SM Rezaul Karim

Sketched by Arafat Karim from a photograph of Bangabandhu's homecoming Arafat Karim “Rezai Karim, this is Sheikh Mujib,” the deep, familiar and long-awaited voice resonated from the other end of the telephone. It was about 5 o’clock in the morning on 8 January 1972 in London. I was speechless, thrilled. The lost leader of the people of Bangladesh, who was face-to-face with death for nine months in a Pakistan, for whose release we strived tirelessly around the world, was finally free.

Local Administration seizes sacks of rice meant for poor from Guthail Bazar in Islampur upazila of Jamalpur on Monday, April 20, 2020 Dhaka Tribune In Jamalpur, a mobile court seized 388 sacks of rice weighing 19400 kgs from Guthail Bazar in Islampur upazila Thousands of people without jobs and incomes due to the ongoing shutdown are going to bed hungry every day, while unethical public representatives, political leaders, and local influentials are reportedly stealing rice meant for the poor...

In Gaibandha, a mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Amir Hamza sentenced nine fishermen to 10 days in prison each As many as 75 fishermen were jailed, and two other fined on Saturday for defying the government's ongoing 22-day ban on netting mother Ilish. In Rajbari, a mobile court led by, Md Mohiuddin, executive magistrate of Rajbari district administration sentenced 51 fishermen to 12 days in jail each.