Current Affairs
Clash with torchlights in Brahmanbaria, 50 injured including ASP-chairman
At least 50 people including an assistant superintendent of police (ASP) and a union parishad chairman have been injured in a clash between residents of two villages in Sarail of Brahmanbaria over a dispute regarding football match of children and adolescents. The clash that continued from evening to night left two of the injured in critical condition who have been sent to Dhaka.
Another Deputy Attorney General resigns
Deputy Attorney General Sadia Afrin Shapla has submitted her resignation citing personal reasons. She submitted the resignation letter addressed to the President at the Attorney General’s office today Wednesday.
No involvement of Indian government with Sheikh Hasina’s statements: Harsh Vardhan Shringla
India’s former foreign secretary and Rajya Sabha member Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said there is no involvement of the Indian government or the government of the country with the various statements of Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is staying in India.
Government is taking steps in light of interim government’s white paper: PM
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said the current government is taking steps in the light of the white paper prepared by the interim government on the corruption of the past 17 years. He informed the parliament of this while replying to a supplementary question from Cumilla-10 MP Mobasher Alam Bhuiyan during the Prime Minister’s question-answer session in the Jatiya Sangsad on Wednesday (September 9).
NCP leader jailed in fraud case
Sadia Akter, an NCP leader who was detained on charges of taking money on the pretext of providing family cards, has been sued in a fraud case filed at Netrokona Sadar police station. Priya Akter, the victim, filed the case on Tuesday night. Earlier that evening, local residents had detained her from the Kurpar area of Netrokona municipal town and handed her over to police. She was sent to jail through court on Wednesday.
Pakistan bowled out for 133 despite dropping seven players
Pakistan brought about major changes to the side following the second Test, dropping seven cricketers and removing two coaches. Despite four changes in the playing eleven and three debutants, Pakistan could not turn things around against England.
Meghmallar Basu on life support
Meghmallar Basu, former president of Bangladesh Students' Union and central council member of National People's Action (NPA), is on life support at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
BNP in power means records – now loan defaults: Rumeen Farhana
Rumeen Farhana, independent member of parliament elected from Brahmanbaria-2, has said it is not possible for the BNP to come to power without Bangladesh becoming champion in corruption.
Application for parole seeking Chinmoy Das's release to see ailing mother, administration says no scope
Ranjan Kumar Dhar, elder brother of Chinmoy Krishna Das who is in jail, has filed an application seeking conditional temporary release (parole) for him to see his ailing elderly mother. He submitted the application to Mohammad Zahidul Islam Mia, Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram and ex-officio chairman of the Jail Management Committee, on Wednesday.
OpenAI claims to have solved complex mathematical puzzle
OpenAI has claimed to have solved a mathematical problem that had remained unresolved for nearly a century. The company said it has found a solution to the "Navier-Stokes" problem, one of the seven "Millennium Prize Problems" declared by the Clay Mathematics Institute.