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SC stays HC's condemned cell verdict
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15 May 2024, 17:05
The Supreme Court has stayed till August 25 the High Court verdict which ordered not to keep the death row convicts in the condemned cell until the finalization of the death penalty.
On Wednesday (May 15), the chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC Justice Enayetur Rahim gave the order. Attorney General AM Amin Uddin stood for the state. Advocate Mohammad Shishir Monir stood for the writ petitioner.
On Tuesday, the state filed a petition with the concerned branch of the Appellate Division seeking a stay on the High Court verdict.
Earlier on May 13, the High Court declared that keeping the convicts in condemned cells before the final death penalty is illegal . The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Justice Md Bazlur Rahman passed the order. The verdict was pronounced for three and a half hours.
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SSC, equivalent exam results to publish on May 12
The results of this year's SSC and equivalent examinations will be published on May 12.
This information was revealed in a letter sent to education secretary from the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday (May 2).
PM Sheikh Hasina expected to participate in the result publication ceremony from Ganabhaban at 10am on May 12. PM's Assistant Personal Secretary-1, Ismat Mahmuda signed the letter.
Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury Nowfel will hand over a summary of the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at 10 am on May 12. The chairmen of 9 education boards will be present there during that time
On February 15, the SSC and equivalent examinations started simultaneously across the country. The written test ended on March 12. The practical test was held from March 13 to March 20.
A total of 20 lakh 24 thousand 192 examinees sat in the SSC, Dakhil, SSC (Vocational) and Dakhil (Vocational) exams under 11 education boards across the country.
Schools, colleges open on May 5
The Ministry of Education has announced to resume classes in all educational institutions including secondary schools, colleges and madrasas across the country from Sunday (May 5).
MA Khair, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the ministry, confirmed the matter in a press release on Saturday evening (May 4).
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has already said that primary schools will will also resume operations from Sunday (May 5).
However, pre-primary classes will remain closed until further notice. In addition, the assembly (daily assembly) will be closed until the heatwave comes to a tolerable level.
Met Office issues thunderstorm warning
The Meteorological Department has issued a warning about thunderstorm.
'Rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind likely to occur over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions,' said a Met office bulletin issued this morning.
Meanwhile, rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary west or north-westerly gusty or squally wind speed 60-80 kph is likely to occur in the districts of Mymensingh, Netrokona, Kishoreganj, Brahmanbaria, Cumilla, Moulvibazar, Sunamganj, Habiganj and Sylhet wherein riverports shall hoist cautionary signal number one till 1am (May 6), said a Met office bulletin issued this morning.
15 died of heatstroke in 14 days: DGHS
At least three people died in the 24 hours till 11am on Monday with heatstroke across the country due to the intense heat wave, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The organization says, 15 people died in heatstroke in the last 14 days.
The Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the DGHS reported this information on heatstroke cases and deaths on Monday (May 6).
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 33 people suffered heat stroke in 14 days from April 22 to Sunday (May 5). Of them, 15 have died.
The data showed that, Magura records is the highest number of deaths due to heatstroke with seven deaths. Besides, fatalities were reported in Chattogram, Khulna, Chuadanga, Habiganj, Rajbari, Jhenaidah, Lalmonirhat, Bandarban and Madaripur.
Hajj visas can only be used to visit Mecca, Medina and Jeddah: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has announced new restrictions on issuing Hajj visas. The visa will only allow travel to Jeddah, Madinah and Mecca.
According to the Gulf News report, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia has clarified that pilgrims will only be allowed to perform the formalities of the Holy Hajj in 2024 on Hajj visas.
Saudi Arabia has announced new restrictions on issuing Hajj visas. Where it is mentioned that the visa will only allow travel to Jeddah, Madinah and Mecca.
According to the Gulf News report, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia has clarified that the visa will only allow pilgrims to perform the formalities of the Holy Hajj in 2024.
The ministry said the visa would only allow travel between Jeddah, Madinah and the cities of Mecca.
This visa will not be valid outside the three designated cities. This visa will not work for work or residence in the country.
This visa will be valid only for the Hajj season.
If the restrictions are violated, the person who violated the rules will be deported to his home country and may face a possible ban on participating in the Hajj in the future.
FirstElement Fuels opens world’s first hydrogen station for commercial trucks
FirstElement Fuel, the largest hydrogen refueling provider in California with 80-percent market share has recently opened the world’s first hydrogen fueling station for heavy-duty commercial trucks just outside the Port of Oakland.
FirstElement is opening the first ever commercial heavy-duty hydrogen refueling station, which opened to the public this week for tours and demonstrations, the first of its kind for the first time ever. The company claims that its hydrogen pumps can “fill” a truck’s hydrogen tanks into ten minutes per 80-kg fill, they are expected to fill 200 trucks hydrogen tanks per day.
On Tuesday, a ceremony to mark the station's opening was held, and the ceremony was attended by state officials including Liane Randolph, chair of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Tyson Eckerle, clean transportation advisor for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s business development office. CARB and the California Energy Commission provided primary funding for the Oakland station.
At least 30 Hyundai Xcient semi trucks using the fueling station currently, as well as a number of Nikola hydrogen fuel-cell-powered trucks, according to the company.
The Xcient trucks of Hyundai have a 400- to 500-mile range depending on load weight and onboard storage capacity of 68.6 kg of hydrogen at 700 bar of pressure. The 6x4 tractors have two 90 kW hydrogen stacks, a 72 kW/hour battery and a 350 kW motor.
Fuel cell tractors hold several advantages over similarly spec’d battery electric vehicles. At 500 miles of range, a fuel cell vehicle has an available payload of 52,000 pounds. A battery-electric vehicle with similar range requires an additional 9,000 pounds of powertrain weight, resulting in just a 43,000-pound payload capacity, says Jerome Gregeois, director of commercial vehicle development at the Hyundai America Technical Center.
However, FirstElement Fuel’s Port of Oakland station uses a cryopump to convert liquid hydrogen into cold, compressed hydrogen in a single stage. To retrofit the station with Bosch’s next-generation cryopump capable of dispensing 100 kg in 10 minutes, the company is partnering with Bosch Rexroth.
Dave Hull, regional vice-president, Bosch Rexroth says "Cold is like gold,". "You've got all this cold energy. All my career I worked to get rid of heat. You can take that energy and run a whole station's refrigerators for Rock Star energy drinks, or air conditioning. Bosh has a whole division of heat pumps and building technologies."
Notably, hydrogen costs continue to rise. Added efficiency is essential to actual energy and cost savings, rather than a lifeline for the gas industry and tier 1 auto suppliers like Bosch.
Commons suffer as heavy rain inundates various parts of Dhaka
Heavy rain and thunderstorm in the morning caused waterlogging in several parts of the capital bringing sufferings to commuters. Though rain for about one and a half hours brought relief to the city life.
On Saturday (May 11), torrential rain water caused flooding in various places including Baridhara, Sheorapara, Bhashantek, Dhanmondi, New market, Nayapaltan, Tejgaon, Malibagh.
People of different classes and professions have suffered. As it is a weekend, there is less traffic on the road, but those who have to go out they have faced various problems.
Monsoon season has been a terror for the residents of the capital for several years. Many roads remain waterlogged for hours even in light rain. Even though the monsoon season has not yet started, water has accumulated on many roads in just one and a half hours of rain today.
Ila Farzan, a resident of Jaffrabad area of Hazaribagh, said that 'Since morning, it has been raining for one-and-a-half hours continuously, causing waterlogging in various roads and lanes. Office going people have suffered greatly. Me too.'
A person named Rafiqul Islam, on the way from Dhanmondi to Karwan Bazar, saw water accumulating on the road at many places. He said, I was standing next to a shop for more than an hour after the rain started. Had to suffer in the rain.
In Kazipara, Sheorapara and Baridhara, water has also accumulated on various roads. After the rainfall, various parts of the capital were inundated, as reported by our correspondents across different areas.
