A Special Branch (SB) sub-inspector, Altab Hossain, was beaten to death in Aminbazar, Savar, Dhaka, over the parking of an auto-rickshaw. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said the attackers were under the influence of drugs at the time of the incident.
The Cabinet has approved the proposal to raise the maximum retail price of lower-tier cigarettes (per 10 sticks) from Tk 62 to Tk 65.
A different and cordial atmosphere was created in the National Parliament during the discussion on the ongoing gas and electricity crisis. After Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman praised Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s simple lifestyle and low-cost lunch, the Prime Minister invited him for a Tk 150 lunch.
Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal has told Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad and State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam, “Speak slowly, please,” while a parliament member was speaking in the National Parliament.
Rabeya, 14, and Julia, 20, have died after drowning in a pond while bathing at the second campus of Jagannath University (JnU). The accident took place at the under-construction campus of JnU in the Tegharia area of Keraniganj in the afternoon on Monday.
Debate has taken place in parliament over the membership of GM Nazrul Islam, the expelled MP of Satkhira-4 constituency from Jamaat, in a parliamentary standing committee. Although his name was proposed as a member of the parliamentary committee related to government assurances, it was later dropped.