Day: August 11, 2024
City Desk : BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has said that the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government has taken place due to the mass uprising created by the collective movement of students-people.He said this while addressing a doa-mahfil organized by the Keraniganj Upazila South unit of BNP at Jinjira party office here on Friday as the chief guest, reports BSS. A special prayer was also offered there seeking speedy recovery of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.During the...
City Desk : The nation remembered the legendary artist Sheikh Mohammed Sultan, popularly known as SM Sultan, as the day marked his birth centenary on Saturday. Globally revered as one of the pioneering Bangladeshi artists of all time, Sultan was born at the Machimdia village in the country’s Narail Sadar upazila on August 10, 1924, reports UNB. On the occasion of his birth centenary this year, the SM Sultan National and International Birth Centenary Celebration Committee planned to inaugurate a...
City Desk : Professor Farid Uddin Ahmed, vice chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet, has resigned from his position. The university’s Public Relations office confirmed the resignation on Saturday afternoon, stating that the VC cited personal reasons for his decision, reports UNB. It has also been learned that Professor Ahmed submitted his resignation letter to the President, in accordance with protocol....
City Desk : MA Latif, the Awami League lawmaker from Chittagong-11 constituency in the recently dissolved parliament, was detained from the residence of his nephew in the Port City, where he has been hiding since the ouster of his government. Members of Bangladesh Army detained him from the city’s Motherbari Nasu Malum Mosque area around 6:30pm on Friday, reports UNB. Eyewitnesses said that Latif offered Friday prayers at the local Nasu Malum mosque on Friday. After the prayer, he also...
City Desk : In light of the recent reports of several incidents involving the looting of weapons and ammunition from various police stations and prisons across the country, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has issued a public appeal. The ISPR is urging anyone who is in possession of such weapons or ammunition, or who has any relevant information, to promptly submit these items or share the information with the nearest military camp, reports UNB. The authorities are treating this matter...
City Desk : Adviser to the Interim Government Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Friday said it is not possible to talk about or take a decision right now about the tenure of their newly formed transition government without knowing the reform agenda. “Without knowing what kind of reform you want, I can’t talk about the tenure. If you don’t want reform, that is a different thing. There is nothing to be restless right now by repeatedly talking about the tenure,” she...
