In celebration of the bicentennial birth anniversary of Gausul Azam Maizbhandari Shah Sufi Syed Ahmed Ullah, a Thalassemia Awareness Seminar was organized at Maizbhandar Darbar Sharif in Fatikchari in Chattogram. The seminar was conducted under the patronage of Syed Emdadul Hoque Maizbhandari (M.), the Sajjadanashin of Gausia Ahmadia Manzil, and arranged by Shah Emdadia Blood Donors Group.

The Chattogram judicial courts on Wednesday rejected the bail petitions for former Housing and Public Works Minister and ex-MP of Chattogram-1 (Mirsharai), Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, in nine separate cases. The courts also directed authorities to officially show him as arrested in these cases and instructed that divisional privileges be provided as per prison regulations.

The Cox`s Bazar District Administration conducted an eviction drive at several points along the Cox`s Bazar beach, removing 15 unauthorized hawker shops and nearly 200 street shops on Wednesday.

Three people, including a woman, have been arrested from Moulvibazar in connection with the murder of Golam Rabbani Tipu, a former councillor of the Khulna City Corporation. The arrestees are Ritu,24, daughter of Md. Selim Akand of Dewan Mollapara in Khulna, Sheikh Shahriar Islam Pappu ,27, son of Jamal Sheikh from the same area and Golam Rasul, 25, son of Md. Haidar Sardar Adu of Madhya Karigarpara.