The ministry wants exemption on rice import duty
High rice market for two months. Fine, medium, coarse – the price of all types of rice has increased by Tk 5 to Tk 6 per kg. In such a situation, the food ministry has written to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to reduce the duty on import of rice. In the letter given…
A public works engineer was arrested in the hands of students with huge amount of money and gold ornaments
Engineer Haroon Or Rashid was arrested by the students along with a huge sum of Tk. The incident took place on Thursday afternoon while performing traffic control duties in Chaumatha area of the city. Before the arrest, the police stopped the engineer’s car and stopped it. Engineer Harun told the students that he was fleeing…
1200 page charge sheet submitted in MP Anna’s murder
CID submitted the first charge sheet in the murder of Member of Parliament Anwarul Azim (MP Annar) of Jhenaidah-4 Constituency. 87 days after the first arrest in this incident, the charge sheet of about 1200 pages has been submitted to the Barasat court on Saturday. According to the prevailing Indian law, the investigating agency has…
Bangladesh: Increasing repression of Freedom of Expression and the Right to Protest
Freedom of expression and the right to protest are being repressed in Bangladesh in the build-up to the elections in January 2024. The situation is increasing volatile in Bangladesh. This Blog raises awareness of this situation based on Amnesty reports. Here are recent statements by Amnesty International on the situation over the last few weeks: 16th August:…
The Israeli forces retreated in response to Hezbollah’s counterattack
Israeli forces have pursued Hezbollah members in counterattacks in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah counter-attacked on Friday night as Israeli forces advanced on the southern Lebanese town of Odais. Hizbullah claimed that the Israeli forces retreated after accepting huge losses. Hezbollah said they fired a ‘massive explosion’ at Israeli troops. This caused massive casualties among them. As…
In a separate incident, three people, including two sisters, died of electrocution
Three persons, including two sisters, died of electrocution in a separate incident in Kachakata police station area of Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram. Yesterday, Friday (July 5) two incidents happened in the afternoon. The deceased are Sumaiya (11) and Machuma (6) daughters of Shahadat Hossain of Beguni Para village of Kaliganj union of Nageshwari upazila and…
BNP is preparing a new movement by trapping students: Kader
General Secretary of Awami League and Minister of Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader commented that BNP is trying to create a new anti-government movement by capitalizing on the anti-quota movement of students. He made this comment at a press conference organized at the Dhanmondi political office of the Awami League president on Thursday (July…