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Injured protesters receiving medical care at BGB hospital

Home Affairs Adviser to the interim government Lieutenant General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday said people who were injured during the anti-discrimination student movement are receiving world-class care under the supervision of a number of renowned doctors at the BGB Hospital here. He made the remarks while replying to the queries of the newsmen present at Pilkhana Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) hospital premises this morning, shortly after visiting the injured BGB members and students, reports BSS. He said: "The patients at the BGB hospital are in good hands. They have been doing better than before. The hospital authorities are working sincerely to provide them with necessary treatment and care." "The Director General (DG) of the BGB has said some more patients w...

France President Macron greets Chief Adviser Prof Yunus

France President Emmanuel Macron has congratulated Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on his assumption as the chief adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh. "Allow me to extend my sincere congratulations to you on your appointment as Chief Adviser to the Interim Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh," he wrote in a letter to Prof Yunus. The letter was received here today. Macron said as Bangladesh now enters a period of transition, the interim government Yunus leads will have the important task of preparing the ...

BFIU freezes bank accounts of Zahid Maleque

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on Monday asked banks to freeze the accounts of Zahid Maleque, former health minister, and Mohammad Ali Sikdar, chairman of Computer World BD, along with their family members. Other persons are Zahid Maleque's son Ahad Maleque, daughter Sinthia Maleque, and Liakat Ali Sikder's wife Mahmuda Ali Sikdar. Besides, the BFIU also asked to freeze the bank accounts of Computer World BD. Mahmuda Ali Sikdar is also the company's chief executive officer. According to a circular from the agency, the BFIU has asked to freeze the bank accounts for the next 30 days in the initial phase. Sources said that the instruction came after the BFIU received reports of suspicious transactions in accounts under their names.  

Writ seeking ban on AL filed

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today, pleading to ban Bangladesh Awami League and cancel its registration as a political party for mass killing. Arifur Rahman Bhuiyan, executive director of rights group Sarda Society, filed the writ, pleading to rename all the institutions across the country named after ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The petitioner also pleaded for allowing the incumbent interim government minimum three years time to carry out the reform, transfer of all the contractual ...

323 mayors sacked, 60 districts get administrators

The Local Government Division has removed 323 municipality mayors across the country, according to an official notification issued here yesterday. The mayors were removed from their offices in application of section 32(A) of the Local Government (Municipality) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024, the notification added. In another notification, the Local Government Division also appointed of 60 officers as Zila Paris...

Hasina among 48 sued for killing youth in N’ganj

A case was filed against Awami League President and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former local lawmaker Shamim Osman and 45 others on charge of killing a youth during the August 5 clash in Narayanganj. Victim Abul Hasan's elder brother Abul Bashar lodged the case with Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station on Saturday night, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdus Sattar. Abul Hasan, a 20-year-old sales representative for a soft drink company, was from Kushiyara area in Bandar upazila of the district. The other accused included former Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former State Minister for Information and Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak, and former Jatiya Party MP Selim Osman, Shamim Osman's nephew Azmeri ...
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