BSS : Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) has strongly crticised Transparency International (TIB) Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman for using words like ‘Fundamentalist and Communal’ in a recent statement, claiming that use of such words would create division in the society. In a statement IAB assistant secretary general and also the president of its Dhaka north city unit Principal Hafez Maulana Sheikh Gazle Bari Masud and its north city unit secretary Maulana Muhammad Ariful Islam said conspiracy to divide the nation by...
Day: October 2, 2024
News Desk : Shimanto Khokon, The news editor of private television NTV died.He died at his home in the city’s Shantinagar area on Tuesday. Aktar Hossain, General Secretary of Dhaka Journalist Union (DJU) confirmed the matter.He said that Shimanto Khokon had been sick for a long time. He died of a heart attack at his residence in Shantinagar after 2 pm on Tuesday. Shimanto Khokon was a member of the National Press Club Management Committee. He was also serving as...
Court Correspondent : Nine private lawyers have been appointed for running the journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case on behalf of the complainant at his own cost following a court order. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka, Mahbubul Haque gave the permission upon a petition, filed by complainant Nawser Ali Roman, brother of slain Runi on Monday. The lawyers are: Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Shishir Manir, Advocate Mujahidul Islam, Advocate Mizanul Haque, Advocate Mostofa Jamal, Advocate Abu Russel, Advocate Mohiuddin, Advocate...
Staff Reporter : A case has been filed with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court against a driver, Md. Jisan Pradhan (40), for allegedly stealing a passenger’s luggage containing valuables, including gold, ornaments, money, and foreign currency. Pradhan, a resident of Cumilla district, is accused of fleeing with the items. The stolen luggage reportedly contained a diamond ring, 7 bhori (81.71 grams) of gold, 3,500 British pounds, and cash amounting to 2 lakh taka. The total estimated value of the...
Court Correspondent : The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has so far issued 71 Mutual Legal Assistant Requests (MLARs) to the foreign countries concerned in an effort to recover money laundered abroad. “Of these requests, the ACC has so far got 27 responses,” ACC Director General (Anti-Money Laundering) Akhter Hossain told journalists after a meeting with a delegation of the European Union (EU) to prevent money laundering from the country. EU Head of Development Cooperation Miche Krija led the 4-member EU delegation...
Staff Reporter : Tensions flared in Khagrachhari once again after a teacher was beaten to death by an angry mob following accusations of rape, leading to the imposition of Section 144 in the area. Abul Hasnat Muhammad Sohail Rana, a teacher at Khagrachhari Government Technical School and College, was reportedly attacked by students who claimed he had raped a student earlier that day. According to local residents and officials, the incident took place around noon, sparking immediate unrest. Following the...
Staff Reporter : Dengue claims three more lives were across the country in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. It brought the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 166 this year. 1,144 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever in the same time, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the three deaths reported today, two occurred in Dhaka North City Corporation, one in Dhaka South City Corporation. As per the DGHS record, 14 people...
Staff Reporter : Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Senior Joint SecretaryGeneral of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has demanded that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina maintained her power with the help of India’s intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). He made these remarks while speaking as the chief guest at an event in front of the BNP central office in Nayapaltan on Tuesday. Rizvi said that her government’s response to calls for democracy has been brutal, with dissidents facing violent...
Selim Reza, Sirajganj : People from all walks of life including Sirajganj Swartha Rakkha Songram Committee and civil society members demanded exemplary punishment to the involved persons through a fair and transparent investigation over the irregularities in third and fourth class employees’ recruitment in Sirajganj District Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, which has now become ‘talk of the country’. On the other hand, an influential quarter has now become reckless to cover-up the incident after getting it public through...