US Embassy in Dhaka advises US citizens to be vigilant about protests

April 12, 2025

The US Embassy in Dhaka has advised US citizens to be vigilant due to protests across the country, including Dhaka, in response to the conflict in Gaza, Palestine.

The advice was given in a post on the US Embassy's website, Facebook page and X (formerly Twitter) handle in Dhaka on Monday.

The post said that there could be a day-long protest today, Monday (April 7, 2025). University students are planning to participate in mass demonstrations and protests across the country, including Dhaka, in response to the conflict in Gaza. The US Embassy in Dhaka will limit its services in the afternoon today, Monday (April 7) due to possible traffic congestion and protest rallies towards the embassy.



Results of oral examination for two Metrorail posts published

April 12, 2025

The results of the oral examination for the positions of Ticket Machine Operator and Customer Relations Assistant of the 100% government-owned Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) have been published. 139 candidates have passed the Ticket Machine Operator and 63 candidates have passed the Customer Relations Assistant positions.

Candidates who pass the oral examination will have to collect their appointment letters from DMTCL's Diabari office on February 10. The results of the oral examination will also be communicated to the successful candidates through SMS.



Government employee hospital written exam schedule for 191 posts published

April 12, 2025

The written examination schedule for the recruitment of 191 vacant posts of 36 categories in the 11th-20th grade in the Government Employees Hospital has been published. This information was given in a notification by the institution. The notification said that the written examination for 191 posts of 36 categories will be held on April 18 and May 2 and 16. The examination will be conducted at Eden Women's College in the capital.

The time and date of the written examination will also be communicated to the candidate through SMS on their mobile phone. To participate in the examination, visit this website

 



Bangladeshi teacher Raisul wins student council election at Irish university

April 12, 2025

Bangladeshi student Raisul Sourav has been elected to the position of ethnic minority officer for the 2025-26 Meats of the University of Galway Students Union in Ireland, a world-leading university established in 1845, where the student union began in 1911. It later became the current union in 1964. The current President of Ireland, Michael de Higgins, was the first president of the then Student Union in 1964-65.

The locals will be elected for the second consecutive term in the 2024-25 period after the election of the local 9 pm election.

Associate Professor of Law Department of Dhaka International University and Supreme Court lawyer Raisul Sourav Golte is doing research in the college of Business, Public Policy and Law under the scholarship of the University Law School in the law school.

 



10 percent discount on air tickets for the New Year

April 12, 2025

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has announced a special discount on tickets for the new year. According to the announcement, passengers will get a 10 percent discount if they buy tickets from Biman's website and mobile apps.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines General Manager (Public Relations) Bosra Islam gave this information in a press release sent to the media on Sunday.

The announcement mentioned that by using the promo code FLYBG 2025 while purchasing tickets from Biman Bangladesh Airlines' website www. biman-airlines. com and mobile apps, one can get a 10 percent discount on the basic fare to all domestic and international destinations of Biman. It was also stated that the offer will remain valid until further notice.


English – Fifth Grade

April 12, 2025

Rearrange

17.

A. There, Your, District, Is, Park, Any, In

B. Can, You, See, What, On, This, Island

C. Excellent, Is, Handwriting, Your, How

D. Take, Breakfast, What, Your, Time, Do, You

E. Day, Independence, 26, Our, Is, March

Answer:

a. Is there any park in your district?

B. What can you see on this land?

c. How excellent your handwriting is!

d. What time do you take your breakfast?

e. 26 March is our independence day.

18.

A. Back, Do, Come, When, You

B. Class, What, You, Read, Do, In

C. You, Do, When, To, Go, School

D. Do, when, get up, you, bed, from

E. in, dipika, lives, a, flat, dhaka, in

Answer:

a. When do you come back?

B. What class do you read in?

c. When do you go to school?

d. When do you get up from bed?

e. Dipika lives in a flat in Dhaka.



Senior Staff Nurse (10th Grade) Oral Examination Date Change

April 12, 2025

The date of the examination for the post of 'Senior Staff Nurse' of the 10th grade of the Department of Nursing and Midwifery under the Health Services Division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been changed. The oral examination of 260 candidates scheduled for April 28 will be held on May 22. Other dates and schedules of the oral examination will remain unchanged.



FBI looking for similarities, links between two attacks in the United States

April 12, 2025

The new year in the United States began with bloodshed. In the first 24 hours of 2025, three attacks occurred in the country. 16 people were killed in these attacks. Many were injured. Investigators from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) suspect that there is any connection between these attacks that occurred at the beginning of the year. They have already started working to verify the truth of this suspicion. Along with the FBI, the US police are investigating this incident.

The first attack took place on Wednesday local time in New Orleans, Louisiana. A man drove a car into people attending a New Year's Eve party there. He was a former member of the US military. The car he was using was found to be carrying a flag of the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS). Fifteen people, including the attacker, were killed and 35 were injured in the incident.

Hours later, a Tesla-made "cybertruck" exploded outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, killing the truck driver, who was also a member of the U.S. military. Seven people were injured in the incident. The latest attack took place outside a club in New York on Wednesday night, when gunmen opened fire, wounding 10 people.

Many have expressed concerns about whether these attacks are part of a larger plan. For example, American author Sean Hastings said, "The New Orleans attack and the Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas are incredible coincidences. Or we are seeing coordinated terrorist attacks across the United States. If ISIS is also involved in the Las Vegas attack, then we are in big trouble."

The US administration has described the New Orleans attack as 'terrorism'-related. US President Joe Biden has said that it is investigating whether the Cyber Truck explosion has any connection to it. However, he has stated that no such information has come to light so far. For now, investigators are also saying the same.

Similarities between the two attacks

According to various US media reports, the possibility of a connection between the three attacks that took place last Wednesday cannot be completely ruled out. The two attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas occurred within a very short time. Both attackers were members of the US military. They were even stationed at the same military base. In addition, both of them rented cars from an application called 'Turo App'.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump is going to take office as the President of the United States on January 20. There have also been allegations that a planned attack is being carried out to destabilize the situation. In particular, the company that manufactured the Cybertruck that exploded, Tesla, is owned by billionaire Elon Musk. And the explosion also took place in front of Trump's hotel. Musk was a big supporter of Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Many are making a big deal out of this.

Las Vegas Police Officer Kevin McMahill said that there were explosives inside the cyber truck. Explosives were also recovered from the scene of the attack in New Orleans. So, they are investigating whether there is a connection between the two incidents. They are also looking into whether the attacks are related to Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, the FBI is investigating whether terrorism is behind the Las Vegas incident. They said that so far there is no evidence of ISIS involvement in the incident. There is also no link to the New Orleans attack. However, the investigation is still in its early stages. The real story will come out as time goes by.



BCS recruitment: 227 people excluded under old rules

April 12, 2025

Many candidates recommended by the PSC from the 28th BCS to the 42nd BCS were denied appointments due to not being Awami League ideologists. Of these, 259 have been appointed during the current interim government. This has been stated in a report by the Ministry of Public Administration.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification on Monday appointing 1,896 people from the 43rd BCS. 267 people who received recommendations from the Public Service Commission (PSC) were excluded from this appointment. The Ministry of Public Administration says that 227 of these candidates have adverse comments from intelligence agencies. Due to this, they have been temporarily considered unsuitable for appointment. The remaining 40 did not participate in the health examination.

Public administration experts say that the general rule is that a candidate with a criminal record, a criminal record or any other such offense should be considered unsuitable for appointment. But in reality, for years, political affiliations of candidates or their families and relatives have been sought. The desire for change that began with the movement against quotas in jobs and ended with the student uprising in 2024, led many to hope that such a system would end. But in reality, it has not stopped yet.

This time, there is a lot of discussion after the publication of the notification for the appointment of 227 people who passed the 43rd BCS exam. Many people are also making various comments on the social media Facebook about the issue. The excluded candidates have been vocal about this. The Ministry of Public Administration has taken the matter into consideration. The ministry said in a notification on Thursday that any application for reconsideration from among the 227 people who are unsuitable for appointment is being accepted. The opportunity to apply for reconsideration is open to everyone.

The Ministry of Public Administration also explained why these candidates were excluded. The notification said that the PSC temporarily nominated 2,163 people for appointment to various cadres through the 43rd BCS examination and recommended them on January 25 last year. Then, according to the rules, the pre-character of the candidates was verified through the special branch of the police and the district administrators, and a total of 99 people were excluded, including 40 who were absent in the health examination and 59 people considering the agency's report, and the remaining 2,064 people were appointed, and a notification was issued on October 15. Since then, questions have been raised about the acceptability of this appointment from various perspectives. In view of this, it was decided to further verify the pre-character of the 2,163 people recommended by the 43rd BCS through the state intelligence agencies NSI and DGFI in order to determine transparent candidates and re-establish trust and confidence in the government recruitment process. Reports on the suitability or unsuitability of 2,163 candidates were received from NSI and DGFI.

According to the report, adverse comments were received about the background of 227 candidates. Due to adverse comments, 227 candidates were temporarily considered unsuitable for appointment and it was decided to conduct further verification and inquiry into their cases. However, 40 people who were absent from the health examination were considered unsuitable for appointment. In this situation, a notification for the appointment of 1,896 people was issued on December 30.

Firoz Mia, a job expert and former additional secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, told Prothom Alo, "If someone has a criminal case against them, has been in jail, or is a notorious terrorist, the police will report them by mentioning their records. If someone gets a job by cheating, that should also be taken into consideration. But no one can be excluded for any other reason or political consideration other than this type of crime. But this has happened in the past and is happening now. This should not be done in any way, it should stop."



Government sends three more additional IGPs on compulsory retirement

April 12, 2025

Three more officers of the rank of Additional Inspector General of Police (Additional IG) have been sent on retirement. This brings the total number of Additional IGs of Police sent on compulsory retirement since the fall of the Awami League government on August 5.

The Home Ministry on Wednesday announced the retirement of three senior police officers in three separate notifications. They are Police Staff College Rector Mallick Fakhrul Islam, Police Telecom Chief YM Belalur Rahman, and Police Headquarters Additional IG Selim Md. Jahangir.

These notifications were signed by Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Nasimul Gani on the orders of the President. It said that they have been retired from government service in public interest as per the provisions of Section 45 of the Government Services Act, 2018 (Act No. 57 of 2018). They will be entitled to retirement benefits in public interest as per the rules. This order issued in public interest will come into effect immediately.

Earlier, on December 2, the government sent 9 police officers on compulsory retirement. They are CID Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Selim Hossain, Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) Assistant Police Commissioner M R Shawkat Anwar Islam, RAB Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Nasir Uddin Bhuiyan, Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Mizanur Rahman and Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Jamal Uddin, APBN Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Matiur Rahman and Assistant Superintendent of Police Jobairul Haque, SAF Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Enayet Hossain and Industrial Area Police Assistant Superintendent of Police (under transfer order to RAB) Md. Mosharraf Hossain.

Earlier, on October 8, former Director General of RAB and Additional IG of Police Headquarters Md. Harun Or Rashid, Additional IG of Highway Police Shahabuddin Khan, and former Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) (currently working in Tourist Police) Supernumerary Additional IG Khandaker Mohid Uddin were sent on compulsory retirement.

On September 22, Additional Inspector General of Police (Additional IG) Devdas Bhattacharya working in the Railway Police, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of the Integrated Industrial Area Police in Dhaka AKM Hafiz Akhter, who was promoted as a supernumerary Additional IG, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of Police Telecom in Dhaka Bashir Ahmed, Superintendent of Police Mizanur Rahman, who was ordered to be integrated in Dhaka, Assistant Superintendent of Police Rafiqul Islam working in the APBN headquarters, and Assistant Police Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Dadan Fakir were sent to retirement.

Earlier, on September 2, Additional Inspector General of Police Headquarters Khandaker Lutful Kabir, Additional Inspector General of Tourist Police Mir Rezaul Alam, Additional Deputy Inspector General of Noakhali Police Training Center Chowdhury Manjurul Kabir, and Deputy Inspector General of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) (currently in charge) Imam Hossain were sent on compulsory retirement.

On August 27, Additional Inspector General of Police Headquarters Krishnapada Roy, Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) Commissioner (Deputy Inspector General rank) Md. Mozammel Haque and KMP Additional Commissioner (Additional Deputy Inspector General) Sardar Rakibul Islam were sent on compulsory retirement. On August 22, Additional Inspector General of Police Mohammad Ali Mia, Additional Inspector General of Industrial Area Police Md. Mahabubar Rahman and Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Headquarters Joydev Kumar Bhadra were sent on retirement. It is worth noting that Mohammad Ali Mia was attached to Police Headquarters from CID on August 13.

On August 21, Additional Inspector General of Police Md. Atiqul Islam, Deputy Inspector General of Headquarters (Additional Inspector General-Supernumerary) Md. Anwar Hossain, and Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Md. Asaduzzaman (of the rank of Deputy Inspector General) were sent on retirement.

Earlier, on August 13, Additional Inspector General of Police (SB-Special Branch) Monirul Islam and DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman were sent on compulsory retirement. On the same day, Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md. Moniruzzaman and Rangpur Range Deputy Inspector General of Police Md. Abdul Baten were sent on compulsory retirement.