Bangladeshi pacer Mustafizur Rahman returned to the top of the list of wicket-taking bowlers in the tournament in Chennai Super Kings' big win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket.

The match was a matter of life and death for both teams. Gazi Tyres Cricket Academy could not challenge their opponents in any category in that fight. Rupganj Tigers Cricket Club ensured their survival in the Premier League by beating them.

Rupganj Tigers won by 7 wickets at BKSP Ground No. 3 on Monday. The team bundled out Gazi Tyres for 206 runs with the combined efforts of the bowlers. Later, two openers Mahfizul Islam and Jasim Uddin paved the way for an easy win. They reached the target of 207 runs with 95 balls remaining in the last match of the relegation league.

Rupganj Tigers won 4 of their 13 matches. Despite winning against City Club in the previous match, Gazi Tyres lost the last match and were relegated to the first division. They reached the top level of Dhaka club cricket for the first time and could only survive for one season.

City Club, which has won just 2 of its 13 matches, was relegated before Gazi Tyres. In place of these two teams, Agrani Bank Cricket Club and Gulshan Cricket Club will play in the Premier League next season after being promoted from the first division.

After winning the toss and opting to bat, all five batsmen of Gazi Tires touched double figures. But none of them could extend the innings.

Captain Gazi Tahjibul Islam, who came in at number seven, scored 52 runs off 44 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes, helping the team somehow cross the 200-run mark.

No bowler from Rupganj was able to take more than one wicket, but everyone contributed collectively in the tight bowling.

Chasing the runs, Mahfizul and Jasim batted for an opening partnership of 155 runs off 151 balls for Rupganj Tigers. Both came back off Shamim Mia in the 26th over. Mahfizul scored 74 runs off 77 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes. Jasim batted for 77 runs off 75 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes.

Salman Hossain and Abdullah Al Mamun secured the victory with an unbroken partnership of 41 runs off 31 balls for the fourth wicket.

Mahfizul won the Man of the Match award for his innings of 74 runs. The opener, who played in the 2022 Under-19 World Cup, finished this league with 410 runs in 11 matches with 3 fifties.

Short Score:

Ghazi Tires Cricket Academy: 206/7 in 50 overs (Mohabbat 27, Iftekhar Hossain 27, Ashiqur 17, Hafizur 21, Shamim 32, Ashraful 2, Tahjibul 52*, Iftekhar Sajjad 14, Aridul 1*; Mohiuddin 10-0-35-1, Ariful 6-1-19-1, Mamun 8-0-35-0, Hashim 10-2-33-1, Sohag 10-0-42-1, Ghalib 5-0-27-1, Aich 1-0-11-0)

Rupganj Tigers Cricket Club: 207/3 in 34.1 overs (Mahfizul 74, Jasim 77, Shamsur 7, Salman 23*, Mamun 20*; Iqbal 3-0-23-0, Leon 5-0-16-0, Aridul 8-0-38-1, Iftekhar Hossain 4-0-36-0, Iftekhar Sajjad 4-0-25-0, Hafizur 3-0-17-0, Shamim 5-0-44-2, Ashraful 2.1-0-8-0).

Results: Rupganj Tigers Cricket Club won by 7 wickets.

The High Court has ordered the Health Secretary and the Drug Administration to take measures to stop arbitrary increases in drug prices. A High Court bench headed by Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam issued the order on Monday.

The court ordered the Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services to inform the government within 30 days about the action taken against the pharmaceutical companies. The pharmaceutical companies have been told not to import raw materials without government approval.

In addition, the High Court has issued a rule on why it is not illegal for the country's pharmaceutical companies to not take action to stop illegal drug pricing.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from Bangkok after a six-day official visit to Thailand.

The flight carrying him landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital at 11:30 am on Monday (April 29).

Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Bangkok on Monday morning (local time).

Sheikh Hasina arrived in Bangkok on the afternoon of April 24 as part of both a bilateral and multilateral visit to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries at the invitation of Thai Prime Minister Sreetha Thavisin.

Sheikh Hasina was given a red carpet welcome upon her arrival at Don Mueang International Airport, where she was given a 19-gun salute and a guard of honor.

A court has granted a one-day remand to two employees of Medi Graphic Trading Ltd in a case of embezzlement and damage caused by forging tenders of the Directorate General of Defence Procurement. The accused taken on remand are Md. Rabiul Karim (45) and Shantanu Kumar Das (46).

The accused were produced in court from the jail on Monday (April 29). Then, a hearing was held on the application filed by the investigation officer, Gulshan Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Bilal Al Azad, on April 24, to take the accused on a five-day remand. On that day, the lawyers applied for bail for the accused. After the hearing, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farah Diba Chanda rejected the bail of the accused and granted a one-day remand.

On April 24, the investigating officer of the case presented the accused in court and applied for a five-day remand for the sake of a fair investigation of the case. On the other hand, the accused applied for the remand to be canceled and bail was sought. Hearing both sides, the court rejected the bail of the accused and ordered to send them to jail. At the same time, it fixed April 29 for the remand hearing.

Police Sub-Inspector Shah Alam, an officer of the General Registration Branch of Gulshan Police Station, confirmed this information in court.

According to the complaint, according to the employment rules of the company (Medi Graphic Trading Ltd.), no employee can work in the business of similar products or in any other organization while employed. The company has been working as the sole distributor of Japanese companies Fuji Film and Shimadzu for a long time. Accused No. 1, namely Md. Rabiul Karim, was instructed to conduct official activities in the Directorate General of Defense Procurement, Ministry of Defense on behalf of the company. On April 1, the company came to know through a show cause notice from the Directorate General of Defense Procurement, Ministry of Defense that while employed in the company, accused No. 1 participated in a tender for another organization called The Creative International with the aim of defrauding and embezzling government money by concealing information from government organizations. And signed as the CEO and managing partner of that organization. He is also associated with another organization called Technology International. From the show cause notice, the company learned that the second accused, Shantanu Kumar Das, has been doing such illegal activities for a long time as a business partner of the accused Rabiul. The accused Rabiul fraudulently issued a letter from the Directorate General of Defence Procurement on April 13, using a forged company letterhead and a forged signature, stating that he was the company's representative.

By concealing information, accused No. 1 embezzled a huge amount of money from his personal and the company named The Creative International Medi Graphic Company and the accused acquired many properties anonymously under different names. Although they were employed in the company with a small salary. Through illegal acquisition, accused Rabiul became the owner of 4 luxurious flats in Dhaka, a garden house in Rangpur, and 50 bighas of land in Natore. When the accused were asked for the account of the sale of goods, they failed to provide the account. Accused Shantanu illegally and illegally embezzled the company's money through various forgeries and frauds and deposited a large amount of money in the bank anonymously.

The accused participated in the tender in the name of The Creative International and embezzled money from Medi Graphic Trading Ltd. by creating fake documents showing the full cost. From December 22, 2021 to April 1, 2024, they embezzled about twenty crore taka from Medi Graphic Trading Ltd. and caused a business loss of about thirty crore taka.

In this incident, Medi Graphic's admin officer Sheikh Zakir Hossain filed a case with Gulshan Police Station as the plaintiff. In the case, the accused were charged with forgery with the intention of defrauding, using forged documents, embezzling company funds and causing damage.

The Ministry of Education has announced the closure of schools in a total of 25 districts, including Khulna, 16 districts of Rajshahi division, 6 districts of Dhaka division, 2 districts in Rangpur and one district in Barisal, on Tuesday (April 30) due to severe heatwave.

Abul Khair, public relations officer of the Ministry of Education, gave this information on Monday (April 29).

Abul Khair said that due to the ongoing heat wave in the country, in consultation with the Meteorological Department, all secondary schools, colleges, madrasas and technical educational institutions in all districts of Khulna and Rajshahi divisions, Dhaka, Tangail, Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Gazipur and Manikganj districts of Dhaka division, Kurigram and Dinajpur districts of Rangpur division and Patuakhali district of Barisal division will be closed tomorrow (April 30).

The districts of Khulna division are Jessore, Satkhira, Meherpur, Narail, Chuadanga, Kushtia, Magura, Khulna district. The districts of Rajshahi division are Rajshahi, Natore, Naogaon, Chapainawabganj, Pabna, Sirajganj, Bogra and Joypurhat.

Meanwhile, the High Court has ordered the closure of classes in primary and secondary schools and madrasas until May 2 amid the ongoing heat wave. However, the order states that this order will not apply to schools that have AC facilities or where exams are ongoing, as well as to O Level, A Level exams, and colleges and universities.

While primary schools were declared closed until Thursday in compliance with the High Court's directive, secondary, vocational, madrasa and college levels were declared closed only until Tuesday.

Meanwhile, no one in charge of the Ministry of Education agreed to comment on the High Court's directive. However, public relations officer Abul Khair suggested talking about it at the ministerial or secretary level. However, no statement was received from the Education Minister, State Minister, or Secretary.

An additional secretary, on condition of anonymity, told Dhaka Post that the High Court is saying that the school will remain closed until Thursday, but Wednesday is May 1. It is a public holiday for International Workers' Day. Tuesday is closed and Wednesday is a public holiday. If the weather conditions improve, the school will be closed for one day instead of declaring a continuous closure on Thursday. In the meantime, if the weather conditions improve, the school will be opened from Thursday. And if a continuous closure is declared or the holiday is canceled, there will be more criticism.

Yesterday (Sunday), the Ministry of Education announced in a message that all secondary schools, colleges, madrasas and technical educational institutions in Dhaka, Chuadanga, Jessore, Khulna and Rajshahi districts will remain closed on Monday (April 29) due to the ongoing heat wave. The ministry said that this decision was taken in consultation with the Ministry of Health and the Meteorological Department. However, educational institutions that have air-conditioning systems can remain open if they wish.

Earlier, all educational institutions across the country opened on Sunday after a total of 1 month and 3 days of holidays, including seven days due to Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr and intense heat. However, secondary schools, madrasas and technical institutions were declared closed on Sunday due to injuries to students and teachers in many parts of the country.

Awami League General Secretary and Bridge Minister Obaidul Quader said, I don't think BNP is a democratic party. There is no precedent for democracy in their history. They have killed democracy, turned it into a farce. They never obeyed the democratic rules even within the party.

He said these things after paying tributes at the tomb of Sher Bangla AK Fazlul Haque on the occasion of his 62nd death anniversary on Saturday morning.

Obaidul Quader said, BNP does not consider the people as the main issue to gain power by slavery. Slavery of foreign masters can go to power? Still their predicament is how to go to power by enslaving foreign masters?

He also said, they talk big, when did they have a party council? Where did they party council? 7-8 years ago there was a central committee meeting at La Méridien. Jambujet Marka Committee of 501 people belongs to them. Therefore, we do not expect those who do not have democracy within their own party to establish democracy in the country.

Regarding Sher Bangla AK Fazlul Haque, Obaidul Quader said that national leader Sher Bangla was one of the people who took politics to common people in this country. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman inspired the common people with the mantra of freedom. The farmers of rural Bengal will never forget Shere Bangla. He will forever be remembered among them. He is still remembered for protecting usurer moneylenders from tyranny by forming the Debt Arbitration Board.

Obaidul Quader also said, today our commitment is to form the non-communal Bangladesh of Bangabandhu, Suhrawardy, Maulana Bhasani, Sher Bangla AK Fazlul Haque. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, we are fighting to build a humane and non-communal Bangladesh. That is the dream of Sheree Bangla AK Fazlul Haque and that is our pledge today.

Awami League's central executive meeting is being held on Tuesday. The meeting will begin at 7 pm at Ganabhaban, the official residence of the Prime Minister. It will be chaired by Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The party sources said that the meeting will discuss the conflicts between the parties around the upcoming upazila elections. In particular, there will be the issue of candidates for the relatives of ministers-MPs and leaders in the upazila elections, ignoring the party instructions and trying to spread influence. As a result, the meeting is supposed to decide and decide the strategy to resolve the conflict at the grass root level.

Apart from this, other organizational issues of the party as well as the latest socio-economic, political issues will be discussed and decided. The program of various national and party days will also be finalized in the meeting.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader in a statement requested the party's central executive members to attend the meeting.

The Awami League MPs and ministers concerned are facing a lot of trouble for running their relatives in the upazila elections without heeding the instructions. The sword of organizational punishment is coming down on them. Their party positions and titles may be taken away. They may even not get the party's nomination in the next parliamentary elections. Ministers who do not heed the party's strong message may be dropped from the cabinet at any time.

Relatives of several Awami League MPs are contesting the upazila elections without following the party's instructions. Party General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has spoken to the concerned MPs to remove them from the elections. However, he did not budge! Not a single MPO has withdrawn their relatives from the voting field. There has been a negative reaction within the party regarding this.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that the leaders of the terrorist group BNP are trying to play the 'sympathy card' by showing themselves tortured and oppressed. By abandoning the politics of public welfare, BNP is getting weaker and weaker day by day.

He said these things in a statement on Monday. Obaidul Quader condemned and protested the recent statement of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as 'politically motivated'. He said that BNP as a political party is not able to add any new dimension to mass politics. Therefore, the party's general secretary Mirza Fakhrul is regularly singing the same song in the media; Constantly making false and baseless arrests of torture and torture. They are adopting this tactic for the failure of giving any political program for the people.