The government has appointed Mirza Abbas Uddin Ahmed, Member of Parliament for Dhaka-8 and Political Adviser to the Prime Minister (with the status of a minister), as the president of the Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital Management Committee.
On the 34th death anniversary of Comrade Ratan Sen, a former member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and a key organiser of the Liberation War, a protest rally and procession were held in the capital demanding reinvestigation and retrial of his murder case.
Dr Zubaida Rahman, Vice President of the Ziaur Rahman Foundation, has called for establishing a national database and registration system for those affected by thalassaemia and other rare genetic diseases in the country. She said while it is not possible to completely cure thalassaemia patients, they must be supported and given necessary assistance and mental support.
Two employees of the Dhaka Newspaper Hawkers Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited were injured in a shooting and looting incident at its office on Rajuk Avenue, near the Dainik Bangla intersection in the capital, on Friday afternoon. The incident occurred around 4:45pm and is believed to have been sparked by an internal dispute over dominance within the organisation.
A special event was held at the Liberation War Museum in the capital on Friday to remember poet Begum Sufia Kamal and Jahanara Imam, the mother of a martyr, for their extraordinary contributions to Bangladesh's liberation struggle, women's awakening and humanitarian values.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a man in Rajshahi for allegedly sharing defamatory posts on social media about the wife of Prime Minister's Defence Adviser Brigadier General (retd) A.K.M. Shamsul Islam. The arrested individual is Palash Chowdhury (48), a resident of Malopara area in Rajshahi city.