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SUNDAY, JULY 23, 2017
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Dhaka College students block road
over Shahbagh incident
• Arifur Rahman Rabbi and
Tarek Mahmud
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Agitated students of the Dhaka College
have blocked the key street in
front of their institution protesting
against Thursday’s police action on
Dhaka University-affiliated college
students at Shahbagh.
The demonstrators kept the
important street occupied for
more than half an hour, disrupting
traffic.
New Market police station Officer-in-Charge
Md Atikur Rahaman
told Dhaka Tribune: “The
student blocked the street from
Qatar emir calls for negotiations to ease Gulf boycott
• Tribune Desk
WORLD
In his first speech since four Arab
countries severed ties with his
country, Qatar’s emir called for dialogue
to resolve a political crisis
pitting his country against them.
A defiant Sheikh Tamim bin
Hamad al-Thani said life was continuing
as normal despite what
he described as an unjust “siege”
from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.
The countries cut ties and imposed
sanctions on Qatar last
month, accusing it of financing
extremist groups and supporting
terrorism, which the emir denied.
“Qatar is fighting terrorism relentlessly
and without compromise,
and the international community
recognises this,” Sheikh
Tamim said in the televised speech.
He spoke hours after US Secretary
of State Rex Tillerson said
the United States was satisfied
with Qatar’s efforts to implement
an agreement aimed at combating
terror financing, and urged the four
states to lift their “land blockade”.
11:45am to 12:25pm on Saturday.”
He said: “The students returned
to classes after being assured that
their demands will be fulfilled.
At least two students, including
Siddiqur Rahman of Titumir College
were injured in a clash with
police on Thursday morning when
students of seven government
colleges, affiliated with the Dhaka
University, were staging a peaceful
demonstration at Shahbagh demanding
dates for their examinations
be announced.
The exam dates were announced
after the clash.
Police on Thursday filed an attempted
murder case against 1,200
unidentified suspects over the
Previously planned campaign
The crisis revolves around allegations
that Qatar supports Islamist
militant groups, including in Syria
and Libya, and hosts members of
the Muslim Brotherhood.
It began after a speech in late
May by Sheikh Tamim appeared
on the state news agency’s website,
which Doha said he had never
made and indicated the website
had been hacked from one of its
neighbours, indicating the UAE.
The Washington Post, citing US
intelligence officials, last week reported
that the United Arab Emirates
had arranged for Qatari government
social media and news
sites to be hacked in order to post
the fiery but false quotes. The UAE
denied any involvement.
Sheikh Tamim described the
sanctions as a campaign that had
been pre-planned against Qatar,
calling it an act of aggression
against Doha’s foreign policy.
“Its planners planted statements
to mislead public opinion
and the countries of the world,” he
said.
Sheikh Tamim vowed to withstand
the sanctions and said he had
instructed the Qatari government
that Qataris should become more
self-reliant and called for the economy
to be opened up to foreign investments.
“The time has come for us to
spare the people from the political
Shahbagh incident.
Meanwhile, Dr Iftekhar Md Munir,
an associate professor the National
Institute of Ophthalmology
(NIO), said they had operated upon
the eyes of the injured, Siddiqur
Rahman, yesterday on Saturday
morning.
“There is less chance of him
[Siddiqur] getting back his eyesight.
We are skeptical about how
much he could be able to see. Later
he may need more than one operation,”
Dr Munir said, adding, both
the two eyes of Siddiqur were severely
damaged due to injuries.
“Cornea, prisons and many other
things are related with eyesight.
They came out of Siddiqur’s right
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani delivers a televised speech in Doha, Qatar, July 21, 2017
differences between the governments,”
he said, urging dialogue.
UAE welcomes anti-terror move
In a sign of progress, an Emirati
state minister on Friday welcomed
changes to Qatar’s anti-terror legislation
as a “positive” step.
Qatar announced a emiri decree
on Thursday establishing two nominal
lists of individuals and terrorist
entities, and the requirements
for being included in them.
It also defined terrorists, terrorist
crimes, terrorist entities as well
as the financing of terrorism.
The decree follows the signing
on July 11 of a US-Qatar agreement
to combat terror funding during a
visit to Doha by Tillerson.
However, the four Arab countries
at odds with Doha dismissed
eye. And everything has become
displaced in the left eye,” he added.
On the other hand, Dhaka Metropolitan
Police (DMP) Commissioner
Asaduzzaman Mia has said in a program
that they will investigate the
Shahbagh clash where a student
suffered serious eye injuries.
“Police and students are making
contradictory claims over the incident.
Protesters said Titumir College
student Siddiqur Rahman was
hit by a teargas canister but police
said he was injured when the protesters
threw flowerpot, bricks and
stones,” he said.
“We will investigate the incident
and take action accordingly,”
the DMP chief added. •
REUTERS
that deal as “insufficent”.
On Friday, the UAE state minister
for foreign affairs welcomed the
latest Qatari move.
“It is a positive step to deal seriously
with the list of 59 terrorists,”
Anwar Gargash tweeted. “The
pressure linked to the crisis has begun
to bear fruit.”
But Gargash, repeated his demands
for Qatar to reorient its policies
in order to ease the crisis with
its Arab neighbours.
“It would be wiser (for Qatar) to
totally change its (political) orientation,”
he said.
The changes Qatar announced
to its anti-terror legislation amend
an earlier law published in 2004
but Thursday’s decree did not provide
details of the exact nature of
the revisions. •
HSC, equivalent
exams results
Sunday
• Tribune Desk
EDUCATION
This year’s results of the Higher
Secondary Certificate (HSC) and
its equivalent examinations will be
published today.
Education Minister Nurul Islam
Nahid will handover the results to
the prime minister in the morning.
Later, the minister will formally
announce the results at 1pm at a
press briefing, reports UNB.
Tapan Kumar Sarker, examination
controller at Dhaka Education
Board, said the results will be published
simultaneously from respective
certre or college and online at
1:30pm.
Institution-based result sheet
has to be downloaded through entry
of EIIN of respective educational
institution from www.dhakaeducationboard.gov.bd.
Students can also collect their
results from www.educationboardresults.gov.bd,
result corner of
www.educationboard.gov.bd and
website of respective education
board.
The written tests of the yearly
public examinations ended on May
15 while practical exams on May 25.
A total of 1,183,686 students
took the exams this year from ten
education boards. •
DU student
killed in Cox’s
Bazar landslide
• Abdul Aziz, Cox’s Bazar
NATION
A student of Dhaka University was
killed in a landslide when he went
to see the Himchhari waterfall in
Cox’s Bazar yesterday afternoon.
The deceased is Ridwanul Alam
Sabbir, a second year student of the
university’s Marketing Department.
Two others—Rahat Alam, 24,
and Md Ibrahim, 21-- of the same
department received minor injuries
in the incident.
Dr Imran Uddin Rubel of Cox’s
Bazar Sadar Hospital said members
of the army rescued Sabbir and the
duo and took them to the hospital
around 4pm.
Sabbir, aged around 20, was
brought dead, the physician said,
adding, the injured were released
after primary treatment.
The three youths fell victim to a
landslide, he said quoting the army
men.
Mentionable, a team comprising
at least ten students of the university
had come to Cox’s Bazar on a tour
three days ago. Then, they boarded
an army resort in the area. •