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Adviser highlights five priorities including telecom tax reduction
Adviser highlights five priorities including telecom tax reduction

ICT & Telecom

Adviser highlights five priorities including telecom tax reduction

Prime Minister's Adviser for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, and Science and Technology, Rehan Asif Asad, has outlined five government priorities: reducing the tax burden in the telecommunications sector, improving mobile and broadband service quality, building robust digital infrastructure, creating AI-skilled manpower, and expanding electronics production.

Late Awami League leader's house attacked, vandalised in Natore
Late Awami League leader's house attacked, vandalised in Natore

Country

Late Awami League leader's house attacked, vandalised in Natore

The house of former Awami League minister Abdul Kuddus was attacked and vandalised in Gurudaspur, Natore, on Sunday, August 9. The incident took place around 2pm at his residence in the Kacharipara area of Gurudaspur municipality.

Don't know anything about becoming president: Mirza Fakhrul
Don't know anything about becoming president: Mirza Fakhrul

National

Don't know anything about becoming president: Mirza Fakhrul

Amid widespread speculation that BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir may be nominated for the presidency, he has said he knows nothing about the matter. When contacted by media on Sunday night, he said he had no information regarding a presidential nomination.

Students protest demanding head teacher's resignation over indecent proposal
Students protest demanding head teacher's resignation over indecent proposal

Country

Students protest demanding head teacher's resignation over indecent proposal

Allegations have been raised against Abdul Samad, head teacher of Monigram High School in Bagha upazila, Rajshahi, for making an indecent proposal to a tenth-grade student. In protest, students of the school took out a rally beating drums, demanding the teacher's resignation and a fair trial.

Severed hands recovered in Kamrangirchar
Severed hands recovered in Kamrangirchar

Crime

Severed hands recovered in Kamrangirchar

Police have recovered two severed human hands from a plastic bag in Kamrangirchar, Dhaka. The hands have been sent to Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital morgue for DNA testing to identify their owner.

Head teacher accused of molestation, school vandalised
Head teacher accused of molestation, school vandalised

Country

Head teacher accused of molestation, school vandalised

Allegations of inappropriate behaviour with a student have been raised against the head teacher of a private school in Badalgachhi, Naogaon. After the allegations spread, locals gathered at the school and vandalised and set fire to the premises.

Jamaat leader asks on Facebook: 'Do the ameers also take a cut?'
Jamaat leader asks on Facebook: 'Do the ameers also take a cut?'

Country

Jamaat leader asks on Facebook: 'Do the ameers also take a cut?'

A local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami in Rowmari, Kurigram, has posted a provocative status on Facebook, asking: "Do the ameers also take a cut?" The post, which criticised party positions and 'share-based politics', has sparked discussion and criticism among local Jamaat leaders and activists.

Hefazat's 9-point demands presented to PM
Hefazat's 9-point demands presented to PM

National

Hefazat's 9-point demands presented to PM

Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh has presented a nine-point demand to the Prime Minister, including the enactment of a law with maximum punishment provisions to prevent insults to Islam, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the Holy Quran.

Six committees formed to oversee presidential oath-taking ceremony
Six committees formed to oversee presidential oath-taking ceremony

National

Six committees formed to oversee presidential oath-taking ceremony

The Cabinet Division has formed six committees to ensure the smooth organisation and management of the new president's oath-taking ceremony. An office order was issued in this regard on Sunday, August 9.

Location of second Padma Bridge not yet final, feasibility being re-evaluated: Minister
Location of second Padma Bridge not yet final, feasibility being re-evaluated: Minister

National

Location of second Padma Bridge not yet final, feasibility being re-evaluated: Minister

The government is re-evaluating the feasibility of constructing a second Padma Bridge, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam, adding that no final decision has yet been made on where the bridge will be built.

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