Current Affairs
MP Nazrul, first wife in police custody over second wife’s death
Gazi Nazrul Islam, a lawmaker from the Satkhira-4 constituency, and his first wife, Maksuda, have been taken into police custody following the recovery of the hanging body of his 19-year-old second wife, Mariam Khatun, from a flat at NAM Bhaban in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
7 killed as gas cylinder explodes in Ashulia garment factory
Seven people were killed in a fire that broke out following an explosion on a lorry loaded with gas cylinders near a garment factory in Ashulia, Savar, on Sunday evening.
BSF returns the body of that Bangladeshi teenager
The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has returned the body of a Bangladeshi teenager named Shakil recovered from beside the barbed wire fence of the Akhaura border of Brahmanbaria. The body was handed over to the members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in the Sanmura area of the border in the evening on Sunday (September 20).
Locks put on gates of administrative building demanding resignation of VC at SAU
BNP-backed white panel teachers, officers and Chatra Dal leaders and activists of Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) have locked all the gates of the administrative building and held a protest programme demanding the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Alimul Islam.
Price of all types of fuel oil hiked by Tk 20
The government has again increased the price of fuel oil in the country. The prices of diesel, kerosene, petrol and octane have been increased by Tk 20 per litre each. The new prices were announced in a notification issued from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division on Sunday (September 20).
Fire breaks out in train at Kamalapur
A fire has been set in a bogie of a passenger train standing on the platform at Kamalapur Railway Station of the capital. The incident occurred on platform No 2 of the station around 9:30pm on Sunday (September 20). After getting the news two units of the Fire Service went to the spot and started working to control the fire.
20 dolphins surviving in Buriganga
The Ganges river dolphin or local river shushuk is continuing a silent struggle of survival behind the deep water of the toxic, oil-coated blackish water of the Buriganga river where it has become impossible for ordinary aquatic animals to survive. According to the environmental scientists, these animals have taken a new strategy as the last desperate attempt to save life in the extremely adverse environment. They have now changed their behaviour. Earlier they usually moved alone. Now they are moving in groups.
Two killed in train collision in Chattogram
Two auto-rickshaw passengers have been killed after being hit by a train in Satkania of Chattogram. The accident occurred in East Katgarh rail gate area under Kaliaish union of the upazila on Sunday (September 20).
MP Nazrul has meal with two wives at noon, new information emerging
New information has come to light in the recovery of the hanging body of Mosammat Mariam Khatun, 19, the second wife of Satkhira-4 constituency Member of Parliament Gazi Nazrul Islam from a flat in the NAM Building in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar of the capital. Her body was recovered from flat No 203 on the third floor of Building No 5 of NAM Building on Sunday afternoon. However, police have not yet reached any decision on whether Mariam’s death is murder or suicide.
Online VAT return filing made mandatory in 11 sectors
National Board of Revenue (NBR) has made online VAT return filing mandatory in 11 sectors including cigarette, medicine, mobile phone, banking and mobile banking.