It has been decided to form commissions to reform the country's electoral system, police administration, judicial department, anti-corruption commission, public administration and constitution, said the chief adviser of the interim government Dr. Muhammad Yunus.

The chief adviser said this in his address to the nation on Wednesday (September 11) at 7:30 pm on the occasion of the one month anniversary of the formation of the interim government.

He said, we believe in people's right to vote and people's ownership. Therefore, the development of the electoral system has gained importance in our reform thinking. We think that it is not acceptable to impose the tyranny of the majority on the people in the name of elections or to keep all the power in the hands of one person or family or any group. We are thinking of reforming the Election Commission and other institutions related to elections to prevent these fears. As institutions related to the electoral system, reforming these four institutions of police administration, public administration, judicial administration, anti-corruption commission is essential for fair and free elections. I believe that the reform of these institutions will also contribute to the establishment of a public ownership-based, accountable and welfare state system.

He also said, as the initial step to reform these issues, we have initially decided to form six commissions. I have appointed six eminent citizens to conduct the work of these commissions considering their subjective experience. After that we will continue the process of formation of commissions on various issues.

Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar will serve as the head of the Electoral System Reform Commission, Sarfraz Chowdhury will serve as the head of the Police Administration Reform Commission, Justice Shah Abu Naeem Mominur Rahman will serve as the head of the Judiciary Reform Commission, Dr. Iftekharuzzaman as the head of Anti-Corruption Reform Commission, Abdul Muyed Chowdhury as the head of the Public Administration Reform Commission and Dr. Shahdeen Malik as the head of the Constitution Reform Commission, said the chief adviser.

The names of other members of these commissions will be decided after discussion with the heads of the commissions. Advisery council members, students, workers, representatives of mass movements, representatives of civil society and political parties will be present in the discussion and consultation meetings of the commissions.

He said, after being fully formed, the commission is expected to officially start its work from October 1 and we expect it to be completed within the next three months. Based on the report of the commission, the government will organize a consultation meeting with the major political parties at the next stage. At the final stage, the outline of reform ideas will be finalized on the basis of a three-to-seven-day long consultation meeting with student society, civil society, representatives of political parties and representatives of the government. It will also give an idea of how this outline will be implemented.

We believe that this event will make the whole nation strong and optimistic in the implementation of the message of the July People's Uprising and the unity of the urge to rebuild the state, he said.

The violence of the illegal Indian cigarette trading syndicate in the hill town of Rangamati is not abating. Every day, a smuggling syndicate is bringing Indian cigarettes through Kaptai lake to some place in Rangamati town and stocking them in certain areas. Recently, the security forces have entered the field against this gang. In the span of a week, the security forces have seized nearly Tk. two crore worth of Indian illegal cigarettes in Rangamati town alone.

Rangamati Sadar Army Zone authorities said that based on specific intelligence, Captain Md Sakif Rahman conducted a special operation along with army and BGB members in Shahid Minar area of Reserve Bazaar of Rangamati town on Tuesday (September 10th) night.

Meanwhile, 11 thousand 970 packets of Oris Silver and 34 thousand 830 packets of Omega cigarettes were seized from an abandoned boat kept on the shore of Kaptai Lake adjacent to Shaheed Minar. The estimated value of millet is Tk. 93 lakh 60 thousand. The zone authorities said that the recovered illegal cigarettes were later handed over to the representative of Sector Headquarters BGB. Such operation of security forces will continue to maintain peace in Chattogram Hill Tracts by the Rangamati zone.

Meanwhile, the illegal trade of Indian cigarettes has been flourishing in Rangamati recently. Duty-free illegal Indian cigarettes are brought across the Indian border of Rangamati's jurachari at a price of Tk. 2,000 per cartoon. At least 15 businessmen of Rangamati are directly involved in the business of Indian Mond, Moon, Omega and Oris Silver cigarettes. According to the investigation, these illegal cigarettes are stored in Banrupar Samtaghat, DC Bungalow area, Tabalchari, Karmachari Colony, Bhedvedi Youth Development Area, Reserve Bazar, Shariatpur, Puranabasti area of Rangamati. These cigarettes are packed in polythene sacks and brought to Rangamati by local engine boats.

A tarpaulin is draped over the boat to make it look like a fishing boat. Each boat is rented for Tk. 5 to 10 thousand and these cigarettes are brought by the syndicate circle. According to a related source, a Chakma smuggler brings it to Balukhali on the other side of the Kaptai lake in Rangamati town and stores it. After that, while bringing it to Rangamati town, everyone concerned in the town paid the subscription and brought it to Rangamati town within the time given by them.

Meanwhile, another responsible source said, a smuggler from Jurachari brought Indian cigarettes to Rangamati and stored them in the reserve market dealer's store room, packed them in a special way at night and sent them to cars or auto rickshaws and taxis after passing Manikchari-Ghagra check post. Sometimes also sent by courier service.

During the conversation with the concerned parties, they said that a syndicate of 5 people in Chattogram is the controller of this cigarette business. Photographs of some of them have also been received by the reporter. At least three people involved in the cigarette business told the reporter on condition of anonymity, "Brother, we sell one crore cigarettes for around Tk. two and a half crore. But we have to pay a huge amount of subscription to some local circles.

After the change of power in the last 5 days, we have to pay at least Tk. 6 to 10 lakh per group in each consignment by breaking the names of different groups, and also to pay subscription of Tk. 10 to 15 lakh for various media. By doing this, the total profit is Tk. half a crore. Many times terrorists take the entire money by killing the whole goods and selling them elsewhere.

Meanwhile, the cigarettes are worth Tk. 93.5 lakh recovered from Kaptai lake near Shaheed Minar in Rangamati town on Tuesday night belong to four persons named Tarun, Soumen, Sohag and Prakriti Chakma, according to related sources.

It is reported that recently some collectors of a large regional group of tribals have invested at least Tk. 10 crore in this illegal cigarette business. A person from Chattogram whose mobile phone number is 01811...........47. This person controls the syndicate through Rangamati, Khagrachari, Cox's Bazar, Teknaf, Feni, Cumilla Chhagalnaiya border and manages all the parties involved in illegal cigarette trade. Through it, in the past year, a clique of the then rulers used to collect about crores of money per month only on the Rangamati route. After the change of power, the cigarette business continued by paying double the rate through the new Paharadars. 

Naeemul Hasan (pseudonym), a resident of Rayerbagh area of the capital and a first year student of Dhaka College. He got an excellent result from a local school in the SSC exam and got admitted to Dhaka College. At least 15 students, including Naeem, had to go to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with injuries in different parts of their bodies on the day of their freshman year of higher secondary education. Naeem suffered severe head injuries. He is currently receiving treatment at home. The students of the neighboring college are behind the bloodshed of the students.

Last Tuesday (September 10) there was a clash between the students of Dhaka College and Dhanmondi Ideal College in the Science Lab area of the capital. At least 15 people were injured. Most of them are students of Dhaka College.

Dhaka College students complained about the incident, a group of Ideal College students entered the campus of Dhaka College and attacked. Later, students of Dhaka College attacked Ideal College and removed the signboard of the institution.

Dhaka College, Dhaka City College and Dhanmondi Ideal College, the traditional educational institutions of the country, are located in Science Lab and New Market area, which is known as the business center of the capital. Although these three colleges fall under DMPs in three police stations. However, due to various reasons, the students of the three educational institutions clashed. Clashes have occurred at least three times this year. Students from both the colleges were injured in each incident. Besides, the vehicles involved in the collision were also vandalized.

Barta24.com's long investigation and talking to law enforcement officers of the concerned area revealed that personal conflict was behind the clash of three college students in the Science Lab area. More specifically, love with female classmates though there are no female students in Dhaka College.

Wednesday's clash is for the same reason. Although the students demanded to talk about the freshers ceremony of Dhaka College, a girl student of Ideal is behind this incident.

When asked about Naeem's physical condition, her mother Nasreen (pseudonym) said that he will be taken to the hospital again tomorrow. Her physical condition is not good due to severe head injury.

He also said that the government fell due to the students' movement. It doesn't look like if those students are fighting themselves now! So many boys had to go to hospital because of one girl.

Many officials who are in charge of DMP's Ramna Division said that the incidents of clashes between students of Dhaka College, Dhaka City College and Ideal College are not new. This conflict has been going on for several years. Basically, all these students go to Dhanmondi Lake and tea shops outside their institutions and get involved in various conflicts. After that, based on these incidents, one college attacked the students of another college. Also the students of these three institutions take coaching simultaneously in different coaching centers. There they also clashed. As a result, they are using the name of the organization to avenge personal conflicts.

Police officials also said that students are doing the same thing again and again even though the teachers are settled after every clash. As a result, conflicts continue to occur year after year.

When asked what measures have been taken in connection with the clash on Wednesday, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Ramna Division New Market Zone Assistant Commissioner (AC) Tariq Latif said, after the incident, I have spoken to the concerned teachers. May such incidents not happen in the future. Besides, security and patrolling has been strengthened around Dhaka College, City College and Ideal College.

He also said that the teachers have been requested to take measures so that no student can roam around the college including Dhanmondi Lake. Besides, the Dhanmondi Lake security officials have been told that no student can stay during class time while wearing a college uniform.

In the speech of Rahul Gandhi about the presence of extremists in Bangladesh, the Foreign Affairs Advisor of the Interim government Touhid Hossain said that India should change such attitude and for good relations between the two countries. they should come out of this statement from this observation for the benefit of the two neighboring countries.

He said this at the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday (11 September) at 6 pm.

They need to change this narrative, the foreign affairs adviser said. All but one group of extremism should come out of it. There is no such thing in our country. Besides, there is no person in the government who has anything to do with this. So they (India) should come out with such statements for good relations between the two countries.

Meanwhile, the foreign affairs adviser had a courtesy meeting with Russia and Iran. Stating that they have talked about solving the complexity of financial transactions with Russia and Iran, the foreign adviser said, the ambassadors have asked to see what can be done about the problems that are related to the transfer of various development activities and financial transactions with Russia and Iran. The money is in the spare account but it will be seen.

However, Tauhid Hossain did not talk about the letter of the Indian businessmen on the hilsa export ban. However, the letter to the Foreign Adviser from India was sent by the Fish Importer's Association of India.

It is to be noted that during an exchange of views with journalists at the National Press Club in Washington today, Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India's opposition Congress, said that there are extremists in Bangladesh.

This leader also said that India is concerned about it.