Here is a brief overview of the major incidents that made the headlines until Wednesday afternoon.
Tofail asks DCs to keep prices under control
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has asked deputy commissioners (DCs) to take practical measures to keep prices of daily essentials under control not only in Ramadan but also all the year round.
The minister came up with the direction during a discussion on Wednesday, the second day of the three-day DC conference, at Secretariat in the capital.
HC summons Mirpur DC, OC over RMG worker rape case
The High Court has summoned three persons, including Mirpur zone DC and OC, to appear before the court on July 15 over the RMG worker rape case.
The other accused is the officer-in-charge of One Stop Crisis Centre of Dhaka Medical College.
Govt has no plan to empower DCs over press
The government has no plan to empower deputy commissioners (DCs) to cancel the declaration of a newspaper.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu told the journalists at his office after the meeting with deputy commissioners (DCs) on Wednesday.
Contempt rule against Dhaka education board DG
The High Court has issued contempt rule against the Director General of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Professor Fahima Khatun for flouting its previous order.
The bench of Justice M Moazzem Hussain and Justice Md Badruzzaman passed the order on Wednesday afternoon following a writ petition filed by Md Nazrul Isalm, principal of Dhaka Fazlul Haq Women’s College and two other teachers.
Chittagong rail service resumes
Railway service of Chittagong has been resumed follwing a halt on Wednesday.
Station Manager Abul Kalam Azad has confirmed about the restoration of the railway service to the Dhaka Tribune.
Deposition in Khaleda graft cases deferred
A Dhaka court has deferred until July 27 the recording of testimonies against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases.
Judge Basudev Roy of the Special Judge Court 3 fixed the date following a time petition filed by the defence lawyer on Wednesday.
RMG workers stage demo at Badda
The workers of a ready-made garments (RMG) factory have staged a demonstration at North Badda demanding payment of their due wages on Wednesday morning.
The agitating workers also blocked the Rampura-Badda Road halting traffic movement.
Fans In São Paulo react to German trouncing of Brazil
After the third German goal as the host Brazil's World Cup dream was on the brink of an end, fans outside of the São Paulo FanFest were already breaking things. One fan smashed his green and yellow vuvuzela on the ground, breaking it in two. In the crowded bars around the FanFest Brazilians sat -- some with faces blank with disbelief, others with their heads in their hands. Few if any shed a tear.
Down 0-6 after 70 minutes, Brazil had already equaled its worst defeat in soccer history. In 1920, the team lost to Uruguay by the same score. The country’s worst World Cup defeat was a 3-0 loss in the 1998 final to France. And the country has gone 39 years without losing a competitive game at home, reported IBN Times.
Typhoon Neoguri kills 2 in Japan, heads north from Okinawa
Torrential rains battered Japan's Okinawa islands on Wednesday as a weakened but still dangerous typhoon, leaving two dead and threatening widespread flooding as it headed for the nation's main islands.
Typhoon Neoguri, a super typhoon as it bore down on Okinawa this week, had winds gusting up to 162 kph (100 mph) on Wednesday, but weather forecasters said the major concern now was rain, especially as parts of the westernmost main island of Kyushu have already been hit by heavy rain over the last week.
Abducted farmer found dead in Jhenaidah
Police have recovered the body of a farmer, who went missing since July 6, from near a canal at Mandia village under Harinakundu upazila in Jhenaidah on Wednesday morning.
The deceased is Haque Ali, 35, son of Sobhan Ali of Mathandulia village under the same upazila.
