Organiser: Dhaka Wangala Celebrating Committee

Bangladesh will formally introduce electronic passports (e-passport) on November 28 , Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.

The father of a youth, who was killed in Hazaribagh on Tuesday night, filed a case yesterday accusing 19 named and two to three unnamed others.

Eminent jurist and Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday urged people from all the quarters to launch a united and positive movement, to materialise the dream of martyrs who sacrificed their lives to establish democracy and rule of law and make people the owners of the country.

A memorial lecture in honour of Quazi Nooruzzaman Bir Uttam, Commander of Sector 7 during the 1971 Liberation War, will be held at Social Science Building of Dhaka University tomorrow (November 2).

Bangladesh will host the 10th summit of the Developing-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation (D-8 Summit) in the third week of April next year.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) should play a stronger role in saving the Buriganga and keeping its surroundings clean, urged rights group at a programme yesterday.

The High Court yesterday observed that mobile courts have no jurisdiction to convict or sentence any child for an offence. Only, the Shishu Adalot (children’s court) can deal with cases filed against children as per the Children Act-2013, it said while issuing a suo moto (voluntary) rule.

Today is the 16th death anniversary of Mesbah Uddin Sabu, former general secretary of Muktijoddha Sangsad Kendriya Command Council and founder of Motijheel Model High School and College, says a press release.

The two Dhaka city corporations yesterday knocked down over 550 illegal structures in Mohakhali, Amtali, Gushan-2 and Jhigatala areas to keep footpaths free for pedestrians and ensure smooth vehicular movement.

The 100-day countdown to the grand celebrations of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will begin on December 8.

While a High Court directive in this regard was yet to reach Rajshahi yesterday, local administration has virtually turned a mango orchard into a bird sanctuary. Tree owners and traders were about to destroy nests of openbill storks to protect the mangoes.

Border Guard Bangladesh yesterday arrested four alleged gold smugglers in possession of 69 gold bars worth about Tk 2.50 crore, and seized $12,000 in separate drives in Benapole’s Sadipur and Amrakhali areas.

Sylhet City Corporation is beautifying the city’s road medians by planting flower trees, but they had to cut down 48 trees in Pathantula area in the process.

Kazi Shariful Alam, the acting vice-chancellor of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology in Dhaka, has resigned from his post in the face of student protest for alleged abuse of power and involvement in irregularities.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has hinted Dhaka’s readiness to host the next summit of the eight-nation D-8 or Developing-8 as the forum’s secretary-general Ambassador Jaafar Ku Shaari called on her.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said intruders and controversial persons will not get any place in any committee of the party.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has confiscated wealth worth Tk 343 crore of BNP leader Mosaddek Ali Falu.

Saudi Arabia has provided compensation of Tk 4.52 crore to three Bangladeshi families affected by a crane accident in Makkah during hajj in 2015.

A total of 153 Bangladeshi workers return home from Saudi Arabia in the face of crackdown on undocumented workers there.