A trawler sank in the Buriganga river after being hit by the launch MV Sundarban-12 at Sadarghat in the capital on Sunday morning, July 19, leaving two people missing. The incident occurred around 9:30 am in the Shyambazar ghat area of Sadarghat.
Despite the global halal economy surpassing $5 trillion, Bangladesh is exporting less than $1 billion worth of halal products annually, according to the sector stakeholders.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has launched a special monitoring drive across the country to ensure proper deduction and deposit of tax at source (TDS) into the government exchequer. Special teams from various tax zones are conducting on-site visits to commercial and economic establishments, verifying documents and examining digital records.
The National Sports Council (NSC) has appointed tech entrepreneur, writer, and sports organizer Shoeb Chowdhury as the president of the Bangladesh Rowing Federation. Concurrently, the previous ad-hoc committee of the federation has been dissolved, and a new 24-member ad-hoc committee led by him has been approved.
The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has brought major changes to the transfer and posting system of government primary school teachers. Following widespread criticism, the provision of keeping 'dignitaries' (prominent figures) in the transfer committee has been scrapped. Instead, two 'education enthusiasts' or 'education-loving' individuals have been included in the committee. Along with this, seven new conditions have been added to ensure transparency and accountability in the teacher transfer process.
The Political Advisor to the Prime Minister and Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, has remarked that depriving qualified individuals of promotions based on political considerations is an assault on humanity. He stated that over the past 17 years, numerous meritorious officials and physicians were denied promotions solely due to their political identities, which has caused a major loss for the country.