Professor CR Abrar of Dhaka University (DU) has been sworn in as a new member of the Interim Government Advisory Council.

Professor CR Abrar is being appointed as an adviser to the interim government.

He will take oath as the new adviser at 11 am on Wednesday (March 5).

The Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam gave this information at a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy on Hare Road in the capital on Tuesday. He said that Professor CR Abrar will serve as an adviser to the Ministry of Education. Currently, Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud is the Education Adviser.

After the addition of a new adviser, the total number of advisers, including the Chief Adviser, in the interim government will be 23.

Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of Prime Minister on August 5 and fled to India in the mass uprising of students and the public. The next day, the President dissolved the 12th National Parliament. Then, the interim government took oath on August 8.

Then Dr. Muhammad Yunus took charge as the chief adviser to the interim government. At that time, 16 advisers were appointed. Three advisers could not take the oath on that day as they were out of Dhaka and the country. They took the oath later. Later, four more advisers joined the interim government. The last three advisers joined on November 10. It is worth noting that on December 20 last year, Aviation, Tourism and Land Adviser AF Hasan Arif died. The last adviser to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Md. Nahid Islam resigned to join a new political party on February 25. Since then, there have been a total of 22 advisers in the government, including the chief adviser. 

After confusion about the total amount of books sold at the Ekushey Book Fair-2025, Bangla Academy has finally given the book sales figures 4 days after the fair ended. The organization said that the full account of book sales has not reached us yet. However, the book sales figure may not be Tk. 61 lakh, but Tk. 40 crore.

On Tuesday (March 4) evening, the academy's Facebook page gave the book sales figures.

The post said that Bangla Academy has received the book sales figures of 351 publishers out of the 703 participating in the Amar Ekushey Book Fair. Their sales amounted to about Tk. 20 crore. However, Bangla Academy believes that the total amount including the sales of the remaining publishers may be approximately Tk. 40 crore.

Meanwhile, a notice sent from the academy said that some confusion has been observed regarding the total book sales figure at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair organized by Bangla Academy. The member secretary of the fair's management committee, in his report given at the closing ceremony, had stated that Bangla Academy's own sales volume as of February 27 was around 61 lakh. But many have deliberately or unconsciously spread confusion by assuming that number as the total sales volume of the fair.

The Bangla Academy's announcement further stated that the total sales volume of Bangla Academy at the end of this fair stood at Tk. 64 lakh 76 thousand 323.  However, the book sales figures for previous years and this year at the fair are estimates based on the data received. 

Students and the public have conducted a raid on the house of Tanvir Imam, the son of the late HT Imam, political adviser to ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and former Member of Parliament (MP) of Sirajganj-4 constituency.

The raid and search were conducted at house number 8-I on Road No. 81 in Gulshan-2 around 12 midnight on Tuesday (March 4) on charges of storing illegal weapons, drugs and a large amount of money.

Eyewitnesses said that at around 11:30 pm, an announcement was made on social media and the media that Tanvir Imam's house would be raided by the students and the public. After that, about a hundred students and ordinary people gathered in front of Justice Shahabuddin Park in Gulshan-2. Around 12 midnight, the students and the public tried to enter Tanvir Imam's house with a procession.

At this time, when the security guard of the house stopped them, some students climbed the gate and entered inside. Later, when the gate was opened, hundreds of students entered the house and searched it. They searched every room of the flat, searching various luggage, drawers and chests.

Although a raid was conducted on charges of illegal weapons, drugs and a large amount of money being stored, nothing of the kind was found in the house at that time.

About half an hour after the raid, the Gulshan police reached the spot. The police asked the students why they had come here. After that, they slowly left the scene.

During the search, no member of Tanvir Imam's family was found in the flat. Only the housekeeper and security guard were present.