PROTESTS BY DU-AFFILIATED COLLEGE STUDENTS Govt to send Siddikur to India for eye treatment
The government would send Siddikur Rahman, who sustained serious injuries on both of his eyes in Thursday’s police action, to India for better treatment, said health minister Mohammad Nasim on Monday.
First Hajj flight with 418 pilgrims off to Jeddah
The first Hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying 418 Bangladeshi pilgrims took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Monday morning. Civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon, religious affairs minister Motiur Rahman and high officials of the two ministries saw the pilgrims off at the airport.
Ctg traders count huge losses as warehouses submerged
Low-lying areas of Chittagong city went under water due to incessant rain and high tide on Sunday. The rainfall started Sunday morning and was continuing till afternoon, submerging many areas of the port city from knee-deep to waist-deep waters, causing immense sufferings to the dwellers.
Public admin scy himself complains of ‘ghost electricity bill’
Public administration secretary Md Mozammel Haque Khan on Sunday said that he himself was a victim of overbilling for power consumption at his government house in Dhaka.
42pc GPA 5 scorer from capital
About 42 per cent of the students who have scored Grade Point Average 5 in the Higher Secondary Certificate examinations this year are from Dhaka as many educational institutions offering intermediate course in Dhaka are well equipped with educational facilities and teachers.
N’GANJ SEVEN-MURDER CASE AG for upholding death of 16 RAB members, 10 others
Attorney general Mahbubey Alam on Sunday argued in the High Court in favour of upholding the lower court verdict in the sensational seven murders that took place in Narayanganj in 2014.
68.91pc clear HSC, pass rate declines
The combined pass percentage in Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations has declined in comparison to the past year.
HC bench officer forges order for bail in yaba case
A bench officer of the High Court Division has forged the bail order in favour of an accused of possessing 50,000 Yaba tablets.On Tuesday, the sensational forgery by bench officer Rafiqul Islam came to the notice of Justice Md Shawkat Hossain and Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder after another accused in the same Yaba case submitted the forged bail order in their court with their bail petition.
Nat’l committee proposes alternative master plan for power sector
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Saturday proposed a draft 25-year master plan for the power sector focusing on natural gas and renewables as an alternative to the government’s Power Sector Master Plan 2016.
Siddiqur unlikely to get back eyesight: doctor
Physicians on Saturday expressed their fear that Titumir College student Siddiqur Rahman, who suffered grievous injuries in the eyes in police action on a demonstration at Shahbagh in Dhaka on Thursday, might not get back his eyesight.
