The government has removed the Deputy Commissioner (DC) and Police Superintendent (SP) of Gopalganj from their responsibilities and transferred them to new workplaces. Dr G M Sarfaraz, DC of Habiganj, has been appointed as the new DC of the district. And Police Superintendent of Feni Pratyush Kumar Majumdar has been made the new SP.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Padma Bridge South Police Station Md Abdus Salam has confirmed that a Bir Muktijoddha and former Awami League leader of Madaripur has been made an accused in a case filed on charges of sabotage in the Padma Bridge area nearly seven and a half months after his death.
A Chattogram court on Sunday placed Jahangir Alam, superintendent of police of the Chattogram Range Reserve Force (RRF), on four-day remand in a sedition case filed over maintaining links with the Awami League and leaking information to the party.
Carrying sticks and oars, hundreds of Awami League activists have taken to Gopalganj’s streets, breaking police barricades and setting off a wave of vandalism and arson.
Two passengers were killed and another injured as a supervisor and helper allegedly pushed them off the bus in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur following a fare dispute this morning.
Authorities have announced holidays at 29 new garment factories in different areas of Gazipur, including Kaliakair, amid worker protests pushing for different demands, including a minimum wage of Tk 30,000.