Police's Detective Branch (DB) has arrested a gazetted 'July fighter' with 20 yaba pills in Barguna. The arrest was made on Saturday night, August 8, from the Heulibunia area of Sadar upazila .
Narayanganj-3 BNP MP Azharul Islam Mannan has sought a list of police officers serving in Narayanganj district police who are from Gopalganj. Expressing anger over the law and order situation in the district, he claimed that "people from Gopalganj" have once again filled Narayanganj.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has met with Hefazat-e-Islam Amir Allama Shah Muhiubullah Babunagari. The meeting took place at 4:12pm on Sunday at the Al-Jamiatul Islamia Azizul Ulum Babunagar Madrasa in Fatikchhari, Chattogram.
Health Minister Sardar Mohammad Sakhawat Hossain Babul withdrew the transfer order of Chandpur Civil Surgeon Dr Nure Alam Din within hours of issuing it on Sunday morning. The minister had ordered the civil surgeon to be 'stand released' after being angered by mismanagement at the hospital. Later, after visiting the district's 250-bed General Hospital and speaking with the civil surgeon, the minister withdrew the transfer order and granted him a 'general pardon this time'.
Two people were killed in a three-way collision involving an oil-laden lorry, a sand-laden truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Madhabpur, Habiganj. The accident occurred around 1:30pm on Sunday, August 9, in the Bejura bridge area of the upazila.
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the opposition has started speaking in the language of Sheikh Hasina, trying to strangle democracy. At the same time, he assured that the ongoing gas crisis in the country would be resolved soon.