7 killed in road accident
At least seven people, including three children on their way to a wedding party, were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Sonaimorirtak of Shibpur in Narsingdi on Tuesday morning.
Hearing on Shahidul’s bail petition on Sept 11
The counsel of acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam on Tuesday filed bail petition before a Dhaka court in a case filed under the ICT Act and the court set September 11 for hearing the petition.
Committee for abolishing almost all quotas
Cabinet secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said on Monday that ‘almost all quotas’ in public service recruitment might be abolished, but the government would seek Supreme Court’s opinion on the 30 per cent quota for freedom fighters’ children and grandchildren.
Myanmar needs to earn trust of Rohingyas: FS
Myanmar would need to take adequate measures for building confidence among the forcibly displaced minority Rohingya community so that they would want to go back their homes in Rakhine, foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque said on Monday.
Nawshaba denied bail again
Actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed’s bail application was rejected by a court in the capital on Monday afternoon when the Cyber Crimes Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police produced her in it after interrogating her for six days in two phases in a case under Information and Technology Act
Over 500 industrial units at risk of unrest over wages, find Industrial police
Over 500 industrial units across the country are vulnerable to labour unrest over payment of wages and festival allowances to workers before Eid-ul-Azha, according to the industrial police sources.
Govt fails to submit fresh report about Shahidul Alam to court
The High Court Division’s directive to the home secretary to submit a fresh report to the chief metropolitan magistrate’s court in the capital on Monday regarding whether or not acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam was tortured physically and mentally in the custody of the Detective Branch was not complied with.
Nothing reins in reckless driving
Local people blocked Dhaka-Rangpur Highway for around four hours and clashed with police after reckless driving claimed the life of yet another student in Rangpur on Sunday, only two weeks after student protests demanding road safety rocked the country.
Shahidul Alam sent to jail
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court on Sunday sent internationally acclaimed photographer and writer Shahidul Alam to jail after interrogation in police custody for seven days. Metropolitan magistrate Farhat Bin Amin Chowdhury passed the order as the police investigators
Quader tells quota reformists nothing can be achieved with ultimatum
Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that protesters for quota reform could achieve nothing by issuing ultimatum to the government.
