Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has warned all members of the National Parliament over the incident of a member of parliament using his mobile phone in the session hall during a session. He said in the ruling, "Please do not use your phone in parliament; this is against the rules and this instruction applies to everyone. This is the expectation to uphold the dignity of the parliament."
A Dhaka court has placed two accused on a two-day remand in a case filed over a crude bomb blast at the National Citizen Party's (NCP) rally in Savar.
Continuous heavy rainfall has practically turned Chattogram into a city of water. The Meteorological Department has recorded 412 millimeters of rainfall in the port city in the last 24 hours, which is the highest in the last 42 years. Earlier, on August 4, 1983, the highest rainfall in 24 hours was recorded at 511 millimeters. As a result, this time the rainfall is the second highest in the history of Chattogram, but the highest in more than four decades.
A court has sentenced three people to death and two others to life imprisonment in a case over the abduction and murder of eight-year-old Mahfuz in Kashiani, Gopalganj, 14 years after the incident. Each convict has also been fined Tk 50,000.
The government has taken initiatives to identify and expedite the disposal of cases pending for more than five years, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman has told parliament.
Naeem Hasan, the child who lost his right hand while working at a workshop in Bhairab, Kishoreganj, has received the remaining Tk 15 lakh of his compensation. The workshop owner handed over a pay order for Tk 15 lakh in the Appellate Division on Monday, July 6. With this, the child has received the full Tk 30 lakh compensation.