Current Affairs
Worship at every mandap, farewell tune for goddess in devotees’ minds
Today is Maha Navami of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the followers of Sanatan Dharma. Tomorrow Wednesday (October 21) is Bijoya Dashami. The five-day festival will end with the immersion of the idols. Goddess Durga will return to Kailash. Therefore along with the joy of the festival there is now the sadness of farewell in the minds of the devotees. Preparations are going on at every mandap to bid farewell to the goddess.
Additional DIG Zahir made OSD over drug recovery incident
Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Abdullah Al Zahir has been made Officer on Special Duty (OSD) following the recovery of a huge quantity of drugs in an anti-drug drive at a house he rented out in the 300 Feet area of the capital.
Fallen autocrat and opposition party conspiring to create anarchy: PM
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called upon the countrymen to remain alert and aware, saying that the fallen autocrat and a section of the opposition party are conspiring together to create instability in the country. “Everyone should remain alert.”
DB police raid additional DIG’s rented house, detain 84
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has conducted an anti-narcotics raid at a house rented out by Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Abdullah Al Zahir in the capital’s Bashundhara Residential Area, detaining 84 people, including 58 young men and 26 young women.
5 more die of dengue as 1,366 hospitalised in a day
Five more people have died from dengue in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,366 new patients have been admitted to hospitals with the mosquito-borne disease.
Diamond World MD Dilip Agarwala remanded
A court has put Dilip Kumar Agarwala, managing director of Diamond World, on one-day remand in a money laundering case.
Is Sweetie, who waited 4 years for freedom, the woman executed in Saudi Arabia?
Sweetie Akter, from Tangail, went to Saudi Arabia nearly four years ago. For the first five months, she sent money home. Then, one day, she called her family and told them she had been taken to prison. She remained in regular contact with them afterwards. Even just 15 days before reports emerged that her death sentence had been carried out, Sweetie called home from prison. Her family says she did not mention anything about a death sentence during that conversation.
Tarique, Takaichi to hold bilateral talks in Tokyo on Oct 27
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi are set to hold bilateral talks in Tokyo on October 27 to strengthen bilateral relations, deepening economic partnerships and increasing investment.
President accepts Ishraque’s resignation, gazette issued
Ishraque Hossain's resignation as State Minister for the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has taken effect. The resident has accepted his resignation letter.
Natore bus-truck collision: 10 bodies identified; Probe body formed
Ten of the 14 people killed in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a sand-laden truck in Baraigram, Natore, have been identified. A seven-member probe committee has been formed to look into the cause. At least 30 others were injured. The dead include the drivers of both the bus and the truck.