Draft ordinance proposes easing some punitive measures against doctors for rules violations

Protesting the shooting of Sharif Osman Hadi, an aspiring candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency and spokesperson for Inqilab Moncho, several political parties and platforms demonstrated across the country yesterday.

The nation today observes Martyred Intellectuals Day, recalling the ultimate sacrifice of the leading intellectuals killed systematically by the Pakistan occupation army and their local collaborators at the fag-end of the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

The government has decided to provide personal security to individuals who played key roles in the July uprising in the wake of several shooting incidents, including the Friday attack on Sharif Osman Hadi, an independent MP aspirant from Dhaka-8.

The Election Commission yesterday termed the shooting incident involving Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson for Inqilab Moncho and an independent aspirant for the Dhaka-8 constituency, an “isolated” event.

A recent Election Commission circular regarding candidate disqualifications for the next polls has omitted a provision that bars anyone from contesting if a formal charge has been filed against them at the International Crimes Tribunals.

Around 10:00pm on March 25, 1971, Dr Zikrul Haque had just sat down to eat when one of his sons suddenly announced that the military had surrounded their house in Nilphamari’s Saidpur. While panic spread through the family, Zikrul remained calm, as though prepared for what was to come.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit of Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, where she has been receiving treatment for the past 20 days. The BNP Media Cell said last night that her condition stays unchanged.

The BNP has so far announced candidates in 272 out of 300 seats.

In recent weeks, several killings involving underground gangs have made headlines.

Police have identified a suspect in the shooting of Sharif Osman Hadi, an independent MP aspirant for Dhaka-8 and spokesperson for Inqilab Moncho, who is currently fighting for his life at Evercare Hospital.

Bangladesh is drifting away from its agrarian roots as farmland shrinks due to infrastructure projects and young people turn away from farming, speakers said at a conference yesterday.

Workers engaged in the shipbreaking industry yesterday demanded a minimum monthly wage of Tk 36,000, citing years of inhumane pay structures and hazardous working conditions.

Major (retd) Akhtaruzzaman, a former lawmaker and a freedom fighter who was expelled from the BNP multiple times on charges of breaking party discipline, has joined Jamaat-e-Islami.

Open garbage sheds and bins along busy thoroughfares in Chattogram city have remained a persistent public nuisance for years, despite the Chattogram City Corporation’s door-to-door waste collection initiative launched nearly eight years ago.

Three major political parties yesterday vowed to stand united against any plot to undermine the spirit of the July uprising or derail the upcoming election.

At least six Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed and eight others injured in an attack on a United Nations base in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan region, the Bangladesh Army said yesterday.

The Election Commission last night instructed the police to strengthen security at all of its field-level offices.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep concern and disappointment that the National Human Rights Commission Ordinance 2025 places the commission under bureaucratic control.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus accorded a reception to the “Begum Rokeya Padak 2025” winners at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka last evening.