Members of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have arrested a member of a human trafficking gang from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
A team of CID arrested Fabiha Jerin Tamanna from the airport while she was trying to flee to Nepal on Wednesday night, said Jashim Uddin, special superintendent of police (media) of CID on Thursday.
When briefing, police said Jerin was a partner of Dream Home Travels and Tours Ltd and an active member of a human trafficking gang.
Members of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police have detained actress Meher Afroz Shaon from Dhaka Dhanmondi.
Shaon was brought to the DB office for questioning for making anti-state remarks, DMP Deputy Commissioner (media) Talebur Rahman said on Thursday evening.
A large crowd was observed on the sixth day of the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela 2025.
Although sales were not yet high, representatives from several stalls said that the turnout was steadily increasing.
The variety of books also gradually expanded. According to the Bangla Academy Public Relations Office, 80 new books arrived at the fair today.
This year book fair features several programmes focused on the July Mass Uprising. Upon entering through the TSC gate, a stage has been set up on the right-hand side where the event “The Story of July” began. Every day at 7 pm, someone who had participated in the July movement shares their stories of the uprising.
Additionally, within the Bangla Academy premises, there is a stall for the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, which sells various books related to the July Uprising. Several individuals said that during the previous government tenure, opposition parties were not allowed to participate in the book fair.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has requested Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur to take necessary steps to temporarily freeze all bank officials safe deposits in lockers in its vault.
A letter, signed by ACC Director Kazi Sayemuzzaman, has been sent to the central bank governor on Tuesday, ACC Deputy Director Akhtarul Islam told UNB.
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed agreed on the need to freeze the lockers at a meeting with ACC Chairman Dr Mohammad Abdul Momen on January 30.
As per the ACC letter, ACC officials, in the presence of an executive magistrate, found 55,000 euro, $1.70 lakh, FDR worth Tk70 lakh, over one kilogram of gold in three sealed cans of former BB deputy governor Sitangshu Kumar Sur Chowhdury.
The information of the assets were not mentioned in the income tax returns, it said.