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

 



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.


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."



Two teenagers arrested in Kamrul murder case on Hanif flyover

April 12, 2025

Police have arrested two teenagers on charges of involvement in the murder of Kamrul Hasan (23) on Hanif flyover in the capital's Sayedabad. They were arrested in a raid in the Karatitola area of Jatrabari around 6:30 am on Saturday. One of them is 17 years old and the other is 16 years old.

According to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's media and public relations department, Kamrul Hasan was walking on the Hanif flyover in the Sayedabad area at around 8:40 pm on Wednesday. At that time, some robbers stopped him. At that time, the robbers threatened him with country-made weapons and tried to snatch his cash and mobile phone. When he resisted, one of the robbers hit Kamrul in the chest with a sharp knife. Then they snatched a mobile phone and 7,000 taka from him and fled. Later, Kamrul was rescued by local people and taken to Mugda Medical College Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead. Kamrul's father Imam Hossain filed a murder case with Jatrabari Police Station as the plaintiff in this incident.

Police said the two arrested were active members of a professional robbery gang. They used to rob mobile phones, cash and valuables from pedestrians in and around Hanif Flyover in Jatrabari. They mainly robbed to raise money for drug consumption.



Passengers held hostage on moving bus in Savar, robbed of money, mobile phones, gold ornaments, 1 injured

April 12, 2025

A group of robbers boarded a moving bus on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar, near Dhaka, and took passengers hostage. They took them hostage with sharp weapons and stole money, mobile phones and gold ornaments. A passenger was stabbed while trying to stop the robbers.

The robbery took place on the Dhaka-Aricha highway from in front of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Center (BPATC) in Savar to the gate area adjacent to Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall of Jahangirnagar University on Friday (December 20) evening. Md. Shamim Hossain (30), who was injured by the robbers' knife attack, has been treated at the private Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar. He is a resident of Sreepur Notunnagar area of Ashulia.

Talking to the bus passengers and the bus owner, it was learned that a bus carrying passengers with the Welcome banner left Motijheel, Dhaka for Chandra on Friday afternoon. When the bus reached in front of BPATC in Savar at around 6:30 pm, a group of 3-4 hijackers boarded the bus. They held some people hostage with sharp country-made weapons. Later, they snatched money, mobile phones and gold ornaments from 15-20 passengers on the bus. When some tried to stop them, they were beaten and one of them was stabbed. Later, the hijackers went down the speed breaker on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in front of the gate adjacent to Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall of Jahangirnagar University.

Eyewitnesses said that after the bus reached the main gate of the university, some students stopped the bus and questioned the driver and the driver's assistant. Later, they took the bus to the Bishmail area. Upon receiving the information, the police reached the spot and took the bus, along with the driver and the driver's assistant, into their custody.
Meanwhile, the bus passenger injured in the stabbing, Md. Shamim Hossain, was first given primary treatment at Jahangirnagar University Medical Center. Later, he was taken to Enam Medical College Hospital. Hasan Mahbub, a doctor on duty at the hospital's emergency department, said, "A person injured in the stabbing named Shamim has been brought to the hospital. There are stab marks on his body."

A passenger on the bus, Harun Or Rashid, said that after the bus passed the Savar Radio Colony area around 6:30 pm, three young men armed with sharp weapons suddenly took the bus passengers hostage. First, they stabbed a passenger sitting in the front seat of the bus. Later, they looted money and belongings from all the passengers.

A representative of Welcome Paribahan, who did not wish to be named, said, "3-4 people got on the bus from in front of BPATC in Savar with small knives. Then they held a knife to the throat of a child on the bus. They were between 25-30 years old."

Ashulia Police Station Sub-Inspector Alok Kumar Dey said, passengers said that some robbers from the BPATC area boarded the bus, held some hostage at sharp weapons, and quickly got off the bus after the robbery. Later, students of Jahangirnagar University detained the bus and the driver. After reaching the spot after receiving the information, several passengers narrated the incident. Since the incident was in the Savar Model Police Station area, the victims have been advised to file a complaint with the Savar Model Police Station.

Savar Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Jewel Mia said that a team of them is working on the matter. Details will be announced later.



Everything is empty when the elevator door opens

April 12, 2025

Abdullah Sagar (55), an official of Dhaka University, died after falling from the seventh floor while taking an elevator. He was working as the senior assistant accounts director at the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Fine Arts. The incident took place at the university's Mukaram Bhaban around 10:15 am on Friday. He was rescued and admitted to Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital, where he died in the afternoon.

Abdullah's home is in Kalemeshwar village under Gacha police station in Gazipur. He lived in Gazipur with his wife and three children. He used to commute to and from work regularly.

Alam Faruk, assistant registrar of the Fine Arts Department, said that the admission test for the Agricultural University was held on Friday. The students were seated in the Mukaram Bhaban. Abdullah went there to work. The elevator in that building is very old, which has to be opened by hand. He opened the elevator door on the seventh floor by hand and entered, but at that time the elevator did not reach the floor and fell down and was seriously injured.

University proctor Saifuddin Ahmed said Abdullah was on the seventh floor. He fell down as the door opened before the elevator arrived. Dhaka's Shahbagh Police Station OC Mohammad Khalid Munsur said the body was handed over without an autopsy as the family had no complaints.



Explosion from gas accumulated in house in Shyampur, burnt 3

April 12, 2025

3 people have been burnt in the explosion of a gas in the capital's Shyampur, which has been admitted to the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute.

The explosion happened around 3 am on Monday, and then they came to the hospital around 5 am.

The burnt people are - Md. Jamal Uddin (50), Md. Jamil Hossain (25) and Mohammad Tushar (35).

Jamil's father Iqbal said the three of them were talking in a room on the top floor of the seven-story building. When Jamal turned on a lighter to smoke a cigarette, the room suddenly exploded and caught fire. Later they were rescued and brought to the barn.

The condition of the three is critical, Dr. Tariqul Islam, resident doctor of Burn Institute, said that Jamal's body was burnt 75 percent, Jamil's 55 percent and Tushar's 100 percent burns.



Former minister Sadhan Chandra arrested

April 12, 2025

Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) has arrested former Food Minister and former member of parliament from Naogaon-1 constituency Sadhan Chandra Majumder.

He was arrested in a raid in the capital's Bashundhara residential area on Thursday night. He was later taken to the DB office on Minto Road in the capital.

Deputy Commissioner of the Media and Public Relations Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Muhammad Talebur Rahman, confirmed this information. He said that there are several cases against Sadhan Chandra Majumder. He will be shown arrested in those cases.