Anwarul Azim Anar, the lawmaker from Jhenaidah-4 constituency, was found dead on Wednesday in a hotel in Kolkata of West Bengal, eight days after he had gone missing from there.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of MP Anwarul Azim, also president of Jhenaidah Kaliganj upazila unit Awami League.
She prayed for the eternal salvation of the departed soul and expressed sympathy to the bereaved family members.
Anar went to India for medical treatment on May 11. He maintained contact with his family members till May 14. Since then his phone remained switched off.
MP Anar wife and daughters went to the DB office in Dhaka on Sunday (May 19).
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was declared dead on Monday after rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded western mountain region, sparking mourning in the Islamic republic.
“The servant of the Iranian nation, Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi has achieved the highest level of martyrdom while serving the people,” state TV declared, showing pictures of Raisi as a voice recited the Koran.
The ultraconservative Raisi, 63, had been in office since 2021, during a time that has seen Iran rocked by mass protests, economic crisis deepened by US sanctions, and armed exchanges with arch enemy Israel.
Drivers of battery-run three wheelers set a police box on fire at Kalshi intersection in the city Mirpur area on Sunday during demonstration against banning the vehicle on Dhaka streets.
Duty office of Fire Service and Civil Defense headquarters, Shahjahan, said the drivers set the police box on fire around 4:15 pm.
On information, a firefighting unit rushed to the spot around 4:32 pm and brought the situation under control.
Mukhlesur Rahman, inspector (investigation) of Pallabi Police Station, said necessary steps were taken.
The drivers of battery-run three wheelers staged demonstration blocking roads in Dhaka Mirpur, Pallabi and some other areas on Sunday morning, obstructing traffic movement in the area.
The protesters also vandalised some buses passing in the Mirpur area after 2:30 pm. A chase and counter-chase between police and protesters also took place.
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said that US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu assured him that Washington would return the GSP facilities to Bangladeshi products if the government did some reforms in some areas.
“He spoke with me about how to take the relationship forward in bilateral meetings,” said the minister.
US Assistant Secretary Donald Lu visited Bangladesh on a “positive note” to deepen Dhaka-Washington ties.
At the same time, they have a special fund aimed at overcoming the global economic recession. From there they also said to help Bangladesh, said Hasan Mahmud.