Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) on Saturday arrested two individuals along with 1577 grams of gold ornaments worth about Tk over 1.92 crore from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here. The arrestees have been identified as Md. Shariful Alam (30) and Md. Zubair (36). Airport (13) APBn Operational Commander Police Superintendent Mohammad Mozammel Haque confirmed BSS of the matter. He went on saying, “As part of regular activities, the Airport APBn works to prevent smuggling and other crimes in the airport area. We are on the highest alert to prevent any smuggling using the airport.” Police arrested the duo on Saturday…
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Fighting in Syria’s Sweida “halted” on Sunday, the government said, after the southern city was recaptured by Druze fighters and state forces redeployed to the region where more than 900 people have been killed in sectarian violence. Druze fighters had pushed out rival armed factions from the city on Saturday, a monitor said, after the government ordered a ceasefire following a US-brokered deal to avert further Israeli military intervention. Sweida was “evacuated of all tribal fighters, and clashes within the city’s neighbourhoods were halted”, Syria’s interior ministry spokesman Noureddine al-Baba said in a post on Telegram. Israel had bombed government…
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited the Ibne Sina Hospital to see Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman this evening. Fakhrul went to the hospital in Dhanmondi at about 8:15pm today, BNP Media Cell member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter. Dr Shafiqur Rahman fell sick while delivering the closing speech of the national rally held at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital. Later, he was taken to the hospital in Dhanmondi from there. Upon receiving the news, Mirza Fakhrul left for the hospital to see his health condition. Jamaat’s publicity wing in-charge Ataur Rahman Sarkar told reporters that…
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today said the measures will be taken as per the recommendations of the committee formed to probe the Gopalganj incident. “A high powered committee was formed in this connection. The committee will find out who is responsible for that. Measures will be taken as per the recommendations of the committee,” he said. The home adviser was speaking to journalists after visiting the Third Terminal of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka. Replying to a question about the postmortem of the people who died in the Gopalganj incident, Jahangir said the postmortem…
Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser (CA) Shafiqul Alam here today said that election would be held in the country within the timeframe, set by Chief Adviser to the Interim Government Professor Muhammad Yunus. “And the election won’t be delayed even by a single day,” he said. Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam made this remark while responding to questions from journalists after attending the ‘TEDx Comilla University’ event organized by the Comilla University here today. The event was held at the Mainamoti auditorium of the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) at Kotbari in Cumilla. Shafiqul Alam mentioned…
Rescuers were desperately searching for five people still missing on Sunday after 37 were killed when a boat capsized in one of Vietnam’s most popular tourist destinations. The tourist boat ferrying families around Vietnam’s famed Ha Long Bay was lashed by a storm on Saturday in one of the UNESCO World Heritage site’s deadliest disasters. The “Wonder Sea” vessel was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members when it capsized because of sudden heavy rain, the VNExpress news site said. Most of those on board were families visiting from the capital Hanoi, with more than 20 children among the passengers,…
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today said the measures will be taken as per the recommendations of the committee formed to probe the Gopalganj incident. “A high powered committee was formed in this connection. The committee will find out who is responsible for that. Measures will be taken as per the recommendations of the committee,” he said. The home adviser was speaking to journalists after visiting the Third Terminal of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka. Replying to a question about the postmortem of the people who died in the Gopalganj incident, Jahangir said the postmortem…
President Donald Trump’s administration said Friday the United States was rejecting changes agreed last year for the World Health Organization on its pandemic response, saying they violated the country’s sovereignty. Trump on returning to office on January 20 immediately began his nation’s withdrawal from the UN body, but the State Department said the language from last year would still have been binding on the United States. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who is a longtime critic of vaccines, said the changes “risk unwarranted interference with our national sovereign right to…
The Government of Bangladesh has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to field a mission in the country aimed at supporting the promotion and protection of human rights. “The purpose of mission is to provide training and technical assistance to government institutions and civil society organisations,” said a press statement issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing today. Its objective is to help Bangladesh fulfil its national and international human rights obligations through capacity-building, legal support, and institutional strengthening. This initiative reflects their continuing commitment to…
Local administration today announced to keep Gopalganj under curfew until 6am tomorrow to maintain the law and order. District Magistrate of Gopalganj Muhammad Kamruzzaman imposed the curfew from 6pm today to 6 am tomorrow in the entire Gopalganj in order to maintain public order, peace and security of life and property of the people. According to a public order issued today, emergency services such as ambulances, fire services, electricity supply companies and media personnel having curfew pass will be exempted from the restriction. The curfew was imposed in view of the circumstances arising out of the roadside meeting of the…
