Robi brings exclusive SMS based Quiz Contest

Robi has recently launched an exclusive SMS based quiz contest. Winners of the quiz contest can watch “Poddo Patar Jol” exclusively with actor/actress of the movie.  The campaign will continue till July 28 2015.

Robi users need to subscribe with Amader Taroka News to start the quiz campaign. Just by sending START Q to 16235, Robi users can get daily update on Bangladeshi Celebrities, Media related news etc. The user needs to stay with the service during the campaign period to be considered as a contestant.

Once Robi user subscribes to the Amader Taroka News service, he/ she will get questions about Poddo Patar Jol and by answering the questions they can collect the points. There will be multiple choice questions to answer from. Contestants can get 2 (Two) points for every correct answer and 1 (One) negative point for each wrong answer.

During the campaign period, whoever touches 350 points mark will get to attend the movie show with the stars of Podmo Patar Jol. This will be an exclusive screening of the movie since only the stars, crews of the movie and the contest winners will be allowed entry. Winners will be allowed to bring one person with them.

In addition, the first contestant to reach 10,000 points will win a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime handset besides getting the opportunity to attend the exclusive show of Poddo Patar Jol. (Source: Press release)

Myanmar navy finds 102 stranded Bangladesh migrants on island - state media

Myanmar’s navy has discovered more than 100 Bangladeshi migrants stranded for nearly a month on a southern island, state media said on Tuesday, following a regional migrant crisis in which people smugglers abandoned thousands at sea.

It was the first major rescue reported by Myanmar since May, when its navy found a boat packed with more than 700 migrants in the Andaman Sea at the height of Southeast Asia’s migrant boat crisis.

The crisis blew up after a crackdown by Thailand on trafficking camps along its border with Malaysia made conditions too risky for people smugglers to land their human cargo, so they simply set them adrift.

The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar said the most recent group of 102 migrants was found late in June, after spending nearly a month on the island in Taninthayi, the southernmost region of Myanmar bordering Thailand.

The migrants, all men, were rescued between June 30 and July 12 and hailed from neighbouring Bangladesh, the paper said. They had been left on the island in early June.

“The navy is searching the areas and the victims will be sent back to their home country,” it added, but gave no details of where the men were being held.

Officials at the Bangladesh embassy in Yangon said the Myanmar government had not contacted them about the migrants.

“We have just received the news from the media,” Tareque Mohammed, the deputy chief of mission, told Reuters. “We have received no confirmation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

The military-owned Myawaddy newspaper said officials in Myanmar found a man on June 30 around two miles off the coast of Saung Gauk Island, prompting a search of the island early in July, which led to the discovery of the rest.

It said the men had left Bangladesh after being persuaded they could earn more abroad and that those who refused were forced aboard a vessel.

They were among the thousands, many Bangladeshi or Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar, who ended up in dangerously crowded boats run by people-traffickers, heading for other southeast Asian countries.

Previously, Myanmar has said nearly all the migrants were Bangladeshis seeking better economic prospects, rather than Rohingya, a group who complain of severe discrimination and mistreatment at home.

Most of the castaways landed in Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar, their passengers sick and thirsty. At least 1,200 remained adrift, the United Nations said in a report on June 16. (Source: Reuters)

Bangladeshis asked to avoid going to Libya

Dhaka, July 15, 2015: Bangladesh nationals including migrant workers have been strongly advised to avoid going to Libya in view of the ongoing fighting and deteriorating security situation throughout the country.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring the overall situation in Libya,” a foreign ministry press release said here today.

Due to ongoing violence, it said, the Bangladesh Embassy recently suspended its operations in Libya and relocated its staff to Tunisia.

The relocated Bangladesh Embassy has opened an Information Cell in Tunisia with the following contact address:

A S M Ashraful Islam, Counsellor (Labour), Landline: +21675750300 E-mail: bdtripoli@yahoo.com Mobile: +21621924229

The release further said Bangladesh nationals in Libya should avoid areas of demonstrations and exercise caution if in the vicinity of any large gatherings, protests, or demonstrations. (Source: BSS)

National moon sighting committee meets Friday

Dhaka, July 14, 2015: A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held on Friday at the Islamic Foundation Conference room in the Baitul Mukarram National mosque here, said a release here today.

The committee meeting will be held to review the news of moon sighting of the holy month of Shawal and fix the date of Eid-ul-Fitr of 1436 Hijri.

Religious Affairs Minister and Chairman of the National Moon Sighting Committee Principal Matiur Rahman will preside over the meeting.

Anybody having sighted the moon anywhere in Bangladesh on Friday is requested to instantly inform the committee over telephone, fax or any other means.

The contact numbers are: 02-9563397, 02-9559493, 02-9559643, 02-9555947, 02-9556407 and 02-9558337. (Source: BSS)

Rajon murder case: Muhit Alam placed on 5-day remand

Sylhet, July 13, 2015: The Judicial Magistrate Court- 2 here today placed Muhit Alam, the prime accused in Samiul Alam Rajon murder case, on a 5-day remand.

Judge Farhana Yasmin of the Judicial Magistrate Court- 2 passed the order after police produced Muhit Alam before the court seeking a seven-day remand.

Police arrested one more suspect in the Rajon killing case. He was identified as Ablus. Police formed a special team to arrest other suspects in the murder case.

Dr Tahmina Islam of Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital conducted the postmortem and found that brain hemorrhage caused his death, said officer-in-charge of Jalalabad Police Station Akhter Hossain.

Rajon’s body bore 68 serious injury marks, said the OC quoting the report.

Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon, the 12-year-old boy who was brutally tortured at Sundar Ali Market in Kumargaon area of the city on Wednesday, died of brain hemorrhage, said the autopsy report today.

Meanwhile, local people held procession and rally demanding immediate arrest of the killers. Residents of 15-20 villages held a meeting at Rajon’s house on Sunday night. They also threatened a mass movement if the administration failed to arrest Rajon’s killers. (Source: BSS)