Around 10,000 Bangladeshi nationals, along with embassy officials, have been living in fear in the Libyan capital Tripoli and surrounding suburbs, as heavy fighting between government forces and armed militias has continued over the past several days.
An inmate of Chattogram Central Jail died at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) while undergoing treatment on Wednesday, prison authorities said yesterday.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday alleged that the vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, due to his “political philosophy”, was unwilling to listen to the JCD leaders when they went to him demanding justice for Shahriar Alam Shammo.
The High Court, in the full text of a verdict, has said that the appointments of Supreme Court judges were not always made on merit, and many unsatisfactory appointments were made to the High Court on political or other considerations, badly affecting the image of the country’s judiciary.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sheikh Mohammad Sazzat Ali yesterday instructed members of the police to maintain maximum vigilance regarding the activities and possible subversive acts of banned political parties.
Dhaka South City Corporation launched an eviction drive at Suhrawardy Udyan yesterday, demolishing hundreds of illegal makeshift shops and structures that had sprung up across the park.
Alarmed by “credible reports” of Rohingya refugees being forced off an Indian navy vessel into the Andaman Sea last week, a UN expert has begun an inquiry into such “unconscionable, unacceptable acts”.
Amid ongoing demonstrations by students and teachers of Jagannath University, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has imposed a ban on public gatherings, processions, and rallies near the official residence of the chief justice and surrounding areas.
The authorities concerned have erected a temporary barrier along an open canal in Kapasgola area of Chattogram city, days after a six-month-old baby fell into the canal on April 18 and died.
Students and teachers of Jagannath University, along with other stakeholders, yesterday announced a boycott of all academic activities and vowed to continue protests until their demands are met.
The government has approved an ordinance to ensure employment, training, housing, medical care, and low-interest loans for those injured in the July uprising and families of those who were killed.
UN rights experts have urged the Human Rights Council and the international community to press upon Bangladesh the urgency and importance of ensuring a safe, open, and conducive environment for free and fair elections.
A Bangladeshi will have to spend a minimum of Tk 5.89 lakh to perform hajj next year under private management, Tk 82,200 less from this year.
At least 12 persons, including six children, were injured in a gas cylinder explosion in Char Kalibari area of Mymensingh city yesterday.
In anticipation of the Election Commission’s announcement of the poll schedule today, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has ordered all of its units to be on high alert to prevent any potential violence in the coming days.
The High Court yesterday sought a list of those who grabbed the land of Karnaphuli river in Anwara, Patia, Karnaphuli and Boalkhali of Chattogram and constructed structures there.
The US State Department has said, “The future of the Bangladeshi government should be determined by its people, full stop”.
Ninety-seven new assistant judges have been appointed to the lower courts across the country.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday virtually inaugurated the port city’s first elevated expressway, which is expected to usher in a new era in connectivity and trade.
At least 12 more dengue patients died, seven of them from Dhaka, in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.
A nine-year-old boy drowned and another child went missing in the Mahananda River in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila yesterday.
