Dhaka
3 members of fraud question leak gang held in city
Detectives have arrested three members of a fraud gang on charge of cheating people in the name of providing leaked Secondary School Certificate (SSC) question paper.
The arrestees are Karimullah, a second year student of Tongi Government College, Al Rafi Tutul, a second year student of Mohanganj Government College and Abdullah Al Maruf, a third year student of Habibullah Bahar College.
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According to a media release of DMP Headquarters, a team of DB police arrested them after conducting several drives in Dhaka’s Uttara, Gazipur’s Pubail and Netrokona’s Mohanganj area on Sunday morning.
The ring used to give advertisement from fake accounts on messengers and Facebook to provide questions of various education boards .
The number of followers of different pages and groups of this fraud gang is 4700, it said.
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The arrestees assured the examinees and their guardians that they would provide question paper in exchange of Tk 500-2000 and they received the money in advance through Nagad, Bkash, Rocket with this assurance.
Legal process is underway in this regard, said the release.
School girl ‘kills self’ jumping off high-rise building in Dhaka
A school student allegedly committed suicide jumping off a high-rise building at Gulshan in the city early Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Sana Rezwan Selim ,14, a 6th grader of Sanbeams School of Uttara.
She used to live with her parents in an apartment on the 10th floor of the 12 storey building on Road No 41 of Gulshan-2. Her father Rezwan Selim is a businessman.
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Quoting family members, Sub-Inspector (SI) Shilpy Akhtar of Gulshan Police Station said the incident took place around 2.30 am . On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Morgue for autopsy.
She jumped from the tenth floor following an altercation with her parents, said the SI.
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An unnatural death case was registered at the police station.
She was the younger of two sisters. Her elder sister lives abroad.
Jobs of Prime Bank, posted in Dhaka and Chittagong
Manpower recruitment notification has been published in Private Prime Bank Limited. A Relationship Manager will be hired at the bank's Dhaka and Chittagong offices. Interested candidates need to apply online.
Position Name: Relationship Manager
Number of posts: Indefinite
Eligibility: At least a bachelor's degree from a recognized university and three years of work experience in a related field.
Read:Bank Job Circular: Manpower recruitment in Southeast Bank Limited
Work place: Dhaka and Chittagong
Salary: As per bank policy
Application Procedure:
Interested candidates should apply online through this link https://career.primebank.com.bd/career/joblist.html.
Last date of application: November 23, 2021
Pakistani cricket team arrives in Dhaka
To play three T20Is and two Tests against Bangladesh, the Pakistan national cricket team arrived in Dhaka on Saturday morning.
This is Pakistan’s first Bangladesh tour for a bilateral series after 2015.
The Pakistani team took a direct flight to Dhaka from Dubai where they ended their T20 World Cup campaign with a defeat in the hands of Australia in the semis. Before that defeat, they were playing wonderful cricket -- winning five out of five matches.
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The T20I series will begin on November 19 in Dhaka, while the other two matches will be played on November 20 and 22 at the same venue.
After that, both teams will travel to Chattogram where the first Test will begin on November 26. The teams will return to Dhaka to play the second Test which will begin on December 4.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is yet to announce the squad for this series. It is expected that the board will bring some big changes to the squad.
Winter rain takes Dhaka by surprise
Gloomy and wet weather greeted Dhaka Saturday morning, after three hours of light showers in large parts brought back the obvious miseries.
The worst affected were the office-goers, as rush-hour traffic crawled in busy stretches due to the unexpected winter rain. Some complained of overcharging by auto drivers who tried to fleece customers.
The weather department recorded .2 mm of rainfall from 6am to 9am and predicted light to moderate showers in the next 48 hours.
Youth held with 2,350 yaba pills in city
Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday arrested a youth with 2,350 yaba pills from the city's Adabor area.
The arrestee was identified as Sohan Islam, 21, son late Rafiqul Islam of Faridpur district.
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According to a media release from Rab headquarters, a team of Rab-2 made the arrest after conducting a drive in a house at Ring road of Adabor around 10:30pm.
During primary interrogation, the youth admitted that he has been dealing with drugs in different areas of the capital for a long time. He said he brings the yaba from Cox's Bazar border.
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Legal processes are underway in this regard, said the release.
Dhaka’s air quality still ‘unhealthy’
Dhaka's air quality is still 'unhealthy', but that's good news for the residents of the metropolis.
In fact, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh has slipped to the fourth position in the list of world cities with the worst air quality.
On Thursday, the capital's air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 185 around 9am.
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Pakistan’s Lahore, India’s Delhi and Bosnia Herzegovina’s Sarajevo occupied the top three spots respectively with scores of 478, 354 and 191.
An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered 'unhealthy', particularly for sensitive groups.
Similarly, an AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be 'poor', while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered 'hazardous', posing serious health risks to residents.
AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, is used by government agencies to inform people how clean or polluted the air of a certain city is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for them.
In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.
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Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy during winter and improves during monsoon.
A report by the Department of Environment (DoE) and the World Bank in March 2019 pointed out that the three main sources of air pollution in Dhaka "are brick kilns, fumes from vehicles and dust from construction sites".
With the advent of winter, the city’s air quality starts deteriorating sharply due to the massive discharge of pollutant particles from construction works, rundown roads, brick kilns and other sources.
Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person’s chances of developing heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.
As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections.
Uber to provide 50,000 free rides for Covid vaccine seekers in Dhaka
Uber Wednesday announced that it will provide 50,000 free rides – worth Tk1 crore – for people travelling to and from vaccination centres in Dhaka.
The initiative is a part of Uber's global commitment to provide 10 million free or discounted rides to ensure efficient and equitable access to vaccines.
"We are privileged to be able to support the Bangladesh government's tireless efforts to ensure every citizen in the country is vaccinated. Safety has always been a priority at Uber, and we are determined to offer our assistance to the local authorities in their efforts to battle Covid-19 across the cities we serve," Prabhjeet Singh, president of Uber South Asia, said.
"Mass vaccination is the key to overcoming this pandemic, and we are committed to providing safer and timely transport options for people travelling to vaccination centres. This, in turn, will help communities to recover quickly from the pandemic and rebuild their lives," he added.
Two arrested for international financial scam
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Unit (CTTC) conducted a special operation and arrested two alleged members of the International Financial Scammers from Sirajgonj district.
The arrestees were identified as Md. Ziaul Haque,34, and 2. Md. Sajid Hasan Setu,28.
Based on secret information, a team of Cyber Crime Investigation Division under the CTTC carried out a drive at around 5:30 am on Tuesday and arrested the duo.
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The two were accused of embezzling large amounts of foreign currency through fraudulent transactions at a foreign investment consulting firm, says a press release of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
Victims of financial fraud used to provide personal information as well as bank account information as part of the account opening process at the investment consulting firm. As part of the account verification, the company temporarily pays the amount of one dollar against each newly registered account to the bank account attached to that account. Once the verification process is completed, the money is returned to the account of the organization within 2/3 days.
During preliminary interrogation, it was revealed that the detainees had taken advantage of the financial institution's account authentication process. They used to buy Social Security Number with fake name and address and anonymous account of foreign bank using Perfect money, WebMoney, payoneer account etc. from various domestic and foreign fraudsters through various social media. Using this information purchased online, they used to create 300/400 fake accounts of that investment consulting firm against each bank account. Thus, if the money for 300/400 account verification was deposited together in a specific bank account, the fraudulent used to transfer the money to another bank account before the money was returned to the concerned institution.
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To accomplish this process they mainly used to use international mobile banking platforms like GO2Bank, Chime Bank etc. This fraudulent group has so far initially admitted that it has embezzled thousands of US dollars by creating numerous fake accounts.
This new type of fraud is known as "New Account Fraud".
A case has been filed against the arrestees at the Ramna Thana Digital Security Act.
Schoolboy killed in wall collapse in city
A schoolboy was killed when a portion of a wall collapsed on him on a road near Azimpur Westin School in the city on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Zihad, 7, a class one student of a school in Azimpur and son of betel nut seller Nazir Hossain of Nawabganj upazila.
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Inspector Mohammad Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) police outpost, said a portion of a concrete wall fell on Zihad while he was going to school with his father, leaving him critically injured.
Later, he was taken to DMCH where doctors declared him dead.