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Irfan Ullah, EB Correspondent: Dhaka University Law Department Professor Dr. Naqib Md. Nasrullah has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of the Islamic University (IB). He is the 14th Vice-Chancellor of the IIB. On Sunday (September 22), the University Chancellor and President Md. Shahabuddin appointed him to this post. This information was revealed in a notification issued by the Secondary and Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education today. Dr. Naqib Md. Nasrullah graduated from the Law Department of Dhaka University in 1989 and completed his postgraduate studies in 1990. He also completed his MPhil and PhD degrees from Macquarie University, Australia. Later, he served as a part-time teacher at Macquarie University. Before teaching at Dhaka University, he worked as an Islamic…

US President Joe Biden's bilateral meeting with the interim government's chief advisor, Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, is today. The meeting is going to be held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York on Tuesday (September 24). Several diplomatic sources said that the chief advisor will present the background of the interim government, various steps to reform the country, and various challenges of the government in this meeting with the US President. The topic of India may also come up for discussion. Diplomatic sources in Dhaka and New York said that the meeting of the two leaders will be held at the UN headquarters today, Tuesday at 11:30 am (9:30 pm Bangladesh time) according to New York's local time. In the meantime, the issue of Dr. Yunus and Biden's meeting has come up for discussion. Because, three decades…

Nobiprovi Representative The 2024 election of the newly formed Executive Council of the Noakhali Science and Technology University Journalists Association (Nobiprovis) has been held. Mohammad Imam Hossain, the university representative of Manab Zamin newspaper, won the post of president and Abdullah Al Noman, the university representative of Amed Somi newspaper, was elected as the general secretary. On Monday (September 23), the election began at 9 am with the participation of members of Nobiprovis and was held until 12 noon. The Chief Election Commissioner was the University Proctor A.F.M. Arifur Rahman, the assistant commissioner was Md. Abdul Quader, a lecturer in the Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, and Sajjadul Karim, a lecturer in the Department of Law. The others elected are Vice President, Dainik Manabkantha University Representative Md. Fahad Hossain, Joint…

Dhaka Road Transport Owners Association has announced the introduction of 'half pass' (half fare) for students seven days a week. Saiful Alam, general secretary of the association, said that the decision will be effective in all metropolitan areas of the country including Dhaka on Tuesday (September 24). He made the announcement at a meeting organized by Dhaka Road Transport Owners Association at the Engineers Institution Bangladesh (IEB) auditorium in the capital on Monday (September 23). The meeting was organized to raise awareness among owners and workers with the aim of restoring order on roads and highways. Saiful Alam said that students will get this facility of paying half fare every day from 6 am to 12 midnight. For this, students will have to be wearing uniform or have a photo ID card with them. Owners Association…

Pradeep Kumar Roy, Special Correspondent: Lakshmipur's new Superintendent of Police Md. Akhtar Hossain said, 'We will build a safe Lakshmipur together with the police and journalists.' He said these things at a meeting with journalists working in the district at the conference room of the Superintendent of Police's office on Sunday (September 22) afternoon. He also said that the anti-discrimination student movement has created an opportunity to form a new state and society. If the police and journalists work together, it will be very easy to reach the specified goal. Stating that the people of Lakshmipur are truly peace-loving, he firmly said, if the police and journalists work together, a safe Lakshmipur can be built by keeping the law and order situation normal and crime-free.

Leftist politician Anura Kumar Dissanayake has won the Sri Lankan presidential election. He made history by winning the second round of counting on Sunday evening. This was the first time in Sri Lanka's history that an election was counted in the second round. Earlier, in the first round of counting in the afternoon, no candidate received more than 50 percent of the total votes. Dissanayake received 42.31 percent of the votes in this round. While his closest rival, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, received 32.76 percent of the votes. On the other hand, incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe received only 17 percent of the votes. As a result, he was in third place. And because of this, he did not have the opportunity to participate in the second round. However, Dissanayake, who is a good governance…

The United Nations will assist Bangladesh in reforming key institutions, including the police and the election commission, as initiated by the interim government, UN Resident Coordinator Gwen Lewis said. She said this during a courtesy call on Principal Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus at his office in Tejgaon on Sunday (September 22). The Principal Advisor’s press wing said that during the courtesy call on Dr. Muhammad Yunus by the UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, they discussed reforms in various fields, corruption, floods, the Rohingya crisis and the UN-led investigation into the July-August genocide. Gwen Lewis expressed her interest in supporting the reform initiatives taken by the interim government and thanked Dr. Yunus for his extraordinary role as the head of the post-revolutionary administration. The July-August revolution…

Mominul Haque Rubel, Brahmanbaria Correspondent A housewife named Sumaiya Akhter (22) committed suicide by hanging herself in Nabinagar, Brahmanbaria. The incident took place at 9 am on Sunday (September 22) in Narui (Brahmanhata) village in Kaitla Uttar Union of the upazila. The deceased housewife is the wife of Kausar Mia of Brahmanhata village. It is learnt that Kausar Mia and his wife had a good relationship. There was no problem between them in the family, and the couple even took a picture together last night. In the morning, Kausar Mia went to work in the agricultural land and his wife Sumaiya Akhter committed suicide by hanging herself by wrapping a veil around her neck. Since the incident, her husband Kausar Mia has been in hiding. Later, Nabinagar…

সরকারি কর্মচারীদের প্রতিবছর ৩১ ডিসেম্বরের মধ্যে সম্পদের হিসাব জমা দিতে হবে বলে জানিয়েছেন জনপ্রশাসন মন্ত্রণালয়ের সিনিয়র সচিব ড. মো. মোখলেস উর রহমান। সরকারি কর্মচারীদের সম্পত্তির হিসাব জমাদান বিষয়ে রোববার (২২ সেপ্টেম্বর) সচিবালয়ে এক ব্রিফিংয়ে তিনি এ কথা জানান। বিস্তারিত আসছে...

আবু তাহের,রামগঞ্জ প্রতিনিধিঃ লক্ষ্মীপুরের রামগঞ্জ উপজেলার নবাগত ইউএনও মোহাম্মদ মামুনের সাথে রামগঞ্জ প্রেসক্লাব ও কর্মরত সাংবাদিকদের মতবিনিময় ও পরিচিতি সভা অনুষ্ঠিত হয়েছে। ২২ সেপ্টেম্বর রবিবার দুপুরে নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তার কার্যালয় ওই মতবিনিময় সভা অনুষ্ঠিত। রামগঞ্জ প্রেসক্লাবের সভাপতি ও দৈনিক মানবজমিন পত্রিকার রামগঞ্জ প্রতিনিধি আবু তাহেরের সভাপতিত্বে এ সময় উপস্থিত ছিলেন উপজেলা সহকারী কমিশনার (ভুমি) দেবব্রত দাস, কৃষি কর্মকর্তা মোঃ রায়হানুল হায়দার, রামগঞ্জ প্রেসক্লাবের সাবেক সভাপতি দৈনিক আজকের পত্রিকা প্রতিনিধি খালেদ মাহমুদ ফারুক,দৈনিক জনকন্ঠ প্রতিনিধি মোঃ রহমত উল্ল্যা,দৈনিক মানবকন্ঠ প্রতিনিধি মোঃ সাখাওযাত হোসেন জাহাঙ্গীর, দৈনিক ইত্তেফাক প্রতিনিধি মোঃ জাকির হোসেন মোস্তান,প্রেসক্লাবের জ্যেষ্ঠ সাংবাদিক ও ক্লাবের সিনিয়র সহ-সভাপতি দৈনিক নব চেতনা পত্রিকার প্রতিনিধি…