Remembering A Tragedy

National Committee for Protection of Oil, Gas, Mineral, Power and Port will observe 'black day' and National Resources Protection Day today. On this day (August 26) in 2006, three people were shot dead, 50 bullet-hit, and 200 others injured in baton charge when law enforcers turned brutal on the agitators who joined a gathering to besiege the office of Asia Energy in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur district protesting the planned open pit mining by Asia Energy. Thousands of people from different upazilas of Dinajpur joined the programme organised by the 'national committee' demanding cancellation of the open pit mining that would damage thousands of hectares of arable land and cause environmental hazard in the densely populated area. The file photo sent by our Dinajpur correspondent shows a scene of the police action against the agitators. Photo: STAR