The authorities have temporarily suspended ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia and Aricha-Kazirhat routes in Shibaloy upazila of Manikganj due to dense fog.

The ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia and Aricha-Kazirhat routes have been suspended from 6:30 am on Tuesday (December 31) and 5:30 am on Aricha-Kazirhat routes, said Nasir Hossain Chowdhury, DGM (Commercial) of BIWTC Aricha office.

He said that the density of fog has increased in the Padma-Jamuna in Manikganj since midnight on Monday. This has made ferry services on the route risky and the marking lights of the ferry have become dim. Therefore, ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia and Aricha-Kazirhat routes have been temporarily suspended from dawn to avoid accidents on the route.

Meanwhile, two ferries carrying passengers and vehicles were stranded in the middle of the Jamuna river on the Aricha-Kazirhat river route. Nasir Hossain Chowdhury said that ferry services will resume once the fog in the river area subsides.

Tomorrow, Tuesday (December 31), there will be a program for the anti-discrimination student movement at the Central Shaheed Minar. However, the declaration of the July mass uprising is not being published today.

On Monday (December 30), at around 1 am, Abdul Hannan Masud, the main organizer of the anti-discrimination student movement, made this announcement at a press briefing.

He said that people from all over the country took to the streets on August 5. Tomorrow, people from all over the country and Dhaka will take to the streets in the same way. The interim government has agreed to our proclamation. We also support it. The proclamation will come from the government, but the program we have given at Shaheed Minar - we revolutionaries will not stop gathering.

Abdul Hannan Masud said that we will gather at Shaheed Minar according to the previous program. A six-hour letter will come from the government. Therefore, our gathering will not stop. There has been a domestic and foreign conspiracy against the proclamation, and the interim government has foiled that conspiracy.

When asked whether the proclamation will be published tomorrow, Masud did not give an answer and quickly left the press conference venue, saying that a procession will be held outside the office in favor of the proclamation.

Hasnat Abdullah, the convener of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, and Sarjis Alam, one of the coordinators, were not present at the press conference. Sarjis Alam entered the office after the press conference and left again within a few minutes.

Earlier, a notice was spread on social media Facebook stating that the pre-announced 'Proclamation of July Revolution' program at the Central Shaheed Minar tomorrow, Tuesday (December 31) had been postponed. However, Zahid Ahsan, the cell secretary (office cell) of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, said that the notice was fake.

After that, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a meeting to clarify the matter. The announcement was made after that meeting.

It is worth noting that the leaders of the anti-discrimination student movement held a press conference on Sunday and said that they would deliver the 'July Revolution Declaration' at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon. The leaders of the organization mentioned two basic issues in the declaration. It will describe the 1972 constitution as a 'Mujibbadi constitution' and send to 'grave' and declare the 'Nazi Awami League' irrelevant in Bangladesh.

The interim government has taken the initiative to prepare a declaration for the July Uprising based on national consensus. This declaration will be adopted to consolidate the unity of the people, anti-fascist consciousness and desire for state reform that was developed through the July Uprising.

Shafiqul Alam, Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser, gave this information at an emergency press briefing in front of the State Guest House Jamuna on Monday (December 30) night.

Shafiqul Alam said that the declaration will be prepared based on the opinions of all participating students, political parties and factions, including the anti-discrimination student movement that led the mass uprising. It will express the perspective of the July Uprising, the basis of unity and the intention of the people.

He also said, "We hope that this declaration will be prepared unanimously within a few days through the participation of everyone and will be presented to the nation."

Professor Dr. Mahfuz Parvez, Chairman of the Department of Political Science, Chattogram University (CU) and Executive Director of the Chattogram Center for Regional Studies (CCRSBD), said, "The past parliaments of Bangladesh could not be made the center of politics. The failure of the parliament, which was obedient to the top leaders and the ruling party in the past, has brought about the collapse of the democratic system. Due to this, the spread of autocracy, authoritarianism, dictatorship and fascism under the guise of parliamentary politics has become possible."

He said these things in his presiding speech at a seminar titled 'The Nature and Potential of Women's Representation in the National Parliament of Bangladesh' organized by the Department of Political Science, CU on Monday (December 30).

Dr. Mahfuz Parvez said, "Various inconsistencies in various areas including elections, candidate nomination, and governance have not allowed the development of a genuine parliamentary system in the country. Parliament has become a rubber stamp and has given a seal to all the government's work. Parliamentary politics has not been able to play its proper role in strengthening democratic governance."

Dr. Mahfuz Parvez said, "The consensus of political parties is essential to eliminate the weaknesses and shortcomings in the parliamentary system in Bangladesh. Through which it will be possible to make the parliament the real center of national political activities by freeing it from the subordination of individuals or parties. In this regard, it is necessary to seriously consider the issues of making the parliament more public-oriented and public-oriented by including all political forces, civil society, professionals, and experts in addition to elected representatives."

PhD researcher Professor Mohammad Shahedul Alam Bhuiyan presented the key-note at the seminar. Former Dean of the Department of Sociology, CU, Professor Dr. Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqui, Executive Director of the Center for Social and National Thought, Professor Dr. Md. Enayet Ullah Patwari, Professor Dr. Zahirul Qayyum, Dr. Anwar Hossain Miji, Akkas Ahmed, AGM Niaz Uddin, Md. Bakhteyar Uddin, and others spoke.