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Ansar members stage demo outside secretariat
Published : Sunday, 25 August, 2024 at 2:38 PM Count : 610

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Ansar members stage demo outside secretariat

Members of Ansar are demonstrating in front of the secretariat taking position there demanding nationalisation.

They are warning through loud speaker that they will continue sit-in in front of the secretariat until their one-point demand is met.

The officials and employees are cordoned off by the protesters. No vehicle is able to enter secretariat.

Around 12noon on Sunday, thousands of ansar members took position near secretariat, forcing security personnel to close all the gates of the secretariat.

Meanwhile, vehicular movement came to a halt in and around the areas following the demonstration.​
 

Bangladesh crisis: Students clash with paramilitary personnel, 50 injured
At least 50 people were injured in Dhaka on Sunday when students clashed with hundreds of paramilitary personnel protesting for job regularisation

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Photo: PTI

At least 50 people were injured in Dhaka on Sunday when students clashed with hundreds of paramilitary personnel during a protest for job regularisation.
The clashes began around 9:20 pm near the Secretariat when Dhaka University students, responding to reports that several students, including Nahid Islam, a student leader and advisor in the caretaker government, had been detained by members of Ansar, a paramilitary auxiliary force, attempted to disperse the Ansar protest demanding permanent employment.

Both groups hurled bricks at each other during the confrontation, leading to the involvement of police and military forces to restore order.

Earlier in the day, the Ansar members had ended their protest after receiving assurances from Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, the interim government's home affairs advisor. However, tensions escalated as students accused the Ansar force of reneging on the agreement.

Student protest coordinator Hasnat Abdullah later posted on Facebook, blaming former Ansar director general Maj Gen AKM Aminul Haque for the continued blockade of the Secretariat despite the demands being addressed.

"The autocratic forces are trying to make a comeback through the Ansar force. Even after their demands were met, we were kept locked in the Secretariat," Abdullah said.

The news of the ongoing blockade sparked further unrest as over a thousand students and others, many carrying sticks, gathered at the Secretariat. Violence broke out when they encountered members of Ansar. Following the clashes, reports emerged that scattered Ansar personnel had been attacked.

Nahid Islam, the advisor for information and broadcasting, accused the Ansar protest of being part of a broader conspiracy. "We will take legal action against those involved," Islam said.

Maj Gen Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud, the director general of the Ansar and Village Defence Force, defended the actions of his force in a statement to The Daily Star. He claimed that those persisting in the protest were not Ansar members. "They are outsiders. They came with an additional set of clothes, and their intention was different," he said.

Mahmud vowed to take "legal action" against those responsible for the ongoing protest.​
 

40 hurt as students clash with protesting Ansars
Clash erupts near secretariat as members of Ansar continue to protest defying govt assurance

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Photo: Anisur Rahman

At least 40 people were injured as a clash broke out between Ansar members and students near the secretariat in Dhaka tonight.

Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police camp in-charge (inspector) Md Bachchu Mia said the injured started coming to the hospital around 9:30pm.

Asif Hawladar, Dhaka University correspondent of Bangla daily Prothom Alo, was injured critically during the clash. He was admitted to a city hospital.

The incident took place when over a thousand students many of them with sticks marched towards the secretariat where dozens of Ansar members were holding protests blocking the entrance of the key government headquarters. The students termed the Ansar members as "agents of autocracy".

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Photo: Screengrab

Sources said several conveners of the anti-discrimination student movement invited students to gather at the Raju sculpture to march towards the secretariat.

The Ansar members initially moved back as students reached the area around 9:20pm.

However, they [Ansars] chased back the students with sticks. They also started throwing bricks targeting the students which ensued a clash between two groups. The clash continued till 10:00pm, according to witnesses.

Chaitanya Hossain, a student said both students and Ansar members became injured during the clash.

Murad Mondal, another student said they were busy collecting and distributing relief to the flood victims in the university area. Learning that some officials and advisers have been confined to the secretariat by the Ansar members, they decided to march towards it.

"We don't need any Ansars in our country," he said.

The clashes came after members of the Ansar refused to withdraw their protest despite the interim government's assurance of abolishing the "rest tradition" in the force.

According to the Ansar regulation, a member is sent on a six-month mandatory leave after working for three consecutive years. During this period, Ansar members do not get paid.

There are three branches of Ansar: the General Ansar, the Battalion Ansar, and the Village Defence Party (VDP).

According to officials, the government do not pay any salary to 70,000 general Ansar members. A member is paid by the office – Tk 540 per day -- where he is deployed for security and other purposes.

On average, the Ansar and VDP headquarters receive a deployment requisition for 55,000 for different institutes or government offices around the year.

Besides General Ansars, there are around 17,000 regular members in the force called the Battalion Ansar. The force has also around 57 lakh VDP members, whose jobs are volunteer-based.​
 
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Pedal rickshaw pullers block Shahbagh intersection
They are demanding a ban on batter-operated rickshaws on main roads

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Photo: Prabir Das

Pedal rickshaw pullers blocked Shahbagh intersection this morning demanding a ban on battery-operated rickshaws on main roads.

They said battery-operated rickshaws should be restricted to feeder roads, as was the practice in the past.

Witnesses reported that several hundred rickshaw pullers began arriving in the Shahbagh around 8:00am and blocked the road with their rickshaws around 9:00am.

The intersection was completely blocked, and around 11:30am vehicles going to the southern parts of the city could be seen diverting through Hare Road.

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Photo: Amran Hossain

Abdur Rashid, a rickshaw puller from Uttara, said they took to the streets because law enforcement authorities have not taken action against battery-operated rickshaws plying major roads.

"Our income has drastically reduced. Battery-operated rickshaws should only be allowed on feeder roads and lanes," he told The Daily Star.

Md Uzzal, another rickshaw puller, said they cannot compete with battery-operated rickshaws due to their speed.

The excessive speed of these three-wheelers is also causing accidents, he said, adding that they will continue their protest until battery-operated rickshaws are banned from the main roads.

Although battery-operated rickshaws typically operate on lanes and feeder roads, they have started using main thoroughfares, including important routes like Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, due to the inaction of traffic police.​
 

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