Staff Reporter : Captain ABM Shamim, the Commandant of Bangladesh Marine Academy in Chattogram, currently holds dual roles: one as the Commandant of the Marine Academy and another as a Councilor at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in London. Despite being promoted to Commandant on October 4, 2023, he has yet to take up his new post and remains stationed in London as a Councilor. Captain Shamim’s appointment to the IMO role dates back to July 2022, when he was...
Day: September 27, 2024
Staff Reporter : Forty-seven superintendents of police (SPs) have been promoted to the rank of additional deputy inspector general (Addl DIG) of police. The Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs issued the notification on Wednesday, September 25. Earlier this week, a departmental promotion committee (DPC) meeting was held at the ministry, where the promotions were approved. Sources indicate that many of the officers promoted had been passed over during the Sheikh Hasina regime, despite meeting all the...
BSS : ‘Anti Tobacco Youth Convention 2024’ was held at NGO Affairs Bureau Auditorium in city’s Agargaon area yesterday. The Development Organisation of the Rural Poor (DORP) organized the convention with the goal ‘Active participation of youth is essential for creating a Tobacco free Bangladesh’, a press release said. During the convention, youth representatives took an oath to strongly oppose Tobacco and pledged to raise public awareness from their respective positions, the release added. Md Saidur Rahman, Director General of...
Manikganj Correspondent : Four people were killed and 20 injured in a head-on collision between a minibus carrying garment workers and a truck loaded with stones bound for Aricha on the east side of Bowali Bridge in ShibalayaUpazila. Among the seriously injured, 8 have been sent to ManikganjSadar Hospital in critical condition. Barangail Highway Police Station TI Mohammad Ibrahim said that the casualty occurred in a collision between a minibus (Dhaka-Metro-J 11-0242) and a stone-laden truck (Dhaka-Metro-T 20-7790) carrying workers...
UNB : A Dhaka court on Thursday placed former deputy commissioner (DC) of Detective Branch (DB) Mashiur Rahman on a seven-day fresh remand in a case filed over the death of a teenager Abdul Motalib during the student movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury passed the order following a 10-day remand plea of investigating officer Inspector of the Ramna Zonal Team Nazrul Islam. On the same day, the defense lawyer submitted a petition to cancel the remand and...
BSS : Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus has said a radical change is needed in the global framework to address climate impacts focusing on net-zero carbon emissions and eliminating extreme resource inequality. He made the remark at an event titled ‘Climate Forward’ organised by New York Times here on Wednesday. The New York Times hosted a day-long event involving innovators, activists, scientists and policymakers to discuss the steps needed to address climate change impacts. It was broadcast live from...
BSS : Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam on Thursday said they have no intelligence information on any specific threat ahead of the Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community. “We have no information of any specific threat (centering the Durga Puja). But the police would be on maximum alert with no compromise on the security,” he said. He was replying to a question after emerging from a seminar titled ‘Environmental Sustainability in Tourism: Responsibility...
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