A group of hackers have threatened a storm of cyber-attacks in Bangladeshi cyberspace. The hackers set 15 August as probable date to hit the cyberspace of the country. Bangladesh e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOVT CIRT) has issued an alert in the wake of the threat. BGD e-GOVT CIRT on Friday issued a press release of the warning undersigned by the project director Mohammad Saiful Alam Khan. The press release says a group of hackers on 31 July issued warning that the cyberspace of Bangladesh would be attacked on 15 August. “Bangladesh Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOV CIRT) is releasing this alert to warn critical information infrastructures (CII), banks and financial institutions, health care and all sorts of government and private organizations of the possible conducted cyber-attacks by the groups that may disrupt IT operations and businesses. All organisations are advised to be on alert for small to medium-scale cyber-attacks originating from the subject hacktivist groups and to take the required precautions to protect their infrastructures,” the press release reads. The press release said the hackers identify themselves as Hacktivist and have been targeting Bangladesh and Pakistan. BGD e-GOVT CIRT said it, in a recent research, identified several similar group of hackers who attack sites of Bangladeshi organisations frequently. The screenshot provided by the BGD e-GOVT CIRT in the press release shows that the hackers claimed themselves to be Indian.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram is getting ready for opening to traffic as its 98 percent construction works have been so far completed. “Now the workers are bustling to give final touch as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to the tunnel in September,” Project Director (PD) Md Harunur Rashid Chowdhury told BSS. He said workers and engineers concerned are working round the clock for opening the mega project to traffic in September. “Already 98 percent of the tunnel work has been completed. The remaining two percent works will be completed soon. However, the project tenure will end on December 30,” he said. The project director said there is no major work in the tunnel, while both tubes are ready, adding, “If everything goes well, then we can finish the work by August. However, the ministry will decide when it will be inaugurated.” Earlier, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader at a function said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will open the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel.
Health officials and experts have stressed coordinated efforts and a national plan to battle the current onslaught of dengue. Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) adviser and infectious disease expert Dr Mostaq Hossain said it is not possible to control dengue without concerted efforts. To eliminate the breeding ground of Aedes mosquitoes in Dhaka and across the country, a coordinated initiative has to be undertaken, he told UNB. We have a directive from the inter-ministerial task force. There are many initiatives that can be handled individually and many that have to be done in coordination. To clean your flat, you need the coordination of experienced city corporation workers, flat owners association volunteers and local public representatives, he added.
The procedure of giving promotions of the assistant teachers to the post of head teacher in primary schools has started recently.
As the complications over giving promotion of government primary school teachers have been resolved, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education on Thursday issued an office order for the promotion of 201 assistant teachers of Lakshmipur Sadar, Kamalnagar and Raipur upazilas of Lakshmipur district to the post of head teacher (grade-11, pay scale-12500-30230 taka) in view of the recommendations of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission.
With the issuance of this office order, the long-standing desire of the assistant teachers has been over, a press release said here on Thursday.