Rumours said that Suman had left the country around Aug 5, when the Hasina government fell and many MPs and ministers fled. "Mirpur Model Police Station officers arrested former parliamentarian Barrister Suman and kept him in the Pallabi Police Station,” said Pallabi Police Station chief Md Nazrul Islam. Earlier, Barrister Suman posted a status and a video on Facebook. In the 12th general election, Suman was elected as the Habiganj-4 (Chunarughat and Madhabpur Upazila) MP. Barrister Suman, who would live-stream on Facebook about public welfare issues on social media, came to the limelight by appealing to the Anti-Corruption Commission to probe the ‘illegal wealth’ accumulated by former IGP Benazir Ahmed.

Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has announced 300 students will be working alongside the police to improve traffic management in Dhaka city, reports bdnews24.com. The students will take part in the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Traffic Week from Oct 21 to Nov 04 and will be paid an honorarium. The announcement was made during the launch of DMP's Traffic Week 2024 at the Rajarbagh Police Lines on Monday. "These students have joined us for Traffic Week and will continue to assist us going forward," said Jahangir. Noting that Dhaka's population currently exceeds 20 million, he attributed the severe traffic congestion in the city to inadequate road infrastructure.

Mahin Sarker, one of the coordinators of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, made the complaint at Shahbagh Police Station in Dhaka on Monday, said the station’s chief KM Shahabuddin. A total of 391 people, including Hasina, have been accused in the complaint, alongside 800-1,000 unidentified individuals. Chhatra League criminals will be identified at each district and Upazila-level universities and colleges and named in cases. At one point, Hasina left her premiership and fled to India in the wake of the whopping civil uprising on Aug 5. After the interim government assumed power, cases are being filed against the Awami League leaders across the country.

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DHAKA, Oct 21, 2024(BSS) - A court here today sent Additional Superintendant of Police Jewel Rana to jail after ending his remand and rejecting the bail petition in a case filed over the death of housemaid Liza Akter. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain passed the order after police produced him before the court following his four-day remand. After getting permission from the Home Ministry, police took Jewel Rana in custody on October 17 and showed him arrested in the case. Liza, a professional domestic help received injuries on July 18 when police fired on agitating students and people in city’s Ramna area. Liza's father Md Joynal Shikder filed the case on September 5, 2024 against 174, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in this connection.

On Oct. 11, I visited BFA student Nadia Holcomb ’25 at her studio space in Tjaden Hall for an interview. Upon coming to college, Holcomb felt profoundly unfulfilled, asking herself: “What is the point of living if I can’t create?” Holcomb has been an artist for her entire life; she views art and life as inextricably linked ideas. Leaderboard 2When asked about the way she views art as a whole, Holcomb again finds its meaning mirrored in the monastic idea of something greater. I mean that in a non-religious way … Art is trying to capture this thing that is beyond itself. As for post-grad plans, Holcomb is approaching life the same way she approaches art: one step at a time.

REUTERS/Rachel WisniewskiTesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk, who supports Republican presidential nominee former US President Donald Trump, speaks about voting during an America PAC Town Hall in Folsom, Pennsylvania, US, October 17, 2024. Musk's America PAC seeks to play a major role in helping mobilise and register voters in battleground states that could decide the election. Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, said on Sunday that the giveaway was "deeply concerning” and called on law enforcement to investigate. “I think signing the petition is irrelevant to the legal question because you must be a registered voter. Trump in turn has said that if elected, he would appoint Musk to head a government efficiency commission.

The foundation focuses on supporting martyrs' families and aiding the injured from the student movementSarjis Alam and Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdho, the twin brother of martyr Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho, have been named general secretary and chief executive officer, or CEO, respectively at the July Martyrs Memorial Foundation. The appointments were officially approved during the foundation's second executive board meeting at the State Guest House Jamuna on Monday. The statement said the foundation is a government-approved, non-political, voluntary, and charitable organisation. It initially aims to provide financial and human support to the families of martyrs from the July-August mass uprising. The foundation also seeks to offer employment opportunities or other suitable benefits to family members of the martyrs, alongside medical care and medications to those injured or disabled during the protests.

Twelve general holidays and 14 executive order holidays are announced for the next yearThe interim government has extended holidays for Eid and Puja in 2025, announcing a range of public holidays. The public administration ministry issued a gazette on Monday, detailing 12 days of general holidays and 14 days of executive order holidays for the next year. Public servants may combine up to three optional holidays with their regular holidays to go to their religious festivals. Moreover, four executive order holidays will be granted before and after Eid-ul-Fitr, from Mar 29-30 and Apr 1-2. Similarly, five executive order holidays will be granted before and after Eid-ul-Azha, from Jun 5-6 and Jun 8-10.

The resignation, the dissolution of parliament and the legitimacy of the interim government have been resolved by an Appellate Division order, he saysPresident Mohammed Shahabuddin has urged the public to avoid creating a fresh controversy over an issue that has been settled in the wake of the debate surrounding former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation. A statement issued by the Bangabhaban's Press Wing on Monday quoted him as asking everyone to refrain from ‘destabilising or embarrassing’ the interim government by creating any dispute. Hasina fled to India on Aug 5 amid the mass student-led uprising, ending the 15-year rule of the Awami League. It said that the campaigns carried out in the media quoting the president over the former prime minister's resignation have created confusion among the public. Bangabhaban said the Appellate Division passed the order in line with Article 106 of the Constitution when the president had sought it on Aug 8.

If it develops into a cyclone, it will be named 'Dana', which means a very beautiful and precious pearl in ArabicLow pressure over Bay of Bengal may intensify into 'severe cyclone'A low-pressure system formed over the Bay of Bengal has intensified and could strengthen into a cyclone, says the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. On Monday, the weather warning stated that the low pressure located in the eastern central Bay of Bengal and the adjacent northern Andaman Sea has intensified into a distinct low pressure system while remaining in the same area. If the low pressure transforms into a cyclone, it will be named 'Dana,' a name proposed by Qatar, meaning 'a very beautiful and valuable pearl' in Arabic. The cyclones in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal are named by the World Meteorological Organisation’s regional cyclone agency ESCAP. The India Meteorological Department, or IMD, said the low pressure in the east-central Bay of Bengal and adjacent Andaman Sea could intensify into a depression by Tuesday and potentially evolve into a cyclone by Wednesday.

European champions Real host Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday in a rematch of last year's Champions League final, which the Spaniards won 2-0, as they continue their continental campaign. Mbappe has eight goals for Real from 12 games in all competitions this season, while Bellingham has yet to find the net in nine outings. "I want Mbappe to score goals, I prefer he scores rather than pressing. "Mbappe needs to position himself well and be smart every time we recover the ball to make a quick transition." England midfielder Bellingham was phenomenal for Real last season, when they did not have Mbappe, scoring 23 goals with 13 assists in 42 appearances in all competitions.

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A nationwide awareness campaign will be launched to encourage digital adoption in public servicesChief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has said digitising official transactions of the administration is crucial to fighting corruption. At a meeting with senior civil servants on Monday, Yunus discussed immediate measures for fast-tracking digital adoption within governmental processes. According to the Chief Advisor’s Press Wing, key decisions made in the meeting included the compulsory submission of taxes via the e-return portal for all public servants in the greater Dhaka region, alongside initiatives to encourage large corporations to adopt e-return processes. In addition, a nationwide awareness campaign to promote digitisation in public services will also be launched. Other decisions included ensuring interconnectivity among government institutions and establishing a comprehensive digital roadmap and timeline for land-related public services.

Three more people have died of dengue in the past 24 hours, taking the toll from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease to 250. Hospitals in Bangladesh have admitted 1,039 new dengue patients in a day, raising the tally of infections since Jan 1 to 50,919. The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as 403 were hospitalised in Dhaka among the new dengue patients until Monday morning. The DGHS has been keeping records of dengue hospitalisations and deaths since 2000. Since then, a record 321,179 dengue hospitalisations have been logged in 2023.