DeskReport The IPL was postponed for a week amid the India-Pakistan conflict. Then the remaining matches of the league stage started with the new venue and schedule. However, although there were indications that the venue for the play-offs and the final would change, it was not decided at that time. Finally, the venue and schedule for the play-offs and the final were announced today by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). According to the new schedule, the first qualifier will be held on May 29 at the…
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A little girl’s fight to save her family in Gaza
DeskReport With two emaciated hands, 12-year-old Jana Mohammad is trying to support her entire family. Recently, her struggle for life was captured on camera by the American media outlet CNN. Jana’s journey through the rubble of Gaza, wearing a pink sweater and carrying a bucket of water, is like a never-ending battle. Since her older brother was killed by an Israeli sniper, the responsibility of the family has fallen on her shoulders. Jana struggles every day to provide food and water to keep her sick parents alive. This 12-year-old girl,…
Read MoreAll unit committees under Gazipur district BNP dissolved
DeskReport All unit committees under Gazipur district BNP have been declared dissolved. The information was given in a notification sent by the party on Tuesday (May 20) evening. The statement said that all unit committees under Gazipur district BNP have been declared dissolved. The statement was signed by Gazipur District BNP Convener Fazlul Haque Milon and Joint Convener Dr. Rafiqul Islam Bachchu and Member Secretary Barrister Chowdhury Ishraq Ahmed Siddiqui. Gazipur District BNP Joint Convener Dr. Rafiqul Islam Bachchu confirmed this information. According to a reliable source at the BNP…
Read MoreExtortion at clinic-diagnostics in Madhukhali
DeskReport A syndicate is regularly extorting money from clinics and diagnostic centers in Madhukhali, Faridpur. Members of the syndicate are regularly extorting money from these institutions in the upazila and forcing doctors to prescribe low-quality medicines. There have even been allegations of threatening Gyanbrata Shuvo, a doctor at the Upazila Health Complex, for prescribing low-quality medicines. It was found that the members of this group are the convener of the municipal Chhatra Dal, Rajab Islam Roni, the joint convener of the upazila Chhatra Dal, Mikail Biswas and Rian Rahman Nayon,…
Read MoreGarment workers’ ‘March to Jamuna’ stuck in Kakrail demanding arrears of wages
DeskReport The ‘March to Jamuna’ program of ready-made garment workers towards the residence of the chief advisor demanding arrears of salary, bonus and other dues has faced police obstruction. As a result, the workers have been protesting at Kakrail Mosque intersection since 3 pm today, Tuesday. Workers and employees of 8 garment companies of TNZ Group in Gazipur and Chain Apparels Limited garment company located in Ashulia have joined this program. According to the latest news, they were blocking the road towards Jamuna till 8 pm. Since May 11, workers…
Read MoreOrder on writ petition not to administer oath to Ishraq as mayor on Wednesday
DeskReport The High Court will give its order on Wednesday on the writ petition seeking directions not to administer oath to BNP leader Ishraq Hossain as the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation. Today, Tuesday, Justice Md. Akram Hossain Chowdhury and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury held two rounds of hearings. Later, the bench fixed Wednesday for the next hearing and order. Lawyer Mohammad Hossain heard the petition. Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon represented Ishraq Hossain. Deputy Attorney General Mahfuzur Rahman Milon and Khan Ziaur Rahman appeared for the state. During…
Read MoreNobel’s wife, the plaintiff in the rape case, is four months pregnant, claims lawyer
DeskReport In the bail hearing of singer Mainul Ahsan Nobel in the rape case filed at the capital’s Demra Police Station, his lawyer claimed in the court that the plaintiff in the case is Nobel’s wife. The bail hearing was held in the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ziauddin Ahmed today (Tuesday, May 20). His lawyer Jasim Uddin applied for bail on behalf of Nobel. In the hearing, he said, “The incident of the case occurred on November 12 last year. And the plaintiff is the wife of the accused.…
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