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Dhaka Metropolitan (DMP) Police Commissioner Moha: Shafiqul Islam said that there is no additional pressure of conflict in the political program centered on the upcoming national election. He said this in response to a question from journalists after the prize distribution ceremony of the IGP Cup Kabaddi Championship-2022 final game held at the POM of Mirpur Police Lines in the capital on Sunday (September 4) afternoon. The DMP Commissioner said, there is no additional pressure. If there was such pressure, you could also see an example. We come and work with respect for each other. We are citizens of the same country, this country is ours; we are not enemies of anyone. We can keep this city peaceful by cooperating with each other, so that everyone can…

This year's HSC and equivalent examinations are starting in the first week of November. The HSC theoretical examination will continue until mid-December. After that, students will have to take part in the practical examination. The education boards have sent the draft routine of the HSC and equivalent examinations to the Ministry of Education in the form of a proposal. The routine will be published soon. This information was confirmed by Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar, chairman of the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee consisting of the chairmen of the education boards and chairman of the Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, on Sunday afternoon. He said, we sent the draft routine of the HSC examination to the Ministry of Education in the form of a proposal last week. If the proposed routine is approved, the education boards will publish it on their behalf.

The Directorate General of Health Services has instructed all private hospitals and clinics in the country to display the license number and expiration date on their signboards. Diagnostic centers and blood banks will also have to comply with this directive. Otherwise, the Directorate General of Health Services will take legal action against them. This was announced in a directive signed by the Director of Health Services (Hospitals and Clinics) Dr. Md. Belal Hossain on Thursday. The matter was reported on Sunday. Recently, the Directorate General of Health Services has launched a campaign against private hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centers and blood banks in the country. Many institutions operating without authorization and illegally have already been closed. Fines have also been imposed. The Directorate General of Health Services has also informed that this campaign will continue. The directive states that all private hospitals in the country…

The time for filling the form of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinees has been extended again. This information was given in a notification by the Dhaka Education Board. It said, "Students who could not fill the form of HSC examination-2022 on time due to natural disasters and other reasons will be able to fill the form until September 7." And the time for paying the fee through 'Sonali Seva' has been rescheduled to September 8. The concerned educational institutions will complete the work of filling the form of the students within the mentioned time. The head of the institution will confirm the matter.

The Meteorological Office has said that rain accompanied by gusty winds of 45 to 60 kilometers per hour may occur over 9 regions of the country. This information has been given for the inland river ports of the country from 5 am to 1 pm on Saturday. The Meteorological Office said that rain or thunder accompanied by gusty or gusty winds of 45 to 60 kilometers per hour may occur temporarily from the south or southeast over the Tangail, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Faridpur, Comilla, Jessore, Kushtia, Noakhali and Chittagong regions. River ports in these areas have been asked to display warning signal number one (re) number one.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will speak to tea workers through video conference tomorrow, Saturday. All preparations have been made in Sylhet for this purpose. Tea workers across the country, including Sylhet, are overjoyed knowing that the Prime Minister will speak. The district and divisional administrations are busy organizing various events to make this joyful moment memorable. When the country's tea industry was in deep crisis due to the longest work stoppage in recorded history, the tea workers broke the strike and joined work on August 28 on the assurance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The tea workers have already expressed their gratitude for the increase in the wage set by the Prime Minister to 170 taka. Bangabandhu's daughter Sheikh Hasina will personally hear from them on Saturday about their life's struggle. Finally, to be fulfilled...

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md. Tajul Islam said, it is not wrong for journalists to control me. However, it is not right that there can be no accountability just because you are a journalist. If you think so, then you will also do wrong things. Do bad things. Journalists should come on one track. He said these things as the chief guest at the training workshop on urban journalism organized by the City Reporters Forum at the Press Institute Bangladem Auditorium in the capital today, Friday (September 2). Tajul Islam said, a few days ago I spoke to a journalist from Sweden. They reported on a subject. Where I have the opportunity to file a case against every news outlet. Through which…

The fare of passenger boats has been revised by reducing it by 15 paisa per kilometer. The new decision will come into effect from midnight tonight. The Ministry of Shipping issued a notification in this regard on Thursday (September 1). According to the notification, the fare per person for distances up to 100 kilometers has been reduced from 3 taka to 15 paisa per kilometer to 2 taka. 85 paisa, and for distances over the first 100 kilometers, the fare per person has been revised from 2 taka to 15 paisa to 2 taka. 45 paisa. In addition, the minimum fare per person has been revised from 3 taka to 30 taka. Accordingly, the first 100 kilometers…

Bangladeshi youth protested in Dhaka's Sutrapur area yesterday demanding the killing of two Bangladeshi Muslim gay bloggers. The bloggers use the names Itu Mohammad Soumik and Mohammad Asadullah on their blog site www.freedomfriendss.com. The protesters demanded immediate action against the bloggers for spreading propaganda against Islam and accused senior Muslim clerics in Bangladesh of hiding the truth that Allah loves gays. They based their argument on research and said that Hazrat Dhul-Qarnain (PBUH) was Alexander the Great, who was a bisexual. The angry protesters demanded the death of the bloggers, who were posing naked on their site. The police also imposed restrictions and immediately…

Two people, including a judicial magistrate, have testified in the Sylhet blogger Ananta Bijoy Das murder case. Judicial Magistrate Anwarul Haque and Pubali Bank senior official Sirajul Haque Chowdhury testified at the Sylhet Anti-Terrorism Tribunal on Wednesday. Anwarul Haque recorded the confessional statement of Mannan Yahia alias Mannan Rahi, one of the accused in the case. On the other hand, bank official Sirajul Haque was a witness to the seizure list of the CPU of the computer and some books from the house of the deceased Ananta Bijoy. There are a total of 29 witnesses in the supplementary charge sheet in this case. After taking the testimonies of the two people on Wednesday, Tribunal Judge Nurul Amin adjourned the proceedings of the Revolution Day and fixed the date for taking the testimonies for February 24. On May 12, 2015…