Editors’ Council has called for ensuring protection of independent journalism, disclosure of information in public interest and legitimate free expression in the proposed Cyber Security Act. In this regard the organisation has made 12-point recommendations for amendment and addition to various sections of the law.
State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Ishraque Hossain has termed as ‘rumour’ the media reports that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman directed him to resign from the Cabinet after he faced controversy for taking part in an anti-drug drive with arms.
The Cabinet has approved the proposal to shift the Secretariat from Abdul Gani Road in Dhaka to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
An Indian air ambulance operated by SKB Infracon Private Limited has made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after its door opened mid-air while flying from Agartala to Kolkata. Later a sick woman on board the air ambulance was taken to hospital where doctors declared her dead.
A court has granted bail to an accused in a case filed over the death of headteacher Ranjila Parveen, who fell from a battery-powered rickshaw after snatchers pulled at her bag in front of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in Dhaka.
Dengue deaths continue to rise in Bangladesh, with six more people dying from the mosquito-borne disease in the past 24 hours. The latest fatalities bring the death toll for the first 18 days of October to 103. During the same period, 2,088 people were admitted to hospitals with dengue.