The number of trains operating between Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar is set to increase, with the Mahanagar Express, currently running on the Dhaka-Chattogram route, scheduled to extend its service to Cox’s Bazar from October 26.
Ten people died of dengue and 1,943 others were admitted to hospitals across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours.
A total of 16,63,620 people across the country have received free, government-funded legal assistance. The programme is meant for those who cannot afford to hire a lawyer or access legal services because of financial hardship. Services have been delivered through courts, district offices, labour support centres and various digital channels.
Abdul Hye, a veteran politician from Munshiganj, former adviser to ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, former deputy minister and Bir Muktijoddha (valiant freedom fighter), has died. He breathed his last at his home in Dhaka at around 12:30am, in the night following Wednesday (October 15). He was 80 years old.
Hasanul Haq Inu, president of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and a former information minister, has appealed his 10-year prison sentence in a crimes against humanity case linked to the suppression of the July mass uprising, seeking acquittal.
The government of Bangladesh has strongly condemned the incident of harassment of former Chief Adviser of the interim government Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus at John F Kennedy Airport in New York. At the same time the demand of taking legal measures against those involved in the incident has been made.