Malaysian cops handed out 87 tickets during some motorcycle rally that went down across Melaka state over a three-day stretch. Traffic enforcement caught people riding with expired vehicle registrations, no valid licenses, sketchy aftermarket parts, and missing insurance coverage, among a bunch of other violations.
The police chief said the biggest problems were dead licenses and people cruising without proper credentials, but nobody got their bike impounded, and zero arrests went down. They also nabbed folks for helmet issues, loud exhausts, and janky brake lights without any serious crashes happening during the whole event.
RAB grabbed one of the guys linked to that shooting where independence activist Sharif Osman Hadi got blasted in the head. They picked up Md Kabir from Narayanganj after figuring out he rolled up to the cultural center with the main suspect a few days before everything went down. Kabir apparently holds some position with the Awami volunteer group and lives over in Adabar.
Hadi was running for parliament when somebody shot him on a random street in Paltan, and surgeons had to crack open his skull at the hospital before moving him somewhere fancier. His condition still looks pretty rough. Cops filed attempted murder charges against the primary attacker, plus a bunch of mystery people they have not identified yet.
The victim ended up...
The US Coast Guard basically gave Chattogram port a perfect score after checking if it follows international security rules. The inspection team spent a couple of days looking over everything and sent back a report with zero problems found, which the port authority says is pretty huge for them.
Port officials explained that the American delegation went through all their security setups, checked how well they stick to the maritime security code, and looked at their tech and infrastructure. The whole thing confirms that the port meets global standards for preventing terrorism, smuggling, and other sketchy activities.
Getting this clean bill of health matters because Chattogram handles a ton of international trade, and having solid...
A Dhaka court handed journalist Anis Alamgir a five-day remand after cops said he posted stuff online about potential attacks on the July Memorial Museum and the chief adviser's house. Prosecutors claimed he was backing the banned student league and working to mess with state security, but his defense team pointed out that way harsher comments fly around on TV talk shows all the time without anyone getting arrested.
His lawyers argued that throwing opinions online under cyber laws is one thing, but slapping terrorism charges on speech is completely different. Alamgir basically told the court he has been questioning power for twenty years and plans to keep doing it regardless of who runs things. The whole case seems built around...
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus dropped some commemorative postal stuff for Victory Day at the State Guest House Jamuna, with a bunch of government officials standing around for the ceremony. The whole event was basically about rolling out a stamp, envelope, and seal to mark the anniversary of when Bangladesh broke free from Pakistani control after that brutal war back in the early seventies.
The country gears up every year to celebrate this day with massive programs honoring everyone who died fighting for independence. Pakistan's military basically folded after nine months of fighting, and that surrender turned into the birth of the nation.
Bangladesh and India are doing their annual thing where they swap military people for Victory Day stuff. Ten folks from India showed up in Dhaka, with eight being war vets and two active duty officers. Meanwhile, Bangladesh sent eight freedom fighters and two serving military officers over to Kolkata for their side of the celebrations.
The Indian High Commission said these visits let veterans from both countries hang out and remember the whole liberation thing from back when Pakistan got kicked out. The events are basically about keeping that friendship alive between the two militaries and honoring everyone who fought together during the war.
Bangladesh cricket captains Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mehidy Hasan Miraz got into some playful trash talk ahead of their charity exhibition match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The two squads are loaded with national team players, and the whole thing is being run by the Cricketers Welfare Association to help out former players who are struggling financially. Both captains basically said the fundraiser should have happened way earlier, and they want to use it to build up support systems for cricketers who hit rough patches.
The banter spread to the coaching staff, with everyone getting in on the jokes about committee selections and sledging during the actual game. Money raised goes straight to helping underprivileged former...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir promised his party would protect the July uprising fighters if they win the election. He said those activists are worried about their safety after the interim government steps down, and BNP wants to make sure they stay secure under any new administration. The party held a Victory Day event where Fakhrul laid into the Awami League for trying to mess with their reputation through propaganda and violence.
Fakhrul went hard on the connection between BNP founder Ziaur Rahman and the country's independence, saying Rahman actually fought inside Bangladesh instead of camping out across the border like other commanders. He claims Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will be back in the country later...
Bangladesh jewelers just jacked up gold prices again, adding another 1,470 taka per bhori to hit 217,067 taka. The Bangladesh Jewellers' Association pricing committee signed off on this after meeting up, and it comes right after they already bumped prices by over 3,000 taka just a couple of days earlier.
The 22-carat stuff will run you 18,610 taka per gram, while 21-carat sits at 17,765. Traditional gold got priced at 12,680 per gram. Silver stayed put, though, with 22-carat holding at 392 taka per gram.
People buying this stuff also have to cough up an extra 5 percent VAT from the government, plus at least 6 percent for the making charge, which can go higher depending on how fancy the design gets.
