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‘BSRF-Walton Sports Festival-2022’ kicks off Monday
The ‘BSRF-Walton Sports Festival-2022’ will kick off Monday.
Mesbah Uddin, secretary to youth and sports ministry, is expected to inaugurate the festival around 9.30am, Tapon Biswas, president of the Bangladesh Secretariat Reporter's Forum disclosed this at a press conference at the media center in secretariat on Sunday.
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A total of seven events will held at the festival while members of the BSRF will participate in six events and another event is for non-member journalists.
The events include chess, single and dual carom, card, table tennis, ludu for members and non-members.
Technician electrocuted at secretariat dies
A technician was electrocuted to death while repairing the intercom system of the social welfare ministry at the secretariat in Dhaka Wednesday.
Mujahid Uddin, 45, was from Narayanganj. His co-worker Moniruzzaman Rony said they went to the secretariat to fix the intercom system of the ministry.
The 45-year-old was electrocuted while working on a ladder in a corridor on the second floor of building No. 6.
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He was declared dead after being rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) at 5:30pm in a critical condition, Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of the DMCH Police Outpost, said.
The body was kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy, he added.
BNP leaders only giving speeches on TV: Info Minister
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday said the whole country is watching that BNP is not in the field but its leaers are giving speeches on televisions from their homes.
Six fined for honking horns in Secretariat area
A mobile court here on Thursday fined six drivers for blowing horns in the ‘No Horn Zone’ around the Secretariat in the city.
Media Workers Bill to be placed in Cabinet soon: Information Minister
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said the ‘Media Workers Bill’ will be placed in the Cabinet very soon.