Eight employees work regularly at Popeyes Coffee and Fast Food in Khilgaon, Dhaka. The salary they receive leaves nothing for their family expenses. The establishment has been closed for three days due to fear of arrest in the ongoing crackdown on the restaurant. They fear that if the shop remains closed for a long time, they may become unemployed.

This fear has gripped the employees of almost every restaurant in the capital. Apart from this, employees are also being arrested on charges of irregularities in the organization. According to them, almost all restaurants in the capital have been established by taking floor rent from the building owner. In that context, the building owner and restaurant owner should be responsible for the rules and irregularities. However, the employees are facing harassment. The police are arresting the employees.

For years, the government agencies concerned have not been monitoring the restaurants in the capital. After the fire at the Green Cozy Cottage building on Bailey Road on the night of February 29 that killed 46 people, they seem to have regained their senses. The service agencies are reeling. After the tragedy on Bailey Road, the police, RAJUK and the City Corporation started a campaign against the restaurants from March 3. The question has arisen, where were the people in charge of the service institutions all this time? When eight restaurants were built in Green Cozy Cottage, why were no measures taken? Are the people in charge not responsible for this? And after the accident, raids are being carried out in large numbers on the restaurants. Innocent employees are being harassed.

Police conducted raids on 1,132 restaurants in the capital over three days until Wednesday afternoon.

Apart from this, the police conducted raids on 207 shops and eight chemical warehouses for storing hazardous gas cylinders. 872 people were arrested in three days. Most of them were prosecuted in court. The number of prosecutions is 887. The accused in the prosecution were released by the court after paying a fine. However, 20 cases were filed in these three days.

Of these, 228 people were arrested in raids at 402 restaurants on Tuesday. 192 were prosecuted in court. 10 cases were filed. In addition, raids were conducted at 103 shops and five chemical warehouses on charges of storing hazardous gas cylinders.

Apart from this, RAJUK and Dhaka City Corporation (DNCC) conducted raids on 23 establishments and imposed fines of Tk 967,000.

Yesterday afternoon, cooking was being done on a gas stove on the road in front of Lal Mia Hotel in Bhuiyanpara, Meradia. At that time, Khilgaon police arrested the hotel manager, Ashraful. He is scheduled to be prosecuted in court.

Yesterday, a mobile court of RAJUK conducted a raid at 25/B building in Khilgaon and fined four establishments including KFC, Domino's Pizza, and Secret Recipe Tk 7 lakh. When the raid was conducted at the building, two establishments named Al Qaeda Party Center and Crimson Cup were found closed.

RAJUK Executive Magistrate Kamrul Islam said, KFC and Domino's Pizza did not have fire safety and alternative stairs. These restaurants were set up in residential buildings. These establishments could not show the necessary documents. The two establishments were fined Tk 2 lakh each for irregularities. In addition, Secret Recipe was fined Tk 2 lakh and China Land Restaurant was fined Tk 1 lakh. He said, they have been asked to run the establishments in accordance with all the rules and regulations. Along with the restaurant owner, the building owner will also be brought under the law.

The US wants to know what role the government will play in security and how it plans to provide security during free and fair elections. At this time, they also want to know the role of the government in upholding human rights. These issues came up in Dhaka-Washington Ninth Security Dialogue.

The dialogue was held at Foreign Service Academy in the capital on Tuesday morning. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Security for Political Military Affairs of the US Department of State, who is visiting Dhaka, Meera Kay Resnick, led the US delegation in the dialogue. Khandaker Masudul Alam, Director General of the North American Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led the Bangladesh side. Mira K. Resnick paid a courtesy call on Foreign Secretary Masood Bin Momen at the Foreign Service Academy after the dialogue.

According to a source, the United States wants to see free and fair elections in Bangladesh. There should be no violence at this time. Therefore, it is requested to know what plan the government has taken to make the elections fair. At the same time, during the elections, Washington gave an opinion in favor of keeping the human rights situation of Bangladesh at international standards.

A diplomat who participated in the dialogue told Samakal on condition of anonymity that the Bangladesh delegation has highlighted the government's commitment to make the upcoming parliamentary elections free and fair. However, there is no clear idea on how to do that.

After the dialogue, the Foreign Secretary told reporters, 'Bangladesh is fulfilling its obligations regarding human rights. The point is reiterated in the dialogue. They want to know about the election. Bangladesh is determined to hold free and fair elections. The Prime Minister has said this many times. He also told foreigners. The Election Commission (EC) is working on it. Recently EC started training program. If help is needed there, the United States wants to do it. But we cannot say what the political party is thinking.' However, the foreign secretary said that there was no discussion about the government during the election.

Foreign Secretary Masoud bin Momen said that the talks were fruitful and the US delegation expressed its satisfaction. "Apart from defence, human rights, upcoming national elections, cyber security, Indo-Pacific outlook and energy security were also discussed," he said.

He said, 'There was no direct discussion on the defense treaty, as it was the subject of the defense dialogue. However, we have said that Bangladesh is working on similar agreements with different countries. We are gathering experience in this regard from different countries.

Regarding the lifting of the ban on Rabe, he said, 'The United States has discussed the lifting of the ban on Rabe. We have stated that we take every complaint about human rights violations seriously. We discuss them with law enforcement agencies and disseminate their answers to the outside world. We do not allow any chance of injustice in our country. RAB-Police each has a code of conduct. Even if you spend a bullet, you have to be accountable. Not all complaints or accidents involve the government. For example, a labor leader died in Gazipur. The government has no hand there. In the end we have to answer.' He said that the process to withdraw the ban on Raber is being followed.

When asked about the United States' comments on Bangladesh's Indo-Pacific outlook, the foreign secretary said, 'United States and Bangladesh have a lot in common in the Indo-Pacific. The two countries agree on the free movement of ships there, the full use of economic potential. They also don't want any particular country to dominate or become a barrier to free movement.' The foreign secretary did not give any answer when asked if the United States talked about China as a single hegemony.

Masud bin Momen said, 'They are currently banned from going out, let their assistance with other forces and organizations including our police-army continue. Army to Army joint exercises are there, they will continue and will be intensified in the future.'

In the dialogue, updated information on the Rohingya issue was presented to the US. The foreign secretary said, 'We have said that we want a solution to this crisis. Talking about humanitarian aid, we also stated our position on how to repatriate the 1.1 million Rohingya. However, the US has raised questions about security in Rakhine at the moment. They have some observations. There is no different attitude, the United States has advised the Rohingyas to take initiative in repatriation if their safety and security is ensured and they want to go voluntarily.

Prime Minister's visit to India

The Foreign Secretary said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during her visit to India. The meeting will be held on the evening of September 8. Important issues including Teesta will be discussed in the meeting.

Masood bin Momen said, 'There are many bilateral issues. All will be discussed. Connectivity and Teesta water will be discussed. Energy and food security will also be discussed. All important issues will be discussed. There are many projects between the two countries, the progress of which will be discussed.

Visit of the Russian Foreign Minister

Foreign Secretary Masud bin Momen said that with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen will have a bilateral meeting. He will have a courtesy meeting with the Prime Minister. After the Russia-Ukraine war, the critical situation in the world will be discussed. Food security, sanctions, counter-sanctions will also be discussed.

The Dhaka Education Board has said that the HSC and equivalent examinations of 2024 can be held in the second week of June next year.

Monday Dhaka Education This information has been informed in a letter signed by the Chairman of the Board and the President of the Inter-Education Board, Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar.

It has been informed that the possible schedule of the start of the examination of all regular, irregular and quality improvement candidates in the 2024 HSC and equivalent examinations is the second week of June next year.

The father filed a case in the Manikganj court in the case of the death of a child drowning in the river, which has also accused the child's three friends, their selves 12, 10 and 9 years respectively.

In protest, the residents of Tilli area of Saturita upazila of the district staged a human chain and protested on Monday, the program was celebrated on Monday.

According to the relatives of the accused children and local residents, on August 20, the four children went bathing under the bridge of the Kaliganga river. There, the three friends who were missing the same were missing the Dapadapi and the three friends called the troop, and the divers of the naval police were trying to rescue the rescue operation.

Locals complained that Apurba's relatives were sent to the identification of the body but they did not come, but the three friends later identified the body as Apurba, and the police buried it as a bereft body after the maturity, and they also decided to conduct a DNA test to confirm the identity.

Apurba's father Abdul Malek filed a case in Manikganj court, he accused the boy of murder and disappearance, which made the child number 6, the 12-year-old child was accused number 6 and the 10-year-old child was accused in the local government primary school and the local government primary school and the madrasa and their parents were also accused.

In Monday's protest, local prominent people complained that the father of the dead child has filed a false case, the father of the three children is being harassed through it.

Call the mobile phone number of Abdul Malek, the plaintiff in the case to get the statement. He could not get any statement from him.

Saturita police station officer-in-charge (OC) Sukumar Biswas said that the police station has not filed a case for the child's disappearance.

At least 55 kg of gold has been stolen from the custom house of Shahjalal International Airport, the customs authorities have started an investigation in this poison. The police station is preparing to file a case.

In this Bhosh Airport Police Station OC Azizul Haque Miya said he had heard about the theft from the custom house vault, police said, on Sunday afternoon, the poison of gold was known from the vault, which is the area that is protected by CCTV cameras.

illegal passengers brought Gold bars, ornaments, and important items are kept in the warehouse of the custom house, ornaments and gold bars are kept in the warehouse of the custom houses. It is believed that a gang has successfully removed the gold seized from the custom house. CCTV footage is being analyzed.

Several officials of the custom house have learned that the customs house was working intensively for several days to confirm whether the seized goods were in the warehouse.

According to airport sources, the customs officers of the airport worked in four shifts. The gold seized in all shifts was kept in a warehouse. For transparency, Commissioner of Dhaka Custom House AKM Nurul Huda Azad ordered to keep it in a separate locker based on the recently seized gold shift.

Go to the airport and find it Customs warehouse is next to the place of storage of goods.

Police have recovered 23 fresh cocktails abandoned in a drain behind a grocery shop on the west side of Chemical Shed No. 35 at Benapole Land Port. The cocktails were recovered on Sunday night.

Benapole Port Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kamal Hossain Bhuiyan said, based on a secret tip-off, we came to know that 23 fresh cocktails were abandoned in the drain behind a grocery shop on the west side of Chemical Godown No. 35 of Benapole Land Port. Later, a team from Benapole Port Police Station conducted a raid there and recovered 23 fresh cocktails. The recovered cocktails were soaked in water and deactivated. The police are investigating who or who kept the cocktails there.