Staff Correspondent The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) on Sunday detained five Rohingya men armed with local and foreign weapons in a raid on the Rohingya camp at Ukhiya in Cox`s Bazar. An APBn team led by Additional Superintendent of Police Ahidur Rahman conducted the operation in the D-9 block of Kutupalong camp in the morning, APBn-14 Commander Additional Deputy Inspector General (ADIG) Mohammad Iqbal confirmed. The detainees are Mohammad Jubair, 22, Dil Mohammad, 35, Mohammad Khalil, 34, Mohammad Idris, 28, and Mohammadullah, 25. The police said all those detained are active members of the Arakan Rohingya Army (ARA), an armed organization in Rakhine. Of them, Jubair is the commander of the ARA. ADIG Mohammad Iqbal said that the detainees are active members of an armed terrorist organization of the Rohingyas. Each of them is accused of involvement in various crimes. The police seized five foreign pistols, two local guns, and 18 rounds of bullets. Preparations are underway to file a case at Ukhiya police station.

Staff Correspondent The results of this year`s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams are expected to be published in the second week of May. "Usually the results are published within 60 days after the completion of the written examination. So the result is likely to be published within May 11", said Tapan Kumar Sarker, chairman of Dhaka Education Board and President of the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee. Proposals have been sent to the Ministry of Education for selecting the possible dates of May 9, 10 and 11 for publishing the result, he said, adding: "The result will be published after the approval of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina". The SSC and equivalent exams for 2024 started on February 15. Some 20,24,192 students appeared in the examinations under eleven education boards. This year`s SSC and equivalent written exams concluded on March 12. The practical exams ended on March 20.

Election Commissioner (EC) Anisur Rahman has commented that there is concern about the attendance of voters in the Upazila Parishad elections due to the intense heat amid the ongoing heatwave across Bangladesh. He said: “We are working every moment to make the election festive and participatory. However, due to the severe heatwave, there is concern about the voter turnout in the election.” The election commissioner said this while responding to reporters at the Sylhet District Shilpakala Academy on Saturday afternoon after an exchange meeting with upazila election officials. Anisur said that the Upzilla Parishad polls will be fair and credible like the 12th national parliamentary election on January 7. There will be no partiality in the election, he assured. He said announcing an election boycott is a democratic right, but the people will not boycott local elections. The Election Commission is determined to do whatever is necessary to conduct a free, fair, and neutral election.

On April 26, 2024, the “Victory Dictation” event was held at the Russian House in Dhaka, dedicated to the upcoming 79th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. Mr. Pavel Dvoychenkov, Director of Russian House in Dhaka, in his welcome speech mentioned that the program is being held to attract the general public to study the history of the Great Patriotic War and increase historical literacy. 40 participants took part in the dictation among of them were schoolchildren, students, journalists, etc. The “Victory Dictation” was carried out in the form of testing. In 45 minutes, participants had to answer 25 questions. Participants were awarded memorial certificates after the dictation.

Staff Correspondent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday asked the leaders and activists of Awami League to work for the development of the country and its people as well as spread the ideals of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. "You should work for the development of the country and its people alongside spreading the ideals of Bangabandhu," she said. The premier made this call when a delegation of the Thailand Awami League unit paid a courtesy call on her at her place of residence, The premier`s Speechwriter Md Nazrul Islam briefed the reporters after the call on. Mentioning that Bangabandhu is her source of inspiration, Sheikh Hasina told the leaders and activists that the Father of the Nation was killed untimely but "his ideals remained among us and that is why I am working to materialize his ideals" as he (Bangabandhu) had a dream to bring smile among the face of poor and destitute people of the country. Referring to the remarkable progress and development the country witnessed in the last 15 years, Sheikh Hasina, also the President of Awami League, said that this has been possible to attain progress as they have been in power uninterruptedly for a long. The leaders and activists told the prime minister that many Bangladeshis have attained the citizenship of Thailand, but they also want to keep dual citizenship. For this dual citizenship, they sought the prime minister`s intervention. In reply to them, the premier said that she would talk with the Thai government about the matter.