The International Farakka Committee (IFC) today urged the government and all political parties to place greater importance on river and water issues in their manifestos as Bangladesh owes its origin to rivers and is dependent on them for survival.
Teacher in jail for 18 days in case under DSA Our Correspondent, Kushtia Our Correspondent, Kushtia
A college teacher has been languishing in Kushtia District Jail for 18 days. His crime was that he made a comment on social media about a local Awami League leader.
Rajibul Alam, who teaches computer science at Paksey Railway Degree College in Pabna, is facing a case under the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA).
According to the First Information Report (FIR), a political science teacher of the same college, Shad Ahmed, uploaded a Facebook post on December 6 last year, two days after a sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was defaced in Kushtia.