Current Affairs
Tarique Rahman will hold bilateral meeting with PM of Pakistan on September 24
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is staying in New York of the United States to join the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. During the visit he will sit in a formal bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif next Thursday (September 24).
Businessman shot, 25 bhori gold looted in Keraniganj
A group of miscreants held a gold trader and his brother hostage at gunpoint in Keraniganj, Dhaka, shot them and looted around 20 to 25 bhori of gold. Later, the two injured, Antar Sarkar (25) and his cousin Rajib Sarkar (20), were rescued in a bullet-hit condition and admitted to Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital.
Ruhul Kabir Khan new DC of Gulshan division
Recently transferred Mohammad Ruhul Kabir Khan of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been appointed as the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Gulshan division.
PM heads to New York after transit stop in Istanbul
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has left for New York after a transit stop in Istanbul, Turkey, to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Major General Alimul Amin new DG of Passport Department
Major General Md Alimul Amin has been appointed as the new Director General of the Department of Immigration and Passports. At the same time, the current Director General of the Department of Immigration and Passports, Major General Md Nurul Anwar, has been returned to the army.
Khilgaon OC transferred, Saiful Islam gets new assignment
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Khilgaon Police Station under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, has been transferred. Unarmed Police Inspector Mohammad Saiful Islam of the Detective Police's Tejgaon division has been given the responsibility as the new OC in his place.
Dhaka South to generate 45MW electricity from waste, Chinese firm to assist
State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam has held a meeting with a delegation of the Chinese company Zhejiang Weiming Environmental Protection Company Limited (Weiming) over generating and managing 45 megawatts of electricity from waste of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).
US announcement of shutting down all Iranian airlines from September 23
The United States has warned that the activities of all airlines of Iran may effectively shut down from September 23. Washington has given the threat of imposing secondary sanctions on the concerned foreign institutions if they continue giving services to the aviation companies of the country.
Bridge Division Secretary Abdur Rauf's contractual appointment extended by one year
The government has extended the contractual appointment of Mohammad Abdur Rauf as Secretary of the Bridge Division for another year.
More than 57,000 illegal immigrants arrested in Malaysia in 9 months
The Immigration Department of the country has arrested more than 57,000 illegal immigrants on the allegation of violating the immigration law in Malaysia till September 17 of the current year. In the same period more than 1,30,000 foreign nationals have been interrogated and searched by conducting more than 9,700 drives across the country.