Dhaka: Chief of Army Staff General Walker-Uz-Zaman held a courtesy meeting with Chief Adviser of the Interim Government Dr. Muhammad Yunus.

They met at Jamuna, the official residence of the Chief Adviser, on Tuesday (October 1) afternoon.

In a message, the press wing of the Chief Adviser said this information.

Earlier, on September 22, Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman met Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus

A clash between Paharis and Bengalis took place due to the beating to death of a college teacher named Sohel Rana in Khagrachari. Therefore, considering the situation, section 144 has been issued at the district headquarters for an indefinite period.

Khagrachari Deputy Commissioner Md. Shahiduzzaman on Tuesday (October 1) at noon confirmed the issue of section 144.

Earlier, Sohail Rana was killed in a mob lynching in the morning. He was a teacher in Khagrachari Technical School and College. Due to this, the conflict between Pahari and Bengalis spread.

Locals said that Sohail went to jail in 2017 for raping a hill woman. Recently he was released and joined the workplace again. This morning, a Facebook post spread that a mountain woman was picked up by Bangalis in the technical area.

Local sources have confirmed that after that the Paharis came in groups and entered the school and beat Sohail to death.

Dhaka: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has so far sent 71 Mutual Legal Assistance Requests (MLARs) to various countries seeking the return of laundered money. Of these, 27 MLARs have been responded to by the agency.

A four-member delegation from the European Union (EU) met with ACC officials on Tuesday (October 1). After the meeting, the Director General of the ACC Akter Hossain informed this information.

He said, from Bangladesh, money laundering is more common in America, Canada, Switzerland, Malaysia and Singapore. ACC sent 71 letters seeking information on money laundering and received only 27 responses.

The delegation of the European Union has assured maximum cooperation to the ACC in any issue including prevention of money laundering, he said, how the ACC can get cooperation to bring back the money that has been smuggled, was discussed in the meeting.

Since the interim government led by Dr. Yunus took charge, the ACC has started working very vigorously to recover the money laundered during the Sheikh Hasina government. The organization has already met with the FBI, World Bank and UNODC. 

Former Secretary of Election Commission and Ministry of Home Affairs Md. Jahangir Alam has been arrested by Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch (DB) from Gulshan.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DC) Muhammad Talebur Rahman of the Media Department of DMP confirmed this information on Tuesday (October 1) morning.

He said that the former secretary of the Election Commission and Ministry of Home Affairs is the master of the dummy election. DB, DMP arrested Jahangir Alam from Gulshan.