Ex-DUCSU social welfare secretary Akhter remanded
BSS
14th April, 2021 09:35:18
Akhter Hossain, the former social welfare secretary of Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) has been placed on two-day remand in a case filed over snatching away an accused from police custody.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mamunur Rashid passed the order on Wednesday after police produced him before the court, seeking seven-day remand.
Earlier on Tuesday night, police arrested Akhter from Shahbagh Police Station area in the case.
The case statement said police on March 25 detained a man named Abul Kalam Azad from a Juba Adhikar Parishad protest procession at Motijheel in the capital against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi s visit to Bangladesh.
BAF aircraft to form “100” in sky tomorrow marking Bangabandhu’s birth centenary
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DHAKA, March 16, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh Air Force will show aerial display with a hundred salutations at different parts of the country tomorrow marking the celebration of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
With the directives of Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat, the Aerial Show for making 100 by different aircrafts of BAF will be displayed in different areas of the country, said an ISPR press release here today.
Bangladesh is in festive mood with joy and splendor for the grand celebration of the birth centenary of Bangabandhu.
Aegile Fernandez, a friend to Bangladeshi migrants, no more
Aegile Fernandez. Photo: Collected
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
Aegile Fernandez, the co-founder and director of human rights group Tenaganita and a dear name to the thousands of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia, passed away on Tuesday afternoon.
The outspoken advocate for women, migrant and refugee rights was 72.
Mohammad Harun Al Rashid, a Bangladeshi and former colleague of Fernandez at Tenaganita in Kuala Lumpu, told The Daily Star yesterday that Aegile was his mentor during his years of activism in Malaysia. She was a shelter for thousands of migrants, especially Bangladeshis. This is a great loss to the field of migrant rights activism, he said.