DOMESTIC GAS PRICE HC strikes down 2nd phase hike
The High Court Division on Sunday struck down the 2nd phase domestic gas price hike in the current year and called it ‘illegal.’ The court order relieved domestic gas consumers from paying the additional tariff of Tk 150 from August.
406 hajj pilgrims likely fail to fly for visa problems
Over 400 Bangladeshi pilgrims are likely to fail to go to Saudi Arabia on Sunday by their scheduled hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines due to visa complexities.
Cheating in public exams growing
The number of students adopting unfair means like copying and helping each other in public examinations is increasing, causing alarms among education board officials. According to inter-education board coordination subcommittee data, 976 students were expelled during Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent exams held under eight general, one madrassah and one technical education boards in 2017.
DU senate picks 3-member VC panel amid protests
A special session of Dhaka University senate on Saturday nominated a three-member panel for the chancellor to appoint one of them as the university’s next vice-chancellor amid protest from students and boycott by BNP-Jamaat-backed white panel of teachers.
GULSHAN CAFE ATTACK Police find no involvement of Japanese-Bangladeshi Saifullah
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Saturday said that it found no evidence of involvement of Bangladeshi-origin Japanese Muhammad Saifullah Ozaki, a suspected extremist, in the July 1 Gulshan café attack.
PM for sharing experience among delta countries
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday stressed importance of the sharing of water management experiences among Delta Coalition member countries for the benefit of the future generation of densely populated delta areas.
Judiciary should be free from political interference: CJ
Chief justice SK Sinha said on Saturday that the judiciary should always be free from political interference. At a function of Bangladesh Women Judges’ Association in Dhaka, he also urged the government to make a law fixing the number of judges at the Supreme Court to reduce political interference in the judiciary.
Six killed in Faridpur road accident
At least six people including two women were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Madhukhali upazila in Faridpur on Friday night.
Soft drinks pose risks to public health
The country’s mostly unregulated market of soft drinks poses serious risks to public health. Companies need no certification from the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution to start the business of soft drinks except for the carbonated beverages.
Freedom fighter Ziauddin dies
Freedom fighter Ziauddin Ahmed, who was sub-sector commander in the Sunderbans during the Liberation War, died on Friday. He was 67. The retired army major breathed his last at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital early Friday, said a liberation war affairs ministry release.
