No major incidents of casualty or damage were reported so far due to the nor wester.
The winds clocked at about 52 kilometres per hour on average across Dhaka and reached about 80 km/hr near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, said the meteorological office.
The average rainfall in the capital was 2.4 milimetres, Shamsuddin Ahmed, director at Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told The Daily Star.
Shamsuddin Ahmed said they forecast that several moderate or strong type nor westers with moderate rain and lightning may hit the country s north, northeast and middle parts this month.
According to today s weather forecast, rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna and Sylhet divisions.
US-Bangla involved in gold smuggling !
Staff Correspondent
24th January, 2021 10:06:18
US-Bangla Airlines Ltd is reportedly being involved in smuggling gold into Bangladesh as many smuggled consignments of the precious metal have been seized in recent times from the flights of the private airline company.
Dhaka Customs House and the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate have seized the smuggled gold repeatedly at the airports in the country.
Some employees of the airlines have already confessed before the courts that they are involved in gold smuggling, sources concerned said.
In the latest incident, Dhaka Customs House seized 7.290 kilograms of illegal gold worth nearly Tk 50 million from a US-Bangla flight which landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from Mascut, the capital of Oman.
205 passengers arrive at Sylhet from UK, asked to stay in home quarantine
Two hundred and five passengers arrived at Sylhet from the United Kingdom on Thursday.
With them, a total of 1,369 passengers arrived at Sylhet from the UK in the month of December alone.
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight with 205 passengers on board arrived at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet from Heathrow Airport in London on Thursday (Dec 31) morning. Doctors of the health department at the airport asked them to stay in home quarantine.
It is learnt that the Biman’s flight with 237 passengers on board from the UK landed at Osmani Airport in Sylhet at 10:30am. Afterward, 205 passengers came out of the flight. Later, the aircraft left with the rest 32 passengers for Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at about 11:30am.
168 more Bangladeshis return home from UK
Senior Correspondent | banglanews24.com
Another 168 Bangladeshi passengers returned home from the United Kingdom on Monday noon amid concerns about the spread of a new coronavirus variant in Britain.
Of the new arrivals, 144 landed at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight and 24 passengers landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
Osmani International Airport Manager Hafiz Ahmed told Banglanews that a team of Health Department scrutinized the Covid-19 certificates of the passengers. All of their test results were negative for the virus. After scrutiny, they were released with recommendation for respective home quarantine.
HC wants to know names of Bangladeshis with dual citizenship
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Star Online Report
Star Online Report
The High Court today sought a list of names and addresses of Bangladeshi nationals who are holding dual citizenship and passports, and have purchased homes abroad through money laundering.
During hearing a suo muto (voluntary) rule, the court ordered the immigration department under the special branch (SB) of the police to submit the list to the court by February 28 next year.
The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Ahmed Sohel asked the head of the immigration department under the SB to submit the list after collecting information from the records of three international airports of the country Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram, and MAG Osmani International Airport in Sylhet.