At least eight police personnel were injured when their vehicle overturned while heading to provide security and a guard of honour to Finance and Planning State Minister Jonayed Saki in Bancharampur, Brahmanbaria. Two of the injured are reported to be in critical condition.
District BNP President Rezaul Karim Badsha has filed his nomination form as a candidate for the post of Member of Parliament in the by-election to the Bogura-6 (Sadar) seat vacated by Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman. He is a former mayor of Bogura Municipality.
Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Haque Milon has said if any teacher is found engaged in another profession without permission, necessary administrative and legal action will be taken against them after investigation.
A 27-day-old infant has allegedly been snatched from her mother after spraying scopolamine, known as the 'devil's breath', in Debidwar, Cumilla. A case has been filed over the incident, and police are investigating the matter.
Taxes must be increased to address the economic crisis, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said. He stated, "We need to increase taxes. At the same time, investment must increase. If investment does not happen, employment will not be created in the country. A major programme of the BNP government is to generate employment. For this reason, we are focusing on domestic and foreign investment."
Regarding the situation of government hospitals in his parliamentary constituency, Md. Amir Hamza, MP from Kushtia-3 (Sadar) constituency, said, 'There are some written complaints about the medical and sadar (hospitals). I have informed these to the sadar (Kushtia General Hospital), and given time, they need to be changed. They first admitted their mistake and even apologized. In fact, it (Kushtia General Hospital authorities) was beyond our control and the boss is at fault. I said, there is no one in Kushtia who is the boss, I am the boss now. So whatever happens, let me know if anything happens.'