Month: August 2025

Case against former Gazipur mayor Jahangir approved

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Desk Report, Case against former Gazipur mayor Jahangir approved The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file a case against former mayor of Gazipur City Corporation Md. Jahangir Alam and chief accounting officer Golam Kibria on charges of embezzling about 7,500 crore taka. The agency’s Director General (Prevention) Akhter Hossain told reporters at the ACC’s head office in Segunbagicha in the capital on Sunday. Case against former Gazipur mayor Jahangir approved According to the ACC, the case has been approved against Jahangir Alam and Golam Kibria on charges of embezzling…

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Another person injured in clash over mosque construction in Pabna dies

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Desk Report, Another person injured in clash over mosque construction in Pabna dies A person injured in a clash over the construction of a mosque in Bera upazila of Pabna has died. Another person injured in clash over mosque construction in Pabna dies The man named Nizamuddin Molla (50) died on the way to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment on Monday night. Two people died in the incident. According to police, family and local sources, there had been a long-standing dispute between the two parties over the construction…

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Video of stone-throwing at train in Rajshahi goes viral, authorities are analyzing the incident

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Desk Report, Video of stone-throwing at train in Rajshahi goes viral, authorities are analyzing the incident A young man threw stones in front of a train in Rajshahi in protest against the government’s special train for students and the public. Earlier, the young man had given a speech claiming to be a July fighter. The video of the incident at Rajshahi Railway Station on Tuesday morning went viral on social media. Railway authorities say they are analyzing the incident. If the incident in the video is true, legal action will…

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Read more about what’s in the July announcement

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Desk Report, Read more about what’s in the July announcement The Chief Advisor to the Interim Government, Professor Muhammad Yunus, read out the July Declaration at a program titled ‘36 July Celebration’ at Manik Mia Avenue in the capital on Tuesday. Read more about what’s in the July anno The program is being held there to mark the anniversary of the July Uprising. Professor Muhammad Yunus read out the July Declaration this afternoon at a program organized by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. Leaders of various political parties, students and…

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EU pre-election observation team to arrive in mid-September

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Desk Report, EU pre-election observation team to arrive in mid-September A pre-election observation team of the European Union (EU) is coming to Bangladesh in mid-September. They are coming to observe the preparations for the elections. Akhtar Ahmed, Senior Secretary of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat, told reporters at the Election Building on Monday. EU pre-election observation team to arrive in mid-September The EC Secretary said that the EU pre-election observation team will consist of seven people, including three foreigners and four locals. The Election Commission has learned this through the…

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Brazil’s Supreme Court orders former President Bolsonaro to be placed under house arrest

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Desk Reoport, Brazil’s Supreme Court orders former President Bolsonaro to be placed under house arrest A judge at Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to be placed under house arrest. The judge made the order on Monday local time for violating a ban on using social media. The court order further increased tensions between the former right-wing politician and the court, who is on trial for plotting a military coup. Brazil’s Supreme Court orders former President Bolsonaro to be placed under house arrest The former army officer…

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There was an attempt to hide the truth.

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Desk Report, There was an attempt to hide the truth. Most of the intelligence reports of the Special Branch (SB) of the police attempted to hide the fact that people were expressing their anger against the government on the streets. Instead, they tried to portray the students and the public as an ‘anti-independence group’ and the movement as a ‘foreign conspiracy’. There was an attempt to hide the truth. The intelligence reports used words like ‘provocation’, ‘miscreants’ and ‘opposition conspiracy’ more frequently. The arguments and language used by the then…

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Government issues new policy to consider lobbying for promotion in banks as ‘misconduct’

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Desk Report, Government issues new policy to consider lobbying for promotion in banks as ‘misconduct’ The government has made two separate policies for the promotion of employees of state-owned commercial banks and specialized banks and financial institutions. The Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance issued the policy in the form of a notification on Monday. Government issues new policy to consider lobbying for promotion in banks as ‘misconduct’ Both policies state that from now on, any kind of lobbying or recommendation by candidates for promotion will be considered…

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Post-coup cultural fascism

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Desk Report, Post-coup cultural fascism After the July mass uprising, people are able to speak without fear. Those words that would have led to oppression and coercion, or even the threat of disappearance, are being said with ease. There are many arrangements to create a narrative all around. It seems that behind all these narratives, are we losing the important truth? The exact reason why the dictatorship fell, looking at the events of the year after the uprising, it seems that we have forgotten it. Post-coup cultural fascism Seeing the…

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Bigger changes are possible

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Desk Report, Bigger changes are possible On August 2 last year, a treacherous march was held with the participation of numerous people. There, I said, ‘Hasina’s fall alone will not bring liberation to Bangladesh. It will not stop the growth of the authoritarian system again and again….The liberation war must be freed from the hands of the occupiers….The liberation war must be brought back into the hands of the people….The attack on the people with a dictatorship in the name of looting, injustice, corruption, and destructive ‘development’ will no longer…

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