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Hans India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Bangladesh: Months after clashes, Khulna University still in deadlock, students return amid uncertainty
Dhaka: Five months after violent student political clashes brought academic activities to a halt at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), the campus remains mired in uncertainty. While students of the 2021-22 academic batches returned to classrooms on Sunday, the university continues to function without a permanent vice-chancellor, leaving over 7,500 students facing the prospect of extended session delays, reports leading Bangladeshi media outlet Prothom Alo. Despite the absence of clear administrative leadership, a message posted on the social media page 'Bloody Kuet' on Saturday signalled a student-led initiative to resume academic activities. "We will all return to class tomorrow after shaking off all the old-fashionedness and showing the red card to negativity. The teachers have wished us well; they cannot turn their backs. So it is time to return to class with a positive attitude," the post read. Students of the 21st and 22nd batches responded to the call, returning to the classroom in large numbers. However, concerns remain, with many pointing to unresolved tensions between faculty and students. "Many teachers were upset during our movement. We have apologised to them. Now we are forced to return to class because five months of our education have already been lost," said Ashir Muntakim Ferdous, a 21st batch student, speaking to Prothom Alo. He noted that before the former VC's dismissal, the syndicate had announced classes would resume on May 4. Another student added, "Almost all of us from batches 21 and 22 are present. The exams for senior batches will begin once classes resume fully. However, some students are still not on campus due to security concerns." In the capital, Guardian Forum Dhaka submitted a memorandum last Thursday to the chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC), demanding the immediate resumption of academic activities. On Sunday, they also organised a human chain protest in front of the KUET administrative building. Despite these efforts, a resolution remains elusive. The crisis began on February 18, when over a hundred individuals were injured in clashes stemming from demands to ban student politics on campus. The violence prompted the government to remove both the vice-chancellor and the associate vice-chancellor. CUET Professor Hazrat Ali was appointed interim VC on May 1, only to resign three weeks later following stiff resistance from KUET faculty. Although the Ministry of Education issued a notification for a new VC appointment on June 10, the process remains stalled. UGC member Mohammad Jaminur Rahman had been temporarily authorised to oversee the university's finances until July 15. Adding to the deadlock, the KUET Teachers' Association has taken a hardline stance, demanding that those responsible for assaults on faculty members during the unrest be held accountable before they return to classes. Their executive meeting held on July 16 ended inconclusively. With no immediate resolution in sight and the appointment of a new vice-chancellor still pending, the academic future of KUET's students is uncertain.
News18
08-07-2025
- General
- News18
170-Feet-Tall Tazia Collapses, Falls On High-Tension Wire During Muharram In UP
Last Updated: Massive panic was created among the thousands gathered for the procession. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident. Around 170-foot-high Tazia, a miniature replica of Imam Hussain's tomb, collapsed during a Muharram procession in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday. The incident occurred at around 4:30 pm at the Karbala ground in the Sadar Kotwali area in Banwaripur, where a thousands of people had assembled for the event. The incident, captured on CCTV, occurred while the Tazia was being assembled and lifted. However, it lost balance and fell onto an 11,000-volt power line. Visuals showed the tazia suddenly collapsing on the ground as people near it ran to save themselves. 170-Foot-Tall Tazia Collapses, Falls On High-Tension Wire During Muharram Procession In UP, casualties were reported as the power supply had been cut off on time. However, the sudden fall of the tall tazia triggered chaos. — ???????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? (@GlobeObserver0) July 7, 2025 Massive panic was created among the thousands gathered for the procession. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident as the power supply was cut off. The video shows three towering Tazias, approximately 170 feet tall, often made of bamboo and decorated with vibrant, colourful paper and fabrics, during the religious event. One of them, however, begins to tilt and eventually collapses, breaking apart as it falls. Muharram is the second sacred month in the Islamic calendar after Ramadan. This year, it started on June 27, initiating 10 days of mourning for Muslims. The period commemorates the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain, the son of Hazrat Ali and grandson of Prophet Muhammad. First Published:
Time of India
06-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Mini Iraq in Lucknow and marks of Lucknow in Iraq
1 2 Naresh Dayal, district magistrate of Lucknow (1986-88), had the occasion to visit Iraq as secretary in petroleum ministry of govt of India. While in Baghdad, he expressed the desire to visit Kazman near Baghdad (shrine of 7th Shia Imam Musa Kazim). The request intrigued his hosts about the purpose of his visit to the shrine. Dayal told them that he is coming from a city which has a kazman too. Kazman in old Lucknow is quite like the original kazman in Iraq. The Lucknow kazman was built by a Hindu minister of King Amjad Ali Shah (1842-47) of Awadh named Jagan Nath titled Sharaf-ud-daula, is different from the original shrine in Iraq only by poor upkeep. Whereas, in look, form and measurements both are alike. The original domes of the shrine in Iraq are made of pure gold and the domes of its replica in Lucknow are made of gold plated thick silver pattar (sheet). Kazman is not alone. There are many religious monuments in Lucknow which are exact replicas of Shia shrines in Iraq. In vicinity of kazman there is a mosque known as shabih e masjid e kufa (replica of kufa mosque). Again in design, structure and in paimaish (measurements) this mosque is the exact replica of then kufa mosque where Hazrat Ali was martyred. Like the then kufa mosque this structure is still painted in reddish brown. Over the period of time the mosque in kufa has undergone changes. Karbala of Awadh noble Dayanat-ud-daula in old Lucknow is also the exact replica of Imam Hussain shrine in Karbala. There are couple of wooden pillars having intricate carvings in this Karbala like of which are placed at outer gate of Imam Hussain shrine in Iraq where they are displayed as pieces of antiquity. May be those pillars were placed over there as offering to the shrine by Awadh rulers as the pillars are said to be made of some wood from Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Being devout Shias, Awadh rulers contributed generously to the enlargement, upkeep and facilities for pilgrims in Karbala and Najaf (shrine of Hazrat Ali). Awadh begums made offerings of precious jewelleries to the shrine which are displayed on makhsusi (specific significant days) In the midst of Arabic display boards one finds "imambara of Taj Bahu saheba" in Karbala where majlis is still conducted in Urdu. Taj Bahu saheba was the wife of Prince Jawad Ali, younger brother of King Wajid Ali Shah. In the post second Gulf War uprising, Iraq ruler Saddam Hussain got many buildings flattened and this imambara was also enormously damaged. However, the Lucknow style alams and zardozi embroidery patkas survived the onslaught. In its original form, this imambara was typical Awadh style building. The road between Najaf and Karbala is dotted with Hussainas, buildings which are actually sarais (enroute resting places) for the pilgrims. Many of these Hussainas were constructed by devout Lucknowites. I remember Syed Rasul, an Iraqi gentleman who was the caretaker of the Sarai of Meer Sadiq in Karbala. For settling the books of the charitable properties, Syed Rasul and many Arab caretakers like him used to visit Lucknow. They were conversant in Urdu. For the benefit of Karbala pilgrims there is Asifi Nahar,a canal which was constructed by Nawab Asifudaula Bahadur of Awadh. King Nasiruddin Haider had commissioned architects, designers and civil engineers to grasp the design of Karbala and recreate it in Lucknow. Unfortunately, the project could not be completed as the king passed away and he was buried in this karbala in Daliganj. All Shia burial places are called karbala where during muharram Tazias, paper replica of imam Hussain shrine, are also buried. Wish for burial in Karbala in Iraq is a Shia custom among the rich and the resourceful. As shifting of body from India to Iraq was time taking it was a kind of twice burial. Before final journey to Iraq the bathed embalmed body was stored in Indian graveyard. To my memory, Sakina Begum, wife of Nawab Murtuza Ali Khan of Rampur, was the last person to be taken to Karbala for final burial (2012). That too after years of waiting as the way to Iraq was not open. The sea voyage to Karbala also added an expression to popular food vocabulary. Jahazi roti has rooting in the extra large khameeri roti served on ships. Among the faithful several pilgrimages to Karbala is honourably flaunted. Grave stone of Chacha Bahadur of Kashmiri Moholla in Karbala Talkatora of Lucknow proudly reads : "Dasta-e-Anjuman ke rohey Rawan Wo bahadur wo shai ke matamdaar They jo attharah baar ke zair Shai ke qadmon mein hai ye unka mazaar" (Soul of matami sangat That Bahadur, that mourner of Hussain He who travelled to karbala for eighteen timeUnder the feet of his master, it is his grave) (The writer is an oral history and culture exponent)
NDTV
23-06-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Bihar Engineer Goes Missing In Iran, Family Urges Centre For Help
New Delhi: An engineer from Bihar's Siwan has gone missing in Iran amid the Gulf country's ongoing conflict with Israel. The missing youth has been identified as Siraj Ali Ansari (25), a resident of Ramapali village in the Muffasil police station area. He works as a Quality Control Engineer in a petroleum company and was posted in Iran at the time of his disappearance. Talking to IANS, his father Hazrat Ali said that Siraj had travelled to Saudi Arabia and reached Iran from there on June 9. However, shortly after his arrival, tensions between Iran and Israel escalated into a conflict. The last communication from Siraj came on the afternoon of June 17, around 2 p.m., when he spoke to his father, Hazrat Ali. Since then, Siraj's phone has been switched off, and there has been no contact. "When we last spoke, he told me he was in a safe place, but there were bombings just one kilometre from where he was staying," said Hazrat Ali. "We are extremely worried. There has been no word from him since that day." Distressed by Siraj's disappearance, the family submitted a written appeal to the Siwan District Magistrate Aditya Prakash, requesting urgent intervention by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian government to ensure Siraj's safe return. His uncles, Shakeel Ahmad Ansari and Akhtar Ali Ansari, have also joined in appealing for government assistance. "I am going to meet the District Magistrate today," Hazrat Ali added. "My humble request to the Indian government and the Ministry of External Affairs is to evacuate my son and all other Indians who are currently stranded in the conflict zone." Siraj is unmarried and the eldest among two brothers and one sister. His disappearance has left his entire family deeply anxious. As the Iran-Israel conflict continues to intensify, families of Indians working in the region are growing increasingly concerned for the safety of their loved ones. As part of the ongoing Operation Sindhu, another batch of 285 nationals safely landed here on Sunday evening, taking the total number of Indians evacuated from Iran to 1,713.
Express Tribune
30-03-2025
- General
- Express Tribune
Let's see the good in others
The writer is an educationist based in Kasur City. He can be reached at Listen to article Hazrat Ali (AS), the fourth caliph of Islam, advised his sons, Imam Hassan (AS) and Imam Hussain (AS): "Keep your affairs in order and maintain harmony in your relationships because I heard your grandfather, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his progeny), say: 'Resolving mutual conflicts is superior to canonical prayers and fasting of a year'." You need a childlike way of spending life to usher in happiness in whatever you do or whosoever you interact with. Unsoiled by all guile and craft, children deal with others to enjoy themselves and please others. They don't prolong their anger into malice. They do throw tantrums, but a change of time and space puts them in new avatars. One thing we must know is that to be happy is an act willingly orchestrated and a state of mind followed by the selfless pursuit of that act. The motivation behind that act is actually what decides the nature and sustainability of our happiness. Social media and texting go abuzz with unsolicited moral policing exhorting the importance of letting go of old grudges on the occasion of Eid. One should let bygones be bygones, but there is an ultra-thin borderline between self-respect and ego. Our first overtures to mend fences face the static friction caused by our ego. To initiate resumption is the negation of our ego. It saves us from self-blaming and self-loathing for not having exhausted our options to salve the tattered relationship. "The recompense for an injury is an injury equal thereto (in degree); but if a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah; verily Allah loveth not those who transgress." – The Quran (42:40) But if anyone still stands egotistically adamant, now your self-respect must nag you to desist from stooping too low lest the other person might get emboldened with his arrogance. To save him from being solidified on his stance, now leave your sincerity to prick his conscience. One must learn to manage one's Stone Age brain in the 21st century. To know whether you are opinionated down to the subconscious level, check the inbox and gallery of your mobile phones. If they are stuffed with images and screenshots you haven't checked for ages, you test positive. It signals that you are too slow in letting things go. In an experiment in psychology, it's illustrated that the weight of an object doesn't matter if you are to hold it up for a few minutes but the longer you keep the object aloft, the heavier it would become. The 13th annual World Happiness Report 2025 describes an experiment wherein people express low probability of the lost wallet being returned. The results were against their apprehensions: "The rate of wallets returned was almost twice as high as people predicted." The distrust was termed 'empathy gap'. The report concludes that "belief in the kindness of others was more closely tied to happiness." John F Helliwell, an economist at the University of Columbia and a founding editor of the report, says the wallet experiment proves, "People are much happier living where they think people care about each other." "Look seriously at the people with whom you are working, with whom you are living, who are on your streets, and put on a rosier set of glasses when you're dealing with them. And that'll change your behaviour in traffic. It'll change your behaviour in political discussions. It'll change everything," Helliwell said. Psychologists assert that to make opinions of others is to search our psychic equivalence, "wherein we project our mental states into reality and others' minds". Dr Lara Aknin, professor of social psychology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and an editor of the World Happiness Report, warns: "If we expect the worst of others, we walk around the world fearful, and that matters for our own well-being." Our good experiences are short-lived than the negative ones unless we make an effort to let them stay with us. That's the premise of Hardwiring Happiness, a book by psychologist Rick Hanson who explores how consciously sticking to positive moments counterbalances the brain's built-in negative bias. "Your brain has a negativity bias that makes it like Velcro for negative experiences and Teflon for positive ones," Hanson says.
