Sarjis Alam, the chief organiser of the Jatiyo Nagorik Committee and a prominent leader of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, has recently married. The news was met with an outpouring of congratulations from friends, fellow activists, and well-wishers, including key figures in the interim government.
On Friday evening, Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, the Youth and Sports Adviser, shared a congratulatory message on 
Facebook, posting a photo from the wedding. The image featured Sarjis Alam i...
Facebook, posting a photo from the wedding. The image featured Sarjis Alam i...
CA Yunus pledges to control prices, fix economy
Reaffirming his government’s commitment to fix the economy, Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus on Monday called for collective efforts to keep essential commodity prices stable during the upcoming Ramadan.
"We seek everyone's cooperation to ensure that prices remain manageable. We have already talked to businesspeople, and they have assured us that there will be no short supply (of commodities) in the market. If anyone tries to create an artificial crisis for excessive profit, we will take strict action against them," he said in a televised speech to the nation in the morning.
UN warns Ethiopia landslide casualties could climb to 500
The Guardian:
The death toll from landslides that hit south-western Ethiopia on Sunday and Monday has risen to 257 and could reach 500, the UN’s office for humanitarian affairs (OCHA) says.
Heavy rains in the mountainous Gofa zone caused a landslide on Sunday night, followed by a second on Monday morning that trapped people who were rescuing victims of the first.
The death toll stood at 229 on Tuesday, according to Ethiopia’s national disaster risk management commission.
At least 125 people have been displaced and 12 injured, OCHA said in an update on Thursday. More than 15,000 affected people need to be evacuated immediately because of the risk of more landslides, it said.
Search and rescue operations are continuing. Images the Gofa authorities posted o...
Dhaka elevated expressway to remain shut
Staff Reporter:
The Dhaka elevated expressway will remain until the Bangladesh government lifts the curfew. The construction and operating firm of First Dhaka Elevated Expressway (FDEE) Company Limited has revealed the updates.
The Dhaka Elevated Expressway is a major infrastructure project aimed at easing traffic congestion in Dhaka
Two toll plazas on the expressway’s Banani and Mohakhali points were set a fire by miscreants on July 18 and 19 during the quota reform protest. After that, Bangladesh government imposed an indefinite, countrywide curfew.
FDEE says the damage is worth around Tk 50 crore. Operation and Maintenance Department’s Manager Captain (retd) Hasib Hasan Khan told the media “The company is asking the government to provide security to reope...
Mobile internet likely to be restored by July 29: Palak
Staff Reporter:
State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that mobile internet services will be restored by July 29. But access to social media sites, including Facebook, will be restricted.
He briefs the media at the BTRC building in Agargaon on Wednesday.
Palak said that the government has been working to restore the internet services as quickly as possible. “By tonight, full broadband internet services will be available at homes," he added.
Meanwhile, limited broadband internet services were restored from July 23 night, five days after the initial disruption.
However, mobile internet services remain suspended, and social media sites including Facebook and Instagram, remained inaccessible.
PM apprehended such strike by BNP-Jamaat to halt country’s prosperity
bdreports24 Desk:
Referring to the countrywide recent havoc and atrocities, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that she had an apprehension there might be a strike like this by the BNP-Jamaat clique to pull down the country's prosperity.
". . . they (BNP-Jamaat) had wanted not to hold the elections, but we had arranged the elections. After election they thought it wouldn't be accepted by all, but we've also made it acceptable to all and we've formed the government. It was an apprehension to me that there would be a strike like this," she said, reports BSS.
The Premier made this remarks while exchanging views with editors, senior journalists and head of news of various media outlets, organised by Editors' Guild at her office (PMO).
She mentioned that bef...
