Day: September 5, 2024

Court Correspondent : Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon on Wednesday demanded that the government bring reform in the judiciary expeditiously. “The judiciary was under the control of the Awami League government for last 16 years. Many judges have carried out judicial functions politically. They must be removed. Many good judges were appointed during the regime of the previous government. I have no objection about them,” he said. Barrister Mahbub Uddin, also a Joint Secretary General...

Staff Reporter : The Election Commission (EC), led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal, is set to hold an urgent press conference at 12 pm on Thursday, marking its first media engagement since the fall of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government. This meeting will take place at Nirbachan Bhaban, located in the city’s Agargaon area, according to the EC Secretariat’s Public Relations Officer, Shariful Islam. This press briefing comes amidst a backdrop of silence from the Election...

Court Correspondent : A Dhaka court yesterday placed Diamond World Managing Director Dilip Kumar Agarwala on a three-day remand in a case filed over the death of 16-year-old Hridoy Ahmed during the quota reform movement in front of BRAC University on July 19. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the order after Md Sadek, a Sub-Inspector of Badda Police Station and also the Investigation Officer of the case, produced him before the court with a seven-day remand prayer. In the...

Staff Reporter : BNP on Wednesday asked the interim government to reconstitute the Election Commission (EC) and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Expressing the demand, the BNP leaders claimed the EC and the ACC are still influenced by appointees from the deposed dictator Hasina regime. “Individuals backed by Hasina are still in positions in the EC and the ACC. Now it is very urgent to reconstitute the Election Commission and the Anti-Corruption Commission,” BNP Standing Committee Member Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain,...

Staff Reporter : Outpatient services at hospitals across the country resumed in full swing on Wednesday, following a period of disruption. Sources reported that emergency departments in nearly all hospitals in the capital and various upazilas were crowded with patients. Although hospitals had partially resumed operations after a shutdown on September 1, physicians noted that both emergency and outpatient departments are now fully operational due to enhanced security measures. At Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), outdoor medical services were reinstated,...

Staff Reporter : The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has announced the transfer of 11 deputy commissioners (DCs) in a new reshuffle. The decision was confirmed in an order signed by DMP Commissioner Md Mainul Hasan on Wednesday.According to the order, Mohammad Osman Goni has been reassigned to the Logistics Division, while Mohammad Taherul Haque Chowdhury at the DMP Headquarters and Administration Division; Khandaker Md Shamim Hossain at the Detective Branch, Ramna Divisionand will also hold additional duties in the Detective...

Staff Reporter : The newly appointed UNICEF Representative to Bangladesh, Rana Flowers, has committed to ensuring that children in Bangladesh thrive in a non-violent environment. “On behalf of UNICEF, I commit our team to doing all we can to support children and adolescents so that every child survives and thrives in an environment where non-violence, prosperity, and opportunity prevail,” said Flowers. The statement came after she presented her credentials to Foreign Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain at his office in Dhaka...

Staff Reporter : The workers’ unrest in the apparel factories across the industrial belt in Ashulia and Gazipur is ongoing, causing instability in the region while the interim government attempts to control the situation with law enforcement agencies. At least 60 factories were shut down on Wednesday following workers’ demonstrations, as they demanded the elimination of all forms of discrimination prevalent in various garment factories in the industrial zone for a prolonged period. According to the industrial police and local...