The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will begin a 10-day nationwide emergency truck sale of essential commodities from tomorrow to maintain price stability in the market ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
The number of deaths from measles and symptoms in the country has surpassed 400. According to the latest data from the Directorate General of Health Services, 65 people have died of confirmed measles and 344 more have died of suspected measles since March 15. The total death toll has reached 409.
The government is planning to introduce overtime allowance for police members who work extra working hours. Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said that police members from the rank of inspector to constable may be brought under this facility under a special policy.
The court has ordered the three-day remand of madrasa teacher Aman Ullah Sagar, accused in a case filed in Madan Upazila of Netrokona for raping an 11-year-old girl. At the same time, it has been ordered to collect and preserve his DNA sample for the sake of investigation.
Associate Professor Md. Israfil Pk. (Israfil Ratan), a professor in the Department of Graphic Design of the Faculty of Fine Arts, has been appointed as the new acting proctor of Dhaka University.
Initiatives will be taken to amend existing laws and make new additions to control 'mobs' or organized disorderly behavior in the country, said Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed.