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zoom A breakbulk, project cargo and heavy lift shipping operator AAL is boosting its Tramp and Projects division’s capacity through a long-term charter of a multipurpose, heavy lift vessel AAL Galveston. AAL Galveston is a ‘Super A-Class’ vessel, which AAL has re-classified under its own fleet classification criteria, to ‘G-Class.’The 160-meter-long, 25,800 dwt ship has a combined lifting capacity of 240 mt and large, strengthened cargo holds.This latest long-term charter for AAL follows a recent announcement that the company will grow its fleet to over 500,000 dwt in 2015.”We have seen growth in some core industry sectors, particularly renewables, where logistics challenges have become greater, as components get larger and more complex to transport, and ports of loading and discharge more globally widespread,” said Namir Khanbabi, Managing Director of AAL’s Tramp and Projects Division.”The AAL Galveston increases our service capabilities and options, in support of a highly diversified customer base and our strategy to continue to build it even further.”
zoom The seized Maersk Tigris containership has been released after being held in detention by Iranian authorities for over a week, IRNA reported citing a source at Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization.The information has just been confirmed by the PMO, saying that after receiving a letter of guarantee for the enforcement of the judicial decision from Maersk Line, the permission to release the ship has been granted.“The Ports and Maritime Organization conferred with the Maersk Shipping Line and ensured the provision of a letter of guarantee for the enforcement of the judicial decision in this respect in the framework of mutual cooperation between the two countries, and the confidence to the good will of transport entities in fulfilling their obligations towards their clients. With the coordination and cooperation of other relevant enforcement and operational bodies, the required judicial permission was achieved and the mentioned vessel was finally released on May 7th, 2015,” PMO said in a statement.“It must be mentioned that this vessel was arrested in the Iranian territorial waters following the court verdict against the vessel only, and crew of the vessel had not been subject to any restrictions from leaving the port or the country, comply with international rules, under any circumstances,” the statement added.Maersk Tigris was seized on April 28th by Iranian patrol boats amid a cargo dispute between a private company named Pars Talaee Oil Production Company and Maersk Line, charterer of the vessel, which dates back to 2005.Maersk Line reported that it was in talks with Iranian authorities and that it has had a constructive dialogue so far, however it did not disclose whether an arrangement on the vessel’s release was agreed upon.Addressing a press conference, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Wednesday that a legal settlement with Maersk Line could be reached in a day or two.The Iranian Embassy said on Thursday that the ship would be released once the debt case was settled.World Maritime News Staff; Image: PMO
An ongoing partnership between Gaelic Affairs and the Scottish Government will allow five students to travel to Scotland to study Gaelic language and culture. The Scottish Government announced the bursary program in Scotland today, Oct. 14, at the annual Gaelic Mod, a cultural festival that hosts competitions in music, song, spoken word and storytelling. It will fund the bursary program, which supports Gaelic language training and use in Nova Scotia. “The commitment from the Scottish Government is sincerely appreciated and clearly demonstrates the value of our positive working relationship,” said Maureen MacDonald, Minister of Gaelic Affairs. “The bursary program will help bolster the efforts of Gaelic Affairs and will have meaningful outcomes for the Gaelic community in Nova Scotia.” Alasdair Allan, Minister for Gaelic with the Scottish Government, said that he is pleased to announce a new link with the Nova Scotia Gaelic community. “The 10,000 pounds a year in bursaries will allow a small number of Gaelic students to come to Scotland for summer language learning,” said the minister. The bursary will provide about $16,000 in Canadian funds. “We are looking forward to finalizing the details of the program with our counterparts in Scotland,” said Lewis MacKinnon, executive director of Gaelic Affairs. “Bursary recipients will have an opportunity to share their experiences with the Gaelic community in Nova Scotia.” In 2002 the province of Nova Scotia and the Highland Council in Scotland signed an agreement to support language and culture initiatives that focus on exchange, education, culture and economic development. Nova Scotia is the lone remaining Gaidhealtachd, or living language and cultural region of Scottish Gaelic, outside of Scotland.
TORONTO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s support of “net neutrality” is encouraging but the concept should be enshrined in federal law to protect it from being dismantled, an open-internet activist said Thursday.The comments came as it appears likely that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will overturn an Obama-era policy that prevents internet service providers from using pricing or other barriers to block or favour content.“I think one of the good things right now is that we do have net neutrality in Canada,” said OpenMedia executive director Laura Tribe in an interview from Ottawa.But, she added, Canadian net neutrality is protected in multiple decisions by a federal regulator rather than in specific sections of either the Broadcast or Telecommunications acts, which govern the internet and communications services.“What OpenMedia is asking for is: for net neutrality to be enshrined in principle in the Telecommunications Act itself, to make sure this is no longer interpreted in multiple (CRTC) decisions . . . and really clearly spelled out,” Tribe said.Tribe acknowledged that the Trudeau government’s previously announced review of the two acts may pose a risk as well as an opportunity but added that said she’s encouraged by the prime minister’s remarks this week.The prime minister told reporters at a housing announcement in Toronto late Wednesday, that “we need to continue to defend net neutrality. And I will.”Trudeau didn’t specify what his government would do if, as expected, the FCC votes in December to remove restrictions to how U.S. internet service providers manage their networks.The deciding vote will likely be cast by FCC chair Ajit Pai, an appointee of U.S. President Donald Trump. Both have been critics of restrictions on internet service providers.Alyssa Moore, a policy and strategy analyst for Calgary-based Cybera.ca, said that a change in U.S. regulatory policy wouldn’t have direct impact to Canadian internet users but could affect Canadian competitiveness in the United States.“This could take the form of American ISPs (internet service providers) prioritizing their own content traffic in the form of zero-rating it, or delivering it at better speeds,” Moore said in an email.Moore also said that submissions to a 2016 consultation by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission showed that several Canadian ISPs support the ability to zero-rate content.University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist agreed that some of the major Canadian telecom providers have opposed net neutrality in the past and probably still do.“That said, it is now viewed by the government as an integral part of Canadian policy, so there is little likelihood of Canada following the U.S. path,” Geist said in an email.He also said that internet and related issues could become part of the North American Free Trade Agreement, currently being renegotiated by Canada, Mexico and the United States.He said that net neutrality “is a must” if the NAFTA digital trade chapter is to mean anything — because Canadian internet traffic often travels from, to or through the United States.“Indeed, given the potential impact on Canadian businesses, Canada should be promoting the inclusion of a strong and effective net neutrality provision in NAFTA,” Geist said.
THE IT PROBLEMS that left hundreds of thousands of Ulster Bank customers unable to access their accounts have been solved, the bank says.Ulster Bank say that the problem stemmed from an IT malfunction at their sister bank, Natwest.Royal Bank of Scotland, the parent company of both banks released a statement on Twitter, saying that the problems had been solved. The IT failure came on Cyber Monday – traditionally the busiest online shopping day of the year.It also comes just a year after Ulster Bank experienced IT issues that led to some people being unable to access their accounts for up to a month.Last night, it was reported that customers were having problems withdrawing cash from ATMs, using debit and credit cards and accessing their online account information.RBS said that while Natwest was hit, Ulster Bank was “partly affected”.It has offered to compensate customers who are left out of pocket.Read: Ulster Bank apologises as customers unable to withdraw cash from ATMsRead: Bank of Ireland and AIB pass balance sheet assessments
After being accidentally revealed last week, we knew it was only a matter of time before Google Keep was released for public use. It turns out, all that was missing was a cute video to explain how it works. Meet Google Keep but, whatever you do, don’t compare it to Evernote.As great as smartphones are at managing our lives, as a group they are pretty poor at letting us do something quick. You pull the phone out, unlock it, and if you’re lucky or smart the app you need to complete a task is right there. By the time you’ve actually gotten to the part where you take a note, you’ve managed to go through at least four or five steps. If you’re trying to do something like take a quite note of something, it’s impossible to compare a smartphone to the simplicity of pen and paper. Google is trying to fix this with Keep, and in very specific situations they have done a good job decreasing the number of steps to complete this task.Keep is super simple, and because of that it might work out. If you have Android 4.2, you can access the app as a Lockscreen widget, so it is very quick to access. The data from the service syncs across all your devices because of Google Drive, and the app allows you to include text, photos, voice translation, and other little bits of information in note form. Once you have a ton of notes, you can access them through a UI that clearly takes cues from Google+. It’s pretty much exactly what you would expect, and again that’s a really good thing. The app requires no user manual, there’s no way you could open this app and not know how it worked. Google managed to make the app exactly what users need in order to use it like a quick note service.In the end, that’s why this isn’t an Evernote clone. Evernote works well as a note taking service, but it’s clearly designed for long form note taking. You can use it for your ToDo lists, but you can also use it for your study sessions. Google Keep is clearly design for short bursts of information that you will use and throw away. It’s a digital stick note, without the horrible UI mistakes that have been made with digital sticky notes in the past. Keep is available in the Play Store now, so get to it!
http://jrnl.ie/3458512 Today’s wedding outfit is from @CoastStores_Ire @atLiffeyValley shoes @riverisland bag is @chloefashion @TrimCastleHotel one of my faves ❤️ pic.twitter.com/j4xsPH0OHP— Faces By Grace (@FacesByGrace) June 15, 2017 In a series of three snaps from the account, a weight-loss challenge by Miss Fit Skinny Tea, a detox drink, was promoted:Snap 1 :“Its Back!! The Drop a Dress Size Challenge By Miss Fit Skinny Tea starts all over again on January 9th. You in? Drop a Dress Size Challenge. Closed group. 15K Members. Thursday 22 Jun 2017, 5:16 PM Jun 22nd 2017, 5:16 PM Snap 2: Featured the image of a strawberry and a cup of tea. Text underneath stated: “Don’t forget to buy the tea to help 39,695 Views Share724 Tweet Email5 Tweet thisShare on FacebookEmail this article Source: FacesByGrace/Twitter THE ADVERTISING STANDARDS Authority of Ireland has adjudicated on a complaint received from the public over content published on Snapchat for the first time.Guidance for bloggers and online influencers was issued earlier this year calling on them to declare their marketing posts so that Irish consumers will not be misled.In recent years, blogging has escalated from a pastime into big business, with popular bloggers known as ‘influencers’ able to make thousands of euro every time they post, due to partnerships with brands and businesses.Snapchat – a social media platform where users can send expiring pictures and videos directly to friends, or publish as a ‘story’ for all their followers to view – is one medium used for sponsored content that has only recently fallen under the remit of the ASAI.Any paid-for content is often marked with a hashtag such as #spon.The advertising watchdog investigated snaps posted by Faces By Grace, a lifestyle and beauty account run by blogger Grace Mongey. Image: SIPA USA/PA Images 13 Comments Image: SIPA USA/PA Images Snap 3: “Treat to self. Use the code grace2017 for 25% off”. By Nicky Ryan The ASAI were contacted by a member of the public who argued that the content had not been properly identified as sponsored.In response, Faces By Grace said she did use the “specific hashtag at the beginning of the promotion to clearly state that it was an advertisement” and that “she always used the appropriate hashtags to let her followers know when she was being paid for a collaboration”.However, she did not provide any further comment to the ASAI, despite a request for further clarification on her use of hashtags to mark sponsored content.The advertisers, Miss Skinny Fit Tea, said that they could “not control what the blogger did or did not do, despite any instruction from them”, and that the blogger was no longer a brand ambassador.ExpireRather than uphold or reject the complaint, the ASAI has released a statement instead, focusing on a unique aspect of Snapchat: As an individual snap will expire 24 hours after being posted, it is possible for a viewer to miss a hashtag denoting sponsored content if it only appeared in the first.“While the [ASAI complaints committee] considered that there was no evidence in this case that relevant consumers had not seen all the snaps, including those identifying that the snaps were advertising, they were aware that snaps were available to view for 24 hours only,” the statement read.Therefore, if snap number 1 in a series included the relevant hashtag but subsequent snaps did not include the hashtag and they were published some hours later, there would be a period within that 24-hour period when the first snap would no longer be available to view while the subsequent snaps would be.“The complaints committee were therefore concerned that the subsequent snaps had the potential to mislead consumers.”No further action was taken other than advising for those involved to take note, and a reminder was set to Miss Fit Skinny Tea that the onus is on them to make sure all advertising around their brand adheres to the ASAI code.Read: Irish bloggers will now have to declare when they’re promoting a product in their posts >More: They can make thousands from an Instagram post – but how transparent are Irish bloggers? > The advertising watchdog has handled its first complaint about a Snapchat influencer Faces By Grace came under scrutiny over a post about a detox drink. Short URL
Opinion: Changing the model of hospital care could help solve the trolley crisis Why is the HSE doing the same thing repeatedly but expecting to get different results? writes Dr Cathal O’Sullivan Short URL IT IS WIDELY acknowledged that the Irish hospital system is dysfunctional.The underlying reasons for this dysfunction are rarely identified correctly though.Sadly, despite claims to the contrary, resolution of the recent nurse’s strike will do little or nothing for patients when it comes to trolley waits, outpatient clinic delays and access to the hospital system generally.When it comes to analysing the underlying causes for the mess that is Irish hospital medicine, one needs to focus on acute medical care. Dysfunction in this area is responsible in large part for the problems affecting the entire hospital system.To solve the problems of hospital medicine in Ireland, therefore, one needs to separate out the provision of acute, urgent, unscheduled medical care from all other types of care, in particular, specialist medical care.In management theory, when one is faced with what appears to be an intractable problem, one usually finds that the underlying ‘structure’ is defective. https://jrnl.ie/4575534 Dr Cathal O’Sullivan Tweet thisShare on FacebookEmail this article Apr 5th 2019, 7:01 AM Friday 5 Apr 2019, 7:00 AM By Dr Cathal O’Sullivan 14,274 Views Share44 Tweet Email4 In the case of Irish hospital medicine, the structural defect is the model of care.Yet the HSE sticks to the current model of care delivery, despite all the evidence of its ineffectiveness, highlighting the complete lack of leadership, vision and management expertise in the organisation.Indeed, the behaviour of the HSE in this regard is best typified by the well-known quote, commonly misattributed to Einstein. The definition of insanity is repeating the same experiment over and over again but expecting a different result.The one thing that the HSE has demonstrated unequivocally is that throwing ever more money at the problem will not solve the problems. I’ll outline a model of care that is built around patient need, which I have seen work successfully in a hospital I worked in, in Boston.By changing the model of care, the daily problems of overcrowding in A&E departments, prolonged trolley waits, outpatient waiting times can be resolved.The model of care delivered by consultant physicians in Ireland reflects the compromise by which they are expected to provide both general medical care, along with subspecialist care.That this compromise fails to deliver prompt, high quality, care should come as no surprise to anyone.Instead, what we see is that both subspecialty care is poor (with current outpatient waiting lists of more than 500,000) and general medical care is also poor, (mayhem in A&E departments and people on trolleys.) This current model of care can also be seen to be the driving force behind the emigration of so many Irish trained doctors. So reforming it could help with Irish medical graduate retention and recruitment too. The current modelIn many Irish hospitals a single team, comprising a consultant physician and 3 or 4 junior doctors, will be ‘on-call’ for a 24 hour period, every 6th, 7th or 8th day depending on the number of medical consultants employed.During this period, that team takes responsibility for all medical admissions to the hospital.One frequently hears refrains from junior doctors following their on-call ‘we were slammed!’, ‘I have 34 patients!’. These problems indicate that there will also be a negative impact on the quality of patient care.Over the following 6, 7 or 8 days the team whittle down their patient numbers until the team has fewer patients and then it starts all over again.This delivery of care model, built as it is around consultants schedules, is the key structural defect in the Irish hospital system.Such a model of care, whereby patients are admitted to a particular consultant, rather than a medical service, underpins the grossly inefficient Monday to Friday style operation of our hospital system, not to mention the compromise in quality of care. Put another way, we can characterise the Irish hospital system as ‘the wrong (type of) doctors, delivering the wrong model of care, in inefficiently run hospitals’.But it doesn’t have to be this way.A different modelThe first step is to separate subspecialist medical care from acute medical care, that is to separate specialist care from general care.This means appointing consultants whose sole role is that of providing acute care, without the competing demands of their subspecialty.Such generalist doctors are termed hospitalists. Like most good ideas, this is by no means a new idea.Indeed, the Hanley Report in 2003 considered advocating the creation of such consultant posts but was ‘persuaded’ against this by the doctors. Through the appointment of hospitalists, the model of care delivered can be changed. In particular, the new model of care envisages the replacement of the medical consultant lead team with instead a medical service.Each medical service would operate a 7-day service, with each of the individual medical services admitting, and discharging, patients 7 days a week.The model provides for greater flexibility for both consultants and junior doctors whilst also ensuring continuity and better quality of care for patients.For example, hospitalists may wish to mirror the nurses by working 4 days on and 3 days off.In my opinion, the preferred option would be for them to work ‘week on/week off’.The obvious difference between this model and the existing model of care is that this new model is built around the needs of patients. While the existing system is built around doctors’ schedules and competing demands.The benefits of the proposed system are manifold.Average length of stayThe 7-day service should lead to a significant reduction in the average length of stay (ALOS) of patients, doctors working seven days a week would discharge patients at the weekend.This will improve the efficiency of the hospital, in turn, creating additional bed capacity.Raising the level of discharges on the weekend to that currently seen on weekdays would result in an estimated reduction in the ALOS, from 6.3 days to 5.2 days.That should lead to an estimated 20% increase in bed availability, amounting to some 2400 beds.One would anticipate an improvement in the discharge rates during the week also leading to a further fall in ALOS and a commensurate rise in bed availability.Given that our spendthrift health minister, Simon Harris, plans on spending €3.2bn of taxpayer money on opening an additional 2500 beds over the next 10 years, the above increased bed availability highlights the merits of a move to a 7 day hospital medical service, possible through the introduction of hospitalists, quite apart from the other benefits listed below.Recruitment and retentionFor doctors, the most obvious benefit is the flexibility inherent in the hospitalist grade post.By offering better work/life balance, such posts have the potential to attract Irish doctors back from overseas.The modular aspect of these same posts also make them much more attractive to female medical graduates with young families, and indeed other doctors who may wish to continue to practice hospital medicine but do not wish to do so full-time.Why not try it?This new model of care should be introduced in parallel to the existing model of care in a number of pilot sites.The initial pilot should take place in hospitals with the longest ALOS and highest trolley numbers, perhaps, for example, Cork University Hospital in the news this week after the INMO said that 81 patients were on trolleys.This pilot approach represents a low-risk way to assess the merits of the scheme as advocated.In summary, the current crisis in Irish medicine results from the mismatch of employing part-time general medicine physicians to deliver care to acutely unwell patients 24/7.The solution is to match medical staffing to the needs of patients. This can be readily achieved through the introduction and deployment of hospitalist doctors.This is the key step in switching from the current, failing, model of care to the much more efficient, proposed model of care.This new model, if properly implemented should lead to a substantial increase in bed capacity through reduced ALOS, while at the same time leading to better quality of care for patients.Cathal O’Sullivan MD, is trained in general medicine, infectious diseases and clinical microbiology. He is a consultant Regional Microbiologist in the Midlands. He trained and worked in the USA (Mayo Clinic, National Institutes of Health, UAB and Tuft NEMC), in the UK (Barts and the Royal London Hospital) as well as Ireland.He also holds a Masters in Business Administration from Trinity College Dublin. 34 Comments 
Government officials on Monday expressed confidence that Greece was close to a deal with creditors that would allow loans to be unlocked but pressure is growing on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras from abroad and on the domestic front.“The cautious optimism in Athens does not appear to be shared by creditors. A European official with knowledge of the negotiations, which resume Tuesday,” he told.“For us to move forward there has to be a political decision,” he said.There are four sticking points – fiscal issues, pension and labor reforms and changes to value added tax rates. The two sides have made few concessions and continue to differ on forecasts.According to Olivier Blanchard, the International Monetary Fund’s chief economist, Greece’s budget proposals are not adequate to ensure a surplus this year, which had been forecast at 3 percent of gross domestic product. In an interview with French newspaper Les Echoes, Blanchard stressed the need for “credible measures” if Greece is to regain a surplus, saying however, that “this is far from being the case at the moment.”Briefing reporters in Athens, government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis was upbeat, saying he believed a deal could be reached “soon.” The deal would have to be sealed in the coming days for it to go through Parliament and gain approval for the release of loans. A 300-million-euro IMF repayment looms on June 5.Sakellaridis said that Greece intends to make the payment. “We want to be consistent with our obligations and so we are striving for a deal so the economy can get some relief,” he said. His reassurances came after Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis said Greece “can’t and won’t” pay the IMF on June 5, the first such explicit statement by a minister. Voutsis made his comments on Sunday, a few hours before SYRIZA’s central committee voted down a proposal by the party’s radical Left Platform to halt payments to creditors.Sakellaridis did not confirm reports that Greece is considering asking the IMF to allow it to settle repayments worth a total of 1.6 billion euros next month in one sum at the end of June.Source: Kathimerini Facebook Twitter: @NeosKosmos Instagram
Design for the Tusutmena replacement vessel. (Department of Transportation image)The State Department of Transportation has a design for the ship that will replace the Ferry Tustumena. The Tustumena has served communities in South Central and Southwest Alaska for a little more than 50 years. The ferry’s home port is in Homer and it regularly travels to 13 ports between Homer and Unalaska.DOT Deputy Commissioner Mike Neussl says the new design focuses on two key issues. First: to make the new ferry carry as many people and vehicles as possible. The second goal was to make it small enough and shallow enough to use all the docks and shore side infrastructure used by the Tustumena right now.“Both of those design criteria were put in. The design is complete but the process going forward is to get that design into construction, build a vessel, put it into service and replace the existing Tustumena on its runs with a new more capable vessel,” said Neussl.Neussl isn’t sure when construction will start on the new ferry or how long it will take. He says a vessel of that size typically takes at least two or three years to build. He says it depends on contract terms with the shipyard doing the work.“As a comparator, the Alaska Class Ferries being built out in Ketchikan….the construction period was intentionally lengthened to drive the cost of those ferries down. Instead of having three ship builders working around the clock to try and build it as fast as possible, you work on it at a slower pace,” explained Neusll.Neussl says none of those decisions have been made for the Tustumena and the construction contract has not been opened up for bidding.He says the new ship is estimated to cost around $237 million and between 90% and 91% of that money is expected to come from the federal government through Alaska’s Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan or STIP.“That is the mechanism by which all projects compete for those federal funding dollars from the Surface Transportation Act [Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015]. That provides millions of dollars for the State of Alaska for federal aid projects. Highway projects, marine highway projects [and] dock replacement projects…,” said Neusll.The rest of the money would come from the state. He says the vessel is listed among the projects seeking STIP funding but it’s listed in fiscal year 2019.“Which is quite a ways down the road. Our job now is to pull that forward through the amendment process to get it funded through that process and out for construction….hopefully sooner rather than later. That’s where the project currently stands,” said Neusll.Neussl says once the new ferry is built the old Tustumena will be sold to either continue sailing under a new owner or it will be used for scrap.
Sohagi Jahan TonuThe DNA report on the suspected killers of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, who was killed in Cumilla more than two years ago, will be disclosed next week, police said.Investigation officer of the case Jalal Uddin Ahmed, said police re-interrogated many suspects for the sake of the case and the DNA report of some suspected accused will be found in the next week.Tonu, a second-year history student at CVC and active member of Victoria College Theatre, also worked part-time as a private tutor, was found dead in the Cumilla Mainamati Cantonment on 20 March 2016 after she failed to return home from one of her private tuition classes.Her murder sparked a huge public outcry and people from home and abroad demanded justice.Although twenty seven months have passed since the murder of Tonu, the investigation into the gruesome killing continues to languish without any progress.Family members and locals expressed their anger and frustration as police have even failed to name any suspect.Physicians at the forensic department of Cumilla Medical College Hospital conducted two autopsies on her body but their reports failed to mention any clear cause of death.In May 2016, the CID — which was handed the case previous month — revealed that bodily fluids (semen) of three individuals had been found on Tonu’s clothes – but the public has been kept in the dark regarding any tests the agency might have done to match the DNA samples found in the clothing with any suspect.CID officials last conducted a daylong interrogation of Tonu’s father Yaar Hossain, mother Anwara Begum, cousin Laizu and brother Mizan at the CID office in Dhaka on last 22 November 2017.According to the family, it was all just about repeating old information, and they learnt nothing new.Some weeks prior to that, on 25-27 October, CID apparently interrogated three individuals “suspected by Tonu’s mother” inside the Dhaka Cantonment.However, Tonu’s mother asked the CID to interrogate Zahid and his wife in the murder case as Tonu had been found dead while heading to Zahid’s residence for giving tuition on that day.She also claimed that the name of killers will be found after the interrogation
Shaheed-e-Azam Society organized an event on Saturday to commemorate Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s 107th birth anniversary. The event which was organized at the Mavlankar Auditorium displayed a photo-cum-biographical exhibition on more than 100 martyrs. The exhibition was dedicated to both the well known and unsung heroes whose sacrifice is not yet forgotten. Some of them included Sohanlal Pathak from Punjab, Baikunth Shukla from Uttar Pradesh, Kunwar Singh from Bihar, Kanaklata from Assam, Sitaman Raju from Andhra Pradesh, Amirchand from Delhi.During the event, a 40-minute documentary named Inqilab based on the life of Bhagat singh and his comrades was also screened. The documentary was produced by the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. Family members of the martyrs also shared their views with the people during the event.