The governments of Bangladesh and Malaysia are still in a quandary over Aminul Islam, a Malaysian citizen of Bangladeshi origin, and his foreign worker recruitment agency, 'Bestinet'. Although a request was made from Bangladesh to detain two people from the company, Malaysia has not yet agreed to it. Instead, the company is working as before in the foreign worker recruitment process in Malaysia.

This Bestinet Sdn Bhd is responsible for the online registration and collection of information of foreign workers in Malaysia.

Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said on Sunday (November 10) that Bangladesh has requested the arrest and extradition of Bestinet founder Muhammad Aminul Islam and his associate Mohammad Ruhul Amin. They have received an application from Bangladesh to detain the two. However, no specific reason for sending them to Bangladesh was mentioned in the application.

He said that the application sent from Dhaka did not mention any specific reason. Dhaka should explain the matter. Will these two be questioned for investigation or will they be brought before the court based on the allegations?

He said Dhaka needs to clarify the matter. If they want to question them for investigation, then they will have to follow the regular process.

The company has been accused of corruption in the recruitment process of Bangladeshi workers for almost a decade. However, this is the first time that Dhaka has indicated that it will take action against the company. There are allegations of money laundering and human trafficking against Bestinet.

The Malaysian Home Minister said that Dhaka can only request to send them back to Bangladesh if the allegations against them are clarified and there is an arrest warrant against them through the case. He said that the matter has also been discussed with the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General.

Earlier, on October 24, 2024, Bangladesh Interpol requested the Malaysian branch of Interpol to arrest the two. Bangladesh Police Inspector Ashiqur Rahman and a government official made this request. However, Malaysia said that the details were not mentioned in the application.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Aminul Islam's lawyer, Datuk N Sivananthan, said that such allegations have not created any distance in the work of Bestinet with Malaysia's Foreign Workers Centralized Management System (FWCMS). Rather, work is continuing normally.

Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus-led interim government's new advisers should be judged by their work, Advisor Mahfuz Alam said.

He said this during the main discussant's speech at a discussion titled 'Maulana Bhashani and New Bangladesh' in Santosh, Tangail on Wednesday (November 13) afternoon.

Mahfuz Alam said, "Hopefully, the people of Bangladesh will judge the new advisers by their work. If we see any complaints from the people, we will look into the matter. However, we think that those who have been appointed will be by the people's side. They will prove their worth through their work."

He said, "Maulana Bhashani will be our inspiration. I hope that the dream that Maulana Bhashani had for this country will be realized."

Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan said, "We have been facing many challenges in the government since taking office." A long fascist system was established in the country. Fascist thinking has been established in the minds of every person in the administration. It is not possible to uproot it in a day or, I think, even in 10 years. An entire generation will have to rise up against that fascist system, stand up.

He also said, 'The fear of the fascist system that has been established from 1972 to 2024 is very deep. We have only been able to cut the tree, but we have not been able to uproot the roots yet. We have to continue that fight. Maulana Bhashani gave us that lesson. He showed us that path. He has shown us how to continue that fight. We want to follow that path and succeed in the fight.

Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan said, the rulers of this country have repeatedly tried to distort the history of this country in their own way. But we have been able to make the first blow to the wall of that fabricated history. We have said that there is no single father of the nation here. We have many founding fathers. One of them is Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani. We want to present the real history of Bangladesh to our future generations.

Azad Khan Bhashani, member secretary of Bhashani Parishad, read an article at the meeting chaired by poet and writer Farhad Mazhar. Anwarul Azim Akhand, vice-chancellor of Maulana Bhashani University of Science and Technology, delivered the welcome speech. Mahmudul Haque Sanu, secretary general of Bhashani Foundation, Sarwar Tushar and Kamruzzaman Shaon of the Tangail branch of the Citizens Committee, Morsheda, mother of Maruf, who was killed in the anti-discrimination movement, Fatema Rahman Bithi, organizer of the anti-discrimination movement, Abu Ahmed Shershah, and others spoke. Masudur Rahman was the moderator.

At the meeting, adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan announced the naming of the Tangail Stadium after Maruf, a schoolboy who was shot dead in the victory procession of the students and the public on August 5.

The Daily Ittefaq photojournalist Naimur Rahman was robbed and beaten up in Mohammadpur in the capital. The muggers took his camera, phone and money.

He was robbed at around 9:30 pm on Wednesday (November 13) before the intersection of three roads in Mohammadpur.

Victim Naimur Rahman said that after finishing his office work, he was going to his cousin's house in Basila, Mohammadpur at around 9:30 pm. On his way from Mohammadpur bus stand to three roads, 5-7 people suddenly blocked his path and took him into an alley. Then they beat him up and took away a Nikon D-850 model camera, a Samsung A13 model mobile phone and his wallet. In addition to money, the wallet contained a bank ATM card and important documents.

After this incident, the victim Naimur Rahman went to Mohammadpur police station. Following his (Naimur Rahman) verbal complaint, the officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station Iftekhar Hasan went to the spot with a team. Two people were detained for questioning there. But they were later released as they were not involved in the incident.

Naimur Rahman said that one of the detainees gave the possible identity of the kidnappers.

Meanwhile, the police are trying to collect CCTV camera footage of a residential building at the scene. However, it was not possible to collect it immediately as there was no caretaker of the building. The victim photojournalist said that the landlord of the building asked them to leave tomorrow, Thursday (November 14) morning.

However, Naimur Rahman has not yet filed any general diary (GD) or written complaint in this incident.

When contacted, the officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur police station said, after learning about the incident, I myself went to the spot and rushed to catch the kidnappers. We are looking into the matter. The victim journalist will file a written complaint tomorrow. Besides, we are trying to collect CCTV footage of the scene. We hope to get the video footage tomorrow morning.

Asked about the arrest and release of the two people, he said, "We caught two people, including a young boy. But the victim journalist is identifying them, they were not there. So they were released. If we get the video footage, we hope to find the muggers."

Two brothers of Abu Sayeed, martyred in the anti-discrimination student movement, have quit their jobs of Bashundhara Group.

Abu Sayeed's brother Abu Hossain confirmed the matter to the media on Wednesday (November 13) night.

Earlier, on Tuesday, the two sent letters to the concerned authorities informing them of their resignation from their jobs by e-mail and post, citing personal reasons.

On October 9 last month, Bashundhara Group appointed Abu Sayeed's brother Ramzan Ali as the senior executive of Bangladesh Pratidin's Rangpur bureau office and another brother Abu Hossain as the senior executive of TV channel News-24's Rangpur bureau office.

Meanwhile, regarding the reason for their resignation a month after getting the job, Abu Hossain said that the two brothers quit their jobs citing personal reasons. They sent resignation letters to the concerned authorities of Bashundhara Group by e-mail and post to inform them of the matter.

In this regard, Bangladesh Pratidin's own Rangpur correspondent Nazrul Mridha told the media that Abu Sayeed's brother Ramzan Ali was appointed as a senior executive of Bangladesh Pratidin's Rangpur bureau by Bashundhara Group. But he resigned from the job citing personal reasons. It is worth noting that Abu Sayeed, a student of the English department of Begum Rokeya University for the 2019-20 academic year and coordinator of the anti-discrimination student movement, was shot dead by police on July 16. He is the first martyr of the anti-discrimination student movement. After Abu Sayeed was killed, the movement spread widely across the country. As a result, the Sheikh Hasina government fell on August 5.