Dhaka

Narayanganj: The city's Bangabandhu Road has become a battlefield after police and BNP leaders and activists clashed over the obstruction of the BNP's founding anniversary program in Narayanganj. At that time, the police opened fire to control the situation. A Chhatra Dal leader was shot dead. It is not known whether he was shot by the police. In addition, many people, including Mohona TV's district correspondent Ajmir Islam, were shot. The incident took place at Rail Gate No. 2, Mandalpara area of Bangabandhu Road in the city from 11 am on Thursday (September 1). More than a hundred police, journalists, and BNP Chhatra Dal Jubo Dal members were seriously injured in the clash. District BNP acting convener Monirul Islam Robi said, Shaon, our Chhatra Dal leader of Enayetnagar Ward No. 3, died of gunshot wounds. Our district Chhatra Dal…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed the High Court's ruling on the government's prior permission to arrest government officials and employees until October 23. The Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foyez Siddiqui gave the order this morning. Lawyer Manzil Morshed appeared for the writ petition in the court. Attorney General AM Amin Uddin appeared for the state. Earlier, on August 25, the High Court had struck down the government's prior permission to arrest government employees. The court said that Section 41(1) of the Government Services Act, 2018 is illegal, unconstitutional and violates fundamental rights. The High Court bench comprising Justice Md. Mujibur Rahman Mia and Justice Kazi Md. Izarul Haque Akand announced the verdict…

Dhaka: BNP's 44th founding anniversary (September 1). On this day in 1978, President Ziaur Rahman founded this political party under the name Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP. Program on the occasion of the founding anniversary: On Thursday (September 1), on the occasion of the 44th founding anniversary, the party flag will be hoisted at all BNP offices across the country, including the central office in Nayapaltan in the capital, at 6 am. At 12 noon, BNP national and central leaders will recite Fateha and offer wreaths at the mausoleum of party founder and former President Shaheed Ziaur Rahman (Bir Uttam) in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. A colorful rally will start from in front of the BNP central office in Nayapaltan at 3 pm. BNP national leaders and activists at all levels will participate in the rally. Posters have already been released to mark the day...

Dhaka: In view of the implementation of 2-day holidays in educational institutions, the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education has prepared a revised schedule for 5 days by adjusting the 6-day class activities. On Wednesday (August 31), the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHEE) announced the new class activities. According to the revised schedule, there will be 7 classes per day from Sunday to Thursday for classes 6 to 10. It is said that 2-day weekly holidays have already been implemented in all educational institutions in the country on Friday and Saturday. The existing schedule of educational institutions for classes 6 to 12 has been revised so that there is no learning deficit for students and the subject structure of the curriculum is kept intact.…

There have been allegations of encroachment of government seed store land in Boalmari, Faridpur. It is alleged that influential circles have encroached on the land of the seed store in Ghoshpur Union of the upazila and have made the pucca building disappear. Farmers are currently suffering as there is no seed store in that area. The matter came to the notice of the concerned authorities after a discussion in the Upazila Development Coordination Committee meeting recently. It is learnt that this seed store was built on about 14th century land adjacent to Bhimpur Bazar in Dharmahata Mouza of Ghoshpur Union. Here, the pucca building of the seed store had a hall room, godown and quarters for a block supervisor. A block supervisor also lived there. It was seen on the spot that Dharmahati…