Desk Report, Election roadmap to be announced this week: EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed, Senior Secretary of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat, said that the EC Secretariat has prepared a draft of the national election roadmap. He hopes that it will be possible to publish it this week after the commission’s approval. Election roadmap to be announced this week: EC Secretary Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed spoke to reporters at the Election Building on Monday. He said that the policy for setting up polling stations was discussed at the EC’s monthly coordination…
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Instructions to send snake venom antidote antivenom to upazila level
Desk Report, Instructions to send snake venom antidote antivenom to upazila level The High Court has ordered to immediately send antivenom to the government health complexes at the upazila level. This order has been given to the respondents including the Secretary of Health and Family Welfare, the Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services and the Director General of the Directorate General of Drug Administration. Antivenom is used as an antidote to the venom of poisonous animals (such as snakes). Instructions to send snake venom antidote antivenom to…
Read MoreShow cause notices issued to 10 CUET students over ragging allegations
Desk Report, Show cause notices issued to 10 CUET students over ragging allegations The university authorities have issued show cause notices (show cause) to 10 students on charges of ragging at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET). On Monday, 10 separate notices signed by the member secretary of the university’s Students’ Discipline Committee and director of the Student Welfare Department, Md. Mahbubul Alam, were sent to the accused students. Show cause notices issued to 10 CUET students over ragging allegations The students who received the show cause notices are…
Read More1.5 lakh cubic feet of stone replaced in six days in white stone, 4 lakh cubic feet seized in various places
Desk Report, 1.5 lakh cubic feet of stone replaced in six days in white stone, 4 lakh cubic feet seized in various places The sixth day of the joint force and task force’s stone recovery operation in Sylhet also found stones hidden behind tin fences and sandbags. The local administration has announced that about 150,000 cubic feet of stone stolen from the Sapadhar tourist center will be recovered and replaced during the six-day operation. In addition, about four hundred thousand cubic feet of stone are still in various places. 1.5…
Read MoreStrike in protest against attack on doctors and staff of Sher-e-Bangla Medical, patients suffer
Desk Report, Strike in protest against attack on doctors and staff of Sher-e-Bangla Medical, patients suffer Medical services are being disrupted due to a strike called by interns at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barisal to protest against the attack on doctors and staff. Doctors, interns and medical students formed a human chain on Monday afternoon to protest the attack. The human chain organized at the main gate of the hospital demanded the arrest of the attackers within 48 hours. Strike in protest against attack on doctors and staff of…
Read MoreAllegations of obstructing the collection of nomination papers by creating a ‘mob’ in the United Hall
Desk Report, Allegations of obstructing the collection of nomination papers by creating a ‘mob’ in the United Hall The Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal has alleged that a ‘mob’ has been created in the Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall Sangsad of Dhaka University to prevent leaders and activists from collecting nomination papers. The leaders of the BNP student organization have also alleged that there is no equal opportunity for all organizations in the residential halls. Allegations of obstructing the collection of nomination papers by creating a ‘mob’ in the United Hall The…
Read MoreBSB Global Network’s Khairul Bashar remanded for 13 days again
Desk Report, BSB Global Network’s Khairul Bashar remanded for 13 days again The court has granted another 13-day remand to BSB Global Network Chairman Khairul Bashar in five separate fraud cases. The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court granted the remand on Wednesday following a police application. BSB Global Network’s Khairul Bashar remanded for 13 days again Earlier in the afternoon, the Gulshan Police Station produced Bashar in court and requested to take him on a 31-day remand for questioning in five separate cases. The application stated that BSB Global…
Read MorePapiya and her husband sentenced to three and a half years in prison in corruption case
Desk Report, Papiya and her husband sentenced to three and a half years in prison in corruption case The court has sentenced the expelled general secretary of Narsingdi District Jubo Mohila League, Shamima Nur Papia, and her husband, Mofizur Rahman alias Sumon Chowdhury, to three and a half years in prison in a case of acquiring assets outside known sources of income. At the same time, they have been fined five lakh taka. Papiya and her husband sentenced to three and a half years in prison in corruption case Judge…
Read MoreThe 2008 election was also rigged, it was decided who would be elected: Moin Khan
Desk Report, The 2008 election was also rigged, it was decided who would be elected: Moin Khan BNP Standing Committee member Abdul Moin Khan said that the 2008 election was not neutral at all. It was a planned election. The plan of who would be elected and where was decided before the election. The 2008 election was also rigged, it was decided who would be elected: Moin Khan Moin Khan said these things at a discussion meeting and prayer meeting organized at the National Press Club auditorium in the capital…
Read MoreDUCSU elections: 18 candidates collect nomination papers on fifth day
Desk Report, DUCSU elections: 18 candidates collect nomination papers on fifth day On the fifth day, Saturday, 18 people have collected nomination papers to participate in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) elections. And 23 people have collected nomination papers for the hall parliament. DUCSU elections: 18 candidates collect nomination papers on fifth day DUCSU Chief Returning Officer Professor Mohammad Jasim Uddin gave this information in a briefing on the third floor of the university’s Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Building this afternoon. In the briefing, Professor Mohammad Jasim…
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