DIU VC Prof Kabir elected IEB ‘Ethics Board’ chair
The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh has constituted a new ‘Ethics Board’ and elected Professor MR Kabir, vice-chancellor of Daffodil International University, as its chairman recently.
The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh has constituted a new ‘Ethics Board’ and elected Professor MR Kabir, vice-chancellor of Daffodil International University, as its chairman recently.
At least 2,000 police personnel would be deployed on the Rajshahi University campus on September 25 during the long-awaited student union elections, said the police.
Shamima Sultana Maya, joint convener of the Rajshahi district coordination committee of the National Citizen Party, resigned on Tuesday, reportedly after the party’s central leadership had not addressed her written complaints.
The Appellate Division on Tuesday adjourned for one week a hearing in the government’s plea seeking a stay on the High Court order that had halted the construction of the elevated expressway extension through Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel in Dhaka.
The liberation war affairs ministry on Tuesday said that anyone proved to have made false claims would be dropped from the official list of July martyrs and July fighters and legal action would be taken against them.
Women’s rights activists on Tuesday urged the government to take effective measures against any untoward incidents centring on Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindus.
Rail communications between Dhaka city and three northern districts remained snapped for over eight hours after derailment of six compartments of a passenger train at Pirgacha in Rangpur about noon on Tuesday.
A complaint was filed on Tuesday against Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader, secretary general Shamim Haider Patwary, and 166 party activists accusing them of attacking Gono Odhikar Parishad leaders and activists and its affiliated bodies.
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Tuesday urged all political parties to include a clear commitment in their election manifestos to continue the trials of those responsible for crimes against humanity during the July 2024 mass uprising.
The police detained at least 22 suspected leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations on Monday night and Tuesday for taking part in the party’s flash processions in Dhaka, Chattogram and Cumilla districts.
Traffic became normal on highways through Bhanga in Faridpur on Tuesday after protesters had suspended the blockade of highways and railways, which they held to protest at Jatiya Sangsad constituency boundary changes, till September 20.