A Dhaka court handed cops five days to grill three people connected to the guy who shot Sharif Osman Hadi from Inqilab Moncho. The accused are Saheda Parvin Samia, who's married to shooter Faisal Karim Masud, plus his friend Maria Akter Lima and brother-in-law Wahid Ahmed Sipu. Magistrate Jashita Islam signed off after police asked for seven days with the trio.
Hadi caught bullets while riding in a battery-powered rickshaw when two dudes rolled up on a motorcycle and opened fire. CCTV footage helped cops finger Faisal as the trigger man and Alamgir Sheikh as the driver.
Abdullah Al Jaber from Inqilab Moncho filed the attempted murder case at Paltan Model Police Station after the shooting went down on Box Culvert Road.
Bashundhara Shuvosangho got people together at Jakob Tower in Char Fasson to read old letters that freedom fighters sent back and forth with family during the war. Members got pretty emotional going through messages that showed how brutal things were, plus the determination fighters had to kick out foreign control and their feelings for loved ones back home.
Shamima Nasrin from the local unit said the correspondence goes beyond basic history since it proves national identity through mental toughness and sacrifice. Md Habib mentioned younger people need exposure to this stuff for patriotism reasons, while Maria pointed out that tech-obsessed kids deserve real war stories outside textbooks. The group thinks these sessions give authentic...
A Dhaka court told authorities to yank a specific batch of Nestlé KitKat off shelves after a food inspector from Dhaka South City Corporation filed paperwork saying the chocolate was sketchy. Kamrul Hasan claimed batch number 44399139 lacks proper registration and clearance from standards agencies, making it potentially dangerous for people eating it. The court gave everyone until late January to pull the products and report back.
The inspector wants all KitKat imports and sales to be paused until Nestlé gets the right BSTI license sorted out. Apparently, the whole situation threatens public health because the chocolate doesn't meet quality standards, and removing it would help crack down on dodgy food floating around Bangladesh's market.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus dropped a Victory Day statement saying the interim government is wrapping up major reforms to get Bangladesh running properly after decades of authoritarian mess-ups. He said the country won independence back in the 70s after a brutal nine-month war, but authoritarianism kept creeping back in and wrecking things. The July Uprising apparently gave everyone another shot at building an actual democracy without corruption taking over everything.
Yunus wants people from all backgrounds to team up and finish what freedom fighters started, making the country livable for younger generations. He thinks the reforms will root out tyranny and get transparency locked in while pushing sustainable development that...
Border guards said they still have no clue if the guys who shot Sharif Osman Hadi actually made it across to India through Mymensingh. Colonel Sarkar Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman told reporters that BGB and cops ran a joint sweep looking for Philip Snal, who allegedly helped attackers bounce to India, but the dude slipped away even though three other people got grabbed.
Authorities are checking both angles, whether the shooters crossed over or are posted up somewhere inside Bangladesh. They snagged Philip's wife Delta Chiran, her dad, Yerson Rangdi, and two suspected human traffickers from border areas near Sherpur and Haluaghat. Another person tied to Philip got detained later for questioning.
BGB is showing photos of suspect Faisal...
Bashundhara Shuvosangho threw a memorial event in Chapainawabganj to remember when the district got freed during the war, and Md Asifur Rahman ran the whole thing as district president. The gathering happened at Harimohan High School's mango orchard, where people talked about Bir Sreshtho Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir and Golam Nabi Satu getting killed while fighting for liberation.
Speakers said the war defines what Bangladesh stands for, and doing good work for citizens honors everyone who died back then. Adviser Md Rafiqul Alam mentioned the group helped locals with food and warm clothes when COVID hit, plus they plan to keep running programs that teach women job skills.
Asifur said the organization wants to set up more free medical...
A bunch of water and sanitation groups got politicians together at a Dhaka hotel to push for clean water and hygiene promises in their election platforms. The Network of WASH Networks, which is ten different organizations working with WaterAid Bangladesh, hosted the whole thing with reps from BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, Communist Party, and other parties showing up. People like Shaheed Uddin Chowdhury Annie from BNP and Dr SM Khaliduzzaman, running for Dhaka-17, were in the room.
The groups want dedicated funding for water projects, solid policies for menstrual health stuff, and recognition that sanitation matters for climate adaptation and economic growth. They pushed for job creation through the water industry and getting companies to...
Barrister Ahsan Habib Bhuiyan went after five people in court because they apparently ghosted everyone on refunds after Atif Aslam's concert got scrapped. The accused are Kazi Rafsan from Main Stage Inc., Briti Sabrina Khan, Chologhuri Limited as a company, plus Asif Iqbal and Promi Islam, who run that business. A Dhaka court told the Detective Branch to dig into the mess and report back within 15 working days.
The whole thing was supposed to go down with Atif performing alongside Nemesis, Azam Khan Feeders, and some folk musicians, but the Pakistani singer pulled out because organizers fumbled permits, security clearances, and logistics. He posted on Facebook saying it wasn't safe or realistic to move forward, and he felt bad about...
Home Adviser Lt Gen Jahangir Alam Chowdhury told reporters that DUCSU's three demands about nabbing the people who shot Osman Hadi make sense, and the government plans to follow through. DUCSU Vice President Abu Shadik Kayem brought a crew of 14 to the Secretariat after marching from campus, and he basically said the home, foreign, and law advisers need to quit if action doesn't happen fast.
DUCSU wants everyone who attacked Hadi rounded up, plus a 48-hour deadline for cops to sweep neighborhoods and grab Awami League members along with their illegal guns. They're also pushing for Sheikh Hasina to get dragged back from India so her death sentence can go down, calling it a move against Indian influence. The group said diplomatic ties...
