Current Affairs
Extradition process of Benazir not over even after getting bail: Home Minister
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the extradition process to bring former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed back to Bangladesh has not ended even though he got bail in the United Arab Emirates. He said the government is continuing legal, diplomatic and international police measures to bring Benazir back to the country. Local lawyers have been appointed in the United Arab Emirates for this purpose. Regular inquiry and coordination regarding his location and movement are also continuing.
Bus set on fire in Shyamoli
Miscreants have set fire to a bus of ‘Thikana’ Paribahan in front of the National Institute of Mental Health in Shyamoli area of the capital.
Police vehicle set on fire in Gopalganj, 6 platoons of BGB deployed
Leaders and activists of the banned organisation Chhatra League, the banned Awami League and their affiliate organisations clashed with police in Gopalganj with chase and counter-chase. At that time a police pickup was set on fire. Six platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have been deployed in the district to control the situation.
Police stop Baul song session in Habiganj after Whip’s ‘caution’ directive
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shayestaganj Police Station Abul Kalam has said police stopped a Baul song session in Shayestaganj upazila of Habiganj. The programme was scheduled to be held at the premises of Purasunda Government Primary School in the upazila organised by local cultural organisation ‘Sanskritik Sandhya’ on Monday night (November 9).
Government has withdrawn more than 24,000 political cases
Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman has said the government has so far withdrawn 24,013 political cases that were used as tools of harassment.
Sheikh Hasina’s extradition will be resolved according to law: Jaiswal
Spokesperson of India’s Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal has described the application for a new passport and national identity card (NID) by ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina as part of her preparation to return to Bangladesh and the issue of her extradition as technical and legal matters. At the same time New Delhi has advised contacting the Bangladesh High Commission in this regard.
Grenade-like objects at Rajshahi airport, minister taken out through back gate
Police have recovered two grenade-like objects from in front of the main gate of Hazrat Shah Makhdum Airport in Rajshahi. The two objects were recovered from inside the flower plants beside the gate around 11am on Tuesday (November 10). Later the main gate of the airport was closed for security reasons. The alternative mosque gate was kept open for the movement of passengers.
Two workers hospitalised with rubber bullet injuries in Ashulia, police deny
Alamgir Hossain and Rafia Begum, two garment workers of Starling Style factory, have been injured in a clash with police during protests by garment workers demanding an increase in the minimum wage in Ashulia industrial area of Dhaka. The industrial area has become heated again over the movement of garment workers.
Two Chhatra League leaders confined while going for internship at RMC
Shubho Kumar Mondal, president of the college unit of the banned Chhatra League, and Nahid Hasan, general secretary, were confined after going to Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) Hospital to start internship as the period of suspension ended after two years.
8 die of dengue, 1,595 hospitalised in 24 hours
At least eight dengue patients died and 1,595 others were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).