A fire broke out after two passenger buses and an ambulance collided on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar's Police Town area. All four people in the ambulance were burned to death in the incident.

The accident occurred on Wednesday (January 8) night. The fire was brought under control at around 3:15 am after an hour-and-a-half effort by two units of the Fire Service.

Fire Service officer Alauddin, who was at the scene, confirmed this information and said that a passenger bus hit the ambulance from behind, causing the ambulance to catch fire. Later, the bus that was hit by the ambulance and a passenger bus of Shyamoli Paribahan next to it caught fire. All four people in the ambulance were burned to death on the spot.

The trial of the BDR case will be shifted from the Bakshibazar temporary court to the temporary court inside Keraniganj prison from Thursday (January 9).

The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs issued a notification in this regard on Wednesday (January 8).

It is said that the building built in the field adjacent to the Government Alia Madrasa and Dhaka Central Jail in the Bakshibazar area of Dhaka metropolis has been converted into a temporary court to conduct the trial of the case filed against those involved in the BDR massacre that took place at the BDR headquarters in Peelkhana, Dhaka.

However, due to extensive vandalism and damage to the temporary court building during the student-public movement in July-August and subsequent obstruction by the students, it is not possible to conduct the trial in the temporary court building.

As a result, it is almost impossible to transport the accused and ensure their security. Since the accused are being held in the Keraniganj Central Jail, conducting the trial in the temporary court built in the said jail will remove the difficulty of transporting the accused and ensure their security.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against 10 people from the board, including former chairman of the Dhaka WASA board of directors Md. Habibur Rahman and the controversial former managing director (MD) Engineer Taksim A Khan, on charges of recruitment corruption.

On Wednesday (January 8), Deputy Director of the ACC's Dhaka-1 office Syed Nazrul Islam filed the case as the plaintiff.

The complaint alleged that the chairman and members of the Dhaka WASA board of directors conspired with each other to abuse their power and appoint two people of their choice outside the organogram and without creating any legal positions in Dhaka WASA and without following the recruitment policies and prevailing rules and regulations.

ACC Director General and Spokesperson Md. Akhter Hossain confirmed the case in a briefing.

The accused mentioned in the complaint are former chairman of the Dhaka WASA board, Professor Engineer Dr. Md. Habibur Rahman, Board Member, Former Additional Secretary (Budget-2) of the Ministry of Finance Sudhangshu Shekhar Biswas, Former Vice President of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh Md. Mahmud Hossain, Former Vice President of Engineers Institution Bangladesh Engineer Md. Nuruzzaman, Former President of Institution of Diploma Engineers Engineer AKMA Hamid, Councilor of Ward No. 26 of Dhaka South City Corporation Md. Hasibur Rahman Manik, Councilor of Ward No. 12 of Dhaka North City Corporation Aleya Sarwar Daisy, MD of Dhaka WASA Engineer Taksim A Khan, Former Director (Development) Abul Kashem and Former Director (Technical) AKM Shahid Uddin. 

Hasnat Abdullah, the central convener of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, has said to the interim government, you should run the country properly. Sometimes you make various excuses, the hands of the syndicate have changed, the hands of extortion have changed. You were not brought to make excuses; you were brought to take action. Now the hand of the one who extorts will be broken.

He said these things to journalists after a public relations meeting at the Cumilla Town Hall ground on Wednesday (January 8) afternoon. Earlier, the Anti-Discrimination Movement and the National Citizens Committee started public relations and leaflet distribution from the Cumilla Police Line.

He also said that the Proclamation of July Revolution should be announced by January 15. Even after so many days have passed since December 31, we have not seen any visible action from the government. We can still hear the cries of the martyrs and injured in the July uprising. They have been deprived of their right to benefits on the pretext of bureaucratic complications. In post-‘24 Bangladesh, bureaucratic complications will not be tolerated.

He also said that the current government should have taken proper responsibility for the families of the injured and deceased since August 5, but the government is still indifferent to this issue.

The people of Cumilla were the first to start the movement against fascism, and it was because of Hasina's sleeplessness that the people of Cumilla were there. Fascism has always echoed from Cumilla. Its continuity will continue from Cumilla.

Leaders of the district's anti-discrimination student movement and the National Citizens' Committee were present at the time.