Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 04 Mar 2021 06:29 PM BdST
Updated: 04 Mar 2021 06:29 PM BdST
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud sees no reason to pay attention to the demand for the repeal of the Digital Security Act after the prison death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed detained under the same law. );
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“There are many citizens in Bangladesh. We don’t have to do something just because a small group wants us to,” Mahmud said while speaking to journalists at the ministry on Thursday.
Nagorik Somaj, a platform of different organisations led by Zafrullah Chowdhury, trustee of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra, staged a rally on Wednesday demanding that the act be repealed by Mar 26.
Staff Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 27 Feb 2021 10:27 PM BdST
Updated: 27 Feb 2021 11:10 PM BdST
Defending the Digital Security Act, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the law is necessary to protect everyone in the digital space. );
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Hasina responded to a journalist’s query on the criticism of the law at a press conference on Saturday amid protests over the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail after his arrest under the same law.
The prime minister held the press conference to speak about Bangladesh receiving the United Nations’ final recommendation for graduation from a least developed country to a developing one.
Phil Spector, revolutionary music producer convicted of murdering actress, dead at 81
California Department of Corrections
and last updated 2021-01-17 11:26:27-05
LOS ANGELES (AP) â Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his âWall of Soundâ method whose later was convicted of murder, has died at age 81.
California state prison officials said he died Saturday of natural causes at a hospital.
Spector was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 at his castle-like mansion on the edge of Los Angeles. After a trial in 2009, he was given a 19 years-to-life sentence.
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Tabor Correctional sees steep decline in active COVID-19 cases Tabor Correctional Center (Source: WECT) By Kendall McGee | December 31, 2020 at 7:03 PM EST - Updated December 31 at 7:09 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A few weeks ago, Tabor Correctional had hundreds of active cases of the virus, at one point having the most in the state, but that number has since dropped to just four active cases.
According to DPS, 548 people have recovered from the virus in the correctional institution.
Chief medical officer for the NC Division of Prisons Dr. Arthur Campbell says the past several months have been a struggle, with Tabor Correctional seeing record case numbers and even two inmate deaths in the facility, but the work continues to implement protective protocols and stop the spread of the virus.