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A grocery trader was allegedly hacked and robbed of his motorcycle and Tk 20,000 by a group of assailants in Mohammadpur yesterday morning.

The officer-in-charge of Cantonment Police Station, Md Rakibul Hasan, has been withdrawn and attached to DMP headquarters after an audio clip allegedly containing his controversial remarks about the government, administration, and police went viral on social media.

The government is committed to preventing human trafficking by strengthening laws, law enforcement capacity and the criminal justice system, said Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman yesterday.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman yesterday warned that he would oppose the proposed Cyber Security Act 2026 amendment if it was aimed at silencing people’s voices.

Today is the eighth death anniversary of freedom fighter and journalist Raisul Haque Bahar, said a press release.

Professor Rehman Sobhan yesterday said the world would remain “unequal and unjust” unless structural flaws in the prevailing development models were addressed.

On September 11, Hemela Begum had just returned home around Asr to perform ablution when her daughter-in-law suddenly called out, “Maa, come, everything is going away.”

Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) yesterday published a report outlining its activities and “accountability” over the past year.

Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar yesterday urged the government not to take decisions against the people’s will by using its parliamentary majority.

Amid ongoing criticisms over a photograph of Pakistani leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah displayed at the Ducsu Museum, the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union has come under scrutiny over photographs of several renowned poets and writers.

Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Saleh Shibly yesterday said the government is committed to full media freedom, but such freedom does not mean “arbitrariness”.

A total of 99 judges have been transferred and given new postings in a major reshuffle in the judiciary.

Prime Minister’s Adviser Mahdi Amin has urged Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi to ensure that fugitive allies of fascism and convicted criminals staying in India cannot attempt to create instability in Bangladesh.

The Election Commission (EC) wants to complete Union Parishad elections before June 6 next year, citing HSC examinations, floods and their impact on primary and secondary education.

Twelve points through which sewage enters Gulshan Lake have been identified, with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman directing the authorities to take immediate measures to stop the flow of polluted water and sewage into the lake.

The government has decided to stop digging roads in Dhaka during the monsoon and shut down illegal battery-rickshaw charging stations as part of measures to ease traffic congestion and disruption from uncoordinated development work.

The Ducsu leadership has devoted much of its time in office to infrastructure development across the university, rather than delivering on key campaign pledges concerning student accommodation, food standards and campus security.