Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Harunor Rashid says he is in Dhaka and doing office work. When contacted on Monday afternoon, the much-discussed police officer said he went to the office in the morning, reports bdnews24.com. I left after around an hour.”Harun said he was at the office on Sunday as well when the Awami League government fell. Later, a video message announcing the suspension of the anti-discrimination protests was circulated when the coordinators were in DB custody. The coordinators later said that they had been forcibly detained and pushed to issue the statement against their will.

August 07, 2024 01:53 UTC

Dhaka: Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin Tuesday dissolved the Parliament to make way for the formation of an interim administration, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country following massive protests against her government. “The President dissolved the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) under an executive order,” a Bangabhaban (presidential palace) spokesman told PTI. Despite the high death toll, there were signs of a return to normalcy Tuesday, with police and army patrolling the streets, BDNews24.com news portal said. The total death toll stood at 114 Sunday. “With this, the total death toll stood at 440 in 21 days from July 16 to yesterday,” the paper said.

August 07, 2024 01:18 UTC

Seven people, including four policemen, have been killed in an attack at Noakhali’s Sonaimuri Police Station. Bakhtiar Uddin, the chief of Sonaimuri Police Station, was also shot five times. However, around 5:30pm some attackers began to throw bricks and stones at the Sonaimuri Police Station. A person was shot dead when police fired their guns from inside the police station. Almost every room inside the police station was vandalised and set ablaze.

August 06, 2024 23:38 UTC

Dhaka courts have granted bail to more than 200 leaders and activists of the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami in different cases without hearing from state counsels or police prosecutors. Three judges, including Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Court magistrates Nurul Huda and Ali Haider Kamal, granted the bail petitions. More than 200 leaders and activists had been granted bail so far, said lawyer Omar Farook Farooki. ”Nur received bail in two separate cases. Jamaat leaders who received bail included Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar, Nayeb-e-Amir Abdullah Md Abu Taher, former secretary of Gazipur Jamaat Samiul Haque Farooki and former Chhatra Shibir president Rashedul Islam.

August 06, 2024 23:21 UTC

“The President dissolved the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) under an executive order,” a Bangabhaban (presidential palace) spokesman told PTI. The president’s move to dissolve the parliament has cleared the way for fresh elections. Despite the high death toll, there were signs of a return to normalcy on Tuesday, with police and army patrolling the streets, BDNews24.Com news portal said. The total death toll stood at 114 on Sunday. “With this, the total death toll stood at 440 in 21 days from July 16 to yesterday,” the paper said.

August 06, 2024 23:07 UTC





Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Heat stroke is an emergency!

August 06, 2024 20:29 UTC

The Ithaca Common Council will discuss a new piece of proposed environmental legislation that aims to protect birds from untimely deaths. If legislation based on Kuehl’s proposal is passed, Ithaca would join at least 20 U.S. cities and municipalities that have bird-friendly laws on the books. At the July 17 Common Council meeting, Kuehl announced plans to hold a public forum to hear community feedback, of which Kuehl said he has heard a “surprising” amount since introducing the legislative proposal to the Common Council. In June 2019, the Ithaca Common Council passed the Ithaca Green New Deal, a sweeping commitment to sustainability, carbon neutrality and climate justice. This May, the Common Council adopted the Justice50 framework, which seeks to aid communities disproportionately affected by climate change.

August 06, 2024 20:17 UTC

Olympic boxer Imane Khelif said the wave of hateful scrutiny she faced over misconceptions about her gender “harms human dignity,” and she called for an end to bullying athletes after being greatly affected by the international backlash against her. The Algerian athlete spoke about her tumultuous extraordinary Olympic experience Sunday night in an interview with SNTV - the sports video partner of The Associated Press. As featured on For female athletes of color, scrutiny around gender rules and identity is part of a long trend Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-Ting are the latest examples of women of color who have found themselves caught in a debate around gender regulations in sports.

August 06, 2024 19:52 UTC

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Heat stroke is an emergency!

August 06, 2024 19:49 UTC

Bongiovanni's report indicated Gerace had provided information regarding individuals in past narcotics investigations and that Gerace "knew significant cocaine traffickers" of kilo-quantities of cocaine in North Buffalo and South Buffalo. In exchange for the information, Gerace wanted a good-faith commitment from probation officials he would receive consideration for his failed drug test. Instead, Herbst interprets the meeting as Bongiovanni essentially telling him that Gerace is Bongiovanni's informant, because Bongiovanni has known Gerace a long time. Herbst "shuts down his investigation of Gerace," Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tripi said earlier this year at Bongiovanni's first trial. There's no conclusive evidence that Bongiovanni's report was false, his lawyers said.

August 06, 2024 19:32 UTC

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Heat stroke is an emergency!

August 06, 2024 17:59 UTC

Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday dissolved Parliament to make way for the formation of an interim administration, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country following massive protests against her government. The situation in Dhaka was largely calm on Tuesday morning after a day of unrest and a night of tension. The total death toll stood at 114 on Sunday. “With this, the total death toll stood at 440 in 21 days from July 16 to yesterday,” the paper said. It said that 37 bodies were brought to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital between 11 am and 8 pm on Monday.

August 06, 2024 17:31 UTC

DHAKA, Aug 6, 2024 (BSS) - Trial proceedings at both the divisions of the Supreme Court will remain suspended on Wednesday and Thursday. Confirming the report to BSS, Supreme Court spokesperson Md Shafikul Islam said the apex court office will remain operational on limited scale.

August 06, 2024 17:06 UTC

The dead bodies of nine Rohingya, including three children, have been recovered from the coast of Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf Upazila. According to public representatives, the victims were trying to enter Bangladesh territory by sea from Myanmar, according to bdnews24.com. Md Adnan Chowdhury, the chief executive officer of Teknaf, said that the boat carrying the Rohingya capsized in the sea near Habirchhara and Rajarchhara point areas of Teknaf Sadar Union on Tuesday. Of the bodies recovered from the coast, three are children, four women and two men. Abdur Rashid, a member of Ward no 1 of Teknaf Sadar Union, told bdnews24.com that a boat carrying 31 Rohingya capsized while trying to flee Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

August 06, 2024 16:46 UTC

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India sparking euphoria and looting by tens of thousands of protesters who led a campaign against her 15-year rule. In Delhi, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar confirmed her escape as diplomats said the 76-year-old Hasina, who had been in office for 20 years, could seek asylum in Britain. The country’s first woman prime minister Khaleda Zia who led the opposition Bangladesh National Party (BNP) was set free. Accept Manage my choices"I call upon the people of Bangladesh to display restraint and calm in the midst of this transitional moment on our democratic path," Rahman said in a X post Tuesday. ReactionsThe US hailed the army for its display of "restraint" and said an interim government should be formed.

August 06, 2024 16:14 UTC