Day: July 13, 2025

Desk Report, Bangladeshi student killed in road accident in Australia A Bangladeshi student named Syed Pratyay (20) has been killed in a road accident in southern Australia. The accident occurred near the Yankalila area of the Fleurieu region at around 3:30 am last Friday. Bangladeshi student killed in road accident in Australia Police said that a Mazda car carrying Pratyay and his two friends lost control and veered off the road in the Yankalila area. Pratyay died on the spot. His two friends were rescued and admitted to the hospital…

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Desk Report, The first 6 books on Hasina’s rule and fall Immediately after the mass uprising, Prothoma Prakashan published 6 books from December 2024 to March 2025. The books are: Student-People’s Uprising: Bangladesh on a New Path (December 2024) by retired professor Al Masud Hasanuzzaman, Department of Political Science, Jahangirnagar University, I am the State: Individualistic Autocracy in Bangladesh (January 2025), edited by journalist Sajjad Sharif, July: Testimony of the Mass Uprising (January 2025), Professor Asif Nazrul’s The Fall of Sheikh Hasina, written by researcher and writer Altaf Parvez, Red…

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Desk Report, 7 arrested in Lal Chand murder case so far, combing operation underway: Home Affairs Advisor A special combing operation is starting from Sunday to maintain law and order and pre-election stability. Home Affairs Advisor Lieutenant General (Retd.) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury announced the operation. 7 arrested in Lal Chand murder case so far, combing operation underway: Home Affairs Advisor After the meeting of the Law and Order Advisory Committee in the meeting room of the Home Ministry at the Secretariat this morning, the Home Affairs Advisor told reporters, “The…

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Desk Report, Former Chittagong MP Nadvir’s personal assistant arrested Police have arrested Md. Russell Uddin, the personal assistant of former MP Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin Nadvir of Chittagong-15 (Satkania-Lohagara) on charges of involvement in an attack during the anti-discrimination movement. He was arrested from the city’s Kotwali Police Station area late Saturday night. Kotwali Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdul Karim confirmed Russell Uddin’s arrest. He told Prothom Alo that there is a case against Russell Uddin for attacking students and the public during the anti-discrimination movement. He has been shown…

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Desk Report, Messi now breaks records every 3 days The FIFA Club World Cup did not go as he had hoped. But Lionel Messi has become unstoppable in Major League Soccer (MLS). Messi now breaks records every 3 days Before the Club World Cup, Messi scored two goals each against Montreal and Columbus Crew in MLS. He has maintained the rhythm even after the Club World Cup. After the return leg against Montreal, the Inter Miami Bumblebee scored a brace against New England Revolution and most recently against Nashville today.…

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Desk Report, Consensus Commission calls for compromise National Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman Professor Ali Riaz has called on political parties to make some concessions and come to a common ground. Consensus Commission calls for compromise Ali Riaz made this call at the beginning of the second round of 12th-day talks with political parties at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital on Sunday. The Consensus Commission has started this series of dialogues with the parties with the aim of building a national consensus to resolve the political crisis. 30 political parties…

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Desk Report, Case filed for vandalism and looting at BNP office three years ago A case has been filed in Patuakhali over the vandalism and looting of the BNP office three years ago. The district Awami League president, general secretary, former district council chairman and former municipal mayor, along with 97 leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliate organizations, have been named as accused in the case. District Awami League organizing secretary Ujjwal Bose (52), who is the accused in the case, was arrested on Saturday. Case…

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Desk Report, Jamaat protests in the capital to protest the killing of a businessman in Mitford Dhaka Metropolitan North and South Jamaat-e-Islami have held a protest rally in the capital to protest the killing of a businessman in front of Mitford Hospital in Old Dhaka. The rally demanded exemplary punishment for the culprits. Jamaat protests in the capital to protest the killing of a businessman in Mitford A press release said that a protest march was organized by Dhaka Metropolitan North on Saturday afternoon from Tejgaon Satrasta area. The procession…

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Desk Report, If you fail in one subject, you will fail in another. The SSC exam results of a student from Lakshmipasha Adarsh School in Lohagara Upazila of Narail have shown that he passed the exam in a subject he failed in the previous year; but failed in a subject he passed the previous year this time. If you fail in one subject, you will fail in another. The student’s name is Roman Molya. He took the SSC exam in Electrical Trade under the Technical Education Board. According to the…

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Desk Report, Ordinance cunning has been resorted to in the revenue sector: Energy Advisor Muhammad Fauzul Kabir Khan, Advisor to the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, said that cunning was resorted to while making the Revenue Policy and Revenue Management Ordinance. Those who formulated this ordinance resorted to this cunning. Ordinance cunning has been resorted to in the revenue sector: Energy Advisor Muhammad Fauzul Kabir Khan said this at a press conference organized in the meeting room of the Power Division at the Secretariat today, Sunday. Muhammad Fauzul…

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