasi people has become a subject of debate in Bangladesh according to the recent media report in Bangladesh. Thus,indigenous peoples have become the most marginalized and vulnerable group in the country of Bangladesh in its years of independence. There is no constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples of Bangladesh the issue of the identity of the indigenous peoples of Bangladesh has led to much debate and controversy, and on occasions has brought indigenous leaders and government officials into sharp disagreement. Dinajpure November 2009 ©Monirul Alam

 

 

BNP Lawmakers Sent to Jail pending hearing

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 BNP lawmaker and MP Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia along with Abu Bakar Siddique, Towhidul Islam stands on the prison van and shouts anti government slogans on Friday at CMM court. A Dhakacourt on Friday fixed August 8 for hearing on the 10-day remand request. Law enforcers arrested them in connection with a case filed on charges of assaulting police and preventing them from performing duties at the High Court on Tuesday. August 2011 Dhaka© Monirul Alam

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Innocent Unsafe . . .

“Inncent people of the country are not safe in the hands of police.”

Abdul Kader, Dhaka University Student

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DhakaUniversitystudent Abdul Kadar, along with his mother comes out prison cell at Bangabandhu SheikhMujibMedicalUniversity, On August 3 2011. After his bailed, he said to media, “Innocent people of the country are not safe in the hands of police.” Kadar was tortured in police custody on July 16. According to the media report Kadar was picked up by Khilgaon police from the capital’s Segunbagicha area on his way back to his dormitory from his cousin’s house around 1:30am. August 2011 Dhaka© Monirul Alam

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Holy Ramadan | Bangladesh

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 Number of Bangladeshi Muslims gather to buy traditional food items for breaking fast on the first day of holy Ramadan at Chalk Bazar market in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Aug. 2, 2011. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk.©Monirul Alam

Artist Shahabuddin Ahmed

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 World renowned Artist Shahabuddin Ahmed attends as a special guest at gallery Chitrak. Recently Gallery Chitrak organized a group  art exhibition to their new address at Dhanmondi road 6 houses 4 in the Dhaka city on July 2011.

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6 students beaten dead in Savar

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 Bangladeshi relatives wail after six college students were beaten to death by a mob at Baradeshi village nearDhaka,Bangladesh, Monday, July 18, 2011. Hundreds of villagers surrounded the boys and beat them with iron rods and bamboo sticks suspecting the teenagers were planning a robbery, police said. July 2011Dhaka,Bangladesh. © Monirul Alam

Night of Forgiveness | bangladesh

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 Bngladeshi Muslims sit in next to the Mosque during a special night prayer of Bangladesh to mark Shab-e-Barat or ‘night of forgiveness’ in Dhaka on 17 July 2011. Muslims believe that if someone prays to God throughout the night and seeks forgiveness for all the sins he may have committed, he could be forgiven. The entire night of prayer is devoted to asking for forgiveness for the past year and for good fortune in the year to come. July 2011 Dhaka, Bangladesh. © Monirul Alam

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